Werewolf Game

After Bai Zhi finished speaking, he watched speechlessly as Temperance Gentleheart stumbled back several meters.

"Why did you run so far? If I wanted to kill you, I have countless ways to do it."

Bai Zhi rolled his eyes at the other person.

"Believe it or not, I can sell you out without anyone knowing, and you'll still be happily counting the money for me."

"... I'm not that stupid."

Her lips twitched involuntarily, Temperance Gentleheart, she cautiously stepped forward again.

"Don't joke about things like that anymore, what else...?"

"Huh? I wasn't joking."

Bai Zhi pulled an Apple out of his Inventory and answered casually while eating Apple.

"Based on the clues I have so far, there's a 90% chance that your complete annihilation in the last cycle was my doing, and deliberately so."

Temperance Gentleheart: "..."

Just as she was considering whether or not to use her Skill to escape, Bai Zhi's light, airy voice rang out again.

"Logically speaking, it's impossible for everyone except me to be wiped out, because even if not all of them, I should at least be able to save one or two people. So what could have caused me, in the previous reincarnation, to orchestrate your complete annihilation and thus actively move towards the next reincarnation?"

"... Could it be that almost everyone has died, so you voluntarily entered the next cycle of reincarnation to save us?"

With Temperance Gentleheart, she cautiously offered a conjecture.

"This conjecture is possible, but the probability is low."

Bai Zhi looked unconvinced.

"I believe the loading condition is that more than half of the team members die, at which point a loading will automatically begin. Before the last loop, we had already loaded at least once. Even if we really wanted to save our Teammate by actively loading, there's really no need for me to be the only survivor."

"So... the reason?"

Completely confused by all this complicated information, Temperance Gentleheart felt a strange, sharp pain in her head.

"The reason? There's a mole inside."

Bai Zhi pursed his lips and looked at the back of his hand.

The tiny scar on the back of my hand that I had at the beginning has almost completely healed and disappeared over time.

"You dead Player will reload your saves once the conditions are met. Survivors like me, while our collective saves will erase our memories and restore our physical condition to its peak, won't have our consumed items or depleted Inventory replenished. So, it's quite easy for survivors to deduce the rules of saving and loading. In the last loop, what exactly was my intention in making you all forget this?... I think it was probably to ensure that none of you were aware of this concept for the time being."

"... A mole? What's a mole? How did you deduce that?"

Temperance Gentleheart listened, completely stunned.

"Also, logically speaking, shouldn't your memories have been erased as well?"

"High-end ingredients are often prepared using the simplest cooking methods, just as information is often conveyed through the simplest means."

Bai Zhi held up a finger in front of him, his face serious.

"If you hurt yourselves, doesn't that mean there's a mole within the team? Based on my deduction, the situation in the last loop was like this: we had already completed the second condition of the mission, which was to find and resolve the source of the six anomalies. However, while completing the first condition of the mission, which was to search for survivors in this building, most of the team members were killed by that mole. Left with no other choice, I simply devised a plan to kill all of you and directly reload the save to enter the next loop. This is very much like my style of doing things."

"Wait, my mind is a bit muddled..."

Covering her head with one hand, Temperance Gentleheart frowned deeply.

"You're saying the second condition of the mission has been met? But so far we've only met..."

What are the requirements for the task?

Bai Zhi interrupted the other person's words with unusual decisiveness.

"... Find and resolve the six Hidden Anomaly Source?"

"What did the system message say?"

"A Hidden Anomaly Source has been resolved...?"

"So the System Prompt said how many are left? Who told you there are only six Anomaly Source in this Orphanage?"

Bai Zhi spread his hands, his face showing a look of nonchalance.

"So the second condition for the mission was actually fulfilled long ago; it was just a simple linguistic trap."

"Then, then..."

Temperance Gentleheart was a little confused by Bai Zhi's words. She kept asking herself a question for a long time, but couldn't come up with it.

"Feel free to ask any questions, no rush."

Slowly tossing the half-eaten Apple core out the window, Bai Zhi clapped his hands and spoke to the Temperance Gentleheart in front of him with great understanding.

"... What do you mean by 'traitor'? Isn't this a team mission? Sabotaging the mission shouldn't benefit the traitor, right?"

Taking a deep breath, Temperance Gentleheart asked Bai Zhi in front of her very seriously.

"I must be a Fallen Species. If I hadn't known about this concept beforehand, I probably would have been troubled by this thought as well."

Unconsciously recalling the words the other person had said to him on that road paved with White Bones, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.

"In short, just Anomaly the Fallen Species as supernatural beings who have gained Player identities. Their behavior is no different from that of Normal Player, but their minds have been mutated, and it is difficult to tell them apart until they actively reveal themselves."

"Oh..."

She nodded as if she understood, but then, recalling the chill she had felt from the other person earlier, Temperance Gentleheart and couldn't help but ask another question.

"So, have you figured out who that Fallen Species is?"

"No, we were paired up in pairs from the start, so I didn't have time to observe. Besides, you can't tell the difference between the Fallen One and the Player just by observing. Simply put, this is a game of Werewolf, and I'm the Prophet, responsible for finding the Werewolf."

Bai Zhi answered very decisively.

"Since you've said so much to me, you must have already confirmed my identity, right?"

"As I said, unless it reveals itself on its own, it's impossible to tell."

Bai Zhi glanced at her.

"The reason I'm telling you this is because I'm confident I can take you down the moment you decide to attack."

Temperance Gentleheart: "..."