"Seer, close your eyes."
Lin Jie's heart pounded.
He closed his eyes in excitement.
His gamble had paid off!
The truth was just as Lin Jie had thought!
None of the players were werewolves!
And God was the one and only werewolf!
Lin Jie had won this game!
In the darkness, a sound suddenly reached him.
Lin Jie's hearing was sharper than most people's, so he could pick up any stir in the night.
Sounds near him were especially clear.
And he faintly heard God getting up.
Goosebumps suddenly broke out all over Lin Jie.
No, he had celebrated too soon!
Lin Jie was still one last step away from victory-
Surviving tonight!
Soft footsteps slowly approached.
Lin Jie realized that God was moving.
He swallowed.
God was the werewolf who carried out the killings at night!
The footsteps grew louder.
Whoever it was kept approaching Lin Jie, until they reached him and stopped.
God had stopped beside Lin Jie!
Was Lin Jie going to die before the light of dawn arrived?
No!
Even if he had to die tonight, he had to tell the others that God was the werewolf!
He opened his mouth, only to discover to his astonishment that he could not make a sound.
So at night, people not only became blind, but mute as well.
He heard God raise a hand.
But death did not come.
?
A moment later, footsteps sounded again. Unlike before, these slowly grew quieter.
God had left.
With a faint creak of the stool, God sat down.
Phew-
By the time Lin Jie came to his senses, cold sweat had already soaked his clothes.
He sneered inwardly:
You failed to kill me tonight. Tomorrow, you'll be the one to die.
Lin Jie relaxed and quietly waited for dawn.
"All players have finished their actions. Day has broken. Open your eyes."
Lin Jie quickly opened his eyes, only to be met with a horrifying sight.
He was player No. 9, and player No. 8, Liu Yunyun, who had been sitting beside him all along, was now unrecognizable!
Her body had burst open down the middle, blood covering the floor and her internal organs spilling out.
Most horrifying of all, the skin of her face had been completely torn away by wolf claws, exposing her ghastly white skull!
Her death was ten thousand times more gruesome than the crazy old man's had been that day.
It was as though her attacker had viciously poured boundless hatred onto Liu Yunyun.
"Holy shit!" Zhou Lan, beside her, also noticed Liu Yunyun's corpse and was so frightened that she lost her balance, tipping over her stool and falling to the floor.
The clatter made the moment all the more terrifying.
The others were struck speechless by the sight of this utterly gruesome death.
"Damn it!" Chen Li slammed a fist onto the table.
God's previous playful expression had vanished. His face was dark, his voice devoid of emotion:
"Last night, player No. 8 died. No last words."
With that, he sat in his seat without another word.
Lin Jie glared fiercely at God.
Liu Yunyun, the chubby boy, and that crazy old man.
Everyone who died, I'll avenge you!
He stood up, his gaze resolute.
The others turned their eyes toward him.
Lin Jie took a deep breath and began today's final speech.
"Everyone, thank you so much for trusting me yesterday."
"I said that today, I would find all the werewolves."
Everyone looked at him expectantly. "Does that mean you already know who the werewolves are?"
Lin Jie nodded with certainty. "More than that."
"I know everyone's roles."
Everyone exclaimed, "Everyone's roles? Then what are you waiting for? Tell us!"
Lin Jie's voice was calm. "Let me ask you all a question first: what exactly happened each night? What did each role do?"
Li Xin spoke up first. "I know this one!"
"On the first day, the werewolves knifed No. 3, the crazy old man, and the Witch didn't save him. The Seer, meaning you, checked the crazy old man."
"On the second day, it was a peaceful night. We don't know who the werewolves knifed, but the Witch used the antidote. The Seer checked me, Li Xin, and found that I was good."
"On the third day, the werewolves knifed No. 8, Liu Yunyun. The Witch listened to Lin Jie and chose not to use the poison."
After speaking, Li Xin frowned.
"But what good does knowing all that do?"
After hearing Li Xin's analysis, Chen Li seemed to want to speak, but held back.
Lin Jie noticed all of this.
He turned to God with a smile. "God, does this game have the 'overhealing' rule?"
Overhealing?
Everyone made questioning noises at the term.
Lin Jie explained:
"I remember that when God introduced the Witch's rules, he said this:"
"'The antidote can only save a player attacked by the werewolves. Otherwise, it will have the opposite effect.'"
"Overhealing is when the Witch and the Guard 'protect and save the same target.'"
"The Witch's antidote happens to be used on the target protected by the Guard."
"In that situation, the rescue fails, and the person attacked still dies. This is one of Werewolf's classic rules."
"God, does our game have that rule?"
God answered, "Of course. The Witch's antidote can save a dying life."
"But if the person taking it is not in danger, the life-saving antidote becomes a deadly poison."
"Someone protected by the Guard withstands the werewolves' attack and is safe. But if they take the antidote, they die."
"I mentioned that right at the beginning."
Lin Jie nodded. "Two positives make a negative. Saving someone twice kills them instead. That's overhealing."
Xia Qu gave an enlightened "Oh!" "So that's how it works!"
Lin Jie looked at her. "Xia Qu, what did you figure out?"
"Ah... no, nothing." Xia Qu stammered.
Lin Jie sighed helplessly. "At this point, there's no need to hide it anymore."
"Xia Qu, you are the Witch!"
Xia Qu looked astonished.
"On the first day, when the crazy old man died, I caught a look of confusion on your face. I couldn't make sense of it at the time."
"On the second day, when we had a peaceful night, everyone else said the Witch had used the antidote. Only you said the Witch hadn't used a potion. I began to get an inkling then."
"And just now, after hearing the overhealing rule, you suddenly understood. That finally confirmed it for me-"
"On the first day, it wasn't that the Witch hadn't saved anyone. It was a case of overhealing!"
"The Witch had clearly used the antidote, yet the crazy old man still died. That was why you were confused, Xia Qu."
"On the second day's peaceful night, the Villagers, who had no inside information, naturally assumed the Witch had used the antidote then."
"Once the antidote was used, the poison couldn't be used."
"So that also explains the anomaly of Li Xin not dying from poison."
"But you accidentally let it slip and revealed that the Witch hadn't used the poison, a fact only the Witch herself would know!"
"Am I right? Player No. 6, Xia Qu, you are the Witch!"
The others struggled to follow. Only after thinking for quite a while did they all understand.
In the end, Xia Qu gave a bitter smile. "You saw through me after all."
"I really am that useless Witch."
"The antidote did no good and even got a good person killed."
"And I still haven't had the courage to use the poison."
"I've been holding everyone back."
"No." Lin Jie rejected Xia Qu's words.
He gave Xia Qu an encouraging smile. "Not using the poison was absolutely the right thing to do! You did very well!"
The praise left Xia Qu bewildered. She had no idea what she had done well, but nodded blankly.
"But the deduction isn't over yet!" Lin Jie said seriously.
"From the information above, we can also perfectly deduce the Guard's identity!"
Chen Li curled his lip. "Seriously?" His eyes were full of disbelief.
Lin Jie turned to him. "Are you going to keep up the act, Chen Li?"