Li Hua's Status

Of all those present in the "Order" group, Li Hua undoubtedly holds the most power.

Putting everything else aside, even if Good Night were to become the Captain General of Jiang City in the future, he still wouldn't carry as much weight as Li Hua, the Administrator of Sea City.

After joining and reviewing the information about "Order," Lin Yu roughly understood what the internal organizational structure of "Order" was like.

The highest decision-making body of "Order" is called "Headquarters," and it consists of only five people.

These are the "General," the supreme leader of "Order," and three other leaders with decision-making power: "Secretary," "Grandmaster," and "Professor." The code name of one of the remaining individuals has not yet been revealed.

These five individuals were responsible for seven regional "districts": Northeast, North China, East China, South China, Central China, Northwest, and Southwest. Each regional division consisted of one "Regional Administrator" and one or two "Inspector."

They are at the same level, but their responsibilities differ.

Below that are the Captain General of each city and their respective squads.

Larger first- and second-tier cities have also established separate "City Administrator"—although some "City Administrator" are also members of "Order," they are not entirely members of "Order," but rather people who cooperate with "Order."

Just like the Fengcheng Administrator "Hundred Refined Steel" who came this time.

The reason for this arrangement is that the "general" and the "secretary" were worried that the power of the Captain General and Regional Administrator of a city would become too great, and that one or two Inspector would not be enough to supervise them. Therefore, these people who obey orders but not proclamations were set up in various cities.

Li Hua is an extremely special case.

He is the Administrator of Sea City, and also the Regional Administrator of East China Region.

The only other one so straightforward is the "Knight," the Administrator the Kashi City in the Northwest District, who also serves as the Inspector of the Northwest District.

But this is purely because the Northwest has a small population and a large land area...

But the situation is different in the East China Region.

In addition, Sea City is the most prosperous city, second only to Yanjing in importance, and even has a larger population than Yanjing!

This not only demonstrates Li Hua's strong personal abilities, but also reflects the level of trust he enjoys within the "Order".

Neighborhood are even all sorts of unreliable rumors circulating:

For example, Li Hua could be the illegitimate son of a "general," the nephew of a "secretary," the cousin of a "Grandmaster," or the nephew of a "professor"—these are all ethical connections.

Another example is the "Order" having methods to test the values and thoughts of high-ranking officials, which resulted in the discovery that Li Hua's ideology was sound and his will was as unshakable as steel—a science fiction-like scenario.

The fact that Li Hua was Player from the same batch as "General" and that the two of them had been playing Instance together in the early days sounds somewhat plausible.

Some even say that "Gambler" is the fifth person in the "Order" Headquarters, but like "Grandmaster," he doesn't like managing the entire organization and making macro-level decisions, so he ran away to manage Sea City according to his own ideas.

Lin Yu certainly didn't believe a single one of these rumors.

Regardless of the circumstances, Li Hua's position Regional Administrator East China is undeniable.

So...

Although Lin Yu still wanted to discuss the matter related to that "Twenty" in more detail.

But after hearing Li Hua's decision, he could only second it.

Certainly...

Lin Yu himself had no objections; as long as Li Hua and Good Night knew that they were being watched, his initial goal would be achieved.

Moreover, Li Hua gave him and Sherlock considerable autonomy.

Who are you planning to ask first?

Upon reaching the hotel corridor, Li Hua asked the two questions.

Fu Luo looked at Lin Yu: "I'm fine with anything... In my opinion, since there's the possibility of 'Twenty' as an advisor and Accomplice, all these guys are equally suspect."

"After all, given his resume, planning a crime that leaves no trace wouldn't be too difficult... I even suspect that this guy's [Exclusive item] might be something specifically designed for erasing traces."

Good Night's head started to ache. "Damn Xi Ba, if it's really because of the [Exclusive item] that we can't find any clues or physical evidence, then the only breakthrough we can find is questioning?"

Lin Yu shook his head. "I don't think so at all."

Based on the encounter in the "dream," although the Ghost-faced Man who was suspected to be "Twenty" never revealed himself and even deliberately acted weak, it was difficult to analyze what kind of person he was from his Microexpressions, demeanor, and behavior.

But Lin Yu still felt that the other party had "ambitions".

Twenty seems to be a very typical genius, possessing all the advantages of a genius: quick thinking, creativity, and keen observation.

However, he also suffers from the common flaws of geniuses: arrogance, perfectionism, and a lack of empathy to some extent.

Such people often have paranoid personality disorders—otherwise, if Lin Yu had the ability to Dream Weaving for others, he certainly wouldn't have set up a rough black sand beach and a dilapidated wooden hut inside, wrapped up tightly, to play cards with people.

Why not make it even more bizarre and fantastical, so the other person really thinks they're dreaming?

Or... you could play the other person's mother, lover, teacher, or even God to create an afterlife, or simply pretend to be them and make them think you're having a dialogue between your id, superego, and ego.

Even if it were a real card game, Lin Yu would definitely cheat or simply devise a Rule would be absolutely advantageous to him.

But Nian didn't. He was just playing cards very seriously with himself, and seemed to be looking forward to finding some surprising strategy in this Game.

Seeing the three people's curious gazes, Lin Yu offered no explanation.

"Alright, let's go ask them questions... Let's start with 'Phoenix'."

Li Hua looked at Lin Yu again.

Is there any particular significance to the selection of a phoenix?

Lin Yu offered a casual explanation.

"Oh, according to some of my investigations... this senior member of the 'Hunter Society' seems to have had a falling out with 'Carrot' in the past."

"No, even calling it a 'gap' isn't accurate—it's more accurate to say she had a grudge against Carrot, enough to be a 'motive for murder.'"

Good Night clicked his tongue slightly upon hearing this. "Xi Ba, you're very well-informed, brother."

Li Hua nodded.

"I understand, let's go."

With that, he turned and walked towards the elevator.

Lin Yu asked curiously, "Wait a minute, Huang's room is also on this floor."

"I know," Li Hua paused, calmly adjusting his glasses. "I've already spoken with the hotel about using their meeting room... It was renovated overnight."

"As the party conducting the interviews, we don't need to go door-to-door asking everyone; this isn't a census."

"We need to make them come over on their own."

After saying that, Li Hua walked to the elevator and pressed the up button.

Lin Yu patted Fu Luo, who was standing next to him, speechless.

"See, I told you it would be beneficial to invite them along."