After the huge ship turned around, Baron Coleman let out a long sigh of relief.
"This was unexpected. I didn't think we'd gain the upper hand in negotiations with Paris and make him back down."
Baron Coleman said, and Pang Kedo also nodded.
"Anyway, it's great that no one was killed... but what about that Delta Team Leader? Are we really letting him go?"
Wang Yuyang looked at Lin Yu again.
"You said 'first' just now, right? Where there's a 'first' there's a 'second'... Does this guy have any other use?"
Lin Yu nodded.
"Of course. As President Paris's confidant, he could make that ruthless man spare his life just to protect him..."
"So I suspect this guy knows a lot."
"For example, about the memories and experiences this guy lost."
Lin Yu pointed to Pang Kedo beside him.
Pan Yuqiang nodded.
"Good idea, but how do we make him talk?"
"Since that president values him, it means he's not only capable but also loyal... How would he speak up about things that could damage President Paris otherwise?"
Lin Yu smiled.
"Simple—use a method to change whom he's loyal to."
He said it casually.
Wang Yuyang and Pan Yuqiang were only slightly surprised and had no strong objections. But the two employees who knew Truth Corporation better and Fu Luo all frowned.
"You want to brainwash a senior security armed officer, a former Great Wasteland special ops member who underwent the latest Calamity Series modifications? Honestly, I'm not optimistic!" Baron Coleman said, choosing his words carefully.
Fu Luo earnestly advised, "If you have any precious tools that can interfere with cognition, I suggest you don't use them on him. These people's souls and perceptions have been modified."
"They're very good at resisting methods aimed at those aspects."
Lin Yu smiled. "I know that... which is why I'll be using this."
He opened his hands, revealing a small leather collar.
This was another transformation of the Counterfeit—if the Counterfeit hadn't been so "luckily" affected by the Miserly Wealthy One, Lin Yu wouldn't have dared this bold idea.
"You all should know I'm a First-Tier Veterinarian... but aside from A Nian, others probably don't know which direction I chose when I promoted."
"Now I can tell you... I chose the Collar."
"And I just completed the Promotion Trial not long ago, so I haven't found my desired 'pet' yet."
"If you don't mind... I'd like to take this fellow in."
Lin Yu said softly.
Li Nian was shocked. "Hey, are you serious? But... that's a human, right?"
Pan Yuqiang then spoke up, "If I'm not mistaken, a Veterinarian can't turn highly intelligent creatures into 'pets,' right?"
Lin Yu shook his head.
"Not exactly. According to the item's description... it's just that the higher the intelligence and strength of a creature that exceeds the user's, the higher the failure rate of conversion."
Lin Yu paused, then winked and spoke in an extremely gentle tone.
"But for me, ordinary humans, especially those who clearly enjoy violence, are no different from dogs."
"I noticed when I worked at the pet hospital that intelligence gaps between dogs are sometimes greater than between humans and dogs."
"And sometimes the differences between humans themselves can be even greater."
He crouched down and patted the back of the unconscious Delta Team Leader, smiling in a manner like a warm neighborly big sister or an extraordinarily patient kindergarten teacher.
"I like people, the same way people like dogs."
His tone and touch were so soft they felt like feathers turning in the wind.
Wang Yuyang watched and couldn't help scooting a little closer to his girlfriend.
"I'm now certain this Veterinarian is totally S-ranked."
Then he looked at Li Nian. "No matter what others in the organization think, I think he's very fit to join our Free Alliance."
Li Nian looked at "Zhu Ming" and licked her lips.
"I fully agree."
Meanwhile, Lin Yu, crouched on the ground playing up the "neurotic" side he had added to Xia Yue, felt more and more belief gathering and exhaled.
Good, good, the time is right.
He ran his tongue across his teeth and activated the Tongue of Deceit.
"For me, the success rate of this conversion... is almost one hundred percent."
Lin Yu said softly and placed the Collar around the Delta Team Leader's neck.
The lie he'd just spat out fell like a silver needle, and within the existing multi-person belief, aided by the Tongue of Deceit's power...
False became true!
The moment the Collar—formed from the Counterfeit—was put on, the small success probability that should have existed because the Delta Team Leader was a powerful human instantly reversed...
If the Gambler had activated his ability to check right then, he'd see that tiny success percentage number rolling, increasing, and swelling in a short time.
Until it became...
Nearly one hundred percent!
Just as Lin Yu declared!
The Collar made from the Counterfeit was now even stronger than a genuine one. Once fastened around the Delta Team Leader's neck, the man writhed in pain.
"Ugh!"
He suddenly snapped awake from unconsciousness and growled.
"What are you doing? What are you going to do to me!"
"Dammit... dammit!"
He screamed almost manically, twisting his body.
Lin Yu held his head down and smiled sweetly, "Good, good..."
Eventually, the Delta Team Leader's struggles grew weaker and weaker, until slowly...
He lay still on the ground, motionless.
The Collar, empowered by godly force, had stripped away a portion of his personal will—though his "self" still existed, it was as if some foreign object had invaded his brain and soul and stamped a mark.
And that mark said...
"Be loyal to Lin Yu."
He looked at the girl before him with reverence, somewhat at a loss.
All his memories and cognition remained, even the recent experiences were still in his mind.
But he could no longer make correct judgments in those areas.
"My god, I actually tried to resist you just now. How rude and ignorant of me..."
The Delta Team Leader rubbed his head and slowly got up, speaking as if fatigued.
Seeing his change, Fu Luo shuddered.
"God damn, this is a bit scary."
Not just Fu Luo—Wang Yuyang and Li Nian were a little frightened too.
"They really turned him. Although he's only First-Tier, this guy is terrifying."
Li Nian murmured.
Wang Yuyang nodded in agreement.
Only Pan Yuqiang seemed rather amused.
"Quite an interesting fellow."