Chapter 193: Death Game, little brother, what do you want me to do for you...
The daytime game process ends here.
After witnessing the death of Kamijutsuji Shin, everyone was in a bad mood and left the room after saying goodbye.
Especially Asayama Rika.
She seemed to have been drained of all her strength and couldn't even cry. She walked out like a walking corpse.
She felt all her senses dulled.
Why on earth did she come here?
Why did she bring her lover here, only to have him...disappear into nothingness...
Asayama Rika couldn't help but think of her first meeting with Kamijouji Shin.
The young man with skin so white that it was almost transparent sat quietly on the bench and smiled shyly at her when she looked at him.
Maple leaves dyed red by autumn fell at his feet. The slightly cold wind blew up his black hair and also ruffled the girl's heart, causing it to ripple continuously.
From that day on, Asayama Rika's life changed.
There would no longer be a time when she would curl up in bed and silently endure a stomachache. He would always pour her warm water and coax her to take her stomach medicine. There would no longer be a time when she would be lonely. Whenever she needed him, he would always appear.
There is someone who will tolerate all her little tempers...know all her little habits...and surround her with warm love.
Outsiders envy Asayama Rika, her family, and her wealth.
Only Asayama Rika herself knows that her family is not worth envying at all.
What is there to envy about a father who likes to play with women outside and a mother who has no sympathy?
They never gave her the love she deserved. Every time little Asayama Rika reached out to them, hoping to get a response, all she got was ruthless humiliation and cold disregard.
Children should be the fruit of their parents' love, and they are born to be loved.
Instead of being like her...
If you don't look forward to her birth and if you don't love her, why give birth to her?
Asayama Rika unconsciously touched her belly.
Kamijutsuji Shin's family...is completely different from hers.
Although she had never seen him interact with his family in person - his parents had passed away when she met Shinji - Rika Asayama knew that the situation at home must be completely different from hers.
Because only those who are loved will know how to love others.
For the first time in twenty years, Asayama Rika felt love from Uetsuji Kokoro.
Now the only person who loved her is dead.
Every time she realized this fact again, Asayama Rika's hands would tremble.
God, why did you take my love away in such a cruel way?
He clearly shouldn't have died like this.
It's all my fault... I was the one who killed Ah Xin...
...It's too cold. I really want to die like this...
But it doesn't work.
She still has reasons to live.
Her cards...she still has a fighting chance...
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Toru Amuro looked at the back of the woman as she left, without hiding his worry.
"The girl looked very devastated."
He had just called her name twice, but she was so absorbed in her own emotions that she seemed not to hear it at all.
Lin Xi: "Ah, it's really painful to see someone you care about die before your eyes. But..."
Toru Amuro: "Huh?"
Lin Xi: "Do you think Kamijou Shin is really dead?"
They were now walking down the corridor, preparing to return to their rooms.
The only sounds in the corridor were the two of them.
Toru Amuro: "...No."
"He was 'executed' in the next room."
"However, when the bomb exploded, we didn't feel even a tremor."
"When I wanted to go over and take a look just now, the door of the room was locked."
Lin Xi: "I also think he's not dead. And... wait, there's someone."
Farther down the corridor, outside their room, a young man with purple eyes stood at the door, quietly waiting for them.
It’s Yue Jiang Feng.
Lin Xi approached: "Little brother? What happened?"
The boy looked at Lin Xi steadily with his purple eyes.
"Mrs. Mizutani," he said, "we need to talk."
He glanced at Amuro Toru: "Alone."
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"So, you want to know what your sister and I talked about last night?" Lin Xi covered her lips in surprise. "Why so sudden?"
"Little brother, shouldn't you be busy presiding over the scene right now? Or... have you discovered something about your sister's death?"
Yue Jiangfeng's face darkened.
"Sure enough, I'm not the only one who discovered this," he said. "My sister's death that day was strange, wasn't it?"
"She died so suddenly. Moreover, the waiters surrounded her the moment she died and wouldn't let me see her body..."
"I haven't seen her yet. Those in my family—the waiters and security personnel—all pretended to obey my orders but actually disobeyed them. I suspect they were involved in my sister's death."
"They can no longer be trusted."
"I must find a force from the outside world to break the current situation and stop the losses in time."
"So I came to you, Mrs. Mizutani—if you want me to call you that."
Lin Xi put away her fan. She stared at Yue Jiangfeng in wonder and circled around him.
"Interesting, interesting. Are your Yuejiang family's eyes really so magical that they can even see through my disguise?"
Yue Jiangfeng loosened his clenched fist.
He didn't say anything, just pursed his lips and let Lin Xi look around.
"Alright." Lin Xi's voice changed, becoming clearer. "Since you've discovered that I'm not Sayuri Mizutani, I won't pretend anymore. It's really troublesome to talk with a pinched throat every day."
"Little brother, what do you want me to do for you?"
"Let me make it clear first: everything that has happened to your Yuejiang family so far has nothing to do with me. I came here purely for the 'Night Baron'. Now that I have it, I will of course give you the money. The only violation I've committed is using someone else's identity."
"Don't make any unreasonable demands. I don't want to make myself too tired."
"Oh, you just said you wanted to know what Yuejiang Kazumi and I talked about last night... I just asked her to help me add an item to the auction."
Yue Jiangfeng was stunned.
"The item? Is it the one that was added to the list yesterday, 'Miss X's Identity'?"
Lin Xi: "Bingo. I only asked her to do me this one favor. What's wrong?"
"Can I see your identity document? It should still be with you, right?"
Lin Xi: “…”
She spread her hands and said, "Do you think there's any place to hide my things in these clothes? Everything is in the room."
"How about I recite it to you now?"
Yue Jiangfeng quickly waved his hands: "Forget it then..."
"It's just that this auction item doesn't comply with our auction house's procedures. Logically, the auction items should be stored in the warehouse, but I can't find the original items there. Why did your sister agree to add your item to the list?"
Having said this, the boy was slightly confused.
Lin Xi looked at him with pity.
"Little brother...is there a possibility that your sister doesn't care whether this auction can be held successfully?"
"...What do you mean?" Hearing Lin Xi say this, the boy instantly became alert.
"I mean, maybe when your sister heard me say I wanted to add the product," Lin Xi explained patiently, "she had no idea of handing the product over to the seller."
"So she agreed so easily without even asking me for a proper original copy, and without verifying its authenticity or understanding its value. She didn't care that the information she received was fake."
"That's impossible." Yue Jiangfeng said without hesitation, "People from our Yue Jiang family—"
"--You all in the Yuejiang family have the ability to discern the value of things at a glance, right?" Lin Xi continued, smiling. "So even in a risky business like buying and selling information, you still thrive. You've never accepted false information, nor have you ever let go of valuable information."
"Your eyes..." She placed the closed fan gently against Yue Jiangfeng's eye sockets, "They are your bread and butter. Therefore, the Yuejiang family's assets can only be handed over to those with purple eyes. And only those with purple eyes can be named 'Yuejiang'."
"Haha, you seem to firmly believe that as long as you have such an ability, you will never lose it again."
"What do you mean?" Yue Jiangfeng's eyes widened. Lin Xi's fan moved slightly downward, causing his cheeks, which still had some baby fat, to sag.
But he no longer cared about Lin Xi's actions.
"You mean, my sister might have... her pupils might have lost their effectiveness?" He said in panic, "That's impossible..."
Although he said it was impossible, his heart had already begun to waver.
Details of his memories flooded back uncontrollably. For example, he had indeed discovered some counterfeit goods among the recent merchandise... At the time, he had thought it was his sister's negligence that allowed those goods to slip in...
No, the most important thing now is...
"How did you know?" He raised his head and looked straight into Lin Xi's eyes, as if he wanted to burn a hole in Lin Xi's face with his purple pupils.
Lin Xi touched his chin.
"I guessed it when I met your sister last night," she said nonchalantly. "The item I gave her—'Miss X's Information'—was... that was a pile of forged paper."
"It's worthless, not even worth 100 yen."
"To be honest, I thought she would reject it outright. Unexpectedly, she gladly accepted it and promised me that she would take care of it. The next day, my lot indeed appeared at the auction."
"Oh... little brother, now that things have come to this, you won't bring up the past with me, right?"
She had said long ago that she would not share the information about "Lin Xi" with anyone until she figured it out herself.
That was a puzzle left to her by the system, and of course she had to figure it out herself.
"Miss Yuejiang allowed items whose authenticity was unknown to be added to the auction list. There are doubts about her death, and the auction house seems to be covering up the truth about her death. The bracelets she ordered to be distributed have become a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the guests." Lin Xi said, "Everything that has happened so far is related to her, isn't it?"
"That madman with the hoarse voice hidden behind the scenes, who treats death as a game...what is the relationship between him and your sister? Even now, you still can't figure it out, right?"
Yue Jiangfeng's face gradually turned pale.
He clenched his fists tighter.
"...Well, now, tell me, what do you want me to do for you, little brother?" Lin Xi leaned down and looked at the young boy with a smile.
"You can make your request within my ability. However, everything that 'Mizutani Sayuri' and 'Korutani Yang' did at the auction must be written off, okay?"
"It's a good deal. Can't you see the value in it?"
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