There was no doubt that after Lin Yu extracted the specific location of "Black Snake" from Sheng Lan Kui, and learned that tonight was the regular night when he and several other Sleepless City middlemen gathered to "indulge and have fun," he decided to set out immediately to find Black Snake.

Finding this middleman was not difficult, but to achieve his goal, Lin Yu still devised a rather ingenious "entrance performance."

The performance was a total success, basically achieving what Lin Yu had planned: to make Black Snake, a worldly middleman, feel "fear" toward him in the shortest possible time.

Enough to make him betray a member of the Peerage Nobility.

Invisible when entering the room and able to avoid unknown attacks, the casual decisiveness to kill two people with a flick...

Those two points were sufficient.

After all, a mere middleman was by no means a hard man.

All that remained was a bit of "elusive" madness, and that would be enough to completely shatter Black Snake's psychological defenses.

Lin Yu wiped the blood from the Seeking Enemy Dagger on the bedsheet, then sat right in the middle of the two Sleepless City middlemen...

and watched the comedy with them.

Watching those actors' superb performances—even a simple "falling off a chair" was played with comedic naturalness—Lin Yu couldn't help but laugh genuinely from the heart.

"This is truly a good movie. The screenwriter and director have great skill, and most importantly, the actors' performances are all excellent—every one of them has been carefully honed," Lin Yu never begrudged praise for other talented performers, "Who picked this film has good taste."

He looked at the two middlemen—the one on the left with the lip piercing was Black Snake—and carefully said, "That was selected by Rose... it's him."

Black Snake pointed at the dead bald man.

Lin Yu looked at the corpse, paused, then sighed, "What a pity, he acted too quickly... If I had known the film would have such taste, I should have let him live."

He spoke so matter-of-factly, as if truly regretful.

But there was no doubt that after he said this, Black Snake and the other middleman felt even more that he was extremely dangerous!

After all...

Who in their right mind would decide a person's life or death based on their taste in movies?

Only someone with enough indifference to human life would say something that links "life and death" with "movie taste."

Especially the natural, taken-for-granted tone in Lin Yu's voice, which made people feel chilled.

The two middlemen silently watched the end credits roll and the film finish.

Then Lin Yu spoke again.

"Alright, the movie's over. Time to talk business... Mr. Black Snake, is it?"

Hearing Lin Yu, Black Snake hurriedly answered.

"Y-yes, yes. What are your orders?"

Lin Yu said calmly, "You've recently published a very dangerous commission, do you know that?"

Black Snake answered cautiously, "I... most of the commissions I publish every day are 'dangerous.' After all, I have a very good reputation in Outer City's Gray Three Streets, so... many big clients come to me."

Lin Yu laughed softly.

"Oh? You can't remember?"

There was still a smile on his face, but he produced a Lens in his hand.

Black Snake looked uncertainly at Lin Yu playing with the lens, unsure what this mysterious man was plotting.

Then Lin Yu flipped the lens on his fingertip and spoke in a low voice, "Oh, oh... Black Snake, or Mr. An—though your public records show no relatives, you keep your biological sister in an Inner City apartment—so that no one pries, you even found several lovers to create the illusion that she is merely one of many lovers."

"Such meticulous thinking, what a pity..."

Lin Yu said softly.

He actually did not fully understand interrogation—although he had established "fear," how to guide that fear, Lin Yu admitted, he was not professional.

But luckily, he had the Fear Lens.

Because "Fear" as a technology had become almost lost after Vale Valetti and his teacher Professor Dort passed away, even people in Sleepless City had little understanding or defense against it.

And this cheating-like item that could directly reveal the thing a person fears most in their heart was naturally immensely helpful for interrogation!

Sure enough, when Black Snake heard this, his face changed drastically.

"I... I really didn't know! Your Excellency!"

"Ha, ha, that's not the answer I wanted," Lin Yu sneered, "My patience is limited, Mr. Black Snake... Dream City Apartments—shall I give a more specific door number?"

Cold sweat poured down Black Snake's face.

When someone reaches the extreme of fear, potential including memory is triggered.

"Y-you mean B-12?"

"Think again."

Lin Yu said calmly,

"C-35... wait, it's A-06, A-06, right? Tonight the Sheng Lan family's steward was assassinated, I just received the news, did you come for that?!"

Black Snake said in a panic.

Lin Yu spoke with interest, "Ha, tonight's A-06 does pique my curiosity... however, that's not my main objective, continue."

Seeing Black Snake's miserable state, Lin Yu showed a disappointed expression.

"You don't actually know anything, do you, Black Snake?"

This man who seemed fierce and had scraped by in Outer City for years was almost crying: "Please, Your Excellency... don't hurt my sister, you can kill me, but don't hurt her."

Black Snake knelt directly on the ground.

"Friend, calm down, that kind of talk of yours is very irresponsible," Lin Yu said indifferently, "Even if I don't hurt her, you dying here—an attractive, unsupported young woman, someone you've protected for over ten years living alone in Sleepless City—that would be worse than dying outright."

"Does she have Inner City permanent residency? She wouldn't have to move to Outer City, would she?"

"So... for your sister, try hard, don't ask me—tell me what you should know yourself, and I will let you live."

Lin Yu said coldly. Black Snake lifted his head, his lips trembling.

But at that moment his eyes shone.

"I know, I know... it's C-77, right, the C-77 commission!"

"That... I knew that commission was wrong!"

Black Snake said, watching Lin Yu smile and nod.

"Yes, the C-77 commission, congratulations."

Black Snake breathed a sigh of relief, but then grew nervous again.

"You... you want to know about commission C-77? I will tell you everything I know!"

"That commission is very special. As a middleman... I don't actually know the content."

Lin Yu propped his chin on his hand.

"No matter, tell me everything you know about this commission."