TYMIMA Chapter 100.2

He used his eyes to ask Fulunla: Don’t we need Li Bang’s cooperation?

Fulunla gently shook her head, indicating she didn’t know either.

Dream Witch nearby, hearing Lance’s words, completely relaxed and leaned back, lightly rubbing the extinguished cigarette with two fingers.

How to put it—she was proud.

When it came to deep scheming and ruthless methods, who could compare to her only little brother?

“What do you mean?” Li Bang’s face darkened.

Lance’s eyes flashed with brilliance, a smile playing on his lips: “Regarding Minister Chen’s death, let me tell you the truth of the entire matter.”

“After the king’s assassination incident, Tasman didn’t experience large-scale riots under the leadership of several key ministers, because Minister Chen understood that as long as he did his job well and waited for the king’s return, everything would come to light.”

“Initially, Minister Chen trusted Selarl like everyone else. Who would have thought that when capturing the traitor who assassinated the king, Selarl would pretend to make a mistake and be wounded by a suspect far weaker than himself, catching everyone off guard. It was his urgency that aroused Minister Chen’s suspicion.”

“Minister Chen suddenly realized that Selarl had only applied to join Tasman from the Federation at age thirty. The education he received from childhood and the culture he identified with had nothing to do with Tasman. Wasn’t it worth suspecting that such a person would suddenly be willing to die for the king?”

Tasman people gathered together due to their special awakening attributes and became an independent nation. After several generations of development, as the country became wealthy, they inevitably developed a strong sense of racial identity. In their hearts, ocean culture and Tasman customs made them unique and superior to other ethnic groups.

Precisely because of this, Selarl, who lacked this cultural influence, could only be considered an external immigrant upon deeper investigation.

He was even an immigrant from the Federation, which had attempted to annex Tasman a hundred years ago.

Such a person claiming he had suddenly overturned thirty years of previous understanding and deeply identified with Tasman culture—wasn’t that worth suspecting?

Since Selarl could manipulate public opinion and propose the theory that omegas weren’t suitable to be kings, then similarly, they could also play the identity card.

Li Bang naturally didn’t understand the deep meaning of Lance’s words. He frowned deeply and said rudely: “What the fuck are you talking about!”

Lance ignored his questioning and continued to narrate methodically: “With an attitude of responsibility toward Tasman, Minister Chen began investigating Selarl’s background. Who would have thought this investigation would greatly shock Minister Chen, because Selarl’s stated background was completely fabricated. He wasn’t just not a graduate of a famous Federation university—he was even a serious criminal from AGW Special Dangerous Death Row Prison!”

This information naturally came from gossip Zhan Pingchuan had casually overheard in the Gem Pear Hotel lobby. Fortunately, Lance didn’t need to investigate the truthfulness of the gossip—he only needed to ruin Selarl’s reputation and make Tasman people fearful.

Li Bang’s expression changed drastically: “You’re talking nonsense!”

He didn’t know Selarl’s background, but Lance’s claims made his heart race with fear, because he had heard the white shark and bay crocodile mention AGW Special Dangerous Death Row Prison in their conversations, and both of these people had come to follow Selarl.

But Selarl did indeed have a university diploma and complete work credentials. Li Bang remembered that Selarl’s resume had clearly passed Tasman guard inspection.

“Heh.” Lance chuckled lightly. “Discovering this made Minister Chen deeply worried. He knew this was no small matter—how could a criminal become the leader of the Tasman Pirate Nation? So he arranged for people to monitor Selarl.”

“This time, he made another unexpected discovery.” Lance’s gaze gradually became sharp. He stared at Li Bang’s trembling eyes, pressing step by step. “He discovered that Selarl had close and frequent contact with the Federation Parliament. The king’s assassination wasn’t an accident at all, but a scheme jointly orchestrated by Selarl and the Federation government!”

Li Bang’s facial muscles twitched, his pupils contracted. He said frantically: “You’re full of shit!”

“Oh?” Lance tilted his head to examine Li Bang, saying with some surprise, “Uncontrolled muscle twitching, eyes wide with contracted pupils—you’re actually so nervous. Could it be I guessed correctly?”

“Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit!” Li Bang roared, trying to use anger to cover his nervousness.

He naturally didn’t know what relationship Selarl had with the Federation government, but he knew that the helpers Selarl borrowed from outside, the batches of advanced rare lead ore weapons transported to the seabed, all had the Federation’s flavor.

Now that Lance had exposed his doubts, forcing him to face truths he didn’t want to investigate deeply, he became frantic.

Lance appreciated his loss of control and continued: “The Federation government harbored resentment over their failure a hundred years ago, so they planned this operation to disintegrate and subvert Tasman from within. They selected the marine life form Selarl from prison, commuted his death sentence, and had him atone for his crimes by becoming a knife thrust into Tasman.”

“And the reason you discovered clues is because the Federation government recently exposed a scandal—the interest group led by Dinlock framed the famous sociologist Uriel just to cover up their criminal activities in AGW Special Dangerous Death Row Prison and Utopia. You discovered that this Dinlock was the person maintaining close contact with Selarl, so you speculated that it was Dinlock who fished Selarl out of AGW Special Dangerous Death Row Prison.”

This was naturally completely fabricated by Lance. Without thinking, he knew Dinlock definitely wasn’t the mastermind behind the scenes, but tying a notoriously corrupt congressman to Selarl would better help destroy Selarl’s image.

“I didn’t! I’ve never even heard of Dinlock!” Li Bang’s expression was ferocious. “No one will believe your baseless speculation! Tasman people won’t question Prince Selarl because of you either!”

“It won’t be me.” Lance propped his chin, smiling. “Because this will be the truth you risk your life to convey to global media. You’ve admired and worshipped Minister Chen since childhood. When you learned Minister Chen was cruelly murdered by Selarl, you finally couldn’t bear the torment in your heart, came to your senses, and decided to speak the truth.”

“Me? I admire and worship Chen Mingbi? Hahahaha, in your dreams!” Li Bang seemed insulted, the veins on his forehead twitching wildly.

“So please be sure to bind yourself tightly with Selarl and gain his incomparable trust. This way, when this video comes to light, we can nail Selarl to the pillar of shame with public opinion alone, without needing evidence.” Lance said gently yet ruthlessly.

Enemy spy, Dinlock’s accomplice, serious prison criminal, ill-intentioned Federation immigrant—each item was enough to disgust Tasman people and make them suspicious.

Of course, the most important thing about the entire matter was that all testimony had to come from Li Bang’s mouth, since Tasman people all knew Li Bang was personally promoted by Selarl.

Coincidentally, they had someone who could enter Li Bang’s body and complete this performance in Li Bang’s place.

“I won’t cooperate with your video recording! Everything you said is fake! Fake! Damn bastard!” Li Bang’s veins bulged as he tried to rush forward and bite Lance.

Zhan Pingchuan raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Li Bang crashed into a barrier and was violently bounced back.

Wu Peng, Fulunla, and Mudeli listened in stunned amazement.

They could actually operate like this?

Adrian already understood. He sat upright, adjusted his cuffs, and said in a steady tone: “No need for your cooperation. I can help you complete the video.”

Li Bang looked at Adrian, falling into confusion.

What did “help him complete” mean? Wait, how exactly had he been brought here by them?

Lance stood up, finally staring at Li Bang’s pale face, saying cruelly: “In this chaotic age of abilities, evidence can lie. What you see with your eyes and hear with your ears isn’t necessarily fact. So sometimes to achieve your purpose, you don’t need the truth. As for you, no matter which side you align with now, you have no way out.”

Li Bang looked up, staring in terror at the harmless red-haired omega before him. His pupils gradually dilated and dispersed until he completely lost consciousness under Adrian’s control.

When Zhan Pingchuan withdrew 【Linear Bending】, he looked at Lance meaningfully.

Actually, he was very surprised by what Lance had said today, especially the last sentence—evidence can lie.

This was something he had only learned recently from that tragic wrongful case eighteen years ago.

So where did the little fox get this insight?

Lance noticed Zhan Pingchuan’s interested gaze, his eyelashes trembling slightly.

But he didn’t panic. Before speaking, he had already thought of an escape route.

Lance suddenly turned to Dream Witch and smiled sweetly: “Miss Lan Qi’s method is indeed good. Actually, you didn’t need to have me speak for you. We at Ghost Eye won’t think you’re someone who uses any means to achieve your ends.”

“?” Dream Witch accidentally dropped the cigarette she was playing with.

She locked eyes with her only little brother. In that moment of eye contact, she took over this blame from her brother.

Lance also used his eyes to signal to Fulunla and the others: “This is just an expedient measure, right?”

Fulunla was stunned for a moment, then nodded repeatedly: “Uh, uh… right, right, right. Whatever Lance says is right.”

Wu Peng also nodded like a pecking chicken, though he still complained inwardly: High Tower’s moral standards are really fucking low!

Zhan Pingchuan turned back, his confusion genuine: “Sister Qi, do you really think our guild’s reputation is lacking just this once?”

Dream Witch pretended to be profound, crossing her legs as she leaned back in the sofa chair, her index finger pressed to her brow: “Recent negotiations with various guilds have been somewhat rough. I was planning to start reshaping High Tower’s image from today.”

Adrian, who had already possessed Li Bang’s body, had a complex expression. After a long while, he uttered a neutral, kind remark: “……Worthy of being you.”

Dream Witch had unspeakable difficulties: “Hehe.”

Zhan Pingchuan immediately cleared his overly scattered thoughts, turned to pinch Lance’s pale cheek, and teased: “Little fox, you’re really good at acting.”

Lance smiled sweetly, obediently resting his chin on Zhan Pingchuan’s shoulder.

Little idiot, big brother is coaxing you.

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