Chapter 249 - 249 One hundred and six

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249: One hundred and six. The assessment is over 249: One hundred and six. The assessment is over The assessment officially concluded, and several pairs of eyes containing strange shades approached Lu Li. With a twitch of his cheeks, Owen exclaimed, “You... what exactly have you done?” “Maybe Lu Li accidentally hit the wrong target... right? Explain yourself, Lu Li,” Frank kept giving Lu Li meaningful looks, urging him to come up with an excuse. “I didn’t hit the wrong target,” Lu Li said calmly, looking at everyone. “What?” Frank was stunned. “I didn’t hit the wrong target,” Lu Li repeated. Frank couldn’t comprehend what Lu Li was saying and turned to the others with an inquiring look, “What does he mean by he didn’t hit the wrong target...” “It means that he targeted the little girl, moron,” Doma curled his lip. Frank was even more baffled, “But... but why would you do that?” Lu Li’s dark eyes lowered, “That little girl is very dangerous.” “Huh?” “She didn’t show any sign of fear on her face, and the four different creatures weren’t fighting over her,” Lu Li briefly narrated what he had previously told Trass. This wasn’t enough to convince Owen, who, with a face full of incomprehension, pressed on, “But these are all just your speculations. If you guessed wrong, you could have caused an innocent little girl to lose her life!” Without any change in expression, Lu Li looked at Owen who was close enough to reach out to him, “That was just a portrait.” “... But this could cause us to fail the experiment!” “It won’t.” The coldness of his demeanor lent his words a resolute certainty, as if he were stating a fact. This caused Owen, who was already prone to questioning himself, to hesitate, wondering if what he was doing was right. “There’s no need to keep questioning Lu Li on this matter,” came a mild voice from the side. Tesla, wearing a tall top hat, stepped out from behind a wooden door, walking stick in hand. The graceful Rachel followed by his side. “He just recently turned this open question into one with a standard answer,” Tesla said. “Are you saying attacking that little girl was the correct action?” Owen’s worldview was shaken. “More or less. Under the circumstances of having no information and only your own judgment to rely on, it makes sense,” Tesla, who had observed the whole process, had thought that Lu Li might adjust his decision to accommodate the “group,” but the young man he admired didn’t change. “More importantly, his action is consistent with the behavior of an investigator.” “What do you mean more consistent with investigator behavior?” Frank immediately asked. Tesla pointed to the monocle perched on his nose, smiling, “To see through appearances to the essence.” Before now, there was no correct answer to this question. In other words, each and every answer was correct; the aim was to assess people’s observational skills. As long as the participants could provide reasonable observations, they were considered passing. Lu Li had given the question a deeper answer. It was foreseeable that newcomers taking the assessment would struggle to satisfy the judges with their answers to this question about the four creatures like they used to in the past. “I have a question,” Rachel suddenly said, which was the reason she had tagged along with Michael. “I would like to hear your thoughts on the other four creatures, or rather why you think the little girl is more dangerous than them. Start with the one that looks like a bush, the Soul Reaper,” she requested. Lu Li looked at the portrait on the wall, a dark, bush-like silhouette where a dense cluster of blood-red eyes emerged. His response was spontaneous, “It’s just a bush concealing a warren of rabbits.” The bright red lips visible beneath the black lace lifted in an arc of interest, “Like a bat’s Vampire Monster?” Lu Li looked at the second portrait, a creature with short lower limbs and thick upper limbs, about three meters tall, “I have encountered a similar being before, one of them even had a decent personality.” He was referring to his brother Jimmy from the “Investigator’s Rookie Trial.” “That twisted wraith.” “It’s just the soul of a person after death.” “And that last one, the Deep Diver that resembles both fish and frog.” Lu Li withdrew his gaze and replied, “It might just be an ordinary creature returning home after catching fish.” “Creatures don’t go fishing, you know...” Owen muttered under his breath. Lu Li nodded, “So this question is very subjective, it’s what we believe it to be in our minds.” “Subjective, huh? I like that word.” Rachel chewed over the meaning in Lu Li’s words, pursed her lips with a smile, and said nothing more before turning to leave through a door. Tesla tapped the floor with his cane, drawing everyone’s attention to him as he spoke loudly, “Little ones, go back and wait for the news. The Investigator Committee will determine within a few days whether you are suitable to join the investigators.” Frank and the others exchanged looks, and he said, “It was a twist of fate that allowed us to form a temporary team, but we’ve found each other to be quite agreeable, haven’t we?” Owen frowned, “What are you getting at?” Frank laughed sheepishly, “It would be a pity to part ways now. We could form an official group, help each other out, and hang out when we’re free. What do you think?” “Doesn’t sound very appealing... but if the others agree... I don’t mind.” “As long as there’s a fight.” “...” Frank finally looked at Lu Li, “What about you, Lu Li?” “My business card, don’t contact me unless it’s important,” Lu Li handed out his business card. “So you mean we can contact you if it’s important, I get it,” Frank winked, pulling Owen and Daniel along, and said politely to Tesla, “Mr. Tesla, the person in charge, we’ll take our leave now.” “I wish you all the best,” Tesla waved goodbye, watching them leave through the tunnel passage accompanied by Alliance Personnel. Tesla, smiling, watched their retreating figures disappear around the corner, “Which of them do you guess will join us?” “I don’t know.” “Why not take a guess?” “I won’t guess.” Lu Li was always uninterested in such matters. Tesla, unconcerned, smiled and raised his cane, pointing across, “Let’s talk in the resting area.” Alliance Personnel began to take down the portraits from the wall, and with his cane in hand, Tesla followed the rhythm set by his shiny black leather shoes, his gentle voice arising. “I’m curious why you would think a creature would go fishing.” Tesla found Lu Li’s idea odd, but Lu Li didn’t, “We surely can’t be fighting a bunch of brainless monsters all the time.” “You’re right... some of them possess intelligence, can think, and are even smarter than us. Unfortunately, most people haven’t realized this yet, nor the frightening implication of it...” “What do you think it will take for us humans to emerge victorious in this struggle for survival?”

Chapter 249 - 249 One hundred and six

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