Confused though he was, Niko's mind was fasttracking its way out of that and away from his previous anxiety to carefully determine whether or not he was hearing a truthful tale.  The man was currently under suspicion, so he'd have to make a pretty convincing case.  That Wu Han was testing his character and had come to some sort of decision on that was, on its own, not very helpful.  No, it was the fact that he admitted to being an assassin hired to kill him started the ball rolling, because the assassin was not currently assassinating.  He had put a hold on his job, pending inquiries into the true nature of his target, of which he subsequentally discovered that his target was a narrative fiction put to Niko Renzo in like the frame of a painting.  Someone slandered, big time, to get the murder put on him.  But wait!  It gets better!  Because [i]apparently[/i] Wu was not merely an assassin, but an assassin with a conscience, a man with a personal code to live by.  Niko found such people to be a little sketchy, because it was effectively the notion that they were drawing the line at certain actions, all which being a murderer for hire.  That said, since this guy's code was apparently 'I know kill terrible people', and Niko [i]himself[/i] was a soldier trained to do just about same...it was clear that the difference between them at the end of the day was minimal, at best.  There'd be some question of the legalities of whay Wu did in life, less about Niko's actions, basically.

Anyway, the honor code that he lived by was such that he felt bad for even taking the money for the job in which he was lied to on, and so he was offering it to him.  Niko thought for a moment, [color=92278f][i]'Might be a decent consolation prize for my efforts.'[/i][/color], but then he stopped that thought as Wu got tot he part about his client...  It was probably a company who'd sent a man in as their contact, and that alone tipped him off, because...Niko could count on basically one hand the kinds of people who would really want a piece of him.  As a soldier, he entertained a degree of anonimity, and none of his COs had really anything against him.  In fact, the kinds of people in the military who would be pissed off enough to want him dead wouldn't bother with a paid assassin.  They could put together a good Black Ops team to do it.  No, this was probably the work of 'people with connections', and that narrowed the field to about ONE, which he sadly had no evidence for...but Wu was willing to help on.  That was a definite sign that he could be trusted.  Because a professional assassin wouldn't bother with something like this if he'd failed and was looking for a better opportunity.  He'd be popping off of Niko's radar to catch him off-guard.  So, he [i]must[/i] have been an honorable assassin and not simply lying to cover his ass.

[color=92278f]"I won't be taking the money.  You can take it something of a consultant's fee because I need your help to get at the bottom of this.  I think I know who did it, but I want to confirm it, at least from the man who hired you.  And if there's any connection to who I think it is, I might ask for a little help on a raid I've been thinking of, if you're up for it.  It's just for information from the guilty party, to add to this obvious slander.  What do you say?  Deal?"[/color]

He held out his hand, eyes on Wu to see what he'd do.