Deceitful Game

Chapter 141, Two Questions About Death, Level Cleared!

Once those overlooked details were clarified, Mingpo immediately noticed that Gao Song's words were riddled with flaws. Perhaps he had become accustomed to situations where, under the pressure of luck, the opponent had no chance to retaliate.

"...You're right."

Gao Song spoke slowly, his face seemingly full of dejection: "With the 'Twenty Faces' around, I can't kill Gao Fan."

"Unless... he comes to us himself."

He looked at his own son, but there was no warmth in his eyes.

Only madness on the verge of collapse.

It was only then that Gao Fan belatedly realized... or rather, he finally confirmed that Gao Song was indeed his biological father. No wonder... Gao Song had been so good to him when he was a child.

However, after a certain point, his relationship with Gao Feng completely soured.

Looking back now...

That was around the time when Gao Song became a charlatan.

It was probably around that time that Gao Song finally gained the authority to know the whole truth.

After that, almost immediately, he kicked Gao Fan's mother, Fang Taoyao, and her husband, Gao Fan's adoptive father, Gao Feng, out of the game of deception, turning them into paradoxes sealed in the anchor point... but his grandfather did not blame him.

Because their value has been exhausted.

The entire Gao family's goal is to make Gao Fan a pure-blooded charlatan, so that he can board the Noah's Ark of "Noble Blood." As long as Gao Fan can get there, everything else is just expendable resources.

even……

It might be a drag, who knows?

Because Gao Fan is, after all, a fake pure-blooded deceiver—he is not a "non-existent paradoxical child" born through a miracle by both parents using the tokens, but rather a "ghost child" born from a deceiver and a living person, saving half the tokens.

From this perspective... if Gao Fan's parents are both dead, then there would be "no way to verify the truth."

Information released more than twenty years ago should have shown that Gao Fan's parents announced their intention to create a pure-blooded deceiver. He is indeed a direct descendant of his grandfather, and even after manifesting his bloodline, he would pass the blood test.

Gao Fan's parents were indeed "deceitful" because Gao Song also became a deceitful person after that.

The only people who know this secret are the Gao brothers and Fang Taoyao.

Although "Tianwen" was able to find out when Gao Song became a charlatan because of the aggregation of spatiotemporal big data from all over China... it cannot be ruled out that the Society of Noble Blood also had similar methods to find out the problem.

If they were all dead, then there would truly be no way to prove it.

From this perspective... perhaps one reason Gao Song has remained secluded is because his grandfather forbade him from showing his face in public. The fewer con artists he interacts with, the fewer people will know of his existence, and the less likely his identity will be exposed. He has barely been in contact with any external con artists for almost ten years, and he will soon be forgotten by the times.

...It was probably precisely in order to defy this fate that Gao Song deliberately activated the "rules of betrayal".

He wanted to release a group of people harboring hatred, thus revealing his existence.

But that is clearly not the case.

With the "twenty-faced" being watching, those who escaped would probably die as soon as they left the house.

That's why his rules of the game were never leaked.

"I am a prisoner, Xiao Fan."

Gao Song's smile was grim: "I've been imprisoned here... and now is my day of release. I'm telling the truth... the answer really is 'Gao Fan.' This game has begun, and it can only end when one side is completely eliminated. So... either you kill me and let the old man's plan succeed; or I kill you and let the old man's plan completely fail. What do you think?"

"Oh...or, you have another option."

As he spoke, Gao Song pointed at Ming Po: "You can also choose to betray. In that case, it would mean that you have truly inherited my bloodline."

"Just give me a break, okay?"

Gao Fan was somewhat at a loss.

The overwhelming amount of information made his head spin... He subconsciously turned to look at Mingpo.

Mingpo simply raised her hand and calmly said, "Ask away, Xiaofan."

"Time is almost up... This is our last question."

"Ask away, Xiao Fan."

Gao Song joined in the commotion, asking, "Is it my son...?"

"...It," Gao Fan said haltingly, his mind in turmoil, "is it related to Gao Song by blood?"

In that one instant.

Gao Song's expression suddenly changed: "What's wrong with you?"

because……

None of the cards in front of the three people were lit up.

The answer is [No].

This means...

Gao Song's answer was not "Gao Fan".

Or at least, he wasn't "his biological son".

He... is still lying.

"Hehe, okay..."

In the silence, Mingpo laughed out loud.

Mingpo covered her face with her hands, as if trying to hide her smile.

Immediately afterwards, Mingpo looked up.

The suppressed chuckle turned into a wild, unrestrained laugh: "Hahahaha! I knew it, I knew it!"

Mingpo had already noticed... that Xiao Gao would make "extra movements" when he was nervous.

Just like when Mingpo asked Gao Fan to ask, "Can it be bought from other people with RMB?", Gao Fan subconsciously said, "Can it be bought from other people?" when relaying the question.

Although they look similar, they actually mean completely different things.

The latter has a much larger scope than the former.

It also met Mingpo's needs, so Mingpo did not try to correct Gao Fan.

At that time, Mingper realized that... this habit might work in special circumstances.

Now, with Mingpo embracing the title of "madman," luck has suppressed Gao Song's next move...

Gao Fan's "lucky" title has finally come into effect for the first time!

He was very lucky; he only got it slightly off-topic.

But it was this small detail that caused Gao Song's plan to completely collapse!

Instead, it truly exposed his own weaknesses!

In other words, it is "your son" and you are "its father", but you are not its "blood relative" and you have no "blood relationship".

"Then... let's combine this with the previous questions."

Mingpo spoke slowly, repeating the previous question word by word:

"It is not a living thing, or you don't know whether it is a living thing or not, and it is neither."

"It is neither a building nor a natural landscape."

"It is not fictional; it is real."

"It has nothing to do with deceptive games, or rather, you're not sure if it does."

"It is man-made."

It is a "toy", and it is unclear whether it is a tool or not.

"It cannot be bought from other people, or it is unclear whether it can be bought at all."

"It's something you encounter after you turn eighteen."

"In a sense, it's something you once owned."

"It has great significance for you."

"It's right here in this space, or rather... it's right here at your anchor point."

Furthermore, you consider it "your son," but not "it is related to you by blood."

………snort."

Gao Song's face turned pale, and his fingers unconsciously clenched so tightly they turned blue.

He spoke slowly, as if comforting himself: "Even so, you still can't guess the answer."

"Oh?"

Mingpo countered, "So, you mean I haven't seen it, right? You're so confident I can't guess it... And if that's true, it means Gao Fan must know it exists, right?"

For a moment, the table fell completely silent.

A dim yellow light shone in Mingpo's eyes as he held up three fingers: "There are three possible answers, and each one will conflict slightly with several questions."

"First, as you said... the answer is Gao Fan."

"But are charlatans considered living beings? Or are they neither?"

"And how could he not be connected to Deceitful Games? Although he's not a pure-blooded Deceitful Game... he is now one. And... he's not related to you by blood?"

At this point, Mingpo scoffed and snapped a finger down: "You're not his cuckolded father."

"Then... the second possibility. The answer is [Twenty Questions about Death]."

"It satisfies almost all possibilities, except for the question of whether it is related to deception. Another possibility is the 'twenty questions,' but that conflicts with the last question."

At this point, Mingpo lowered another finger.

He pointed at Gao Song: "Do you remember?"

What caused you to break down for the first time?

[Is the fact that Yi-yi didn't go to school really that distressing for you?]

"What is your biggest obsession in life? It's that you didn't go to school. It's because you participated in a certain sport in elementary school, so you didn't even go to junior high school."

"You thirst for knowledge, to the point of near-distortion. And one of the main functions of the power of time is..."

Mingpo said, word by word, "To directly [skip the learning process and obtain certain knowledge]."

"Once you acquire knowledge, that knowledge is yours. It is no longer paradoxical knowledge, but a complete skill that belongs to you."

"You, who only attended elementary school, were able to become the chairman of the board and perfectly take over the family business. Even Gao Fan doesn't think you lack talent... This shows that you must have used leverage to tutor yourself."

"You haven't been promoted all these years, where have you used all your resources?"

"Without a doubt... it was all used to strengthen yourself. That's why you're so confident, to the point of being arrogant. Because you firmly believe in 'power'."

With each word Mingpo spoke, Gao Song's eyes grew increasingly filled with fear.

He looked at Mingpo... as if he were seeing his own father.

No matter how strong he became, he was as powerless as a child in front of his father.

He had absolutely no information, yet he relentlessly pursued the truth step by step.

As she spoke, Mingpo looked at Gao Fan.

"Do you remember, Xiao Fan?"

Mingpo slowly said, "When you showed me 'that thing'... what did it say?"

"Which thing?"

Gao Fan was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly remembered.

He opened his eyes wide, and that childish voice rang in his ears:

[I am Xiao Gao, a portable AI robot. Hello, big brother I've never met before. The fact that my master allowed me to meet you means you are much more reliable than those two!]

Gao Fan subconsciously thought that "those two people" referred to his two teammates.

But………

If it had never met those two former teammates, how would it know that there were two of them?

unless……

The voice it uses is the same voice I heard when I was a child. So I think... this must have been made by my parents.

[Because my anchor point should also be their anchor point. That's why... I was able to find it here.]

"Your parents have been sealed away as a paradox within their own anchor point. In other words, you did not inherit their anchor point. Therefore, your home cannot be the anchor point your parents once had; their anchor point is closed."

Mingbo said slowly, "And they know... you're just part of the family's grand scheme. Your father isn't even your biological father, and your mother was forced into being part of the plan. Would they love you? How much would they love you?"

"Gao Song always stayed in the company, which was his palace... and his anchor point was in the deepest part of the palace."

"Don't you understand, Xiao Fan? How did you manage to find 'Xiao Gao Robot' in your home?"

"And why is it called 'Xiao Gao' instead of 'Xiao Fan'? Because its creator hasn't decided on a name yet. Your home... the room next to your bedroom, the room where the Xiao Gao robot is kept... was never the anchor point for the Gao couple. It was Gao Song's anchor point. That must have been the room he used to live in."

"And 'those two people' refers to your 'parents'."

"Because 'Xiao Gao Robot' is the 'son' that Gao Song personally created. It is a 'biological son' created with love for his true child and hatred for his brother and wife. It is an unnamed son that he may exist in the future... but can never exist. It is not paradoxical technology, but Gao Song's true technology."

Mingpo looked at Gao Song and gave the answer: "Why can only five words be written on the piece of paper?"

"Because the answer is only five words."

"It is, [Xiao Gao Robot]."