Chapter 504 - - 460 Tit for Tat_1

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In the business car.

Duge kept his eyes on his nose, and his nose on his heart, pretending to be invisible.

Xu Wan’s easy surrender made him suddenly realize the influence of Duge, so he, with his low-profile keyword, must not expose himself even more. Pan-Universe Entertainment had given him a low-profile keyword, probably to prevent him from using Duge’s reputation to recruit teammates.

Luo Yan looked at Xu Wan sitting across and asked, “Xu Wan, what’s your keyword?”

“Tell me who told you these things first, and I’ll cooperate with you,” Xu Wan crossed her arms over her chest, putting on an uncooperative front, “You three, and that mecha behind us, can’t stop me. The military will be here soon, and with my capabilities, I believe they would be very willing to accept me.”

“We received an anonymous email with detailed information on players like you,” Luo Yan said, “Actually, you are the first player we’ve approached.”

This was the story he and Duge had agreed on beforehand.

Without understanding the players’ abilities, Luo Yan wouldn’t betray the first player to surrender to them.

Just as Duge had said, when Green Star’s survival hung in the balance, they absolutely couldn’t afford any internal commotion.

Although Green Star had established a federation, the struggle for power was always brutal, no matter the circumstance. Even with possibly only two years left in Green Star’s lifespan, the President’s seat was unstable; it was just that under the pressure from the Hil civilization, the power struggle had shifted from overt to covert and tumultuous.

On a Green Star that was fully committed to war, there were even factions favoring surrender.

Therefore.

They had to discreetly and quickly recruit these players who could potentially change the course of events.

At least before the players’ information became transparent, they needed to gather a powerful force in their hands and establish an early advantage; otherwise, once more people became aware of the players’ information, some would likely become even more uneasy.

Moreover.

The longer he was in contact with Duge, the more Luo Yan felt a thick fog enveloping the other man. Before lifting this fog, he dared not make any rash moves.

“What about ‘Kill One Every Ten Steps’?” Xu Wan didn’t believe Luo Yan’s words and frowned slightly, “If you could find me, it doesn’t make sense that you couldn’t find him. The address I gave the military wasn’t my home, yet you found my house exactly, apart from a locator in the War Network, I can’t think of any other way.”

“Your guess is correct, there’s indeed no problem with the War Network.”

Xu Wan spoke maturely, but her body was that of a little girl, which made conversing with her somewhat awkward for Luo Yan. He tried hard to suppress the discomfort, explaining, “The first person we actually wanted to find was indeed ‘Kill One Every Ten Steps,’ but all traces of him have been erased from the War Network, as if he never existed.

We suspect that either he has found a loophole in the War Network or he’s awakened what you call a skill. I’m more inclined toward the latter. I don’t know who Duge is that you’re talking about, but if ‘Kill One Every Ten Steps’ is related to Duge, I hope you can provide us with corresponding information so that we can prepare in advance.”

Luo Yan’s psychological quality was not low, as the President had handpicked him to form the Strategic Defense Bureau. He lied without flinching, not even glancing at Duge.

“Abilities like concealment?” Xu Wan’s frown deepened, and her gaze swept over the people in the car before looking out the window and whispering.

“What kind of concealment abilities?” Luo Yan pressed.

“Hiding, eliminating, erasing keywords,” Xu Wan said, “Keywords that awaken skills of this sort can easily erase all traces of their existence. ‘Kill One Every Ten Steps’ made a huge impact on the War Network, and then vanished, which is very consistent with the characteristics of such keywords.”

He hasn’t disappeared; he has just chosen a different way to contact us.

Luo Yan scoffed inwardly.

From the beginning, he never believed Lin Hong’s keyword was ’trendy.’

Lin Hong told him to analyze a keyword based on the player’s words and actions, so he had been analyzing what his real keyword might be.

But Xu Wan’s conjecture also allowed him to rule out the possibility that Lin Hong’s keyword had anything to do with concealment.

After all, he was the first to expose himself.

So, the way he concealed his identity didn’t rely on skills—it was probably because he wasn’t afraid of being exposed.

No one is foolish enough to hand over their handling to someone they can’t control.

“What’s your keyword?” Luo Yan asked again.

“Reveal,” Xu Wan said.

“Reveal?” Luo Yan repeated.

“It’s straightforward—meaning to expose,” Xu Wan chuckled, “Otherwise, why would I be the first to reveal myself after ‘Kill One Every Ten Steps’ and be the first to contact the military? It’s just to match the keyword, that’s all.”

As she spoke.

She winked at Luo Yan and suddenly yanked her T-shirt down.

Luo Yan was stunned, “What are you doing?”

“Increasing my keyword’s attribute!” Xu Wan laughed, “As long as I dare to do it, stripping naked and running a lap around the international trade mall would net me quite a bit of attribute points.”

“You better not do that,” Nalan Li frowned, looking at her coldly, “No matter who you were before your possession, you’re a girl now. Doing something like that would have a bad influence on society.”

“Sister, you believe everything I say?” Xu Wan laughed, released her grip, and allowed her T-shirt to snap back into place, covering what had been revealed, “Didn’t you see that Director Luo didn’t believe it? His eyes didn’t blink once from start to finish!”

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