This plot somehow gave people a strange sense of déjà vu.
There seemed to be a movie like this, about a genius con man...
Every identity had been forged, yet in the final bar exam, he had genuinely relied on his own genius intellect. With only a few days of preparation, he had earned the certificate...
The current Vill-V was exactly like that movie's protagonist.
A genius—so gifted that, in their eyes, her current identity and everything she had accomplished could only have been achieved through cheating.
But that was not the truth. Vill-V really was unparalleled.
That existing sense of familiarity... combined with Su Nian's extensive characterization of Vill-V, was enough to make her genius feel convincing.
Her greatest trait was not her split personalities. That could only be considered a minor quirk.
Her greatest trait was her genius.
The pinnacle of human intellect, beyond all common sense.
"Do you know what the highest form of a [lie] is? It is... every word I say is true, yet I can still deceive others in the end."
"I was probably... four or five years old. I suddenly hated myself, hated myself more than anything. So I came up with a solution... [becoming someone else]—and, unexpectedly, it was far easier than I had imagined."
"As long as I [want to], then I [can]."
"So... although I truly knew nothing before, before developing those drones, I spent three months teaching myself mechanical engineering... Is that answer satisfactory?"
The memory fragment ended there once more. "...? Becoming someone else... Vill-V, you... could the real [you] be..."
But before Mei could continue thinking, Pardo was still back in the direction she had just come from.
"Y-you... you...?!" Pardo let out a scream like one she would make only when struck.
"Pardo?!" The [faded] monster