Recaps

Ren Gu, Good Night, and their allies captured Drumstick, but discovered he was only a clone and his self-destruction badly injured Ren Gu and Good Night. The clone’s lingering consciousness identified itself as Schreiber and promised further Trials, leaving Lin Yu wondering whether the claim was a frame-up.

• Good Night restrained Drumstick while Ren Gu recovered and questioned him, and Drumstick revealed that he was a clone controlled by a hidden true body.
• Ren Gu deduced that Drumstick wanted Good Night to kill the clone, but Drumstick revealed a non-soul-based self-destruct and exploded, injuring Ren Gu and Good Night with cursed flesh.
• Loquat Candy treated Ren Gu and Good Night, while the two apologized and complained about the attack and its expense.
• Drumstick’s lingering soul consciousness called itself Schreiber, announced that the Order’s Trials had only begun, and claimed he might become the third-generation Freud.
• Jue credited Schreiber for the attack, while Lin Yu wondered whether the supposed Schreiber was an Impostor trying to frame him.

Lin Yu decided to let an impostor use Schreiber’s identity and manipulated Order into believing the claim, turning the impersonation into publicity for the real Schreiber. The chapter left Order preparing to treat Schreiber as a Marauder-level threat during the Player Mutual Aid Society election.

• Lin Yu noticed flaws in the impostor’s claim to be Schreiber but decided not to expose him, planning to profit from the resulting attention instead.
• Lin Yu used Tooth of Prophecy to make Ren Gu, Jue, and the other Order members believe that the impostor was Schreiber.
• Lin Yu used Lip of Rumor to spread the claim that Schreiber could use both Mental Power and Soul Power.
• Loquat Candy argued that Schreiber’s avatars made him comparable to an organization of Tier 3 fighters, and Order agreed to prepare for him as a threat on the level of the Marauders.
• Lin Yu suggested that Order could capture Schreiber’s true body during the election, but Ren Gu and the others remained doubtful.

Lin Yu consulted Old Zheng about the powerful clone that attacked the election venue and learned that its abilities closely matched those of First-Generation Jung. Old Zheng said Jung had died long ago with no way to return, leaving the attacker’s identity unresolved.

• After Schreiber's clone was defeated, Ren Gu, Loquat Candy, and Good Night resumed their assigned duties while Lin Yu coordinated preparations at the venue.
• Lin Yu returned to the Ancient Notebook and told Fu Luo and Old Zheng that Drumstick had been the clone controlled by a mortal, but the clone had self-destructed before they could investigate further.
• Lin Yu explained why he suspected the attacker belonged to the Psychology Society and described the clone’s Soul Power and abilities to Old Zheng.
• Old Zheng said the attacker’s abilities, appearance, and manner of speaking matched First-Generation Jung, an expert whose original Soul Power ability was called Soul Puppet.
• Old Zheng explained that First-Generation Jung had died before him, with his soul scattered and bones ground to dust, and had left behind no means of resurrection.

Lin Yu and Old Zheng discussed how the first 'Jung' died and whether the Psychology Society's culprit could have inherited his Soul Puppet technique. Lin Yu left Fu Luo in the [Ancient Notebook] with a novel, while Old Zheng wondered about Lin Yu's unusually doting treatment of him.

• Old Zheng told Lin Yu that the first 'Jung' died in a Mist Surge in the 'Kingdom of the Dead,' where soul currents and Soulless Monsters destroyed him.
• Lin Yu considered whether the 'Kingdom of the Dead' could have resurrected Jung or whether a successor might have replicated his Soul Puppet technique; Old Zheng said both possibilities were uncertain, though the latter was possible.
• Lin Yu decided to investigate the Psychology Society and use the culprit's impersonation of 'Schreiber' to find weaknesses, while Fu Luo suggested waiting to see whether 'Schreiber' retaliated.
• Lin Yu gave Fu Luo a collection of Genuine Deduction novels recorded in the [Ancient Notebook] and left to handle 'Order' work.
• Old Zheng speculated that Lin Yu and Fu Luo might be ill-fated lovers, then laughed when Fu Luo reacted to a marked murderer in the novel.

Lin Yu gained basic Soul Power abilities from Players’ belief and discovered that he could use Soul Fragments to nourish the Repaired Mist Pocket Watch. With the Player Mutual Aid Society election approaching, he encountered candidate Shang Gen, whom he suspected of colluding with the Psychology Society and killing Iced Americano.

• Lin Yu used belief spread by the Lip of Rumor to make Soul Power real and acquired basic techniques for controlling it.
• Lin Yu discovered that he could detach Soul Fragments and use about ten to nourish the Repaired Mist Pocket Watch.
• Lin Yu checked on Order and the other Players, learning that Good Night had taken Dionysus and Paper Kite to eat pizza away from the Convention Center.
• Lin Yu wandered around the Convention Center and was approached by Shang Gen, a leading election candidate whom he suspected of serious crimes.

Lin Yu met privately with Shang Gen, who presented him with the Self-Balancing Gyroscope as thanks for investigating Iced Americano’s murder. Lin Yu realized Shang Gen was deliberately trying to make him suspicious and accused him of involvement in the murder, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Shang Gen dismissed the campaign team, locked the lounge door, and told Lin Yu he wanted to thank him for uncovering Iced Americano’s murder.
• Shang Gen explained that he and Iced Americano had been friends and said he was offering personal thanks, not speaking for the Player Mutual Aid Society.
• Shang Gen gave Lin Yu the Self-Balancing Gyroscope, the same Item Iced Americano had tried to give him, and claimed Iced Americano had intended it as a friendly gift.
• Lin Yu concluded Shang Gen was acting to provoke suspicion and realized Shang Gen did not know what Order had discovered about Iced Americano’s death.
• Lin Yu accused Shang Gen of concealing his relationship with Iced Americano and said Order suspected him of involvement in the murder.

Lin Yu exposed Shang Gen’s attempt to gauge whether Order planned to kill him, then used his powers to make Shang Gen believe Lin Yu was Schreiber and capture him in a dream. Shang Gen agreed to confess, but when Lin Yu asked which Order member had been helping him, Shang Gen’s Consciousness Entity exploded, leaving the identity of the mole unresolved.

• Lin Yu deduced that Shang Gen had approached him to test Order’s intentions and concealed his suspicions while drawing Shang Gen out.
• Lin Yu used Narrative Trick and Sweet Words and Flattering Looks to convince Shang Gen that he was Schreiber, causing Shang Gen to believe Order had killed Iced Americano and was targeting him.
• Lin Yu incapacitated Shang Gen with the Death Sleep Smoke Potion and pulled him into the Ancient Notebook using the Dream Casket.
• Believing Order had secretly sentenced him to death, Shang Gen accepted Lin Yu’s offer of a chance to survive and agreed to confess.
• Lin Yu asked which Order member had been cooperating with Shang Gen, and Shang Gen’s Consciousness Entity exploded before he could reveal the name.

Lin Yu saved Shang Gen from a soul-destruction curse inside the Ancient Notebook and persuaded him to reveal his intelligence. Shang Gen disclosed that an Order member and longtime partner had warned him that Order might kill candidates in the Player Mutual Aid Society election.

• Lin Yu suspected that Copper Furnace had helped exploit Iced Americano’s murder to turn Shang Gen against Order.
• Shang Gen’s soul shattered when he tried to reveal a secret, but Lin Yu used his knowledge of Soul Power to restore it.
• Shang Gen agreed to answer Lin Yu’s questions after realizing Lin Yu had saved him from the same threat he feared.
• Shang Gen revealed that a longtime Order partner had warned him that Order might kill candidates to prevent the expelled organization from gaining the Benevolent King inheritance.
• Shang Gen explained that he worked with the Psychology Society by contacting people on his partner’s behalf and trading intelligence and Items.

Lin Yu questioned Shang Gen about his high-ranking contact in Order, but a mysterious restriction prevented Shang Gen from revealing the person's identity. Lin Yu let Shang Gen return to the election as bait while investigating the person who had leaked Order's classified information.

• Shang Gen explained that he had traded with the Psychology Society using practical benefits from a high-ranking Order contact, but he could neither name nor hint at the person because a force made him forget the identity.
• Lin Yu told Shang Gen to continue participating in the election, explaining that Monica—not Shang Gen—was the candidate he had most likely been ordered to kill and that Monica had closer ties to the Marauders.
• Lin Yu said Iced Americano's death was probably the work of the Psychology Society, not Schreiber, and revealed again that he was Schreiber.
• Shang Gen admitted that he had given the Psychology Society Lin Yu's information and clues about Authorities, acting as an intermediary for the unnamed Order contact.
• Lin Yu decided to keep Shang Gen free as bait, hoping the mastermind would contact him again, and deduced that the person could access secret conversations and information about Authorities.

Lin Yu watched the Player Mutual Aid Society election preparations while keeping Shang Gen in play as bait. The election began with the Benevolent King unexpectedly taking the stage to host, and Yin Lan explained why the organizers had not known he would attend.

• Lin Yu let Shang Gen leave the [Ancient Notebook] and relied on hidden Soul Fragment effects to keep him from making an unexpected move.
• Members of the Player Mutual Aid Society gathered as staff dismantled Iced Americano’s booth, while attendees discussed his death and Schreiber.
• Lin Yu and Order discussed the election, the candidates’ platforms, and Paper Kite’s promise to behave while Yin Lan agreed to watch him.
• At two o’clock, the Benevolent King announced that the election had begun and introduced the candidates’ platform presentations and public records.
• Dionysus recognized the Benevolent King, and Yin Lan explained that his long absence and exceptional status had kept the organizers from knowing when he would arrive.

Lin Yu learned more about the Benevolent King’s leadership style and his past with Yin Lan as the Player Mutual Aid Society’s presidential candidates presented their platforms. Mikan’s speech left Lin Yu unimpressed, while Zuo Xi pointed out that Mercenary was among her campaign team.

• Yin Lan told Lin Yu that the Benevolent King had consulted her about the presidency and had chosen not to run, prompting the other Order members to react with surprise.
• The Benevolent King invited Mikan to give the first campaign presentation, and Lin Yu observed that her beauty made her a popular candidate.
• Lin Yu judged Mikan’s delivery unpolished and her platform familiar, while Good Night favored supporting her and Yin Lan and Ren Gu warned against choosing a president by design.
• Paper Kite said Mikan and her core team seemed good, and Good Night enthusiastically agreed that she was both beautiful and kindhearted.
• Lin Yu spotted Pen Name among Mikan’s team, and Zuo Xi silently identified a short, inconspicuous member as Mercenary.

Lin Yu assessed the dangerous, hard-to-read Mercenary and decided to keep his distance from Zuo Xi rather than use her to learn more about him. At the Player Mutual Aid Society election, Benevolent King disrupted the speaking order, and Shang Gen delivered a divisive speech that won over some undecided listeners.

• Lin Yu studied Mercenary’s youthful, harmless appearance and resolved to gather information about him while avoiding Zuo Xi.
• Mikan finished her speech to applause, and Benevolent King mistakenly announced Iced Americano as the next speaker.
• Benevolent King corrected the announcement and moved Shang Gen ahead of the scheduled candidates, prompting confusion backstage.
• Shang Gen and Dugu Jian’s teams agreed to exchange places, and Shang Gen took the stage.
• Shang Gen passionately presented his controversial platform, alienating some listeners while turning others into potential supporters.

Lin Yu left Order’s lounge under the pretense of investigating the election and secretly disguised himself to question Yan Guang. He discovered that Yan Guang was Mikan’s nephew and that Yan Guang and Xi Chen were lovers, leaving him with a surprising lead about the candidates’ relationships.

• Lin Yu told Good Night and the others he would investigate the candidates’ lounge, received their approval, and left Order’s lounge.
• Lin Yu reached the second floor, checked that Mikan was in her lounge, and used a blind spot in the surveillance to disguise himself as her.
• Lin Yu found Yan Guang alone and entered his lounge while wearing Mikan’s face.
• Yan Guang mistook Lin Yu for Mikan, called her his aunt, and said Xi Chen suspected him of secretly supporting her in the election.
• Lin Yu inferred that Yan Guang supported Xi Chen and realized Yan Guang and Xi Chen were a couple, while Mikan was Yan Guang’s aunt.

Lin Yu impersonated Mikan to probe Yan Guang about Shang Gen and the Order’s Director, uncovering more about their political dealings and Mikan’s possible violations. Lin Yu’s disguise was exposed when he mistakenly suggested Mikan might be interested in handsome young men, and Yan Guang confronted him.

• Lin Yu used Mikan’s relationship with Yan Guang to ask him to investigate Shang Gen’s private meeting with the Order’s Director.
• Yan Guang warned that the Order might be plotting something and agreed to sound out Shang Gen, while cautioning Mikan to stay away from the Director.
• Lin Yu inferred that Yan Guang knew more about Shang Gen’s secrets and learned that Yan Guang believed Mikan had also violated the Order’s taboos.
• Lin Yu tried to probe what Mikan had done and joked about chatting with the handsome Director, prompting Yan Guang to realize he was not Mikan.
• Yan Guang accused Lin Yu of impersonating his aunt and demanded to know what he had done to her, revealing that Mikan was a lesbian.

Lin Yu impersonated Mikan to question Yan Guang and gather information, then revealed himself as Schreiber and proposed future cooperation. After threatening to expose Yan Guang’s bond with Xi Chen, Lin Yu appeared to leave but sprang an ambush when Yan Guang tried to catch him.

• Lin Yu admitted he had impersonated Mikan, and Yan Guang recognized him as Schreiber and demanded to know what he had done to his aunt.
• Lin Yu said he wanted to cause trouble at the election, learn the Player Mutual Society’s internal affairs, and give Mikan support, while assuring Yan Guang that Mikan was safe.
• Lin Yu revealed that Yan Guang had shown how much he cared about Xi Chen and threatened to expose their relationship.
• Lin Yu offered Yan Guang a chance to cooperate and said his information about the Director and Shang Gen was true.
• Lin Yu pretended to collapse and disperse his Soul Power and Mental Power, then ambushed Yan Guang when he reached to catch him.

Lin Yu incapacitated Yan Guang, hid him in a cabinet, and assumed his appearance so he could move freely as him. After Benevolent King disrupted the speaking order again, Lin Yu used the confusion to visit Mikan and asked to speak with her privately.

• Lin Yu used the [Fear Lens] to discover Yan Guang's fear of losing Chen Zhiyun, Chu Xian, Chu Hui, and Chu Wenguang, then broke his resistance and took control of him.
• Lin Yu used the [Repaired Mist Pocket Watch] to make Yan Guang hide in a cabinet and fall asleep, then transformed himself into Yan Guang.
• Benevolent King announced Monica as the next speaker, disrupting the scheduled order once more.
• Lin Yu went to Mikan's rest area and asked her to talk privately, and Mikan asked her team to give them some privacy.

Lin Yu secretly warned Mikan that a Marauders informant might be hidden in her campaign team and cast suspicion on her two trusted Tier 3s. Mikan defended both members, but Lin Yu ended by questioning whether the mercenary was truly All-around Mercenary King.

• Lin Yu persuaded Mikan to dismiss Zuo Xi and All-around Mercenary King by claiming he had a private family matter to discuss.
• After reassuring Mikan that her family was fine, Lin Yu claimed the Marauders might have an informant in her campaign team who had leaked her plans to Monica.
• Lin Yu argued that both Su Muzhe and All-around Mercenary King were suspicious because of their Tier 3 status and unusual backgrounds.
• Mikan admitted that Su Muzhe used a false identity, but said she had helped conceal it and trusted her because she had saved Mikan's life in an Instance.
• Mikan defended All-around Mercenary King as a well-paid mercenary with excellent professional ethics, and Lin Yu asked whether she knew he was really who he claimed to be.

Lin Yu questioned Mikan about how she hired the All-around Mercenary King and what abilities he had shown, then warned her to keep watch over him and the rest of her team. After leaving, Lin Yu learned that the mercenary suspected Yan Guang had become unusually dangerous, while Lin Yu planned to remove the unconscious Yan Guang from the election venue and conceal him somewhere safer.

• Lin Yu asked Mikan how she had hired the All-around Mercenary King and what abilities he had demonstrated, and concluded that the mercenary's identity seemed reliable.
• Lin Yu warned Mikan to watch the All-around Mercenary King and not assume that he or Su Muzhe was beyond suspicion.
• Lin Yu left Mikan's room to prepare for the campaign proceedings, passing Zuo Xi and the All-around Mercenary King outside.
• The All-around Mercenary King told Zuo Xi that Yan Guang seemed more dangerous than before, but Zuo Xi suggested he might simply be tense.
• Lin Yu, still using Yan Guang's identity, decided to arrange for the unconscious Yan Guang to leave the venue and be moved somewhere safer.

While impersonating Yan Guang, Lin Yu confronted Xiao Yun after discovering her in the candidates' rest area and learned she had infiltrated the venue to gather intelligence. Their standoff was interrupted when the Benevolent King appeared in the corridor.

• Lin Yu spotted Xiao Yun and challenged her when she claimed to be Bai Yun, a member of Dugu Jian's campaign team.
• Xiao Yun attacked Lin Yu with a parasol and a silver revolver, wounding him, while both concealed their true abilities.
• Xiao Yun threatened Lin Yu, then claimed she was A'yu, a Marauder gathering intelligence for a general offensive.
• Lin Yu warned Xiao Yun that the Benevolent King was inside the venue, and she countered that the Celestial King and the Diviner could protect her.
• The Benevolent King appeared at a vending machine, and Lin Yu recognized him.

Lin Yu, disguised as Yan Guang, tried to persuade the Benevolent King to capture Xiao Yun, but the Benevolent King refused because he feared trouble from her powerful backers. The Benevolent King then offered to support Lin Yu’s preferred election candidate, leaving Lin Yu to name Xi Chen and explain who she was.

• Lin Yu alerted Xiao Yun that the red-haired stranger was the Benevolent King and urged him to restrain her.
• The Benevolent King recognized Xiao Yun was not A'yu and refused to detain her, citing the powerful people behind her.
• Xiao Yun said she had impersonated A'yu because she hoped A'yu would die, then left after the Benevolent King assured her he would take responsibility.
• The Benevolent King offered to support whichever candidate Lin Yu favored in the election.
• Lin Yu chose Xi Chen, and the Benevolent King asked him to introduce her.

Lin Yu secured Benevolent King’s [Lucky Box] while pretending to support Xi Chen, then left to end his Yan Guang disguise. Beneath the venue, Xiao Yun revealed that Benevolent King had discovered her, leaving Old Zhou and Qianhuan shocked and uncertain how she escaped.

• Lin Yu explained Xi Chen’s campaign to Benevolent King, who agreed to vote for him but refused to publicly support his campaign.
• After Lin Yu pointed out that Benevolent King could cast only one of his three votes for Xi Chen, Benevolent King gave Lin Yu a [Lucky Box] as compensation.
• Lin Yu left the venue, planning to remove his Yan Guang disguise and return as Director, while Benevolent King mistakenly announced Xi Chen’s speech out of order.
• Xiao Yun met Old Zhou and Qianhuan beneath the venue, where they had stolen two Corporate Slaves and an Enforcer.
• Xiao Yun said she had encountered Benevolent King upstairs, prompting Old Zhou and Qianhuan to ask how she had escaped.

Xiao Yun, Qianhuan, and Old Zhou escaped through the Freedom Alliance’s underground passage after Xiao Yun was released by Benevolent King. Lin Yu found them and asked about using their route to infiltrate the convention center, while they speculated that Comedian had gone to deal with family matters in Shenzhen.

• Xiao Yun explained that Benevolent King had stopped Yan Guang from capturing her and deliberately let her escape, possibly because of his connection to Fang Qing.
• Qianhuan, Old Zhou, and Xiao Yun emerged from their underground passage, where Lin Yu was waiting after tracing their car and the disturbed manhole cover.
• Xiao Yun said she had infiltrated the convention center to retrieve the bodies of two Tier 2 victims whose Professions could help her.
• Lin Yu asked whether he could use the passage to enter the venue, and Qianhuan and Old Zhou warned him about the powerful players inside.
• The group discussed Comedian’s unexplained absence, and Xiao Yun revealed that his ex-wife and child lived in Shenzhen, surprising Lin Yu, Qianhuan, and Old Zhou.

Lin Yu discussed the painful family histories of his companions before returning to the venue and considering Benevolent King's possible connection to Fang Qing. There, Su Muzhe told him that Schreiber might still be nearby and challenged Lin Yu over his relationship with him.

• Xiao Yun, Qianhuan, Old Zhou, and Lin Yu shared details about their family histories before Lin Yu entered the venue.
• Lin Yu suspected Benevolent King might be connected to Fang Qing because Benevolent King had spared Xiao Yun and possessed a Lucky Box resembling Fang Qing's creations.
• Lin Yu concluded that the hidden passage could let him and the Freedom Alliance enter the venue again, then returned to the first floor.
• Su Muzhe told Lin Yu that someone impersonating Yan Guang had met Mikan, that Schreiber might not have left, and that he had helped cover for him.
• Zuo Xi questioned Lin Yu's claim of ignorance, pointing out that he and Schreiber both used Mental Power and were unlikely to be strangers.

Zuo Xi accused Lin Yu of being connected to Schreiber, and he denied it while secretly using her suspicions to advance his plans. After Lin Yu left, Zuo Xi concluded that he was tied to the First Generation Freud and the Psychology Society as well as Order.

• Zuo Xi linked Schreiber’s past interventions to Lin Yu and challenged his claim that their connection was coincidence.
• Zuo Xi argued that Lin Yu’s exceptional acting and the Hypnosis Pendant explained how he concealed his connection to Schreiber, while Lin Yu maintained that she was mistaken.
• Lin Yu reflected that the link between Schreiber and Director would eventually be exposed and planned to reveal it to Order only after securing a stronger position.
• Lin Yu allowed a trace of killing intent to show, expecting Zuo Xi to interpret it as confirmation of the dramatic connection she wanted to believe in.
• Lin Yu thanked Zuo Xi as Su Muzhe and left, while she wished Director good luck and concluded he was Schreiber and the First Generation Freud’s successor.

Lin Yu used Zuo Xi’s theory about Schreiber and Director to refine his plan while returning to Order’s rest area. After learning Ren Gu had gone to sleep and Paper Kite had been missing for a while, Lin Yu warned that Paper Kite might be preparing to kill someone, and a gunshot suddenly rang out.

• Lin Yu decided Zuo Xi’s theory could help him complete Schreiber’s identity and make his plan more convincing.
• Lin Yu told Good Night and Yin Lan that Benevolent King had likely improvised the changed event order, then teased Good Night about his own unreliability.
• Good Night said Ren Gu had gone to the lounge to sleep after tiring himself with his ability, while Paper Kite had gone out for air and to wash his face.
• Lin Yu grew concerned when he learned Paper Kite had been gone for several minutes and had seemed troubled while checking his phone.
• Lin Yu warned Good Night and Yin Lan that Paper Kite might be preparing to kill someone, and a loud gunshot interrupted the speech.