Schiller killed the game.
But Natasha couldn't think too deeply about why Penguin understood that Russian sentence, or why understanding it had made him realize that the Garden of Eden Killer would not come after them.
In any case, they had successfully rejected Penguin's proposal, but they were still asked to remain and protect Penguin and Barbara's safety—after all, no one knew whether any of the bodyguards had been turned. At present, Natasha was the strongest fighter there.
Natasha thought that was fine. At least she could follow the developments from start to finish. If she went back to the house, she would only be able to guess.
Penguin brought over the full guest list and began eliminating names one by one. There were more than sixty rooms and over one hundred twenty people. After ruling out same-sex room assignments and people who were not couples, only thirteen rooms remained.
Of those thirteen rooms, only four contained married couples who truly met the criteria—they had poor relationships, each had weaknesses, and they might kill each other under manipulation.
The others either had relatively good relationships, were tied together by interests too tightly to become enemies, or had once tried to kill each other and failed. None of them should have been targets the Garden of Eden Killer would choose.
Two of the four couples had each brought a child, but neither child had displayed anything unusual. According to Schiller's judgment, they had not been tempted and were unlike the little boy from before who had been able to kill his parents.
And children who were not killers obviously only added variables. The Garden of Eden Killer most likely would not choose the two couples with children either, because one spouse might hesitate, causing the murder to fail.
That left the