The Second Layer of Information Hidden in the Form

Looking at Fu Luo standing before her and hearing Fu Luo words, Loquat Candy showed a hint of surprise on her face for the first time.

Obviously...

Even though he had anticipated many things, Fu Luo's appearance here was still somewhat unexpected.

But the Loquat Candy quickly returned to normal.

He looked at Fu Luo and whispered, "That's really impressive... Director, did you have Schreiber do this? A vision of Sherlock?"

Fu Luo said coldly, "I'm not some illusion, Loquat Candy. I thought you could tell the difference."

Loquat Candy looked at Fu Luo calmly. "Fine, whatever you are... But whatever the 'Director' wanted you to appear before me, it seems he wanted to give me a fright, the person whose death I witnessed."

"But unfortunately, such things are not uncommon in the 'Death game'," Loquat Candy sighed. "I've spent too long in this Game... I'm no longer prone to giving myself away."

Behind Fu Luo, Lin Yu's voice came again from the shadows.

"You've got it wrong, Loquat Candy. I didn't intend to use A Luo to sway your mind—I just wanted A Luo to have the chance to tell you himself... why you were exposed."

"Aren't you also curious about this—how I became aware of your existence hidden behind the 'Secretary'?"

Loquat Candy sighed, "I am indeed a little curious. Although I've always felt that one day my identity would be exposed to you, I never expected it to be this time, never expected it to be as the murderer of 'Sherlock'."

"So... Sherlock, what did you do?"

Fu Luo looked at the Loquat Candy: "It's simple, it's still the same code and signal I sent to Old Lin last time... 'Will Valetti'."

"Comrade Loquat Candy, to be frank, I'm not some kind of illusion, but I also don't have those Memory of my death," Fu Luo said, gently adjusting his beret. "But... it's not difficult for me to 'deduce' my thoughts before I died."

Loquat Candy asked with great interest, "I'd like to hear the details."

"At the last moment, you tried to impersonate the 'Secretary' in front of me, didn't you? You tried to mislead me with things that sounded like what the 'Secretary' would say, but in the end, it was still the 'Secretary' who killed me—after all, I had already seen through his identity by then."

Fu Luo looked at the Loquat Candy, paused for a moment, and said, "But... your cleverness has backfired. Loquat Candy, I realized from the details after you appeared that you are not the 'Secretary'."

"Although you also possess the ability to 'Cognitive Interference' and prevent me from revealing your identity... you know what? Your acting is terrible—you're ultimately just a 'Doctor,' while I'm a 'Detective' who's befriended an 'Film Emperor'!"

"Seeing through your true identity is incredibly easy for me."

Therefore... 'VII/120' is a message with a dual meaning.

Upon hearing this, the Loquat Candy finally showed some emotion. "A double meaning?"

"Yes, it has a double meaning."

Fu Luo nodded.

Loquat Candy frowned. "Besides 'Vill Valetti'... what else does it mean?"

"No, this information only has 'Vill Valetti' as the answer, but Will Valetti himself has a dual meaning," Lin Yu continued, adding, "It points to two films simultaneously—besides the low-budget film I already mentioned, its 'form' is also important."

Loquat Candy squinted. "What does 'form' mean?"

"It means that the riddle I passed on before I died, when translated, is a foreign name that has special significance for both of us, and is very likely one that only we know, in the form of two first characters followed by three," Fu Luo said, his tone becoming smug. "Especially since I died while helping him investigate some 'undercover agent'... Aha, this will certainly remind anyone who loves suspense or mystery of a classic film that is many times more famous than * Sodom *... And obviously, I like suspense, and Old Lin likes movies, so we both definitely know this movie reference."

Loquat Candy was stunned. "What movie reference?"

"L.A. Confidential, Doctor Tang, at your age, you shouldn't have never seen or even heard of this movie," Lin Yu sighed from the shadows. "If you haven't, it means your film knowledge is too limited, and your taste and manners are quite poor."

Upon hearing the movie title, Loquat Candy rubbed her temples. "I've seen this movie... but who could possibly remember it? You two really have incredibly unpredictable thinking."

Then, Loquat Candy paused, stunned. "Oh, so when you were texting me... you weren't sure who I was either, right?"

He looked at Fu Luo, then at Lin Yu.

"You only know that such a person exists, right?!"

Fu Luo finally couldn't hold back any longer, and a mocking expression appeared on his face.

"You guessed right, Loquat Candy... you arrogant, self-important fool."

"Until you showed up here, Old Lin and I couldn't be sure... that the guy who had been hiding all this time was you."

Loquat Candy lowered her head, looked at Ren Gu, and murmured.

"No wonder you only trapped me and didn't show up even after the arrival of the Ren Gu... because after realizing that the Ren Gu was also heading this way, you weren't entirely sure whether it was me or the Ren Gu, so you could only wait and see."

The Loquat Candy has finally realized what's happening...

It's all a setup.

Lin Yu and Fu Luo were unaware of their identities until they revealed themselves.

All they knew was...

I will definitely join this operation, and I will definitely be here at this moment.

"Deep down, you also felt there was something fishy about the code name 'Vill Valetti,' right?" Lin Yu's voice drifted over lightly. "You also had great faith in 'Sherlock's' abilities... That's why you killed him, that's why you came here, because you were worried that Fu Luo might still have some backup plan in this cave."

"So, even knowing this might be a trap I set, you still wanted to come here to see."

The Loquat Candy exhaled.

"Yes... I did underestimate 'Sherlock'."

"However, this only further proves... that my decision to kill him was indeed the right one."

Fu Luo looked at the Loquat Candy, which showed no remorse, and sighed deeply.

"How stubborn... I never imagined that the most stubborn killer I've ever encountered would be the one who killed me."

Are you so confident that Old Lin can't deal with you?