Everyone's gaze focused on Lin Yu.

Sleepless Sky Huole finally realized something was wrong,

"Furbollo...?!"

She asked in disbelief.

"What exactly are you trying to do!"

Although there was no concrete evidence, intuition told Sleepless Sky Huole... that the Furbollo before her seemed to be the very source of all the chaos tonight.

Lin Yu paid no heed to Sleepless Sky Huole, simply nimbly hopping down from the display case's high platform, then speaking towards Sleepless Sky Huoming.

"Have you decided?"

Having long resided in the Great Wasteland, Sleepless Sky Huoming possessed a decisiveness that surpassed that of most nobles.

Hearing Lin Yu's question, Sleepless Sky Huoming immediately nodded.

"Fine, it's a deal—I'll give you half of the Jadeite Laurel, and you let me leave."

She opened the wooden box in her hand, inside were layers of leaves, emerald green like jade, with a crystal-clear texture.

Streams of light flowed through the veins of the leaves, looking exceptionally enchanting.

Sleepless Sky Huoming took out four of them, looking at Lin Yu warily. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Then how can I ensure you'll let me go after I give them to you?"

"You can place them on the ground."

Lin Yu said calmly. Sleepless Sky Huoming hesitated for a moment, slowly took two steps back, then placed the leaves on the floor.

Lin Yu made a "please" gesture.

"Alright, you may go."

Hearing this, Sleepless Sky Huoming turned her head, only then realizing that the barrier behind her had been removed at some unknown time.

She pushed open the door in surprise, as if not believing things could really go so smoothly.

Looking at the night sky outside the door, Sleepless Sky Huoming thought for a moment, then turned back.

"Well then... good luck."

She said, then left the place with the Great Wastelanders.

After seeing off Sleepless Sky Huoming, Lin Yu reached out his hand, seawater on the floor swept up those leaves and disappeared into his embrace.

Then, Lin Yu turned around once more, looking towards the direction of the auditorium.

At this moment, the seemingly command-based control over the "Alchemy Array" finally shattered Sleepless Sky Huole's last shred of hope on the other side of the barrier.

"It really was you all along, Furbollo... why?"

Sleepless Sky Huole looked at Furbollo, asking in disbelief.

Lin Yu smiled and shrugged, "My apologies, Your Excellency."

"I'm afraid I'm going to completely ruin this celebration."

He stepped over the transparent barrier formed by the Alchemy Array between the auditorium and the exhibition hall, his feet treading on seawater that closely followed his flow.

Among those nobles who had each huddled into their own groups, Lin Yu passed by the side of a Duke. The seawater suddenly surged towards that Duke.

"Cough! Cough!"

The Duke struggled painfully and violently, trying to stop the seawater flooding into his mouth and nose.

However, after shutting down all alchemical constructs, this Duke was no different from an ordinary person. Even though his bodyguards were all skilled fighters, they were powerless against formless seawater!

Perhaps with professional equipment, they could have dealt with such a bizarre situation...

But right now, they could do nothing.

Even though a few bodyguards charged at Lin Yu, trying to demonstrate their solid professional skills.

Lin Yu only needed to summon more seawater to push them back as well.

He spent a few minutes like this, drowning a Duke alive on the floor.

This horrifying scene surpassed any verbal threat, plunging all the nobles, regardless of identity or status, into panic.

Because Lin Yu was using his actions to tell everyone very powerfully,

He would indeed kill.

And...

This was only the first.

Soon, a second drowning victim appeared—this time, it was a high-ranking executive from the Truth Corporation.

If the first death served to remind everyone present that the "Furbollo" before them was actually a madman who would kill at the slightest disagreement, then the second death told everyone...

He would not only kill, but was carrying out indiscriminate killings targeting the powerful and noble.

And when resistance against Furbollo proved largely ineffective for both victims...

Only one path remained for these powerful nobles.

Escape!

No one knew who let out the first scream, nor who started panicking and fleeing first.

The original chaos in the auditorium was limited to a few spots, but with Lin Yu's indiscriminate killings and all the powerful nobles panicking to avoid him, everyone fell into a state of flight.

Amidst this chaotic scene, only Sleepless Sky Huole stood firm, unmoving.

"Aren't you going to hide, respected Sleepless Sky Huole, Your Excellency?"

Lin Yu looked at Sleepless Sky Huole with great interest.

His tone was very calm, as if he just wanted to play hide-and-seek with Sleepless Sky Huole.

But that was only if one ignored the two nobles near Lin Yu who were nearly choked to death, struggling on the ground trying to get closer to him.

She sat in her chair, her expression very complex, "If you want to kill me, go ahead and do it."

"I'm just regretful... just now, I really thought you had been captured, and was thinking about how to rescue you. Now it seems I was a complete joke."

"The commission to assassinate a Peerage Noble... you were indeed involved, right?"

"Creating such large-scale slaughter here now, is it to cover up your real assassination target?"

Hearing this, Lin Yu also stopped his movement and killing, temporarily sitting down opposite Sleepless Sky Huole.

"So sharp, Huole, Your Excellency—without having read 'The ABC Murders,' you could instantly discern my purpose."

Lin Yu praised.

Sleepless Sky Huole, of course, didn't know what 'The ABC Murders' was. She just frowned.

"So, after being taken away by the Public Security Bureau, how did you manage to return here? A substitute?"

Sleepless Sky Huole asked abruptly, as if having made up her mind.

"Yes, a substitute."

Lin Yu nodded slightly.

"And what's the point of doing this?"

Sleepless Sky Huole asked. Lin Yu shrugged, "Initially, it was to create an alibi for myself, to act secretly while the scene was chaotic, so no one would suspect Furbollo—after all, he's sitting in jail at the Public Security Bureau."

"But, just now... I deciphered some hints left for me by Sleepless Sky Huoxing and realized that acting secretly wouldn't work."

Hearing Lin Yu's explanation, Sleepless Sky Huole frowned slightly.

"Sleepless Sky Huoxing?"

"Of course, she's my temporary accomplice—though neither of us knows the full picture of the other's plan."

"So, she probably discovered my plan just now, then pointed out the flaw in my plan through a message to me."

"To kill that Peerage Noble... I absolutely cannot act quietly... so I had to temporarily change my method of appearance, making myself a bit more conspicuous."