Just as Lin Yu had predicted...
Once the knife was pressed against her neck, even though Almond didn't believe this was Swift Blade, she was still so frightened her legs went weak and her body stiffened.
Originally she had been putting on a tough big sister act while threatening Fu Luo, but now she was completely caving.
Her first words nearly made Lin Yu burst out laughing.
"Spare , hero!"
Almond raised her hands and shouted.
Lin Yu held Almond hostage, struggling to suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth as he glared fiercely at the two burly n inside the room who were also holding knives to Fu Luo's neck.
Because of this... Fu Luo was also nearly scared out of his wits.
He was even more terrified than Almond.
"Don't kill ! Big brothers! Please don't kill !"
According to what the "blood text" said, the condition for entering the Death Ga was a strong unwillingness to die...
Lin Yu could clearly see that these two definitely t the criteria perfectly.
In contrast, the two burly n who were Almond's subordinates and Lin Yu remained very calm as they began negotiations.
"Who are you?"
The darker-skinned burly man on the left asked.
Lin Yu responded loudly: "Your granddad is from Jiang'an Hall. I know who you are - Marauders... How dare you cause trouble in Jiangcheng territory today?"
"And you dare lay hands on my friend!"
The slightly paler, chubbier man on the right beca agitated upon hearing Lin Yu's words: "Jiang'an Hall? Damn you, release our big sister imdiately!"
"Otherwise your friend is dead!"
Lin Yu sneered coldly: "If I release her, this guy will really be dead for sure."
After speaking, Lin Yu pressed the knife tighter against Almond's neck.
Almond quickly cried out: "Hey, hey! We can talk about this!"
"We didn't an to harm your friend!"
Although Jiang'an Hall was deeply cooperative with Order, they ultimately weren't Order itself.
So...
These dium-sized organizations leaning toward the "righteous path" didn't have the sa kind of kill-on-sight relationship with Marauders that Order did.
"Then what did you an? You brought people to my friend's door just to chat with him?!"
Lin Yu demanded sharply. Almond spoke up.
"Actually, yes," she said very quickly, "We just wanted to get so information, we absolutely didn't an to harm him."
"What information?"
Lin Yu pressed again.
"It's about his other friend, that very prominent First-Tier Doctor... We really didn't hurt him, even though he kept refusing to talk, you can see he doesn't have any injuries on him."
Almond said helplessly.
Fu Luo also shouted: "I'm really not being stubborn, I've already said everything I know! May and I are mostly just online friends, how would I know about his situation, strength, or relationships?"
Lin Yu understood clearly.
They really were after him!
So he sneered again: "What a coincidence, I know that guy too... Looking at things now, I definitely can't let you leave."
"You're here for revenge, right? Quite a few Marauders have died by his hand!"
Almond imdiately refuted: "Absolutely not, absolutely not... Although so people in the organization hate him to the bone and plan to take revenge, I'm not among them."
As she spoke, she looked toward the two burly n.
"We ca here just following an assignnt delegated by the organization, completing a distributed task," Almond sighed, "Soone is investigating him!"
Hearing this answer, Lin Yu imdiately understood why Almond would act separately from Heavenly Artisan.
Even though Heavenly Artisan was reliable, bringing him along would likely escalate a simple investigation mission into direct confrontation.
This was definitely not what Almond wanted to see.
She was just a Driver, and this was an organization-assigned task... why risk her life?!
But for Lin Yu, although this explained things, he felt very uneasy.
Soone among the Marauders was trying to investigate him?
From Almond's use of the word "commission," this person must be quite high-ranking.
And it wasn't a public commission - if it were, he would have been able to see the posting using Heavenly Artisan's phone.
This ant soone had contacted Almond directly.
Not just investigation, but secret investigation.
Lin Yu imdiately beca concerned and pressed urgently.
"Who's investigating him?"
"I don't know either. Last night our Zheng City Branch leader directly told that soone wanted us to investigate this Doctor," Almond spilled everything rapidly, "He just told us to co to Jiangcheng first, that we could intercept Furbollo tomorrow, then try to force information about that Doctor from him... strength, rank, commonly used items, relationships."
"But who the commissioner is, I really don't know!"
Although Almond was still frightened at this mont, her strong survival instinct made her report everything to Lin Yu very logically.
Lin Yu exhaled: "Why did they approach you?"
"I don't know that either. I'm just a very ordinary mber among the Marauders... maybe because I've had so interaction with him before - the rest of the people are ones I recruited."
Almond said honestly, having basically confessed everything.
Lin Yu could tell she wasn't lying - the One-Statent Lie Detector confird this too.
In other words, this Almond really didn't know anything.
"There's nothing left to ask."
Lin Yu made his judgnt internally, then spoke slyly: "So that's how it is... seems there really was so misunderstanding."
"I didn't plan to fight to the death with you anyway, but I still recomnd you surrender peacefully - after all, this is our territory!"
Lin Yu said seriously. Almond sighed.
"Can't we both take a step back... you let us go, I let you go, and we pretend this never happened?"
Almond's words were very sincere;
she hardly seed like a Marauders mber.
"I don't think so," Lin Yu still insisted, "If I let you go, it would cause big problems for ."
Before Almond could respond, the dark-skinned burly man spoke coldly.
"Don't get too arrogant, kid... even though you've got our big sister under control, trying to keep all three of us here won't be easy!"
"Besides... you ca alone. Do you think there are only three of us? If you make a move, do you think you'll walk out of here alive?"
As his words fell, the temperature in the room seed to drop several degrees.
Lin Yu let out a long breath.
"Why would you think I ca alone? Do I look like that kind of idiot to you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open again.
A man with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, wearing a black jacket and baseball cap, with stubble covering his face, walked in carrying two unconscious thugs.
"Hello, Old Yao from Jiang'an Hall."
"Let introduce myself, I'm from Order's Jiangcheng Branch, codena Good Night... I'm here to help after receiving the ssage."
He spoke with a sowhat strange accent, then tossed the two n to the ground.
And the mont he finished dumping them.
"Thump, thump!"
Almond in Lin Yu's grasp and the two burly n all collapsed to the ground.
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