Two Commoners! The Surefire Rule?

After leaving the principal's office, Yin Ge felt that her thoughts were in complete disarray.

So far, three incidents had happened involving Zhang Zichen.

First, he had confessed to the school belle and been rejected. The school belle had stated that she liked the school bully, and she had even verbally humiliated Zhang Zichen.

Then, the sports committee member had beaten Zhang Zichen over the confession.

After that, the principal had repeatedly criticized Zhang Zichen verbally and suggested that he transfer schools.

Judging from the incidents alone, all three had harmed Zhang Zichen, so all of them were suspects.

But considering last night's discussion about Godhead during Persona Time, the school belle was the only person Son of Heaven had used Discernment on. To accuse her, they would first have to accuse the homeroom teacher.

The principal was on Yin Ge's side, so he was most likely not Beasthood either.

That left only the sports committee member.

The sports committee member... Yin Ge recalled that his behavior during Persona Time had indeed been rather unlikeable.

It seemed she would have to keep a close eye on him tonight!

Just as Yin Ge was thinking, the dorm manager's peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of a figure.

That was... Yin Ge took a closer look and realized it was the school bully!

He was standing on the second floor of the teaching building, staring intently at the school gate.

The dorm manager stopped walking and followed his gaze, only to see... Zhang Zichen's family!

Am I seeing romance where there isn't any? The school bully doesn't like Zhang Zichen, does he? Otherwise, why would the principal be so opposed to Zhang Zichen...? Yin Ge's thoughts raced.

Only when the surroundings suddenly froze did she stop thinking.

Is it six o'clock?

The moment that thought surfaced, everything around her abruptly went dark.

When the surroundings lit up again, she was already in the classroom, along with the others.

Persona Time had arrived.

Yin Ge instinctively looked around at everyone, and her heart suddenly sank.

There were only six people here.

One person was missing.

"Where's the grade leader? He's gone!" the principal cried out, immediately drawing everyone's attention.

"H-He wasn't erased, was he?" The sports committee member could not help speaking up. "Where's Court Minister? Court Minister hasn't used the Law at all?"

Panic immediately spread through the group.

Yin Ge took a deep breath and had no choice but to accept the fact— the grade leader had been erased.

"Could it be that he Partitioned me, so he got erased himself?" the homeroom teacher's voice rang out.

"Very likely!" the school bully answered in a low voice.

Yin Ge knew very well that the grade leader had most likely used the Partition Law on either the homeroom teacher or Yin Ge last night.

So Beasthood had taken advantage of the opening and erased the grade leader.

Thinking of this, Yin Ge could not stop herself from feeling miserable.

But time was tight. She closed her eyes, suppressed the complicated emotions in her heart, and looked toward the principal.

Even though he tried hard to restrain himself, Yin Ge could still see the sorrow on the principal's face.

Other than the two of them, everyone else quickly accepted that the grade leader had been erased and silently sorted through their thoughts as usual.

The school bully walked around the classroom, stubbornly searching for clues.

Before long, he reached the door and cautiously twisted the handle.

With a click, the door actually opened!

The sound drew everyone's attention.

"We can actually get out!" The school bully was thrilled. "Come take a look, everyone. We can get out. In the previous Son of Heaven Game, we could only move around within a small area."

"Do you think we can find clues outside?"

"Should we go out and look?" the school belle asked excitedly.

"Let's go!" the school bully answered at once.

They had always believed there were clues within the grounds, even though the principal had said there were none.

Yin Ge had sorted out her feelings and stepped forward to inspect the place as well.

"It's huge!" Looking at the teaching building before her, the school belle could not help remarking.

"Everyone, go take a look. See how large the area is and whether there are any clues," the school bully said.

"Okay!" The school belle nodded and headed outside as well.

The others gradually followed.

Yin Ge narrowed her eyes. The school grounds were complicated; this really was a good opportunity to communicate.

She needed to talk as well, so she inconspicuously glanced at the principal before saying, "I'll go take a look too."

The principal understood and headed outside as well. "Me too!"

After walking for a short while, Yin Ge slowed down. Before long, the principal caught up with her.

The two exchanged a few words in low voices.

Not long after, the school belle's cry rang out from nearby. "We've reached the boundary! We can't get out!"

They should head back!

Yin Ge and the principal looked at each other and nodded before retracing their steps.

After confirming the range of the Son of Heaven Game, they failed to find anything else useful.

Yin Ge silently committed this information to memory.

Soon, everyone gathered in the classroom again.

Thinking of the erased grade leader, Yin Ge secretly resolved that she had to find Beasthood.

She had to win. She had to win it back!

With that in mind, she did not dwell on her emotions and instead looked at the suspects she had listed during the day.

Next, she would first verify the incidents with everyone to see whether they had missed any clues. Then she would have the suspects reveal their own Godheads so she could determine who was Beasthood.

After sorting through everything in her mind, Yin Ge spoke directly. "A lot happened today. I suggest everyone go over what happened to them and see whether there are any clues we've overlooked. Who wants to go first?"

Perhaps because she was currently the only one whose Godhead had been proven, everyone carefully considered the question she had raised.

The school bully still spoke first. What he said was more or less what Yin Ge had seen—nothing beyond those three incidents.

The others were the same. Only the sports committee member stammered when he spoke and occasionally glanced at Yin Ge.

But there was not really anything wrong with what he said. He merely downplayed some details of how he had beaten Zhang Zichen.

Yin Ge did not indulge him and directly laid out the entire matter from beginning to end.

This also made the others suspicious of the sports committee member.

"Why did you hit him?" the principal asked.

The sports committee member pursed his lips. "The reason I hit him was because of the school belle!"

"If I didn't like the school belle, why would I go teach Zhang Zichen a lesson for no reason?"

"The root of the problem lies with the school belle. You can't blame me."

He spoke every word with utmost seriousness.

The school belle pressed her lips tightly together. "But I'm really not Beasthood. The homeroom teacher said I'm not Beasthood either."

"She really isn't." The homeroom teacher nodded, then sighed. "The grade leader had Godhead too."

In other words, she had used Discernment on the grade leader last night.

But it was already too late, and it no longer meant anything.

"Why did you use Discernment on him?" Yin Ge did not let go of any chance to ask questions.

The homeroom teacher answered without hesitation. "Last round, he and I had a conflict during one of the incidents, so I wanted to use Discernment on him first and see whether he was Beasthood."

"It turned out he had Godhead and wasn't Beasthood."

She sounded fairly sincere.

Yin Ge did not hear anything wrong in her words, so she turned to the most suspicious school belle and asked directly, "What is your Godhead?"

The school belle did not remain silent as Yin Ge had imagined. Instead, she answered openly, "I'm a Commoner."

A Commoner... Yin Ge frowned.

"I'm the Commoner!" the principal's vigorous voice rang out.

A flicker of panic appeared in the school belle's eyes, but it quickly turned into excitement. "It's you. You're Beasthood! I said it first—I'm a Commoner!"

She pointed at the principal, her tone utterly certain.

Their sudden mutual accusations left everyone momentarily stunned.

"Two Commoners?" The homeroom teacher thought for a moment, then looked warily at the principal. "The school belle is a good person. You're Beasthood!"

"No, I'm the Commoner!" The principal stared at the school belle as if he wanted to bore a hole through her.

Faced with the two people brimming with hostility, no one knew how to determine who was telling the truth.

As for Yin Ge, rationally speaking, she could not rule out the possibility that the principal had betrayed her.

But emotionally, she trusted the principal. She felt that he would not lie and was most likely the Commoner.

If the principal was the Commoner, then the school belle's Godhead became uncertain.

Could she directly declare that the school belle possessed Beasthood?

No!

First, if she possessed Beasthood, then the homeroom teacher, who claimed to have used Discernment on her and confirmed that she had Godhead, was most likely someone who possessed Beasthood as well.

Two people possessing Beasthood?

Yin Ge thought over what Qin Li had said before. It was not entirely impossible.

Of course, the school belle might also belong to the White Night Faction.

She might have Godhead and be a Commoner.

She might also have Godhead but not be a Commoner, instead possessing some other Godhead.

Although that possibility was small, it was not nonexistent.

Taking things a step further, the homeroom teacher could very well have Godhead but not be Son of Heaven.

Analyzed this way, there were many possibilities. However, Yin Ge had limited information and could not yet determine which situation applied to the school belle.

She temporarily set aside the troublesome trio of the school belle, the homeroom teacher, and the principal, then looked at the school bully and the sports committee member, who had not spoken.

The sports committee member hunched his neck and avoided making eye contact with anyone, as though he were afraid of being noticed.

Meanwhile, the school bully kept looking suspiciously between the school belle and the principal.

Yin Ge withdrew her gaze, stepped into the center, and addressed everyone. "At this point in the game, there is no point in continuing to hide our Godheads."

"Since there are two Commoners, if we accuse one tonight and then have Court Minister erase the other, won't we win?"

She spoke calmly, her gaze shifting back and forth between the sports committee member and the school bully.

The sports committee member nodded. "That's right, exactly, exactly!"

Hearing that, Yin Ge immediately tested him. "Then are you Court Minister?"

The sports committee member froze and said nothing.

"I'm Court Minister!" In the silence, the school bully slowly raised his hand.

The principal could not help frowning. "You're Court Minister?"

"Why didn't you use the Law to save anyone? Two people have already been erased!"