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

After a brief negotiation, a new round of dealing began.

”With two fewer people, it’s even harder to win now.”

Lin Yu couldn’t help but sigh.

After all, from a probability standpoint, four people meant four cards that could be exchanged, while two people only had two.

Fortunately, though...

Lin Yu had no intention of winning.

He didn’t care about answering questions anyway.

Moreover, that ”Moss” over there also seemed to deliberately want to stay.

This could be a good thing, or it could be a bad thing.

But Lin Yu couldn’t be sure right now.

No matter what...

The game started again!

A new round of playing cards was dealt in front of Lin Yu.

With two fewer people, the three of them now sat around the table, forming a sort of three-way standoff, like a tripod divided into three equal parts.

Twenty’s dealing speed also increased a bit.

”Swish—”

One face-up and one face-down playing card slid across the table to land before Lin Yu.

Lin Yu pressed his fingers down on the two cards.

The face-up card was a 5, the face-down card was a K.

Lin Yu looked up at Moss, about to continue reporting his hole card, but heard Moss, who hadn’t even received his cards yet, deliberately change his breathing pattern first.

Short, short, short, long—short, long—

The instant Lin Yu heard it, he understood Moss’s intention.

”SK...”

In the internationally recognized Morse code, ”SK” represented end, terminate communication.

”Does that mean we should stop cheating from now on?”

Lin Yu frowned slightly.

Although he didn’t care much about winning or losing either, winning was still preferable.

What was Moss’s purpose in doing this?

Was he afraid Twenty would also catch on, or did Moss have other plans?

With Fern and Algae gone, could he trust this possibly most intelligent ”primary personality,” Moss?

Lin Yu’s thoughts flowed, contemplating everything without showing any change in expression.

Since the other party said so, Lin Yu did not announce his hole card.

He watched the two face-up cards dealt into Moss’s and Twenty’s hands.

The face-up card in Moss’s hand was a 4.

The face-up card in Twenty’s hand this time was an A.

Twenty still looked at Lin Yu.

”Want a hit?”

”Of course.”

Lin Yu gave a slight nod, and then a 4 was dealt into Lin Yu’s hand.

The three cards in Lin Yu’s hand now were 4, 5, K, totaling 19 points.

Lin Yu stopped taking hits.

But he also understood this round wasn’t exactly secure for him.

After all, Twenty’s face-up card was an A.

Next, it was Moss’s turn.

Moss also chose to continue taking cards.

Moreover, this time Moss took two cards before stopping.

The cards Moss now had showing were 4, 3, 6, three cards.

When it was Twenty’s turn, he smiled.

”This round, I won’t take a hit—so, do you want to exchange?”

Lin Yu and Moss exchanged glances. Looking at the silent Moss, Lin Yu knew the other was waiting for his opinion.

Lin Yu didn’t have much to agonize over either; his hole card was a K, and giving it to Moss would make the other bust immediately.

So Lin Yu shook his head.

”I don’t want to exchange.”

Moss nodded. ”In that case, let’s not exchange then.”

Twenty nodded.

”Then let’s reveal the cards... I really got a good hand this time.”

He flipped over his hole card, which was a Spade Q—this round, Twenty had gotten a Black Jack.

The dealer sweeps all.

Lin Yu and Moss symbolically flipped over their hole cards.

Lin Yu was fine, at least having 19 points.

As for Moss, the hole card was a rather laughable 9—a perfect 22 points, exactly busted.

Twenty gathered all the cards on the table and smiled at the two.

”Alright, now, you two... you both owe me a question.”

”But don’t worry, the two questions I’m about to ask, you two can freely decide who answers—one person answers one is fine.”

Twenty spoke as if he were being incredibly generous.

”Then, you two... my first question is—what are your ID card numbers?”

Lin Yu almost laughed out loud when he heard this.

What a perfect example of applying what one has learned.

There was no chance to refuse to answer this time; this question was indeed deadly.

But Lin Yu didn’t care; he was sure Twenty already knew his identity anyway, so reciting it was no big deal.

What made Lin Yu somewhat conflicted was...

If he just recited it now, would it instead make Twenty suspicious?

Just as Lin Yu was struggling with this.

Moss looked at Twenty and calmly spoke, ”I don’t have an ID card.”

Twenty narrowed his eyes, looking at Moss.

”You don’t have an ID card?”

Moss did not answer further, as if saying, ”I’ve already finished answering the question.”

Although slightly surprised by this answer, Twenty wasn’t too bothered by it.

He looked at Lin Yu.

”Then the second question can only be answered by you—hey, ’May May,’ or should I say... Lin Yu.”

Twenty directly called out Lin Yu’s name.

Moss also looked at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu wasn’t surprised, leaning back slightly. ”I don’t know who you’re talking about.”

And Twenty stared intently into Lin Yu’s eyes and said, ”It doesn’t matter if you don’t admit it now—but listen carefully to the next question.”

”My question is, between you and the other three ’soul’ existences that entered the dream, in a physiological or legal sense, can you be considered the same person?”

Twenty’s words came out.

Hearing this question, Lin Yu leaned forward slightly, his expression changing.

He opened his mouth to answer the question, and a familiar feeling surged up.

It was the same invisible restriction he felt last time when he was pulled into the dream in Haicheng.

At this moment, Lin Yu ”could only tell the truth”!

This was the rule of this dream realm—although Twenty hadn’t emphasized it this time, Lin Yu had no way to lie.

Lin Yu pressed his hand on the table, as if rapidly thinking about something.

”I can’t answer directly. If I answer... all previous efforts will be wasted.”

”I have to deceive Twenty.”

”This ’Detective’ is really hard to deal with. I don’t even know when he figured it out... damn it, but I have to trick him now!”

”I have to deceive with the truth, something I’ve never managed to do... think, think, but the wording of this question is too precise. There’s basically no room to play games with it.”

”This is really terrible!”

Lin Yu’s inner voice frantically monologued, urgent like an actor backstage hastily reciting lines for an important role during a drama club emergency.

But in the end, Lin Yu couldn’t think of any solution.

Finally, Lin Yu raised his head and let out a long sigh.

”Alright, when did you figure it out?”

Seeing Twenty remain silent, Lin Yu shook his head helplessly.

”I can answer this question clearly: I am not the same person as them.”

”This time, I lost to you... but what I want to know is, how did you know?”

”Since your Class is ’Detective,’ you shouldn’t mind explaining the reasoning process to me, should you, Twenty?”

Twenty said calmly, ”Of course it’s because of the somewhat too deliberate ’tacit understanding’ you intentionally displayed at the card table and the unusual ’voluntary sacrifice’ just now. Although I don’t know exactly how you cheated yet, I knew you were cheating, and you were the one who joined later.”

”Moreover, no matter what, last time you didn’t have dissociative identities, and this time you suddenly have four people. That’s just too strange no matter how you look at it. As long as I’m not an idiot, I couldn’t possibly just believe you.”

Twenty said proudly, tapping the table. ”So, you and this ’Fraudster’ are definitely not the same person...”

He stared at the somewhat dejected Lin Yu and grinned. ”You definitely wanted me to think that, didn’t you, the real Lin Yu!”

Twenty turned his head and looked in Moss’s direction.