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

Chapter 1382 Popular Candidates

"Are you that hungry...? Are you in such a hurry to eat? Are you going to faint from low blood sugar or something? How could you embarrass yourself like this in front of the 'Player Mutual Aid Association'?"

After leaving the "Redwood" office, on the way to the restaurant with Liang Ye, Yin Lan couldn't help but complain.

Although she had heard about Liang Ye's unreliable personality before, after actually working with him, Yin Lan still found it difficult to accept Liang Ye's increasingly outrageous behavior.

Lin Yu, who was standing to the side, said leisurely, "He couldn't possibly be hungry... Captain Liang Ye ate a ton of late-night snacks last night."

Yin Lan sighed again, "Why did you become the commander-in-chief? Although I admit that you did a pretty good job in arranging the work, I really don't think you're suitable for this position."

Faced with Yin Lan's accusation, Liang Ye did not rush to refute it. Instead, he calmly observed the crowd coming and going in the corridor.

After confirming that no one was nearby, Liang Ye still had a relaxed smile on his face and spoke in a tone as if he were sharing gossip with the two of them: "That 'Iced Americano' bribed us not because he wanted us to support him. Although he ran for president, he doesn't actually intend to be the president himself. He knows very well that he has no chance. So he bribed us not because he was desperate and wanted to resort to underhanded tactics, but because he had already reached a cooperation agreement with one of the popular candidates, 'Shang Gen,' or rather, he had been recruited by him."

"Shang Gen, that bastard, plans to use him to buy off as many members of 'Order' and 'Night Watch' as ​​possible, to build momentum and support for him—but if the bribery fails and the other party shows strong resistance as soon as they make contact, they will only develop a dislike for 'Iced Americano'."

"Furthermore, someone like you, Comrade 'Dionysus,' who is particularly averse to this kind of thing, will also focus most of your energy on 'Iced Americano' after encountering such a situation—with him as a cover, other 'potential' targets will have a better chance of being secretly won over."

Liang Ye spoke with a calm expression, but his words shocked Yin Lan.

"You...you realized that there were other people behind them, so you deliberately accepted the bribe and acted as if you could be 'won over' just now?"

Liang Ye shrugged: "The other party's bribery methods are really stupid... but I believe that he shouldn't be so stupid to have gotten to the position of 'candidate' and have a bunch of followers."

“If his bribery is aimed at ‘becoming the chairman of that shady association,’ even if we successfully accept the bribe, it may not bring him any ‘decisive’ help, but the risk is very high—once we make this public, his reputation will be ruined.”

“Most of our members in ‘Order’ are too serious and too upright. Their reputation for being unyielding is too well-known, which is a good thing, but sometimes it’s not conducive to war operations… Fortunately, my reputation isn’t that good, so it fills some gaps.”

Yin Lan was speechless for a long time, then lowered her head and said in a low voice, "It seems I misunderstood you. I sincerely apologize to you, Captain Liang Ye."

Liang Ye laughed: "Damn it, don't say that. If you could see it, this trick wouldn't work so well. Besides, you didn't misjudge me. Damn it, I really am tempted by those concert tickets."

Liang Ye pulled out a concert ticket from his pocket and waved it in front of Yin Lan: "Since I didn't intentionally want to accept a bribe, but just wanted to lower their guard, the organization shouldn't confiscate it, right?"

Yin Lan looked at the concert ticket, blinked, and then snatched it away.

“One thing at a time, this kind of ‘evidence’ definitely cannot be kept by you privately.”

Liang Ye, watching the ticket vanish from her hand in a flash, panicked: "Hey, you just apologized for misunderstanding me?! Don't you want to make it up to me?!"

Yin Lan spoke seriously: "I personally apologize for misunderstanding you, but the organization has its own discipline—just because of my personal misjudgment, I cannot allow you to violate organizational discipline in front of me."

Liang Ye looked at Lin Yu, and Lin Yu smiled.

Why do you insist on taking it out?

Liang Ye heard Lin Yu's words, then paused for a moment, and showed a look of annoyance: "Yes...yes! I'm so stupid!"

Lin Yu patted Liang Ye on the shoulder: "Relax, Captain, at least you really made a contribution this time... In this election, the various factions of the 'Player Mutual Aid Association' were all fighting their own battles, not to mention distrusting each other and keeping things from us... Now you've found out the secret cooperation between 'Iced Americano' and 'Shang Gen,' which is of great help to us in understanding the overall situation."

When Liang Ye offered to stay, Lin Yu roughly understood what Liang Ye was planning.

He also suspected that the "Iced Americano" was deliberately making a fool of itself.

After all, the other party must have investigated the three of them to know their preferences... So, even if he only found out the preferences of the newcomer 'director' and didn't know his personality.

But he would certainly know what kind of straightforward guy "God of Wine" Yin Lan is.

Therefore, his way of giving gifts is more like a form of "self-destruction".

However... even though Lin Yu had some guesses about his purpose, he couldn't think of a good way to test this guy and find out his background.

Although Lin Yu was confident that he could portray greed and wavering more naturally than Liang Ye, on the one hand, he had to maintain the persona of "director" in front of Yin Lan... On the other hand, with the reputation of "director" on the outside, even if Lin Yu's acting skills were superb, it might not be as easy as "Liang Ye" gaining the other party's trust through his impulsive actions.

"Speaking of 'Shang Gen'... he seems to be one of the most popular candidates... why resort to these underhanded tactics?"

Yin Lan frowned and said after a moment's thought.

Although there are fifteen candidates for the president of the "Players' Mutual Aid Association", six of them, including "Iced Americano", have virtually no supporters and no hope of being elected.

The remaining nine people can be divided into three tiers.

There are four who are somewhat promising but not very likely, and two others, 'Xi Chen' and 'Yu Lin Ling', who are very promising.

Behind these people, there are more or less supporters of 'Tier 3' level players, or they themselves are 'Tier 3' level players.

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"Shang Gen", "Mikan" and "Monica" are the three most popular candidates. They have good political backgrounds and many supporters, making them the three most promising candidates.

Monica is a veteran member who joined the Players' Mutual Aid Association in the second batch after its establishment. She is quite capable and has been running her own small group. Now, she claims to be the successor of the true spirit of "Carrot" and has proposed a radical reform of the increasingly bloated Players' Mutual Aid Association.

Although her ideas sound radical, many of the older members of the "Players' Mutual Aid Association" actually support her.

Of course, after being reminded by the "professor", Lin Yu learned that this guy not only had a lot of influence within the "Player Mutual Aid Association", but also had the secret support of the "Raiders" outside.

I had just heard the name "Mikan" from "Yan Guang". She was not a particularly senior person, and her rank was only "second rank".

In terms of campaign philosophy, her views are closer to those of the conservatives. She intends to maintain the status quo as much as possible while relying on the existing system of "order" and "forum" to build a more effective set of contribution assessment standards suitable for the current size of the organization.

Her biggest advantage on the surface is that she seems to have some kind of connection with Nioh. There are rumors that she has received guidance and recognition from Nioh, and some even claim that the reason Nioh gave his own "Item Set" as a prize for the new "Chairman" is because Mikan is running for the position and has a good chance of being elected.

Besides the aforementioned Yan Guang, her secret supporters also include many experts outside the Player Mutual Aid Association.

And this "Shang Gen"... is a newcomer who joined the "Player Mutual Aid Association" just two months ago.

Although he is a veteran player at the "Tier 3" level, he is indeed a newcomer in the "Player Mutual Aid Association".

He used to be a bounty hunter nominally affiliated with the "Hunter Guild". After joining the "Player Mutual Aid Association", he quickly became active. He quickly gained many followers by enthusiastically answering everyone's questions and carrying people through "Dungeons" for free.

Compared to the previous two, Shang Gen does not have a long-established "core clique" but only some "supporters" who are more like a "fan club".

His campaign platform is to transform the "Player Mutual Aid Association" into a more friendly, supportive, and closely connected group after he becomes the "President," establishing multiple mutual aid teams so that ordinary players in the "Player Mutual Aid Association" can rely on skilled individuals.

This may not sound particularly special, but because Shang Gen's personal "reputation" is so good and so many people have benefited from his kindness, he has gained considerable influence.

However, among the three popular candidates... he does indeed have the "weakest foundation" within the "Player Mutual Aid Association".

Perhaps that's why 'Shanggen' needs to partner with 'Iced Americano'.

After recalling the information of several candidates and sorting out his thoughts, Lin Yu casually answered Yin Lan's question.

"It is precisely because 'Shang Gen' is a popular candidate that he needs to join forces with 'Iced Americano' and resort to such tactics."

"Because he had no other tricks up his sleeve—within the 'Players' Mutual Aid Association,' he wasn't a veteran like 'Monica,' nor did he have any covert supporters like 'Yan Guang'... So, although he had a great reputation, he lacked some influential figures to help him gain support."

"So, he may not just be uniting with 'Iced Americano'—he may even be uniting with all those candidates who don't have much of a chance."