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

Chapter 1567 Lin Yu: I announce that I am cutting ties with Schreiber.

Faced with Lin Yu's statement, even Lao Zheng himself wavered for a brief moment.

“I understand what you mean, boss… You mean that I didn’t actually die on Kirishima Island, but escaped danger and survived for a while before dying at another time for other reasons.”

"The reason I now believe that I died at the hands of 'Fluoxetine' is because of some side effect of my 'resurrection method,' or perhaps it is even a 'necessary condition' for my resurrection, is that right?"

Lin Yu nodded: "Yes, because the flow of time is uneven between the Ten Realms, the real world, and the 'players,' and because you 'died' and 'resurrected,' there must have been a period when your consciousness was in a daze and you lacked awareness of 'time,' so you do have a situation where you have missing memories of 'a certain period of time,' and you may not even be aware of any of this, only feeling that the memories are completely valid."

"And if my hypothesis is correct... then it is indeed possible that after you have the 'memories' you currently possess, you came into contact with and nurtured a successor—and during that time, you also grew into someone more mature, ruthless, and more in line with the first generation in the impression of the second generation 'Freud'."

Lin Yu spoke earnestly, causing Old Zheng to fall into deep thought.

"Boss, what you're saying is a roundabout way of praising me... To be honest, I almost wish it were true."

"It's just a pity, boss... even considering the uneven flow of time across the ten realms, my memories don't seem to have any gaps at all—and I don't think my resurrection method works as you described."

Old Zheng paused for a moment, then said, "Although I know that this could be explained as part of the 'effectiveness of my resurrection method'... but boss, don't you think this explanation is too complicated and not concise enough?"

As Old Zheng spoke, Lin Yu nodded.

"Indeed, this method, which requires constantly adding explanatory conditions, is far too complex and completely violates the principle of 'Occam's Razor'..."

Lin Yu was well aware that the more an "explanation" required additional clarification, the further it would deviate from the truth.

So, after being prompted by Lao Zheng, Lin Yu asked directly.

"So... if we apply the principle of 'Occam's Razor' to this problem, is there a sufficiently concise explanation?"

"After all... it's really strange and bizarre that this second-generation 'Freud' insists on claiming to be your successor—and to be honest, after several interactions with her, I don't think she's saying it for some kind of 'legitimacy' to gain a leadership position in the 'Psychological Society,' but rather that she genuinely believes what she says."

"She seems to really think she is your successor and seems to really believe that you are as she imagines you to be—as if she had really met you."

Lin Yu recalled and pondered his several direct encounters with the second-generation "Freud," especially focusing on when she mentioned Lao Zheng, and raised his questions again.

Just as Lin Yu didn't believe that Lao Zheng had the acting skills to fool him for a long time.

Lin Yu didn't believe that those were all acting by the second-generation "Freud".

Those were all genuine expressions of emotion—even if they were acted out, the second-generation "Freud" must have been an immersive, experiential actor.

In real life, when people use method acting... who can tell whether it's genuine emotion or not?

After all, even a fictional script can sometimes evoke genuine "emotions" for method actors.

However, if it is something that actually exists in real life, the more realistic and immersive the performance, the more likely it is to make people lose their way and lose sight of the boundary between reality and performance.

Or rather... Method acting is not about performing "fake" but about performing "real".

Most of the emotions expressed by method actors can be described as genuine feelings.

not to mention……

Lin Yu didn't think the second-generation "Freud" was such an excellent actor either.

Therefore, Lin Yu believed that the second-generation "Freud" might have actually come into contact with Lao Zheng.

Old Zheng understood Lin Yu's meaning: "Admittedly, boss... what she showed may indeed be genuine, but even so, she may not have really 'touched me'."

"These two are not contradictory—in fact, there is a concise explanation that perfectly explains everything, in accordance with the principle of 'Occam's Razor'."

Old Zheng said earnestly.

Lin Yu asked curiously, "Really?"

“Yes, boss,” Lao Zheng said confidently. “Just as you are very professional in ‘acting’ and ‘performance,’ I also have my own area of ​​expertise that I am confident in.”

At this point, Lin Yu became even more curious: "So, what is that explanation?"

"She has hysteria."

Old Zheng gave a truly concise answer.

This four-word answer startled Lin Yu for a moment, then he realized...

This answer is both concise and reasonable.

"what do you mean……"

Lin Yu asked again, and Old Zheng spoke once more: "She has hysteria."

Then, Lao Zheng added, "Although as professional psychologists, we almost never use terms like 'hysteria' to describe a patient's condition in clinical practice these days, this is not only an optimization of language for the patients and their families who need to be informed of their condition, but also a requirement for more professional language in our consultations and inquiries... However, she is not my patient after all, and you, boss, are not a patient's family member either."

"So, to make it easier to understand, I'll just say it directly—she's very likely suffering from hysteria! She has very obvious delusional symptoms!"

“Although she may not know me at all or have ever seen me, because of her hysteria, she mistakenly believes that she has come into contact with me and received my inheritance, and then regards all of this as real,” Old Zheng said confidently. “Then, because she is very powerful, and the ‘Psychological Society’ does need such a leader, my ‘old friends’ may not have realized that she was an imposter, or they may have pretended not to realize it. In any case, after the ‘Psychological Society’ for some reason did not see through her lies and may even have even accepted her claims, they gave her a lot of wrong ‘positive feedback’, which deepened her own mistaken belief that she knew me and received my inheritance… which ultimately led to the situation we see today.”

Old Zheng spoke earnestly, and the more he talked, the more he felt that his analysis was very logical and clear.

Lin Yu was somewhat persuaded by Lao Zheng.

"Perhaps that is true..."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "However, if we're talking about the same 'simple' explanation, besides the fact that she has hysteria, there's an even simpler one."

Old Zheng looked at Lin Yu: "Boss... could it be that I have indeed forgotten her?"

Lin Yu shook his head.

Old Zheng became interested: "Well... I'd like to hear the details."

“She doesn’t have hysteria, and you haven’t forgotten her… it’s just that you didn’t recognize her.”

Lin Yu spoke up.

Old Zheng laughed: "How could that be? Boss, my ability to discern a person's soul and spiritual characteristics is more reliable than my memory itself."

"It can't be that something happened to her that I wouldn't recognize her—that would just complicate things further!"

As Old Zheng spoke, Lin Yu nodded in agreement.

“It would be complicated to explain it in such detail... Let’s just treat it as if she has ‘hysteria’.”

“In short… no matter what this second-generation ‘Freud’ is, since she mistook you for ‘Schreber,’ once this rumor spreads, ‘Schreber’ and ‘Director’ will have appeared together again,” Lin Yu paused for a moment, “that way no one will suspect that ‘Schreber’ and ‘Director’ are different identities of the same person.”

Old Zheng sighed: "No one would have suspected it anyway... I don't think anyone in this world could come up with something so outrageous—even if they did, it would be no different from pure hysteria, and it certainly wouldn't be something they analyzed, it would just be a lucky guess—like buying a lottery ticket."

Lin Yu didn't think anyone would actually suspect that, but after the second-generation "Freud" witnessed this, the possibility of something like that became even more extremely slim.

but……

“This kind of thing will also bring a lot of trouble—although no one would ever think that ‘Schreber’ and ‘the director’ are the same person, the fact that the two of them appeared together twice in a row and both showed a certain friendly relationship,” Lin Yu paused and said, “is that some people might connect ‘Schreber’ and ‘the director’ and think that the two of them have some kind of cooperative relationship.”

"This is not very beneficial to my development as a 'director'."

As Lin Yu spoke, Old Zheng also seemed to understand.

"So, boss... you want to take advantage of the upcoming activities of the 'Psychological Society' in the real world to have me, as 'Schreber,' do something detrimental to the 'Director' in order to clear the 'Director' of suspicion of colluding with 'Schreber'?"

Lin Yu nodded: "Yes, you reacted quite quickly—the identity of 'Schreber' is more dangerous than 'Zhu Ming.' After all, although the 'Freedom Alliance' is also an organization that has been expelled, it is probably still... relatively more acceptable than the other two expelled organizations."

Just like in the God Realm, Shen Bingmiao could summon Fang Qing as an ally—and 'Grandmaster' Gu Mo didn't mind fighting alongside the actual founder and leader of the 'Freedom Alliance'.

But if it were a 'fortune teller' or a second-generation 'Freud'... Gu Mo would probably switch her mind in a second.

Therefore, the "director" can have some connection with "Zhu Ming," and the organization will turn a blind eye.

But... 'Schreber' is absolutely out of the question!

Moreover, Lin Yu's positioning of "Schreber" is not that of an ordinary "Psychological Society" member—even within the "Psychological Society," "Schreber" would probably be considered an extremely extreme type.

"In short, at the very least, we must ensure that everyone's impression of 'Schreber' and 'the director' is that they have a 'frenemy-friend' relationship."

"However, it would be best to create complete opposites."

“I understand, boss. I will play the role of ‘Schreber’ when necessary,” Old Zheng said seriously. “But… how exactly do I need to do that?”

Lin Yu naturally already had a plan in mind.

“There are many opportunities in Shenzhen now, but directly targeting the ‘director’ and ‘Schreber’ for a performance might be a bit too abrupt.”

"Therefore, we may need to introduce another 'identity' of mine, as another important supporting character in the performance."