Stiller: The boss was a great actor, but lacked imagination when it came to A-Class clearance

After a brief rest at the residence of "John H. Arthur," which was arranged for Lin Yu by Nightless Sky Yong Lian, Lin Yu released Stiller and had him begin to play the role of "Arthur" supervisor.

Lin Yu himself created a new face for himself—the prototype was a C-Class employee who had disappeared when Lin Yu was looking at the internal accident report of Truth Company, and here he played the role of "Supervisor Arthur's " secretary.

Most people don't care about C-level personnel. Even if someone happens to know them... "Faked Disappearance" and "Faked Death in the Line of Duty" followed by being secretly transferred to another department are common and not unusual practices in Truth Company and even the City That Never Sleeps.

In particular, the "Fear" project, now overseen by "John H. Arthur," is indeed a brand-new project and department rife with secrets and shady dealings.

It's perfectly normal for there to be some "dead people," "missing persons," and "Ghost Employees" in it.

As for Huo Xing and Fu Luo from Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, they put on sunglasses and Alchemical Mask, pretending to be professional security personnel.

Although Lin Yu initially intended for Fu Luo to go back and rest, given Fu Luo's apparent enthusiasm, Lin Yu felt it would be difficult to refuse.

Furthermore, after learning new information from the Nightless Sky Huo Shu about the impeachment of President Paris, Lin Yu felt that he could bring Fu Luo and Nightless Sky Fire Apricot along, as they might come in handy later.

Meanwhile, Stiller, after a brief adjustment, had also adapted to his role as "Supervisor Arthur".

After all, although Stiller probably couldn't play the role of "Schreiber" well, Stiller still understood roughly what it meant to be a spirited A-Class manager of the Truth Company, an Alchemy genius, and Independent Field Technician with extensive experience in solo missions in the Great Wilderness.

With Lin Yu's guidance, Stiller was indeed able to portray Supervisor Arthur's performance quite well.

Even if someone obtains intelligence and learns that Supervisor Arthur is actually "Schreiber" in the Barren Realm, and observes discrepancies or inconsistencies between Stiller's behavior and "Schreiber's," they will only assume that "Schreiber" is "playing" the role of Supervisor Arthur.

Moreover, thanks to the existence of the [A Brand-New Name and Home], Stiller can now use a little bit of simple Mental Power —which is an important Anti-Counterfeiting Marker for "Schreiber".

In addition, this wasn't the first time Stiller had "acted" or "played other people" under Lin Yu's guidance, so he was somewhat used to it.

"But, pretending to be the boss to fool my ex-boss, I'm still nervous..."

Sitting in the back seat of the car that Nightless Sky Fire Apricot had booked in advance to take him to the Outer City, Stiller checked that the soundproofing was on and silent, and sighed to Lin Yu beside him.

Lin Yu could indeed sense Stiller's tension and said, "Don't worry, at least I'm with you this time... Just relax the whole time, and I'll take over if necessary."

"If you really can't overcome your own psychological barriers, if you still have feelings for President Paris, and if you feel you can't pull off this scheme against him, I can understand—just tell me, and I'll find a chance to switch places with you and take over personally."

"After all, I don't have anything else to do right now, and I'm not in a hurry to have you play 'Arthur'... The reason I'm arranging for you to start playing the role now is more to test whether your acting skills are up to par with the general audience—if even Paris can't see the flaws, then ordinary people will certainly not be able to see the flaws either."

Lin Yu explained, and Stiller nodded in agreement.

"I understand, boss—I don't need you to do it yourself; I can handle it myself."

"I admit, I do still feel some gratitude towards President Paris —he wasn't a great leader, but he did a lot for me, the 'Artificial Humans,' and a trusted confidant of the Security Department, and his actions were certainly reasonable."

"Although he won't respect me like you do, give me vacations, or teach me to think independently... well, how should I put it... this should be called 'the Limitations of the World' — President Paris, living in the Barren Realm, couldn't possibly imagine this level of 'Employee Benefits'."

"We're no longer on the same path... To be honest, objectively speaking, looking back, I have 'reasons' for resenting him now—after all, I'm someone created in Cloning Vat, someone who isn't a 'complete' person."

"But actually... I'm not in pain because of this—in those works depicting Artificial Humans like me, we're always portrayed as either resentful of the person who 'created us,' or worshipful, or attached to like a parent, while we ourselves are always depicted as naive, ignorant, empty, or even in pain... but I don't feel that way."

"My time in the Barren Realm... whether it was work, missions, or the few moments of leisure, I didn't suffer."

"Now that I work for you, boss, I can see different landscapes from Ten Realms and live a leisurely life in your world. I feel no regrets or dissatisfaction whatsoever."

"Therefore, if possible, I sincerely wish President Paris a good ending..."

At this point, Stiller's tone became somewhat wistful.

While at Arthur's mansion, Lin Yu also took the opportunity to share with Stiller the latest information he had just heard from the Nightless Sky Huo Shu, and informed him of his plan to use it to put pressure on Paris.

Stiller certainly had no objections, but having no objections didn't mean he wasn't moved.

Lin Yu heard Stiller's words and whispered.

"Don't worry, his ending will definitely be good no matter what, he'll just suffer a bit along the way."

"At this point, the Family Head sees him as a future member of the Nightless Sky Huo Le team and won't touch him."

"Nightless Sky Huo Le is a very sentimental person, and she doesn't easily replace those she's comfortable with... As long as Nightless Sky Huo Le takes over, Paris will be second only to the head of the Nightless Sky Family —this impeachment seems dangerous and sudden, but thinking about it the other way around, those Board Members want to impeach Paris, even if it's through external accusations... this is almost their last chance."

Stiller said, "I understand, boss... Don't worry, I won't let sympathy or anything like that affect your plans."

"In fact, I wouldn't mind putting some pressure on President Paris," Stiller said, his expression still lively despite having switched to Arthur's appearance. He even showed a rare hint of human expectation. "After all, I've always worked under him and taken his orders... This opportunity to 'reverse' the tables and put pressure on him is a novel, interesting, and worthwhile experience for me."

Lin Yu looked at Stiller's expression and sighed.

"So, I'm not so worried that you'll ruin things because of 'being sentimental'; I'm more worried that... you're not sentimental enough."

"You know Paris better than I do, so you might be better at pressuring him than I am—so you'd better hold back a little."

Stiller nodded. "Understood, boss."

The two talked as the car quickly drove out of the Inner City and headed towards the Factory District of the Outer City.

Although the Outer City is relatively less restricted, the Three Great Corporations' directly affiliated factories and warehouses are still subject to various access control and security measures. Paris's newly built beverage factory production line relies on the original "Truth Company R&D Department Food Processing Plant." Many products here are specially supplied to Truth Company's internal catering, and even the catering for senior management. Sometimes, the Nightless Sky Family will also obtain some snacks that their family members like to eat from here, so it is naturally the "most directly affiliated" among "directly affiliated."

The factory alone has three outer walls, with many patrol personnel and sentries on them, and is equipped with the latest Alchemical Security Device.

Outsiders, and even employees, must undergo multiple layers of identity verification to enter and exit this place.

The Core Zone of this factory even has several sections that require A-Class access—to know, to enter the Truth Tower, a B-Class access is basically enough to get 90% of the process done.

Certainly...

Because this was a special car that Nightless Sky Fire Apricot City had summoned for "Supervisor Arthur," and was directly dispatched from the Nightless Sky Family, the authorization checks and tight security naturally couldn't stop Lin Yu and his group.

Soon, they drove into the core area of the entire finishing plant, the new production line factory where President Paris was located.

The car stopped, and a receptionist from the factory opened the door. Stiller and Lin Yu got out of the car.

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot and Fu Luo, who were accompanying security personnel, rode in the "security personnel" Vehicles in front. After arriving at the factory area, they got out of the car a step ahead. The two of them, wearing sunglasses, were looking around seriously, as if they were pretending to check for danger.

The person in charge of reception also came forward; he was a very young man, and he looked somewhat nervous.

"Supervisor Arthur, we have received your appointment request. President Paris is in his office on the third floor of the production line, receiving this week's production analysis report..."

Stiller raised an eyebrow and glanced at the receptionist's name tag; it had a white border and the Truth Company logo was gray.

"Oh, so it's because everyone's in meetings that they sent an Intern with no rank to greet me. I thought this Outer City processing plant had gotten close to President Paris and was looking down on a junior A-Class manager like me."

The young man's face turned deathly pale instantly, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"This... this... Supervisor Arthur, we dare not..."

Stiller reached out and patted him on the shoulder. "Alright, kid, it's not your fault... I'm not going to hold a grudge against you—give me the walkie-talkie you can use to contact your direct supervisor."

Without hesitation, the young man quickly pulled out a walkie-talkie from his pocket.

Stiller took the walkie-talkie, pressed the communication button, and put it to his lips.

"Is this your attitude when people from Headquarters come? Has the person in charge of your factory area received any onboarding training?"

"I've come to visit President Paris. Did you even report me properly? Huh? Is this still the territory of the Truth Company? Is this still the City That Never Sleeps? Huh? I've arrived in the Great Wilderness?"

With that, Stiller tossed the walkie-talkie back into the young man's arms.

"You seem like a good person. Don't waste your time at this food processing plant. I'll talk to your boss and get you transferred to work for me."

The young man was somewhat bewildered. "Huh? What... what sir?"

"Of course, it's my direct superior, my esteemed Royal Nobles Nightless Sky Huo Le."

Stiller said it casually.