Chapter 74: Second Bait

Now the only task left to him was waiting. His mother's 'actions' had left Linri on the spot. He really hated this feeling of not being in control of the events. If it was up to him and everything had gone according to his plans he should have convinced Hayato by now. Let alone convince him to work together right now he had trouble to convince him that he existed in the first place.

Linri waited for the next half an hour. Seeing that there was no response he grabbed a book by the shelf and started reading it. He was anxious so he had to stop himself from worrying needlessly. It was the future Linri's job to convince Hayato. For now, he could kick back and relax while doing some light reading.

*Ding*

Linri rose his head from the book upon hearing the notification sound. He heaved a heavy sigh. His bliss was too short lived. He also noticed that he was sighing too much these days. He was not sure about its reliability but he remembered that sighing was bad for his health. He should probably tone that down a little. Being carefree suited him more rather than being gloomy all the time. It was quite ironic considering he was a person who constantly planned his every move but that was the truth. He liked being carefree.

"You have a relationship with the Harclaws?"

"Correct"

"What is it?"

Now, this was a hard question. Should he just spill out everything about his past? Then again what did he have to gain from that? His loyalty? No that was not for certain at best it might be his cooperation. So should he flat out reject to tell him? That was not a viable option either considering that would paint the picture that he did not trust him. Then what was the correct choice? Was there even a choice at all?

"Isn't it your job to figure it out? If you can't find it that means you are not qualified to know. It's also not important to our business. Tell me are you interested in working with me or not?"

Linri decided to challenge Hayato's pride once again. He actually started to warm up to this strategy. At first, he only used it because he was forced but it seemed like Hayato had too much pride in his hacking ability. This was not something apparent in Autumnfall as he did not really get to show his hacking ability at all since most events revolved around fighting and those that were not focused on riddles.

"Why should I trust you?"

This was a good question. Linri was actually expecting something along the lines of 'why should I work with you' but this question was deeper. Because rather than profits it was actually testing Linri's character.

"I guess its because you have no choice? Ironically I don't either. I need money and your skills. You, on the other hand, need the 6's location and the other info. I would say you should not trust me but trust in your own judgement"

This should be fine right? He laid everything as is, well he actually did not need Hayato per se but he would still rather work with him. After all, when Linri compared everyone he remembered in Autumnfall Hayato was the most competent when it comes to hacking and computers. This was even shown in his personality. I mean the Hayato he remembered was an emotionless deadpan faced guy. He was apathetic. This Hayato on the other was like a hot-headed guy or at least that was the image he gave to Linri when they talked through the computer.

"What's the second info?"

This was good news. Hayato asking about the second information meant that he was actually interested in his deal.

"A way to successfully create a super soldier. And I don't mean a product of chance like you. I mean a way to mass produce one. When this is over you will be the only person who will have the way or you can destroy it. The decision will be up to you."

Since Hayato himself was a super soldier this should have a psychological effect on him. His program was failed but he must still care about that identity. He might try to create an army or he might choose to destroy it in order to stop people like himself from existing but this was something he can not ignore just like the location of 6. Now it was time to see how much he cared.

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