32. The Probe

Rain Emperor didn't really intend to do anything to Yimo. Hearing this, he stopped and, with dead fish eyes, looked at Yimo with a questioning gaze. "I suspect you're just finding a plausible excuse for your sexual harassment."

Yimo spread her hands. "So this is how you judge a perfectly Good Person like me with the mind of Little Loli!"

Rain Emperor stared at Yimo, then pondered for a moment, "Why do I suspect you're the Traitor?"

"They deliberately disturbed Good Person sleep, preventing me from getting proper rest, so they could take the opportunity to ambush me!"

"Also, don't call me 'loli'! I hate it when people say that to me!"

Rain Emperor's last words surprised Yimo somewhat.

Logically speaking, Character Customization must have a purpose: either to make themselves more capable in combat, to lower others' guard, or to improve their impression of them.

The shape that Rain Emperor created clearly leans towards the latter.

But if that's the case, then why do you hate being called a "loli"?

Moreover, apart from the initial time when she lied to me about the cotton-padded jacket, her attitude never seemed to be good.

In other words, what the Rain Emperor does seems to contradict the fact that he has been molded into the appearance of Little Girl.

Could it be...?

She can't actually look like this, can she...?

Yimo felt a little confused, but ultimately didn't think too much about it, "I'm not the Traitor, it's you!"

"They seem completely unconcerned about the vote, acting like nothing happened even after sleeping with someone. Could they be Traitor?"

Rain Emperor: "It's precisely because I'm Good Person that I don't care about voting, since I'm sure nothing will happen!"

"Anyway, it's just one person, the Big Jumbo, who will most likely side with me. The vote tonight isn't about who I want to vote for; whoever gets the most votes won't get any more. It's pointless."

After saying that, Rain Emperor hugged himself, looking a little cold. He peeked out the door and, seeing no one was around, said, "It's too cold!"

"Come in and talk!"

"That annoying, gloomy middle-aged man!"

It's worth mentioning here that if the temperature inside the base is around 0 degrees Celsius, then once the private ∞ Room is confirmed, electricity can be connected and the air conditioning can be turned on, reaching a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius, which is very warm!

You could tell from the fact that Rain Emperor was in his ∞ Room wearing only pajamas.

After entering Rain Emperor's ∞ Room, Yimo looked ∞ Room. There was nothing strange about it. There was a messy quilt on the bed, which looked like it had been redeemed with Points.

Rain Emperor: "Hey! Don't stare at other people's beds!"

Did you come to my ∞ Room with some special hope in mind?

"Sorry, sorry, gloomy old man, you've been disappointed!"

"If there's something special in the ∞ Room, why would I let you in?"

"Snort!"

At this moment, Yimo glanced at the bookshelf opposite the bed, carefully examined the books on it, and confirmed that the books were arranged in a fairly normal manner.

Rain Emperor is rather short, and the bookshelf is on top of the desk. Unless Rain Emperor specifically stood on a stool to look at it, there probably wasn't a diary.

In other words, the diaries you found but haven't read yet are likely to have some special characteristics.

After confirming the information without changing her expression, Yimo sat down in the chair in front of the desk and asked, "Since you used Points to exchange for a quilt, why didn't you exchange it for a cotton-padded coat?"

Rain Emperor sat on the edge of the bed. "Uncle, please, how was I supposed to know the weather would be this cold?"

"I change the bedding for every Game; I'm quite particular about that!"

"Also, what information do you have to share?"

"Why do I get the feeling you're some kind of undercover agent here to gather intelligence?"

"Do you know who the Traitor is?" His expression turned serious.

Upon hearing Yimo shook her head. "How could we possibly know so quickly?"

"However, the Bard a bit suspicious!"

Upon hearing this, the Rain Emperor's eyes lit up, and he immediately became interested, quickly saying, "Oh! Actually, I think so too!"

"I never expected we'd think the same way. You truly are the ally I initially chose!"

"What, are you here to win me over? To vote for the Bard tonight?"

"Alright, I'll take the ticket!"

Yimo: "Uh... isn't your reaction a bit over the top...?"

"He's not still holding a grudge against you for asking for too much food, and for not giving you that favor, is he?"

"Today, while distributing the food, the Drunkard and the Bard coincidentally found themselves in agreement."

Both of them stayed at the base and did not go out.

"Most importantly, I was constantly observing the other Player's movements from the Second-Floor Command Hall."

"Bard and Drunkard both lived on the Third Floor and never went downstairs."

"I suspect the two of them may have met privately and discussed something!"

The Rain Emperor was now sitting cross-legged on the bed, taking out a red Amulet from his pocket and kneading it repeatedly. After thinking for a moment, he said, "It is indeed suspicious, but I don't think it's very likely that these two people are both Traitor."

What else did you find inside the base?

Yimo said calmly, "The base has excellent soundproofing. If there are few people around, it's unlikely that Traitor would be detected if they wanted to do something underhanded."

Upon hearing this, Rain Emperor was taken aback, frowned, and stared at Yimo, saying, "Hmm... why do I feel like you've been Testing me all along?"

Yimo was indeed Testing the Rain Emperor.

After all, Rain Emperor was also one of the people Yimo might be the Traitor.

But to everyone's surprise, the Rain Emperor, who seemed rather dim-witted, was actually quite clever.

However, Yimo didn't show it. Instead, she put on a stern face, looking heartbroken. "We were allies from the very beginning, how could you distrust me like this!"

"Oh! Damn it!"

Rain Emperor stared at Yimo with dead fish eyes, completely ignoring his unconvincing acting. "Hey, old man, stop pretending!"

"When I told you to side with me at the start of the game, I don't know who said that."

"Um, my stomach hurts a little, you guys keep chatting!"

"Just pretend I don't exist!" The imitation is subtle yet charming.

"Ha, what an unreliable, gloomy old man!"

"Allies? They've already broken ties halfway!"

Yimo would never admit it. "I really did have a stomachache back then, that's why I came here to share information with you, wasn't it?"

"It's cracked, but you can just glue it back on. It's not a big problem!"

"When you went out with them, did you make any unusual discoveries? Did anyone have problems in their relationship with someone else?"

Yimo then briefly mentioned the situation outside that Lu Wu had described after his return.

Rain Emperor nodded and said, "More or less."

"However, finding that ravine wasn't easy; it took some effort."

"And... I discovered..."

"Never mind, maybe I'm overthinking it..."

"By the way, that Tianqi, didn't he seem pretty powerful before?"

"After we had a fight, he's been unusually quiet lately, I don't know what he's thinking about."

"And then there's that Executioner. There's something off about his eyes. He always seems to be plotting something bad, like he's about to kill someone."

"If there's Traitor among those who went out, I think it's one of those two."

"Lu Wu was much better. He even asked if I was cold and gave me a cotton-padded coat." She added, giving Yimo a glare. "He's much better than you; he's a truly Good Person!"

As Rain Emperor spoke, he jumped off the bed, moved closer to Yimo, and craned his neck to examine Yimo closely.

Rain Emperor's eyes were indeed very large, and his eyebrows were very long and slender. Even at such close range, they were very clear and exceptionally bright.

"Hey, you gloomy old man, you..."

"Is he Traitor?"

Yimo shrugged and said, "Sorry, that's not it."

"Also, don't try to seduce me, I'm not a lolicon!"

Upon hearing this, Rain Emperor disdainfully distanced himself from Yimo and sat back down cross-legged on the bed. "Tch, old man, you're overthinking it!"

"Hmph, I'll just pretend you're not for now!"

Ultimately, identities in this Game are not revealed before the vote, so no one can truly trust another person completely.

So-called allies are merely temporary allies, created to give themselves a certain amount of power.

It doesn't matter whether there are Traitor among your temporary allies; what's more important is being isolated and suspected and plotted against by most people, which would put you in a more dangerous situation.

"What I can say for sure is that Lu Wu and Jumbo are not the Traitor, but it's hard to say about the others!"

"Nibaba and Rapeseed Flower seem to be at odds right now, constantly arguing, but it's also possible that two Traitor are putting on an act."

"There are too many to see clearly yet."

Yimo: "Your method of judging Good Person... it's probably just that whoever sides with you is Good Person..."

Upon hearing this, Rain Emperor laughed heartily, "That's right, whoever sides with me is Good Person in my eyes!"

"Hey, hey, you gloomy old man, say something else!"

"There's no apparent armed Conflict now, but who knows when things might break down and a real fight could break out."

"Both of our weapons are too rubbish, too weak."

"Even though the Jumbo is on my side, he's all alone. If he gets killed, we can't just fight someone with a Riot Shield and a Fruit Knife, can we?"

"I've taken a look, and you're actually not bad-looking at all!"

"Go find Jingjing and try to win her over!"

"Her weapon is Hand Grenade!"

"If we were inside the base, hiding behind Riot Shield, and she threw a Hand Grenade, that would be devastating!"

Yimo actually wanted to have a chat with Jingjing, but unfortunately she was held up by Lucky One and didn't have the time.

Yimo: "Are you sure the people in the base will really fight each other to that extent?"

Rain Emperor nodded with absolute certainty, "Uncle, this isn't my first Game, nor is it just a few Game!"

"In this Game, it's obvious that the Green Faction and Red Faction are separated and rarely see each other!"

"In other words, the entire Game might just be internal strife within the base."

"The infighting between the two bases must be almost over. Either the Game will end now, or the two bases will have to fight each other again!"

"Therefore, Conflict was bound to happen sooner or later!"

Why do you think I was so aggressive at the start?

"Isn't it because my weapons are too bad, and I always feel you're unreliable, so I want to be more assertive and bring some people in?"

"In short, now is the time to win people over!"

"Alright, alright, I don't care about your identity anymore. Just go and win Jingjing over!"

As Rain Emperor spoke, he jumped off the bed and pushed Yimo away. "Tonight, in the final stage Bard!"

Don't forget!!!

Yimo rubbed his head awkwardly and said, "Jingjing is cooking downstairs right now..."

"Let's talk about it when no one's around."

"By the way, I came here under the pretense of asking you to come over and help me cut vegetables with Fruit Knife."

"Forget it, you're not going anyway. I'm leaving. I'll go talk to someone else."

Yimo felt that Rain Emperor Testing enough, and since she didn't intend to stay any longer, she prepared to leave.

Rain Emperor, however, was taken aback upon hearing this, and quickly put on his clothes. "Hey, hey, hey! Uncle, you should have said so earlier!"

"I wouldn't dare eat food cooked by others; I have to supervise!"