Inside the Ancient castle, everyone at the long table turned their eyes toward Lin Yu.
Just like a spotlight on a stage.
Lin Yu sat at the table with his hands clasped, his expression full of confidence.
"As long as you believe me, this Game actually isn't that hard to win."
Bao Liu looked at Lin Yu and said with a frown, "Why should we believe you? Just because you analyzed how each of our professions was related to what we did in real life?"
"You're just beating around the bush to say that I'm a street thug in real life, while Yao Zhengye here is a thief, right?"
Bao Liu pointed at Yao Zhengye and said unhappily.
Yao Zhengye's expression beside him was indeed rather ugly.
"You mean the two of us aren't good people in real life either, so we can just vote for the two of us and be done with it, right?"
Sure enough, after Lin Yu finished speaking, the two men reacted violently.
The others looked at the two of them with considerably more wariness as well.
Lin Yu shook his head. "Gentlemen, I deliberately avoided mentioning your professions just now precisely to prevent misunderstandings."
"I said all that only to make you believe that I truly have the ability to lead you to victory in the Game—not just because of my own reasoning ability, but also because of my 'professional ability.'"
Hmm... The tone is good, and the lines are decent. I have to thank myself for insisting on practicing improvisational acting.
Lin Yu's gaze swept over everyone as he straightened his "costume."
His elegant, refined British-style outfit gave anyone who saw him an impression of wisdom.
"My name is Lin Yu, and my profession is... 'detective.'"
"And my ability is to inspect the identities of everyone here."
Lin Yu spoke calmly and spread his hands.
"What?"
Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, the other six people's expressions all changed!
Inspect their identities?!
Chen Zhuo was the first to cry out, "Fuck, a seer!"
"Impossible! How could there be such a cheat of an ability?" Bao Liu slammed the table and shouted. "You're talking nonsense and trying to sow discord!"
"Veterinarian" Xia Yue immediately spoke up as well:
"You're saying your ability is to inspect identities?"
"But this Game is called [Who Is the Outsider], and it's a game related to identities. Your ability matches the Game perfectly... I think you're lying."
"Teacher" Xu Xiumei nodded slightly after hearing that. "Didn't we obtain our professions before this Game began? Logically speaking, our professional abilities shouldn't be directly related to the content of this Game."
Yu Longguo looked at Lin Yu. Though he said nothing, there was a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.
When they first heard about Lin Yu's ability, they really had been startled.
This was an identity-based Game to begin with, and then he claimed that his ability was to inspect other people's identities? How could something be that coincidental?
Only Chen Zhuo vaguely believed him.
"But in Werewolf, there's generally a role called the seer..."
Little fatty muttered.
Seeing everyone's different reactions, Lin Yu felt somewhat nervous inside.
He was sensing whether he had obtained the "identity inspection" ability he had just claimed.
According to the Fraudster's ability, if they all believed him, he should have already obtained the "detective" ability.
However, Lin Yu currently couldn't feel a thing. He had not obtained the ability to inspect other people's identities at all.
It seemed that the Players present had not believed what he had said.
Or rather, the degree to which they believed him was still far from enough for him to obtain this ability.
However, although Lin Yu was nervous, he did not panic.
It was somewhat unexpected, but it was also within his expectations.
"These people really aren't that easy to fool."
Lin Yu exhaled.
Before saying it aloud, he had actually known that there were flaws in what he had just said.
Still, the fact that half the people had instantly chosen not to believe him came as something of a surprise to Lin Yu.
That street thug wasn't stupid.
And those two women and the "soldier" were all intelligent people.
Lin Yu quickly thought it over.
But fortunately...
His performance had been sufficiently exquisite.
The look in Lin Yu's eyes and the aura conveyed by his subtle movements just now were enough to make everyone believe that he was a "detective"!
So next, he only needed to fill in the flaw in his earlier explanation.
Lin Yu thought rapidly, but his face remained impassive.
He adjusted his deerstalker hat, his manner calm and unhurried.
"That's right. My ability isn't actually to inspect identities. But the reason I said that... is because my ability can indeed accomplish that."
"What do you mean?"
"My ability is actually to learn one hidden secret about another person. In this Game, wouldn't that amount to inspecting their identity?"
Lin Yu's tone was neither hurried nor slow, and he looked utterly composed.
Everyone displayed different expressions.
Xu Xiumei frowned slightly. "But why didn't you tell us the truth at the beginning?"
Lin Yu had been prepared for this.
"Because I thought that saying I could pry into other people's secrets would make everyone feel more resistant, wouldn't it?"
Lin Yu spoke calmly.
And this reason was indeed enough to convince everyone.
"I see..." Xia Yue said thoughtfully. "No wonder you put it that way at first."
"Knowing one of someone else's secrets does fit the profession of 'detective' quite well." Yu Longguo nodded slightly. "That explanation sounds much more reasonable."
"In a Game based on identities like this, the detective profession seems incredibly powerful..." Bao Liu smacked his lips, suddenly feeling that his own profession was of little use in this Game.
At least compared with Lin Yu, it was far inferior.
Chen Zhuo spoke with a broad grin. "Of course it is. In Werewolf, a seer like this is a powerful role that's supposed to lead the team! Just follow him and we can win easily!"
Everyone nodded slightly as well.
The "detective's" ability did indeed give him an unparalleled advantage in this identity-based Game.
However, when Lin Yu looked at the expressions of the five people other than Chen Zhuo as they looked at him, he still sighed inwardly.
As expected, no one likes having their secrets pried into.
Although his ability was extremely helpful to this Game, there was still...
Other than Chen Zhuo, the remaining five people all looked at him with more or less some wariness.
Some of their gazes even contained disgust!
No one liked the feeling of having their secrets pried into.
However, disgust and wariness also meant...
They believed what Lin Yu had said!
At that moment, as Lin Yu basked in everyone's gazes, he could clearly feel... that an innate "ability" had appeared within him.
It was as though he could pry into other people's minds!
As long as he wished, he could now choose anyone present and directly investigate the secret hidden in their heart.
It could be their "identity" in this Game, or it could be some other secret—the general direction of the secret was up to him to choose.
The Fraudster's ability had officially taken effect!
Lin Yu's performance had deceived everyone present.
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