Based on the premise that "there are only two humans, but five werewolves," Lin Yu arrived at a new deduction...
There were two ways for the humans to win the game.
One was to mislead the werewolves, making them believe they were voting for a good person while actually voting out their other werewolf teammates.
The other was...
To hunt the werewolves in the game.
Just as the rules had never explicitly stated that "werewolves are outsiders"...
Although the game had repeatedly emphasized that werewolves were "stronger" and had "weapon crates," the rules had never said...
That humans had to be the "prey."
Xia Yue was afraid of "exposing" herself as a werewolf, but in truth, Lin Yu was even more afraid of her being exposed!
Because once Xia Yue was exposed, Lin Yu would not only lack "four human teammates" to follow his vote...
It might even cause the other werewolves to realize that the number of werewolves was wrong!
So Lin Yu could only kill Xia Yue here.
He crawled up from the floor. Looking at Xia Yue's corpse and the blood splattered across his own body, he gripped the railing and dry-heaved.
"Urk—"
Then, after noticing from the corner of his eye that the furtive, short figure spying on him from the corner of the third-floor staircase had disappeared, Lin Yu instantly stopped his performance of "feeling nauseous after his first murder."
"As expected, the 'Thief,' Yao Zhengye, is also a werewolf."
"Then my teammate can only be one of Chen Zhuo and Xu Xiumei."
Expressionless, he wiped the blood from the dagger on his sleeve, turned around, and headed toward the first floor.
Of course, his heart was still somewhat shaken.
No matter how much he consoled himself that "this is for the sake of survival," that "Xia Yue attacked me first," and that "she's already dead"...
This was still murder—murder committed with his own hands.
But it was precisely those turbulent emotions that made Lin Yu realize one thing with unparalleled clarity.
He wanted to live!
He wanted to stand onstage again, become an outstanding theater actor, and deliver breathtaking performances...
And he wanted to find out why that inexplicable "junior schoolmate" had wanted to kill him!
Even if it meant killing someone, he would stop at nothing.
Lin Yu walked down the stairs, stowed the dagger, and tucked it behind his belt, hiding it beneath his British-style coat.
As soon as he reached the first floor, Lin Yu collided head-on with Chen Zhuo and Teacher Xu, who were coming out of the dining room.
Having run into Lin Yu again, Chen Zhuo was still highly wary.
But this time, he seemed to have gained some confidence and took the initiative to speak to Lin Yu.
"Hey, Lin Yu, why are you alone? Where's Xia Yue?"
Lin Yu spread his hands. "I don't know... Xia Yue and I got separated. I'm looking for her too!"
"If you see her, tell her to come find me on the first floor."
As Lin Yu spoke, Chen Zhuo furrowed his brows.
"Got separated? How could that happen?!"
But Lin Yu ignored him, turned around, and hurried away.
Then he heard Chen Zhuo pull Teacher Xu up the stairs.
Lin Yu let out a breath and headed toward the meeting room.
At the same time, he began silently counting down in his heart.
"Five, four, three, two..."
Before he finished counting down, the hurried sound of a bell rang out.
"Dong, dong, dong!"
As the bell rang, the sky outside suddenly darkened.
Lin Yu understood at once. This was the bell summoning an emergency meeting!
Someone had found the body.
If nothing unexpected had happened, it should have been Chen Zhuo and Xu Xiumei who found Xia Yue's corpse on the stairs.
He reached the end of the corridor and pushed open the meeting room door.
On the schedule in the meeting room, the times for all the "tasks" had stopped.
The clock on the wall had also reached seven in the evening.
Lin Yu swaggered back to his seat.
Before long, Yu Longguo was the first to push open the door.
He glanced at Lin Yu and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Did you call the emergency meeting?"
"No."
Lin Yu shook his head and answered succinctly.
Yu Longguo was about to ask something else, but before he could speak, the meeting room door opened again.
"Bang!"
Bao Liu pushed the door open with imposing force. Behind him, besides Yao Zhengye...
There were also Chen Zhuo and Xu Xiumei.
The four of them entered together.
Seeing this, Yu Longguo understood immediately.
"Looks like the 'Veterinarian' is dead."
Yu Longguo spoke in a low voice.
The four newcomers took their seats one after another. Chen Zhuo spoke with a deathly pale face. "That's right... We found the Veterinarian's corpse..."
Chen Zhuo had clearly suffered a tremendous shock.
Xu Xiumei took over and recounted the entire matter. "Chen Zhuo and I finished our task on the first floor and were preparing to go to the second floor. Then we found Xia Yue's corpse on the stairs."
"There was a knife wound in her chest. That should have been the cause of death."
After Xu Xiumei finished speaking, Chen Zhuo finally recovered. He glared viciously at Lin Yu.
"It was him... Not only was he the one who had been acting with Xia Yue, but Teacher Xu and I found the body on the middle section of the staircase in the Ancient castle!"
"A few minutes before we found the body, we had just run into him coming down that same staircase. At the time, I found it strange and asked why he was acting alone."
"But he only vaguely said that he had gotten separated from the Veterinarian, then left on his own!"
Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Lin Yu.
Chen Zhuo's statement... had undoubtedly locked the suspicion firmly onto Lin Yu.
When Lin Yu heard Chen Zhuo's accusation, he let out an exaggerated burst of laughter.
"Hahahahaha!"
He rose to his feet, planted both hands on the table, and spoke coldly. "Everyone, I didn't kill anyone!"
"This whole thing is that dead fatty slandering me... I really did get separated from Xia Yue, but how could I possibly have killed her?"
"If I were a werewolf, would I really choose to attack the Veterinarian who was traveling with me first?!"
"Just now, when that idiot fatty accused me, I already checked him."
Lin Yu pointed at Chen Zhuo and said coldly, "His identity is exactly what I expected. He's a werewolf!"
"He killed Xia Yue, who was on my team, specifically to frame me, the seer with the 'highest identity' in the entire game, and then falsely accused me!"
Lin Yu's tone was impassioned, and his words were also packed with personal attacks against Chen Zhuo.
Naturally, Chen Zhuo was so furious that his entire body trembled.
"What the hell are you talking about? I've been acting with Teacher Xu the entire time..."
"Then that means you're both werewolves! Good people, listen to me. Vote this 'Otaku' out unanimously this round, then send the 'Teacher' away tomorrow night. Game over!"
Lin Yu spoke with shameless bluntness.
The logic of Lin Yu's speech was utterly nonsensical, but he carried himself with overwhelming force.
On top of that, Chen Zhuo was too enraged to think clearly. For a moment, he could not come up with a way to refute Lin Yu.
In the end, Chen Zhuo pulled a palm-sized device from his pants pocket. It looked like a walkie-talkie.
"Fine, detective. You say you didn't kill Xia Yue... Do you dare say that again in front of this 'Lie Detector'?!"
"The information obtained through Teacher Xu's professional ability says that the human faction has two key items—we just found one of them. It's this 'Lie Detector'!"
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