The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 80: Pressing step by step

The so-called stealing can overcome stability, stability can overcome recklessness, and recklessness can overcome stealing.

While Annan remains cautious at all times, he can also initiate powerful F2A at any time, and can initiate a change of ownership promptly and decisively.

Then this means invincibility——

"...What exactly do you want to do?"

The old Viscount looked gloomy. He sat in his seat and looked at Annan, his expression still very depressed.

He has just been awakened by Annan.

He looked at this **** boy standing in front of him with a smile, looking confident, so he wisely did not call Justin.

Because Alvin is also a smart man.

He could easily think that since Annan Rendong dared to knock him out alone and wake himself up while Justin was still in this room...

This shows that he does not want to kill himself, but wants his help if he has something to do - otherwise he can kill himself without any resistance after he passes out.

——But it also means that he is not afraid of calling for help himself.

Old Alvin knew that Annan Coldong was only fourteen years old this year, and had been weak and sick since he was a child, and almost died several times.

For this reason, Grand Duke Ivan gave him the name "Annan" - it is a neutral and feminine name. If pronounced with a cold winter accent, it should actually be pronounced "Anna".

Its original meaning is "mercy" - so in the Principality of Winter, girls are usually given such "weak names".

But Ivan did not hope that Annan would become a kind person in the future.

He just hopes that the old grandmother can be more kind to this child, so that his fate will not be bad, and Annan can grow up alive and well.

Old Alvin still believed that with Annan's physical fitness, it would be impossible for him to dare to fight such a strong hunter in the enemy's territory. He can't even run.

After all, he is not a noble of his own country, or even a direct descendant of the enemy's supreme ruler.

Once captured alive, it means a huge sum of money and a feat that will reach the sky in one step.

No matter how he thought about it, Annan could not kill himself. But he wouldn't dare allow himself to call for help.

So...

What does he rely on?

The old Viscount waited vigilantly for Annan's answer without saying a single unnecessary word.

"...You are quite smart."

Annan chuckled: "But you'd better not try to ask for help, and don't reveal my identity to others. It doesn't work either in words or in writing, because you will directly forget what you want to say before asking for help. ……

"At the same time, you will die of cardiac paralysis. Considering your age, old man, sudden death is quite normal."

"...heart paralysis and forgotten secret words?"

The old Viscount guessed with a gloomy face.

Annan was a little surprised.

He was startled for a moment, then showed an amiable and gentle smile: "It seems that you don't understand the extraordinary world as rumored."

"Oh, naturally."

The old Viscount didn't say anything more, just snorted in a low voice.

What Annan said is indeed true.

But there is only one difference——

He did not enter [Nothing to Say] for the old Viscount, but he entered [I am not here] for him.

In this case, when the players enter the house, they will not be aware of the Viscount's existence - they are all real ordinary people and have no resistance to the curse.

This also means that Annan directly blocked the channel for identity leakage.

But he did not kill the old Viscount directly.

Because he wanted to see if he could get some secret information out of the players before they entered the game.

As Viscount Barbour, he should know a lot.

"But I still can't figure out why you attacked me."

The old Viscount asked in a deep voice, and then tried to test out Annan: "We have something to talk about..."

Realizing that he would not die for the time being, he had regained his composure.

The two people maintained their previous distance and were still sitting in their previous seats with the same expressions as before.

But the atmosphere between them is completely different.

Annan just sighed with a look of compassion:

"Whether you believe it or not. I'm just here to give you a warning."

"Haha. I have never seen such a reminder."

The old Viscount faked a smile and said in a sinister tone: "Perhaps your father taught you similar special techniques?"

"Whether you believe it or not. I'm just here to advise you... to be more patient."

Annan remained unmoved and just smiled peacefully.

He stood up from his seat and slowly approached the old man. Such a move made Alvin a little nervous, and his mentality became subconsciously vigilant.

Annan just said gently: "Although I am very young, I know a lot.

"Didn't you fail because of that hasty decision? If you had been patient and waited... wouldn't the situation be so bad now?"

Hearing this, the Viscount was startled and felt a little dazed for a moment.

Patience...yes, patience.

He remembered.

There is indeed such a thing...

"I also know that you have always been a very emotional person," Annan said softly and gently, stopping in place and nodding slowly, "You are just... not good at expressing. In other words, you are too lazy. Speak to them because it makes no sense.

"So people will misunderstand you and think that you are a cold person. But I know that you are not such a person."

"...Oh, you understand again."

The old Viscount whispered sarcastically, huddled in his chair tiredly, muttering something incomprehensible.

After a while, he raised his head and looked at Annan again.

"What exactly do you want to know?"

The old man asked in a deep voice: "Just tell me, don't try to get too close."

That's what it says.

But the terrifying expression on his face became much more relaxed.

——All this was expected by Annan.

This is just a simple cliché technique...that is, cold reading.

What Annan said is equally valid even for others. It's all about the Barnum effect - when people use some vague adjectives to describe a person, the person being described tends to easily accept the description and think that the person being described is themselves.

Annan first knocked out the Viscount with the Eye of Sloth, and then boldly let him wake up in a safe place. In this way, the Viscount will doubt his current safety situation and no longer trust that "he is still in a safe zone."

On this basis, Annan restrained the Viscount with a curse and put pressure on him to die. In this case, he and Annan formed a de facto coercive relationship.

Annan holds the key to his life and death, and he cannot resist Annan.

But Annan did not bully him or force him rudely.

Instead, he used cold reading techniques to get closer to him with a friendly attitude... With such a push and pull, the Viscount's wariness towards Annan would be shattered.

On the one hand, he believed that "I was helpless in front of him", and at the same time, he believed that "maybe this child can understand me", and he still believed that Annan was a "young man" and held some suspicion of Annan in terms of age. A sense of psychological superiority.

At the same time ~IndoMTL.com~ Judging from the details of the Viscount's reaction, Annan can also temporarily infer that the old Alvin should be a person who is unwilling to trust others, more inclined to believe in his own experience and conclusions, and has an overly cautious and suspicious way of thinking. people.

Based on his basic character, Annan looked into the old Viscount's eyes and continued to ask warmly.

"I'm just asking casually, don't take it too seriously..."

——My words are very important. You must think carefully before answering.

"Of course, even if you don't get an answer that satisfies me, I won't persecute you. There are other areas where we can cooperate."

——You are indeed useful to me. But your answer better satisfy me.

Annan paused, and after making sure that the old Viscount had digested his hint, he asked softly:

"If you were asked to choose between the third prince and the Duke of Winter...who would you choose?

"——And why did you choose this? Please answer quickly, we may not have much time to talk."

Annan asked slowly, and at the same time, he patted the blood-stained kitchen knife on the table, showing a bright and gentle smile: "You understand."

There is no doubt that this is a forced question.

But it is different from what old Alvin understood.

Annan doesn't care at all about the answer to the first answer. It's just a cover for distraction and caution.

What he really wants to ask is this [why]!

Let the old Viscount answer subconsciously without being alert...a correct answer from the heart.

In a daze, Alvin felt that Annan's ice-blue pupils were as gentle as water, without any malice...

But it feels like a god.

——Aloof and without any emotion.