The Meaning of Accomplice

After being imprisoned in the water dungeon, the Fear Flame within Nian had gradually subsided, and her condition had basically stabilized.

But just now, it seemed as if Nian had suddenly been struck by some powerful force, and his soul began to dissipate rapidly!

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Twenty's screams rang out one after another.

"Where exactly did things go wrong? My initial goal was simply to break this guy down, to find his weakest point in his mind through his dreams..."

"How could he be involved in such a huge secret?!"

I originally thought that since the Doppelganger came, at least it wouldn't affect the main body...

If it were merely a "Fragment of Fate," it shouldn't be enough to cause such a Backlash!

Twenty pondered, but couldn't come up with an answer.

But he didn't have time to come up with an answer.

Just seconds later, Twenty's Black Cat Doppelganger transformed back into Nightmare Substance...

Then, even the Nightmare Substance dissipated.

This bizarre scene caught Lin Yu completely off guard. He looked at Twenty's "disappearance" and immediately turned to Kres.

Did you do this?

Kress was even more astonished than Lin Yu: "How is that possible? I don't have that ability... It's more like his original body in the 'Night Valley Realm' suffered a catastrophic disaster."

"Could it be related to what he just said?"

Lin Yu asked, Kres was even more surprised. "What? What did he just say?"

This answer made Lin Yu even more uneasy, "Could it be that the voice just now was transmitted directly into my mind by him through some kind of Mental Power?"

He just mentioned...

The words were on the tip of Lin Yu's tongue, but he felt them stuck in his throat and couldn't say them at all.

It's like trying to explain the "Death game" to an ordinary person!

Lin Yu was terrified, but he forced himself to remain calm.

"It's nothing, it's just something from my dream. I'm a little confused..."

He sighed and said, "Anyway, thank you both. I would have been in danger without you."

Paper Kite nodded. "It's alright. If something really happened to you, it would be harder for us to explain to Li Hua."

"Now that the number 20 has been eliminated... I should go back and write my report—what are your findings regarding the investigation into Carrot?"

Lin Yu nodded. "Yes, I will report to Li Hua personally."

After saying goodbye to the two, Paper Kite and Kres returned through the window and drove away from Lin Yu's building.

Once again, Fu Luo and Lin Yu's Summoned Creature remained in the room.

Lin Yu looked at Fu Luo.

"So, you..."

"I have something to attend to," Fu Luo, raising his hand and walking towards the door. "Thank you for your hospitality and help today, but Old Lin ..."

Lin Yu grabbed Fu Luo, staring at her. "Don't go. You said you investigated me, so did you find anything unusual or unreasonable about my background?"

Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, Fu Luo immediately retorted, "No, I think you're perfectly normal, and so is my sister, haha... aren't we all perfectly normal?"

"I didn't ask about my sister."

As Lin Yu spoke, Fu Luo fell silent.

After a long silence, Fu Luo finally spoke again.

"Actually, there is... When I was investigating your background, I found almost nothing. Your true identity was almost completely concealed, leaving only one or two traces."

"And those deliberately left traces were actually used to lure people in..."

Lin Yu looked at Fu Luo and asked, "Hacker?"

Fu Luo her lips. "Yes, it was her... I only caught a fleeting glimpse of her."

Lin Yu sighed, "I understand... Lao Fu, send me what you found out, then you can leave."

"I'm sorry to have dragged you into this."

Fu Luo opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he just stood up and walked outside.

Lin Yu listened as the security door closed, and the house returned to a deathly silence.

He took out his phone and checked the link Fu Luo had sent him—it was a "commendation" announcement from Jiangcheng Experimental Middle School.

Lin Yu found his name among the awards for Three Good Student...

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"This student is excellent in both character and academics, and is always willing to help others; therefore, they have been specially awarded a scholarship of 8,000 yuan by the Qing Sheng Charity Foundation..."

Lin Yu held his phone and gave a wry smile.

The Qing Sheng Charity Foundation's funding criteria are to only support orphans who have no source of income.

Although this announcement isn't conclusive evidence, it's no longer important.

He stood up and opened the bedroom door to his sister Lin Zhao's bedroom across the hall—it was empty, the bed was neatly made, and it looked like it hadn't been lived in for a long time.

There were indeed no signs that anyone else had lived in the living room, kitchen, or bathroom.

Lin Yu had already remembered.

No, to be precise, he simply "recognized" it.

He realized that his older sister, Lin Zhao, had died ten years ago.

Ten years ago, my sister's shop caught fire, and she died.

For the past ten years, he simply refused to accept this fact.

So he pretended his sister was still alive—every day Lin Yu would cook enough food for two people, eat half of it, and then pretend that his sister had left him some food so he could eat it all again.

Until one day, even Lin Yu himself began to blur the lines between truth and falsehood in this matter.

Then came the "Death game," and he gained the ability of a "Fraudster."

"Is it because you've been Deception yourself day after day that you've acquired this kind of 'Profession'?"

"And because she acquired the 'Profession' of 'Fraudster,' the traces of her existence have become increasingly real lately, to the point that they can even be seen by others..."

Lin Yu pondered, gradually understanding the whole picture...

Wrong.

Why can't I distinguish reality from illusion?

Furthermore, if it really was just his own imagination, what about the "Fragment of Fate" that Nian mentioned? And why were his words erased, so that "Kres" and "Paper Kite" couldn't remember them at all?

No, no, no...

There's more to this than meets the eye!

There is still a crucial mystery surrounding himself and the deceased Lin Zhao that remains unsolved...

Although I recalled many things, my Memory was still incomplete.

At this moment, Lin Yu felt as if he were trapped by a thick fog.

Fortunately...

Lin Yu happened to know who he should ask.

Because the other party seemed to be helping him conceal the news of his sister's death.

Lin Yu could even recall...

Who was the first person to bring up his sister after he returned from the "Death game"?

He took out his phone and dialed Shen Bingmiao's number.

The phone was answered after ringing twice.

"Senior Sister, what... what's going on?"

The next moment, the phone screen flickered.

An electric current sound rang out, and Shen Bingmiao's figure appeared.

"Dear Ace," I've mentioned this to you before.

"Do you remember? Our relationship was... 'Accomplice'."