Audience Assembly: Playing a Role

"The three of them have missions to carry out, missions that you are not yet in contact with."

However, since you had the courage to ask, I can reveal a little secret about our Lord of Grace.

Fool's Game chuckled, extended his white-gloved hand, made a peace sign, and pointed to his index and middle fingers in turn, saying:

"This is our world, but this... is Another World outside of ours."

Before the question could even finish, someone blurted out, "Parallel universes?"

Fool's Game shook his head. "Pretending to know what you don't is the biggest deception you can make of yourself."

It is not the [Time] progression you imagine, nor is it some parallel world under the noses of the gods. It is another completely independent Starry Sky, so independent that there is also a Lord of Grace of ours in that Starry Sky.

A [Deception] that is exactly like the Lord of Grace but is not Avatar!

"???"

"!!!"

This news was undoubtedly explosive for the swindlers who were unaware of the Universe Truth. Their pupils shrank, and their eyes were filled with astonishment and doubt as they looked at the Fool's Game.

When a statement aligns with common sense, it's likely a lie; when a statement doesn't quite align with common sense, it's very likely a lie; but when a statement completely contradicts common sense, or even sounds like drunken ramblings... it actually seems like the truth.

"How is that possible? How could there possibly be another God of Merriment?"

Doesn't that mean that every god has an identical... clone in that world?

Fool's Game smiled and shook his head. "No, these two worlds are not copies of each other. They are indeed very similar, but the development within each world is different."

If you absolutely must link them to replication, you could say they were exactly the same at birth, but only for that brief moment. After that, they were like two carriages, speeding off in different directions.

"Why did the God of Merriment send those people surnamed Zhen to Another World?"

The scammers were getting increasingly curious, but at that moment, the Fool's Game abruptly ended the conversation.

He withdrew his hand and chuckled:

"As I said, you won't be involved in these tasks yet."

All you need to know is that piety can lead you further and allow you to access a wider world.

This world is not as simple as you imagine, nor is the [Faith Game]. Alright, enough of the small talk, let's move on to the first part of the Audience Assembly.

Fawning, oh no, piety!

It should be said that it's to demonstrate your piety.

Although Lord of Grace will not care about these details, as His most loyal follower, I must also put some thought into flattery and piety.

And you, as those who follow behind me, must naturally also understand 'devotion'.

I'll give you a little time. In five minutes, use your most memorable experiences to move me.

Note that it was 'memories' that moved me.

Everyone has Memory, and we cannot use that to judge the piety of a [Deception] Believer, but their attitude towards Memory is crucial.

Just like this vanished Memory Traveler beneath my feet, I initially expressed strong opposition when the Lord of Grace intended to pull him into the camp of [Deception]. This Mortals's piety towards [Memory] cannot be transformed into the motivation for him to walk the path of [Deception], so he will never Faith [Deception].

As it turned out, I was right; even Audience Assembly, he sided with the opposing Faith.

But that's just how our Lord of Grace is; the more you try to persuade him, the more rebellious he becomes.

Fool's Game gave a helpless smile, a bitter smile that seemed to tell everyone that such a thing had indeed happened.

"How to find piety in blasphemy is a required course for every liar."

Okay, I might have been a bit long-winded. Now, let the timer begin.

You have...

He took out a Pocket Watch, glanced at it, and said with a smirk, "3 minutes and 50 seconds."

"???"

The sudden reduction in time left everyone momentarily stunned.

No, so you're including the time you were just speaking in those five minutes?

How can this be? The referee is wasting the players' time!

At this point, all the scammers started racking their brains, trying to figure out what kind of "Memory" could impress this so-called examiner.

The word "touching" is too difficult to grasp. It seems to be asking for an emotional response, but it also seems to be setting a trap to induce people to overinterpret the meaning of the words.

The problem is that [Deception] is like this, and His oracles are always ambiguous and full of traps. As His Emissary, the Fool's Game's words actually fit the perceptions of swindlers.

This led to players, whose emotions were constantly fluctuating, gradually losing their doubts about the Fool's Game's identity amidst wave after wave of "baiting, casting bait, and reeling in," and eventually falling into Long Jing's control of the game.

Seeing the serious expressions on the faces of the con artists, I was extremely happy with my Fool's Game.

Both.

The Fool's Game on stage was naturally reaping his own moment of glory, while Cheng Shi was observing Long Jing with great interest, still pondering how he had managed to kick the Naked Mask Fourth Brother off the platform with a single blow.

After all, Long Jing wasn't a genuine Fool's Game. While an Acrobat may be strong, their agility might not match that of a victim. Yet Long Jing did just that, and it was this intimidation that temporarily convinced all the con artists of his identity.

This inevitably reminded Cheng Shi of Long Jing's second Faith, [Time]. He hadn't forgotten that Long Jing had merged with [Time], nor had he forgotten that Long Jing had also obtained a longsword that could rewind time.

But was President Gong's hand speed really that fast? Did he find the victim's unavoidable moment in that instant and then kick him down?

Or is it possible that the Naked Mask man who was kicked down was actually cooperating with Long Jing?

It doesn't seem like it, because the seriousness on the other person's face at this moment doesn't seem fake.

Cheng Shi was filled with doubt and could only continue to observe. However, what he didn't know was that this was indeed a coordinated effort, a silent collaboration between the third and fourth members of the Deception Ranking.

In fact, Long Jing and this Naked Mask man have a lot in common; you can tell just by looking at their IDs.

When Long Jing first devised the plan, he never intended to hide it from this person. When he appeared in disguise as Fool's Game, he already considered the other party to be a member of this role-playing plan.

When Long Jing leaped to the first platform, he had his back to the other swindlers and was facing only the Naked Mask Fourth Brother. The moment he stepped onto the platform, he made a face at the other man.

As the fourth on the [Deception] list, the other party couldn't possibly be unaware of what that funny face meant.

He wasn't familiar with the vanished Fate Weaver, Zhen Xin couldn't possibly do something like that, and Zhen Yi was even less likely to do it. The Dragon King... well, let's just rule him out too.

Therefore, the only one who made that funny face could be Long Jing. At that moment, he knew that the Acrobat above his head had never left the venue. The other party had probably arrived long ago and was just waiting for this moment to come out and give all the swindlers a big performance!

He's insane! How dare he impersonate an Emissary here!?

The Naked Mask man was shocked, but then he couldn't suppress his eagerness to try.

The madness in the scammer's blood was ignited!

Since Long Jing dared to act, I'm at most an accomplice, what's there to be afraid of?

When he was being kept in the dark and made a fool of, he would only curse Long Jing Clown; but when he was the one performing the trick... hey, you know what, President Gong has a really good eye for choosing teammates!

So, with their coordinated efforts, he was kicked down by Long Jing, and the two con artists, number three and number four, fooled everyone present, even Cheng Shi behind the scenes.

However, Long Jing overlooked one thing: he had obtained far too much information from the Clown, far exceeding the current players' level of understanding. Coupled with his thorough understanding of the Fool's Game's identity, he played the role too convincingly.

This gave the Naked Mask Fourth Brother the illusion that he was thinking:

Did Long Jing play the Fool's Game to deceive others, or did the Fool's Game, playing Long Jing, deceive himself?

The Fourth Brother, his gaze complex, looked up at "Long Jing," only to hear Lord Foolish Play snap his fingers and say quietly:

"Time's up, who wants to go first?"