northernbook Chapter 571 Professional Solutions for Professionals
Chapter 571 Professional Solutions for Professionals
It was not an easy task even for Lin Yu to see through this scam that had lasted for fifty years in just a few days.
Even though he was now sitting calmly in front of Art Mercury, for Lin Yu, looking back on his experience in the City That Never Sleeps was still "thrilling".
In this process, if he was not so firmly convinced that there was some "trick" in the commission to assassinate Art Mercury, he would have missed the truth.
Then... he would seriously prepare to assassinate a chosen one of God, and face his own failure in disbelief.
but……
"Fortunately, I'm a suspicious person by nature."
Lin Yu sighed slightly and said with emotion.
Art Mercury, who was sitting opposite Lin Yu, had also reacted.
"You mean, I'm not the 'Chosen One of Life'... The real Chosen One of Life is still Alan Mercury, right?"
"Yes," Lin Yu nodded slightly, "and the reason he did this was so that you could survive."
"Although I don't know what happened fifty years ago, you probably died in an accident—or at least were near death."
"In order to allow your brother to survive, Alan Quicksilver made some kind of deal with the gods. The price, or rather, the form, was to make you look like the chosen one."
"And it seems that you have to convince everyone around you that you are the true chosen one."
When Lin Yu said this, he couldn't help but sigh again.
This is also the reason why he could see through this "scam", because all the actions were too similar to the principles of a "fraudster".
Lin Yu keenly realized that Alan Mercury was definitely deliberately letting everyone deduce the conclusion that "Art Mercury is God's chosen one" - after all, Lin Yu himself often did this.
Of course, Alan Mercury couldn't be a "trickster". The reason he did this was most likely due to the requirements of "faith" and "ritual".
Since it involves matters concerning gods and God's chosen ones, Lin Yu doesn't know it very clearly, but it should be almost the same.
Therefore, wanting to kill Art Mercury, who was already "dead", was essentially to break the plan set by Alan Mercury.
Art Mercury sighed again.
"How willful, Alan, to have kept me alive for fifty years in this way..."
"So it seems that even though you're trying to kill me, I don't need to resist too much," Art Mercury said with emotion. "After all... according to the principles of heaven and earth, I should have died long ago."
Art Mercury looked at Lin Yu: "But, what are you going to do?"
"To be honest, I don't know exactly what will work, so I prepared a lot of plans."
Lin Yu paused here.
"Anyway—let's start with the simplest one. This is also a good opportunity to verify my conjectures."
Before Art Mercury could speak, Lin Yu suddenly stabbed Art Mercury's throat with a knife.
Art Mercury died unexpectedly before he could react.
But then...
Lin Yu drew out the knife and soon discovered that a powerful vitality was surging from Art Mercury's body. The turquoise light flashed a few times like breathing, and instantly repaired the wound on his neck.
The blood on the ground turned into specks of green light and disappeared.
Lin Yu let out a breath.
"Sure enough, this old man's life form is no longer human at all!"
Then, Art came back to his senses, as if he had just dozed off, and spoke in a daze.
"What just happened?"
"I killed you, and then you resurrected," Lin Yu said calmly, "You have no memory?"
Art rubbed his temple. "Not at all, but I do remember something similar happening... Over the past fifty years, whenever I was injured, I would temporarily lose my memory, and then the injury would heal quickly. It was only when the servants told me that I knew I was injured."
"I always thought this was a passive effect of 'Life Chosen'. So it turned out to be Alan's doing?"
Art Mercury said with some regret, "It seems the simplest method won't work. I seem to be 'immortal' in some sense now."
"Do you have any other plans?"
Lin Yu nodded.
"Of course, maybe I can kill you repeatedly and quickly—this recovery ability is always consumed, so if I keep killing you, I might reach the limit."
As Lin Yu spoke, Art Mercury was slightly surprised.
"Isn't that a bit too cruel for me?"
"Yes, killing is better than cruelty, so I won't use this plan unless it's absolutely necessary. Since you've raised an objection, I will respect your objection."
Lin Yu spoke seriously, then touched his chin and said, "But it's really strange that as a killer, I actually discussed this with you, the assassination target."
"Old man, are you not going to resist because you feel you've had enough of life?"
Art Mercury shook his head. "If I must say, I still want to live, but you have shown me the truth—I am a man who deserves to die and is already dead."
"Although I'm not truly chosen by the God of Life, I've believed myself to be for the past fifty years. Therefore, I agree with the teachings passed down by the God of Life... All life must come to an end."
"Serving the gods who control life means never escaping death—we must all face the end of our own lives calmly."
Art Mercury said, and then asked again: "So... tell me, how do you plan to take the life of a dead person like me."
Lin Yu no longer had any scruples and nodded slightly.
"Since Alan Quicksilver has kept you truly alive by making everyone believe that you are the Chosen One of Life and that you are still alive, I guess... maybe I can make everyone believe that you are truly dead by making them believe that you are dead."
"Although I don't understand the principle, I think I can achieve this goal by destroying Alan Mercury's arrangement."
Art Mercury heard this and said, "I see. This is a very alchemical solution."
"What are you going to do—make the nobles present believe it first?"
Lin Yu nodded: "Of course, but before that, I need a professional with a superb understanding of alchemy to evaluate me."
As he spoke, Lin Yu looked at the pile of corpses on the side - not the nobles he had killed, but the "dolls" of Buyetian Huoxing.
"What do you think, Miss Huo Xing?"