The Nightless Sky Lad Loved to Fantasize

"Is that so... That's what the Family Head told you," Lin Yu said after listening to Fu Luo imitate Nightless Sky Yong Lian. "As expected of the Family Head... He was able to make such a judgment so quickly."

"As expected, in the Barren Realm, the City That Never Sleeps... especially plans related to the Truth Company, it's still too difficult to hide them from her."

Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh.

Fu Luo curiously, "So, Old Lin... what kind of understanding have you and the Family Head reached? What's hidden in your plan?"

Lin Yu shook his head. "It's too early to tell you now. I'll explain it to you later."

"Let's go, A Luo, we should go find Paris."

As Lin Yu spoke, he followed Nightless Sky Fire Apricot down the stairs.

And just after they left through the main entrance of the tower again...

As soon as they stepped out of the tower, they saw a tall figure in a bathrobe walking straight towards them from the garden corridor outside the door.

Upon seeing this figure, even the usually optimistic and carefree Nightless Sky Fire Apricot let out a soft sigh.

"Hey... my silly brother's here, you guys chat."

This imposing figure was none other than the Older Brother of the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, the young master of the Nightless Sky Family, Nightless Sky Huo Shu.

Wearing a violet velvet bathrobe, Nightless Sky Huo Shu looked as if she had just taken a bath and moisturized her skin. Her hair was still a little damp, and her complexion was very radiant. The firm muscles exposed at the collar even had some water droplets hanging on them.

Judging from his straight and purposeful route and his unwavering gaze fixed on the three of them, the Nightless Sky Huo Shu was clearly not just passing by, but had come specifically for them.

Sure enough, when the Nightless Sky Huo Shu was still five meters away from them, the tall young man spoke first.

"Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, my dear sister, Mr. Sherlock, one of the Wisdom men in City That Never Sleeps, and that other guy... What a coincidence, to meet the three of you here."

The Nightless Sky Fire Apricot clearly didn't want to pay attention to the Nightless Sky Huo Shu, and nudged Lin Yu.

"Please help me deal with him, Arthur."

Lin Yu sighed as he listened to the undisguised disdain in Nightless Sky Fire Apricot's words and stepped forward.

"Your Excellency, the Great Lord of the Nightless Sky Huo Shu, what brings you here at this hour of the night?"

Lin Yu greeted them with impeccable etiquette and language reserved for Royal Nobles, as if City That Never Sleeps that never sleeps.

But...

The Nightless Sky Huo Shu ignored Lin Yu and looked only at Fu Luo.

"Mr. Sherlock, what brings you here so late... You must have just finished meeting with the Family Head with my sister, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, is that right?"

Upon hearing the question from the Nightless Sky Huo Shu, Fu Luo could only helplessly reply, "Yes, what's wrong? Do I no longer have the right to meet with the Family Head?"

The Nightless Sky Huo Shu shook its head. "Absolutely not, Mr. Sherlock. I just wanted to know why you met with the Family Head."

Fu Luo also looked at Lin Yu, Lin Yu thought for a moment before continuing.

"Our discussion naturally concerns matters related to the Truth Company's projects..."

The Nightless Sky Huo Shu remained unmoved by Lin Yu's words.

"Unwilling to answer, Mr. Sherlock... Does this mean that you have now formed an alliance with my sister, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot?"

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot had initially been unwilling to engage, finally lost her temper.

"Nightless Sky Huo Shu, are you brain-dead? Why are you pretending not to hear Supervisor Arthur when he's talking to you?"

Upon hearing the words of the Nightless Sky Huo Shu, the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot revealed a look of shock on her face that didn't seem to be feigned.

He asked in surprise.

"Supervisor Arthur... is he talking to me?"

Immediately afterward, the Nightless Sky Huo Shu realized, "Oh! Oh! I almost forgot... I filtered out all the information of Truth Company employees below the 'A-1' rank. I went to Headquarters for an inspection this afternoon..."

As he spoke, the Nightless Sky Huo Shu pointed to his cochlea, then gently tapped his temple. Some colored patches and data flashed across his iris, as if he were adjusting his "filter" through some kind of invisible lens.

Then, the Nightless Sky Huo Shu looked at Lin Yu with an expression of appreciation on its face.

"So it's Supervisor Arthur. I really didn't expect you hadn't been promoted to 'A-1' yet... However, someone with your talent should be on my automatic filtering whitelist. It's a real dereliction of duty of my assistant team not to have you added to the whitelist—I'll dock their pay."

Listening to the Nightless Sky Huo Shu's speech, even though Lin Yu felt he had become somewhat accustomed to the City That Never Sleeps, he couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his eye.

"It's alright, and there's no need to deduct your salary, Lord Nightless Sky Huo Shu..."

Fu Luo rubbed his temples, "Audiovisual filters have actually been developed... I thought this thing would forever remain only in the draft and creative stages... I never expected that there would actually be people who need it."

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot reacted even more directly. "Idiot."

Despite the reactions of the three, especially the outright Nightless Sky Fire Apricot from the Nightless Sky Huo Shu, he remained calm.

"Hehe, Sister Fire Apricot, I am not the same person I was a few months ago. My temperament and cultivation have now reached an extremely high level. I have truly acquired the demeanor and magnanimity of a future Family Head. You can scold me all you want, I will tolerate you," the Nightless Sky Huo Shu said to itself. "In any case... since the third person traveling with you is Supervisor Arthur, my guess is even more correct."

"A seasoned advisor and strategist of the Nightless Sky Huo Le, and a newly appointed confidant of the Nightless Sky Huo Le's 'project manager'," Nightless Sky Huo Shu said smugly, as if he had seen through something, "The fact that you two met with the Family Head and Mother along with Nightless Sky Fire Apricot is not hard for me to guess... My two younger sisters are already planning to form a secret alliance!"

"As expected, although you say you don't care about me, you must feel a lot of pressure facing someone like me, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot," Nightless Sky Huo Shu said proudly, looking at Nightless Sky Fire Apricot. "Although you've been hiding your abilities for a long time, now that you're under the spotlight and have truly thought about how to 'confront' me head-on, you've realized that you can't do it, haven't you?"

"So, you chose to ally with Nightless Sky Huo Le, who has also been struggling to keep up with me... Ha, perhaps this is exactly what Mother wanted to see. After all, Nightless Sky Huo Le alone is no longer enough to rival my prestige within the family and the company—the fact that she even had to resort to such a radical, all-or-nothing strategy as restarting the 'Fear' project to gain support speaks volumes."

"Unfortunately... you didn't expect my intelligence to be so effective, to discover your intentions so quickly, did you?"

"However, I can tell you that this isn't because I have inside information—I haven't bribed anyone around you or anyone around Nightless Sky Huo Le. Nightless Sky Huo Shu stoop to such underhanded tactics to win against you."

"The reason I'm here at this time... is because I foresaw it— Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, my dear sister... it was almost inevitable that you would ally with Nightless Sky Huo Le after rejecting me!"

"Hehe, this might even be Mother's intention in arranging it this way... The reason she chose to announce you as the next 'Chosen of God Candidate' wasn't actually to pave the way for you becoming the 'Family Head,' but rather to design your alliance with the Nightless Sky Huo Le from the very beginning."

"After all, Nightless Sky Huo Le actually lacks confidence... She's willing to accept only the position of Family Head, not the position of Chosen of God —or rather, Nightless Sky Huo Le is willing to accept that you become Chosen of God in order to ascend to the position of Family Head."

"Therefore, the two of you are destined to stand on the opposite side of me, becoming my trials and rivals as the true Family Head and the Chosen of God heir... Ha, this is the scheming and cunning of the Family Head."

"I'm now able to keep up with the Family Head's train of thought, which is a clear indication that I'm no longer on the same level as you all!"

Nightless Sky Huo Shu spoke, Lin Yu, Fu Luo, and Nightless Sky Fire Apricot Nightless Sky Huo Shu bewildered glances, almost failing to understand what it was saying.

It wasn't because Nightless Sky Huo Shu said was particularly profound or obscure, but because...

Everyone was genuinely taken aback.

Lin Yu pondered for a long time before realizing what the Nightless Sky Huo Shu wanted to express.

The Nightless Sky Huo Shu seemed to think...

The Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and the Nightless Sky Huo Le only formed an alliance today or recently—and he caught them red-handed the moment they formed the alliance.

Moreover, he believes that his recent analysis of the inevitability of the alliance between "Nightless Sky Fire Apricot" and "Nightless Sky Huo Le" is the key to his gaining the upper hand.

But the problem is...

"Anyone who uses their brain normally should understand when they hear that I've been designated as the Chosen of God successor' that Mother deliberately arranged for me to be Huo Le's 'assistant' and 'assistant' in the future... You're only now realizing the 'possibility of an alliance' between us, and then saying you're following Mother's line of thinking... Sigh, Huo Shu, my dear brother, at least you're optimistic."

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot said with a sigh.

Fu Luo to the side, also spoke quite directly.

"Your Family Head Patriarch arranged for the two of them to form an alliance specifically to oppose you... Lord Nightless Sky Huo Shu City, may I ask which worldline or parallel universe you came from?"

"I feel like there's a significant discrepancy between our perceptions of reality."