Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Pretending to Be a God

Chapter 724: The Overlapping Battlefields

"Oh wow, you're the second one to arrive—I really didn't see that coming, Xiaoyun."

Phantom, who had been knocked to the ground, sat up and looked at the black-dressed girl before him, revealing a relieved smile.

Xiaoyun retracted her umbrella and reversed it, hooking the handle around Phantom's wrist and pulling him to his feet.

"I happened to be in Jiangcheng."

Li Nian, sitting on the rooftop, also spoke up: "Hey? Why didn't you tell me before you came, Xiaoyun?"

"Because I was heading to the suburban funeral home to look for a corpse. I heard a powerful guy just died in Jiangcheng," Xiaoyun said calmly. "I didn't originally plan to come to the city center."

The three members of the Free Alliance chatted casually with each other.

The reason the atmosphere, which had been tense and bristling moments before, had become so relaxed wasn't entirely due to Xiaoyun's arrival.

More importantly... Good Night had also stopped his attack.

The black smoke around him was slowly dissipating, revealing his honest, plain-looking face.

"What? Has the duration of the Resentment Core expired? This timing couldn't be worse!"

Paper Kite said in shock.

Lin Yu looked at Good Night, who was struggling to straighten his toupee, and sighed.

"It's not that the Resentment Core expired. It's that Captain Good Night's resentment has been dispelled."

Although Lin Yu hadn't watched any of the videos Good Night had sent, he could summarize some of Good Night's preferences just from the thumbnails.

And the woman before him, Xiaoyun of the Free Alliance, codenamed Undertaker...

Was definitely Good Night's type.

If that were all, it might not have been so bad. But what Xiaoyun had just said to Good Night was the real killer—a beautiful girl of his preferred type had given him positive affirmation, which naturally dispelled most of his resentment.

Sure enough, Good Night couldn't quite suppress the corners of his mouth.

But he was clearly sensible enough to understand the stakes.

"Shit! You Free Alliance bastards, trying to dissolve my resentment to weaken my combat power... Although you're pretty, I won't fall for your tricks!"

"Shit, remind me—back in school, because a school beauty talked to me, I wrote a semester-long love diary, only to have the school bully find it and post it on the bulletin board. The whole school laughed and bullied me, and even the gentle school beauty showed an awkward expression because of it!"

Good Night muttered to himself as black smoke surged back around his body.

He was struggling to use painful memories to counter the joy of being affirmed just now.

But Xiaoyun furrowed her brows as she looked at Good Night. "What the hell is this guy mumbling about?"

Phantom, having caught his breath, spoke up: "He's carrying an item called the Resentment Core. The more resentment he has, the stronger he gets—hurry up and soothe him like you did just now, dissolve his resentment!"

"Soothe him? I wasn't soothing him just now," Xiaoyun said, turning to look at Good Night. "This guy came to Jiangcheng as its captain. Although Order has never really given him important positions in the past, I've always seen him as a highly respectable opponent."

"Getting to fight him at his peak is a great opportunity."

Xiaoyun said softly, and the black smoke Good Night had just gathered immediately dissipated by more than half.

Paper Kite grew anxious: "Good Night, don't believe what she says! Don't get lost in the present—keep recalling your painful past!"

Good Night was equally frantic: "Shit, do you think I want this? But hearing her say that, what kind of world-class antisocial psychopath would I have to be to still maintain my resentment?"

"I've never been able to go all out against pretty girls!"

Lin Yu watched as Good Night's black aura grew fainter and he became more and more cheerful, and decided it was time to act.

He looked at Good Night: "Captain, you don't have to go after the black-dressed girl—just keep attacking Phantom! Leave this opponent to Paper Kite!"

"Shit, but the problem is the Resentment Core won't activate!"

Good Night grabbed his toupee, frustrated with himself.

"Then you still haven't realized it, Captain Good Night," Lin Yu said in an utterly cold tone. "This woman who appreciates you so much will have no further connection with you after tonight—just like the girl you secretly loved in school, who you could only pass by. Just like those pretty girls you see online now, whom you can only like and scroll past. Meanwhile, Phantom... that damned handsome guy with a stylish Class who even wears a suit to fight, probably has a household registration in Haicheng and comes from a wealthy family. He gets to spend every day working alongside a girl like this, and she even just saved his life!"

"And you're just a passerby, a villain and extra meant to strengthen their bond—a clown whose toupee got knocked off!"

After Lin Yu finished speaking, Good Night remained silent.

No black smoke erupted from him. He stood completely still.

Just as Lin Yu thought his provocation hadn't worked, or that he had shattered Good Night's resolve, he saw Good Night take off his toupee and toss it to the ground.

"Thump!"

The light toupee hit the ground, stirring up dust.

"Hey, Magician... You little shit didn't give it your all just now, did you?"

Black flames surged up around Good Night.

"I'm going to defeat you fair and square."

Looking at Good Night's state, Phantom felt the pressure double and quickly spoke up.

"Bro, I've never been in a relationship either..."

"But you must have received plenty of confessions, right? A handsome guy who knows magic tricks was definitely the center of attention in school. Now, do you dare to swear—that after performing magic at a school party, people didn't go crazy posting about you on confession walls, looking for your contact info? That within a week, you didn't receive a bunch of love letters? That when you played basketball in PE class, girls from other classes who didn't even know you called out your name and brought you water?"

Lin Yu said sternly.

Phantom's expression shifted slightly: "When did you start monitoring my life?"

Lin Yu let out a cold laugh.

"I guessed it!"

"No need to say more. Shit, if you're still a man, come fight me one-on-one!"

Good Night couldn't hold back any longer and charged at Phantom again.

This time, he was even faster than before.

A flash of black light streaked through the air as Good Night bypassed Xiaoyun and lunged at Phantom with even greater intensity.

Xiaoyun was about to intervene again but was interrupted by a gunshot.

"Bang!"

A precise single shot hit the tip of Xiaoyun's umbrella.

"Free Alliance member, this is our first meeting, but I think... it's best if we don't disturb them."

Xiaoyun looked Paper Kite up and down: "Ah, you... I think I've heard of you."

"But sorry... I'm not interested in an opponent like you, who isn't taking things seriously and has no killing intent."

Paper Kite furrowed her brow and was about to say something when Lin Yu spoke up again.

"Paper Kite, I've seen this woman before. Her codename is Undertaker."

"Based on her codename and behavior, I can infer that her ability probably involves manipulating corpses... Someone who holds such an ability and joins the Free Alliance—I have no proof, but it wouldn't be surprising if she's killed innocent people indiscriminately."

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Paper Kite looked at Xiaoyun, her eyes suddenly sharp.

"Oh, is that so?"

Xiaoyun watched Paper Kite, who seemed to have transformed into a different person, and also stopped in her tracks.

"Mmm, now... this is getting interesting."