Collapse Iron: What does it mean to broaden the fate of four people in one sentence?

He leaned against the pool wall, holding a wine glass, the hot water soaking his shoulders, steam rising gently before his eyes.

His gaze swept across Tibo, Aglaia, and Hazel's faces in turn, and suddenly the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

You can't say that at this time.

“You may not have Caesar, but you still have me! I can absolutely become the leader of Ohma!”

That's something only villains would say; it would wipe out any goodwill you get in an instant.

It cannot be said that,

"I'm only temporarily using this body; I will leave, I'm not taking over permanently."

That sounds like trying to appease the hostages' families, which will only make them more anxious.

Furthermore, one should not invoke the 'theistic' doctrines of this world.

“I am a messenger of God summoned by Caesar to help her solve some problems that she could not solve.”

They care about Caesar, not the messenger of God, which is tantamount to a fallacy of equivocation.

So, what is the only correct answer?

"Aha, whether you're here or not, watch carefully and learn well from now on."

Chapter 305 No matter when, Caesar will always give you a place to stay.

Lin Si stood up and faced them.

"What do you think Caesar's identity is?"

No one answered, and the three remained in a tense state.

Lin Si didn't care.

"Testing me is fine. But what happens after the test?"

"You got the answer, and then what?"

“If I weren’t Caesar,”

He shrugged.

"What do you intend to do? Kill me? Do you want to kill your king's body with your own hands?"

This sentence is like a key, perfectly locked in a keyhole.

Heather's fingers loosened slightly, then tightened again, but the pressure was different from before.

“If I were Caesar,”

Lin Si continued, her tone unchanged.

"How do you plan to apologize?"

"To trespass on the monarch's bath and question the monarch's identity is a serious crime in any city-state."

"......"

The bathhouse fell silent again. Steam drifted slowly between the group of people, as if they too were waiting for something.

"So, whatever the answer is,"

Lin Si's voice was a little lower than before, but her composure was not diminished in the slightest.

“What you’re doing today is a mistake from the very beginning.”

"...What do you want to say?"

Heather finally spoke.

Her voice was a little deeper than before, as if she was trying to maintain a certain balance, not wanting to be led astray by the other person's words, yet she was indeed touched on a certain core by those words.

Lin Si looked at her and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

"A man impersonating a monarch discovered three witnesses who knew the truth."

What will he do?

The three did not answer, but the answer was self-evident.

Murder to silence them, escape, or use some method to make them 'never speak again'.

"But he did nothing."

Lin Si sat back down on the edge of the bathtub, hot water washing over his shoulders, steam rising before his eyes.

He invited you to bathe together.

He picked up his glass, took a sip, as if giving the words enough space to land.

"So the real question you should be asking isn't 'Who are you?'"

"Instead,"

His gaze shifted from Tibo to Aglaia, and finally settled on Hathein's face.

"Someone who had no ill intentions towards you, who even helped you fight off the Xuanfeng people, and who is now standing around naked and behaving like this, what are you talking about?"

"I've figured out the second question,"

He put down his wine glass, his voice calm.

"The answer to the first question is obvious."

The bathhouse remained silent for a long time.

Water vapor drifted slowly between the breaths of the group.

Aglaia lowered her gaze slightly, as she was processing the logic behind Lin Si's words.

As the Queen of the Golden Strings, she had witnessed far too many verbal battles and diplomatic exchanges among nobles in Ohma.

But the person in front of me isn't playing a game.

He is guiding.

Guide them from one direction to another.

From 'who he is' to 'what he wants to do'.

This is a subtle shift.

If they focus on 'identity' as the core issue, they will always find a loophole.

Because the person in front of them was indeed different from the Caesar they knew.

But if we take 'purpose' as the core issue, things become complicated.

A person with no ill intentions, who helps Ohma develop, helps fight off enemies, cares about the people, and is also in Caesar's body.

Is there any other person like this besides the real Caesar?

So, all of this is under Caesar's control?

Was it something Caesar had anticipated that they would come to question him?

Caesar wanted to see if her subjects were truly a group of 'blindly loyal people'.

Tibo tapped her chin with her index finger. Although the person in front of her was indeed different in temperament, speaking style, and way of handling things was completely different from the original Crydella,

But she was indeed doing what Caesar would do.

Hathaway's brow furrowed even more.

She roughly understood what she meant, but she didn't care about that; she only cared about why Caesar's personality had changed so drastically.

Why don't I even know some of these people?

Why don't you know that Tibo is a baby dolphin and Golden Trout is Aglaia?

"Then why..."

She spoke, her voice lower than before.

But Lin Si interrupted her.

Why did his personality change so drastically?

He seemed to have expected her to ask this, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

“You said I brought out some things I’ve never seen before.”

"But perhaps those things originally belonged to Caesar?"

“You say I’ve changed my temperament.”

"Maybe I just no longer need to deal with you the way I used to?"

“You say I don’t know some people anymore.”

He paused for a moment.

"But perhaps I have never truly known those ministers who are outwardly respectful but inwardly harbor their own agendas?"

"......"

The atmosphere in the bathhouse became even more subtle.

Each of his "maybes" is like a pebble thrown into water, the ripples inadvertently changing the shape of the water's surface.

But Tibby wasn't completely led astray.

"But......"

She tilted her head, her gaze carrying a direct and scrutinizing quality.

"If you really are Little Caesar, do you know anything about what happened in the past?"

"We'd like to ask."

"........"

Lin Si was silent for a moment.

It's the same old story.

The NPCs are so clever, why set it so high!

He sighed silently to himself.

Heather was taken aback, then a glint flashed in her eyes.

Yes.

Just ask her about their little secrets; if this person is an imposter, they definitely won't know!

She immediately picked up where Ti Bao left off.

"Caesar,"

There was a subtle change in her voice, as if she had found a weakness.

"Do you remember our promise?"

Deep down, Kerudela chuckled softly.

"Not bad, not too stupid."

She was watching how the confrontation unfolded, watching Lin Si go from being calm and collected to being stumped by the questions.

She could tell that the Demon King's words were meant to change their thinking.

He wanted them to believe that it was all Caesar's doing, and that their questioning was within Caesar's expectations.

This is indeed a very clever move.

Use a larger narrative framework to dispel their doubts, shifting their perspective from 'we doubted Caesar' to 'we were indeed foreseen by Caesar,' and 'Caesar did have a deeper meaning in doing this.'

However, this move has a fatal flaw.

That means the Demon King couldn't possibly know the little secret between them.

"Now,"

Deep down, she subtly raised her chin.