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

Lin Yu hates fighting. He has never liked fighting since he was a child.

Because he was afraid of pain - especially the meaningless pain that came with fighting.

What's more, if he gets his face hurt in a fight, his performance as an actor who literally "relies on his face to make a living" will be affected for a long time.

Although performing on stage often requires actors to treat their lines, tone, body language and expressions as a whole...

However, no matter how good his acting skills are, the most important part is still on his face.

The extent to which micro-expressions controlled by the small facial muscles can be achieved is often the upper limit of an actor.

An actor's face is like a musician's ears, a painter's eyes, a craftsman's hands, and a runner's legs. It is their "talent" and the most precious core part that they will polish and train day and night.

So, if Lin Yu must fight...

He would try to win as much as possible, and win beautifully - that way, his face would not be damaged.

The Demon Pig Bar was in a mess at this moment.

Overturned tables and chairs, smashed bottles, broken weapons...

And the challengers who fell to the ground.

Lin Yu sat back at the bar and slowly wiped the blood off his hands.

There are indeed experts among the people of the City That Never Sleeps. These guys caused Lin Yu a lot of trouble, forcing him to use almost all of his [props] to barely win.

but……

After all, they are just guys who can only make a living on the edge of the outer city, so their strength is ultimately limited!

They didn't even hurt Lin Yu's face.

How many masters in the world are there who like to live on the edge of a knife and have no food to eat?

This isn't a martial arts novel; a genius can suddenly appear in the wild like a giant radish!

Anyone who is good enough in skills will naturally "learn good martial arts and serve the imperial family" - even if they come from a poor background, they would have been recruited to work in a large company or become a retainer for the nobles.

What's more, in the city that never sleeps, a large part of the strength comes from various corporate technologies and alchemy.

The more they rolled in the quagmire on the edge of the outer city and experienced battles every day, the less powerful they were compared to those seemingly pampered combatants in the inner city.

They can do transformation surgeries easily, and their equipment and technology are all the latest. These poor guys from outside the city have to fix their own tools if they break them. How can they fight against the guys who have the support of big companies and big families?

"Although it used some consumables, it was worth it."

When he took action at Wanjin Tianzuo before, the people present were all nobles, and the news was blocked.

There were no witnesses to the subsequent killing of the three middlemen.

And now that he has defeated more than a dozen gang members in such a hard-fought manner on Gray Third Street, the already well-known legendary "detective" "Folpolo" will probably become even more famous.

At the same time, people will also get to know a new side of "Forbolo"...

Just like now, the embarrassed butcher had to ask his subordinates in the Magic Pig Bar to clean up the place and treat the wounded, while at the same time stepping forward to apologize to Lin Yu with a smile.

"Forboluo... Your Excellency, I was surprised that you are so skilled."

"Anyway...we've already witnessed your strength. We can talk about any misunderstandings we have."

"As you said, it is indeed reckless to label you as the murderer of the three middlemen based solely on the official announcement."

"Since you've come to my place, I think you're hoping to clear up the misunderstanding... What exactly do you want?"

Lin Yu looked at his arrogant and respectful appearance and laughed.

"Before the fight, I didn't want to bother with you because of your attitude. Now that I've seen the good fighters from Gray Third Street... I think about it carefully, it seems that you're not quite up to the task either."

"Is there anything heavier than you in Gray Third Street, butcher?"

Before the butcher could answer, a distorted voice sounded at the door.

"Mr. Forbolo, the Fairy Queen invites you to negotiate."

Hearing this name, Lin Yu looked at the changing expressions on the faces of the other people present, including the butcher, and understood.

"Oh, it seems that this 'Her Majesty the Queen' is the most important person here, right?"

The butcher nodded. "Yes, sir. This is the uncrowned king of Gray Street Three... Gray Street Three has existed since shortly after the founding of the City That Never Sleeps. Just as where there is light, there must be shadow, just as there are glamorous nobles and massive corporations in the City That Never Sleeps, there are also filthy assassins, mercenaries, and the communities that form them."

"No matter how disparaging your words just now were, this place does exist... It's tacitly approved and respected by the nobles. Indeed, perhaps those powerful figures could just clear this street and kill us all with a wave of their hands... But even if they did, in a few years, or even within a few years, a place like Gray Third Street would be reborn somewhere else."

"So, those nobles chose to foster their own forces rather than brute-force destroy this place. This is why, since its inception, Gray Third Street has been home to many powerful figures and heroes who once dominated the world. Some even achieved their 'titles' by starting here... But this place has never been truly controlled by anyone. Gray Third Street has never had... a 'king'!"

Listening to the butcher's words, Lin Yu spoke with interest.

"Until, this 'Fairy Queen' shows up, huh?"

"Yes...everything has changed since the name first appeared five years ago."

"In the shortest possible time, she somehow managed to... make even the most powerful gang members, mercenaries, and middlemen at the time publicly swear they were working for her."

"And those who openly oppose her will almost disappear without a trace within a week."

"Most importantly, this blatant 'disruption of the balance' didn't cause any unrest within the inner city. Fortunately, after about a year, we confirmed that although the 'Fairy Queen' had integrated this area, she hadn't established an empire of her own."

"She simply did two things: First, she issued a 'Gray Third Street Convention' that was as serious as those 'official laws'. It contained all sorts of bizarre provisions, from gang-style, community-style rules like requiring gangs to report to her before large-scale fights and requiring all venues to pay her protection money. There were also rather bizarre things like 'any business operating a business must regularly clean up the trash within its jurisdiction' – and if you violated it, you would actually be punished."

"Secondly, she would periodically select some 'unfortunate fellows' to be the agents of her will - in a manner similar to what is happening now."

The butcher pointed to the thug at the door holding a megaphone, who looked like an ordinary gang member - but a closer look revealed...

It was actually a corpse that had been dead for a long time, driven here by some strange force.

"Necromancer?"

Lin Yu complained in astonishment.

"It's alchemy."

Lao Zheng said calmly.