From the Abyss of Stars

048. I, Li Aozzi, Have Never Betrayed Any Homeland

048. I, Li Aozzi, Have Never Betrayed Any Homeland

"Hmm," Yavanna smiled, "Your words don't sound like something someone with just a vocational school education would say."

"So what?"

"Li Aozzi, male, Frost, 21 years old, vocational school education, bank security guard, not on good terms with your family. When the police visited, they complained you hadn't sent them any money."

Yavanna said:

"To be honest, from both genetic comparison and record registration, we couldn't find any evidence linking you to the Red Arrow Empire. But after you left your home in Prosperity Village and came to the border city, you showed a completely different side."

"Toying with spirits, burning the bank, intimidating snakeheads under the guise of the Rose Army—these actions were quick and decisive, and in less than five hours, you smuggled yourself out of the country to the outside world. According to you, if it weren't for the Abyss Humanitarian Relief taking you in, you might have already contacted people from the Red Arrow Empire, right?"

Qiu Ran widened her eyes, looking at Li Aozzi with admiration.

"So?" Li Aozzi opened one eye, then closed it again, exchanging a glance with Nomi, who rolled her eyes at him, clearly sulking.

"Li Aozzi, biologically, you should still be Li Aozzi."

Yavanna paused and said:

"However, in this age of the internet, it's not uncommon for netizens to be inadvertently infiltrated and bought by foreign forces. You're very young, easily corrupted by the enticing world and the blueprints they draw."

"I want to remind you that the Red Arrow Empire is not as great as the spy organizations that trained you say it is. Many of their lower-class citizens still live in misery. Frost is your true—"

"If you want to convert me, there's no need. Your charm doesn't work on me."

Li Aozzi glanced at Yavanna's delicate face. She indeed looked good, with neat features, not at all like the weathered and heavily made-up agents of Law IV. Instead, she seemed like a well-mannered, sheltered young lady.

Thinking this, Li Aozzi suddenly had an idea.

[My charisma attribute isn't low, I could just persuade her to join me as an enforcer.]

Why should I snatch it?

Why was my first reaction to spend money on draws?

Li Aozzi realized this problem.

Could it be that I was used to being a domineering player?

Li Aozzi glanced at his attributes: Strength 6, Dexterity 5, Constitution 7, Charisma 21, Willpower 8.

Considering the benefits of the specialization [Everlasting • Love Hunter], his Charisma was effectively 27.3, close to the Alpha tier limit.

At this level of Charisma, gaining favorability would be much faster than for regular players. It would take others three to four months to reach 500 favorability points, and some arrogant NPCs might take two versions' worth of time.

Li Aozzi only needed about ten days.

He recalled the calculation formula between favorability and Charisma, realizing that after flying solo for so long as a Starfall Master, he almost forgot how lethal this attribute was to NPCs.

Calculating, Li Aozzi estimated that without saying anything wrong or doing anything that touched her principled bottom line, interacting for two hours a day, he could win over Agent Yavanna in just 16 days.