[The first future letter had read:]
[—"Do not trust the first being unlocked in [Rainbow Talent: Ten Gates]."]
["He deceived you. He deceived every being."]
["He is not an ordinary powerhouse of this world, but... a Beyond Heaven Otherworldly Demon. Remember his identity."]
[You had been wondering why it was written that way, as though the writer was terrified of him!]
["Deception," "remember his identity as a [Beyond Heaven Otherworldly Demon]"... all these factors piled together.]
[And then there was this scene—]
[This senior Beyond Heaven Otherworldly Demon wanted to hand you the "Clown Mask" so you could take it out into reality?!]
[The reason he gave was perfectly reasonable:]
[You only had an incense stick's worth of time to talk, and he had struck some sort of deal with Past Chen Fan to help you through it.]
[It seemed perfectly reasonable.]
[So reasonable that, without the warning in the first [future letter], you might actually have half believed his words.]
[And taken the Clown Mask out through this Gate into the real world.]
[After all, this was the domain of [Rainbow Talent: Ten Gates].]
[Whatever else happened, there surely couldn't be too much scheming here...]
[But with the warning from the [future letter], everything was different!]
[You didn't know what he had deceived you about, but you didn't need to know.]
[Because the moment you accepted the Clown Mask, everything became clear.]
[What mattered wasn't the Deception, but his identity.]
[His identity was that of a [Beyond Heaven Otherworldly Demon].]
[Even now, he had never mentioned that he was a [Beyond Heaven Otherworldly Demon]. Why?!]
[A little thought cleared up that suspicious point—he didn't want you to realize he possessed a [Golden Finger] ability.]
[You had no idea what his Golden Finger ability was.]
[But presumably, he would use