Chapter 97 97. Gift
The innkeeper turned around and left as if he didn't see anything.
Gunt O'Dimm naturally sat next to Lan En, as if he were an old friend for many years.
But unfortunately, the demon hunter's attitude has always been cold.
“Judging from your clothes, I always thought you didn’t have much money.”
Using a calm tone to say harsh words, Lan En's performance is enough to make any normal person angry.
But Gunter Odim cannot be called a normal person in terms of mentality or from a more fundamental point of view.
"These days are indeed difficult, but you are a big customer, Lan En. If I can negotiate a good deal with you, it will be worth all the treasure I have to pay."
"I am flattered, Glass Boy. .Let me make sure, this is a 'please'?"
After receiving a positive reply from the other party, Lan En picked up the red wine on the plate, greeted the other party, and drank it in one gulp.
After drinking, Lan En wiped his mouth and prepared to continue talking.
It is unrealistic to escape at this moment. As long as the other party doesn't want to, then even if you turn into withered bones, you won't be able to escape from the other party. You might as well just comply with his wishes.
"What you said when you left made me think that I would encounter trouble on the way to Vizima, but you actually showed up just now. In other words, what I will encounter next is The real trouble that makes you sign a contract with me? "
"If I say yes, will you stop? "
The creature with the human face showed an interesting look. The smile, and after Lan En showed an indifferent chuckle, the arc became wider and wider.
"It's doing business with people like you that makes me feel that life has meaning, Lan En. I'm bored to death by those guys who seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, choose the best solution all the way, but fail in the end!"
“For your courage, I can let you ask a question.”
Lan En raised his eyebrows.
“It doesn’t count as a contract?”
“It doesn’t count.”
"Anything is okay?"
"Anything is okay."
In the hotel, the firelight of the fireplace is swaying, and a creature that can tamper with reality, within the authority of "a question", becomes Lan En's Q&A machine.
Power, money, strength, longevity. It seems that all desires can be refined into a question at this moment, and then input into this question and answer machine, and then the answer can be obtained.
Half of Gunter Odim's face was buried in the shadows. The flickering firelight made it difficult to tell whether the smile on his face was a ferocious smile? Or smile?
"I originally wanted to ask you who was behind this slave trade incident. But after thinking about it, I forgot about it."
Lan En propped his chin with his hand and tilted his head to look at the other person. .
From beginning to end, those profound secrets never moved his heart.
Power and money are not as satisfying as killing the mastermind behind the scenes.
“Oh? Why not?”
Gunter O'Dimm asked happily.
“Because I don’t know how to ask this question. I don’t know the structure of this evil organization, so there is a high probability that my question will not be directed at a certain person.”
“This It is a complex and tight organizational chain. If my description is not clear enough, you can just give me the names of several buyers and the names of the bosses. To some extent, they can all be considered part of this organization.' The man behind the scenes. But you can get around the key person who builds the entire business relationship."
Lan En's tone was calm and calm, as if he had already seen the other person. A pitfall in words.
“If I want to ask the key questions, I need to know the key information. But if I already have enough key information, why should I risk asking you?”
"Wonderful logical analysis."
The self-proclaimed "businessman" applauded.
"Then do you want to give up this opportunity?"
"No, what I want to ask is-what are you?"
As Lan En asked The moment he said these words, everything except him and Gunter O'Dimm stopped.
Everyone in the hotel maintained their movements for the previous second. The apples that fell on the dinner plate stagnated in the air. The flames of the fireplace and the shadows generated by the flames were all frozen into the appearance of teeth and claws.
Even Lan En, who had been mentally prepared, could not help but lean back at this moment, his eyes looking horrified. The bald businessman in shabby clothes just looked at Lan En and was silent for two seconds.
Although it was only two seconds, during the frozen time, Lan En felt that his sense of time was completely confused.
“No, you don’t want to know.”
The other party shook his head slightly.
While looking at each other, Lan En felt that for a moment, he saw the other person's eyeballs turn into a rich pure black.
"I'll spare you this time, Lan En. You are not qualified to explore the inner workings of a 'thing' like me, at least not yet."
"I will answer your last question , as you think, I will give you the name of the leader. Ubank, the leader of the cannibal camp, the Skellige led dozens of people to plunder young children, contact ships, and manage things in the land of Velen. The relationship is worthy of the title of 'the mastermind'."
"It's time for me to leave. I left a gift in your room."
With that said, he stood up. Whistling in the frozen time, he walked towards the door and left.
"I have a hunch that the time for us to sign the contract will not be too far away."
With a "pop", the apple fell to the ground and smashed, and the noise in the restaurant started again.
Lan En sat on the chair blankly.
After a long time, my shoulders suddenly relaxed.
"Oh my god, stop?!"
He shook his head helplessly and walked back to the room with the dinner plate in hand.
It’s getting more and more sad to feel like I’m being targeted by this “thing”.
After arriving in the room, Aaliya was lying on the bed exhausted.
The work assigned to her today is really not light. At this moment, Stark, who loves to jump and jump, is completely wilted.
Lan En put the dinner plate on the table and looked around with a pair of cat eyes.
"Aliya, has anyone brought anything?"
The little girl was getting up with difficulty.
"Send something? Oh! Yes, just after dark, a hotel clerk brought a book. Isn't that what you bought?"
"Hurry up Eat, where is the book? "
Aaliyah began to devour the food, and Lan followed her fingers.
Find the target under a pile of clothes.
""The Principles of Business and How to Use Principles"?"
An ordinary hard-cover tome, the author has a long name, and the honor is "Tenured Professor of Business, Oxenfurt University."
Is this Gunter Odim’s gift? A book about business knowledge?
After frowning for a moment, Lan put the book casually on the table and stopped moving it.
"Aliya, pack your things after eating, we have to change places."
Lan En knew that he did not have the broad field of vision of the other party, so the best way was to stay away.
Although the little girl didn't understand why, because she recognized her identity as an attendant, she quickly stuffed her mouth a few more times and prepared to get up and pack her things.
At this moment, Lan En, who had already started to gather his clothes, suddenly stopped what he was doing.
The cat eyes narrowed slightly and looked in the direction of the door.
At the right time, there was a knock on the door.
Lan En pulled up his hood to cover his face and prepared to ask who was outside the door.
But before he could say anything, there was a "Bang!"
The wooden door was blown open!
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