Which One Is "Me"? / I'm the Younger Sister

"Their magnetic field power has awakened."

"..."

Eden's elegant smile froze on his face, and even Lin remained silent for a long time before finally opening his mouth. "Huh?"

"In order to enable her daughter to compete for the throne, and then to take advantage of the situation to make her daughter seize the world, the Queen personally taught Rin, while Sakura was sent by the King to another country to be taught by the King of that country."

"Seventeen years later, the Queen orchestrated a conspiracy that dealt a heavy blow to Rin and then incited her to hate her sister Sakura. Rin and Sakura worked hard to hone their skills and quickly became unparalleled masters. The King wanted to stop the brothers from killing each other and decided to kill Rin himself, but due to various reasons, he was killed by Rin. Sakura was also defeated and lost all her skills."

"Finally, Bell became the new king and was not controlled by the wicked queen. Congratulations, congratulations..."

After hearing the whole story, everyone's expression was like that of someone who had just learned that a cobra biting its own tongue could also kill it.

"Wait a minute, what does this have to do with Sleeping Beauty?" Su suddenly realized and asked.

Regardless of how the story ends, Sakura didn't become Sleeping Beauty in the end, did she?

The last line of almost illegible text slowly appeared on the screen—

"After her defeat, Sakura was cursed by the Black Witch and fell into a deep sleep."

"..."

"..."

"Woo-wah woo-wah".

Apart from Chrono, who needed to assert his savage chieftain persona, everyone else fell silent.

The door in front of you opens, and a message reads "Only One Person," meaning that this challenge can only be undertaken by one person.

This heavy responsibility naturally fell on Lin's shoulders in the end. Eden explained, "Sleeping Beauty was finally awakened by the prince's kiss, which means the challenger should preferably be male. Who among you will go?"

Sue and Kevin took a step back in unison. Chrono needed to maintain his "cannot understand human speech" persona and stood still. Eden ignored him and smiled as she looked at Lin, whose expression was stern.

She smiled and raised her hand, "Your Highness, please, you must awaken our princess."

Princess? Magnetic Field Princess? I always felt that what was needed to awaken her wasn't a kiss, but a killer punch.

However, he was the only one capable of taking on this responsibility at the moment, so Lin, naturally... or rather helplessly, walked through the door under Mobius's murderous gaze. As he pondered what bizarre challenges he would encounter this time, the door behind him closed, and then...

"..."

There was nothing there.

He had envisioned a familiar, outrageous request appearing on a large screen, which would then be copied hundreds of millions of times and disseminated globally. However, in reality, there was no screen, only a simple wooden table.

Does the challenge require the table to be on?

With this thought in mind, Lin approached the table, and once he set his gaze on the papers on it, he couldn't take his eyes off them.

Are you feeling lost about your current situation?

Is this some kind of emotional counseling challenge?

Lin picked up the page and silently read the words on it.

"You see yourself as Lin from the past, but you can't fully immerse yourself in his identity. There's a voice calling out from deep inside you, but you don't know how to resolve this anxiety."

"What exactly are you? A substitute? A defective product? Or Lin's ashes?"

"You know very well that what you are is not determined by yourself, but by the people around you."

"But is this really what you want?"

Fingers, apply force.

Lin himself didn't even notice when he tightened his grip on the paper. When he realized it, his entire forearm was trembling. He reached out his other hand to grab his arm and slowly regained control.

"Think about it, everyone around you seems to have a difficult past with you. Men all treat you as a close friend or brother, and women mostly have a good impression of you. All of this is thanks to Lin in the past. You just read a record related to him and started to think of yourself as him."

"If you want to get rid of this anxiety, just do as I say."

The black-haired man's pupils, hidden beneath his bangs, shrank, then slowly returned to normal after a few seconds.

Inhale, exhale.

This process repeats itself over and over in this endless, long period of time.

Sakura slowly woke up. Her memory was stuck on the time she accidentally entered a challenge room and failed. Before she could react, a large amount of mist sprayed out from the surrounding walls. Even though she held her breath, she quickly lost consciousness.

"I'm sorry, Sakura, why don't you get some sleep?"

In the moments before she lost consciousness, she heard that altered electronic voice sound vaguely familiar. So, the person who orchestrated this game was among them. Did calling her by her name mean they had each been given a challenge tailored specifically for them...?

The first thing Sakura saw when she opened her eyes was a man's chin.

"Ah..."

She blinked, thinking she was still dreaming, but the man noticed she was awake. He looked down at her, his cold, razor-sharp face confirming Sakura's suspicions.

"Forest?"

"It's all over now."

Lin carried Ying out, and Ying struggled nervously after realizing she was being carried. "Wait, put me down and I can walk by myself."

But Lin didn't hear what she was saying at all. He walked forward absentmindedly, something profound flowing in the depths of his eyes.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Who is "I"?

"So, the treasure is Sakura?"

Everyone crowded around Sakura, staring at her like she was a rare animal. She felt quite embarrassed and covered herself up, since she was only wearing a swimsuit, and Kevin's aura was so cold it made her shiver.

She still didn't understand what had happened to Zhan, or how she had become a treasure.

"How did you wake her up?" Mobius asked seemingly casually, but his words concealed a murderous intent.

Lin asked in an even calmer tone than before, "You woke up naturally, you don't really believe there's a curse, do you?"

"..."

That's certainly not the case. Mobius is essentially a scientist, and she would never believe something so baseless.

But she felt that Lin's gaze seemed to have changed after he came out.

With a certain purpose, and even more so with a resolute determination that they didn't want others to see clearly.

"Let's hurry to the next treasure location." Lin didn't say anything more. Sakura did wake up naturally. She had been drugged, but the effects of the drug didn't last long due to her Flame-Chaser physique. She woke up about a minute after leaving the crystal coffin.

The only thing he did was touch Sakura's lips with his fingers. After all, his task was to get a kiss without actively asking for it, but it didn't say that he couldn't do it when the other person was unconscious.

Even if this doesn't count, it doesn't matter. Lin is no longer interested in completing this so-called mission.

There are more important things to verify.

"Do you know where the next treasure location is?"

"I don't know." A cold glint flashed in Lin's eyes. "But someone does know."

"Little sister Elysia, who are we waiting for?"

Griseo was painting on an easel set up on the beach, asked the pink-haired girl who was smiling with her hands on her hips beside her. They had been waiting on the beach for more than two hours. Even though the Flame-Chaser were not afraid of the sun, they were still a little dizzy from the sun.

"Wait for our partners."

Elysia replied with a smile.

Partners? But aren't the others in the mole's camp searching for the next treasure location? Who are they waiting for?

Before Griseo could ask, the group of people emerged from the shade of the trees and came to the beach, walking towards them.

Lin, Eden, and Su.

"Oh? Shouldn't it be one of our people coming?" Elysia tilted her head and asked the three people in front of her with a grin. "Where is Hua, who sent me the message? Or is this actually a trap you set, to have Hua pretend to be a mole to find our location?"

Lin looked around and said calmly to her, "Since it's just the two of you here, it means you don't actually trust Hua, so you shouldn't be surprised."

"Well, what can I do? My opponent is the cunning Lin. Of course, I have to be cautious." Elysia tapped her chin with her fingers and smiled playfully. "Why aren't the others here? Are they also rushing to find the next treasure location?"

"It's two against three on the field, you don't have an advantage."

"Really? That's not necessarily true." The pink-haired girl's elf ears twitched, and she waved to Eden with a smile. "My dear Eden, you should come this way~"

Eden chuckled softly, then moved gracefully to Elysia's side, facing Lin and Su directly.

Lin guessed correctly; there was indeed a traitor among them, and Eden was indeed the prime suspect.

The sun was blazing, and Su Wei frowned slightly. He didn't really understand why Lin only brought him and Eden, especially since Eden had now betrayed him. However, he could sense that Lin's emotions were very stable, and Eden's presence on the opposing side hadn't caused any significant change in his mood.

"Now it's team two, third place~ Even though Su's abilities are a bit troublesome, the situation is still very unfavorable for you~"

"That's not necessarily true."

Lin also uttered those words, turning slightly to Griseo, who was still drawing, and said, "Griseo."

"Um."

Then, Griseo packed up her easel and ran over to Lin's side.

Elysia looked at Griseo, who was standing obediently beside Lin, with surprise. "Little Griseo?"

"As soon as I was able to contact other people, I contacted Griseo first," Lin said with his hands behind his back. "Then I had her pretend that the mission was to stop us from obtaining the treasure. Firstly, Griseo is not suitable for treasure hunting with decryption, and secondly, it is almost impossible for her to be found out."

After thinking about it carefully, Elysia suddenly realized that she brought Gretchen along precisely because Griseo was of no help in the treasure hunt, which meant that Lin Lian had even considered this point.

"This is really... very Lin's style." Elysia scratched her head helplessly. "What if I had brought more people? Wouldn't your plan have been useless then, Lin?"

"That's why I brought Eden with us."

Eden is the prime suspect. If she were the mole, she would have sent a message to Elysia, telling her Elysia only three people came, including herself.

"Okay, okay, I surrender. You win this round."

The pink-haired girl raised her hands and surrendered with a smile. Eden smiled, finding it amusing, but didn't say anything more, just looked at Lin.

After all, it's just a game, and it's impossible for them to actually fight. Elysia only did it because she thought it was fun.

"But it's impossible for us to betray our comrades! Great warriors would rather die than surrender!"

Even Su was speechless. He had been acting like a villain before, but now he was saying these kinds of lines.

Lin didn't care. He directly asked Elysia, "Elysia, are you or Vill-V the mastermind behind the game?"

The organizers of this game are most likely these two: Elysia, who devised the plan, and Vill-V, who provided technical support. It's even possible that the two of them teamed up to do it together. After all, the task of finding the mastermind can be done by manipulating the rules. Who says the mastermind can't be two people?

But, surprisingly, Elysia shook her head, looking slightly bewildered. "The mastermind? It's not us?"

"Not you? Really?"

Lin frowned upon receiving the unexpected answer.

It's quite easy to lie about this kind of thing, and once you catch the mastermind, you don't know whether you need to provide clear evidence that the person is the mastermind, or get the person to admit it.

"Oh dear, I knew Lin would suspect us~ But we really didn't~ I was planning to film a movie on another island, but when I woke up, all the equipment was flooded... Ugh, my equipment..."

"Hehe, it's okay, Eri, I'll buy you another set when we get back."

"Eden, you're the best!"

If it's not Elysia and Vill-V, then who could it be?

Lin recalled what was written on the paper, and unconsciously clenched his fist again.

Chapter Twenty-Five: I'm the Sister

"If you want to eliminate your anxiety and know the meaning of your existence, then find 'me'."

"You have been fighting against fate all your life. The dead will not let you go, and you will not let yourself go either. Whether it is them or you, you want to witness the day when you defeat fate."

"And the only thing I want to know is, can someone who has lost their whole life win in the end?"

The words on the page pierced Lin's heart, causing even those without the capacity for pain to feel terrifying agony.

Win...?

Whom did He ultimately want Lin to fight? Was it against that elusive and uncertain destiny?

Who wrote this to Lin, and what was it meant to convey? These questions are quite intriguing.

Regardless, Lin must find out who among them organized this game and who left these words.

Why not talk to him face-to-face? Why organize an unnecessary game?