"The person behind you who looks more like Lin Yu than you do indeed spoke the 'truth,' but that's only the 'truth' as he perceives it, right?"
"Honestly, I never expected that just from my last visit, before I even had a chance to ask my questions, you'd already figured out the biggest limitation of my dream interrogation..."
"To be honest, you probably already know or have guessed that I've investigated you."
"I'm well aware you can use multiple 'Class' abilities, so I've actually been quite curious about how exactly you managed to achieve that."
"So I looked into your life history... Hmm, how should I put it? You're truly a genius when it cos to performance, Lin Yu."
"Two years ago, you were just an ordinary high school student. But even back then, at the high school's joint celebration evening, you perford a solo act—a monologue segnt from a play."
"A 10-minute segnt that you adapted yourself... I found video clips recorded by your high school classmates. It was truly astonishing."
"After the college entrance exams ended, you chose to major in performing arts, which really disappointed your teachers. That's why your teachers rember you so vividly."
"Once you got to university, you really took off... After just one performance in the drama club, Professor Bai from Jiangcheng dia University was practically desperate to recomnd you directly to a theater troupe."
"At least three entertainnt companies were waiting to sign you, but you turned them all down."
"Lin Yu, Lin Yu... The only reason your na hasn't beco famous across the country is because you yourself don't want it to be."
"Considering all this, I couldn't help but start speculating... How could soone like you enter the 'Death Ga' and have abilities unrelated to performance?"
"So, I used so rather precious 'items' to obtain your 'forum ID'—I'm not talking about the various alt accounts you later applied for using thods that could even fool the 'forum,' but your original one."
"Your forum ID is... 'Director,' right?"
Twenty said calmly.
Lin Yu couldn't help but feel the terror of Twenty once again—even though he was ntally prepared, this 'Detective' had uncovered far more than he imagined.
And precisely because of this, Lin Yu felt even more grateful...
Right now, Twenty wasn't saying these things to him.
He was saying them to "Moss."
"So this is the case where the entire process is correct, but only the conclusion is wrong?"
And Twenty, unaware of his most critical mistake, continued speaking to Moss as if talking to himself.
"I admit, after signing the contract with the Primordial Nightmare, the 'Night Dreams' I can construct are very powerful, but they're not omnipotent."
"You're investigating too, so you're also on guard against ... In fact, the fact that I would chase you into this 'dungeon' isn't exactly subtle."
"With the 'acting' and 'screenwriting' abilities you've displayed, it wouldn't be difficult for you to weave several new 'identities,' imrse yourself in them, and even give yourself dissociative identity disorder—on the contrary, for a genius of your caliber, it would be strange if you couldn't do this."
"After all, in my view, you're not just talented at acting. You're the kind of genius who would achieve success in anything you do. It's just because you love performing that you've shown talent in it. It's like how I only beca a 'Detective' because I love 'gas' and 'reasoning'... I understand you very well, because we're the sa kind of people—in fact, your talent might even surpass mine!"
Hearing this, Lin Yu silently grumbled internally: Thanks, but I really can't do that, and I'm truly not a genius.
He was just an ordinary person who genuinely loved and was good at acting.
But Lin Yu certainly wouldn't interrupt Twenty's brilliant deduction either.
"So, you changed your appearance from the very beginning—and, you respect ."
"Precisely because you're a genius, and you know I'm a genius too, you didn't think simply pretending to have 'dissociative identity disorder' and being female would fool . So instead, you deliberately left a clue."
"You chose to actively seek out, actively enter the dream, actively send away two 'personalities,' and now you're actively losing at cards—all just to mislead ."
"As long as I eliminate you through 'questioning' in the dream, I'll naturally shift my focus elsewhere... And you, you've long prepared another suspicious 'option.'"
"That guy who was very active in leading the team at first, yet seed to be hiding sothing, wearing a combat suit and showing the hem of clothes you've worn before."
"Let say... that guy is your 'summon,' right? Even though no information could be found, you should have a 'summon' with high intelligence that can act independently. You want to chase that guy in this 'dungeon,' so you can peacefully clear it, right?"
Saying this, Twenty knocked on the table and reached his conclusion.
"The 'Psychological Society' gave you an extrely high rating, and you certainly live up to it... Unfortunately, you're still one move behind."
"Because your acting just now was too 'exaggerated'—even though it was only a little exaggerated, revealing just a tiny flaw, based on my understanding of you, it shouldn't have happened."
"Maybe you could make mistakes in other areas, but in 'acting,' which you've poured your heart into for so long and invested all your talent in, you absolutely cannot make mistakes!"
As he spoke, Twenty looked at Moss.
Lin Yu silently let out a sigh.
Good... Everything was going exactly as he had anticipated.
Now the only variable was Moss.
And Moss raised his eyes, looked at Twenty, and spoke words of absolute truth.
"Your analysis is excellent, but there's still one direction and one detail that's wrong."
Moss said softly.
Twenty raised an eyebrow.
"Where is it wrong?"
"First, I genuinely have dissociative identity disorder," Moss said calmly. "Second... my acting can 'fail.'"
"Because if I made no mistakes at all, you wouldn't be chattering on and on saying these things in front of ."
As Moss's words fell, Twenty burst into laughter.
"Ahahaha, indeed... Now you finally show your true colors."
"Proud and confident... Yes, this should be how you really are."
"Good, good, now we can finally talk—Lin Yu!"
Clearly, although Moss didn't directly admit it, to Twenty's ears, these words undoubtedly confird Moss's identity.
Lin Yu also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good, Moss, thank you for your cooperation!"
Of course, although Lin Yu was relieved now, Moss's cooperation wasn't unexpected.
This was sothing the two had already agreed upon.
In the Mine Cart, when Lin Yu realized he couldn't possibly "deceive" Moss, he changed his strategy.
He chose to "persuade" Moss.
Because this guy was also smart, Lin Yu's negotiation went smoothly.
Lin Yu confessed most of the information to Moss: about himself and about Twenty.
This situation made Moss quite willing to cooperate with Lin Yu.
And it wasn't just Moss's cooperation...
Rather, aside from Moss's final confirmation, all the other parts—in fact, practically everything—didn't happen because of "Twenty's" arrogance and coincidence leading to this misunderstanding.
On the contrary, Lin Yu agreed with so of what Twenty said.
Although Lin Yu didn't consider himself a genius, Twenty was undoubtedly an extrely terrifying genius.
Therefore, Lin Yu had been employing a saturation-style layout—Stiller, Rakshasa, improvisation after eting Fern, the ga in the dream, deliberately losing at cards...
Even from the first ti he entered the dream and encountered Twenty, when he still didn't know the other's purpose, Lin Yu had already begun setting up the ga.
This was a five or six-layer nested trap within a trap.
But even so, Twenty still ca incredibly close—just one final layer away from touching the truth.
In fact, if he hadn't encountered "Fern," who was such a conveniently useful character, Lin Yu felt Twenty might have actually found him directly!
But regardless, the current result is...
The deception succeeded!
He successfully deceived "Twenty"!
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