Chapter 386 Chaotic Faction Relations

The author's meaningful question left the God of Truth at a loss for words.

"How did you guess that accountants can't be trusted?" After all, he is a god, and he would not do anything like hoping for luck or struggling to survive. After being sure that he had been seen through, Patrick was more confused.

"There are so many loopholes that I don't even know where to start." Lin You sneered twice, "For example, the simplest truth is that if it weren't for his help, Loki wouldn't have been able to silently tamper with the characters in Red Dead Redemption. Whether he took the initiative to surrender or was coerced by a more powerful divine power, in short, He must have concealed it for Loki."

"So the reason I can roughly determine the scope of Loki's hidden secrets is because I kidnapped Loki and the accountant started working for me?" Patrick asked self-deprecatingly.

"It's a reasonable guess, isn't it? At least it's more reasonable than your guessing about the scope of Loki's hidden secrets."

Patrick didn't want to dwell on the question, so he urged, "Now that both questions have been asked, what's your decision?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? The transition from hostility to cooperation is never decided by just a few words." Lin You smiled and evaded the question.

"You have to be impatient! If you delay any longer, you will be able to successfully locate me." Patrick sneered in response. Although this trip was to discuss cooperation, he never relaxed his vigilance against Lin You; and he believed that the writer had the same attitude towards himself.

Although his true purpose was exposed, Lin You did not look embarrassed at all, but smiled. "Cooperation is about mutual benefit. You help me, and I help you. I will find a way to collect the secrets hidden by Loki, and you will find a way to stop the Norse pantheon from creating the 'unknown'."

Patrick agreed to this condition after only a brief pause: "Loki's hidden fragments of consciousness are concentrated in the United States, and my responsibility to obstruct the Norse pantheon can only be limited to the United States."

"Okay! But if any of the Nordic gods leave the United States and return to Europe, you must inform me immediately, regardless of whether I know about it in advance or not." Entering the stage of substantive exchange, Lin You became more decisive; "Whether I trigger the 'causal line' of Loki's consciousness to warn you, or you miss any 'unknown' factors, the cooperation will end immediately."

"That's fair." This was the last sentence Patrick left. After this, peace returned to the woods.

Lin You didn't leave in a hurry, but found a stone to sit on, looking up at the red cardinals and squirrels on the treetops. He suddenly remembered that when he was playing games in his previous life, he was so anxious to complete the hunting series of tasks, looking for these birds and small animals everywhere; in the end, he only completed it with the help of the guide.

Now I have changed my perspective and found that as long as the season is right, these little creatures are everywhere, and you can see them in groups of three or five. If you don't have so many worries, this season in late spring and early summer, in this country that has not yet been developed on a large scale, is indeed a good time to ride a horse and wander around.

Less than two minutes later, or even less, two short whistles suddenly sounded in the air, as if something was passing over the woods at high speed. Then, two burly figures landed in the clearing in the forest, smashing up a piece of soil and old rotten leaves.

"Where is he, where is that treacherous false god?" The rough voice of Thor, the god of thunder, echoed in the woods; the dense trees could not block his voice.

Lin You scolded dissatisfiedly: "Is this how you work now? Every time you go to a place, you shout that you are a god?"

"Is there a problem? Didn't you send people to follow us and cast the 'Forgetfulness Curse' on people everywhere?" Thor deliberately mocked.

Seeing the atmosphere suddenly tense, the God of War Tyr had to step in to smooth things over: "Now is a time for cooperation. We should unite our forces and focus on Patrick Morgan."

"Union, I don't believe in such a thing as union." Thor muttered softly; His voice was always rough, and even if it was deliberately lowered, it was still clearly audible.

Tyr glared at his brother helplessly, then turned to look at the writer, only to find that the other person was calm and did not seem angry at Thor's words. His butt was firmly fixed on the stone without moving.

But that half-smile made Lord God of War very uncomfortable, as if the other party had seen through the double act between his two brothers.

"Where is Patrick Morgan?" God of War Tyr asked bravely, "We sensed his presence. Did you rush here after you sensed his presence?" "No, he came to find me on his own initiative."

This answer made the already bad atmosphere tense. The two Norse gods showed alert looks at the same time, and Thor, who was even less patient, asked first: "What does He want from you?"

"Of course it's for negotiation; isn't it true that wars are fought while being negotiated at the same time?" Lin You answered as a matter of course.

"What to talk about?" Thor didn't even give him time to catch his breath and continued to ask.

"What else could it be? It was nothing more than peace talks and win-wins. I didn't agree, so He left."

Thor was obviously not satisfied with this answer. There was a dangerous light flashing in his eyes, and his already ferocious face became even more ferocious. "Is it that simple?"

"What else?" Lin You sneered, "Do you think I should agree to His solicitation? Then it should be Patrick Morgan, His unidentified True God ally, and me, the three True Gods who will ambush you two. If I can really kill you all at once and make you sleep for forty years, and sleep out of the time restricted area directly, then I will save a lot of trouble."

The undisguised sarcasm made Lord Thundergod furious. If Tyr hadn't stopped him, he would have almost hit the writer with a hammer.

Thiel became increasingly frustrated and turned to remind the writer: “We are now cooperative allies; you should consider maintaining trust and unity between the two sides in your daily words and deeds.”

"Cooperation? Trust? Unity?" Lin You pointed his chin at the Thunder God and reminded Tyr, "Although what you said makes sense, it's a pity that even your brother doesn't believe it - He said it himself."

"..." His Excellency the God of War may have never experienced such a difficult conversation. The current situation makes him prefer to face the giant wolf Fenrir again and put his remaining good hand into the wolf's mouth.

"Why didn't you inform us in time?" The God of War stopped talking, but the God of Thunder's voice was still loud, "If we could get the news in the first place, we might be able to catch the trace of that shameless false god."

Lin You responded coldly, and without saying a word, he raised his hand and patted the tree next to the stone; his movements were very light, and the sound of the pat was even lighter, but the tree trunk made a teeth-grinding cracking and breaking sound. In the blink of an eye, the tree dozens of feet high fell down with a loud bang.

A stone deeply embedded in the broken tree trunk was revealed, and the surface of the stone still exuded a faint golden luster.

"Can you recognize it? What is it?" Lin You asked.

Tyr nodded silently. "There is a warning array embedded in the stone, which will react to any fluctuations of divine power nearby. Was it set up by that false god?"

"It's obvious. If I warn you, He will definitely turn around and leave, and you will still not be able to catch Him." Lin You sneered, "If the God of Truth is so easy to catch, how could Loki have failed to catch anything for several years in a row? And you, have you been slacking off for the past few months?"

"You were also part of the hunt for Patrick, but you got nothing too, didn't you?" Thor felt that he couldn't let his side be the only one to bear the label of failure.

"Now you admit that I am the enemy of the God of Truth?" Lin You teased; facing the ridicule, his mentality was much better than that of Thor.

"Although the pursuit was fruitless, this conversation was not in vain. At least, I know there is a traitor in our team."

(End of this chapter)