After being locked in the water prison, the fear flames on Twenty's body had gradually extinguished, and his condition had basically stabilized.

But just now, Twenty seemed to have suddenly been subjected to some kind of powerful force, and his soul began to rapidly dissipate!

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Twenty's screams rang out one after another.

"Where exactly did it go wrong? I just wanted to make this guy in front of me break down at first, to find the weakest link in his spirit from the dream..."

"How could he be involved in such a huge secret?!"

He originally thought that by sending a clone, at the very least, his main body wouldn't be affected no matter what...

If it was just "Fate Fragments," it shouldn't have been enough to cause this level of backlash!

Twenty pondered, unable to find an answer.

But he didn't have time to find an answer either.

Just a few seconds later, Twenty's black cat clone transformed back into Nightmare Substance...

Then, even that Nightmare Substance dissipated.

This bizarre scene caught Lin Yu completely off guard. Watching Twenty's "disappearance," he immediately looked at Chris.

"Was it you?"

Chris was even more astonished than Lin Yu. "How could it be? I don't have that ability... This looks more like his main body in the 'Night Valley Realm' encountered a catastrophic disaster."

"Could it be related to what he just said?"

Lin Yu asked, and Chris grew even more surprised. "What? What did he just say?"

This answer made Lin Yu feel even more creeped out. "Could it be that the voice just now was transmitted directly into my mind by him through some kind of mental power?"

"He just mentioned..."

The words reached his lips, but Lin Yu felt them stuck in his throat, completely unable to be spoken.

It felt just like trying to tell an ordinary person about the 『Death Game』!

Lin Yu was utterly horrified inside, but he still forced himself to appear calm.

"It's nothing, it's something from the dream just now. I'm a bit confused..."

He said, letting out a sigh. "Anyway, thank you both. If it weren't for you, I would have been in danger."

Paper Kite nodded. "It's fine. If something really happened to you, it would be hard for us to explain to Li Hua."

"Now that Twenty has been eliminated... I should go back and write my report—about the investigation into Radish, do you have any results?"

Lin Yu nodded. "Yes, I will report to Li Hua personally."

After bidding farewell to the two, Paper Kite and Chris returned the way they came through the window, got in their car, and drove away from downstairs of Lin Yu's home.

Once again, only Fu Luo and Lin Yu's summoned creatures remained in the room.

Lin Yu looked at Fu Luo.

"So, you..."

"I still have some things to do," Fu Luo raised his hand and walked towards the door. "Thanks for your hospitality and rescue today, but Old Lin..."

Lin Yu grabbed Fu Luo, staring at him. "Don't go. You said you investigated me. Did you find anything abnormal or unreasonable about my background?"

Hearing Lin Yu say this, Fu Luo immediately spoke up. "No, I think you're quite normal, and our sister is quite normal too, haha... Isn't everything quite normal?"

"I didn't ask about my sister."

Lin Yu said, and Fu Luo fell silent.

After a long time, Fu Luo spoke again.

"Actually, there is... When I was investigating your background, I found almost nothing. Your real identity was almost completely covered up, with only one or two traces left."

"And those traces that were deliberately leaked were actually used as bait..."

Lin Yu looked at Fu Luo and asked, "『Hacker』?"

Fu Luo pursed his lips. "Yes, it's her... I only caught a fleeting glimpse."

Lin Yu let out a sigh. "I see... Old Fu, send me what you found, then you can go."

"Sorry for dragging you into something like this."

Fu Luo opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, he just stood up and walked outside the house.

Lin Yu listened as the security door closed, and the house returned to complete silence.

He took out his phone and checked the link Fu Luo sent—it was a "commendation" announcement from Jiangcheng Experimental High School.

Lin Yu found his name among the commendations for exemplary students...

But that wasn't all.

Scrolling down, there was a special commendation announcement about him.

"This student is of excellent character and scholarship, always ready to help others. Therefore, he is specially awarded the Qingsheng Love Foundation Special Scholarship of 8,000 yuan..."

Lin Yu held his phone and smiled bitterly.

The funding criteria of the Qingsheng Love Foundation is to only support orphans with no source of living income.

Although this announcement isn't definitive evidence either, it doesn't matter anymore.

He stood up and opened the door to his sister Lin Zhao's bedroom across from his own—it was empty, the bed neatly made, looking as if no one had lived there for a long time.

In the living room, kitchen, and bathroom, there were indeed no traces of another person living there.

Lin Yu had already remembered.

No, to be precise, he had just "recognized" it.

He recognized the fact that his sister Lin Zhao had died ten years ago.

Ten years ago, her shop caught fire, and she died then.

For these ten years, he just hadn't been willing to accept this fact.

So, he pretended his sister was still here—every day, Lin Yu would cook food for two, eat half, then pretend his sister had left food for him and eat it again.

Until one day, Lin Yu himself became blurred about the truth and boundaries of this matter.

And then, the 『Death Game』 descended, and he obtained the 『Fraudster』 ability.

"Did I obtain this 『Class』 because I was deceiving myself day after day?"

"And because I obtained the 『Fraudster』 『Class』, the traces of my sister's existence have recently become more and more real, even visible to others..."

Lin Yu pondered, gradually understanding the whole picture of the matter...

No.

Why couldn't I distinguish reality?

Also, if it was really just my delusion, what about the "Fate Fragments" that Twenty mentioned? And why were his words erased, making 『Chris』 and 『Paper Kite』 completely forget?

No, no, no...

There's still something fishy about this!

About myself, about the deceased Lin Zhao, there's still a crucial mystery that hasn't been clarified...

Although I've recalled many things, my memories are still incomplete.

At this moment, Lin Yu felt as if layers of thick fog were trapping him.

But fortunately...

Lin Yu happened to know exactly who he should ask.

Because the other party also seemed to be helping conceal the news of his sister's death.

In fact, Lin Yu could even remember...

Who was the first person to actively bring up his sister after he returned from the 『Death Game』.

He took out his phone and dialed Shen Bingmiao's number.

The phone rang twice before it was answered.

"Senior, what on earth is... going on?"

The next moment, the phone screen flickered.

A static sound crackled, and Shen Bingmiao's figure appeared.

"My dear 『Ace』, regarding this matter, I've hinted at it to you before."

"Do you remember, the relationship between the two of us is... 'Accomplices'."