The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 727 - Chapter 727 Chapter 726 AorB Reappears

Chapter 727: Chapter 726: AorB Reappears Chapter 727: Chapter 726: AorB Reappears “Number Thirteen is indeed formidable. But he showed his hand too early, not knowing… that the opponent has even more chips in hand.”

“Oh? What chips do you have?” Lu Mian asked indifferently.

Huo Zhu didn’t speak, and Hua Ying answered for him, “They did crack the security program of Xuefeng Mountain, but I later made improvements and supplements. Your Mr. Qimo thought he entered the laboratory quietly, but he didn’t realize that all his actions were under our surveillance.”

Is this supposed to be their trump card?

Lu Mian found it somewhat amusing–then their cards were really terrible.

Huo Zhu chuckled softly, “Lu Mian, do you remember the first game we played?”

Lu Mian’s pupils contracted again.

AorB.

She clenched her teeth hard, not hiding the disgust in her eyes.

“In half a minute, Xiao Qimo will face a multiple-choice question. In front of him will appear two option buttons; only one of you two can live. When he presses button A, the agency’s estate will explode, and he will survive. When he presses button B, the laboratory he’s in will explode, and the agency will be unharmed.”

Huo Zhu laughed, “What he doesn’t know is that you have already been brought here by me.”

As Huo Zhu finished speaking, the half-minute also arrived.

Xiao Qimo had arrived in front of the screen with two buttons.

Lu Mian stared straight at the large screen, her body still somewhat sore and weak. Even if the RE Factor took effect, it needed time.

She remembered what Hua Ying had once said to her: If only one of you and Xiao Qimo could survive, what would he choose?

She hadn’t expected to face such a choice so soon.

She truly detested it.

Huo Zhu watched Lu Mian’s expression with great satisfaction.

But it wasn’t enough.

What he wanted was Lu Mian’s complete and utter renunciation.

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At the laboratory here, Xiao Qimo and Daine and the others looked at the buttons before them.

The screen displayed the message in both Chinese and English, clear for anyone to understand.

Xiao Qimo raised his hand, and in this moment of crisis, calmly took off his glasses and put them in his pocket.

Everyone present, seeing him without his glasses for the first time, simultaneously swallowed hard, subdued by the sight.

Without a doubt, Mr. Qimo’s glasses had a sealing effect.

“We are being monitored,” Xiao Qimo said calmly.

“Mr. Qimo?” Daine panicked, “What do we do now?”

And Sun Hui offered them a shred of confidence, but it couldn’t be considered good news.

He held a notebook, speaking gravely, “Number Thirteen gave me a handbook with contingency plans, but I need time, about half an hour…”

Half an hour would be too late.

The opponent would never give them a chance to break through.

Wa Zhiqi punched the wall in anger; they were already in an enclosed space, and no one could escape.

“This is outrageous! Another one of these tricks! Is the laboratory’s boss so twisted to enjoy playing the AorB game?”

Huo Zhu could hear them speaking, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

Why is he so obsessed with this game?

Because…

He had been abandoned too.

People abandoned by the world can grow better, can’t they?

Huo Zhu stroked his chin, watching Xiao Qimo on the screen with interest, asking Lu Mian, “What do you think he will choose? Will it be you who lives, or him?”

Hua Ying laughed, “Even blood relatives have abandoned her, what’s a lover count for? Moreover, even if he alone chose Lu Mian, what would that change? Would all those people choose death instead?”

Huo Zhu sat in a high seat and slowly changed his position.

“Lu Mian, even if he doesn’t choose you, it’s okay, because… no matter which button he presses, the only explosion will be at the Xuefeng Mountain laboratory, and the only one to die will be him.”

The blood red in Lu Mian’s eyes intensified.

“The gentleman is helping you. If Xiao Qimo gives up on you, you can take your revenge. So what if he once saved you? You can’t possibly be in love with him, can you?” Hua Ying found it unbelievable.

Huo Zhu stoked the fire at the right time, “Don’t be sad. This place is like a recycling station. It’s specifically for taking in people like you…”

Recycling station…

Lu Mian hated hearing such words.

As the two of them played off each other, watching Xiao Qimo’s joke and waiting for Lu Mian to completely give up hope, they suddenly noticed that the people on the screen all calmed down.

Everyone was silent. If not for their eyelids still moving, Hua Ying would have suspected that the page had frozen or been hacked.

“Mr. Qimo, please press it for us.”

Wa Zhiqi looked around at his teammates and said this.

Xiao Qimo’s eyes were deep within the camera’s lens.

His hand rested on the B button. That button was the choice to let Lu Mian live.

Starting with Wa Zhiqi, Daine, Sun Hui, and Ke Weimin all placed their service pistols back into their holsters.

On everyone’s faces were only four words.

Resigned to their fate.

Lu Mian was unexpectedly stunned for a moment.

Xiao Qimo turned around to look at everyone, “Do you regret it?”

Wa Zhiqi snorted, “Isn’t it just an AorB choice? Can’t I give up on myself?”

“Exactly!” Daine violently chewed on a couple of spicy strips, “If we die, we die with honor. That’s the dignity of a man, and the dignity of a detective.”

“Mr. Qimo, we voluntarily choose to let Miss Lu live!”

Xiao Qimo’s thin lips formed a straight line, a trace of gratitude showing.

And here, Lu Mian’s eyes had already started to water.

What virtues did she have?

To make this group of people sacrifice themselves for her?

“How can this be?” Hua Ying manipulated the computer, “Have these people gone mad? What are they trying to do?”

Hua Ying had not anticipated such a situation; her greatest expectation was that Number Thirteen would stay true to his feelings and choose to let Lu Mian live, but she never expected that the others would go crazy too.

What was this?

How could there be such a thing in the world?

To discard their own lives just to let someone completely unrelated live?

She hardened her heart and added a five-second countdown program directly.

They must not truly feel the impending crisis yet.

Five…

Four…

Daine, Wa Zhiqi, and Sun Hui placed their hands together on top of Xiao Qimo’s on the B button.

Pressed down hard, without hesitation.

Hua Ying was fuming with anger.

Huo Zhu was taken by surprise.

Lu Mian closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, there was a deep coldness in her gaze.

Master was right; she did not regret putting down the butcher’s knife.

This world was actually very gentle to her.

Inside the laboratory, there was no explosion as they had imagined.

Huo Zhu looked puzzled at Hua Ying, who in turn looked at her computer: “That’s not right, I set it to explode upon pressing… Why hasn’t it exploded yet?”

As she spoke, she meticulously checked where the problem might have occurred.

Huo Zhu was getting impatient. He never had much patience for anyone other than Lu Mian.

“What on earth is going on?”

“Please wait, sir. I will modify the program right away,” Hua Ying said nervously.

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