Hearing Lin Yu's words, Baron Coleman couldn't help but frown. "What do you mean when you say no one intentionally framed me?"

Lin Yu's expression remained calm as he spoke.

"Exactly what it sounds like. Because even if we remove you, this 'unexpected variable' who shouldn't have been here in the first place, this is still a nearly perfect locked room, isn't it?"

"I'm not that knowledgeable about crime, but I believe the principle of 'Occam's Razor' still applies in this situation—do not multiply entities beyond necessity."

"You were a newly promoted A-level supervisor at the time. If someone wanted to frame you, they absolutely wouldn't design a plan with so many 'uncertainties'."

"The person died an hour before you arrived. What if you hadn't come?"

"But if we look at it from another angle, you were just an 'accident' in this plan... What if the killer's original intention was simply to use the time difference to clean up their traces of entering this place, and then make sure no one knew who killed this person?"

Lin Yu spoke calmly throughout, finally making his conclusion.

"In other words, Baron Coleman, although this might be difficult for you to accept... this injustice that marked the beginning of your downfall..."

"Was simply because you were a bit unlucky."

Fu Luo slapped his thigh.

"Oh damn, that actually makes sense!"

He looked at Zhu Ming, his gaze filled with admiration. "As expected of my good buddy's friend! You said you weren't good at deduction, but you're not bad at all!"

"I just understand the operational patterns and characteristics of power struggles within large organizations quite well. This incident happens to involve 'shifting blame,' a commonly used tactic in such struggles," Lin Yu said calmly. "I'm really not very skilled at logical reasoning and such."

He was working hard to maintain Zhu Ming's persona.

As for "power struggles" and "shifting blame"... Lin Yu actually only had a basic understanding.

He had just casually watched a couple of political drama series with many veteran actors from both Chinese and foreign productions while honing and studying acting skills, picking up some related knowledge along the way.

And as someone who had once climbed to the top, Baron Coleman... even though the assassination attempt on CEO Paris made him seem like a relatively radical militant type, he was definitely a veteran and expert when it came to political maneuvering.

Hearing Lin Yu's explanation, he had instantly grasped the situation.

In fact, even before Lin Yu finished explaining, Coleman had already roughly realized this possibility.

But understanding something and being able to accept it were two different matters.

Even the smooth, mature Baron Coleman found it somewhat difficult to accept this nearly cruel truth.

"So... I got dragged into this because of pure 'bad luck'?"

He murmured this, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

From a promising A-level supervisor to a prisoner on the Despair Train today—although this single incident wasn't the sole cause, with many twists and turns in between that Lin Yu didn't yet know about...

There was no doubt that this incident was indeed the beginning.

If not for this incident, Baron Coleman would certainly not have taken the desperate path of attempting to assassinate CEO Paris.

Therefore, upon discovering that the beginning of it all was a senseless "joke of fate," Lin Yu completely understood Baron Coleman's somewhat shattered state of mind.

Fu Luo also sighed and lamented. "Sometimes that's just how it is... We're all unlucky bastards toyed with by fate. I never expected the consequences of investigating a damn cheating case to be so severe—it sent me straight to this godforsaken place."

Lin Yu understood that Fu Luo was talking about the 『Death Game』.

He never imagined this guy got "killed" because he was investigating a cheating case.

Knowing this, Lin Yu patted Fu Luo's shoulder to comfort him.

"You've had it rough too."

Although in terms of degree of misfortune, he himself was the unluckiest—getting shot by an escaped murderer from a mental hospital while rehearsing late at night.

At this moment, Pang Kedo also stepped forward to comfort his old friend.

"This does sound hard to accept, but..."

Before Pang Kedo could finish his clumsy words, the dejected Coleman suddenly perked up.

"It's fine, I'm already over it."

He suddenly regained his spirits and stood up directly.

This even shocked Lin Yu.

"How did you suddenly... bounce back like that?"

Fu Luo looked at Pang Kedo. "Probably because of this old guy's comfort—seems like you two became quite close later on?"

Pang Kedo looked somewhat surprised. "Really?"

Baron Coleman waved his hand. "You're overthinking it. Although we have a good relationship... I don't see you as my emotional pillar or anything like that."

"While your comfort did work just now—the main reason I bounced back was because seeing you, someone who's hundreds of times more miserable and unlucky than me, still standing strong gave me some encouragement!"

Baron Coleman said.

Fu Luo spoke somewhat helplessly.

"So that's how it worked!"

Pang Kedo was also somewhat confused.

"Ah? Just how unlucky do I become later?"

"It's not ordinary unlucky. Look at your current situation—half-crazy, half-amnesiac, went from team leader to exiled criminal," Baron Coleman chuckled. "Don't you think that's miserable enough?"

"Now that you mention it, it is pretty miserable. But I guess I'm lucky I lost my memory, since I don't really feel it."

Pang Kedo lamented.

"Alright, enough of that. Even if it was 'bad luck,' I still need to find the real culprit now," Baron Coleman said coldly. "Even if the other party didn't initially intend to frame me subjectively, later on... it seems they somewhat went along with the situation."

As he spoke, Fu Luo rubbed his chin.

"Hmm... So how should we investigate then?"

"The other party's privileges are clearly higher than yours. At the very least, you couldn't clear your access records, but they could."

"Surveillance and such... probably won't leave much evidence either—even though this is the Truth Corporation headquarters from eight years ago."

As Fu Luo spoke, Baron Coleman also sighed. "It is indeed somewhat tricky."

Pang Kedo also felt regretful. "If only the timeline could go back a bit further. It seems all the scenes here are from after 'Coleman' left back then."

Lin Yu couldn't help but mock Pang Kedo's statement. "After all, it's constructed from his memories. Any further back... we might as well see the crime scene directly."

"Can the 『Ancient Notebook』 really rewind another hour or two? What's the difference between this thing and a 『Divine Artifact』 then?"

But just as Lin Yu's voice fell...

Everyone suddenly felt that the various instrument noises in the laboratory became somewhat distorted and eerie.

As if...

It was "rewinding"!

They also felt as if they were forcibly pulled out of this world, transforming from participants into spectators.

And soon...

They saw a panicked younger version of Baron Coleman walking backwards from the corridor back into the laboratory!

"It really can rewind?!"