Chapter 659 – Bluff
"You do know this is a trap, right?" the emissary asked coldly. "As soon as we leave, he is going to attack us, and I can't call Mistress Lust from in here."
The Governor looked at the emissary with furrowed brows. "What are we supposed to do? I'm not a Suppressor, and you're not powerful enough. Give me an alternative."
The emissary remained silent for a while.
"There are no intelligent Force Specters," the emissary said. "He ran out of power and is hiding somewhere in here. He wants us to leave so that we don't find him." Nôv(el)B\jnn
"He doesn't have a physical body," the Governor answered. "I covered the entire room with web, and he can still attack you."
"Then, why did he stop?" the emissary asked. "If he just keeps attacking, he will be more convincing. There's no reason to stop attacking to let us escape."
The Governor turned to look at the mist in the room again.
He thoroughly scanned the entire room.
No, there was nothing.
"He is a Force Specter," the Governor said. "I inspected the room closely, and I can't find him. This is a Containment Unit, and there's nowhere for him to hide."
"Leaving is our only option," he added.
The emissary didn't react.
In fact, she was actually right.
If Nick could attack, he would.
It was important to highlight the difference between seeing something and perceiving something.
When the Governor had been looking through the Containment Unit after Nick's first attack, he had seen Nick but hadn't perceived him.
He had believed that the black mist was simply the remnant of the Meat Cube's vanishing body.
Technically, he had been seeing Nick all the time, but he had not been actively perceiving him.
This meant that Nick's ability had still been active.
Yet, as soon as the Governor actually started to consider that Nick might be a Force Specter, Nick's ability deactivated.
After all, the Governor was now perceiving the mist as Nick, which was exactly what Nick was at the moment.
If Nick launched an attack now, he would be many times slower and weaker.
The Governor would be able to counterattack and destroy the physical parts of Nick's body.
On top of that, both of them would realize that Nick had become much weaker.
Right now, even if the Governor weren't here, killing the emissary had become very difficult for Nick.
Because of that, Nick didn't attack anymore.
He was bluffing.
"We have to leave," the Governor said.
And the Governor was falling for the bluff.
Although, it was also important to remember that the Meat Cube had been killed and that the city needed a new Demon.
Just because the Governor was falling for Nick's bluff didn't mean that he was doing the wrong thing.
Nick hadn't lied about Lust.
By falling for Nick's bluff, the Governor was actually increasing his chances of survival.
"Fine," the emissary answered.
The two of them carefully walked to the door, and the Governor opened it.
The mist inside the Containment Unit was slowly moving past them while the Governor kept vigilantly watching his surroundings.
All three of them left the Containment Unit, and the door closed.
"Where is your Major Relay?" the mist asked the two of them.
"Outside the city," the emissary spoke calmly.
The Governor furrowed his brows.
"I never escort you out of the city."
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