The Naming of the Night
Chapter 254

Werewolf

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In the group chat, no one expected that two holders of the Demon Stamp would appear at the same time, which caught everyone off guard.

The main reason is that they originally intended this place as a purely communicative platform, but they never expected it to be used in so many creative ways.

"Brother Chen, the holder of this Demon Stamp has come forward. What are you planning to do next?" Nan Gengchen asked.

"Since he can't stand others impersonating him, then of course he'll continue to impersonate him," Qing Chen glanced at Nan Gengchen. "Although I don't know who he is or where he is, what the enemy hates is what we should do."

Nan Gengchen asked curiously, "Brother Chen, is there anything I can help with?"

Qing Chen sat calmly on the sofa, typing on his phone as he said, "Yes."

"But now that he's come out to clarify, you can't keep up the act anymore," Nan Gengchen said.

"Just because he says he is, does that mean he is?" Qing Chen replied without even looking up.

Huan Yu asked with great interest in the group chat, "Why did you impersonate me?"

Qing Chen replied in the group chat, seemingly off-topic, "Do you want to be my slave? Hehe."

Huan Yu replied, "You don't need to deliberately imitate my speech. No matter how well an imitator imitates, they can never truly become me."

At this moment, the A Little Duck, who hadn't spoken until now, said, "But Huan Yu, you didn't use 'hehe' in your voice at all, while he did..."

Huan Yu was clearly taken aback. He was no longer joking when he spoke, simply because he had been disgusted by someone earlier.

But he didn't expect that this would become evidence when others impersonated him; they laughed and joked when they spoke, but he didn't.

Huan Yu sat blankly in front of a French window, thinking for a long time but not knowing how to refute what the little duck had said.

Finally, he explained seriously, "I don't say 'hehe' because someone used to always imitate me, and I didn't want to be like him, so I stopped saying it."

When Nan Gengchen saw this sentence, he immediately looked up at Qing Chen.

He is now one of Qing Chen's closest people, so he naturally knows what Qing Chen and Huan Yu said in their letters.

Now, it seems that Qing Chen has almost cured Huan Yu's mental illness with just a few letters...

Qing Chen said to Huan Yu in the group chat, "I can prove I'm a holder of the Demon Stamp, can you?"

Huan Yu became interested. "How are you going to prove it?"

Qing Chen continued in the group chat, "Li Si, I wrote you a letter inviting you to join me, right? Hehe."

Li Si paused for a moment in front of the phone. "It really is you."

Nan Gengchen asked in confusion, "Brother Chen, is Li Si also one of your men?"

"No," Qing Chen shook his head, "I'm just guessing that the holder of this Demon Stamp has invited many people; it's just their usual practice."

Wang Yun, Qing Chen, and Liu Dezhu all received such letters.

At this moment, Huan Yu calmly sent a message: "I've invited many people, but that doesn't prove anything."

"I once wrote a letter to Yue'er, saying that I could give him a whole set of gene serums, right, Yue'er? Hehe," Qing Chen replied.

Yue'er: "So it really was you."

Huan Yu suddenly found things interesting; he had said these two sentences to many people.

This time, Qing Chen showed the holder how terrifying it is when someone with ulterior motives can understand his behavior patterns.

Huan Yu is currently unable to even prove her true identity!

At this moment, everyone in the group was silently watching this good show, each with their own thoughts.

For people like Zheng Yuandong and He Jinqiu, eradicating the power of the Demon Stamp holders is one of the things they most want to do.

This force has repeatedly threatened social stability.

For Li Si and others who had received the letters, finding the holder of the Demon Stamp would also relieve their worries.

So, regardless of which is real and which is fake, they are happy to watch the show.

Hidden deep in a small alley near the Lijing Gate in Los Angeles, Lu Yuan, Xiao Ying, and a large group of Kunlun members on duty at headquarters were sitting around a mobile phone, all intently watching a real "Werewolf" game playing in the group chat.

"Who do you think is the real wolf?" the Xiao Ying asked.

Someone thought for a moment and said, "It seems like 'Ice Eye' is more believable right now. He has a chuckle in his speech and is just as arrogant and crazy. That's more in line with the characteristics of a mentally ill person."

"Yes, look at Huan Yu, she talks just like a normal person, and she doesn't giggle."

Xiao Ying was puzzled. "That doesn't make sense either. If Ice Eye is the real holder of the Demon Stamp, then why would Huan Yu jump out and claim to be the one? What's the point?"

Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan nearby, couldn't stand it anymore. "A bunch of idiots. If I had a bunch of people like you working under me when I was in criminal investigation, I would have fired you all."

"Hey, Team Lu has some insights?" Xiao Ying asked cheerfully.

"The most crucial point here is why Huan Yu jumped out and claimed to be the holder," Lu Yuan asked. "If you were the holder, would you fight with others? You certainly wouldn't, but highly intelligent criminals would. A couple of years ago, I handled a case where a highly intelligent criminal suspect committed seven crimes, and I couldn't find him. Eventually, someone imitated his crimes, and he gave himself away when he went to find the imitator. This kind of person won't allow anyone to tarnish their reputation."

"That seems to make sense," Xiao Ying nodded. "But Ice Eye has Li Si and Yue'er as his witnesses."

Lu Yuan chuckled and said, "Think about it, we've already found sixteen or seventeen Time Walker who received the letters. What do they have in common? Eleven of them received invitations, and the holders promised to provide nine of them with a complete set of gene serums. I think this Ice Eye probably knows this pattern too, which is why he directly bets that Li Si and Yue'er have also received such letters."

Lu Yuan continued, "Although the holder of the Demon Stamp is neurotic, his actions have an inherent logic. Since transmigrating, he has been trying to utilize the resources of the Inner World to expand his own power. So he is just neurotic, not really crazy, and he wouldn't invite everyone to kill him for no reason."

"Then who is this Ice Eye?" a Kunlun member asked curiously. "Why is he targeting Huan Yu so much?"

"They must have some grudge against the holder of the Demon Stamp," Lu Yuan said. "It seems we can form an alliance with this Ice Eye in the group, since the boss is also looking for the holder."

Xiao Ying pondered for a long time, "Wait, I admit that Team Leader Lu's analysis makes a lot of sense, but why isn't Huan Yu saying 'hee hee' anymore?"

This stumped Lu Yuan. Yes, why isn't this holder of the Demon Stamp saying "hehe" anymore...?

At this moment, Huan Yu spoke again in the chat group after a few minutes, "I've been wanting to see what tricks you were going to play, but I didn't expect it to be so clumsy. Let's end this game of the real and fake Monkey King here. I don't want to waste my time with you. Although you impersonated someone very well, you still forgot one thing, which is that the Demon Stamp is in my hands, not yours. Li Si, did you receive the letter I just sent?"

Li Si hesitated for a moment, then said, "Received it."

In Kunlun's courtyard, a group of people patted Lu Yuan's horse on the shoulder. "Team Leader Lu is brilliant! He actually analyzed it correctly!"

Lu Yuan sneered and curled his lip, "Don't you even know what I, your captain, did before? If I didn't have some skills, would the boss have let me manage the special operations team?"

In the small house on Xingshu Road, Nan Gengchen looked up at Qing Chen: "Brother Chen, there's nothing we can do about this. They really do have the Demon Stamp..."

Qing Chen shook his head and said to Nan Gengchen, "He was hiding in this group chat and keeping an eye on everyone's information. Now that he has gone to great lengths to expose his true identity, we are not at a disadvantage."

Qing Chen believed.

Huan Yu will soon realize that regardless of whether he can prove his identity, he has already lost in this matter.

In the group chat, Huan Yu asked, "Now that I've proven my identity, who exactly are you?"

The Kunlun members perked up. "Could this Ice Eye belong to Los Angeles? Or perhaps one of the Time Walker we already know of?"

Xiao Ying raised his hand. "Don't speak, let's see how Ice Eye answers."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Ice Eye: "I will not change my name or surname, I am Kunlun Lu Yuan."

Lu Yuan: "???"

Inside Kunlun's headquarters, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. If Lu Dui hadn't been right beside them, they probably would have really thought that this Ice Eye was Lu Yuan!

However, no one expected that Ice Eye would actually dare to speak so boldly, taking advantage of the fact that everyone in the group did not know each other's real identities, and pretending to be whoever he wanted.

Xiao Ying looked at Lu Yuan and asked, "Captain Lu, he's impersonating you now, should we respond?"

"No response," Lu Yuan scratched his buzz cut, his teeth aching. "Who the hell is this? The group chat was so peaceful and quiet, and he just came in and stirred things up. I know he wants to put Kunlun and Huan Yu on opposite sides, and the boss probably wouldn't mind being on opposite sides with Huan Yu, but being used like this feels so unpleasant..."

"The boss is in the group chat too, he should have seen it by now," Xiao Ying asked. "Should we ask him what to do?"

"Don't disturb him yet," Lu Yuan shook his head. "The boss has more important things to do right now."

"Where is the boss now?" Xiao Ying asked, puzzled. "I haven't seen him for several days."

"He discovered a Time Walker controlled by the Kashima Family, and he's currently with the intelligence team trying to find out the others as well."

In the small house on Xingshu Road.

Nan Gengchen said from the side, "Brother Chen, once Huan Yu calms down, he should be able to guess that you are Liu Dezhu's boss, right? After all, you're so good at..."

He wanted to say something like, "You're so good at being disgusting," but ultimately he didn't say it.

Qing Chen glanced at him. "Perhaps, he has already realized it."

"If he's so angry and can't find you, he'll definitely want to settle the score with Liu Dezhu, right?" Nan Gengchen asked curiously, "What if he tries to harm Liu Dezhu?"

Qing Chen said calmly, "If he doesn't take action, how can I find any clues related to him?"

Sometimes when you want to find someone, you don't necessarily have to go through all the trouble yourself; letting the other person make the effort is also a good option.

In the Inner World, Qing Chen can seek help from Li Dongze, he can seek help from Li Yinuo, and he can also ask Yi for a small favor.

But in the Outer World, he can only rely on himself, and he doesn't have many channels to obtain information.

In this situation, to find Huan Yu, the holder of the Demon Stamp, one would naturally have to think of some unconventional methods.

As for whether the other party will walk into the cage he has drawn, Qing Chen is not sure.

Of course, Qing Chen wouldn't dare to do this if Liu Dezhu didn't have the will to submit, or if Liu Dezhu hadn't reached the level of awakening.

However, many people still think that Liu Dezhu is just an F-level gene warrior who has just received a gene injection, but they don't know that Liu Dezhu has already quietly completed his transformation.

Qing Chen judged that there were definitely not many Time Walker with top-level strength at this stage.

From the start of the time travel event until now, only 43 days have passed in the Inner World, and the combined time in the Inner World is only a little over two months.

Even if Huan Yu really had the complete set of gene serums, the other party wouldn't have enough time to upgrade an ordinary person to level 1, at most level d.

Those experts who already possess strength at or above the highest level would probably not be willing to be controlled and become slaves.

Therefore, if the other party thinks that Liu Dezhu can be manipulated at will, they will definitely suffer a great loss.

At this very moment, in a corner of a city, in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, a slender figure sits in a rocking chair, lost in thought.

Ten minutes later, Huan Yu, sitting in the rocking chair, sighed, "Having someone like this in the group is really disgusting."

He had calmed down by then and guessed that the real identity of the man with the Ice Eye must be Liu Dezhu's boss.

After all, there aren't that many people in this world who are good at disgusting others.

That's the same person!

It seems that the letter he sent to Nan Gengchen in the Inner World had worked; this time, it was the other party's retaliation after receiving the letter and being unable to bear the harassment any longer.

I just didn't expect the counterattack to come so quickly and so fiercely.

A sickly smile appeared on Huan Yu's face.

He knew that he had already lost a round in this group chat contest.

From now on, the ID "Huan Yu" will be constantly watched and targeted by Kunlun and Jiuzhou.

But it doesn't matter; before the game is over, all victory and defeat are meaningless and futile.

Only the one who laughs until the game ends is the true winner.

Thinking of this, Huan Yu raised her wrist to check the time, then looked at the city outside the French windows, which had fallen asleep. "Brother should be back soon."

After saying that, he got up, took out three sheets of paper from the cabinet, and picked up a black and gold fountain pen, writing a sentence on each of the three sheets.

After finishing writing, Huan Yu gently pricked her finger with the tip of her pen, squeezing three drops of blood onto the paper to form three red postmarks.

Strangely, the finger that had just been pricked by the pen tip healed quickly after the blood dripped, as if nothing had happened.

Huan Yu struck a match and burned all three letters.

In the dark room, he stared at the burning letter and laughed, "I told you, the game isn't over yet."

The burning light illuminated his pale face.

There will be another chapter tonight.

Thank you Brokenry for becoming a new ally of this book, boss is so generous!

My family is fine now, and the rain in Luoyang has stopped. I'm more concerned about how my fellow citizens in Zhengzhou are doing.

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