Chapter 241 |
"Something is wrong."
Artis thought to herself.
She looked at Morion, then at Dekan.
The expressions on these two guys’ faces were no longer concealing anything.
They looked completely like partners in crime.
It actually gave her the illusion...
That she was the one trapped in a demon’s game?
That the human ethics she was striving to defend were being ruthlessly trampled upon by a vampire and a demon?
What was supposed to be an upright and honorable battle of wits had now been turned into a hellish seminar by these two bastards.
Three questions had passed.
There was one last question remaining.
Artis was already trailing by ten points.
If she continued to answer according to the logic of these two guys with corrupt human ethics...
She would inevitably suffer a crushing defeat.
If she wanted to win.
She had to change her line of thinking.
Use the final question, the fourth question, to turn defeat into victory!
Artis quickly analyzed the situation of the previous two consecutive questions.
She finally understood.
She wasn't the one who was wrong.
It was this beast of an examiner!!
This examiner was not a normal human.
He was simply like a Vampiric Grand Duke!
And this little succubus, who was good at figuring out and prying into human psychology, had actually detected this person's mode of thinking.
Although Artis still detested this little succubus even now...
At this moment, she had to admit that this little succubus, as a practitioner, indeed possessed something she, a theorist, lacked.
She had underestimated the lower limits of humanity.
However.
The exam had a total of four questions.
In the second and third questions, the opponent had already revealed their dagger, completely exposing their routine and trump cards.
And Artis had also successfully switched her thinking back.
In terms of academics, Artis was ultimately superior. Whether it was human ethics or demon theories, she would not be inferior to this little succubus!
Then for the next question, no matter what tricks the examiner played again, she was confident in getting a high score.
Once she could take the initiative to get a high score of over 20 and snatch away the points the little succubus could answer, she could still win!
And naturally, the little succubus wouldn't easily give up the chance to let Artis finish answering smoothly in the final question.
She would definitely constantly question her and snatch scoring points.
In other words.
The final question would turn into a seminar similar to a fierce debate.
That would be the true decisive battle!
"Then, for the final question."
Morion said with a smile.
Seeing Artis' appearance, she must have completely figured it out.
If the old trick was repeated for the final question...
Dekan might not necessarily be able to win against Artis.
After all, Artis possessed a reserve of knowledge that crushed Dekan.
But well.
The two 'geniuses' looked at each other and smiled, both shaking their heads helplessly with a slight amplitude.
Artis still underestimated the elite of Norton too much.
[Question 4: Please propose a question based on the theme "Wrath".]
After seeing the content, Morion thought of the question without thinking too much.
It didn't matter what the theme of this question was.
He could basically fit it into any scenario he wanted.
Morion spoke slowly:
"Assume you are a manufacturer, and a merchant, using his profound commercial knowledge and personal charisma combined with actual risks and market supply and demand situations, utilized an information gap to a certain extent to buy a large batch of high-quality goods from you at an extremely low price. Later, the price of these goods began to skyrocket. You felt that you had suffered a big loss, and you have always felt indignant about this and held a grudge against him. You just happened to encounter an opportunity where the merchant is in distress; you can choose to save him or choose to harm him. Then, how should you treat him?"
After listening to the question, Dekan didn't have any reaction.
On the contrary, Artis revealed a calm smile.
She had already guessed it would be this kind of question.
"Can I ask about the specific market situation, as well as the local laws?"
Artis asked.
Out of caution, she still wanted to understand the specific situation to prevent any traps.
"You may."
Subsequently, Morion began to explain a comprehensive set of circumstances.
He almost completely adopted the relevant laws of the Norton Kingdom and the market situation from a year ago.
This time, Artis even asked about the merchant's rank, specialty, and whether he had the status of a wanted criminal, how much he was worth, and so on.
Morion gave assumed data for all of them.
Their Q&A session lasted for several minutes.
However, Dekan didn't interrupt Artis' questioning even once.
Artis glanced at the little succubus.
She found that the little succubus just sat there with her arms crossed and a blank expression.
Quiet to a terrifying degree.
No one could understand what she was thinking.
It seemed that this time, the little succubus still had no intention of speaking first.
This gave Artis a trace of doubt.
But she quickly seized the initiative and opened her mouth to answer:
"Then I think I must punish the unscrupulous merchant. I absolutely cannot let off this person guilty of terrible crimes..."
She first expressed her core opinion.
If following her previous line of thinking.
She would definitely discuss problems such as human anger and hatred.
Combining actual situations to analyze the feasibility of repaying evil with kindness versus repaying evil with evil.
But.
To get a high score from this examiner.
She must answer around the direction of "extracting value"!
Logically speaking, upon answering up to here, the little succubus should have started to cause trouble for her or fight for the topic.
But after hearing her words, the little succubus seemed to nod frequently.
Looking quite approving?
What was going on?
Was there a trap?
Or psychological tactics?
Artis was slightly affected by Dekan mentally.
But she quickly firmed up the thoughts in her heart.
The little succubus must be using tactics to try to shake her.
If she gave up speaking now, she would fall into the opponent's trap.
After thinking and analyzing, Artis was now more convinced that her problem-solving approach was correct.
So she continued:
"At the same time, considering that he is a habitual offender or even a wanted criminal, I should capture him, torture him, make him submit, make him useful to me, and utilize his maximum value. If I cannot extract his maximum value, I will cash him out for gold coins..."
Artis completed a series of arguments, completely explaining even how to apply torture.
She could see that the examiner's expression seemed a bit unhappy.
Looking like that, it was obvious that he had no choice but to give her a high score.
It seemed she was about to win.
"I am finished."
Artis let out a breath.
The little succubus probably realized it in the end.
Once both sides started an open and honorable duel, she would be crushed by strength just like in the first round.
So she attempted psychological warfare, otherwise, she simply gave up on the futile struggle.
But unfortunately, the psychological warfare failed to work.
Next, she just needed to wait for the examiner to give a high score.
She could get at least over 20.
Getting 25 points probably wouldn't be a problem.
She had already won by too much.