Zhen Xin calmed herself down and recounted the trial process in detail.
The first half is exactly the same as Cheng Shi's memory, but the altered part occurs after Zhen Xin and Hu Wei go to the Kurdish capital together.
They found the bodies of Mrs. Freud, the head of the Morning Circus, and the clown Maxford in the Imperial City, and confirmed that Mrs. Freud was involved in Maxford's death!
"Maxford was suffocated by Freud!"
"What!?"
Cheng Shi was shocked; this was a change he never expected.
Zhen Xin, with a solemn expression, continued:
After parting ways with Lake at the tavern, Maxford returned to the circus, where he happened to run into Floyd, who had come looking for him.
Fueled by alcohol, the Joker confided in Floyd about his admiration for Lake, saying that he felt such an opponent was worthy of his respect, and that he would have no regrets even if he lost.
However, Freud didn't think so. She didn't know what had happened, but simply told Maxford that Chenxi couldn't lose no matter what.
But Maxford insisted that nothing is impossible in fair competition, and if Lake could really come up with a perfect clown circus act, it would be right for the other side to win.
Perhaps the alcohol amplified Maxford's emotions. Despite Freud's repeated assurances that he would win, Maxford's rebellious nature, much like Freud's, led him to constantly refute Freud's points of view.
An argument ensued between them, with Maxford claiming that art was the most important thing and that Chen Xi's victory should not be attributed to him alone!
It was this sentence that completely disappointed Freud. At that moment, she recalled all the things they had done together and felt that the past was not even as good as the drunken confession she had with the clown one night.
At that moment, Mrs. Freud's desires, which had been buried deep within her, completely twisted and erupted.
Don't forget, she's a member of the Brotherhood of Lust.
[Corruption] affected her at the height of her emotions. Without a word, she helped Maxford back to the tent, and then, while he was asleep, she smothered the clown to death with her own hands!
She said through tears:
Chenxi's victory shouldn't be solely attributed to the clown. In that case, let's make the victory easier.
Afterwards, Mrs. Freud staged the scene, framing everything to Fate, the leader of the troupe "The Nightfall," and used this incident as a deception to lure the Nightfall clown to Morning Joy, where he would carry out his final showdown.
The change in the plot had a huge impact on Cheng Shi. He didn't believe that the ending, which had been arbitrarily altered by Le Zishen, had no deeper meaning. His mind was buzzing and his body was cold. In that instant, he seemed to understand why the desperate era he had experienced in the previous trial had come to an end.
[Defilement]!?
Is Lezi God trying to tell himself and the world that corruption influenced Him and almost led Him astray?
So what pulled us back from the wrong path?
It really is [time]!?
Noticing Cheng Shi's expression, Zhen Xin paused, her face growing even more serious as she asked, "What exactly happened?"
"There are some things that are beyond our expectations. Before we can fully verify them, I can't say what the truth is. You go on, I'll figure out the trial first."
Zhen Xin nodded and continued:
"Afterwards, we brought Mrs. Freud back. Faced with irrefutable evidence, she had no way to deny it. After learning the truth, Lake kept questioning Freud about why he had treated him this way. Freud remained silent, and then..."
"What?" Cheng Shi's heart skipped a beat, feeling that Zhen Xin's pause was a little scary.
She committed suicide.
"The Brotherhood of Lust's methods: she hid poison in her mouth, and while everyone's attention was on Lake, she bit into the poison and committed suicide."
"!!??"
Zhen Xin sighed:
But this is far from the end.
We concealed the deaths of Maxford and Mrs. Freud, calmed them down, and escorted Lake back to the theater. But when Commander Fate was shocked to learn that Lake had not died in the explosion, a look of astonishment flashed in his eyes.
No one noticed anything unusual except you.
You noticed Fate's difference and told us that things were far more complicated than they seemed. Then we controlled Fate and uncovered the secrets behind it all.
Those shoes...
It wasn't stolen by a tourist, nor was it found by Freud while searching; Fate deliberately placed it in an obvious place so that Freud would discover it!
"What!?"
Cheng Shi was stunned. He repeated in disbelief, "Fate used shoes as bait to lure Floyd, and then deliberately made Lake disheartened, letting him be deceived until Chenxi?"
Zhen Xin nodded: "Yes, that night, he, who was concerned about Lake, unexpectedly discovered the uninvited Freud and overheard her and Lake's 'secret'. He knew this traitor who had defected from the theater, so after eavesdropping, he came up with this method in an attempt to win without a fight!"
Unexpectedly, in the final days leading up to the final showdown, Floyd's plan was foiled by us, and his plan was thus aborted.
"......"
The plot twist came so suddenly that Cheng Shi's mind went blank.
What is this? Fate has accomplished its predetermined course through the hand of deception?
While it's true that [Deception] contributed the most to the predetermined path, it would be too far-fetched to say that every move of the God of Joy, or even the entire Fear Faction, was under the calculation of [Fate]!
Is this still the same "fate" that advocates for the predetermined and is willing to risk everything for it?
No wonder [Fraud] said [Fate] was better at deceiving people than He was.
But then again, it's another matter whether the Fear Faction is still the Fear Faction, and the current state of Lezi God and [Destiny] is also uncertain. In the end of that false era, Cheng Shi still doesn't understand why [Destiny] chose to directly self-destruct.
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