Chapter 70 Deal or No Deal? (1/2)
Alex knew that if he showed the captive golden woman with the way that she is right now, her father will surely burst in a fit of anger.
Alex of course would not want that to happen.
”Think Alex, think!” Alex thought to himself as he tried to find a solution for his current dilemma.
Alex was confident that he and Alina can escape from the golden guy in the expense of extremely heavy injuries.
However, Alex knew that the little monsters that are with them will not be spared by the golden guy.
”If I do nothing to de-escalate the situation, then these little monsters will be in danger!” Alex thought as he gritted his teeth.
”Wait a second…” Alex's mind halted a little, as if he suddenly remembered something important.
”The little monsters... the golden woman… the Monster Birth Program… Hehehe, now this is a plan!” Alex resisted the urge to laugh as he was able to find the solution to his current dilemma.
Before the golden guy could notice Alex's awkward pause, Alex started to flail his arms around, managing to surprise even Alina.
”You think I will just accept such paltry offer of yours?” An arrogant voice came out of Alex's mouth, which managed to show a cocky behavior from him. ”I am here to obtain something, something that I know you have!”
”Speak, Eldritch.” Luckily for Alex, the golden guy seems to be willing to listen to him.
Alex took this as his chance to reverse the situation.
”…”
The first thing that Alex did was to look at the direction where the little monsters were hidden.
The way that Alex looked at them was so obvious that the golden guy saw what he was doing.
The golden guy naturally followed Alex's gaze, and what he saw made his body twitch imperceptibly.
”Oh?” Alex let out a light scoff as he saw the golden guy's reaction. ”You seem to know what these little monsters really are, right?”
”I do not know what you are talking about.” The golden guy replied, with his voice still stable. ”I was just surprised that there are weak monsters like them here.”
”Don't lie to me, Human.” Alex snarled as he assumed an imposing stance. ”You know that these kids are victims of a nefarious breeding program! Just seeing your reaction earlier confirms that!”
”....”
This is the first part of Alex's plan to calm the situation down.
Alex wanted to find out first if the golden guy has knowledge of the Monster Birth Program by using the little monsters as a way to elicit reaction from him.
If the golden guy reacted while looking at them, then he knows about the program. If not, then its running time for Alex.
Luckily for Alex, the golden guy seems to know a lot about the program.
With the first step already fixed, Alex decided to start on the second step.
”When my partner and I came to this World, our only intention is to do some sight-seeing.” Alex said as he and Alina went near each other. ”Today is our first day, and we plan to tour this forest.”
”However, before I could even enjoy my time here, I saw these little monsters in a life-death situation. After saving and conversing with them, I realized about their difficulties. What I heard from them made me... extremely angry.” Even a psychopath can see that Alex is extremely angry right now.
”I may be not Human, but even I can understand that kids forced to turn into Monsters are a very unfortunate lot. My partner also thinks the same way too.” Alex muttered as he played with some of his tentacles. ”Both of us were not Local Monsters in this World, so we could not fathom and understand why these Human Kids were forced to turn into Monsters. For us two, it's just … wrong.”
”Because of that, I and my partner decided to do our best to help these little monsters out.” Alex said as he pointed his tentacles at the golden guy. ”And not even you or your fancy equipment can stop us from doing so!”
”I do not care for the reason why you and the others are not interested on helping out these little monsters.” Alex said as he slowly slithered backwards. ”The only thing that I can tell you is that my partner and I both care for these kids!”
”…”
”All that I want is to cure these little monsters and turn them back to normal.” Alex declared as he stopped on moving. ”And you and your daughter will be helping me with that.”
”What… do you mean by that?” The golden guy did not deny or confirm about his knowledge of the Monster Birth Program, but his reply right now is just the right reply for Alex.
”If you know something related to this blasted program, then you must also know something that can cure the monster transformation.” Alex slowly said as Alina went behind him. ”Of course I may be just wrong here and there really is no cure at all. But if that really is the case, then you will never be able to get your daughter back.”
”!!!!!!!!”
Alex took advantage of the shock of the golden guy as he slowly said,
”In exchange for your daughter's life, you should give me the cure that can reverse the monster transformation that happened on the 5 little monsters. If you don't do it, then ugly things might happen.”
”What!”
This is the solution that Alex found out to solve his current dilemmas.
By forcing the golden guy to hand something related to the cure for the transformed monsters in exchange for his daughter's life, Alex will be able to find a way to complete his Main Mission while also getting off his current crisis.
”Oh, and don't try to lie to me, since my partner here can see if you are lying.” Alex said as Alina gave the golden guy a glare. ”If you lie, your daughter… will have some marks of your falsehood. So, be careful with what you say, okay?”
”…”
If the golden guy really knew nothing about the cure, then Alex will just give back his daughter hastily.