"Back where I come from, there's a game called Werewolf. The rules go something like this..." Mu You explained the rules of Werewolf to him.
Sky Wolf looked bewildered. "What does that have to do with you jumping into Moon Lake?"
"In Werewolf, the sheriff's badge is extremely important because it represents the power to command attention. Both sides fight over it from the very start. Once the werewolves get the badge, the good side is at a huge disadvantage. In that situation, the only way to turn things around is to strip away the badge first," Mu You said.
"You want to kill the Tribal Chief?" Sky Wolf was startled. "But... the Tribal Chief isn't a Parasitic Being... He made the wrong decision, but surely that doesn't warrant death..."
Although he couldn't understand much of the terminology, he had understood that the badge probably represented the Tribal Chief. And stripping away the badge-didn't that mean...
"Why would I kill him? Stripping away the badge is just a metaphor. It means taking back the power to command attention."
Mu You shook his head with a smile. "Whether the Tribal Chief is a werewolf no longer matters, because the werewolves already have him in their grip. Countless Parasitic Beings must be lurking around him right now. That means even if we find a way to make him see the truth, it won't help. The Parasitic Beings will never let that power slip into someone else's hands. The moment the Tribal Chief wakes up to the truth will be the moment he dies! And afterward, they'll definitely pin his murder on us."
Sky Wolf was alarmed, but he understood that Mu You's words could very well come true. Once the Tribal Chief died, the tribe would be leaderless and divided. If the