"Who told you that figuring out who the owner of the villa is means victory?"
Ronte, the man with the ponytail, spread his hands and shrugged.
"I think you all seem to have misunderstood something. From the very beginning until now, even when the forty-five minutes are up, there has only ever been one way to end the game. That is, seven become six—reduce one person's points to zero."
"Right now, including myself, there are five people here with one point. Ah... I forgot, Miss Alice, your cards have already been exposed, so you should have dealt with that K of yours already, right? So although there are five people with one point, only three people have a single card in hand. Me, Miss Julia, and Mr. Richard. If you wish to exchange information about the cards in your hands, you may. But please do not forget that things are different from the opening of the game. Even if you exchange information about your cards, you may not necessarily be able to guess mine."
Yukiko froze for a moment. "Why? If we look at each other's cards, won't we know what his final card is?"
"...No, the situation really is different now."
Aizen stepped forward and explained, "Because two hours ago, we did something. We gathered all the cards in our hands, shuffled them, and dealt them out again. Among them were two extra cards... Without revealing them, we threw those two cards into the fire."
Ponytailed Ronte smiled faintly. "That's right. In other words, although I only have one card in my hand right now, the value of that card could very well be one of three possibilities.
"And all of you only have one point. In fact, if Mr. Kudo truly did not look at the four cards