Chapter 365: Catalina's "Sincerity"
Catalina walked back to the barracks with ease, a smile on her face as if she had returned triumphantly.
"What's the situation?" Tai Long looked at his rookie sister and asked with some concern.
"It's easy." Katarina sat down at the table with her arms folded across her chest, and raised her chin half in disgust and half in pride: "That guy named Garen is just a vulgar Demacia nobleman with nothing but appearance."
"He pretends to be righteous in front of others, but when he sees a woman throwing herself at him, he half-heartedly tries to accept her. Oh, I think it won't be long before he will take the initiative to let me cut his head."
Catalina spoke of her achievements in a relaxed tone, but was greeted with a deep and hesitant look from Tyrone.
Leblanc walked slowly to her side and asked meaningfully, "Katerina, are you sure this guy is so easy to deal with?"
"Of course." Catalina said confidently.
The way Garen looked at her at that time was completely unfaithful. This guy was completely fascinated by her.
Even though she had not received any professional training, she could easily defeat this big fool with her extraordinary talent.
Catalina felt quite proud when she thought of this, just like a fighting champion who accidentally became a beauty queen during her spare time, which gave her an unexpected pleasure.
"Are you happy?" Leblanc raised her lips and said, "Don't forget, if you want the fish to bite, you must throw out bait that will satisfy the fish."
"If Garen is really as impatient as you say, and can't wait to have a 'deep communication' with you, then what you need to sell next may not only be your sex appeal, but also..."
LeBlanc narrowed her eyes and said meaningfully, "Your body, Katarina."
Katrina: “…”
She fell silent instantly, and her face became extremely ugly.
The assassin's body is also a weapon, and if the mission requires it, the weapon must be used in actual combat.
"What?" Leblanc gently stroked her cheek: "Katerina, don't you have this determination?"
"I..." Catalina was excited.
"What? For the empire, for His Majesty Darkwill, you are not willing to make even this little sacrifice?" Leblanc's voice seemed to reach her soul and resounded directly in her mind.
"I, I..." Catalina struggled to organize her words.
Finally, Leblanc let her go: "Okay."
She still held Katerina's cheek gently with her palm, not letting go: "I have read your mind."
"Your spirit tells me that you are indeed a loyal Imperial warrior. That is good."
"This..." Catalina woke up suddenly.
The cold touch from Leblanc's pale palm made her feel an inexplicable chill.
This chill wasn't even a feeling of something actually existing, but an inexplicable intuition about danger left in her by her years of almost self-abuse assassin training.
"What did you do to me?" Katarina looked at Leblanc nervously.
"Don't be nervous." Leblanc finally withdrew her hand: "I just read your recent memory to see if Garen's reaction is as easy to deal with as you said."
As she spoke, she winked at Miss Carter mischievously with her harmless face: "By the way, I also did a little bit of manipulation in your brain."
"What?!" Catalina broke out in a cold sweat.
She had actually had her brain and soul operated on by this woman without anyone noticing?
What a terrible spell this is...
"I'm helping you, idiot." Leblanc's face turned cold: "Do you really think that Garen is as easy to deceive as you see?"
"Ridiculous! Do you think that the people of the Mianwei family are all fools? Would they approve such a big fool who can be easily fascinated by a village girl to be the heir of the Mianwei family?"
"Don't forget, Galen's father, Peter Crownguard, was a famous German general who faced off against your father, General Du Kekao, on the Western Front for several years without losing the upper hand."
"Do you think that a young man who can be recognized by a famous general, entrusted with the important task of the family, and even trained by King Jarvan as the next generation of minister of state, would be a fool without any scheming?"
LeBlanc scolded her, making Katarina extremely embarrassed.
But she still couldn't believe it: "Captain Lanfu, are you saying... I, I was deceived by that man?"
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Katarina was unwilling to admit it. She actually lost to a muscular man swinging a huge sword in terms of intelligence? How is this possible?
"Just wait and see." Leblanc looked at Katarina with disdain: "You've revealed your flaws, idiot."
"If I'm not mistaken, that guy has already hired someone to investigate our identities in secret."
"What should we do then?" Catalina asked nervously.
She thought she had outsmarted Garen, but she didn't expect that she was the lowest-ranked rookie in the game. Fortunately...
"I've already thought about this." Leblanc smiled. "I knew that a rookie like you wouldn't be able to defeat the heir of the Crown Guard family, and that you would attract a counterintelligence investigation from the Leader."
“But it’s better this way.”
If he doesn't check, no matter how well Katarina performs, Garen will always have some doubts in his heart.
After checking, the target can feel at ease and let down his guard completely.
"Our identities and backgrounds were carefully arranged by the Imperial Assassins Guild and the War Stonemasons. It is absolutely impossible to find any flaws using conventional investigation methods."
"However, in addition to conventional means, the leader also has more effective unconventional means."
The so-called unconventional means is simply mind reading.
Although spiritual mages are rare, they are not extremely rare in the world.
What major force these days doesn't have a few spiritual mages who are good at manipulating souls to assist in their intelligence work?
As a master at playing with people's hearts, Black Rose is even more proficient in this. As for the Leader Association... not to mention others, the whole world now knows that President Levi's girlfriend Seraphine is a soul singer who can read minds.
"They will definitely invite a spiritualist to use mind reading to investigate our identities."
Leblanc said confidently, because Black Rose often used this trick when investigating unidentified suspicious persons.
Who wouldn’t like to use such a useful trick?
"What should we do?" Katarina was puzzled: "How should we deal with a wizard who can read souls?"
That's mind reading! No matter how good their disguise is, can they still fool the mind reader?
"Of course." Leblanc smiled and pointed at herself: "The best way to deal with a psychic mage is..."
"Please ask for a stronger spiritual mage."
…
In the evening, Garen, Sona and Lux finally arrived at Katarina's barracks together.
"We have checked all the other prisoners and civilians, and only Miss Kana and her family are left." Sona wiped the thin layer of sweat from her forehead with her hand, and said to Garen and Lux with a slightly tired look.
Yes, she is talking.
Since becoming the Leader and leaving Demacia, Sona doesn't even act anymore.
She no longer communicated with others in an "Aba Aba" manner, but instead learned the methods taught by the leaders to manipulate the airflow to simulate the vibration of the vocal cords and make the sounds she wanted to express.
As for whether this is considered magic, and whether it violates Demacia's ban on magic...
Don’t ask, the answer is that Sona’s “Hextech DJ station” also has brain-computer voice function integrated into it.
In short, Sona can speak now, and her voice is sweet and ethereal.
"Sona, Lux." Seeing that he was about to check on Katarina, Garen did not forget to remind her and her sister: "Remember to be careful."
"Yes." Sona and Lux both nodded seriously.
Garen quietly clenched the giant sword in his hand and looked at the tree house barracks where Katarina was with complicated thoughts.
He walked forward and knocked on the door gently, and Catalina's beautiful oval face appeared in front of him again.
"Lord Garen? Why are you here?" The girl opened the door and greeted him in surprise.
"I have something to talk to you about." Garen also had a warm smile on his face.
I hope she's not undercover.
This thought came to his mind instinctively.
But this did not affect Garen's actions at all .
He still secretly held the Storm Sword that had killed countless enemies tightly, and his eyes were always fixed on the three people in the tree house:
Katarina, LeBlanc, and Talon, the so-called three brothers and sisters.
If the situation changes, Galen will not hesitate:
A basic attack followed by a fatal blow severely damaged Katarina, followed by a buff of courage and then a judgment to spin around and injure Talon and Leblanc, followed by a big sword to complete the harvest of the low-health target...
"Ahem." Garen concealed the hostility in his heart.
He still said to Katarina in a calm tone: "Ms. Kana, actually I came here this time because the coalition has a routine inspection of new recruits. I would like to trouble you to cooperate again..."
Galen briefly explained the situation to Carter and the other two.
Catalina's expression suddenly changed.
Only, it's not nervous.
It is an unspeakable hesitation.
"Lord Garen... You mean, you and this master wizard can both see my thoughts, right?" Katarina gritted her teeth, her face flushed, looking very reluctant.
"Can I not check?" she asked.
"No." Garen's eyes were quietly sharp, and he emphasized meaningfully: "This is all to prevent spies from infiltrating. Miss Kana, you don't want those evil Noxians to appear around us again, right?"
"But, but..." Catalina's face turned so red that it looked like water could be squeezed out of it.
And she wasn't even acting.
In order to assist her, Leblanc designed a very bad love-brain personality for her. She really didn't want people to see what was in her mind now. If it wasn't for the great cause of the empire, she would even rather commit suicide here than let her "true heart" be exposed in front of others.
But at this time, Garen showed no mercy to women at all.
While tensing his body and circulating his energy, he secretly glanced at Sona, signaling her to go forward and check Katarina's memory.
So Sona plucked up her courage, held her Hexharp, and stepped forward with the support of Lux's magic.
She reached out and touched Katharina's cheek. Katharina tried to dodge subconsciously, but she managed not to do so.
And then...
"Ah!" Sona pulled her hand away in fear.
Her fair little face turned red instantly, and her chest heaved up and down with lingering fear.
The little girl looked at Katarina, then at Galen, and finally at Katarina again: "You, you adults, what are you thinking about all day long?!"
