Could he also be the one who had killed the Bride?
Su Bai suddenly understood why one of his special tasks was to avoid being accused of being the killer. Perhaps it was not because the Administrator worried that newcomers lacked the ability to identify the real killer, but because Su Bai's identity in this game... or rather, Su Bai himself had sufficient motive to "kill" the Bride.
If Su Bai really had caused the true East Courtyard Bride to be devoured without even knowing it, did that mean that although accusing him of being the killer would make him fail his special task, the Players could still clear the game?
Had the Players' chance of successfully identifying the killer been one in two from the start, rather than one in four?
Would that also fit the difficulty of a Beginner Game?
No!
On second thought, Su Bai felt that was not how things stood.
Rather than Little Fire, who had stayed by his side all along and was part of the Vengeful Ghost Puzzle, the one who had devoured the true East Courtyard Bride was more likely the weak blue flame Su Bai and the others had been chasing.
Although the Vengeful Ghost Puzzle was part of Su Bai's body, the blue flame in this lifetime had yet to take physical form or develop a clear consciousness, and it was not part of the Vengeful Ghost Puzzle. What that flame did therefore had little to do with Su Bai. Viewed that way, even if the East Courtyard Bride's disappearance really was due to being devoured by that hungry blue flame, Su Bai would not become the "killer."
If Su Bai forcibly took the blame upon himself to help the four Players before him clear the game, he might only