Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 383: One Answer for One Question

"Why didn't you do anything just now?" This was Patrick Morgan asking.

"Where have you been hiding these days? Thor and Tyr are looking for you like crazy." This was the question raised by Lin You.

"You spent so much time looking for me, and I deliberately led you into this story. Why are you backing off now?"

"Thor and Ares are both anxious to find their uncle, where on earth did you hide Loki?"

"Aren't you curious at all about what I hid deep in that mortal's soul?" It was still Patrick Morgan, asking the same question over and over again.

"How did you find me? Did you follow Agent Ross and wait for him?" Lin You was also asking a question, but he had already switched to the third one.

The god and the man started talking separately from each other, both were busy asking questions and unwilling to answer, until both sides realized that the conversation could not continue in this way, and then they tacitly shut up.

After a moment of silence, Patrick Morgan spoke faintly, his voice as erratic as ever: "It's not easy to meet each other, we shouldn't continue to waste time."

"I agree." Lin You said briefly and to the point, his rigid tone like a lousy actor rehearsing lines with his companions.

"One answer for one question, one for each person?"

"can."

The God of Truth pretended to be generous and readily "gave up" the priority: "Respect the old and love the young, the first question, you go first."

"What is the secret buried in Agent Ross's soul?" Unexpectedly, Lin You did not ask any of his previous three questions, but instead repeated one of the other party's questions.

As if caught off guard by this question, the voice of the God of Truth was delayed for a long time before it sounded: "This secret is related to Loki..."

This half sentence obviously did not satisfy the writer. Lin You sneered and said, "If you like this kind of question-and-answer format, you're making a wrong decision. You know what I did in my previous life in the real dimension, don't you? Do you know what the best skill of an online writer is?"

"what?"

"It's just spamming." Talking about his past filthiness, Lin You is not ashamed, but proud of it; "If you want to get a bunch of nonsense as an answer, you can continue this way of questioning."

"..." Patrick Morgan was silent for a long time again, and then spoke again reluctantly, "Loki buried a secret in Ross's soul, a secret related to the Norse pantheon 'Ragnarok'; Loki used it as a protective measure."

Lin You suddenly understood: "Using this method, is it another secret about 'Twilight of the Gods'? Is he on guard against other members of the Norse pantheon?"

"That's the second question," Patrick reminded.

"Okay, this question doesn't count, you don't have to answer it." Lin You reacted very quickly and directly denied this question that could almost be considered an easy one; one answer for one question, if it is an answer that you have already guessed, then it is not worth using to change the question.

Patrick sighed faintly, as if regretting not seizing the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. "Now it's my turn to ask a question. Why didn't you resolve Ross's 'causal link' when you clearly had the opportunity?"

Lin You sneered disdainfully and rolled his eyes at the God of Truth who was not present, but he didn't know if the other party could see it; there was a trap hidden in this question. If he answered it directly, it would be tantamount to acknowledging that he did have the ability to cancel the "causal line".

But in fact, Patrick Morgan couldn't be sure of this, it was just a guess at best.

"Before taking any risky action, you must first do sufficient investigation and preparation; the greater the risk, the more cautious you must be." Lin You answered calmly, "The chances of safely removing the 'causal line' are slim, and the risks of failure are unknown; I will not take action before finding you, the instigator, to clarify the causes and consequences." No one knows whether the so-called "lack of certainty" and "risk of failure" are true or false; just like the author is not sure whether the so-called "Loki is hiding a secret" and "is related to Ragnarok" are credible.

This question and answer tests more than just the language skills of both parties.

"If you don't have much confidence, it means there is a chance; if you decide to take action, what are you going to do and what kind of preparation do you need?"

"This is also the second question." Lin You reminded, "Do you need my answer?"

"……need."

"Then exchange it for an answer."

"Okay, just ask!"

Lin You hesitated for a moment and asked the second question: "Why did Loki choose to hide the secret in Ross? Did He have no other choice?"

When asking this question, there was a cunning light in the writer's eyes; as the saying goes, reciprocity is the best policy. Just now, the God of Truth had buried a mine in the question, and this time, the writer included two things in one question.

"Why choose Ross" and "Are there other options"; although closely related, they are actually two different questions.

"If the plot remains unchanged, Ross can at least live until World War I." Patrick didn't seem to mind Lin You's little trick. "In fact, Loki has many options for choice, and His secrets don't all lie with Ross alone."

"What do you mean?" Lin You was puzzled.

"Is this also a question?" The erratic voice sounded very cunning; it was not that He did not care about Lin You's little trick, but that He planned to take advantage of the situation and ask another question.

Lin You smiled calmly and admitted his mistake: "Okay, it's also a problem."

"Then it's your turn to answer."

"My answer is that the quill pen can penetrate deep into the depths of the big world, and can even connect to the will of the big world to a certain extent; therefore, I do have a chance to remove the 'causal line' from the other end." Lin You's voice was calm and composed, "But the chances of success in doing so are uncertain, it depends on how much face the will of the big world is willing to give me. Judging from the previous exchanges, my face is not very valuable to Him."

When answering this question, Lin You was thinking about the conversation he had with Loki at the gate of Ilvermorny School. At that time, the God of Lies and Trickery had been entangled in the relationship between the writer and the will of the world.

Does Loki’s dilemma at that time have anything to do with the emergence of today’s “causal line”?

Although his mind was full of thoughts, Lin You urged Patrick: "It's your turn to answer the question. You said that Loki's secret is not only with Ross. What do you mean? I need a detailed explanation."

"It's very simple. Loki extracted the consciousness that stored the secret, and then divided it into... I don't know how many parts it was divided into, and then hid them in different people." Patrick answered very straightforwardly. From his tone, it seemed that he was going to reveal everything. "The one hidden in Ross's soul is just one of them."

"You wanted to know this secret, so you brought me into this plot?"

The writer asked questions again, but this time the God of Truth did not insist on exchanging answers for questions; He frankly admitted, "You guessed right."

(End of this chapter)