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

Chapter 1385 The Real Number One Suspect

Two people from the South China region stood in front of a group of "player mutual aid associations," one playing the good cop and the other playing an even better good cop.

Although Ren Gu and Pi Pa Tang spoke in a very calm and polite tone, if you directly put them into a translation software to translate them into Japanese or Korean, they might all be translated into honorifics.

but……

What they said was anything but polite.

After all, the people from the "Player Mutual Aid Association" had already been quite impolite first.

Liang Ye's expression eased considerably as he watched this scene.

“Damn it, Pipa Tang and Ren Gu still have their tempers,” he said to Lin Yu in a low voice, “but… was that woman who was talking just now Monica?”

Lin Yu confirmed the other person's appearance and then nodded: "Yes, it's her."

Monica, however, did not insist on the response from Pipa Tang and Ren Gu, but instead changed to a more roundabout way of saying it.

“I naturally believe in ‘order’… It’s certainly not a good choice for us ‘Player Mutual Aid Association’ to conduct an internal investigation… However, shouldn’t that Commander-in-Chief recuse himself?”

"As the last person to come into contact with the 'Iced Americano,' and an 'outsider' at that... you two can't just insist that Commander Liangye is not a suspect, can you?"

Liang Ye laughed upon hearing this: "Damn it, of course I can avoid suspicion—you damn it, investigate me anytime you're welcome, it'll clear my name, right?"

Then, he turned to look at Lin Yu and said in a low voice that only Lin Yu could hear, "I understand why the 'Professor' made you kill her. That woman is a pure bastard."

Lin Yu did not respond, but gave Liang Ye a wink, indicating that he could rest assured.

After Liang Ye finished speaking, Ren Gu said.

“Captain Liangye has voluntarily recused himself, so you shouldn’t have any objections, right? Of course, if you’d like, Pipa Tang and the director can also opt out of the investigation… But I was sleeping at home until fifteen minutes ago, so you shouldn’t have any reason to doubt me, right?”

Monica said, "Of course not, Your Excellency, you are definitely not a suspect."

However, even though Monica relented, another expert from the "Player Mutual Aid Association" launched an attack.

"But what if it really was your 'Order' that killed him? Even if you weren't involved from the beginning, shouldn't you avoid suspicion? What if you're protecting each other?"

Someone spoke slowly and deliberately. Ren Gu looked in the direction of the voice and saw a man dressed formally and exuding an elite aura. He wore a gray casual suit, but instead of a suit jacket, he wore a vest. He had a decorative silver necklace around his neck and his hair was neatly combed back. He looked like an elite working for a large company or an international company.

“Xi Chen, shut up,” Yan Guang scolded. “Even if there really is a murderer within Order, they won’t protect each other… We’ve already invited Order to help us ensure the smooth running of this election, how can we doubt them?”

Xi Chen sneered, "But the problem is, something's already happened before the election even started... How can I trust them?"

"Besides, it's obvious they don't trust us!"

Xi Chen added somewhat displeasedly, clearly referring to Pipa Tang's earlier comment.

Ren Gu looked at Xi Chen and Yan Guang and said calmly, "Alright, you two stop acting like this. There are records of you two in 'Order,' and we know that you two are uncle and nephew. Stop pretending."

"You don't want our 'Order' to investigate since we have a suspect, and we don't trust your 'Player Mutual Aid Association' to investigate on your own... So how about this, since there's a third organization in this place anyway, let's just hand it over to them, what do you say?"

Liang Ye was somewhat surprised: "A third Xiba organization? Where? Has the 'Raiders' Xiba infiltrated?"

Ren Gu sighed: "It's the 'Night Watch'... Two of their members have already arrived."

After hearing Ren Gu's words, the members of the "Player Mutual Aid Association" exchanged glances and then began to discuss in hushed tones. Clearly, although they had reached some kind of consensus and joined forces to fight against "Order," they were not truly of one mind.

Finally, Yan Guang stepped forward, seemingly accepting Ren Gu's suggestion, and asked, "Which two are on the 'Night Watch' side?"

Ren Gu said, “Seagull and Robin, one is at the second rank and the other at the third rank, both are core members of the Night Watch, and I trust them.”

Upon hearing the two code names and the introduction of Human Valley, the "Player Mutual Aid Association" obviously had no objections.

But Lin Yu really wanted to complain...

Because he had encountered both "Seagull" and "Robin".

If these two were to investigate the murder, it's uncertain whether they would even be able to find out who killed "Iced Americano" before the election officially started this afternoon, or even before it ended.

However, Lin Yu still managed to suppress his urge to complain.

“Okay, then let’s go with the two of them—please have all of you from the ‘Order’ team hand over the data you’ve collected to the ‘Night Watch’ team.”

"Also, Comrade Rengu... your ban should be lifted before the afternoon."

Yan Guang spoke up.

Ren Gu said casually, "Don't worry, I can't seal this place off for ten days or half a month."

Yan Guang didn't argue with Ren Gu any further; he simply turned and left with Xi Chen.

Other skilled players from the "Player Mutual Aid Association" also dispersed.

It seems that... these members of the "Player Mutual Aid Association" didn't really suspect that the people from "Order" would do anything shady in their investigation of this matter.

"These guys are probably just here to weaken our influence in this incident," Ren Gu commented bluntly. "What a petty tactic... Although we do dislike some of their candidates, would we interfere in their elections?"

Hearing Ren Gu's words, Pipa Tang whispered, "Hey, that's hard to say..."

Ren Gu paused for a moment, then looked at Liang Ye and Lin Yu: "Oh? Does the organization have something to say?"

Lin Yu nodded: "That's right—although it didn't say which one we should support, the 'professor' has privately told me that there is one person who absolutely cannot take the position."

Although Ren Gu was somewhat surprised, he quickly accepted the fact: "I see... then these people's attitudes make sense."

“I rarely pay attention to the ‘Player Mutual Aid Association’, I didn’t expect them to have degenerated to this extent—are there really organizations among their candidates that would break their principles and risk reputational damage to prevent someone from being elected?”

Liang Ye sneered, "Even if you didn't know them before, after seeing the attitude of these bastards just now, Comrade Ren Gu, you should understand what kind of people they are, right?"

"There might be some damn bastards in there who deserve to die."

Ren Gu nodded slowly: "Yes, that's exactly why I suggested having the 'Night Watchers' investigate... This person was most likely killed in their infighting, probably a victim of some factional struggle. Tsk, I really hate this kind of thing."

As he spoke, Ren Gu added, "So, after we hand over the information to our comrades at the Night Watch, we still have to continue the investigation—we'll just have to go underground."

Lin Yu said, "Indeed, we need to continue the investigation... Although 'Robin' and 'Seagull' are strong enough, if they knew who the murderer was, they could certainly catch him. But these two don't seem to have the ability to find out the truth about this matter."

Liang Ye agreed, "Damn it, it's more accurate to say that nobody really thinks they can figure it out—those guys from the 'Player Mutual Aid Association' agreed so quickly, probably not because they don't know who those two are, but because they know their investigative abilities are absolutely terrible, that's why they agreed!"

But having said that…

They still need to do some preliminary work first, finding "Robin" and "Seagull" and clearly handing over the work responsibilities.

The Seagull and Robin are currently in the rest area on the fourth floor of the International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Because Ren Gu needs to maintain the "entry and exit ban" here and needs someone to continue to arrange for the internal affairs team to keep track of the personnel on site, they will remain on the first floor for the time being.

Lin Yu, Liang Ye, and Pipa Tang were the ones heading to the fourth floor.

As the three of them walked, Liang Ye couldn't help but start thinking.

"Does the fact that the people in the 'Player Mutual Aid Association' are deliberately obstructing our investigation mean that the murderer might be among them—or at least that they might know about it?"

Good night's contemplation was encouraged by loquat candy.

“Good idea, but Captain Liangye…the only people in this venue are members of the ‘Player Mutual Aid Association’ and members of our ‘Order’. The murderer will most likely come from one of our two organizations—I’ll assume for now that no one from ‘Order’ did it, and that you and Dionysus are indeed innocent…so it can’t just happen to be done by ‘Robin’ and ‘Seagull’, the two ‘Night Watchmen’, right?”

Lin Yu continued, "It's also possible that someone from 'The Raiders' infiltrated... Besides, I don't intend to rule out members of 'Order' either."

"After all, that 'Iced Americano' tried to bribe me and Captain Liangye as soon as we met... In addition, the survivors kept saying 'we are guilty,' so it might have been done secretly by one of the more radical members of the organization."

Pipa Tang laughed and shook her head: "Although there are indeed people in the organization who hate evil, there are very few who would actually resort to vigilante justice without considering the consequences."

"If we take into account the previously mentioned 'strength' requirement, then there are very few who meet the criteria—you could probably count them on one hand."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu looked up and saw that they had reached the rest area on the fourth floor. In the corridor, there was a young man wearing a motorcycle jacket who was looking out the window in a daze.

"But you mentioned a few candidates that can be counted on one hand... and here happens to be one."

As Lin Yu spoke, he raised his hand to greet the young man.

"Hey—'Paper Kite,' you've arrived?"

Why didn't you say anything?

Paper Kite turned around and looked at Lin Yu with some surprise.

“Oh—Director, I arrived at four in the morning. I thought you might still be sleeping or busy, so I didn’t contact you first. I was waiting for you to contact me.”

As she spoke, Zhiyuan smiled and tucked the pistol in her hand into its holster at her waist. She wiped the bloodstains off her coat with her hand and stepped forward.

"Captain Liangye and Comrade Pipatang are here too... Uh, why are you all looking at me like that? Did I come at the wrong time?"