When the plot-skips players into the game world Chapter 1310 - 33 Playful Sky Department: Perfect Score!

Arsene sighed, "Mainly because I have no emotions left..."

He originally wanted to say, "It’s all the fault of the Playful Sky Departnt."

But after all, he wasn’t Aiwass, he didn’t have the nerve to speak ill of the Celestial Marshal to their face.

However, Aiwass was undaunted and directly explained, "Because we encountered a fake Playful Sky Departnt impersonating you earlier..."

Aiwass explained the events they experienced earlier to Sherlock.

Arsene pointed to the Playful Sky Departnt beside him, "They were just... huh, where did they go?"

At this mont, they realized that the Playful Sky Departnt by their side had disappeared without a trace.

Clearly, at the very beginning, they were standing quietly beside them—

Sherlock listened to this and glanced at the empty space with contemplation.

He scrutinized Aiwass and Arsene and fell into serious thought.

Seeing this, Aiwass also squinted slightly.

"...I say,"

Suddenly, Sherlock spoke slowly, "Could it be that you are both transford by the Playful Sky Departnt?"

"Huh?"

Arsene was a bit upset, "How could that be!"

"...No, it’s not impossible,"

Aiwass suddenly spoke, "I also thought of this possibility just now...

"You wouldn’t be... transford by the Playful Sky Departnt too, would you?"

"How could that be!"

Arsene repeated his words, stating confidently, "This is definitely Sherlock! Those secrets, the Playful Sky Departnt couldn’t possibly know... Their domain is scripting and acting, not secrets and mind!"

But Aiwass just locked eyes with Sherlock.

Sherlock spoke, "Let’s compare our notes."

Aiwass asked, "Who was the first to speak?"

"It was —how about on your side?" Sherlock countered.

"...It was the Playful Sky Departnt," Arsene said.

Aiwass pressed on, "Then, before I ntioned ’we encountered the Playful Sky Departnt,’ did you hear us ntion the Playful Sky Departnt?"

"—No."

Sherlock confidently stated, "Trust in my powers of observation and mory."

At this point, Aiwass and Sherlock exchanged a glance and laughed simultaneously.

Arsene still seed to be lagging behind, "What? What are you two... talking about?"

"Our Mr. Strange Thief is best at making a getaway."

Sherlock sarcastically added, "Can’t even solve such a simple puzzle? No wonder the Duke wanted to handle this instead of his beloved—or maybe not so beloved—son-in-law."

"It’s actually quite simple."

Aiwass replied, "If I’m not mistaken... this ’Sherlock’ should still be played by the Playful Sky Departnt.

"—And at so distance away, on another side, the Sherlock there should be seeing the Playful Sky Departnt impersonating you and ."

It’s like opening a master-level AI chess software and imitating the moves of the elderly chess player across the table, then synchronizing every response given by the AI onto the chessboard. Even the most experienced chess-playing elder would be dumbfounded.

It appears to be a ga with a person, but in reality, the opponent is a Divine Descent container using "Advanced Divine Art - Master Level AI."

The strategy taken by the Playful Sky Departnt was similar.

They perfectly and almost synchronously replicated all the words, expressions, and glances of the two sides... and then synced them to the other side. So even for as familiar with each other as Aiwass and Sherlock are, they initially couldn’t realize the issue.

"Seems I still have much to learn."

"Sherlock" laughed heartily, and once again changed back.

Wearing red clothes, with a mask, a gender-indistinguishable deity!

The dreamland twisted for a mont—

—The next mont, the two worlds completely rged.

Aiwass’ side now had an additional Sherlock, while Sherlock’s side had an extra Aiwass and Arsene.

"This ti it’s truly real."

With a smile mask, the Playful Sky Departnt bowed to the three, "Apologies, everyone. I just have one question... how did you find out?"

Because apart from the barely perceptible delay, both sides were almost indistinguishable from the real person. Theoretically, rely transmitting ssages, the Playful Sky Departnt couldn’t simultaneously be discovered to be fake by both sides. Even if one side found out individually, they could cover it up with genuine reactions from the other side.

"It’s really hard to distinguish."

Aiwass explained.

It wasn’t until he ntioned the matter of the Playful Sky Departnt and saw Sherlock’s reaction that he realized sothing was amiss.

—Because their first words when they t were really spoken by the Playful Sky Departnt.

Then, the first thing Aiwass said to Sherlock was also "Thanks to the Playful Sky Departnt’s guidance." But Sherlock responded to everything Aiwass said except for that half-sentence, as if he hadn’t heard it at all.

It wasn’t until Aiwass directly said, "We encountered a fake Playful Sky Departnt impersonating you" that Sherlock seed to finally hear about the Playful Sky Departnt’s existence.

—Clearly, the Playful Sky Departnt deliberately left out this sentence when transmitting ssages.

"Hmm, no need to apologize. This puzzle was quite interesting."

Sherlock also spoke, chuckling as he nodded, "I always felt sothing was off since I’m very familiar with Arsene. His reactions were visibly abnormal... so I kept observing him.

"And Arsene’s position, his line of sight, and the direction he pointed to without hesitation all confird—there was a fourth person here all along. Previously, Aiwass also nodded toward the empty space, further validating my theory. But I was sure I couldn’t have missed any detail... there were only two possibilities: either the Playful Sky Departnt didn’t want to see them, but then they wouldn’t have appeared on Arsene’s side; or, there was sothing wrong with what I was seeing. Aiwass’ reaction confird it; sothing might be wrong with what he was seeing too."

"So you imdiately discovered the truth—remarkable."

The Playful Sky Departnt applauded with praise, "I’ve just been too bored lately, so I ca up with this little ga, no malice, and hope you’ll forgive ... However, you’ve passed my test. By my rules, I should reward you with sothing precious..."

"Give it to Sherlock, or even to Arsene. I don’t need it."

Aiwass refused without hesitation, "I was just a bit curious, Lord Celestial Marshal...

"If you hadn’t co the first ti, and just ca the second ti... Sherlock and I wouldn’t have recognized it. It was because of the loophole from the first ti that we caught the clue in the second."

"—If I hadn’t made you aware of my presence, this ga wouldn’t be fair from the start. It would have just been malicious deception!"

The Playful Sky Departnt laughed freely, stating without hesitation, "I just wanted to perform for you all—wanted to see if you could find the problem, and how long it would take for you to realize that I’ve always been with you. However, to my surprise, just as the performance began, even before the first scene could transition, you unveiled the truth all at once..."

"Because I heard a phrase from Isabel."

Aiwass spoke softly, "It was her summary of the Puppet-Face Manual... ’The original face of the riddle actually is the answer to the riddle itself.’ When I first encountered you and learned you were the Playful Sky Departnt... I imdiately thought of this phrase."

"Hahaha, so that’s it!"

The Playful Sky Departnt laughed joyously, as if a spectator laughing heartily at a cody.

They exclaid, "But you still missed a layer—I haven’t just t you!"

...What?

Aiwass was startled for a mont.

Arsene blurted out, "It was that Yue Lu! You’ve been following us since the Shadowy Celestial Marshal!"

"Exactly!! Now it’s a full score!!!"

The Playful Sky Departnt snapped their fingers and finally laughed heartily, disappearing.

Where they disappeared, a crimson mask was left behind.

Aiwass glanced at it and recognized—it was the reward left for them.