"Oh, Lin Jie, do you have anything to add?" Zheng Yi raised his eyebrows in puzzlement.
Everyone else also looked at Lin Jie in confusion.
"Li Xin cannot be executed today!"
As if clutching at a lifeline, Li Xin kowtowed to Lin Jie in gratitude.
"Why?" Zheng Yi's voice was full of disagreement. "At least give us your reason."
Lin Jie waved a hand. "The reason is simple: Li Xin is good!"
Everyone cried out in surprise.
"How is that possible?"
The man in the suit burst out laughing. "Lin Jie, have you lost your mind?"
"Weren't you the one who found the holes in her story and branded her a werewolf?"
"And now you're saying she's good?"
"Do you think we're idiots?"
"Anyone can tell she's a fake seer!"
But Lin Jie remained unhurried. "I never said she was the seer."
"Like Zhu Lun, she's a villager pretending to be the seer!"
An uproar immediately broke out among the group.
"How is that possible?"
"Why would a villager pretend to be the seer?"
"If villagers lie too, aren't they helping the werewolves?"
Lin Jie put a stop to their discussion. "I know you all have a lot of questions."
"Yes, under normal circumstances, villagers shouldn't pretend to be the seer."
"Because villagers have no ability to check identities, they could easily give an incorrect result."
"Besides, in the real seer's eyes, that fake seer would be a werewolf."
"Only werewolves need to pretend to be the seer to mislead the good players."
"But today, the situation is exactly the opposite."
"Werewolves won't pretend to be the seer. Good players are more likely to do that!"
The others all voiced their doubts:
"How is that possible?"
"Surely only werewolves would pretend to be the seer?"
Lin Jie ignored them and continued:
"Don't forget, being killed in this game means dying for real!"
"So no werewolf would be willing to risk execution for the team by making a false seer claim."
"A good player, on the other hand, might pretend to be the seer to protect themselves!"
The man in the suit asked, "Why? Wouldn't a good player also risk execution?"
Lin Jie nodded. "If they're exposed, they could indeed be executed."
"But if they really win everyone's trust, they'll be completely safe!"
"Because I already proved to everyone that with the guard around, the seer is the safest role!"
Everyone thought back. Lin Jie had indeed explained that reasoning to them during the first day.
"What I didn't expect was that someone would get the wrong idea because of what I said."
"Perhaps some good players who aren't the seer would also think, wouldn't I be safe if I became the seer?"
"And so, certain villagers disregarded the team's interests and falsely claimed to be the seer just to protect themselves!"
Lin Jie turned to her. "I'm talking about you, Li Xin!"
Li Xin kept her head lowered and said nothing.
Lin Jie continued, "That's exactly the kind of person Li Xin is."
"From the start, she never intended to win together with the good team."
"All she thought about was staying alive. So she told this enormous lie."
"She isn't a werewolf, just an extremely selfish good player!"
At last, Li Xin raised her head:
"Yes! I'm selfish, so what? I just wanted to stay alive instead of getting killed by the werewolves at night. Is that wrong?"
Everyone asked Li Xin in surprise, "You really are good? Why didn't you say so sooner?"
Li Xin was speechless. "I did! I kept saying I wasn't a werewolf, that I was good!"
"I repeated it at least a hundred times! Which of you listened? Which of you believed me?"
Lin Jie shook his head. "Although Li Xin betrayed the good team for her own benefit, that doesn't warrant death. She cannot be executed today."
At that moment, everyone suddenly realized something. "Then was that chubby guy yesterday good too?"
Lin Jie nodded regretfully. "From what we know now, that was indeed the case."
Zheng Yi still insisted, "Everything you've said is just speculation, isn't it?"
"What if Li Xin really is a werewolf? What if she only took the opportunity to claim she was good after hearing what you said?"
"In the end, you have no concrete evidence proving she's a villager."
At that moment, Lin Jie smiled faintly.
"No. From my perspective, I really do have concrete evidence that she's good!"
"Because I'm the seer, and my check last night came back as Li Xin, good!"
Everyone cried out in surprise.
"What? You're the real seer?"
"Three seers in two days. Is being the seer that easy?"
The man in the suit eyed Lin Jie suspiciously. "You say you're the seer? Then why didn't you reveal yourself yesterday when those two fake seers appeared?"
At the time, Lin Jie's role card had still been blank, and he hadn't confirmed that he was the seer.
But he had no intention of telling them that.
He had already thought of another excuse. "Naturally, it was because I didn't have a useful check result."
The man in the suit looked even more scornful. "How is that possible? Even if you didn't find a werewolf, you could still announce your result. Ruling out a good player would help too, wouldn't it?"
Lin Jie smiled. "Think again about what I meant by that."
The man in the suit considered it. "No 'useful' check result. Could the person you checked have been..."
Lin Jie picked up where he left off. "Exactly. I checked the crazy old man! He was good."
"But who could have known he'd be killed on the very first day?"
"Not only that, God also announced his role."
"So my check became worthless. Naturally, there was no need for me to reveal myself."
This explanation was perfectly logical and watertight. The man in the suit nodded helplessly, accepting Lin Jie's identity as the seer.
But Zheng Yi still didn't seem convinced. "You could have made that story up even if you were a werewolf! It's no basis for saying you're the seer!"
"We police officers demand evidence! Do you have concrete evidence that you're the seer?"
This man really is difficult, Lin Jie thought.
But even so, Lin Jie still had a way.
"I'm the seer, and of course I have perfect proof!"
Lin Jie paused. "To prove it, I only need to ask everyone 'four questions.'"
Four questions?
"First question: is there one and only one seer?"
Everyone nodded. That was a basic rule of Werewolf.
"Second question: was the crazy old man the seer?"
Everyone shook their heads. God had clearly revealed his role card: villager.
"Third question: was Zhu Lun the seer?"
Everyone shook their heads again.
Back when Zhu Lun had pretended to be the seer, they had already found clear holes in his story that proved he was faking it.
Besides, in the end, he had admitted that he was only a villager.
Seeing their reactions, Lin Jie nodded in satisfaction.
Now, he had the beginnings of a bold conjecture, but it still needed to be tested.
So he asked his final question.
"Fourth question: does anyone else here want to claim that they-"
"Are the real seer?"