Although Yu Longguo and Xu Xiumei looked utterly certain.
Lin Yu still hadn't given up on his "performance."
Besides, he had awakened the Fraudster profession, so Lin Yu felt he should struggle a little longer.
What if he managed to bluff his way through?
With that thought, Lin Yu put on an annoyed expression and looked at Yu Longguo. "What do you mean? What makes you say I'm not a werewolf? I think you're the one who doesn't look like a werewolf!"
"I have a werewolf weapon. Do you?"
As he spoke, Lin Yu waved the dagger in his hand.
Yu Longguo pulled a curved saber from his robes, its hilt carved with a wolf's head. "Don't think you can turn this around on me. I have a werewolf weapon too!"
Seeing Lin Yu and Yu Longguo arguing, Chen Zhuo couldn't help laughing.
Even at this "critical moment between life and death," seeing everyone in this "Werewolf game" fighting to prove they were werewolves struck him as darkly hilarious.
Seeing Yu Longguo draw his saber, Lin Yu continued pressing him without the slightest hesitation. "So you and I both have werewolf weapons. What makes you think I'm human rather than a werewolf?"
Xu Xiumei spoke up. "The Thief said earlier that he only mistakenly thought the Hoodlum wasn't a werewolf and killed him after discussing it with you!"
"You clearly knew yesterday that there were more werewolves. Why did you still have him kill the Hoodlum?"
Xu Xiumei's words were highly forceful.
Lin Yu was just about to speak when Yu Longguo interrupted him. "Don't bother arguing that you only realized it yourself just now... The way you deliberately acted like a werewolf at yesterday's meeting—I don't believe you didn't know!"
"Detective, you're a smart man—don't say anything stupid."
Yu Longguo had cut off one of Lin Yu's excuses himself.
But Lin Yu remained calm.
He had never intended to use such a stupid excuse.
"Because I really thought the Hoodlum was human. The Thief told me that he and the Hoodlum recognized each other as werewolves because the Hoodlum had a werewolf weapon."
"But then I thought of the Hoodlum's ability... So I suspected that he might have used his ability to produce the werewolf weapon and bait people."
"Because when I first saw the Teacher and the Otaku, as well as the Hoodlum and the Thief, those two pairs were tied together very tightly and seemed to trust each other completely. So I guessed that perhaps both pairs were wolf teams who had recognized each other. That's why, from my perspective, the people I initially suspected of being human were the Soldier and the Veterinarian."
"But after the Veterinarian was killed, I investigated you, Soldier... and you were a werewolf."
"That proved that one person in each of those two pairs was pretending to be a werewolf... Who could have expected my guess to be wrong? The actual situation was that this 'Otaku' was too stupid and had been thoroughly fooled by the Teacher!"
"I'm truly sorry, Brother Thief. I was too arrogant... so I didn't tell you the truth!"
Lin Yu sighed as he spoke.
His statement was extremely convincing.
Chen Zhuo looked at Lin Yu in disbelief, as though he truly believed Lin Yu was a werewolf.
Although Yao Zhengye was unhappy, he also believed to some extent that Lin Yu was a werewolf.
"Damn it, Detective Brother, you really made a fool of me!"
Even Xu Xiumei's expression showed a trace of wavering.
But then Yu Longguo sneered again and spoke loudly. "Detective, you really are dangerous—your words are far too deceptive!"
"If I didn't have conclusive evidence... I really would have been fooled by you!"
Yu Longguo spoke coldly, and Lin Yu immediately sensed that something was wrong.
He looked at Yu Longguo and asked through gritted teeth, "What conclusive evidence?"
"That dagger of yours belongs to the Veterinarian."
Yu Longguo said it calmly, making Lin Yu's scalp prickle.
Then, apparently afraid that Lin Yu would refuse to give up, Yu Longguo continued:
"Although I was alone, I completed tasks much faster than you imagined. So on the first day, after finishing my first task, I wandered around everywhere... and happened to see her enter the storage room alone."
"I hid myself. After she left, I entered the storage room... and there I found a werewolf weapon chest that had been opened."
Yu Longguo spoke coldly, and Lin Yu felt a chill run down his back.
He had calculated everything he could... but no matter how he calculated, he could never have anticipated such a coincidence!
Yu Longguo's voice came again. "Stop struggling, Detective! Humans were practically 'impossible to defeat' in this game from the beginning!"
"You killed the Veterinarian and schemed to get the Hoodlum killed. That already exceeded my expectations!"
A trace of bitterness rose in Lin Yu's heart.
Indeed, this game... was far too difficult for the humans!
He attempted one final "struggle."
"But is it possible that I really am a werewolf..."
Yu Longguo cut him off, a cruel and savage smile appearing on his face.
"Whether you are or not doesn't matter... Lin Yu! There are five werewolves!"
"That proves it doesn't matter if one or two werewolves die... No matter what, I'm killing you today!"
Yu Longguo announced it in a cruel, icy tone.
Lin Yu exhaled.
Despair!
This "Soldier" was even more ruthless and decisive than he had imagined!
As expected, his luck was terrible...
It wasn't merely because of the coincidence that Yu Longguo had run into Xia Yue.
It was because being assigned to the human side was already incredibly unlucky!
This was a faction where even one tiny "coincidence" could send him into eternal ruin!
To make matters worse, his only teammate was the "Otaku."
It was simply too unfair!
Lin Yu even began to think about giving up on himself—Maybe I should just die.
After all, he had already died once.
But the thought vanished almost as soon as it appeared.
How could he?
Coming to this game in the first place was already bizarre enough...
How could he give up just because of the game's "absurdly" unbalanced nature?!
Calm down, Lin Yu... Maybe I was assigned to the human faction because the higher being who designed this game believes I'm stronger and smarter than all of them combined!
Besides, my profession is the Unique Profession, Fraudster... I should never have chosen Detective at the start! If I'd known the situation would turn out like this, I should have claimed my profession was Gunslinger, with the ability to summon an AK with infinite bullets!
Lin Yu gritted his teeth as he thought.
But he also knew that was only a fantasy...
After all, if he hadn't been the Detective, he wouldn't have immediately noticed the "trap" in this game!
Moreover, an ability like "summoning an AK" would have been difficult for them to believe in the first place!
And besides... things had already reached this point. Time couldn't flow backward!
He had to think of a way to break the deadlock right now!
Looking at Yu Longguo, whose expression was cold as he held his saber and appeared eager to strike, Lin Yu felt death drawing closer step by step.
"Any last words, Detective?"
Should he try to defeat Yu Longguo?
The odds were slim...
Even if he defeated Yu Longguo, there was still Xu Xiumei with a gun!
Should he think of another way to convince them that he was a werewolf?
No. Yu Longguo had already made up his mind to kill him...
Besides, he was already under suspicion. No amount of stalling would matter.
The more Lin Yu thought, the more desperate he became.
It seemed that the only way to break the deadlock was truly to "turn back time"!
But when he thought of that, a wild idea suddenly appeared in Lin Yu's mind again.
What if time... really could flow backward?
His entire body suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Fraudster, performance..."
Lin Yu remembered the teachings of the old professor in his department.
"Performance is essentially deceiving the audience. The earliest forms of performance, which even originated from 'sorcery,' were meant to deceive 'the gods' and 'the world'!"
"People put on green clothes and danced during the harsh winter, performing as vibrant trees in an attempt to deceive the gods and the world into believing that spring was coming, prompting the 'gods' to send warmth and rain."
His current situation truly qualified as dire straits.
But his innate "talent for performance" had already led him out of desperate situations more than once.
Lin Yu drew a deep breath.
Since he was going to die anyway, why not try, at the final moment of his life...
to put on a grand performance capable of deceiving the world and the gods!
He raised his head to look at Yu Longguo, a helpless smile appearing on his face.
"Ah, this time... I lost to you again!"
Now...
the performance began.
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