Alright.
Now that I know who is behind the attack on Lorna and that they are a Terrorist organization, things become much simpler… However, before dealing with that matter.
Vincent scanned the twenty-odd members present and suddenly said, "Among you, whoever has secretly pledged allegiance to Killian, step forward."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the car wash was stunned.
Edek took a deep breath and said gravely, "You mean, there's a traitor among us?"
Vincent nodded.
He didn't believe that the bald man could enter the car wash and directly invade Lorna's room without the help of an insider—
Furthermore.
If Lorna's body hadn't been compromised, the bald man, even with his abilities of self-healing, high temperature, and self-detonation, would never have been able to harm Lorna.
Therefore, the opposing force choosing to launch a sneak attack at this time indirectly confirmed that they had received some inside information from here. They knew that Lorna's physical condition might not be good, so they sent a subordinate to test the waters.
"Who is the traitor?"
"No way…"
Everyone in the room exchanged glances, and for a moment, everyone looked like a traitor, each person feeling wary.
In this situation, even checking phones or surveillance might make it difficult to identify the traitor.
"You don't need to guess. I can easily tell who the traitor is." The demigod-transformed Vincent waved his hand, and immediately a golden light emerged from the air, extending like a small, agile dragon, first landing on Edek.
"Are you a traitor?" Vincent asked him.
"No," Edek answered directly.
"Then you are not." Vincent nodded slightly and continued to place the Lasso of Truth on another person nearby.
Thus, the question-and-answer session began.
"Are you a traitor?"
"No."
"Are you a traitor?"
"No, I'm not!"
…This scene seemed a bit comical and strange.
After all, would a traitor directly admit to being an insider?
But when the Lasso of Truth landed on a woman, Vincent continued to ask mechanically, "Are you a traitor?"
Under the restraint of the shimmering golden rope, a divine light flashed in the woman's eyes, and she replied, "I am."
!!! Everyone present was dumbfounded.
This worked?
Being bound by the Lasso of Truth and unable to lie, this was the most unresolvable aspect of this divine artifact!
"Do you have accomplices? Who are they?" Vincent continued to ask.
"I have two accomplices, and they were the first to pledge allegiance to Killian. Their names are: Dude Samuel, Marlon Jeremy…"
Before the woman could finish speaking.
In the room.
Two burly men sitting in the back row changed their expressions drastically, stood up from their stools in terror, and quickly fled towards the main entrance of the car wash!
However, before the two could escape the car wash, a golden lasso flashed across the air like lightning, encircling and binding their bodies together.
Vincent, holding the other end of the Lasso of Truth, gave a gentle tug, and the two burly men flew back.
Vincent held the rope with one hand, letting the two bound burly men hang in the air, and looked down at them, asking, "Tell me, why does Killian want to kill Lorna?"
Among these two burly men, there was also an 'acquaintance', the thug who chased Pietro last time.
"I don't know, he didn't tell me," the thug replied with a bewildered look in his eyes.
The other burly man spoke up, "Killian believes that Lorna possesses a very unique mutant gene. So last time he wanted to cooperate with her, asking her to provide her blood for his human experimentation research. But Lorna refused. Later, Killian secretly contacted us, saying that whenever there was a suitable opportunity, we should work from the inside to eliminate Lorna and send her corpse over…"
Hearing him say this.
Edek finally couldn't hold back. His eyes were red, spewing with fury, and he punched the burly man hard in the face, knocking out several teeth!
Some other members also showed fierce expressions in their eyes; traitors were definitely one of the existences they most detested.
"These three traitors, I'll leave them to you to handle." Vincent retracted the Lasso of Truth, dropped a sentence, and walked towards the escalator upstairs.
Behind him, sounds of painful wailing continued to echo.
Vincent no longer paid attention to the situation in the car wash. He quickly returned to a dark room, where Little Emperor let out a "meow" and jumped forward, landing quickly and lightly on his shoulder.
"Well done, you'll get a can of fish as a reward when we get back," Vincent praised, and then his gaze fell on the bed, where the green-haired girl lying on it also opened her eyes at the opportune moment.
"How do you feel?" Vincent asked softly.
Lorna, uncharacteristically docile, replied, "My head isn't dizzy anymore, and I'm not hot, but I don't have much strength."
"You just need to rest for a day or two." Vincent sat by the bed and said, "Just now outside…"
"I already heard," Lorna said. "I didn't expect there to be three insiders."
"You rest well, I'll handle it." Vincent thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "I'll leave Little Emperor and Guan Luo by your side to protect you. Now that the traitors have been rooted out, you are very safe here."
Lorna asked directly, "Are you saying you want to go to Los Angeles?"
Vincent nodded.
Since the other party attacked Lorna and they are Terrorists, there's nothing to worry about.
He wanted to use his current demigod mode to go over and resolve the situation in one fell swoop!
A cool, small hand suddenly tugged at Vincent's shirt corner, saying, whether in a commanding tone or a playful one, "Little brother, don't… leave me, at least not tonight."
Vincent looked down and met those emerald-like eyes, unable to refuse. It was the first time he had seen the usually strong Lorna display such a fragile demeanor.
Lorna said weakly, "Tomorrow, my body should be mostly recovered. By then, I will personally go to Los Angeles to resolve this matter."
"How can that be?" Vincent felt helpless and sighed, "Then tomorrow, I'll go to Los Angeles with you."
Although he wouldn't have demigod mode tomorrow, with Little Emperor, he could still transform into other modes.
Or, let Lorna recover her state.
In short, Vincent didn't want Lorna to face that unknown danger alone.
"Then it's settled, little brother." The green-haired girl turned over, facing away from Vincent, a hint of triumph flashing in her eyes.
Going to Los Angeles to deal with the enemy forces was just a side note; Lorna's true desire at the moment was to have Vincent stay by her side a little longer.
Even if it was just for one day… On the other side, late at night.
At Vincent's house.
The Scarlet Girl, with crimson hair and wearing white pajamas, hugged a pink pillow and gently opened the door to the middle room. She looked at the figure lying on the bed in the dark room, came closer, and softly asked, "Master, are you cold?"
The person on the bed didn't respond.
"Is he asleep…" The Scarlet Girl muttered, somewhat disappointed, and left the room, hugging her pillow, carefully closing the door.
The room fell back into silence.
As the figure on the bed shifted slightly, revealing a mature and graceful woman's body beneath the covers… Diana opened her beautiful eyes. She rested her head on her slightly larger pillow, while hugging a regular-sized pillow, and gradually clamped it with her legs extending from beneath her white gauze dress.
With her long and smooth beautiful legs clamping it, Vincent's pillow began to slightly deform…
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