flstandardbreds Chapter 1388 The Deceptive Investigation Method
Chapter 1388 The Deceptive Investigation Method
Although Lin Yu is now planning to go to the rest area where 'Mikan' is, 'Mikan' herself is not currently in the 'Player Mutual Aid Association'.
The election will officially begin in the afternoon, and theoretically candidates can arrive no later than the afternoon.
Although many candidates arrived here early, it is clear that 'Mikan' is not among them.
She only brought a portion of her team here to prepare for her afternoon campaign speech.
Because it was a covert investigation, Lin Yu didn't openly and swagger over to knock on the door to visit. Although as a member of "Order" and the deputy commander-in-chief, Lin Yu could have done so, he chose to observe secretly first.
Lin Yu silently released Hannah, using her disguise to conceal his own figure. He then walked to the open window at the end of the corridor, jumped out from there, and landed above the atrium in the venue.
After gliding a short distance in the air, Lin Yu found the window of the 'Mikan' team's rest room facing the courtyard and began to observe the situation inside.
As a popular candidate, Mikan's team is quite large—even though not all of her team members have arrived yet, there are still more than ten people busy in the room. Some are sorting and organizing the printed flyers, standees, and posters, while others are checking the speech and the content displayed on the booth. They are very professional.
These "players" are obviously people who work in advertising and media industries in real life. Their posters and billboards are very eye-catching and attractive. Even through the window, Lin Yu can see the bright, young and cheerful beautiful woman in the center of the poster. Combined with the two lines of text above and below that read "Systematization, Standardization, and Regulation" and "Familiar organizations will not change," he can instantly understand their core campaign philosophy.
Through Mikan's body language and the visual guidance on the poster, Lin Yu seemed to have the illusion that as long as he chose Mikan, it would inject new vitality into the Player Mutual Aid Association.
but……
His feelings didn't matter, because Lin Yu didn't have the right to vote either.
Looking at the busy campaign team members gathered around the desk in the room, Lin Yu knew that his target was not among them.
As a "third-tier" being, Su Muzhe is definitely not here to make posters or standees.
and so……
The most relaxed person in the entire room was Su Muzhe.
Lin Yu quickly found a suitable candidate—the reason he didn't notice the other person when he first looked around the room through the window was because the other person happened to be in Lin Yu's blind spot.
An ordinary girl with braided hair, wearing a knitted sweater and thick glasses lay on a deck chair directly below the window, flipping through a black-covered book at a perfect angle as the sunlight streamed in.
Although the names on the spine and cover were in English, Lin Yu still recognized what kind of book it was.
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is a relatively well-known literary work. Of course, Lin Yu knew about this book because it has been adapted into a musical, and some of the performances were quite excellent. He had watched them many times and had naturally read the original book as well.
The girl in front of him seemed completely absorbed in the world of the book and was unaware of Lin Yu's spying from outside the window.
However, even if the other party is watching the window warily, they will not be able to discover Lin Yu disguised as Hannah.
"She seems to be a gentle girl, and she's so relaxed... she certainly doesn't look like she's just killed someone."
Lin Yu made his judgment in his heart.
"Quack, Director, be careful—maybe the other person is the kind of dangerous guy who kills like cutting seaweed, that's why they're so calm."
Hannah's voice echoed in his mind, and Lin Yu laughed.
"Your point of view makes sense. Don't worry... I'll be careful."
Although he said to be careful, Lin Yu's next choice was...
"Wow."
He simply reached out and opened the window.
This sudden turn of events startled all the members of the "Mikan" campaign team inside the house, who all looked up at the inexplicably opened window.
"How is this going?"
"Why did this window suddenly open by itself?"
Was it blown open by the wind?
"Are you kidding me? This is a sliding window!"
Only Su Muzhe, who was reading in the recliner, remained motionless, simply turning another page of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in his hands.
Lin Yu quietly entered the room and began communicating with Hannah.
"Hannah, give us some lightning and thunder effects!"
"Quack! As you command!"
"Crack!"
As soon as Lin Yu finished speaking, Hannah used optical ink to create the visual effect of an electric explosion.
As Hannah made her move, Lin Yu simultaneously activated two top-tier witchcraft items from the Black Swamp Realm. In an instant, a gale swept through, and water vapor filled the room, as if a storm had suddenly struck.
Under such an unexpected situation, the members of the "Mikan" team who were only at "Tier 1" or even most of them had not "advanced" and were only good at making posters, writing speeches and being responsible for publicity were naturally frightened and screamed.
"How is this going!"
"Miss Su Muzhe, has someone attacked us?!"
Some members hid under the table, some took out props for self-defense, and some huddled together in groups—the smarter ones tried to run towards Su Muzhe.
Su Muzhe frowned slightly, got up from the recliner, buttoned up the book in his hand and stuffed it into the bag under the recliner, and spoke calmly.
"This shouldn't be an attack... it's someone 'visiting'."
“The venue is now sealed off by the ‘ Order’s’ ‘Valley of Man’, so this person must already be there…either a colleague from our organization or someone from ‘Order’.”
"But... why access it this way?"
Su Muzhe looked around and spoke to the "intruder" she had vaguely sensed in the room.
Amidst the raging storm, Lin Yu had already struck a pose in the center of the room, sitting on a chair he had temporarily dragged over, and slowly revealed himself.
However, he did not fully reveal his figure; he only made an outline of himself, his whole body shrouded in the mist after the storm, so that the other party could not clearly see his actions.
The reason Lin Yu chose such a high-profile entrance is...
Naturally, he never intended to use a "director" approach to contact the other party or to subtly determine their behavior through normal conversation.
Therefore, Lin Yu spoke in a low voice through the hazy mist.
"I use this method because I don't intend to show my true face."
“‘Su Mu Zhe’…I would like to discuss a collaboration with you, or rather with ‘Mikan’.”
As Lin Yu spoke, Su Muzhe spoke leisurely through the mist.
"Cooperation? Shouldn't the most important thing in cooperation be honesty? You're no longer showing your true colors, so where does the basis for our cooperation come from?"
Hearing Su Muzhe's words, Lin Yu shook his head.
"Don't think of cooperation in such a narrow sense... Sometimes cooperation doesn't require knowing each other's identities, just knowing what I can do and what you need to do is enough."
Su Muzhe kicked the ground with her foot, turned the recliner around, and leaned back to face Lin Yu again: "Hmm... that's not wrong. Tell me, what can you do, what do you want us to do?"
Lin Yu said softly, "I can help 'Mikan' become the president—I'm 100% sure she can."
Upon hearing this, Su Muzhe asked seriously, "Why do you have such confidence?"
Although she didn't believe it, her tone wasn't sarcastic or mocking, and she clearly didn't completely believe that the person in front of her couldn't do what he said.
Seeing that the other party might believe him, Lin Yu continued, "Of course, it's because I can help her eliminate her competitors... I am very familiar with the movements of each candidate, especially what each person does in this deep city, nothing escapes my eyes—you just mentioned that 'Order' sealed off the venue, I'm sure you know the reason."
"One of the candidates, 'Iced Americano,' is dead."
Lin Yu spoke calmly, and Su Muzhe subconsciously asked, "Did you do it... or is it related to you?"
As soon as Su Muzhe said this, Lin Yu roughly understood what was going on.
"This 'Su Muzhe' is most likely not the murderer."
Lin Yu's words are a typical example of how people with different information can interpret them in different ways.
If Su Muzhe had nothing to do with this matter, her first reaction would most likely be to connect Lin Yu's sudden mention of the death of the "Iced Americano" with Lin Yu's earlier statement about "eliminating competitors".
However, if she is related to the death of "Iced Americano" or knows some inside information about the death of "Iced Americano", then the first thing she should connect it to is what Lin Yu just said: "I am very familiar with the movements of all the candidates".
Therefore, Su Muzhe's first reaction just now proved that she was also completely unaware of the inside story of this matter—Lin Yu did not think that the other party could be so scheming as to deliberately mislead him under such circumstances.
Even if she wouldn't admit to being the murderer, the other person's reaction when covering it up would never be so natural... Although there is no shortage of meticulous and cautious individuals among the 'players' group, the other person, being a 'third-tier' player and clearly a key figure in a popular candidate's campaign team, is quite likely to be a meticulous and intelligent person.
Even the most "cautious" and "clever" person could not possibly make a reaction in this situation that could deceive Lin Yu.
In fact... it's precisely because the other person is likely a "cautious" and "intelligent" individual that it would be even less likely for her to act so naturally if she were truly the murderer!