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

”The headquarters in the Inner City? Oh, Truth Tower! Brother, you’ve come to the right person. Regular cars can go to the Inner City, but they can’t get near Truth Tower. However, my brother-in-law’s classmate’s wife is a second-class resident and can issue Inner City passes. I managed to snag one from him. So I *can* drive within the second ring of the Inner City, but it’s quite late at this hour, and the price to the Inner City...”

”Huh? Golden Vouchers? Are these for real?”

”Holy crap, they really are... Boss, please get in the car!”

After a brief negotiation and haggling, Lin Yu boarded the vehicle bound for the Inner City.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary residents heading to the Inner City had to take scheduled shuttle buses, but Lin Yu lacked the legal identity required to board those buses.

If they were the powerful or the Upper Class, they often had private cars, or could even summon Drivers for pick-up and drop-off.

These were also conditions Lin Yu did not possess.

Fortunately, Stiller had considered this point and told Lin Yu about the common method used by society members to go to the Inner City for consumption or business: Unlicensed Taxis.

Sitting in the car, Lin Yu closed his eyes slightly in the back seat, but remained highly vigilant inside.

According to Stiller, many of these unlicensed taxi drivers were retired mercenaries and society members—some were even still active.

If one displayed excessive wealth, they were likely to be targeted, then taken to some remote place to be robbed, kidnapped, or even killed outright.

And since Lin Yu’s only means of payment right now was Golden Vouchers, he was also aware that this was a form of showing off his wealth.

However, Lin Yu wasn’t worried—the strength of these unlicensed taxi drivers was certainly not enough to threaten him in his current state.

”If it were before, I’d definitely have had to figure out a way to exchange for some smaller bills in a safe place or something... Unconsciously, my direct combat power has already risen to this level... It really does save a lot of trouble.”

Lin Yu felt the ultimate sense of security that becoming stronger brought him.

However...

The anticipated scenario of the car screeching to a sudden halt and the kindly driver uncle suddenly revealing a ferocious expression did not occur.

Over ten minutes later, the car smoothly passed through the checkpoint between the Outer and Inner Cities.

Once inside the Inner City, such robbery situations almost couldn’t happen—after all, this was the Inner City.

No matter what happened, the Public Security Bureau’s personnel on duty arrived very quickly.

Not long after, the car came to a steady stop at the intersection at the very center of Sleepless City.

The driver turned his head and spoke to Lin Yu, ”Um, we’ve arrived at the destination—I’m afraid you’ll have to walk a stretch yourself.”

He spoke cautiously. Lin Yu opened his eyes and handed the driver the large-denomination Golden Voucher.

The driver accepted the Golden Voucher, then counted out a stack of banknotes as change for Lin Yu.

Lin Yu pocketed the change and looked at the driver curiously.

”I thought I was going to get robbed!”

The driver grinned, ”You’re joking, sir. Golden Vouchers aren’t something just anyone can get their hands on... Even without that, someone who needs a ride to Truth Tower this late at night, I don’t even dare imagine what your status is.”

”I’m just an honest, law-abiding driver. Even if I really had any wicked thoughts... I absolutely wouldn’t dare have them about you.”

Hearing the driver’s explanation, Lin Yu flicked the brim of his hat.

”Hah, you know what’s good for you.”

He said this, then hopped out of the car.

This place was located in the very center, the most prosperous area of Sleepless City. The towers of the three major corporations stood like three giants in a tripartite balance, or like nails driven into the land of Sleepless City, with countless other skyscrapers clustered below.

The streets were bustling with traffic, neon lights flashed, and the pedestrians brushing past anyone here on the street were all dressed in luxurious clothes, wearing expensive jewelry and various advanced equipment.

And Lin Yu was now on the street closest to Truth Tower.

He stepped onto the street, glanced around inconspicuously, then pretended to be very familiar with the place and headed straight for Truth Tower.

Soon, Lin Yu arrived at the foot of Truth Tower.

A security gate system stood at the pedestrian entrance, but this didn’t stump Lin Yu. He simply needed to take out Vale Valetti’s ID card, give it a light swipe, and glance up at the camera.

”Beep!”

The gate emitted a green light, the metal grid door sprang open, and Lin Yu swaggered into the headquarters of Truth Tower.

Although the Truth Tower headquarters wasn’t like the Despair Train, swiping a card here would definitely leave a record, and the data would certainly be transmitted in real-time. Vale Valetti’s record would likely be directly noticed by the Truth Corporation.

But it didn’t matter.

He was now swiping the card using Fu Luo’s identity.

The Lin Yu of right now was wearing Fu Luo’s face!

After entering the Truth Corporation, Lin Yu headed straight for the reception desk.

Choosing Fu Luo’s face was simple—before leaving the last Despair Train dungeon, Fu Luo had mentioned that he was very familiar with Sleepless Sky Huole.

Although he didn’t know what relation Sleepless Sky Huole was to Sleepless Sky Huoxing, whose birthday it was, he was definitely someone of significant weight within the Sleepless Sky Family!

With that connection, wouldn’t sneaking into the Sleepless Sky Family’s birthday party be a breeze?

The only trouble was, Lin Yu didn’t know how Fu Luo contacted Sleepless Sky Huole.

But this problem was also easy to solve.

Because, based on the cross-referenced information from both Fu Luo and Stiller, he was quite certain that there was a high-ranking executive within the Truth Corporation who belonged to Sleepless Sky Huole’s faction.

That was CEO Paris.

Lin Yu calmly walked up to the front desk.

His appearance naturally attracted the attention of the receptionist.

”How may I help you?”

Before Lin Yu could speak, the appropriately dressed, young, and attractive receptionist lady smiled and spoke.

Lin Yu tapped the desk and said,

”Hello, I’m here to see CEO Paris.”

As soon as this name was uttered, although the receptionist lady maintained her standard smile, an expression of disbelief flashed in her eyes.

”Do you have an appointment?”

”No. Is he in Truth Tower? Just call his office directly and say Furbollo is here for a visit, regarding an urgent matter.”

Lin Yu’s tone was full of confidence.

Since Fu Luo had said he was on equal footing with CEO Paris, he must hold considerable weight with Sleepless Sky Huole as well.

And thinking about it carefully, that guy Fu Luo did have some skills in certain areas; it wasn’t impossible for him to gain the trust of a Peerage Noble.

So, Lin Yu simply acted a bit more high-profile as well.

As for Fu Luo bragging or exaggerating to him...

That possibility couldn’t be ruled out either.

But if that were the case, Lin Yu had a plan—he could just drop to his knees and beg for mercy.

After all, he was currently playing the role of Fu Luo.

And that guy Fu Luo... dropping to his knees was a pretty frequent occurrence.

Truly seeing CEO Paris get angry, questioning him, and immediately apologizing, admitting fault, and backing down would also be very respectful to the character setting.

The receptionist looked at Lin Yu with uncertainty, picked up the front desk communication device, and spoke a few words in a low voice.

Soon, a bright, enthusiastic smile spread across the receptionist lady’s face again.

”Um, respected Mr. Furbollo—please come this way.”

”CEO Paris is waiting for you in his office!”

Seeing the receptionist’s reaction, Lin Yu curled his lip.

Alright, it seems I won’t need to drop to my knees.

Most likely... Fu Luo wasn’t bragging.

He really did hold significant weight with Sleepless Sky Huole.