"Wh-what do you mean by that?"
The approaching crowd stopped in their tracks and began exchanging looks again.
Bo Yi leisurely folded his arms. "Haven't you noticed?" he said, deliberately making it sound perfectly obvious. "In this Instance, exactly two players die every night."
"What?!" The other players were startled.
"Don't listen to his nonsense!"
They had been so close to succeeding, but a single remark from Bo Yi had made the other players start to waver. Fang Jun immediately shouted a rebuttal in panic. "Three people died last night!"
"What rubbish about 'exactly two players dying'... he's only saying that to distract you!"
"He's trying to turn us against each other!"
The other players ignored Fang Jun's frantic antics, looking Bo Yi over with dubious expressions instead. "Is this another 'death rule'?"
"How do you know? Where's your proof?"
Bo Yi leaned lazily against the wall. "With all of you like this-" He swept a finger around the players surrounding him. "Blocking my way... how am I supposed to show you the proof?"
The other players exchanged glances. Ignoring Fang Jun's constant shouts of "Don't believe him!" and "He's only saying that to get away!" they stepped aside and cleared a path for Bo Yi.
Only then did Bo Yi straighten up unhurriedly, walk over to the round table, and sit down. He casually picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of wine. "There's no water anywhere in the Kang Residence, only wine... I'm sure you all know that by now..."
"Well, no kidding..." one player muttered. He had expected some startling discovery, but this was it?
Bo Yi held the cup beneath his nose and sniffed it. "Then has anyone thought about... why the Kang Residence doesn't provide water?"
"After all," he said pointedly, "water is