Chapter 4 - 4

Chlorpromazine's statement undoubtedly caused a small ripple in what was clearly the Psychological Society's internal group chat.

'Fluoxetine' was particularly famous even among these Psychological Society lunatics.

So, her suspected photo with some unfamiliar, pretty non-player girl naturally drew everyone's attention.

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The ripple didn't last long.

Fluoxetine was capable of doing anything, so... taking a selfie with some girl on the road wasn't particularly surprising.

At most, everyone felt somewhat emotional, realizing that even 'Fluoxetine' had her own life.

Especially after Fluoxetine's own response seemed somewhat vague, as if she wasn't willing to elaborate, no one pursued the matter further.

The incident quickly faded from everyone's view, brushed aside as something quite ordinary.

Except...

For Fluoxetine herself.

Sitting at the pinnacle of Jiangcheng City's cross-river bridge cable tower, wearing her black sailor-style pleated skirt, Fluoxetine pressed her phone screen to black. The edge of the cable tower looked narrow from afar but could actually accommodate two people walking side by side.

She took a bite of the convenience store sandwich, gazing at the flickering lights of the distant city.

From the screenshot Chlorpromazine had just shared, Fluoxetine, as the "person involved," noticed something the other Psychological Society members had missed.

That fake photo that didn't exist in her memory had been taken at the workplace of someone she killed a month ago.

Fluoxetine remembered it vividly—after all, it was a talented, highly potential S-rank.

That was a diligent, gentle, kind, and compassionate veterinarian lady.

Although she appeared to be just a strong girl, Fluoxetine could see through her hypocrisy, cunning, and ruthlessness.

These wonderful qualities had been stigmatized by mediocre, peaceful worldly conventions, forcing that Miss Xia Yue to hide those parts of herself.

But Fluoxetine could see it.

She knew she possessed great intuition... just as a sculptor could discern the eagle and tiger hidden within raw stone.

Fluoxetine could also detect the peculiar souls concealed within ordinary people's bodies—souls so remarkable they could make gods applaud.

For such people to live monotonous lives in this stagnant society was truly a waste!

She deserved to be seen by the gods!

Fluoxetine still remembered how, when she unexpectedly swung her axe down, the other girl maintained a pitiful facade in her final fleeting moments of life, looking at her with moist eyes.

But...

Fluoxetine clearly saw her trying to grab the veterinary surgical blade from the nearby table to kill her!

If the organization had sent a B-rank or A-rank executor...

No, if her own strike hadn't been so lethal.

They probably would have been injured by her, right?

What a brilliantly shining soul—Fluoxetine almost wanted to cry.

She felt she was creating what could be called a masterpiece!

But...

Unfortunately, there had been no news of her since.

This disappointed Fluoxetine to the extreme.

What a pity, did she not want to live, thus failing to enter the game?

Fluoxetine refused to believe that such a cruel, cunning girl wouldn't have passed the first round.

That was absolutely impossible.

Anyway, recalling that regrettable, sorrowful genius girl, Fluoxetine now felt deep regret.

"How awful!"

She neatly folded the sandwich wrapper and placed it in her pleated skirt pocket, pondering another question.

"So, why did she choose to take a selfie there?"

The moment she saw the photo, Fluoxetine instantly understood why those players mistakenly thought they'd spent an entire dungeon with her.

Because the faces were indeed identical.

Among players, there currently weren't any items that could achieve this level of "disguise."

Ordinary non-exclusive items definitely didn't have this effect, and the functions of rare class items and exclusive items were basically common knowledge among high-level players.

Fluoxetine had never heard of an item with this function existing.

So...

This should be some newly emerged item.

It might even be... the ability of a Unique Class.

Therefore, Fluoxetine was curious about what the person possessing this ability wanted by impersonating her.

This ability alone was enough to be called limitless potential, and the other party had chosen to impersonate her... so bold, so aggressive, truly a genius among geniuses.

That's exactly why Fluoxetine chose to attend in her place last time.

And used the Carnival ticket as bait to issue an invitation, hoping to lure her out.

And after a week's time...

The other party seemed to have responded.

With this photo.

That impersonator seemed to be telling her through this method—"I'm willing to accept your invitation."

Only...

Fluoxetine hadn't figured out the time and place yet.

"The caption says 'fulfilling a promise'... is it a puzzle?"

"Probably not, feels like she just wants me to give her the ticket."

Fluoxetine swung her legs, thinking while watching the river surface.

She really wasn't good at puzzles.

"Hmm... should I go check the pet shop entrance?"

"That doesn't seem quite right either, she can't possibly be waiting there 24/7."

Although Fluoxetine hadn't figured out the hidden intentions of the person in the shadows, she quickly made a decision.

She had a solution with distinct Fluoxetine style!

"Hey, I've got it!"

Fluoxetine made her decision. Standing up at the bridge's pinnacle, her clothes and hair ruffled by the evening breeze.

She stood up, gathered her hair and tied it into two buns at the back of her head, then—

Jumped off the bridge!

The next moment, crimson petals scattered through the air.

Fluoxetine pulled out an exaggerated flamethrower-like weapon from under her skirt.

"Yaha—!"

She let out a cheerful cry, then a bright orange-red arc of flame appeared over the river surface, using the recoil to launch her high into the air again.

Flying through the air in this strange manner, Fluoxetine soon landed on the rooftop of a skyscraper on the opposite side of Jiangcheng's wide river.

Then, standing on the wide building's rooftop helipad, Fluoxetine took out a canister of fuel and began pouring it while humming a cheerful tune.

About ten minutes later, having completed her work, Fluoxetine ignited the fuel along its crooked trajectory. Blue flames lit up, forming a burning English sentence.

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."

Fluoxetine's actions undoubtedly garnered far more widespread attention than Lin Yu's previous photo—attention that wasn't even on the same scale.

Whether it was the earlier fire-propelled glide across the river surface, or writing a cryptic English phrase with flames atop the Jinmao Tower—one of the tallest buildings in Jiangcheng's city center—both quickly captured attention throughout Jiangcheng.

While cognitive interference could modify details, something like this couldn't be ignored by the simple citizens of Jiangcheng.

Although the sharp-nosed 'Order' and the 'Night Watchmen'—whose members surfed the internet intensely 24/7—immediately recognized this might be some player's doing and quickly moved to control public opinion, steering the narrative toward "fireworks displays," "stunt shows," and "marketing," while those working in public service systems did their best to prevent official media from reporting it...

In this era where everyone has a smartphone, social attention couldn't be so easily erased.

At least within various local group chats in Jiangcheng, related videos and photos kept emerging endlessly.

Players who were still living normal lives as part of this society could also see these messages.

And they quickly realized with sharp intuition...

"This has to be some player's work, so cool!" Chen Zhuo exclaimed at home while opening a local anime fan group chat and watching the forwarded videos.

Fu Luo, eating Jiangcheng's specialty night market snack—bean skin pancakes—at a street stall, frowned. "Why does Jiangcheng have so much trouble the moment I arrive..."

In a suburban villa, Li Nian opened her phone at the dining table, glanced at the lively group chat, then looked at her parents eating together.

"What unfortunate timing... If they hadn't returned tonight, maybe I could've gone to check out the excitement."

But for most players, like Chen Zhuo and Fu Luo, it was just after-dinner entertainment.

Though they had more thoughts about it than non-player ordinary people, it didn't lead to any special considerations.

Even those like Li Nian who considered joining the excitement ultimately didn't go because it seemed somewhat meaningless after all.

Jiangcheng didn't have few players, but among all these players, none actually intended to go see for themselves.

Except...

Lin Yu at home.

He saw footage shot by enthusiasts using drones, clearly seeing the somewhat blurry English phrase.

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."

Others might not grasp it, but Lin Yu knew perfectly well.

This was a reference originating from theater.

It came from William Shakespeare's most famous work, the most renowned among the four great tragedies—Hamlet.

From Act 3, it's the classic line spoken by the protagonist Hamlet to his fiancée Ophelia.

Appearing at this special moment, Lin Yu naturally thought...

This was very likely a signal left for him by 'Fluoxetine.'

Knowing that someone had stolen her "appearance"—something possibly only she in the world knew—adapting this line was practically the perfect coded message.

"Faster than I expected. I thought it would take some time for that photo to reach Fluoxetine."

Originally, Lin Yu had planned that if nothing happened for a few days, he'd actively find a way to have certain acquaintances "accidentally discover" it and leak it to the player community—even if these major organizations had opposing stances, information was practically shared between them. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel{f}ire.net

After all, everyone was striving to learn what others knew.

But regardless...

Lin Yu was already prepared to keep the appointment.

He once again quietly left home under the cover of night.

Although since becoming a 'Player,' Lin Yu had grown almost accustomed to such things.

But today, for the first time in a long while, he felt nervous and excited again.

Because this time...

He would truly face the person who killed him, the one he cared about most among all players.

Until now, as he adapted to the 'Death Game'—even gaining many benefits as a 'Player,' with his acting skills growing through repeated desperate situations—Lin Yu often marveled at the bizarre nature of his current life and the constant tension, but he had accepted this reality.

Therefore, his hatred and resentment toward 'Fluoxetine' had naturally dissipated—how could that be possible!

Thinking of that strange, neurotic girl and her insane organization 'Psychological Society' behind her, recalling that perfectly aimed shot to the heart that made him bid farewell to normal life and face potential death at any moment...

After a month and experiencing five dungeons, Lin Yu couldn't let go of it at all.

The hatred in his heart indeed wasn't as blazingly intense, but it had become more enduring.

Lin Yu admitted he was the type to hold grudges—at least the hatred for being killed, he couldn't forget even slightly.

So...

"Come on, Fluoxetine, I'm coming to see you!"

He headed toward the Jinmao Tower, wearing the beautiful dress he'd prepared, his appearance once again identical to that long-thought-about enemy he was about to meet.

Lin Yu set off leisurely, arriving exactly an hour later.

Below the Jinmao Tower, many enthusiasts had already gathered taking photos.

The flames on the rooftop were still burning—not out of control, but not extinguished either.

Lin Yu didn't know what method 'Fluoxetine' had used, but even the Jinmao Tower's security showed no intention of going up to put out the fire.

But anyway...

His intuition told him Fluoxetine should still be up there.

And it wasn't difficult for Lin Yu to sneak up.

"Hannah, please."

"Ribbit! At your command, Director!"

As Hannah spoke, Lin Yu seemed to melt away within the bustling crowd, his figure disappearing.

He easily passed through the Jinmao Tower's main entrance, lightly bypassing the access control, feeling the noisy world behind the door gradually fade away.

Then, he opened the stairwell door to the emergency exit, climbing floor by floor toward the rooftop.

After all, everyone was trying their utmost to learn what others knew.

Lin Yu arrived before the door to the rooftop terrace.

In the quiet corridor, he took a deep breath, placed the [Fear Torch] and [One-Shot Revolver] within easy reach, activated all buffs from the [Bliss Immortal Pot] on himself, once again checked all available items, ensuring he could do everything possible...

"The performance begins."

He whispered to himself, then revealed a brilliant smile on his face—pious yet containing madness, just like Fluoxetine's.

Lin Yu pushed open the fire door. Behind it, within the dancing flames, the girl wearing a black plaid skirt and shirt with shiny hair clips turned around, looking at the figure emerging from the stairwell shadows—identical to herself—her eyes sparkling.

"Oh my, oh my."

She giggled charmingly, her bright eyes reflecting the firelight, filled with undisguised surprise.

"It actually looks almost exactly the same in person—this is amazing!"

Fluoxetine spoke, exclaiming in admiration: "How did you do it? Disguise, puppet, duplicate, or... or illusion?"

As she spoke, Lin Yu responded in nearly the same tone.

"None of those... it's 'Time'."

"My past self, my naive self... I am you from the future."

Lin Yu spoke these nearly unbelievable words.

Simultaneously...

He felt immensely grateful to a certain crow in his heart—the inspiration for this plot point naturally came from that strange crow deity's earlier joke with him!

After hearing Lin Yu's words, Fluoxetine looked him up and down for a full three seconds, then shook her head.

"This story is too fake, I don't believe it."

"I admit you're acting very convincingly, but... this is impossible."

Lin Yu remained calm: "Whether you believe it or not, this is the truth."

Fluoxetine chuckled: "If you really are the future me... then you should know where to find me, why take such a roundabout route."

Lin Yu certainly couldn't explain that.

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"You'll understand when the future arrives."

However, facing a true mystic, this pretense seemed somewhat inadequate.

A thoughtful smile appeared on Fluoxetine's face: "Hey, then... do you know what my name is?"

"Or rather, what our name is?"

Lin Yu remained expressionless: "I can't tell you that."

"Too clumsy, darling," Fluoxetine sighed, "Nice creativity, but... let's just forget it."

Lin Yu thought for a moment before speaking again: "What do you think about amnesia?"

"That's already insulting my level."

Fluoxetine pouted, pulling out a skinning knife gleaming with cold light from her bosom.

"Alright, alright, although you're interesting and have potential, I'm now giving you the following two options—"

"Tell me right now who you really are... you can wear a mask, put on a disguise, but anyway change my face... I want to see what you're using to cover up."

"Or, I'll peel off your face and see who you really are," Fluoxetine's tone was serious and devout, "Although I hope you can achieve something in that game and this world, I... also don't mind using your death to satisfy a small personal obsession and curiosity of mine."

Even though she made no threatening movements, Lin Yu still felt a sense of danger.

The woman before him was absolutely not joking.

Fluoxetine was just such an extremely dangerous character, and meeting her meant taking risks—Lin Yu clearly knew this.

So, he couldn't play around anymore.

Lin Yu raised his hands and said helplessly: "Alright, calm down... I just wanted to make a harmless joke."

As he spoke, Fluoxetine immediately retorted: "What if I had believed this joke?"

Lin Yu said: "I didn't think you would believe it... but if you really did, I would have continued."

Hearing this, Fluoxetine immediately burst out laughing, laughing so hard she trembled and rocked back and forth.

"Ahahahaha, I'm really starting to like you!"

"So, so so... I'm getting more and more curious about you."

"Who exactly are you?"

As Fluoxetine asked, Lin Yu placed his hand on his face, using a bit of [Counterfeit] to disguise it as some kind of transparent film—a trick he had used before.

By activating the ability of [False Face] while removing the [Counterfeit], it would look like he was using some kind of mask.

However...

Just before removing it, Lin Yu paused his hand movement.

"Speaking of which... that line you said on the rooftop comes from Shakespeare, right?"

Fluoxetine smiled: "Yes, 'Hamlet' Act 3."

"Do you like theater?"

Lin Yu asked in return, and Fluoxetine nodded gently: "Yes, I really like theater... rather, I like most content creation with narrative elements."

"Novels, comics, theater, movies—the greatest parts of human thought are often condensed within these."

As she spoke, she abruptly changed the subject.

"Oh, you're not stalling for time, are you?"

Lin Yu sighed.

"Of course not, I just thought that the theme of 'Hamlet' is revenge."

"Which actually fits quite well with everything that will happen tonight."

Saying this, Lin Yu removed the [Counterfeit], then [False Face] transformed his appearance into Zhu Ming's likeness.

And at the same time...

The [Counterfeit] in Lin Yu's hand instantly transformed into the shape of a long blade.

"Hey—Fluoxetine!"

Fluoxetine looked at Lin Yu's face and his blade-wielding stance, stunned for a moment, then her smile grew even brighter.

"My, my, it's so good to see you're not dead."

Flowers bloomed in her hand, then a short-handled hand axe appeared.

"Although I don't know how you managed it for now... I'll just ask you after I chop off your arms and legs!"

She took a step forward.

In that instant, Lin Yu's other hidden hand drew the [Guaranteed-Hit Revolver] and fired at Fluoxetine!

This pistol originally didn't require aiming.

But Lin Yu was aiming now because...

He was aiming at Fluoxetine's heart!

The bullet, enhanced by the precision buff from [Immortal Brew] and the inherent properties of the [Guaranteed-Hit Revolver], flew cunningly toward Fluoxetine's chest.

However...

"Thud!"

The blood flower bloomed on Fluoxetine's left hand.

"Quite painful, but... really impressive, friend!"

"Currently, there are definitely no more than twenty 'Players' who can make me bleed—you actually managed it, that's truly wonderful!"

As Fluoxetine spoke, she had already reached Lin Yu's front.

Holding the short axe in her right hand, her injured left hand wasn't idle either, flicking the splattered blood toward Lin Yu's eyes.

Lin Yu stepped back, but the axe had already swung up!

"Slash!"

Fluoxetine's axe accurately struck Lin Yu's shoulder.

This was also the first time Lin Yu clearly realized how dangerous tonight's situation was, and how genuinely powerful this S-rank of the [Psychological Society] was...

Powerful!

If that axe had struck his neck just now, he would already be dead.

But...

Lin Yu had gambled correctly.

Given Fluoxetine's personality, since she could acknowledge someone impersonating her identity, she naturally wouldn't kill that person here either.

For people with potential... Fluoxetine had almost limitless tolerance.

And this was also his best chance to kill Fluoxetine!

Looking at Lin Yu who was weakened from excessive blood loss, Fluoxetine spoke with a smile.

"Now we can have a proper chat... put aside your thoughts of revenge, I want to know how you deceived me."

Lin Yu exhaled.

"Huff... Well, that's because when you were looking for me, I wasn't an ordinary person, but had already become a 'Player'"

Fluoxetine was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"Interesting... really interesting! Such fateful coincidence and error!"

She was smarter, bolder, and more conceited than Li Nian, so with just a little guidance from Lin Yu, she followed his expectations and walked right into the script Lin Yu had prepared.

"So, at the moment you saw me, you used some kind of [Substitute Doll]-like item to fake your death, right?"

Lin Yu nodded slightly.

"Mmm... you're right, both things are correct."

Fluoxetine stuck out her tongue: "Thanks for the compliment... but what's the second thing?"

Lin Yu smiled.

"The second thing is the 'faking death' matter."

"What you didn't realize was the first thing—just now you asked me if I was stalling for time, right?"

As Lin Yu spoke softly, Fluoxetine suddenly showed a shocked expression.

"Oh my..."

At her upper abdomen, her dark dress was soaked.

A blade tip emerged through her chest, blood flowing down along the top of the dagger.

Lin Yu had been stalling for time from the very beginning.

Although he didn't think a mere 'First-Tier' like himself could do much against Fluoxetine, who had long been famous and notorious as a 'Third-Tier'...

Opportunities like this were rare, so he had to at least try.

Even though Fluoxetine had chosen the location, depriving Lin Yu of home field advantage, and he was quite certain that ambushes and sneak attacks would likely be ineffective against her...

But what if the one doing the sneak attack wasn't him?

Lin Yu happened to have Hannah the octopus, who was quite skilled at disguise—disguises that had even been proven capable of fooling members of the 'Free Alliance'.

And besides the octopus, he also happened to have just recently subdued another artificial human, Stiller, a Truth Corporation employee with 'Second-Tier' frontal combat capability and rich battle experience.

With the help of these two, Lin Yu didn't think there was zero possibility of success.

So he devised a rough plan—when it came to plans involving killing someone, the rougher they were, the more likely they were to succeed.

Meet Fluoxetine, attract her attention...

Then wait for Stiller to kill her.

From the initial joke inspired by the God of Change that resembled a witty remark, to later revealing the face of "Xia Yue"...

Everything was to buy time for Stiller.

Even with Hannah's disguise, this Truth Corporation artificial human still had to move extremely carefully to circle around behind Fluoxetine.

And even at the final moment, Lin Yu had to wait until Fluoxetine was at her most distracted before daring to let Stiller strike!

At this very moment, what pierced through Fluoxetine's upper abdomen was Stiller's dagger.

Lin Yu covered his shoulder and stepped back, looking at Fluoxetine whose eyes had gone unfocused, feeling somewhat incredulous.

"Did it work?"

As he spoke, Stiller, who had revealed himself behind him, pulled out the dagger and casually sliced Fluoxetine's throat as well.

The girl's body went limp and collapsed to the ground, blood pooling around her. Lin Yu supported himself with his hands on his knees, ignoring the injury to his shoulder, and laughed heartily.

"Ahahahaha..."

He looked at Fluoxetine on the ground and laughed for a long time.

Stiller looked at Lin Yu: "Do you hate her that much?"

"Of course, my peaceful life is gone forever, all thanks to her," Lin Yu said, pausing briefly, "But... but that's not why I'm laughing."

"Then why are you laughing?"

Hannah also asked.

Lin Yu looked at Fluoxetine on the ground, rubbing the corner of his left eye with his fingertip: "I'm laughing because it turns out this woman also has things she's not good at."

Although she claimed to love drama and her profession was 'Assassin', this Miss 'Fluoxetine' didn't seem to know...

What kind of reaction someone should have when their upper abdomen is pierced.

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When a person's upper abdomen is pierced, it's not like when the heart is pierced—first, blood would gush from the upper digestive tract, she would vomit blood.

Secondly... she would be in great pain.

Of course, the most important evidence was...

"You know, Fluoxetine, I'm wearing the [Mind-Peeping Eyepiece] from Truth Corporation on my left eye... dead people don't have so much delight and joy in their emotions."

As Lin Yu spoke...

Fluoxetine in the blood pool lay still for two seconds, then slowly got up.

She sat up covered in blood from head to toe, but the wounds on her neck and upper abdomen had long disappeared.

"My, your foundations are more solid than I imagined..."

Fluoxetine sat where she was, then stretched lazily.

"I quite admire you, Xia Yue... you're no longer just an uncut jade with extremely high potential—it seems quite a bit of your potential has already been realized."

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow: "You know my name?"

"I came to kill you, of course I know, silly," Fluoxetine waved her hand, "So, why aren't you continuing to attack now?"

Lin Yu simply crossed his legs and sat on the rooftop: "I've played all my cards, and they didn't cause you any substantial harm. Attacking you again would be somewhat suicidal."

Fluoxetine chuckled softly: "Not at all—look."

She pulled out an hourglass from her bosom, but the sand inside was bright red.

The crystal glass shell of the hourglass was now covered in cracks.

"What's this?"

Lin Yu asked curiously.

"This is my trump card for coming back to life, [Reverse Time Blood Sand]," Fluoxetine said calmly, "Every time I suffer near-fatal injuries or instant death damage, it activates and returns me to peak condition... However, every time it activates, another crack appears on its surface. When it shatters, this item can't be used anymore."

Before Lin Yu could speak, Fluoxetine continued cheerfully on her own.

"But that doesn't mean I can't be killed before it shatters—poisoning, soul attacks, or environmental kills are still things I can't defend against... Next time you can try sinking me to the bottom of the sea."

"I just tried to kill you, why are you proactively telling me your weaknesses?"

Lin Yu couldn't help asking.

"Because this is also my 'trial'. I admire all souls with potential and hope they grow through the great terror of life and death, becoming magnificent existences that even gods would praise... and that naturally includes me," Fluoxetine said matter-of-factly, "If I get scared when it's my turn for a trial, wouldn't that make me quite hypocritical?"

Fluoxetine said seriously.

Looking at Fluoxetine before him, Lin Yu momentarily didn't know whether to praise this madwoman for having correct values.

After a long while, he could only sigh.

"You're pretty harsh on yourself too."

Fluoxetine said cheerfully: "So, aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"

"You gave me the chance to speak, which proves you don't want to kill me. For someone who escaped death at your hands, fooled most players including you, and even dared to plan revenge against you—I guess you can't bring yourself to kill me," Lin Yu said gently, "And once I start speaking, even if you develop killing intent, I'm confident I can persuade you not to attack me."

Fluoxetine sighed.

"Being seen through feels really unpleasant. I do like you too much... ah wait, don't cheat, turn off the [Mind-Peeping Eyepiece]."

"Already turned off. Keeping that thing on for too long consumes a lot of energy."

Lin Yu said to Fluoxetine.

The two of them chatted on the rooftop like old friends, exchanging words back and forth.

Fluoxetine looked at Lin Yu before her, her eyes reflecting the night sky's light: "Although I really don't plan to kill you... I'd like to hear your thoughts. Why are you so confident you can persuade me?"

The evening breeze of Jiangcheng swept through the hundred-meter-high air, and the last trace of flame beside them extinguished.

"Because I want to join the 『Psychological Society』."

Lin Yu said thus.

When Lin Yu returned home again, it was already the late hours of the night, or rather, almost morning.

As he passed by the breakfast shop at the community entrance, its rolling shutter was already half-open, looking like it would be ready for business soon.

While carefully climbing back into his bedroom via the outdoor air conditioning unit and lying down, Lin Yu sighed with relief that his older sister didn't run a breakfast shop.

As for why he returned so late...

It wasn't because he spent a long time dealing with Fluoxetine.

In fact, after he expressed his desire to join the Psychological Society, Fluoxetine immediately agreed happily.

"Of course you can, we welcome your joining very, very much!"

Just as Lin Yu had guessed...

Fluoxetine completely didn't care that he had just tried to kill her.

She truly wasn't a hypocrite.

The Psychological Society also didn't mind recruiting someone who harbored murderous intentions toward their members as a new member.

Of course, the Psychological Society's admission threshold was actually quite high.

While it placed no moral constraints on joiners, it was extremely strict in other aspects.

First... this thing operated on an invitation-only system.

In other words, if some random person told the Psychological Society "I want to join you," it wouldn't be acknowledged.

Only those they considered "having potential" would receive invitations.

This was exactly why Lin Yu needed to merge the identities of "Zhu Ming" and "Xia Yue" - because Lin Yu knew that "Xia Yue" had also been named as S-rank potential.

If it were just that, it wouldn't be too bad. Although A-rank and S-rank weren't common, at least there were plenty of B-ranks.

Besides needing an invitation to join the Psychological Society, you also had to see whether you agreed with their principles.

This was what caused Lin Yu to return home late.

On the rooftop of Jinmao Tower, Fluoxetine pulled out a brand new tablet and made a video call.

"Next, someone will give you an organization introduction and assess your personality... it's someone from the Professional Committee, so relax."

After the video call connected, Fluoxetine just shoved the tablet into Lin Yu's hands.

Then this crazy woman tossed out a "Good luck" (who knew who it was meant for) before jumping off the building and disappearing!

On the screen was a man in a white lab coat wearing a Rorschach inkblot mask, seemingly paying homage to the anti-hero comic "Watchmen."

The man introduced himself as "Rosenthal" and said he was responsible for conducting the "final confirmation" with Lin Yu.

Although somewhat confused, Lin Yu started chatting with him.

The whole atmosphere felt a bit strange...

Compared to joining the Psychological Society - an organization known for its somewhat insane deeds and evil-sounding purpose that was publicly recognized as a "villain organization" - Lin Yu felt like he was participating in some major corporation's job interview.

He stood on the rooftop holding the tablet for a full two-hour video call.

During the first hour, that "Rosenthal" detailed the Psychological Society's operational principles and business scope to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu had already known roughly before, but this Rosenthal still confirmed that Lin Yu's hearsay information was accurate.

"Our Psychological Society is dedicated to using assessment, observation, and other methods, leveraging the Society headquarters and Regional Branches' [Artifacts], along with the [Psyche Recorder] provided by Mr. Bandura, to discover players and non-players with potential."

"Most players don't actually understand the true nature of the Death Game, and even those in higher positions and large organizations who do comprehend it often conceal and distort this fact - that the Death Game is promoting evolution at the human soul level."

"I know you're surprised by this... but it's the truth, my friend. The Death Game is a second chance after accidental death for each player, but for humanity as a whole... this is the gods making us evolve."

"After we've established 'civilization' and every individual possesses wisdom, what's more important than physical evolution is spiritual evolution."

"So, our Psychological Society emerged accordingly - we want to cooperate with this game created by the gods to accelerate its progress."

"For those already in the game, we identify those with potential among them, waiting for opportunities to apply pressure or offer help to promote their 'evolution.'"

"And for those not yet in the game... we absolutely won't allow those with boundless potential to waste their lives."

"According to Council member Mr. Freud, a person's potential, and even whether they can join the Death Game or not, are not fixed."

"It's very possible that someone is ambitious and full of vigor in their youth, but just a few years later, they become dull and foolish."

"What if they don't encounter accidents during their most spiritually potent years?"

"This requires our Psychological Society to prevent problems before they occur, personally sending those with high potential into the game as much as possible!"

"You're no exception, my friend... perhaps you still harbor resentment about this, but you'll understand eventually."

"Now... let's talk about you. I have some questions for you."

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"How would you rate your emotional control?"

"What's your first impression of family?"

"Use any animal to describe yourself."

And it was like those from shady websites.

To be honest...

These questions were indeed abstract and mixed with plenty of distracting options. The large number of questions easily made one's true thoughts and subconscious surface inadvertently.

But fortunately, Lin Yu was an immersive method actor.

Plus, having considerable understanding of Xia Yue - he'd even seen Xia Yue's work and growth environment - Lin Yu could completely immerse himself in the "Xia Yue" role.

The moment he heard each question, Lin Yu instantly sank into character.

During that hour, he almost completely answered those questions subconsciously as if he were Xia Yue.

Although he didn't know what level this Rosenthal was, Lin Yu felt certain.

The other party couldn't possibly detect any flaws.

Because once immersed in a role, even Lin Yu himself couldn't recognize himself.

After the video call ended, it took Lin Yu over ten minutes to slowly step out of character.

But it was all worth it.

Now Lin Yu...

Had become an official member of the Psychological Society's Jiangcheng Regional Branch - and immediately upon joining, became Jiangcheng's Vice President.

"Respected Ms. Zhu Ming, the Jiangcheng Regional Branch President will conduct the handover with you tomorrow!"

Everything was worth it.

Lying on his bed, playing with the brand new phone and tablet, Lin Yu sighed with emotion.

"Putting everything else aside about this Psychological Society, the benefits are surprisingly good!"

After Lin Yu successfully joined the Psychological Society using the identity of 'Zhu Ming'...

The night in Jiangcheng remained restless.

Fluoxetine entered a convenience store and bought two rice balls, unwrapping them as she walked while eating, then stopped to watch two taxi drivers parked by the roadside shouting at each other.

"Hoho, humans are so amusing."

"Keep it up, you two! Humanity only progresses through conflict!"

Fluoxetine sighed with emotion, then heard a weary voice from behind.

"Hey there... you're Fluoxetine from the Psychological Society, right?"

Fluoxetine turned around and saw an unshaven man in a baseball cap riding an electric scooter, eyeing her warily.

She paused briefly, then said, "Sorry, but who are you..."

The baseball cap man showed a deeply hurt expression: "No way! You're an S-Class Specialist from the Psychological Society swaggering into Jiangcheng territory, and you don't even know who I am?"

"Even though I was just transferred here yesterday... you should still know about me! I'm somewhat famous!"

Fluoxetine stuffed the egg and tuna rice ball into her mouth, then spoke seriously.

"Sorry, I really don't remember you... I'm not the type with particularly good memory. Your potential rating must be below S and A, right..."

The man couldn't help clenching his fists, saying somewhat aggrievedly: "Shibal shake... I at least made the forum's top 100 ranking! 'Good Night'—'Good Night' from 'Order,' haven't you heard of me?!"

Fluoxetine paused: "Uncle, don't you know which organization I'm from?"

"Yes, the Psychological Society, isn't that right!"

Good Night said cautiously.

Fluoxetine nodded: "Right, so can Psychological Society members access the forum?"

Her soul-piercing question left Good Night completely speechless.

The logic made sense...

But everyone knew that major announcements on the forum couldn't be hidden from the three large organizations that had been expelled!

The forum still had too many users, so they had plenty of ways to obtain information about the forum!

Among them, the Psychological Society should be one of the groups most concerned about the forum's rankings!

So, looking at Fluoxetine before him, Good Night felt somewhat desperate.

"Aigoo, you brat, don't look down on people! I... I'm currently the captain of Jiangcheng Team One of Order!"

Fluoxetine laughed.

"Absolutely no such intention, it's just... I don't see anything particularly noteworthy about you for now."

"The captain of Jiangcheng Team One—even the former chief captain wouldn't be my match. In this city, aside from that foolish rich guy, the only one worth my attention is..."

Fluoxetine didn't finish her sentence, pursing her lips.

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Hearing this, Good Night's lifeless face completely revealed the unique suppressed anger characteristic of corporate drones.

"Yah, girl... you should be glad you're still within my aesthetic preferences."

"So later I won't damage that pretty face of yours!"

Fluoxetine laughed upon hearing this.

"Yah, uncle, ahjussi," Fluoxetine mimicked Good Night's strange accent, "you should be glad I'm in a good mood today!"

"Otherwise, for a pitiful person like you with no potential, I wouldn't mind killing you."

As soon as she finished speaking...

Right there on the roadside in Jiangcheng, Fluoxetine wielding her hand axe and Good Night who had pulled out a metal keyboard collided.

"Bang!"

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and the quarreling taxi drivers immediately reconciled, turning to look here simultaneously.

Fluoxetine, who had stepped back, looked at Good Night shaking his pained hand under the streetlight, then turned to the onlookers.

She took out a pocket watch from her bosom, swung it in a large arc through the air, and spoke to the two drivers.

"Hey, uncles, we're filming a short video. Could you please find another spot?"

The two uncles, hearing Fluoxetine's almost mesmerizing voice, hesitated for a moment before each got into their taxis and drove away.

Then, Fluoxetine put away the pocket watch and looked at Good Night, speaking cheerfully.

"Captain of Order, no need to thank me."

Good Night glanced at Fluoxetine and suddenly fell into thought.

"You're actually quite kind-hearted... Honestly, do you have some unspeakable difficulty?"

"Such a delicate young girl with such a pleasant voice—were you forced to join the Psychological Society?"

Good Night's two sincere questions left even Fluoxetine with a somewhat stunned expression.

After a moment, Fluoxetine put away her playful demeanor and looked at Good Night more formally.

"I retract my previous statement, Captain... You're not some mediocre person. The Society's evaluation standards just aren't comprehensive enough, causing them to overlook you."

After saying this, she pulled out another brand new axe, gripping one in each hand as she charged toward Good Night.

"In that case, let me assess and test you properly!"

...

This restless night wasn't confined to Jiangcheng alone.

Outside Jiangcheng, in Chengcheng, inside a cool, spacious air-conditioned room.

A gaming PC case with LED lights and various game consoles were neatly arranged on the desk. In the center of this room any gaming otaku would dream of, sat a fair-skinned boy who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old.

A lazy cat lay sprawled in front of his keyboard.

At the moment, he wasn't playing games; it seemed he was on a voice call with a net friend.

"You're telling me what? 'Fish,' the investigators your 'Marauders' sent to Jiangcheng were completely wiped out, captured by 'Order,' and brought back no useful intel?"

"That shouldn't be... To catch 'Furbollo,' any team led by a 'First-Tier' should be fine!"

"What? That idiot got promoted?"

"That's impossible... Are you sure?"

"He posted on the forum bragging about it? Tch, this guy actually got lucky..."

"Wait, even if he successfully advanced, your people shouldn't have all been captured!"

"This operation was my miscalculation, sorry. I'll refund half the consulting fee and provide you with a new plan for free."

"Fish, Sis Fish, listen to me, this isn't about the money—it's about my reputation. I, 'Twenty,' have been working as a 'Detective' and consultant for so long, and what I value most is honesty and credibility."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely settle this matter for you... Okay, hanging up now!"

The boy ended the voice call, took off his headset, his face gloomy.

"Really strange, how did this plan fail at the very first step..."

"It seems I underestimated that 'May'."

"He's far from just being 'a quite talented newcomer'..."

"So, welcome 'Zhu Ming' to join us and take up the position of Vice President in Jiangcheng."

At Hua Yu Cafe, Lin Yu looked at the ordinary-looking slightly chubby young man across from him and took a sip of coffee.

"You must be the branch president of the 'Psychological Society' in Jiangcheng, I presume."

The slightly chubby young man smiled helplessly: "Branch president is really a joke, just call me 'Edwin,' that's my code name within the organization. The entire Jiangcheng branch of the 'Psychological Society' has only me as a member, and somehow I ended up as the branch president... I just got promoted to 'Second Tier' last week!"

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "What a coincidence, I just got promoted to 'First Tier' last week. So not only does the Jiangcheng branch have just the two of us, but we're both 'First Tier'."

He said this half-jokingly.

Edwin let out a sigh: "First Tier is a good thing, having a high rank in Jiangcheng isn't really a good thing... this place is really strange for us."

"Even the 'Marauders' have to keep their heads down in Jiangcheng - and even then, their headquarters got smashed up recently!"

"Your recommender is 'Fluoxetine,' right? You should have known how powerful 'Fluoxetine' is before joining the organization... even she doesn't dare act too arrogantly in Jiangcheng, she keeps a low profile!"

Edwin said seriously.

Lin Yu recalled Fluoxetine's actions in Jiangcheng and didn't feel she had been low-profile at all.

Seemingly noticing Lin Yu's doubt, Edwin added.

"Of course, Specialist Fluoxetine's personality has always made it difficult for her to keep a low profile, what she's doing now is already her trying her best..."

"And it's not like she didn't pay a price - she almost got killed last night and is currently recuperating from quite serious injuries. Otherwise, she would have been here today."

Lin Yu was slightly surprised.

Injured? Recuperating?

Wasn't she fine when she left yesterday?

Did she get hurt from jumping off the building?

No...

Could it be that his command for Stiller to stab her in the back was more effective than expected?

Was 'Fluoxetine's' injury more severe than his own?

Lin Yu remembered that before going home last night, he had used the 'Doctor's ability to treat the axe wound on his shoulder, and it was almost not fully healed.

Just as Lin Yu was lost in thought, Edwin's next words cleared up Lin Yu's confusion.

"Not sure what happened, but late last night, she actually encountered Tycoon... and it seems she didn't choose to avoid the fight initially, instead taking Tycoon's attack head-on, and Tycoon even called 'Order' people to surround her."

"I passed by this morning and took a look - two shops along the street were completely demolished. The 'Night Watchmen' were handling the aftermath, disguising the scene as a traffic accident. It was really brutal."

"Probably only Fluoxetine in our society could withstand that kind of attack!"

As Edwin spoke, Lin Yu understood.

"Oh, so she ran into Tycoon, that's really unlucky."

Lin Yu said with emotion.

He felt a bit regretful in his heart.

Why didn't Tycoon just finish her off?

At least seriously injure her!

Of course, Lin Yu was also somewhat curious. Although Fluoxetine seemed mentally unstable, she didn't appear to be stupid.

How did she end up in such an unfortunate situation?

Unfortunately, the Edwin before him had limited capabilities and no subordinates. His title of "Jiangcheng Branch President" was almost empty, and he basically had no grasp of Fluoxetine's situation.

No wonder he became the Vice President of Jiangcheng as soon as he joined... turns out the Jiangcheng branch of the 'Psychological Society' only had two people!

Therefore, Lin Yu couldn't get more information about the situation from Edwin.

"President, let's not talk too much about last night's incident," Lin Yu took out the latest model tablet computer, "Are there still some procedures I need to complete to join the 'Psychological Society'?"

He had looked at this tablet yesterday - although it had several specialized apps installed called "Communication," "Tasks," and "List," Lin Yu couldn't use any of them.

He didn't have an account.

Edwin slapped his forehead.

"Ah, that's exactly what I came here to do!"

He took out his own tablet from his pocket, unlocked it, and opened the app.

"Currently, you're already registered in the Jiangcheng branch of the 'Psychological Society.' You can choose a brand new code name for yourself."

As Edwin spoke, three options popped up on the tablet.

"These are names selected for you by the Professional Committee after evaluating your profile and your performance in last night's call... looks like you have the makings of a good executive specialist."

Lin Yu looked at the three names that appeared on the tablet.

"Clozapine," "Magnesium Valproate," "Lithium Carbonate."

None of them sounded particularly nice.

Lin Yu let out a sigh.

"Even a common drug like Clozapine hasn't been taken by anyone?"

"Someone used to have it. Forty-five days ago, the former Clozapine was on a mission in Tibet when he was ambushed by the 'Night Watchmen' and disappeared in the uninhabited area... according to the 'Night Watchmen' report we later obtained, he should be dead."

Edwin said calmly.

Lin Yu was stunned: "That name doesn't sound very auspicious..."

"It's fine, currently the common executive code names have already been recycled twice," Edwin said, "If you want to know, among these three, Lithium Carbonate is the most inauspicious - it's been recycled four times already."

"'Death Game' players are like leeks - no matter how much they don't want to die, they still get replaced batch after batch... there's no good solution."

Lin Yu fell silent, then sighed.

"Then I'll take Clozapine."

A smile appeared on Edwin's round face: "Wise choice, Zhu Ming... from now on, we should call you 'Clozapine'."

As he spoke, Edwin tapped a few times on his tablet and aimed it at Lin Yu.

"Come on... let me take a photo for facial recognition login."

Following the principle that this face belonged to Xia Yue anyway, Lin Yu allowed Edwin to take the photo.

Then, when he opened his tablet, he was pleasantly surprised to find...

Those three apps exclusive to the 'Psychological Society' were now usable!

"These three apps - one is for contacting other organization members. Your current available contacts, besides me, include the person from the Professional Committee specifically responsible for liaising with our Jiangcheng branch... that's Rosenthal who interviewed you last night."

Lin Yu clicked open and looked at the empty list, quite disappointed.

He had thought that once he joined, he could find a large number of 'Psychological Society' members... then he could use his information advantage within the 'Psychological Society' to quietly eliminate some people, just like he had used Heavenly Artisan's identity within the 'Marauders'.

Although he couldn't kill Fluoxetine, the entire 'Psychological Society' was Lin Yu's revenge target.

"The remaining two apps - 'List' contains the potential lists released by the Council, and you can also view past lists. You should look at them when you have time," Edwin said, "That way, if you encounter them in reality or in dungeons, you can interfere with or help them based on your own judgment."

"As for 'Tasks'... whenever there's a message, it means there's something you must do."

"Completing them earns rewards in our 'Psychological Society's internal points, similar to the forum points, which can be exchanged for various items."

"If you don't complete them... naturally some points will be deducted."

At this point, Edwin paused: "That's the basic situation. Now there's just one final step... please take out your phone." New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on novelꜰire.net

Lin Yu was momentarily stunned, then took out the phone that belonged to Zhu Ming.

As soon as he unlocked it, he saw a window pop up on the phone.

"Detected that you have joined the 'Psychological Society.' Your forum account has now been removed!"

Then, Edwin smiled.

"Alright, now you're truly officially joined!"

"Welcome, Clozapine!"

After helping Lin Yu settle his account, Edwin bid farewell to Lin Yu and left.

The reason was quite simple...

"In Jiangcheng's territory, we'd better not meet for too long, otherwise it will invite big trouble!"

"You just need to know that this city has a very bizarre... I don't know if it's a person or an organization, but it's someone who absolutely cannot be mentioned, controlling this city."

"The reason 'Order' dares to let a city as large as Jiangcheng go without a chief captain for two months is mainly because even the top people in 'Order' understand that this city has someone guarding it!"

"That is an existence far more terrifying than 'Tycoon'—if that existence had taken action last night, even Commissioner Fluoxetine would probably have been in grave danger."

Edwin's reasoning was quite thorough, even appearing like earnest instruction and advice to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu naturally remembered his words, but couldn't help muttering to himself.

"What exactly is going on?"

As time passed and his strength increased, Lin Yu encountered more and more matters related to 'Players'.

Especially through deeper contact with those organizations deemed unstable elements by 'Order'...

These people all seemed to have particular apprehensions about Jiangcheng.

Especially the people from the 'Psychological Society'—from their perspective, thick shadows seemed to hover over Jiangcheng.

Could it be that 'Grandmaster'?

No... first, she doesn't seem to be permanently stationed here.

Second, 'Grandmaster' mentioned that as a high-level individual, if she were to take any action in reality, she would face significant restrictions.

"What exactly is going on?"

Lin Yu was briefly curious, but didn't dwell on it too deeply.

After all, he wasn't going to do anything harmful or unjust—with a clear conscience, he had nothing to fear!

For such unsolved mysteries that had little to do with him, while Lin Yu was naturally curious, he didn't have an obsession with necessarily solving them.

After leaving the coffee shop, he put away the tablet computer given by the 'Psychological Society', feeling somewhat regretful.

It was a pity he couldn't use joining the 'Psychological Society' as a way to take down all the organization's members in one fell swoop.

As for being expelled from the "forum", Lin Yu didn't really feel anything.

After all, Lin Yu still had other identity accounts he could use.

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After joining the 'Psychological Society' and being expelled from the "forum", his ID in the [Social] interface as 'Zhu Ming' automatically changed to 'Clozapine'.

But...

This identity ID didn't disappear—even the forum assistant in the [Social] interface didn't disappear.

It's just that he could no longer access the forum through that "forum assistant".

"Could this somehow be connected to someone using Fu Luo's account to send me Fluoxetine's information?" Lin Yu couldn't help but ponder. "If the forum was created by some god... could there be a third god watching me besides that crow and the wine gourd head?"

Lin Yu had no way of knowing.

After all, even if the other party wasn't a god, they probably weren't any simple character either, far beyond what he could investigate clearly at his current level.

So...

"Better focus on what needs to be done now."

After organizing his thoughts, Lin Yu stopped dwelling on it.

He found a place and changed 'Zhu Ming's' appearance to that of 'May'.

Then...

Lin Yu stopped at a shopping mall along the way to buy some gifts, then headed straight to the northern part of Jiangcheng, where Xia Yue's family lived.

Soon, Lin Yu, carrying numerous bags, knocked on the door of Xia Yue's home once again.

"Knock knock!"

Lin Yu stood quietly waiting at the door.

This wasn't because his conscience was troubled, constantly thinking about Xia Yue's somewhat pitiful mother and sister.

The main reason...

Was because Lin Yu was a dedicated actor.

Now that he needed to perform in front of a group of 'Psychological Society' members, who likely included professional psychologists, Lin Yu believed that facing these much more demanding special audiences compared to ordinary ones, he needed to understand Xia Yue more deeply to ensure his immersive performance would be more authentic and without any flaws.

Just like that hour of interaction with "Rosenthal" yesterday.

Although it was enough to deceive "Rosenthal" and deceive him for an hour, what about day and night interaction?

Moreover, he probably couldn't represent the highest level of the 'Psychological Society'!

So...

Lin Yu needed more material—he needed to understand Xia Yue's life even more deeply.

After knocking, the door opened again.

This time, however, it wasn't Xia Yue's mother who answered, but the young girl he'd met once before, Xia Yang.

She stood behind the door leaning against it, looking at Lin Yu who was carrying a large number of things.

"It's you."

The young girl wasn't wearing her middle school uniform, but rather loose and somewhat old pajamas, speaking in a low voice.

Lin Yu was somewhat surprised that she still remembered him.

"Xia Yang, hello," he said with a smile, lifting the things in his hands, "I came to deliver some items... is your mother not home?"

"Mom went out," Xia Yang said quietly, "You should take the things back."

The young girl's voice was somewhat hoarse and sounded weak.

Combined with the fact that she was home alone on a weekday, Lin Yu could easily guess...

"Are you sick?"

He transferred all the items to one hand, somewhat forcefully pushed the door open and entered the house, placed the things on the table, then half-supported, half-guided the young girl inside.

"If you're sick, you should lie down properly... and it just so happens I bought some pears, I'll make you some pear soup—your voice is so hoarse it's unrecognizable."

As Lin Yu spoke, he waved his hand indicating she should go to the bedroom quickly.

Xia Yang watched Lin Yu's figure, standing by the dining table without moving. She just calmly stared at Lin Yu, and after a while slowly spoke.

"Although I don't know who you are... you should stop pretending to be a good person."

Xia Yang said this with a calm tone.

Lin Yu turned, looking surprised at this young girl who resembled Xia Yue by seventy to eighty percent—but compared to the gentle-looking Xia Yue, this girl with ear-length hair had sharper eyes, with a very aggressive quality.

"I know my coming here like this might indeed be somewhat intrusive, Xia Yue's departure must have been a blow to you too... but I just want to help you."

Lin Yu said with a sincere tone, Xia Yang placed one hand on the dining table.

"No, what I mean is... you should have something to do with my sister's death, right?"

The young girl said this casually, Lin Yu's movements froze.

He looked at Xia Yang: "That's quite an excessive accusation, little sister Xia Yang."

"After my sister passed away, the police returned her phone to us as a keepsake," Xia Yang said calmly, "Mom and I requested her phone, and then... I cracked my sister's password."

"My sister was someone who loved recording her life... but strangely, Brother Lin, when I looked through her photo albums and social media apps, I found no trace of your existence."

"So, who exactly are you?"

"Are you the one who killed my sister, or do you know something about her death?"

Xia Yang's words made Lin Yu feel horrified, his hair standing on end.

Because Xia Yue had already died, and combined with Xia Yue's mother's ordinary nature, Lin Yu had almost overlooked...

Xia Yue's brilliant performance in her first dungeon.

Even the 'Psychological Society' had given Xia Yue an S-rank potential evaluation!

From this perspective, her younger sister was definitely not simple either!

But fortunately...

Lin Yu had considered the loopholes in his words from his first visit from the very beginning.

So, the loopholes could still be filled now.

He showed a somewhat sorrowful, melancholic, weary expression.

"Because I'm not her friend... I'm her lover."

"Her former lover."

Xia Yang heard Lin Yu's words and still maintained her vigilance.

"You were my sister's boyfriend... ex-boyfriend?"

"Then I really shouldn't be unable to find any trace of you."

Although Xia Yang still maintained her vigilance, Lin Yu had relaxed considerably.

Her questioning like this precisely indicated she had taken the bait.

Although quite clever...

She was still too young.

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"Our breakup at the time wasn't particularly pleasant."

As Lin Yu spoke, his expression showed restrained sadness, and his eyes held an undeniable melancholy—as if he really had a beloved ex-girlfriend who had died.

"I thought I would have more opportunities to make it up to her in the future... but, but..."

Xia Yang pursed her lips.

The young girl believed most of it.

After all, Lin Yu's acting was truly superb.

She hesitated for a moment before speaking again: "I didn't even know my sister had been in a relationship."

"Over these past few years, I haven't had much contact with her."

Xia Yang spoke softly, her voice somewhat dejected.

Of course there was little contact!

Although Lin Yu had come up with this lie as an emergency response, it wasn't completely unconsidered.

Xia Yue's life trajectory over the past few years involved working at a pet shop while simultaneously continuing her university studies.

Her colleagues at the animal hospital spoke highly of her, and according to records, she seemed to be keeping up with her studies too.

So...

How could Xia Yue possibly have had time for prolonged interactions with her family!

Over these years, in her family's eyes, Xia Yue's experiences must have contained large, blank gaps.

Moreover, under such circumstances, Xia Yue would likely rarely discuss her life with her family, especially her younger sister.

Lin Yu understood this very well.

Because...

He also had an older sister who was much older than him.

This gave Lin Yu ample room to maneuver.

"Probably because I hadn't yet earned her approval," Lin Yu sighed softly. "I'm sorry, Xia Yang."

Lin Yu's sincere apology completely dismantled Xia Yang's defenses.

She slowly sat down on the chair by the dining table.

"It's alright... I should be the one apologizing for suspecting you."

"Not at all, it's my fault for not explaining clearly," Lin Yu waved his hand. "You should go back to your room and rest... I'll go make some pear soup for you."

"You're already not feeling well, and if you don't get proper rest because of my visit, then I'd really be letting your sister down."

As Lin Yu spoke, Xia Yang hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"Okay... but there's no need to trouble yourself with the pear soup. Please sit for a while, my mother will be home soon."

Saying this, Xia Yang slowly walked back to her room.

After Lin Yu went to the kitchen and busied himself for a while, he finished cutting the pears, turned on the heat, and then left the kitchen.

One shouldn't leave cooking unattended, so Lin Yu left Hannah there.

After all, this little octopus was professional—the pear soup she made might actually taste better and be more effective.

There were only two bedrooms in Xia Yue's home.

The room Xia Yang had just entered was the more spacious master bedroom.

So...

Lin Yu had reason to speculate...

"Do the two sisters share one bedroom, with the mother using the smaller one?"

He pondered this, then picked up one of the paper bags he had brought and gently pushed open the slightly ajar door to the master bedroom.

Xia Yang, who was lying on the bed still looking at her exercise book, turned around at the sound of the door opening.

"What is it?"

As she spoke, Lin Yu shook the paper bag in his hand.

"A gift I bought for you, I forgot to give it to you earlier."

Xia Yang looked pleasantly surprised and tried to sit up, but Lin Yu stopped her.

"Just stay lying down."

As he spoke, Lin Yu pulled up a stool and sat by Xia Yang's bedside.

He discreetly glanced around the room—sure enough, there were two single beds and two desks.

Xia Yang's bed was by the window, Xia Yue's by the door.

Between the sisters' beds was a simple partition curtain.

Currently, the curtain was tied back, and Xia Yue's side was neatly arranged.

Lin Yu slowly took out the gift he had prepared from the paper bag.

A new mobile phone.

When Xia Yang saw the phone box, she immediately sat up.

"This won't do, it's too expensive. Please take the phone back."

Lin Yu insisted on placing the phone box on her bedside table.

"You don't have a mobile phone, do you?"

Xia Yang said: "I don't, but this thing... it's not good for children to use these, it affects studying."

As she spoke, Lin Yu smiled.

"The fact that you can say something like that proves you're not the kind of child who would be affected."

Xia Yang remained stubborn: "It's still too expensive, no no, my mother wouldn't agree either."

"I'll convince your mother."

As Lin Yu spoke, Xia Yang quickly interjected: "If my sister were here, she wouldn't let me accept it either!"

"But your sister isn't here anymore."

Lin Yu interrupted her, his voice choking up.

"I... I can't make it up to her anymore, I've lost my chance."

Xia Yang looked at Lin Yu, whose eyes had instantly reddened, stared blankly for a moment, then her heart softened.

Her tone became gentler.

"I understand, I'll accept it then."

Xia Yang picked up the phone and opened the box.

"After I get into university, I'll work part-time to pay you back... please don't refuse this."

The small girl said softly, and Lin Yu nodded.

"Then I'll look forward to you getting into university and earning lots and lots of money."

Lin Yu smiled: "Okay, do your best."

After saying this, he continued: "I'll go check on the pear soup, it should be almost ready."

Lin Yu stood up and used the [Mind-Peeping Eyepiece] to glance at the young girl's emotions.

Trust, gratitude, sorrow, regret...

Excellent.

Just as Lin Yu stood up and was about to leave the room, Xia Yang called out to him.

"Wait a moment, Brother Lin."

Lin Yu turned back to look at the girl who was half-sitting on the bed, covered with a blanket.

She hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.

"Brother Lin, I didn't mean to doubt you earlier."

"I know, you're just too sad..."

Lin Yu began to speak, but Xia Yang interrupted him.

"No, what I mean is, I always feel there's something suspicious about my sister's death," she pointed to her head. "Why did she suddenly die in an accident, and the manner of death is too coincidental... Although I really want to believe the police's conclusion, I always feel something isn't right."

"My sister... she shouldn't have died in such an absurd and simple way."

Listening to the young girl's words, Lin Yu originally wanted to tell her "the dead cannot return to life, don't overthink things."

But ultimately, the words reached his lips only to be swallowed back, replaced by another sentence.

"I understand."

"I'll try to investigate it."

After saying this, he went to the kitchen, ladled out a bowl of pear soup, let it cool slightly, then brought it to Xia Yang.

"Alright, it's getting late, I probably won't be able to wait for your mother to return, so I'll take my leave now."

"This is my phone number, please save it," Lin Yu picked up paper and pen from the desk and wrote down a string of numbers. "Call me if you need anything."

After saying this, Lin Yu looked at Xia Yang.

"Oh, by the way... I have a presumptuous request. Could I take a look at Xia Yue's phone?"

After leaving Xia Yue's home, standing downstairs of her building, Lin Yu let out a sigh.

"Good, I've gathered a lot of material this time... and obtained something crucial."

He murmured to himself, pulling Xia Yue's phone from his pocket.

Xia Yang was a very sensible child—after accepting Lin Yu's phone, she chose to give him her sister's keepsake, the phone Xia Yue had left behind.

"This should be enough to report back."

He said with feigned casualness, then left Beiqiao District.

And after leaving Beiqiao District...

Lin Yu took numerous twists and turns around Jiangcheng City for a long time, only relaxing completely after confirming there was no further surveillance.

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On the other hand, Lin Yu also wanted to confirm something.

"As expected, as 'Zhu Ming' gradually gains fame, plus my deliberate guidance... there are many people watching Xia Yue's side."

"The fact that the body situation hasn't been exposed yet probably means either the Night Watchmen or Order intervened."

In a relatively safe, secluded alley, Lin Yu let out another sigh.

His final performance downstairs was also deliberately for those hidden observers.

He just didn't know whether they were from the Psychological Society or Order.

Or perhaps... both.

Lin Yu took out Zhu Ming's tablet.

[Rosenthal: We observed that a player visited your family. Do you need help?]

Looking at this message, Lin Yu wasn't surprised.

As expected, the Psychological Society was keeping watch...

[Clozapine: That's my friend. I asked him to go. It's fine.]

Afterwards, Lin Yu put away the tablet and took out May May's phone.

There was a message from High Mountain.

[High Mountain: The organization's review process is basically complete. You can report to the organization in Jiangcheng.]

[High Mountain: I'll send you the location!]

It must be said, ever since he voluntarily stayed behind during the encounter with the Free Alliance last time, High Mountain's favorability toward his May May identity had greatly increased.

Logically speaking, as a captain from Zheng City, he definitely shouldn't be responsible for these matters.

High Mountain must have taken the initiative to care.

When Lin Yu clicked on the location message, he was somewhat surprised.

[May May: Order's Jiangcheng headquarters is at Jiangcheng Central Hospital?]

[High Mountain: No, the newly appointed first squad captain is seriously injured and currently hospitalized.]

[High Mountain: To prevent anyone from taking advantage to kill him, the second and third squad captains are currently accompanying him at the hospital... so if you go to Jiangcheng headquarters, you won't find anyone.]

[High Mountain: I've already made arrangements. You can go directly!]

As High Mountain spoke, Lin Yu roughly understood the situation.

"The newly appointed first squad captain, isn't that the lolicon Korean uncle?"

"How did he get seriously injured?"

Lin Yu pondered but still went to find a gift shop to buy a fruit basket, then took a taxi to Central Hospital.

After arriving at the front desk, Lin Yu found himself in a dilemma.

"Wait, what's Good Night's real name?"

But he quickly thought of a solution.

"Hello, I'm here to visit a patient. He's my online friend. I only know he's Korean, a man in his thirties, and should be receiving inpatient treatment."

"Oh, in Room 302 on the third floor of the inpatient building? Thank you!"

Successfully obtaining Good Night's room number from the front desk, Lin Yu found the room.

"Still a single room, huh."

Marveling at Order's benefits, Lin Yu knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

A vigorous response came from inside. Lin Yu pushed the door open.

In the clean, simple hospital room, Good Night lay on the bed, basically wrapped in bandages with only his head visible, receiving an IV drip pitifully.

Beside him, two men and one woman were watching a televised soccer match.

Lin Yu had seen one man and the woman before—they were the two captains of Order's Jiangcheng branch.

Both had also seen Lin Yu during Li Hua's operation meeting and nodded slightly in greeting.

As for the remaining man accompanying them...

Lin Yu still recognized him.

It was Tycoon.

Why was this guy here too?

Suppressing his curiosity, Lin Yu greeted everyone.

"Hello everyone, I'm May May."

Seeing it was Lin Yu who entered, all three stood up to welcome him.

The man who looked simple and efficient was the captain of Order's Jiangcheng second squad. He greeted Lin Yu first.

"Captain High Mountain has already told us everything. The organization's documents have been approved. Although your equipment hasn't arrived yet, you're now considered part of Order."

"I welcome you to Order on behalf of the organization—this should originally be done by Captain Good Night, but as you can see, his situation is special."

Lin Yu looked serious: "Understood."

He placed the fruit basket on the table, then began coordinating with this second squad captain.

Lin Yu and him scanned codes to add each other as friends, then the second squad captain added Lin Yu to two work group chats.

One was "Jiangcheng Order Branch" with 52 members.

The other was "Jiangcheng Order First Squad" with 11 members.

Jiangcheng had three squads total, each with 7 formal members including the captain, plus 4 backup members specifically responsible for logistics and reserves.

"Your dungeon is on Tuesday, right? Remember to check in with the group immediately after completing your weekly dungeon to report you're safe. Also, if you have any major gains or discoveries, be sure to report them immediately."

"Always pay attention to mission announcements posted in the group. Also, if you encounter dangerous individuals, report them to the organization."

"As a member of Order, you must take on responsibilities and obligations... Of course, we won't make you do these things for nothing."

"Our organization can arrange work for you, reimburse travel expenses, and if you encounter overly difficult dungeons or situations, you can seek help from within the organization."

"On the 2nd of each month, you can go to the logistics department at each city's headquarters to collect cash living allowances and forum point subsidies. You can also get one free copy each of the items [Recovery Potion], [Enhancement Potion], and [Spell Scroll], which you can also purchase directly with points—at internal prices."

"Of course, since you're joining Order directly as a formal squad member, you can additionally receive a set including [Melee Weapon], [Basic Armor], and [Detection Equipment]."

Listening to what the second squad captain said, Lin Yu felt somewhat dizzy.

He finally understood why Order was the most influential organization among players.

With these benefits, this foundation...

Lin Yu could only say...

"I'm also honored to join Order!"

After Lin Yu finished speaking, the second squad captain smiled.

"Good, then from now on we're all one family."

"Family shouldn't speak like strangers... Although you have Brother High Mountain's recommendation, headquarters found some things during the background check."

"May May, aren't you somewhat overly close with a player who joined the Psychological Society?"

"There was just intelligence saying you even went to that player's home, is that right?"

From the second squad captain's words, Lin Yu couldn't help but feel somewhat emotional.

"As expected, the Order people also went to stake out the location."

Although the things done under the identity of "Zhu Ming" weren't as famous among the general player population as those of "May May," they had absolutely attracted attention in high-level player circles.

Just the "returning from death" aspect alone was enough to draw attention.

Not to mention she had deceived both Order and the Psychological Society, and was now even expelled from the forum while joining the Psychological Society!

Compared to these points, possibly having close connections with people from the Free Alliance probably didn't even count as a big deal.

Going to Xia Yue's home using the "May May" identity had indeed fished out quite a lot of useful information.

Of course...

Since it was done intentionally, Lin Yu had naturally made preparations long ago.

Moreover, the fact that the second squad captain asked about it in this setting indicated that this really wasn't some serious matter.

Therefore, Lin Yu wasn't panicked at all, only speaking after a slight sigh.

"When I met her, neither of us had joined any organizations yet."

"A life-and-death friendship forged in dungeons... I can't be that selfless and noble."

As Lin Yu spoke, the second squad captain remained silent.

But Tycoon, squatting on the ground, let out a cold laugh.

"Hey, kid... I shouldn't really comment on your Order matters as an outsider, but I've never been good at holding back."

"Captain Good Night lying on that bed was injured by those bastards from the Psychological Society last night! Twelve broken bones throughout his body, multiple soft tissue contusions, and that bastard even kicked him twice down there, almost causing necrosis!"

"You might not be able to be selfless and noble, but if you want to join Order, you should at least be able to distinguish right from wrong, shouldn't you?"

Lin Yu understood now.

Tycoon was called here to play the bad cop role.

It had to be said...

Tycoon's acting skills remained consistently mediocre.

This Jiang'an Hall boss, Fourth Tier expert, and powerful player ranked 27th spoke seriously, but didn't give Lin Yu much sense of pressure.

Lin Yu looked at Tycoon and responded neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"But that wasn't done by Zhu Ming. If I encounter her again in the future, I definitely won't hold back—if she's already committed some heinous acts, I'll personally kill her too—and I'll cut off all contact and personal connections with her from now on."

"However, I don't see any problem with the friendship between us before that. If we really want to count, your organization also has a mutual friend of ours," Lin Yu said, then looked back at the three Order captains, "Furthermore, my visit to her family... has nothing to do with her."

"She's already faked her death and cut ties with her family. No matter what you think, I can't just abandon that mother and daughter pair."

As Lin Yu spoke, the hospital room fell completely silent.

Based on everyone's reactions...

Lin Yu also made a judgment.

"It seems Order's surveillance isn't that precise after all."

He had taken the phone from Xia Yang, and had even specifically taken that phone out again downstairs.

Yet the Order people hadn't discovered this.

Since they hadn't discovered it...

Then this explanation was already sufficient.

After all, he had made contributions during the previous Jiangcheng incident, had High Mountain's recommendation, and possibly even Li Hua's favor. With just this small amount of suspicion, they couldn't really do anything to Lin Yu.

After all...

The player population isn't that large, and Order's scale isn't small either. If they really investigated all the intricate connections thoroughly, many Order members and even higher-ups might have had one or two not-quite-proper friends.

Just as Lin Yu had anticipated...

Next, Good Night lying on the bed with an IV struggled to turn his head and spoke.

"I believe this young comrade," he said seriously. "Our Order is a disciplined organization—we don't engage in that random conviction nonsense. So since May has already joined us, I choose to believe him!"

As a candidate for Jiangcheng's next chief captain, and also currently the most severely injured person in the room, even though Tycoon's status was somewhat higher than Good Night's, Good Night speaking up now carried a certain decisive weight.

Lin Yu also nodded.

"Thank you for your trust, Captain Good Night. I will definitely live up to your expectations—I joined at a rather special time, and while you're hospitalized, I'll also stay vigilant and focused."

He spoke seriously, and Good Night laboriously waved his heavily bandaged hand.

"Ah shit, I wanted to say this earlier—can we stop mentioning me getting beaten up? It's so damn embarrassing," Good Night sighed. "I'm too weak, brothers, I'm just too weak!"

The second and third squad captains both looked at Good Night.

"Please don't say that—if it were us, we'd be dead already."

"Yeah, being able to survive against that crazy woman from the Psychological Society, you've already done your best!"

Good Night sighed again: "Forget it, it was purely because she didn't want to kill me and you guys arrived quickly... Luckily it happened in Jiangcheng."

Hearing Good Night's words, Lin Yu's mind stirred.

"Why do you say 'luckily it happened in Jiangcheng'?"

Sure enough...

Good Night subconsciously showed a somewhat guilty expression, and although he immediately spoke up after just a moment, Lin Yu still caught the slip.

"Ah, isn't it because Jiangcheng has Tycoon!"

"Ranked 27th on the leaderboard, lots of money, righteous, strong—who wouldn't say he's amazing!"

Tycoon immediately chimed in: "Ahahaha, brother, you're making me embarrassed saying that!" Chapters fırst released on NoveI★Fire.net

Lin Yu watched the two of them performing this back-and-forth, but his expression grew serious.

"That's not right."

Order was a reasonable organization, but precisely because Order was reasonable, Lin Yu knew he could use this organization's proper ways to apply appropriate "pressure."

"I don't know how the organization evaluates me, but I consider one of my strengths to be sharp perception... Captain High Mountain from Zheng City should be aware of this."

"So... you two seem to be hiding something."

"I'm already an official member of the organization. What exactly is being kept from me about this city?"

As Lin Yu spoke, Good Night and Tycoon looked at each other.

Then, Good Night sighed and struggled to sit up from the bed.

"Shit, the report did mention that one of your strengths is being very smart, but no one fucking told me you were this smart—Jiangcheng is indeed a special city, even more special than Haicheng or Yanjing—for Players, this is pretty much the most important city."

"Because this is where the forum is located... In other words, Order, which has deep cooperative relations with the forum, has control over this city that can't be matched by any other city."

"Most regular members don't know this, but since there are important figures in the organization who think highly of you, it should be fine for me to tell you in advance."

"In the plans of the General and the Secretary, Jiangcheng is destined to become the central city for the entire Player community in the future!"

Jiangcheng is actually this important?"

Lin Yu listened to Good Night's words, feeling somewhat surprised inside.

He had thought Jiangcheng was the kind of place that had been abandoned!

After all, the position of Jiangcheng Chief Captain in 'Order' had been vacant for a long time without being filled... Given 'Order's strength and influence, plus Jiangcheng being considered an important, large-population first-tier city, this situation could only be described as abnormal.

So they transferred Good Night here now because they value Jiangcheng too much?

A top hundred level expert is considered quite rare even within 'Order'.

No...

It seems there's more to it.

'Order's leader, that 'General', didn't make the decision to treat Jiangcheng as the most important city out of thin air.

Good Night had just mentioned something.

This is where the 'forum' is located.

Combined with Lin Yu's increasingly clear understanding of the forum's power recently, this statement felt quite meaningful.

What does it mean?

Could it be that the forum has a server here?

This thing that can directly connect with the blood text prompts implanted in players' souls and minds by the 'Death Game', and interact with player privileges [Social] - it couldn't possibly really rely on the real internet, could it?

Or perhaps... the forum's creator is in Jiangcheng?

From Lin Yu's perspective, the forum is definitely not something humans could create; it was likely made by gods.

Could it be that a god has already come to reality through some method?

Or perhaps...

Some 'player' has become a god's agent?

Both possibilities exist, which could even explain why the 'Psychological Society' people are also so secretive about Jiangcheng.

It could even explain the "strange things" that happened to Fu Luo.

But judging from how everyone involved doesn't want to delve too deep, Lin Yu knew this matter would probably remain unsolved until he reached a certain height and status by moving forward.

But Lin Yu wasn't in a hurry either.

"So that's how it is, our Jiangcheng is actually this important."

He put on an "I understand" expression and spoke seriously.

"Then I need to work even harder!"

Lin Yu said seriously, and Good Night also nodded earnestly.

"Excellent, this is exactly the spirit our 'Order' members should have!"

'May May', I now officially appoint you as a member of the First Team of Jiangcheng District Chief Team of 'Order'!"

Good Night announced, as the Second Team Captain beside him took out a badge.

The badge was silver and shield-shaped, with a red pentagonal protrusion in the middle.

Lin Yu took the badge, and when he turned it over, there was a number on the back.

The number read "Z-27010176".

"Keep this safe, it's our internal Order badge, not an [item], but it can be brought into dungeons."

"It has no functions, but it can identify your identity."

"You can choose to wear it or not, but the organization suggests carrying it with you at all times."

"In the future, you can use this to enter any 'Order' branch or stronghold - when your equipment arrives, we'll also send you where to pick it up through the work group."

"By the way, Jiangcheng's 'Order' headquarters is in the old shipyard factory area in the southern district."

Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Tycoon: "Isn't that near the gathering place?"

Tycoon spread his hands: "Yes, right across the river from my restaurant - facing each other across the river."

"Kid, you didn't think 'Order' and I just randomly chose locations, did you?"

Lin Yu gained some new knowledge once again.

It seems Tycoon's 'Jiang'an Hall' could almost be considered 'Order's external personnel.

Since Jiangcheng's strategic position is so high, it's hard to say whether 'Jiang'an Hall' grew big first and was then incorporated by 'Order', or whether 'Tycoon' knew 'Order' was short-handed in Jiangcheng and inconvenient for large-scale recruitment, so he organized 'Jiang'an Hall'.

Lin Yu pondered imperceptibly while nodding slightly on the surface.

"I understand, it seems I still have a lot to learn!"

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now. Since the several captains here can't get away, as the newly appointed member, I should go around the city more to prevent those dangerous elements lurking in the shadows from plotting something!"

"If I discover anything, I'll report it immediately."

Lin Yu said, bidding farewell to the three 'Order' captains and 'Tycoon'.

Then, Lin Yu left the hospital.

After leaving the hospital, Lin Yu found a place and transformed into Xia Yue's appearance again.

Then, Lin Yu chose to go straight to Li Nian's villa.

What she had just said wasn't entirely deceiving the three 'Order' members either.

Lin Yu was really going to find the lurking unstable element in Jiangcheng and see what she was up to!

The 'Master Thief' is the player who most fits the definition of "dangerous element" among those permanently stationed in Jiangcheng.

Don't be fooled by her actual performance being cowardly, she's still a core member of the 'Free Alliance', a notorious 'Second Tier' player who was expelled.

Arriving at the villa's front door, this time Lin Yu openly rang the doorbell.

"Ding dong!"

Soon, the call device at the door was answered. Lin Yu looked at the camera that started flashing green and greeted with a smile.

"Hello, I'm looking for Li Nian."

"I'm Dr. Xia from Love Baby Pet Hospital, here to do a home check-up for the dog."

As Lin Yu spoke, the call device transmitted a middle-aged man's voice.

"Oh, it's Dr. Xia... come in."

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Lin Yu swaggered right through the front door into Li Nian's home, looking at the Rottweiler lying in the villa's courtyard.

The large fierce dog looked at Lin Yu, sticking out its tongue with a silly expression.

The villa's main door also opened, and a man who was still wearing a meticulous shirt and suit pants at home, with perfectly groomed hair, walked out with a polite smile on his face.

"Dr. Xia, what's wrong with Tiger Head?"

Lin Yu smiled and said: "Are you the owner of this house? Last week, your family member, the child Li Nian, called saying the dog seemed unable to eat properly. At the time I judged it to be food accumulation symptoms, so I suggested reducing dog food for a few days to try."

"Now a week has passed... I should have done a phone follow-up, but I happened to be delivering a dog to another household nearby today, so I simply came to check in person. This way I can see the dog's actual condition and feel more assured."

After finishing, Lin Yu emphasized again.

"Don't worry, this home visit is completely my personal initiative, I won't charge you any additional fees."

"Of course, I apologize for the disturbance... after all, I sent a message beforehand, but your family member didn't reply."

He said everything flawlessly.