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

"What? Seagull?"

Li Nian looked at the carriage, a look of disbelief on her face.

Although known as the 'Thief God,' Li Nian wasn't someone who only focused on other people's valuables without considering who they were.

She usually paid attention to both the valuables and the identity of the owner.

The reason she hadn't recognized the young lady as Seagull earlier was simple...

"Isn't Seagull a man?"

Li Nian recalled that in her memory, Seagull was indeed a male—and a very fashionable one at that, looking like an avant-garde boy who listened to niche foreign rappers.

Although Seagull had never stated their gender, neither their voice nor their face showed any characteristics of a biological female. The possibility of them being a relatively androgynous woman, or a woman disguised as a man, was very slim.

"Are you sure, Sister Yao?"

Lin Yu nodded.

"I'm ninety percent sure."

Although Li Nian's eyes were quick, he was even better at recognizing people than she was.

Even though he only caught a glimpse of a side profile from afar, the time it took for the person to climb into the carriage was enough for Lin Yu to lock onto the fact that it was Seagull!

Although their body shape and appearance had changed, for Lin Yu, who often subtly adjusted his own face, he could quickly recognize the other person as Seagull through their unchanging main features and the posture that didn't resemble that of a young lady from a wealthy family.

Although it could be a coincidence...

But if something walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, you might as well treat it as a duck.

"Alright, since you've said so, let's catch up to them."

Li Nian said, and the two of them quickly walked towards the carriage that had already left some distance behind.

Although horses are usually faster than people, Li Nian and Lin Yu weren't normal people to begin with. With [Items] not being restricted, accelerating faster than a horse in an instant wasn't difficult.

However, the two of them didn't need to rush that much—after all, this was inside a bustling town, and the reason for using a horse-drawn carriage was mostly for "saving effort" rather than "saving time."

Although the speed was faster than ordinary people walking, it was definitely not that fast.

"But why would they turn into a woman? Could it be that the young lady Seagull merged with is actually a cross-dressing pervert?"

Li Nian muttered.

"Obviously not. Unless there's some special disguise technique or a magical Yu Shan Realm pill that can change body shape, their body's skeletal structure is clearly closer to that of a woman."

Lin Yu shook his head.

Li Nian stroked her chin again: "Then I understand, Seagull is actually a closeted transgender person, and their identity isn't actually male, right?"

"Wow, our 'Death Game' has caught up with international trends, even including politically correct LGBT elements."

The carriage was moving unhurriedly. Just as Lin Yu was thinking about whether to climb directly into the carriage by grabbing onto the carriage or to stop the carriage directly, Li Nian suddenly accelerated, passing the carriage by a short distance.

Then, Li Nian turned around and stood in the middle of the road, shouting: "Stop!"

The coachman driving the carriage was startled and quickly pulled on the reins.

At the distance Li Nian had calculated, the carriage braked just in time, with the horse's head stopping not far in front of Li Nian.

The coachman, seeing clearly that it was a young girl, rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his hands, ready to scold her.

"Hey, you suddenly darting out is dangerous, you little…"

But before he could finish his angry scolding, the curtain in front of the carriage was lifted, and Seagull, looking like a young lady from a wealthy family, lifted the curtain.

"Is that you? You've finally come, quickly get in the car!"

Seagull's surprised voice came from behind the coachman.

The coachman, hearing his young lady's words, didn't stop speaking.

"…You are Miss Wan's close friends and honored guests, important VIPs of our Wan family. If your precious body were to be injured by us reckless servants and ignorant livestock, how terrible would that be! We would truly deserve to die ten thousand times!"

Although the coachman's words didn't stop, his tone immediately changed by 180 degrees.

Lin Yu leisurely walked around from the side of the carriage and couldn't help but chuckle, sighing in his heart...

This coachman's technique was indeed good, the braking and U-turn were completed in an instant.

At the same time, this emotional change was truly excellent material… The flattery and gentleness that flashed on his face in a second were difficult for even himself to act out.

Lin Yu's chuckle also fell into Seagull's eyes, and he was even happier to see Lin Yu than to see Li Nian.

"Oh, great, you're here too, come up together! Let's talk in the car!"

Seagull opened the curtain wider, then warmly invited Lin Yu and Li Nian to come in.

The two of them naturally wouldn't be polite, and jumped lightly into the car.

The carriage curtain was lowered, and the three sat inside the carriage. Seagull rubbed his hands and said excitedly.

"I finally met you… I have so many questions to ask you, this place is so strange…"

Li Nian waved her hand and said, "Don't ask yet, I have a question I want to ask you first—why did you turn into a woman?"

Hearing this, Seagull said with a mournful face: "I don't know either, as soon as I became conscious, I found that it was like this."

"I started in a wealthy family's courtyard, and everyone called me Miss Wan, which scared me—then I quickly checked and found that I had turned into a daughter, which completely scared me."

"As a result, as soon as I was frightened, the people around me seemed to be frightened too, saying that tomorrow was my wedding day and asking if I was okay… I didn't know what was going on, so I could only agree vaguely. I didn't expect those people to feel even more afraid, insisting that I might be haunted by demons and evil spirits and that they should invite an expert to come and see."

"I was afraid that the expert who came to the door would directly kill me without saying a word. I also thought that we came to this Willow Town to find that Zhu Qiansi… She happened to be a fortune teller, and I said that I wanted Zhu Qiansi to come and cure me! I don't want anyone else, and I want to go there myself!"

"Because, I thought you might also find your way to Zhu Qiansi's place. At that time, I was really grasping at straws. In fact, it would be okay to find someone to kill me, but what I was afraid of was that they would find an expert to make me silly and unable to resist, and give me away at the wedding tomorrow without me knowing what was going on."

Speaking of this, Seagull shuddered.

Lin Yu expressed full understanding upon hearing Seagull's words.

However, he was more impressed by Seagull's recklessness and courage.

"You can be considered lucky to dare shout out Zhu Qiansi's name directly…"

"But we can also confirm this, at least there's no problem directly discussing her or acting like you're coming for her in front of those natives."