After the old man, the little old woman who took over managing the lodging nagged Tang Yu a few more times before leaving with a ring of keys.
Once the Players gathered together, they realized that in just one night, nearly half their number had vanished.
Luo Haihua and her husband had disappeared in an invisible blaze sparked by an overturned lantern. Things did not look good for them.
Qiu Xin had climbed out through the window and should still be alive, but it was now certain that she stood on a different side from the other Players.
"Qiu Xin is a tiger ghost. She climbed out the window before midnight, probably to kill a townsman and complete her daily murder task."
Tang Yu fiddled with the lantern in his hand and calmly deduced, "There was no light at night, so she couldn't see the townspeople's shadows. She could only rely on what she'd observed during the day to determine that the old man managing the lodging was human. To be safe, she most likely chose to target him.
"She should have succeeded already. That's why the old man disappeared and an old woman replaced him as the lodging's manager. Compared with yesterday evening, it's clear that only Players from the 'tiger ghost' faction can truly kill townspeople."
As a former core member of Nine Provinces Guild, Tang Yu might usually seem careless and rough around the edges, but his abilities were actually quite solid in every respect.
Especially when it came to deduction and analysis, his time in the guild had trained him well enough that his thoughts were clear and his reasoning smooth. In just a few sentences, he laid out the entire sequence of events.
As he spoke, Qi Si suddenly reached out and patted Lin Chen