Chapter 44 of 48

C44 Part1

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Xie You noticed Shen Mu’s eyes changing from calmness to confusion, before brightening. She knew in her heart that he had realized what she had meant, and a slight smile appeared on her lips, as she nodded slightly, no longer saying anything.

……

On the first floor, Yan Yuze’s door, No.6 and Bai Lin’s door, No.8 were open, and people had already visited. Shen Mu walked into the room, but both rooms were empty. Obviously, the people who had been there earlier had already left. Yan Yuze’s and Bai Lin’s bodies were lying peacefully on the bed; they were no different from those of previously eliminated players. Sure enough, it was unrealistic to distinguish the method of their elimination by studying their physical state after death.

……

At 9:00, the third day’s discussion began.

As soon as Shen Mu arrived at the scene, he felt quite a few obvious gazes landing on his body, and those looks contained undisguised suspicion and alertness. There had been a double death last night and yet the Seer who most logically should have died had appeared at the scene fully intact. He believed that very few people feel a naive happiness from the fact that “the Seer was still alive”, and that they would instead suspect that something fishy was going on.

Shen Mu calmly seated himself.

He hadn’t died yesterday and that would definitely arouse suspicions today. All of this had been within his expectations. However, because of the double death last night, the Sheriff would be the last to speak. Now that he was already under suspicion, the strategy that he had originally made to give his sister golden water needed to be reworked before it could be set into motion. Since he was the last to speak, it should not be a problem for him to keep himself alive for one more round of the game. As for tonight and tomorrow…

On the third day, the speaking order was clockwise and the first to speak was No. 3, Xie You.

Xie You’s expression was very serious. Since Shen Mu’s arrival at the scene, she had been pondering over something seriously, instead of looking at Shen Mu’s expression like the others. It seemed that she already solidified her own speculation and judgment in her heart.

“Today is the third day. I have now used both the poison and the antidote. Oh, I have no need to hide it anymore, I am the Witch! Some people should have already guessed it.” Xie You’s voice did not have the sweetness that Shen Mu was familiar with, and contained coldness, as though coated with a layer of frost, “I have a lot to say today, and it’s very important. I will speak quite quickly, so please listen carefully.”

“During the election on the first day, I said that I was a God. Since the beginning, I have been seriously thinking and analyzing various situations and have done things in support of the good side, so you don’t have to doubt my identity. Hence let’s talk about some things that only the Witch knows. In the period between 2:00 and 3:00am, I can activate my ability at any time, which is different from games in the outside world. There is no 30 second time limit for using my ability.” Xie You paused slightly, before continuing on to say, “On the first day, I saw that No. 5 had been eliminated. I didn’t know her and I didn’t think that the Wolves would be able pick the Seer by coincidence. They were also able to leave a death speech during the first round, so I did not use the antidote. The second night, No. 2 was knifed and since I recognized him as the real Seer, of course I used the antidote to save him.”

At that point, Xie You looked towards Shen Mu without any trace of a smile on her face, her gaze sharpening: “Last night, I poisoned No. 8 Bai Lin, as I believed her to be a Wolf. No. 8 appeared to say a lot when she spoke, but in fact, her words didn’t contain any useful information; it was just a more advanced way of directly skipping their turn and wasn’t helpful to the good side at all. The kind of speech where not a single drop of water can leak through* was too much like a Wolf just bluffing their way through! The list of people that the Seer was going to check included No. 8, but I thought that No. 8 was the last Wolf, so I poisoned No. 8 directly. After all, the Witch should use both potions by the third day, otherwise the Wolves might identify them. I had originally thought that once I eliminated the Wolf, No. 8, the game would end immediately. No. 1 was a Wolf that self-exploded, No. 10 was the Wolf claiming to be Seer, and No. 8 was the last Wolf that I discovered. But today the game still hadn’t ended. That means that there must be a third party on the field——the Couple still have not revealed themselves yet and so they cannot be a good Couple; if they were a good couple, at the very least the Cupid should come out and discuss their judgment regarding which side the Couple is on. Now the Cupid also hasn’t come out. No matter what, we must have gotten rid of two Wolves. No. 10 couldn’t have been the Seer based on her speech, hence she must have been a Wolf pretending to be a Seer, and No. 1 was a Wolf that self-exploded, so it is impossible for there to be a Wolf couple. The couple must have formed a third party.”

*T/N: where not a single drop of water can leak through – idiom: the argument is extremely comprehensive and there is nothing to pick on

“So now that the game still hasn’t ended, I believe that there are two possible scenarios. First, No. 8 was the last Wolf and I did not wrongly poison her. She was one of the Couple and was linked together with No. 6, the Hunter. Now only Cupid remains alive out of the third party, which is why the game has not ended. But then, there is one thing that I do not quite understand, that is, if the Couple was killed which caused the double death yesterday, what about the person that the Wolf had knifed? It is impossible for the Wolf to knife his own partner in the Couple. And… when the Hunter died, he did not take anyone with him. The rules of the game state that the Hunter cannot activate their ability when poisoned, but they did not state whether they could use their ability when they died due to being linked in a Couple, and their partner dying.

Xie You frowned slightly: “I’m not quite sure about this point, but if the Hunter’s partner was poisoned and the Hunter died alongside them, then does that leave him unable to activate his ability? But just based on the fact that the Wolf has to kill someone, No. 8 and No. 6 should not be a Couple, so there should still be one last Wolf alive on the field! I don’t know who this Wolf is, but who his partner is, is already evident!”

Xie You’s serious voice suddenly became even colder: “I believe that No. 2 is the real Seer, and that he is really looking for the Wolves. After all, no matter if he is a good person or if he is in the third party, he would hope for the Wolf team to be eliminated. Right, Mr. Seer? Or should I say, Mr. Third-Party-Seer!”

“The Seer has not been killed and there is only one possible reason why. That is, the Seer and the Wolf are a couple! Although he can still use the ability of the Seer, his identity is already that of a third party member! I believe that No. 2 is the real Seer and No. 10 was a Wolf pretending to be the Seer, but sometimes, the real card is scarier than the fake one!”

“No. 10 and No. 1 must be Wolves, so the remaining Wolf on the field is deeply hidden, and is also Mr. Seer’s partner! Only this can explain why the Seer has inexplicably escaped death! Although they knew that this would arouse suspicion, they had no other way. How could they knife their own partner? Wouldn’t everything be exposed then?”

“The reason why the Wolf which has been deeply hidden did not arouse suspicion and also made me wrongly suspect No. 8, was also because he chose to stand by his own partner from the very beginning. I don’t know the specific lie he told the Wolf team, but I guess that from the beginning, he said that he wanted to stand on the side of the real Seer and gain his trust. Therefore, either No. 7, or No. 11 who voted for No. 2 at the beginning, must be No. 2’s Wolf partner! Who they are, I don’t want to guess and I also don’t care. If we vote out No. 2, there must be a double death! If the game doesn’t end, then we can look for the remaining Cupid!” Xie You glanced at her phone, the time was almost up, and she said provocatively, “No. 2, you still have one last chance: your Wolf partner has to oppose me by claiming to be the Witch! After all, I’m the first to speak, and I don’t have an advantageous position ~ But it doesn’t matter. Even if you oppose me, from the very first day, I said that I was a God. Everyday I have been looking for the Wolf wholeheartedly. When no one mentioned the third party, I helped the good side analyze the situation in case of a third party! Your Wolf partner, no matter if they are No. 7 or No. 11, they can’t afford to claim they are the Witch! I am a single Witch, I vouch my identity to vote out No. 2, the Mr. Seer who is linked with a Wolf!”

After Xie You’s speech ended, everyone’s eyes were full of shock. Obviously, her analysis was logical and also contained natural emotions, which made people feel even more astonished.

“Pa!” Shen Mu’s cell phone slapped against the table, his face paling, and he bit his lips hard. Despite his speed of concealment, panic was revealed in his eyes before he could hide it.

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Translator’s Corner:

Salted Fish: Wishing a late merry Christmas to everyone, along with an early Happy New Year! This is the first longer chapter to be released in parts. Part 2 will be coming next week! Kitty: Merry Christmas everyone! Make sure you continue to stay safe during these difficult times and send love in innovative ways while the isolation continues! Wishing you all the best!

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