Chapter 45: Severance·Interruption·Start (Part 1 of 3)

No. 7 Zhao Xu ended his speech, and No. 9 Shen Xin began to speak.

She started excitedly, “I have something to say!” The little girl seemed to have been waiting for a long time, as evidenced by her stirred-up state of mind. “Previously, when No. 2 spoke on the first day, he reworded my speech! He said that I was part of No. 10’s team for no good reason, but it’s not, it’s not like that at all!” Shen Xin’s voice carried a nasal tone, and her eyes were faintly bloodshot, as though she hadn’t slept well the entire night. She stared straight at Shen Mu with reddened eyes, “I believed in No. 10, not because she gave me golden water. I believed in her because I am a good person! Like No. 10 said, if she was a Wolf, it wouldn’t be for her to bestow golden water upon a Civilian without any abilities, like me. I also don’t speak well… Her voice breaking, Shen Xin couldn’t help sobbing, and her voice choked up further, “So, so when No. 10 said it like that, and gave me golden water, I believed her… I did not feel with utter certainty that No. 10 was the real Seer, but, but I checked online before I came here! Civilians must pick a side to stand on. If Civilians do not pick a side, the Wolves will still pick a side! So Civilians must firmly pick a side even if they are wrong, so I believed in No. 10! Are you going to tell me that it’s wrong for brave Civilians to take a stand?”

“Afterwards, everyone claimed that No. 2 was the real Seer and No. 10 was the Wolf. I was so scared. I didn’t believe that No. 2 was the real Seer, because, because he was unwilling to check my identity! Indeed, I did believe in No. 10, but, but can’t I just be a good person who was deceived by No. 10 to stand by the wrong side? Not everyone has an identity that can obtain information at night.” Her emotions reaching a tipping point, Shen Xin couldn’t help sobbing loudly. “But No. 2? He didn’t consider this at all, the possibility that I am a good person. Only sister No. 3 helped me speak, but you guys haven’t considered if the good people are voted out, wouldn’t the Wolf team win? I’m bad at speaking. I really want to speak well, but I was suddenly pulled into this game after only one or two days in which to learn, so how could I suddenly know how to play! Also, you need to consider the situation where I really don’t know how to play. If we just leave behind all the players who are not good at speaking, do you expect me to believe that there aren’t any good speakers or powerful players on the Wolf side?”

Shen Xin became choked up with sobs: “These things, before Sister No. 3 spoke, I’ve wanted to say them for the past two days… But Sister No. 3 said that although No. 2 is the real Seer, he has already been linked to the third party. So now I understand why, although his speech seemed so organized, he didn’t consider the possibility of me not being a Wolf at all, because he had long become a bad person! Really, it’s really too terrible. If a Wolf claims to be the Seer, you might still notice, but when the Seer claims to be the Seer, how do you know that he is no longer a good Seer?”

Shen Xin continued to sob spasmodically as she ended her speech. The little girl’s shoulders were still shaking, and although she couldn’t stop crying for the time being, making her speech somewhat all over the place, everyone still understood.

This kind of speech could actually be considered ‘outside influence’ which was seen as a type of prohibited behaviour when people played ordinary Werewolf games in the outside world. If everyone cried, cursed and made promises, what was the point of playing the game? In this case, however, it was obvious that no one would blame her because this was not a normal game of logic and mentality, but a test of life and death.

Even though Shen Mu knew the truth, watching Shen Xin crying as she questioned them, he couldn’t help beginning to substitute himself into the mentality of a real Seer: perhaps he really had identified the wrong Wolf? He should check her identity, instead of directly condemning her as a Wolf…

No. 9 Shen Xin’s speech ended and the next to speak was No. 11 Su Yingxing.

Seeing the young girl choking with sobs, Su Yingxing silently sighed in his heart. He really did feel slightly soft-hearted and paused to think for a while before gently saying, “No matter whether little sister No. 9 is a Wolf or not, it isn’t your turn to be voted out today. So don’t cry anymore, wipe away your tears. If you live, you will encounter many similar situations in the future, you can’t give up on yourself like this in every game. You still have a long way to go.”

Having said that, Su Yingxing retracted his gaze. Calming his tone, he lightly said: “I agree to vote out No. 2 today, even if he has been intentionally splashed with dirty water by the Wolves, who want us to vote him out during the day. We all need to vote out No. 2 today. If No. 2 is not part of the couple and is a single Seer, he has lived for three days and given us enough information. He can leave the scene after he’s completed his job, right? After he is eliminated, he can leave the badge to his golden water, No. 3, there’s no problem right? I can’t rule out the possibility that No. 2 had been splashed with dirty water. After all, I’m not a Wolf. I don’t know what the Wolf thinks. But there’s a very high probability that No. 2 had been connected to the third party. He didn’t die last night, so today, he must be voted out. This is the rule of the game. I think the game will be over once No. 2 is eliminated today.”

Su Yingxing thought for a moment and continued: “If the game is not over when No. 2 is voted out today… um… no, there must be a double death when No. 2 is eliminated, No. 2 cannot be single. If No. 2 is voted out, and it turns out he really was single…” Su Yingxing didn’t want to consider this possibility. “That would mean that the third party was still at the scene, and the Couple must still be alive since there was no double death, and Cupid… Cupid, I don’t know either, but if Cupid was also still alive, when we wake up tomorrow we would only be able to achieve a tie in the votes*, so No. 2 must be linked to the third-party’s couple.”

*T/N: There are only 7 people remaining: No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 7, No. 9, No.11 and No.12. Based on the hypothesis that Shen Mu is voted out and that he is really a good person, the members of the third party should all be alive, so there would be three people in the third party plus the three remaining people on the good side. Obviously each party member would vote in favor of their own side, hence the votes would end in a tie.

Shen Mu: …???*

*T/N: Shen Mu is confused because Su Yingxing did not count out another person who would be killed during the night.

“If No. 2 brings his partner out and the game doesn’t end, we can wake up and find Cupid tomorrow.” Although his tone was firm, his eyes betrayed his slight hesitation. Instead of pressing the button to end his speech, he continued to frown and think, softly saying: “If No. 2 really is single and the Couple is still alive on the field… Actually, I have been thinking about a question just now. If No. 2 is one of the Couple, who could Cupid be… forget it. No. 2, although I will definitely vote you out today, I will also listen carefully to your speech. Let’s leave it at this, pass.”

Su Yingxing originally planned to press the End button, but thought of something again and added: “Regarding my identity, I’ll just say it. After all, I helped No. 2 speak for the past two days. If I am labelled as his companion I’m afraid that it would be too hard to wash myself clean*. I’m the Idiot**. Of course, I’m unable to be a Wolf or Cupid card, so I’m definitely not a member of the third party. As for the identity of No. 2’s partner, No. 3, No. 4, and No. 9 have already spoken and declared that they are definitely going to vote out No. 2. At this time, it is impossible to resolutely vote one’s own partner out. I think that No. 12, who has not spoken, is a good person. After all, No.12’s performance on the first day clearly wasn’t that of a Wolf’s, let alone a Wolf linked to the third party, otherwise, wouldn’t that be walking right into the trap? Although he could be using reverse psychology, No.12’s appearance doesn’t seem to be fake, therefore he can only be a Civilian card without any pressure. So, the identity of No. 2’s partner is actually very simple, that is, the person who has always followed No. 2’s vote and is still hesitant, No. 7. However, No. 2 will still be voted out today, so don’t split up the votes everyone.”

*T/N: to wash oneself clean; to absolve oneself

**T/N: for anyone who has forgotten, the Idiot is another God card, with the function of being able to remain alive after being voted out during the day. However, their identity is revealed after being voted out and they also lose the ability to vote.

Idiot card? Su Yingxing is the Idiot… to be honest, Shen Mu originally thought that the person holding the Idiot card was Tang Youchen. However, if Tang Youchen was a Civilian, it made sense to disguise himself as the Idiot … Or, Tang Youchen actually was the Idiot, and Su Yingxing was a civilian who was trying to protect him. Su and Tang both seem to be good people, and it wasn’t difficult to know the other’s identity, but that wasn’t important.

The third party’s requirement for victory was to slaughter everyone… thinking of this, Shen Mu did not indulge himself and continue down that train of thought. An Yu, his younger sister, and An Yu’s younger sister, his junior sister Xie You… there were too many people close to him involved in this game. The winner could only make one wish. Shen Mu was not lucky and did not believe that one wish could be used to bring back everyone who had lost during the game. He didn’t dare to believe in a fluke where everyone important to him could successfully win the game.

It was simply impossible to make friends, even with the well-intentioned people that he would ordinarily like to be friends with.

But with half the speeches now over, Shen Mu’s firm plan was somewhat shaken. Originally when he had listened to Xie You’s speech, he had felt that it was very likely for him to be voted out today. But listening to the speeches go around, Du Xiulin would definitely vote for him. Although Zhao Xu had also said that he would vote for him, in fact, his attitude wasn’t very firm and could be shaken. And while Su Yingxing believed that he was the Seer who had been linked to the Couple, he was a player without abilities at night, and he was still slightly afraid of casting the wrong judgment. Xie You and Shen Xin had firmly stated that they would vote him out, but if he could remain on the field, he could pass on the message in his speech. It wasn’t clear if his junior sister had other plans, but his younger sister would definitely vote with him. This had been agreed upon long ago.

Shen Mu seemed to be anxious and impatient on the outside, but inside, he was calmly thinking: If there was still a chance today, he would find a suitable scapegoat and successfully vote them out of the game… kill another one at night, and directly end the game tomorrow. There was no need to have his junior sister work hard and act out another stage.

Of course, this method was risky. If he failed to sway anyone’s votes today, his junior and younger sister’s votes would be exposed, and the third party would be revealed immediately. Although they could kill a single person at night, if he was unable to earn support, he would still be voted out today. Then tomorrow, the couple would have 2.5 votes versus three votes, and it would still be game over.

Should they decisively vote someone else out or let the two girls continue to lie low? Both methods held considerable risk. Although the identity of his junior sister was infinitely high today, it would be strange if the Witch didn’t die once the Seer had been voted out… Although … Once a Witch had already used both of her potions, she was no different from a Civilian and his junior sister would be able to use this argument to confuse listeners. For example, when No. 6 was killed without activating any ability, Wolves would tend to guess that he hadn’t been the Hunter and would thus plan to kill the Civilians instead, in an attempt to wipe out the group. Or for a third party, they would have to kill everyone anyway so there was no difference between killing the Witch who has no potions left and killing others first. But after all was said and done, there were still risks.

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