Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 1573 Testing the Waters, The Kite's Encounter

The television screen went out, and Lin Yu stared blankly at his own face reflected on the black screen for a while. He felt that his own face was somewhat unfamiliar when he looked at it, before turning away from the television.

Even though he has a thousand thoughts in his mind, Lin Yu will not let these thoughts affect his behavior—at this moment, Lin Yu will not even let these thoughts turn into impulses.

Even though he knew about Shen Bingmiao and those secrets, the things he needed to do right now remained unchanged.

The affairs of the divine realm are beyond our control.

All we can do right now is to handle this "Player Mutual Aid Association" incident step by step, deal with what will happen in Shenzhen next, and complete the arrangements we should make.

after all……

Regarding the incident in Shenzhen, he had already prepared himself for the possibility that Shen Bingmiao would be unable to intervene.

At this moment, whether Shen Bingmiao is unable to intervene or help in this matter or will be unable to intervene in the future, at least for this incident, there is almost no difference.

"Right now, neither 'Good Night' nor 'Dionysus' is around... We really need to take this opportunity to find 'Paper Kite' as soon as possible."

Lin Yu pondered for a moment, and then began to use the new skills he had learned from this "trial" in the "Eternal Cage".

A magical technique from the Prison Mountain Realm—"Testing the waters with a stone".

In the initiation and teachings from Master Yun, besides the various Taoist techniques for attack and combat, what Lin Yu gained the most was a wide variety of highly functional "magical arts".

For example, this technique called "testing the waters" is like a weakened version of the compass in "The Diviner," a technique used to find what one wants to find.

However, compared to the compass of a 'diviner,' this art is not as precise in its direction, and while it is relatively vague, it also has many limitations in its activation.

The fortune teller's compass has no restrictions; it can point the way to anything you want.

However, this "testing the waters" requires you to find a "physical object" that is strongly related to what you are looking for.

For example, if you want to find someone, it's best to have their personal clothing or even a part of their body tissue.

These are the "stones" used in the phrase "testing the waters".

And coincidentally...

Lin Yu happened to know where "Paper Kite" had put his luggage—he had left suddenly and hadn't had time to take his own belongings with him.

After leaving the hotel, Lin Yu returned to the convention center, which was now almost deserted.

Although there were still some members of the "Player Mutual Aid Association" and two members of the "Order" internal affairs team on duty, not many people stayed here in the evening.

However... those who stayed behind to perform their duties were naturally all highly skilled.

Infiltrating this place will definitely not be an easy task.

However, Lin Yu didn't need to infiltrate.

He walked confidently to the main entrance and greeted the "Order" members on duty.

"Thank you for your hard work, comrades!"

The two staff members on duty also chatted with Lin Yu in a friendly manner.

"It's no trouble at all. Director, do you need to go into the venue? I'll open the door for you."

"It's so late, you must be exhausted, 'Director' comrade."

After exchanging brief greetings, Lin Yu naturally entered the convention center that night.

The two members didn't even ask Lin Yu why he came here—after all, Lin Yu had many reasons for coming here, and there was no need to explain too much to them.

Therefore, after entering the convention center, Lin Yu did not hide his purpose and went straight to the lounge where "Paper Kite" had been during the day.

His backpack and luggage are still there.

Lin Yu quickly and easily found Zhiyuan's backpack, and then took out a laptop, two sets of light clothes and a set of toiletries.

There's nothing else—after all, 'players' have [items] and [item space], so they can bring fewer things when going on long trips than ordinary people.

Especially since he was on a business trip as a member of "Order", "Paper Kite" knew that he didn't need to bring too much stuff and the organization would naturally provide him with some conveniences in his daily life.

not to mention……

Single young men like Zhiyuan, who look like ordinary college students, don't need much luggage.

Since "testing the waters" does indeed require a literal "throwing" action, Lin Yu thought for a moment and eliminated electronic products and toiletries that seemed likely to break from the limited options, choosing instead the kite's clothes.

His clothes were packed into two separate storage bags, but not in the order of shirts and pants. Instead, each bag contained a complete set of clothes, pants, underwear, and outerwear.

Lin Yu casually took out a crew neck shirt from a bag, and then began to gather spiritual power according to the "testing the waters" method.

He gripped his clothes with one hand and used his spiritual power to draw talismanic marks on them with the other, and then...

"Ah!"

Lin Yu exhaled and shouted, then tossed his clothes high into the air.

In the closed-off lounge where the air was barely circulating, a sudden gust of wind blew the falling clothes a distance toward the back door of the lounge.

Lin Yu reached out and grabbed the clothes that were still in the air, and immediately walked out of the back door of the lounge.

Afterwards, Lin Yu walked along the corridor of the convention center in this direction for a while, and once again used the same method to "test the waters".

The clothes fell again—the direction remained unchanged.

Lin Yu continued walking forward for a few more minutes and then used his skill once more.

This time...

The clothes weren't blown away; instead, they floated straight down.

"It's broken?"

Lin Yu was about to reach out and grab it when he suddenly realized something...

The clothes seemed to be falling faster than before.

Then, Lin Yu realized what was happening.

It's not that my technique failed, but rather...

This "testing the waters" is pointing directly downwards!

in other words……

After only three throws, my coordinates and the kite's horizontal coordinates almost overlapped.

Lin Yu quickly realized what was going on.

"Is Paper Kite actually in this exhibition center now?"

Did they return after leaving, or have they been hiding here all along?

Lin Yu had no idea.

But... you can ask Paper Kite about this yourself.

Holding the other person's clothes in his hand, Lin Yu turned to the stairs and began to descend.

soon……

Lin Yu arrived at the first floor and, based on his previous position, located a room on the first floor.

Seeing this room, Lin Yu was even less surprised.

It is indeed possible that the kite is in this room.

after all……

This room is the security monitoring room located on the first floor.

The surveillance footage of the entire convention center's perimeter and corridors can also be viewed from here.

Therefore, Lin Yu pushed open the door directly.

"squeak--"

As the door hinges turned, Lin Yu quickly saw the scene behind the door.

Although the lights were not on for the time being, the monitoring room was still brightly lit by all the brightly lit surveillance screens.

Although the brightness of a single screen is not high, the faint light from the screen can be gathered together to form a rich light source.

And beneath these screens...

Lin Yu did not see the kite.

He walked in and took the initiative to raise his hands.

"I meant no harm, Paper Kite."

"Don't move."

After Lin Yu spoke first, Zhiyuan's voice came from behind him.

Just as the kite raised its gun to block Lin Yu's movement, it was also half a beat slower than Lin Yu raising his own hands.

and so……

The kite behind Lin Yu made a somewhat surprised sound.

"what?"

Lin Yu calmly turned around, looked at the kite hiding in the shadows behind the door, and shrugged.

"So you are here after all... Don't be nervous, we already know, you were framed."

"To be honest, you should know that we no longer suspect you of being the murderer, so why don't you just come to us directly?"

Paper Kite said, "Because the 'Player Mutual Aid Association' will not be convinced that I am not the murderer just because of your guarantee."

"The concept of 'presumption of innocence' is not prevalent among players of the 'Death Game,' so I have to prove my innocence."

Lin Yu said, "But, secretly meeting with us won't hinder your investigation, right? Besides... we can also assist you."

Paper Kite shook her head: "If I take the initiative to find you, and the 'Player Mutual Aid Association' finds out, it's easy for them to use this as an excuse to make trouble again... There have been far too many similar 'framing' incidents against our 'Order' this time, from 'Dionysus' and 'Good Night' to me. Even though the 'Player Mutual Aid Association' didn't actively plan or fuel these incidents each time, it's clear that a considerable number of them are happy to throw mud at us every time."

"Besides, although you won't assist me... I do feel that I would be more efficient in investigating on my own."

Lin Yu shook his head: "That's not necessarily true... At least in my opinion, watching the surveillance footage is completely meaningless."

“Since the other party has taken the initiative to show himself in front of you, it means that he must have also taken the ‘surveillance’ aspect into account and will not leave any flaws in the ‘images’.”

Paper Kite nodded: "I understand that, but... I still want to see what happened back then."

Upon hearing Zhiyuan's words, Lin Yu seemed to understand: "It seems that as one of the parties involved... you were also somewhat influenced by the situation at the time, right?"

Paper Kite nodded: "Yes... In the corridor at that time, I seemed to have also been impacted in terms of spirit and soul, and my perception and cognition were a bit strange."

Lin Yu began, "Tell me more."

"can."

Zhiyuan didn't refuse, after all, he trusted Lin Yu.

However, he did not immediately begin his narration, but instead spoke again.

"But before that, may I ask a question?"

"Director, why are you holding one of my clothes in your hand?"