I'm A Great Villain So The Author Hates Me

Chapter 39 - First Dungeon (18)

"You're fucking useless, you know that?" I looked Solomon up and down in irritation.

"You're one to talk, you last-place bastard. Shut the hell up and tell me what's been going on. You look like something the cat dragged in." Solomon complained rudely before shoving a spoonful of food into his mouth.

"Should I shut up or tell you? Pick one, Nova."

At his angry glare, I laughed before getting serious.

"I don't know why you're getting pissy when we're the ones who got sent into a trap. Lionel's a mimic; I analyzed and saw the details. You missed something, and you almost got us killed."

"There's no way I made a mistake." Solomon immediately rejected my words.

"You did. Either you missed something while wearing the cuffs -"

"Impossible. Even if I were restricted, I would have known."

"How?"

"I just would have, okay?"

Ignoring his nonsense, I reiterated my words.

"Unless you can give me a concrete reason as to why it's impossible for you to make a mistake, I'm going to need you to take this overconfidence of yours and shove it. You were the one who showed me how their status could change, and as far as I know, you're not a mimic expert. So either you missed something while you had the cuffs on, or after meeting you, the real Lionel got attacked and taken over..."

"Just trust me when I say that it's impossible for me to make a mistake. And Lionel being taken over? Also impossible. Even if the heroes attacked him, Lionel wouldn't go down without a fight. Everyone on the island would see or hear the damage. Trust me."

"I don't trust you. So explain." I told him blandly.

Solomon glanced at me before sighing in exasperation.

"My eyes are very good. Yours are decent, and you have a similar skill, so let's have a pop quiz. What's the difference between 'Analyze' and 'Scan'?"

"Is there a difference? I assume they more or less do the same thing."

"Errrr. Wrong answer. This is why I hate people who don't understand their own abilities and the reason why I call you trash."

Ignoring his insults, I arched my brow at him, "Since you're so smart, explain."

"Analyze simply reads the details of an object or a person's status. Basically, what they see is what you see. But Scan operates a little differently. It can do what Analyze does, but one of its added bonuses is letting me observe and store every little detail at the current state of the scan. That way, the next time I scan something, I can see the difference between the last scan and this one. Even if someone is overtaken by a mimic, as long as I have a previous scan of them, there's bound to be a change, no matter how small, and I'll notice it."

"I thought you said the difference couldn't be spotted? You lied." I narrowed my eyes at him.

"I didn't lie. If you don't have my eyes, my brain, and my abilities, you can't tell, as the difference is minute. Besides, I don't have to tell you everything I know."

"Huh." I stared at him blankly, "Is that why you scan people constantly?"

"What, you think I go around scanning people just for shits and giggles?" at his mocking smile, I just rolled my eyes at him. Cocky bastard.

"No, I think you do it to be annoying."

"Well, that's just an added bonus. Either way, just know I scanned Lionel, and it was him that I spoke to."