"Hey, hey, what are you talking about? Are you out of your mind?"
The system suddenly appeared and shouted to Gu Bei in horror.
"Didn't you turn off your phone?" Gu Bei was very calm.
"The boot time of your computer is 0.1 second, beating 99.99% of the computers in the country." The system was as proud as if it had won a little red flower, but its tone also changed quickly, "Not now. When you say this. Do you want to die? Why do you have to admit that you are not who you are?"
"It does not matter."
The system asked: "What else is important?"
"Michelle's reaction."
Gu Bei said to the system in his mind while staring at Michelle.
And everything was just as Gu Bei expected, Michelle had no big reaction. She just snorted with some disdain, was too lazy to move, and seemed not surprised at all by Gu Bei's confession.
The system was silent for a long time and then said quietly: "I'm starting to have hallucinations. You must have forgotten to kill the virus for me."
“…”
Gu Bei was a little helpless. Of course, it’s not the fault of the system’s inability to respond. Michelle’s ideas are too complicated and it’s not easy to keep up. He also thought about it for a long time.
In fact, Gu Bei said the wrong thing, and those two paragraphs made up to test Michelle were full of loopholes. And what he said wrongly made Michelle doubt his identity, and even thought that he had secretly exchanged the "hostage".
However, it was precisely because of the many loopholes in his words that he saved Gu Bei's life.
Because the loophole was too obvious, after Michelle doubted Gu Bei's identity, another suspicion soon emerged in her heart:
Is this a trap? Did Gu Bei say something wrong on purpose to make her think that Gu Bei was a fake
Michelle wrapped herself around it.
The following is what Gu Bei deduced from Michelle’s imagination:
"You're not Grant Reese, who are you?"
Gu Bei's eyes suddenly changed, he burst out laughing, and said: "You are right! I am not Grant Reese, the real noble young master has been secretly replaced by me a long time ago!"
Michelle gritted her teeth: "Tell me where you hid him! Otherwise I will kill you!"
Gu Bei looked treacherous: "Of course I can tell you, but you have to agree to a few conditions. First, you will do whatever you want, second, you will do whatever you want, and third, you will do whatever you want. And Even if you kill me, it will be useless. Then the young master will return to his noble den and spread the news about you, hehehehehe... "
Michelle was disgusted: "You are despicable!"
Gu Bei looked up to the sky and laughed.
Suddenly, Michelle took a breath and realized: "No, you are lying, you are Grant Reese, you want to lie to me so that I can let you go, you are dreaming!"
Gu Bei's body trembled, and his laughter stopped abruptly: "How do you know?"
Michelle sneered repeatedly and said, "If you want to deceive me, you have to give up!"
In this way, no matter how Gu Bei tried his best to trick someone into trying to kill him, Michelle made up her mind: This is Grant Reese! Even if he poops with his mouth and pees with his nose, he is still his Grant Reese!
"... That's probably it, so no matter what I say now, she will think I'm lying to her." Gu Bei explained his reasoning to the system, and finally concluded like this.
After the system finished listening, it was silent for a long time and said:
"...What a bad reasoning."
"Thank you for the compliment." Gu Bei felt at ease.
Although the description was a little exaggerated, he was still very convinced that he had guessed Michelle's thoughts to almost 10% accuracy. If not, he couldn't think of any other reason to explain Michelle's strange behavior.
At the moment when he figured it out, Gu Bei actually wanted to say to Michelle: Thinking too much is a disease that needs to be cured.
He was really a blind cat who met a dead mouse, and he escaped this near-death disaster.
Thanks to my profound "no homework" face.
But if you think about it carefully, the truth is very profound. Michelle had put in so much effort for that treasure trove, and had gone from cheering and cheering to becoming a polished commander. In this case, the news that "Gu Bei is a fake" was definitely a major blow to her.
That meant all her efforts were in vain.
Therefore, she would rather believe that Gu Bei is Grant Reese, so that she can have hope of getting the treasure house.
People only believe what they want to believe.
Thinking of this, Gu Bei suddenly felt that Michelle was not so scary. The church's pursuit follows her closely. In fact, she is under tremendous pressure just like herself, and is on the verge of death. It's just that she is more accustomed to this state than herself, so she behaves more skillfully and calmly.
In the end, Gu Bei was not Grant Reese, and all Michelle's efforts were destined to be in vain.
sorrow.
Of course, if Gu Bei would be tortured to death by the angry Michelle first, then he would have no right to pity Michelle here. No matter how pathetic Michelle was, she still held his life tightly.
unless…
Gu Bei caught the wisp of wind.
"Michelle, what is there in that treasure house that makes you want to get it so desperately?" Suddenly, Gu Bei asked.
"none of your business."
Michelle must still be under a lot of pressure, so she answered impatiently.
"Don't be so cruel. I'm just curious. You killed your companions one after another. There are not many things that can make a mage so crazy. I'm really curious."
Gu Bei could feel his mean tone, and he was a little disgusted by it. But there was no other way, it was about his life, so he could only act as cheaply as he wanted.
Without doing so, he would not be able to confirm his other "reasoning".
A "reasoning" that can turn the entire situation around.
"There's nothing to be curious about." Michelle probably couldn't help it anymore.
"How could it be? But there are so many things to be curious about. Look..." Gu Bei added fuel to the fire.
Michelle couldn't bear it anymore: "Shut up!"
finally.
Gu Bei felt that he was following the gust of wind, digging out the sealed cave, and the light of hope fell on his cheeks.
"Do you want me to shut up?"
He put away his tone of wanting to be beaten and suddenly became serious.
"Yes, you talk too much." Michelle didn't realize anything yet.
"Then... why don't you shut me up with your own hands? Just use the magic you used before to quiet me down. 'I hope you won't cause me any trouble,' isn't that what you said before?"
Gu Bei's speaking speed suddenly slowed down. He could feel his heartbeat accompanying these words: "Or, you don't dare to use your magic."
Michelle suddenly froze.
Although he couldn't see her expression, Gu Bei knew that she no longer had the sharp aura she had before.
Ever since Michelle's attitude towards him became bad, he had felt something strange, but he had never noticed anything strange before. At that moment of inspiration, he finally figured everything out, and the pretentious nagging just now was just to verify his conjecture:
Since Michelle wanted to shut up so much, why not just use another restraint technique to lock herself up
When he was under the restraint spell before, he couldn't even speak. The restraint spell has the function of muting words.
After repeated testing and verification, the answer is obvious: she can't use it. And combined with the existence of the "Cleaner", it should be said that she didn't dare to use it because she was afraid of being discovered by the church people.
It is speculated that the Cleaners can sense magic within a certain range.
When she used the restraint technique earlier, Annie had just left and had not yet been killed by the Cleaners. Therefore, when the Cleaners sensed magic and saw Anne dressed as a witch and planning to surrender to "the pursuers of the Reese family", they naturally thought of her as Michelle, the mage who used the binding technique.
So, they purified Anne without hesitation.
Then, these purgeers thought that the mages had been eliminated, and prepared to patrol for a while before leaving this place. As for Michelle, she naturally escaped from under the nose of the church. Even if she had done any bad things before and was hunted down, now it would all be blamed on the dead Anne.
It is indeed a very good plan and can be said to kill three birds with one stone. Not only did he get rid of Annie, but also escaped the church's pursuit, and also cut off Gu Bei's chance to escape.
The only drawback is that she can no longer use magic while the Cleaners are still away.
Therefore, she was so impatient that she told Gu Bei to shut up and did not dare to use the restraint technique again.
"You're right, I can't use magic, the Cleaners will sense it. In fact, if I hadn't used a special method, the church's lackeys would have been able to smell our traces even without magic. Their noses are very good. "
Michelle finally spoke, with a tone of caution that was missing before: "But even so, so what? Do you think you can escape from my hands without magic?"
Hearing this, Gu Bei couldn't help but smile a little and shook his head:
"I'm not going to run away from you, you're going to run away from me."
Michelle was a little confused: "What do you mean?"
Gu Bei didn't speak, but closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Along with a subtle fluctuation, a mantra was spoken from his mouth.
It's a water polo spell.
In Gu Bei's consciousness space, the light blue triangular characters vibrated gently. Silent notes came from his soul and echoed between heaven and earth for the first time. In some unknown corner of space, the water element surged like a tide, emerging in the void as if obeying the command of some will, and continuously condensed in his palm...
In the blink of an eye, a water ball floated in front of Gu Bei.
A water ball that is only the size of a baby's fist and is extremely fragile, a water ball that seems to break with just a slight touch, but it seems to have frozen time and space, causing everything to tremble.
Gu Bei's victorious smile was reflected on the water polo.
"This time, no one can be your scapegoat." He looked at the direction the knights were leaving and said jokingly, "The Cleaners are coming, you should run away."
Michelle looked at the little water ball and was completely shocked.
She used Gu Bei's ignorance of the existence of the "Purge" to plot against Gu Bei. However, Gu Bei also used Michelle's ignorance of his magic skills to defeat Michelle's army.
After the Cleaners sensed the water balloon technique, they would start the pursuit again. It was almost impossible for Michelle to escape from the chase with Gu Bei, a loser. She could only leave Gu Bei and escape alone. As long as Gu Bei acts like an innocent hostage, the purgeers will rescue him and return him to the Riise family.
Of course, it was possible for Michelle to kill Gu Bei out of rage, but he felt that this was unlikely. Being accused of murdering a nobleman will only increase her pressure. The "Purge" is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Keeping Gu Bei here can also delay their pursuit, so that Michelle has a chance to escape.
In this way, Gu Bei successfully escaped, while Michelle's efforts were in vain.
Just... perfect.
With no strength at all to resist, Gu Bei successfully turned the situation into a game of intelligence by constantly showing weakness. In the end, using an inconspicuous little weight, he turned the balance of victory.
What else could he say
Cheese is power.
"Hahahaha! Did you see that? He is a parallel import. Even with just one water polo move, I can still fight back! I am so smart!" He yelled at the system in his mind.
“…”
The system was silent, and suddenly a QQ emoticon wiping sweat appeared in front of him.
"How can you still express emotions? It's unfair!" Gu Bei was stunned for a moment and said angrily.
The system seemed to be dead for a while before slowly speaking:
"I advise you not to be too happy. In my opinion, she won't give up so easily."
As the system said, Michelle seemed to recover from the shock.
She glared at Gu Bei and said every word with gritted teeth: "Who said I don't have a scapegoat? As long as I put my robe on you, the purifiers don't care whether you are a young master from a noble family or not, they will Purify you completely!"
And Gu Bei was not surprised:
"Yes, you can indeed do that."
But, as the system says, Michelle doesn't give up that easily.
She won't give up the treasure trove.
And his identity as Grant Reese is Michelle's best hope for obtaining the treasure trove.
If she wanted to get something, she couldn't kill Gu Bei, otherwise she would have to plan another kidnapping operation. Obviously, it was so messed up the first time. Do it again? Where can she find two cannon fodder to use
It was impossible for her to take Gu Bei and continue to avoid the purges. Just like the previous actions, Gu Bei would slow down his progress, and the Cleaners were so fast. With Gu Bei in tow, it wouldn't take long for them to be overtaken by the knights.
She could only give Gu Bei a way out and hope to cooperate with Gu Bei. Although this hope is unreliable no matter how you look at it.
No matter what, this time, the initiative was in Gu Bei's hands.
"Ms. Michelle, how about... let's discuss a new way of cooperation now." He imitated Michelle's slow tone before and said, "You let me go, and in exchange, I will obtain the treasure house for you. There are things in there. Think about it, this is much more efficient than dragging me around here."
Michelle was silent for a moment, and finally sighed and said:
"you win."
After more than five hours, Gu Bei heard these words again.
But this time, he knew he wouldn't be slapped in the face.
paralysis! Finally survived!
It felt like I had been climbing in the endless darkness for half my life, experiencing countless despair and hardships, swallowing every urge to suffocate, until my hands and feet were numb and every muscle fiber trembled and collapsed.
He finally saw the first light of dawn.
That kind of feeling is like that of a college entrance examination candidate who has handed in the paper for the last subject.
He is a talented young master from a noble family. As long as he passes this level, he will enjoy endless glory and wealth and live a life of endless luxury. Compared with the miserable civilian life before time travel, he was born into an extremely good child.
That's what he was thinking...
"careful!"
The system suddenly sounded a reminder.
Before Gu Bei had time to react, a fist rushed towards him like lightning, hitting him squarely on the left side of the face with a bang.
Damn it! What the hell
In a very unexpected situation, Michelle used her incredible strength to punch Gu Bei hard in the face. You know, Michelle can carry Gu Bei up a tree like a bag with one hand. The power she possesses should not be underestimated.
And this punch, accompanied by designed anger, was really too much.
Therefore, Gu Bei felt his eyes go dark and lost consciousness.
The moment before he fell unconscious, he vaguely heard the system saying:
"This is a real 'slap in the face'!"