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

Chapter 1384 Murder Investigation

"No one is allowed to enter or leave this area."

Golden characters floated above the main entrance, and "Human Valley" stood on the ground at the entrance, leaning on his thighs and panting heavily.

He wasn't wearing his usual business jacket and blue shirt suit; instead, he wore a white cotton T-shirt and gray shorts—which, if all goes as expected, were his pajamas at home.

Even Ren Gu's hair, which he usually wore in a small braid, was loose at this moment, which was enough to show that he had indeed rushed over as soon as he received Pipa Tang's call, without any delay.

Maintaining the ban on entry and exit, Ren Gu raised his head, looked at Lin Yu, Liang Ye, and Pipa Tang in front of him, and sighed, "What happened? Why is there a murder here? And the one who died was one of the candidates!"

"It's only the first day... the election hasn't even officially started yet, and this kind of thing has already happened. How are we going to explain this?!"

“And the most crucial thing is,” Ren Gu glanced discreetly at the several members of the ‘Player Mutual Aid Association’ who were wary of their group, “why is ‘God of Wine’ the prime suspect?!”

If it were just a matter of sealing off the venue, Ren Gu might have been greatly exhausted, but he would never have felt completely drained like he is now. After arriving at the scene, Ren Gu also took action at the request of the "Player Mutual Aid Association" to isolate "God of Wine" in a separate room.

Although the God of Wine did not resist, sealing an existence of such rank as the God of Wine would naturally consume a great deal of his energy.

Faced with Ren Gu's questioning, Liang Ye sighed: "Damn it, because the last people to see the deceased 'Iced Americano' were us—'Dionysus' even had a conflict with him and attacked him—traces of her unique 'murderous intent' were detected at the scene."

"Moreover, to be honest, besides 'Dionysus,' I'm probably the most suspicious person in Xiba... because I was the last person to leave that room, apart from the dead and the survivors."

Loquat Candy said, "But Dionysus is definitely innocent. She stayed with Liang Ye and the director the whole time..."

Ren Gu nodded: "I know that for sure. The Goddess of Wine is definitely not someone who would kill innocent people indiscriminately... But since the 'Player Mutual Aid Association' has lost a candidate and her methods were found at the scene, we really have to make a statement first."

"The most urgent task is to find the murderer—Loquat Candy. Are there any clues from the injured that point to the murderer's identity?"

“No, their souls are damaged, they don’t even know it, and they are still recovering,” Pipa Candy sighed. “The murderer obviously planned this out—and the reason he left survivors alive was most likely to use these living people to convey some message… One of the survivors kept muttering ‘we are guilty’ when he was found.”

Ren Gu frowned: "Is that so? Then it seems that compared to a normal murder... this is more like a vigilante crime with the purpose of 'revenge' or 'punishment'—even if it isn't, the murderer should be intentionally disguising it in that direction."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu, who had been browsing the "Player Mutual Aid Association" app and looking at the deceased's information on his phone, also chose to speak up at the right time: "I think so too... because the murderer left survivors for another purpose."

"The five who died were all core members of the 'Iced Americano' team and had always been close to him. The three who were in a coma were temporarily brought into the team in the last month to prepare for the election. The one who was awake, 'Drumstick,' was only introduced to do odd jobs last week."

"Therefore... the killer's goal and intention are very clear."

As Lin Yu spoke, he casually sent the information he had found to the internal affairs team's work group for this operation of "Order".

Liang Ye opened the deceased's information: "Damn, there's more to this than meets the eye? I thought this was a deliberate frame-up!"

“The times are special, and we can’t rule out the possibility of framing us or malicious competition between the candidates,” Lin Yu said calmly. He then added to Pipatang and Rengu the new findings that Liang Ye had just made while undercover. “Although it’s basically hopeless for Liang Ye to win the ‘Iced Americano’ election, based on Captain Liang Ye’s probing, he is likely a partner and pawn of ‘Shang Gen’. It’s not impossible that someone wants to kill him to clip Shang Gen’s wings, or that something has happened to Shang Gen and he has to be used as a pawn.”

Hearing Lin Yu's analysis, Ren Gu had fully recovered from his fatigue: "Considering the motive, the people from the 'Player Mutual Aid Association' are indeed more likely to kill him... But that doesn't really narrow down the possibilities, and finding the murderer certainly can't rely on 'speculating on the motive,' we still need to focus on 'evidence'—let's go and take another look at the scene."

Seeing that Rengu had recovered somewhat, Pipatang casually tossed him a bottle of potion that probably had the effect of restoring physical strength.

“Let’s go then—after the injured are removed, the scene should be cleared. Let’s go see if there are any new discoveries over there,” Pipa Tang said, glancing at Lin Yu. “Things like this always make one feel sentimental… If only ‘Forpollo’ were still around.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu's thoughts raced, and for a moment he didn't even know how to react.

In the end, he sighed, maintaining the "loyal and righteous" persona expected of a "director," pretending that he hadn't created the means for Fu Luo's information life form to immediately summon him for help, and said with regret, "Indeed, if 'Forpolo' were still here."

“But even though he’s not here, we still have to solve the case… If he’s watching from heaven, he wouldn’t want to see us relying on him like this.”

Lin Yu spoke solemnly as he returned to the crime scene—only this time, the 'God of Wine' had been replaced by the 'Valley of Men'.

The internal affairs team had already worked with the "Player Mutual Aid Association" to cordon off the area. Upon seeing Lin Yu and his group arrive, a senior "Order" member in charge of this task stepped forward to report.

"Commander, the preliminary on-site investigation and sampling have been completed, and no other useful evidence has been found so far; however, the forensic doctor has already conducted an examination, and the cause of death for the five victims was indeed 'penetrating head wounds.' They were likely instantly pierced through the head by some kind of high-energy ray or weapon, and judging from their positions, they died almost simultaneously."

"Damn it, one person instantly unleashed five fatal attacks and killed five seasoned players who weren't particularly strong?" Liang Ye exclaimed in shock. "How did he do that? It feels like the scope has suddenly narrowed down a lot—it feels like we can start investigating from the 'Tier 3' level!"

As Liang Ye spoke, Ren Gu and Pipa Tang shared the same sentiment.

Although three of the five dead were 'Tier 1', and the leader, Ice Americano, and another core member were only 'Tier 2', it was by no means easy to kill five 'players' cleanly and instantly in one strike.

not to mention……

That guy escaped unscathed and even inflicted soul damage on several survivors.

Based on the idea of ​​"deliberately leaving survivors," Lin Yu couldn't help but think a little more deeply than the others...

"Could it be that 'Copper Furnace' made a move?"

After all, if one possesses a means of interfering with cognition like the "Copper Furnace," one would indeed have the confidence and leeway to leave survivors.

But he quickly dismissed the idea.

The layers of this "Iced Americano" don't seem like the kind of thing that would prompt "Copper Furnace" to personally take action!

Moreover, if the 'Copper Furnace' were to intervene, those survivors might not even be able to detect any "soul damage".

Therefore, after going around in circles, we still have to start with evidence from other aspects.

"In short, let's compile a list of all the people currently staying in the international venue," Lin Yu suggested. "Even if we have to start from the 'Third Tier,' we at least need to know which 'Third Tiers' are here right now."

Loquat Candy nodded: "Yes, a candidate has died. If we can't find the murderer as soon as possible, the afternoon election will probably be delayed."

"The election must not be delayed! Even if people die, it cannot be delayed!"

A strong voice rang out from outside the door. Looking in the direction of the voice, a burly man walked in with several other people.

Lin Yu recognized the other person as Yan Guang, whom he had met briefly before.

He came with six people—those people made no attempt to conceal their auras, clearly all of them were 'third-level' experts.

Among them, Lin Yu recognized the three people besides Yan Guang as Monica, Xi Chen, and Yu Linling, who were the three 'third-tier' contestants.

"The person who came here is not good..."

Lin Yu reminded him in a low voice, and Liang Ye frowned.

"Damn it, it seems these 'Player Mutual Aid Association' people really suspect us!"

However, despite saying this to Lin Yu, Liang Ye still took the initiative to go up to him and greeted him with a smile.

"What you're saying makes it sound like we, the 'Order' of West 8, are intentionally delaying the election—how can West 8 hold an election when a candidate has died and the situation is unclear?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Guang remained unyielding: "Commander-in-Chief, I respect your opinion... but all the core members have gathered here by coordinating their schedules and making sacrifices. Our schedules are very tight, and there is no time to waste—especially since His Excellency 'Ren-o' will also be attending this afternoon!"

"So even if someone dies... the process must still continue first—investigating the truth and holding elections are not mutually exclusive."

Liang Ye frowned and said, "Damn it, how can this be?"

Yan Guang spoke again: "Everything should be done with the big picture in mind—what if the other side killed 'Ice Americano' in the hopes of buying time? What if it was done by 'The Raiders'?"

"Besides, I didn't say I wouldn't investigate at all... There's still a morning before the election starts, isn't there?"

As Yan Guang was speaking, Pipa Tang chimed in, "A morning is fine... let's try our best to finish the investigation."

“No, it’s not up to you to investigate,” a calm female voice rang out. A woman with a ponytail and a few freckles on her face, wearing black-rimmed glasses, stepped forward and spoke. “Regarding the death of ‘Iced Americano,’ many members of your ‘Order’ and even the commander-in-chief of this event are among the prime suspects…”

"We've already made an exception by restricting the activities of 'Dionysus' because we trust you, 'Order,' so how could we possibly entrust the investigation to you?"

Upon hearing this, Liang Ye's face darkened: "Damn stinking woman..."

Pipa Tang raised her hand to block Liang Ye, and said with a smile, "Comrade Liang Ye, don't swear—let's negotiate."

As the loquat candy stopped Liangye, Rengu had already looked up at the other person.

“Monica, is that right?”

“Your suggestion is excellent. We will consider it and take fairness into account, and we will make sure that no bad person gets away with it.”

Loquat Candy also laughed and said, "We've already locked up 'Dionysus'... Seriously, you'd better not push your luck."

"If this kind of thing isn't something we, 'Order,' can't investigate, do you expect us to use 'investigation' as an excuse to attack each other?"