Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Pretending to Be a God

In the late hours of Jiangcheng, when even the late-night snack stalls were packing up one after another and the drunkards had all gone home, Lin Yu took a taxi to the location specified by Good Night—Tom Supermarket in Jiangcheng City.

This was a large chain supermarket located on the outer ring of Jiangcheng, a typical foreign-owned Western-style department store that looked almost as big as a stadium from a distance.

Of course, the supermarket wasn’t open at this hour, but trucks and staff coming to restock had already started working.

Lin Yu got out of the taxi, looked around for a moment, and quickly found Good Night.

After a week, Good Night’s injuries had mostly healed, but his left arm was still in a cast.

He was dressed in a very Korean style—baseball cap, leather jacket, wide-leg pants, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth as he leaned against a lamppost in the empty supermarket parking lot.

His demeanor and outfit made him look almost like a veteran Korean cop straight out of a Korean police drama.

Lin Yu walked straight over, and Good Night noticed his arrival, using one hand to extinguish the cigarette butt in his mouth before flicking it toward a nearby trash can.

Then Good Night spoke: ”Aish, you came pretty fast...”

”Just finished a dungeon, must be tough. Normally you’d need to rest after encountering the ’Diviner,’ but this is an emergency...”

”Anyway, the two of us are going on field duty now.”

As Good Night spoke, Lin Yu felt somewhat surprised.

”Why so sudden... and why me?”

In that instant, Lin Yu considered many possibilities.

Although Good Night was now nominally the captain of Jiangcheng Team One, he had just taken up his post in Jiangcheng and had shallow roots.

Plus, he’d probably been hospitalized for the past week, so he might not even be familiar with his own ”team members.”

So, ironically, he, who had just joined ’Order,’ might be the most trustworthy person available.

But Good Night saw Lin Yu’s thoughtful expression and heard his question, guessing his speculation.

”Overthinking it. It’s not that I don’t get along with the members of Jiangcheng ’Order’ or anything... Actually, I’m the add-on for this mission.”

”Huh?”

Lin Yu asked curiously.

”Your good friend ’Furbollo’ has been temporarily assigned by Haicheng’s Game Master ’Gambler’ to investigate something,” Good Night took off his baseball cap and adjusted his hairpiece, ”Damn it, he specifically requested your assistance, and since you’ve got quite a reputation with Li Hua too, Li Hua agreed.”

”Rather than me taking you on field duty... it’s more like you’re the main character this time, and I’m just your ’bodyguard’ and ’assistant.’”

As Good Night spoke, Lin Yu was quite surprised.

”He actually requested me specifically? Furbollo and Gambler... so there’s some kind of ’case’ happening?”

Good Night snapped his fingers: ”Smart. Over in the East China region, there’s been a serious case of a ’Player’ being killed.”

”The victim was a very well-known high-level Player, and the killer also stole some very important [items].”

Hearing what Good Night said, Lin Yu already felt a headache coming: ”This sounds troublesome. Do you know who exactly died, where it happened, and what was stolen?”

”Detailed information hasn’t been sent over yet,” Good Night shrugged, ”but I’ve heard some bits.”

”The victim was ’Radish,’ one of the founders of the ’Player Mutual Aid Association.’ He was scheduled to attend Haicheng’s ’auction’ but was found dead in his Haicheng hotel room.”

”And what was stolen was some kind of very dangerous [item]... From what the higher-ups are saying, if this isn’t handled properly, the entire Player community might experience an earthquake—potentially tens of thousands could die.”

Hearing Good Night’s words, Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, realizing the seriousness of the situation.

”Is it really appropriate for only the two of us to handle something at this level?”

He couldn’t help but ask.

Good Night waved his hand: ”Precisely because it’s so important that we can’t involve too many people... Of course, if we handle it well, it’ll be a major achievement.”

”Alright, let’s go!”

Good Night said, patting Lin Yu and leading him toward the supermarket’s cargo hold area.

Lin Yu felt strange again.

”Wait, wait... if the situation is so urgent, why are we at this supermarket now?”

”Shouldn’t we be rushing to Haicheng immediately?”

Good Night waved his hand: ”Don’t rush. ’Order’ wouldn’t just send you on field duty without issuing equipment!”

”Although going through proper procedures, your set would still be lacking, but I’ve used my privileges to get you a set in advance... Not just that, but it’s premium stuff too.”

”Normally you should go to the old shipyard in the southern district, Jiangcheng’s ’Order’ headquarters to collect it.”

”But special circumstances call for special measures!”

Good Night arrived at the cargo hold, where a medium-sized logistics truck was parked in the shadows of the corner.

He casually patted the opening of the cargo compartment.

”Jiangcheng Team One Captain, ID Z-27010102, here to pick up items.”

A very proper-looking man jumped down from the driver’s cabin. Although wearing a logistics uniform, from his movements, Lin Yu judged that this was probably military personnel.

Or at least someone with extensive military service experience.

He didn’t speak, just nodded slightly to Good Night, quickly walked to the cargo compartment, opened it, and pulled out a cardboard box from inside.

”This is the ’Level Two’ [Item Integration Set], please inspect it, Captain.”

The man handed the logistics cardboard box printed with Tom Supermarket’s logo to Good Night, who shook it and nodded.

”There shouldn’t be any problems, you can go ahead.”

Then the man nodded, climbed back into the driver’s cabin, and drove the truck back into the normal unloading queue.

Good Night directly handed the box to Lin Yu.

”Bind it.”

Lin Yu was surprised to discover...

This entire cardboard box was actually an ”item”!

The words [Item Integration Set] floated before Lin Yu’s eyes!

Although he already knew through the [Encyclopedia] privileges of [Second Tier] that most large organizations would definitely have methods for mass-producing [items].

But actually seeing ’Order’ issue an entire cardboard box still made Lin Yu somewhat unable to hold back his reaction.

Moreover, when he bound this ownerless cardboard box as his own item...

The thing actually transformed into four separate items that appeared in his [item space]!

[Intermediate Protective Suit], [Enemy-Seeking Dagger], [Reusable Universal Healing Potion], [Reusable Universal Buff Potion]...

Protective gear, weapon, recovery, and enhancement.

Covering almost all positive combat needs.

”Really... wealthy and generous.”

Lin Yu couldn’t help but marvel.

Good Night laughed.

”Of course, otherwise what do you think ’Order’ relies on to attract so many members and be recognized as the most powerful organization?”

”High-level combat power is important, of course, but what we’re most proud of isn’t the peak height of our organization, but rather the foundation and depth of our organization as a whole!”