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Chapter 237 The Second Examiner

Watching Aiwass suddenly shoot the journalist dead, the others all looked at him in astonished disbelief.

"You are indeed decisive,"

Living Silver, arms crossed over his chest, said softly in admiration, "No matter if he's Merlin or a journalist, or a detective who came down early, as long as this place isn't Layer Zero, that shot was permissible."

"I simply wanted to save everyone some time,"

Aiwass said calmly as he wiped the gun barrel.

If he were Merlin, Aiwass wouldn't worry—Merlin would only cause them trouble, but the real Jacob would personally open the box for his own grandson, Aiwass.

At this point in time, Noble Red was not yet established. The Hand of the Scaleless was still a ritually organization with considerable public prestige.

Even though they were wanted for cursing and killing some wealthy elites, their reputation among the people was very high.

In such a case, should Jacob realize he was being wrongfully accused, he was highly likely to disclose his identity as the founder of Hand of the Scaleless.

—Aiwass still didn't know who Pure White and the others were; such secrets were not yet to be revealed to them.

From this perspective, Aiwass was indeed silencing him.

"If it weren't for the information painstakingly brought by Lulu, this level might well have been a lethal trap,"

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Aiwass said soberly as he stepped over the journalist's corpse, walked to the round table, sat down, and propped up his leg.

He looked at everyone and slowly said, "The other layers were like tempests in the dark night. Suddenly, we get to this layer, bright sunshine, clean air, birds chirping, flowers fragrant... As long as they don't have awakened memories and find the real tasks, they would definitely think they have reached reality at first."

"—Because this place is different from every other dream layer,"

"From the perspective of the one who posed the question, what's wrong with me killing everyone in my layer?"

Pure White went on and on.

The more Lulu heard, the paler her face became.

She looked at Aiwass somewhat fearfully, but what she saw on Aiwass's face was an ever-clearer smile.

"Who are you?"

Aiwass suddenly asked in return.

Pure White narrowed his eyes, somewhat disappointed, "You wouldn't still think I'm Merlin trying to mislead people, would you?"

"You're not Merlin, but you are indeed lying and deliberately misleading. So I'm asking... who are you in the real world?"

"You're overstepping, Mr. Fox."

Pure White narrowed his eyes, warning him.

"The one overstepping is you."

Aiwass struck back without hesitation, "Why are you helping Merlin?"

Upon hearing this, the surroundings instantly fell silent.

Pure White looked at Aiwass in surprise, "When did you realize?"

"After I proposed the Surefire Method. But now that I think about it, you already revealed a flaw the first time we met."

Aiwass snorted coldly, "Think about it, from the first time you saw me... everything you said seemed to question Merlin, but in reality, all your words were helping him to shake off suspicion."