Game of Deception Chapter 122: Are They Also Deceivers of the World?

If that was the case... Gao Fan's silence, hesitation, and confusion all made perfect sense.

Ming Po finally understood everything.

First, because of the existence of the Xiao Gao Robot, Gao Fan actually knew there was a high probability that his parents were Deceivers of the World.

That was why, even though he had no desire to play the Ga of Deception, he refused to exit... nor was he willing to directly resurrect his parents. And this was despite having more than enough Ti Chips to do so.

But unless he found the real culprit who murdered his parents first, resurrecting them would be aningless. It would only turn them into a Paradox, causing them to completely lose any ability to fight back.

Yet, when Ming Po had ntioned that "the final victor can only be one person," Gao Fan had begged Ming Po to resurrect his parents at the very end—after all, by that point, whoever the Deceiver of the World was that murdered his parents would surely be dead.

His previous doubts were finally cleared up.

No wonder... when Gao Fan heard that their company was defeated by a competitor using Paradoxical Technology, he had acted a bit strangely.

At that ti, Gao Fan firmly believed his parents had died a normal death within the Ga of Deception... The Ga of Deception was so dangerous, it was only natural for them to have died after so many years.

But Virgil's words proved that other Deceivers of the World were targeting his family—or rather, had targeted his family.

Being targeted wasn't strange; the fact that they had been targeted was what made it strange.

Everyone knew exactly what Deceivers of the World were capable of. They could manipulate the authority of ti at will...

As long as they had a little patience and a bit of brains, virtually any wish that wasn't too outrageous could be fulfilled.

If you hit a roadblock in a business war, why not just go back to the past and kill the obstacle?

Directly using Manifestation to kill the target ran the risk of being discovered; but if they created a Wronged Dead in the past, the target wouldn't even leave behind a trace of their death.

If a Deceiver of the World had targeted their family, how was the Gaotian Construction Group still a Fortune 500 company today?

Did the enemy just target them a little bit and then inexplicably stop? Or was the enemy so stupid that, despite being a Deceiver of the World, they were reverse-killed by ordinary people? Or perhaps right after targeting them, the enemy coincidentally died suddenly in the ga?

While all of these were possible, none of them were very logical.

The more likely possibility was that there were other Deceivers of the World among the higher-ups in Gao Fan's family company, and this was rely an extension of their power struggle.

From that mont on, Gao Fan had probably started suspecting his uncle.

However, this was also impossible—

Because if that were true, his parents shouldn't have beco Deceivers of the World.

That was why Gao Fan had fallen silent. He didn't know where to start, nor did he know if his judgnt was correct or not. After hesitating again and again, Gao Fan still decided to tell Ming Po everything about Xiao Gao, as well as all the secrets of his parents and grandfather.

For a Deceiver of the World, knowing soone's past ant being able to completely erase them.

The more secrets known, and the more complete they were, the harder it was to fight such an enemy. Gao Fan's forr teammate had easily manipulated Gao Fan just by knowing his address, true na, and real-world identity.

And now, Gao Fan had thoroughly explained everything he and his parents had experienced to Ming Po...

This ans that if Ming Po wanted to, he could wipe out Gao Fan's entire family at any ti without leaving any hidden dangers or paying any price.

This was the resolve Gao Fan had made.

But this principle went both ways—

"Since Gao Song is your uncle, it ans he understands you and your parents just as well."

Ming Po ruthlessly shattered Gao Fan's wishful thinking. "If he wants to, you won't survive... Do you understand that?"

"...I know. I know it all."

Gao Fan sighed deeply and finally poured out all his thoughts. "But it's not that simple... Because we have absolutely no idea how my uncle actually did it—he personally murdered my mom and dad, yet he managed to make them beco Deceivers of the World.

"I actually believe that the Ga of Deception has a 'karmic entry restriction', which is practically designed to stop certain people who actively want to enter the Ga of Deception... For example, those legendary geniuses from special agencies, or the elites dispatched by the governnt. The overall quality of these people is overwhelmingly superior to ordinary people. They would easily pass those basic gas, and the Hosts would definitely place high hopes on them.

"Or, perhaps soone wants to turn their terminally ill family mber into a Deceiver of the World to extend their life; or maybe... directly travel back to the past and preemptively kill their already deceased family mber to resurrect them as a Deceiver of the World."

Gao Fan's expression beca cautious and serious. "So... do you understand, Captain? If this kind of special technique is reliable, reusable, and able to be popularized, the implications are massive. The entire Ga of Deception would undergo an earth-shattering change..."

If the world's elites could actively join the Ga of Deception and beco Deceivers of the World, the entire world's order would quickly and completely collapse. The fact that modern society had managed to maintain a relatively peaceful order up until now despite the Ga of Deception's ongoing progress...

Although the Watch and Assist Protocol and Heavenly Query deserved so credit, it was also undoubtedly because the average quality of low and mid-tier Deceivers of the World wasn't that high, and their wishes weren't that outrageous.

It was precisely because of this that Gao Fan was completely terrified to take action.

The causality involved was simply too massive.

If the landscape of the Ga of Deception truly underwent a drastic change because of this... he couldn't bear the responsibility of getting so many people killed.

"Did you know, Captain?"

Without waiting for Ming Po's reply, Gao Fan continued talking to himself, "It's said that the outco of World War II was altered many tis by the Deceivers of the World from that era. Every ti they survived a life-and-death struggle in the Ga of Deception, they would use the majority of their chips to repeatedly change history.

"Obviously, Heavenly Query didn't exist back then. Almost every day, the world would have over a dozen completely different trajectories, with countless futures being born and destroyed. People who had already died would be reborn in the blink of an eye, while people who were originally alive would die a mont later from sothing a dozen years ago...

"The reason the world is able to enter a relatively orderly phase today is allegedly because the Ga of Deception was almost completely destroyed by soone at a certain point in ti.

"For a very long ti, the number of Deceivers of the World was kept in the single digits, and at its lowest, there was only one Host. It wasn't until twenty years ago... that the Ga of Deception began to rise again. The number of Deceivers of the World globally inflated once more... As a result, all sorts of 'coincidences' and inexplicable 'inventions' appeared again. The era once again took massive strides forward, and the world plunged back into chaos..."

He looked at Ming Po earnestly. "So, Captain—do you understand what I'm afraid of?"

Ming Po crossed his arms, staring silently at Gao Fan the entire ti.

Suddenly, he scoffed. "You certainly have a strong sense of responsibility."

"It's not about responsibility..."

"It's just that you have no brains."

"...Eh?"

"Let ask you," Ming Po said bluntly, "where did the person who just called co from?"

"Divine Cody?"

"Then does she already know right now that your uncle killed your parents? If she can find that out, do you think she wouldn't be able to find out that your parents are also Deceivers of the World?" Ming Po asked in return, "Or do you think your parents and your uncle had such a good relationship that your uncle would spend his chips to kill them, just to let them step into the Ga of Deception and steal the authority of the gods?"

"That..."

"Care leads to confusion."

Ming Po slowly closed his eyes.

"Since Divine Cody hasn't reacted to this, it points to two possibilities. First, we misunderstood, and he actually used another thod to achieve a similar effect; second, this thod does indeed exist, and perhaps it isn't a secret among high-level Deceivers of the World.

"In other words... the person we need to deal with might just be one man."

He glanced at Gao Fan. "You still want revenge, right? Don't tell you don't want to kill him, and you've decided to forgive him instead? Don't make sick."

"Of course I want revenge, but the Chinese Chamber of Comrce..."

"No 'buts' or 'howevers'."

Ming Po's tone beca slightly irritable, cutting off Gao Fan's hesitation. "If you want to do it, do it. If you want to kill him, kill him. You are sure you want revenge, right? Stop dilly-dallying and just tell straight: do you want it or not?"

"...I do."

This ti, Gao Fan nodded firmly. "I want revenge."

"Then I'll help you."

Ming Po's tone lightened up.

He made this promise so breezily, it was as if he were saying, "I'll order you so takeout."

He patted Gao Fan's shoulder, turned, and left the bedroom, with Gao Fan following right behind him.

However, perhaps even Gao Fan didn't realize...

Why had Ming Po's tone suddenly beco so intense just now? He beca... unlike his usual self.

On one hand, it was because Ming Po had finally confird that the Ga of Deception truly could be destroyed, and his emotions were running high and difficult to suppress.

But on the other hand...

It was because of Gao Fan's words about his parents, about letting people join the Ga of Deception, that Ming Po suddenly thought of a possibility...

Why were his parents always on business trips abroad, never coming back even for the New Year, and never calling him?

—Why did they only stay for a few days even on the rare occasions they returned?

Why were their phones always unreachable under normal circumstances?

...Could it be that they were also Deceivers of the World?

Ming Po silently and imperceptibly clenched his fists, his gaze once again turning cold and rational.

He felt that... perhaps he, just like Gao Fan, had been running away from this question all along.

Only, there was no one who could rush over and wake him up, just like he had woken up Gao Fan.