Chapter 8 Hypnosis Experiment

After hearing the other party's words, Lynn fell silent.

After a while, he lowered his head and said, "Sounds good? So, what do you need me to do?"

The masked woman seemed to have thought it through long ago, and did not hesitate: "I need you to return to the imperial capital, inherit your father's title, and then have the entire family swear allegiance to me."

"The Bartleron family is considered an old and meritorious family. Unlike those upstart forces with no foundation, you have a great influence in the military."

“Although it is a bit on the decline now, it is still a force that cannot be ignored.”

“What’s more.” The masked woman paused and looked at Lin En with an inexplicable look, “Your family seems to be very rich.”

"I need you to provide me with an endless supply of financial support."

"At present, it seems that your father is seriously ill and in critical condition. Your brother died on the battlefield. Apart from your sister, you are the only one left in the Bartleron family. Of course, except for the child in your sister-in-law's belly."

"So, it is only natural for you to inherit this title."

Lin En shook her head. “Ma’am, you should know that I am hated by everyone in the capital. There is no way they will allow me to inherit the title smoothly.”

"This is something I should consider. You just need to answer me, whether you agree or not."

Hearing this, Lin En shrugged: "I don't think I have any reason to refuse?"

If this was really the reason why they captured him, then Lynn could agree to the proposal.

It is not impossible to pretend to be submissive on the surface and secretly look for opportunities to escape.

After all, the other party's mouth was really wide open, almost wanting to swallow up the entire Bartleon family.

Perhaps it's not just her, the nobles in the imperial capital are also rushing over to get a piece of the pie.

And all of this was thanks to his fiancée.

Lin En sneered in his heart.

As if seeing through his inner thoughts, the other party continued: "Wait a minute, I still have a condition to tell you."

"This deal between us has no guarantees, you should know that." The masked woman held her chin with one hand, revealing a snow-white wrist, which made her originally cold and aloof look more charming. "So before that, you need to cooperate with us in an experiment."

"What experiment?"

Lynn frowned slightly.

The other party is indeed not a fool. It is impossible for him to base this level of cooperation on verbal basis.

"An experiment related to mind control." The masked woman pointed to her forehead. "In other words, it's a hypnosis experiment."

She said bluntly.

"You want me to be your puppet?" Lin En laughed. "It's a good deal to be able to take the Bartler family's accumulation of a hundred years without spending a penny."

"So, what's your answer?"

"I refuse."

Of course, Lin En couldn't agree to that.

After all, if I really did that experiment, it would be equivalent to handing over the power of life and death to the other party.

Once you become a complete slave, you can no longer resist.

"Can you tell me the reason?" The masked woman didn't seem surprised. "Besides this path, it seems that your Bartleron family has no other possibility of turning things around."

Lin En smiled and said, "I don't want to be a prisoner without autonomy. I'd rather die than be like that."

"What if I promise that I will never use hypnosis to control your will until you betray me?"

"That's impossible."

Now, the masked woman was really curious.

In her opinion, the conditions she could offer at the moment were an irresistible temptation for a down-and-out noble who wanted revenge.

She had seen those driven by revenge.

In order to achieve the goal, I would not hesitate even if it meant going to hell.

But the young man in front of him seemed to have no such idea at all.

"Why?" She asked simply and clearly, and then as if she suddenly realized something, "Perhaps you don't know my identity yet, then I..."

"It has nothing to do with this." Lynn interrupted, "For example, ma'am, would you board a ship that is doomed to sink?"

"What's the meaning?"

The masked woman frowned slightly.

"What I mean is, no matter who you are or what you want to do, you can't accomplish anything with just this bunch of ragtag people under you."

Lynn leaned back in her seat and said calmly.

As if sensing his contempt, the masked woman's voice gradually cooled down: "You seem to have some misunderstandings about me. Do you think I'm a good person to talk to?"

"Lynn Bartletleon, there are only two paths before you."

"First, accept my proposal and become my subordinate after the experiment is completed."

"Second, after I have retrieved your memory, I will find someone to transform into your appearance and replace you as the new head of the Bartlerion family."

As for the result of the second path, it is self-evident.

She doesn't run a charity.

After losing his usefulness, his only fate is death.

"Or maybe there is a third way."

Lynn suddenly stretched lazily.

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Then he slowly placed a loaded revolver on the table.

"Let me hold you hostage and escape from here."

Something strange happened suddenly.

The masked woman's eyes narrowed.

At this moment, the shackles were not opened, but Lin En's right hand somehow broke free.

Looking closely, there was obvious redness and swelling at the base of his thumb.

This is the thumb dislocation method that Lin En learned from a book in his previous life. He didn't expect that he could use it successfully on the first try.

He looked at the masked woman who had fallen into silence and smiled happily: "Well, am I right?"

"The people under your command are just a bunch of useless rabble."

Lynn said as he played with the revolver.

The gun that originally belonged to Werner had long been disarmed.

The sword in Lin En's hand was taken from Rhine when he was whispering to him just now.

It can be easily done with just a few simple techniques.

He had said it a long time ago.

To deal with someone like Rhine, you just need to make him feel that everything is under control. His own arrogance will completely consume him until he reveals his flaws.

And Lynn seized that flaw.

So at this moment, the situation has completely reversed.

"You deliberately pretended to be like that from the beginning, just to make Rhine relax and create a situation where the two of us were alone?"

The masked woman looked Lin En up and down, as if she wanted to get to know him all over again.

"That's right." As he spoke, Lin En opened his mouth to reveal the bite marks. "Maybe he saw me spitting blood and thought I had completely lost the power to resist. He was so stupid."

"Ma'am, after this matter is over, you should consider replacing your subordinates with more reliable ones as soon as possible."

"Do you think you can escape from this dungeon?" The masked woman was very calm from beginning to end. "Let's take a step back. Even if you escape back to the ground, this area is our territory."

"Don't bluff." Lin En interrupted her again, "Ma'am, you can't fool me with these words."

"oh?"

The masked woman looked at him with interest.

"You think I can do nothing just because you blocked my vision and hands on the way here?" Lin En stood up and walked towards her. "I was captured around 9:40 in the evening. When I woke up, the clock tower in the center of Orne City rang ten times."

"It's too late to leave the city in more than ten minutes, and thanks to the sound of the bell, I was able to guess the relative position."

"As for the next road, you can use your body's sense of time and general direction to determine. By the way, a person's pulse, breathing, and even heartbeat can be used as a tool to measure time."

"With the above conditions, combined with my memory of the bird's-eye view of Orne City, it's easy to determine where I am at this moment."

"109 King's Road, underground, am I right?"

(End of this chapter)