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

Chapter 766: The Long-Laid Con, The Reward for Sticking to the Performance

A massive surge of Belief poured into Lin Yu, and he clearly felt...

He had obtained the Unique Class — a Unique Class called Movie King.

And the effect was exactly as he had said.

He could obtain abilities by drawing ”scripts.”

At the same time, those abilities Lin Yu had claimed already came true.

He not only gained the Unique Class ”Movie King,” he also simultaneously received the classes Soldier, Doctor, Hunter, and Musician.

Not only that...

He also received the corresponding ”basic knowledge and skills.”

What Lin Yu gained was not just dry ”class abilities,” but also the practical skills someone in those professions should have.

For example, muscle memory for carrying weight across rough terrain, basic medical knowledge like bandaging, hunting techniques, music theory...

Although these were all ”minimum necessary” bits of knowledge and technique, many of which Lin Yu had already mastered for the sake of his performance,

they still filled him with great joy.

”Although this doesnʼt greatly increase my combat power, it significantly raises my overall capability.”

And the Manifestation effect that directly granted him the Unique Class...

Naturally owed much to the heavy Belief those masters around him had in him.

The weight of their Belief was simply enormous!

Even though Lin Yu knew some among them might still harbor doubts, the fact that he had successfully obtained the Movie King class proved that as long as a majority of the audience Believed, it was enough!

Of course...

To make most people believe his story, Lin Yu did not just mouth the words.

He had specially designed the Movie King class to fit his background as a drama student and a member of the drama club — so much so that even if he let others guess whether he was Movie King or Fraudster,

nine times out of ten theyʼd probably choose Movie King.

Furthermore...

The Movie King ability itself resembled other Unique Classes.

Among the Unique Classes Lin Yu had observed besides his own were Fishʼs Freelancer, the Tycoonʼs Capitalist, and Wang Yuyangʼs Designer...

Add to that Xiaoyunʼs Undertaker, which he had just learned about, and Lin Yu noticed Unique Classes could be categorized similarly to ordinary classes.

The known Unique Classes could be divided into two types.

Either they could use multiple class abilities, or they could interact with the Death Gameʼs basic rules,

or both.

High-level players probably already sensed this pattern — for instance, when someone said they could use multiple class abilities, Li Hua quickly guessed toward the Unique Class direction.

So the Movie King Lin Yu had fabricated seemed, to many experts, plausibly a real Unique Class with legitimate powers,

not merely the product of Lin Yuʼs infectious improvisation and strong line delivery...

What made this con perform so well and garner so much Belief was that it had been laid over a long time.

Whether it was Order, the Night Watchmen, the Psychological Society, the Marauders... even the Free Alliance.

When the name May May repeatedly appeared in their sight, when they investigated that identity and involuntarily exchanged the fragments of information they held about Lin Yu...

Those scattered bits of information that Lin Yu had been planting would connect.

First, the string of incidents from Heavenly Artisan to Haicheng to Twenty — those repeated famous events made almost everyone who had heard of him suspect he harbored a special ”secret.”

And with Lin Yu gradually embellishing the story whenever opportunities arose — whether in conversations with the Tycoon or Li Hua, during his performances for the Psychological Society and the Free Alliance, or through identities like Zhu Ming and Old Yao, even information leaked indirectly by Twenty...

In the end, everything intensified their doubts and steered their guesses in the same direction — and in that process, watching each otherʼs reactions only reinforced the impression.

Order found the Psychological Societyʼs assessment, the Marauders noticed Orderʼs interest, the Psychological Society detected the Free Allianceʼs movements, and the Free Alliance discovered the Maraudersʼ leader was paying attention...

Each side grew ever more convinced he was hiding some secret.

That became essentially a fact — because Lin Yu did, in truth, possess a Unique Class.

However...

Because he controlled how he entered these peopleʼs view, letting them discover his peculiarity at opportune moments and then investigate, they inevitably absorbed subtle suggestions Lin Yu had planted without realizing it.

This Unique Class appeared to center on using multiple class abilities and presenting different personalities when using different classes.

At the same time, Lin Yuʼs real-world identity was a drama student.

Together — even without Lin Yu confessing — they would almost certainly draw the same predictable conclusion.

Finally, when Lin Yu stood on the arena and used Earl, the ”Chosen One,” to announce that his codename was Director...

They had essentially arrived at the answer themselves.

And a con that makes the target reach the conclusion on their own is nearly impossible to expose.

The closer someone was involved with Lin Yu and the more thoroughly they investigated him, the more utterly convinced they became.

That was why Lin Yu noticed that among the experts present, although a few hadnʼt fully believed his claims,

the Diviner, Wundt, the Grandmaster, the Tycoon, Fluoxetine, Bi Fang, the Comedian, and the Gambler...

These top figures from each organization had all, without exception, been thoroughly deceived and contributed an unparalleled amount of Belief.

”This is what I deserve,” Lin Yu breathed out, ”Being locked onto by these people as soon as I entered the Game, living more dangerously than an ordinary newbie — charging you some Belief as my interest, as a reward for my perfect performance, is only fair!”

And from today onward... the fact that May May from Order actually used the codename Director and possessed the Unique Class Movie King would become an indelible truth.

Feeling the power within his body, Lin Yu looked back at Wang Yuyang.

”Sorry, Brother Wang... looks like youʼll be the first to experience the Movie Kingʼs power.”

He apologized in his heart, then pulled a bow and arrow from his arms.

”Come on — Designer, I already told you my ability.”

”Now, we officially begin!”