Meinan's expression changed again. She shifted her gaze from beta to the white kitten in her arms. The kitten happened to be looking back at her, but there was no expression in its pair of green eyes. They were like two pure green agates.
Meinan knew that Loki was the best shapeshifter in the world. When Cheng Sihan brought her to see Loki for the first time, the latter had transformed into a Scottish fold.
So it was not surprising that Loki would appear here tonight as a little white cat. In fact, this was also the reason why Meinan did not recognize β at first sight. β and Cheng Sihan entered this abandoned subway line together tonight. She did not have a cat with her at that time, and β did not go out again after that. The possibility of her finding a cat here was basically zero.
Of course, if the cat was Loki, then it would be a different story.
However, facing Meinan's questioning gaze, β neither admitted nor denied it. He just smiled, "I know why you are looking for him. You don't have much time left to live because of your illness. Tsk, tsk. Poor you. You hope that I can help you find a way to deceive the grim reaper."
Meinan did not deny it. Her condition was not a secret. Loki knew about it from the first time she met him. However, until now, Loki's attitude was very ambiguous. He did not say that he had a way to help her, nor did he say that he could not help her.
The reason why Meinan fought for the position of agent was that she knew that if she became Loki's agent, Loki would definitely not let her live. Otherwise, if she died in the hospital bed before she could fight the other agents, Loki would be in big trouble.
But now Fan Meinan didn't know why Loki would help her. Loki had taken back the power he had given her before and had chosen his agent. Based on Fan Meinan's understanding of Loki, although he would sometimes help strangers who had nothing to do with him for fun, it was impossible for him to deceive the Grim Reaper just out of a whim or because of their previous friendship.
Moreover, judging from the test he gave Cheng Sihan was to kill his sister, Loki really did not care about Meinan's life just because she was his agent for a period of time.
However, Meinan did not expect Beta to continue. "The goddess of death is my teacher's daughter. No one in this world knows Hila better than him. So if anyone can help you, it must be my teacher."
After saying that, β looked at Meinan again, expecting to see the excitement in the latter's eyes. After all, it was like a traveler who had been trekking in the desert for two whole days without a drop of water and suddenly saw an oasis in front of him, or a passenger who fell into the sea after a shipwreck saw another ship passing by. It was enough to reignite the hope of survival when they were in despair.
However, to β's surprise, although Meinan's eyes also lit up, she quickly calmed down. "What's the price?"
"It's so worry-free to talk with Senior Sister," Cheng Sihan said, "But don't worry, it's different from the previous test. What Teacher wants you to do this time is very simple. For you, it's just a matter of lifting a finger. A matter of lifting a finger in exchange for your life. There's no better deal than this."
"Did you say the same to my sister?" Meinan asked. She looked at the white cat in β's arms. "If Loki has something to do, why doesn't he just send you to do it? Or ask my sister for help? She is much better than me. Isn't it safer to ask her?"
"I'm not Santa Claus. I'm not going to ride a reindeer carriage and appear on the roofs of every child who wishes, then go down the chimney and put presents in their stockings," β said. "This deal is specially provided by the teacher to you, and only you can complete it. As for your sister …"
Β paused. "The teacher has a bit of a problem with her this time, not because she tried to coerce me to find the teacher, but because she disrespected the teacher … You know, the teacher never cares about this kind of thing. If we can really deceive the teacher one day, he will definitely be happy for us. What annoys the teacher this time is that your sister has always been stubborn. You have a good reason to want to live as a proxy, but your sister is living for someone else. And after such a long time, she hasn't made any progress. Otherwise, the teacher wouldn't have lost his patience with her and asked me for help."
"I don't think living for someone else is a sad thing," Meinan said lightly.
Β shrugged, "I'm not going to argue with you, sister. We are not here tonight to discuss some philosophical proposition. Why don't you listen to what the teacher wants you to do first?"
Meinan was silent for a moment. "Before I listen to your request, I need to ask you a few questions first."
Β paused for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I'm not in a hurry anyway. But I will only answer questions that I know. If your questions are beyond my understanding, there's nothing I can do."
"My sister came down with you. Where is she now?"
"This question …" β scratched his head, "I don't know. We were separated in that infinite loop tunnel. I thought your sister was trapped in that tunnel, but when I went back to take a look, I found that she was no longer there. As for where she went, whether she is still alive or not, I don't know. You should know by now whose territory this is. I am actually just a guest here, just like you."
"Then how did you leave that infinite loop tunnel?" Meinan asked.
"Sorry, this is my secret. Just like how I know that you have a very powerful item hidden in your body, ready to give me a fatal blow if you don't like me, I won't ask you how you plan to kill me. I can't tell you how I left that tunnel either."
"What's under the hole on the second floor?"
Meinan couldn't get any valuable answers about Cheng Sihan, so she changed her question.
"It's a pool," β said honestly. Before Meinan could ask any more questions, it continued, "You will definitely ask me what's under the pool, but I don't know either. The pool is a little cold, and I didn't bring my swimsuit with me. I don't have any plans to swim in it, but I know your boyfriend went down. He didn't come out, so he must have found something down there."
"Jörmungandr is at the bottom of the pool, right?"
"Jörmungandr?" β had a playful look on his face. "The Snake of Midgard is, of course, in the Atrium."
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