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

Chapter 397: How Order Handles Things

After putting on the Prayer Water Necklace, Lin Yu sent a message to Li Hua.

[May May: Iʼve received the item, thank you.]

Lin Yu then flattened and folded the box Li Hua had sent—even though he wasnʼt short on money now, he still had the awareness and habit of wanting to collect cardboard boxes and empty bottles to sell for cash.

It wasnʼt so much about frugality, but more like a poverty-induced, inertial habit.

Even when it wasnʼt necessary, he still felt compelled to do it.

Li Huaʼs reply came quickly.

[Haicheng - Li Hua: Good, the points should be credited to your account soon too.]

[Haicheng - Li Hua: Also, regarding the handling of matters related to the ʼPlayer Mutual Aid Associationʼ, if there are any new follow-ups or developments, I will inform you as well.]

[Haicheng - Li Hua: This includes the investigation into ʼRadishʼ. Although he is already dead, I still find it questionable why he chose to ʼattempt a breakthrough to the Fourth Tierʼ while underprepared. So, if I discover new leads, I might also come to consult your opinion.]

Looking at Li Huaʼs reply, Lin Yu was somewhat surprised.
”This Li Hua really is treating me like a successor and a confidant heʼs grooming...”

Although Lin Yu had participated in solving the mystery of ʼRadishʼsʼ death, objectively speaking, he probably had no right to know about the ”follow-up” actions ʼOrderʼ was taking against the well-known ʼPlayer Mutual Aid Associationʼ.

At the very least, Li Hua, this Haicheng Game Master, had no real need to specially update him on these matters.

Old Zheng was placed by Lin Yu on one side of the desk, looking like some kind of weirdly shaped, quirky creative lamp.

He also ”saw” the content on the screen. After Lin Yuʼs sigh, Old Zheng spoke up.

”Not bad, it seems this ʼGamblerʼ really thinks highly of you. Not only is he willing to tell you the follow-up, he even specifically mentioned heʼd come to ʼconsultʼ you about questions later...”

”This can be taken as a kind of ʼsignalʼ—based on my years of experience as a psychologist, he really does seem to be intentionally grooming you.”

”First the ʼHackerʼ, now the ʼGamblerʼ... If it werenʼt for the fact that the ones eyeing you are equally terrifying, this kind of backing could practically guarantee you a worry-free life.”

Lin Yu shook his head. ”Li Hua is still different from my senior. Even if he thinks highly of me, given his inherent position within ʼOrderʼ, I canʼt possibly trust him completely.”

”Getting some benefits and information from him is already the ʼlimitʼ.”

Hearing Lin Yuʼs analysis, Old Zheng spoke helplessly, ”What more do you want? A figure close to the core circle of ʼOrderʼ is willing to leak information to you and wants to groom you—you should be thanking your lucky stars!”

”This is a rare opportunity, and your identity is relatively ʼcleanʼ now too... My goodness, you might actually become a big shot in ʼOrderʼ in the future, right?”

”Thinking about it is too amusing, then I really need to figure out how to help you properly!”

As Old Zheng marveled, Lin Yu began to ponder.

”Itʼs still far too early... But if thereʼs a chance to slightly raise my ʼinternal standingʼ without exposing myself, I definitely should.”

Old Zheng said, ”Hey, Iʼve got an idea... Since Li Hua just mentioned he still has some doubts about Radishʼs motives—how about we try to figure that out?”

Lin Yu was a bit stunned. ”How do we figure that out?”

”Find a way to get some of his belongings. After his death, his soul was forcibly maintained by ʼPure Abyss secret artsʼ, so it definitely didnʼt dissipate immediately... If we can get something containing remnants of his spirit, I can use my ability to repair his soul to a certain extent... Not enough to resurrect him, but enough to glimpse some of his memories.”

”Séance?”

Lin Yu tentatively asked.

”Itʼs ʼPsychic Constructionʼ... Well, itʼs not really different from séance,” Old Zheng sighed. ”Anyway, we can try, but donʼt get your hopes up.”

Stiller, who was sitting in a corner of the room reading a book, suddenly looked up. ”If you can get something, you could use the notebook you obtained from Vale Valetti.”

Lin Yu reacted. ”Oh, right, we really could try that!”

Old Zheng was surprised. ”What notebook?”

”A [item] obtained from Sleepless City. It has some uses like ʼscene recreation based on memoriesʼ or something similar. Iʼm still figuring it out,” Lin Yu said seriously. ”If it can achieve the ideal effect... I might even be able to dig out that ʼTwentyʼ who invaded my dreams!”

”After all, Radish must have met him.”

Old Zheng also got excited. ”You have an item like that? I really want to see it!”

”Letʼs not delay. We should hurry and sneak off to Haicheng. They definitely havenʼt cremated Radishʼs body yet. If we find out where it is, we might be able to steal it.”

Looking at the excited Old Zheng, Lin Yu felt that if this brain still had limbs, it would definitely be rubbing its hands together and dancing about.

Unfortunately, although this guy was somewhat clever, he seemed limited by his former status as a core member of the ʼPsychological Societyʼ, his thinking somewhat confined to established patterns.

”Why would I need to steal it? Didnʼt you just analyze that Li Hua trusts me a lot?”

Lin Yu helplessly continued typing a message on his phone.

[May May: If the investigation into ʼRadishʼ hits a bottleneck, you could try sending me one or two personal effects that might contain remnants of his soul—I have an item I just obtained from a previous dungeon that can achieve effects similar to séance.]

[May May: No guarantee of results, but we can try.]

A few seconds after he put down his phone, message notification sounds chimed one after another.

[Haicheng - Li Hua: [Image], [Image], [Image]]

[Haicheng - Li Hua: These are respectively samples of Radish Grandpaʼs hair and skin tissue, his wallet, and the ʼitemsʼ he left behind.]

[Haicheng - Li Hua: If you can guarantee no damage and timely return, I can send you all three.]

[Haicheng - Li Hua: But I need to go through procedures to retrieve them, so it will probably take three or four days. With shipping, it might arrive next Wednesday—if youʼre in a hurry, I can ask ʼNicholasʼ to help deliver it.]

Lin Yu waved his phone at Old Zheng—though he wasnʼt sure how Old Zheng could see the phone screenʼs content.

”See, Old Zheng, ʼOrderʼ is a proper organization. If you have a need, you can just talk directly to your superior.”

”Itʼs quite different from your ʼPsychological Societyʼ.”

Although mocked, Old Zheng wasnʼt angry at all, only offering a feeble defense for the ʼPsychological Societyʼ.

”Our internal environment is relatively harmonious too, you know... Although it canʼt compare to ʼOrderʼ, everyone gathered together because they shared the same beliefs.”

”And then you were killed by Fluoxetine.”

Lin Yu said disdainfully.

Old Zheng finally got worked up. ”What about it? Werenʼt you killed by her too?!”