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Arc 4: Castle Escape
Chapter 94

Xu Ziyue thought he would be the one ending up stuck together with a corpse but there was a sudden change in the situation.

“I wonder…what if the person left behind is the murderer?” Staff A asked. “Everyone should take turns in this room. Of course, to prove that I am not saying this so that I can remain behind to destroy the evidence in this room, I will go back to my room. You guys can see if you want to switch to someone else.”

Xu Ziyue quickly nodded and glanced over at the speaker, “It wasn’t specified earlier so switching should be feasible!”

The others thought about it and felt that it made sense. They trusted themselves more than anyone else.

“So wouldn’t the person volunteering for this be the one who’s most suspicious? Afterall, it’s very likely that they’re trying to destroy any evidence in the room.”

Staff A nodded, “There is a possibility.”

“Then we’ll recommend each other. Point out the ones we think is most unlikely the murderer.”

Because they didn’t know how much time they had left, everyone very quickly pointed out the people they thought weren’t suspicious or had the least suspicions. The final result was that the butler had received the most votes, so he ended up being the one staying behind.

Xu Ziyue went over to use the butler’s room to vote. This time he also abstained from voting.

From yesterday’s experience, the new discoveries from last night and the final result would only be revealed through the speaker.

Xu Ziyue even wondered if anyone would think of voting for Gu Ze and if they really did vote for Gu Ze, why? Did Gu Ze reveal some flaws somehow?

As for himself, Xu Ziyue had already prepared himself. There would always be some who are unsure and would just vote for those who have already been voted.

Although Xu Ziyue didn’t do much in his endeavours to find the murderer, his other actions managed to draw the attention of others.

For example, his attempt to pursue another person in the middle of a survival game, for example trying to get kisses in the middle of a survival game and for example, want to have hot and passionate love in the middle of a survival game.

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But Xu Ziyue had a slip of tongue on the first day and had almost said the words, “Before I died”. This was something that could help the existing players reinforce their suspicion that Xu Ziyue is a player.

And for a player to eliminate another player, it could only be done so through voting.

So. Xu Ziyue had no reason to help the NPC.

But if Xu Ziyue’s “died” was really a mispronunciation, then they had made a mistake. This was a mistake they couldn’t afford to make.

When Xu Ziyue casted his vote this time, the woman on the phone didn’t say much.

It looked like the results of this voting have nothing to do with him.

“Voting is over. Player Fang Qiang with the cook identity has received 9 votes. Player Shi Gong with the Staff A identity received 3 votes. Player Ma Xiao with the driver identity received 3 votes. Player Xu Ziyue with the identity of a delivery boy received 2 votes. One player abstained from voting. Player Fang Qiang is eliminated.”

The voting results on the second day was very different to the first day.

There were too many strange things about Artist 2. Firstly, everything seemed to be pointing at the chef but that was also too obvious, so it made some doubtful. Even so, nine had voted for the chef.

And for Staff A, Xu Ziyue felt that it might’ve been because some felt that he was leading them around too much, but he didn’t know who the voters could be. Afterall, NPC may not be friendly with one another and it could also be another player who may have thought that Staff A was an NPC and was deliberately interfering with them, making them vote amongst themselves.

As for the driver, at first Xu Ziyue didn’t understand why. But when he later recalled the handprints on Artist 2’s ankle, he felt that it might be because he seemed rather strong with his figure.

Now for Xu Ziyue himself…..Xu Ziyue thought of yesterdays vote and today’s two votes……Forget it. In any case, no thing will happen to him. He shouldn’t worry needlessly.

Unexpectedly, the person with the chef identity had turned out to actually be an NPC and on the side with the words “NPC”, there was a small line on the lower right corner.

【First Night】

First night…..They naturally thought of their first night here. If that was really true, then Tao Le Le the cleaner must’ve been eliminated by the chef.

The smell of garlic from Actor 2’s mouth was discovered by Staff A and he was also the one who pointed out the chef. Thinking this, Staff A may really be a player’s ally.

However, knowing that NPCs weren’t necessarily friendly with each other, Xu Ziyue felt that it was very likely that Staff A had just pointed out an NPC who had already completed their task and was no longer useful to make himself appear more “trustworthy” to the others.

Of course, this was all just Xu Ziyue’s wild speculations.

Leaving the butler’s room, Xu Ziyue saw that Gu Ze was already waiting outside. Xu Ziyue obediently walked over to Gu Ze’s side, allowed Gu Ze to rub his head a little and received a candy as a reward.

Xu Ziyue quickly unwrapped the candy and threw it in his mouth.

From the chef’s room, a handicraft was found, and it had some small bloodstains on it. It was probably the weapon used to eliminate Artist 1.

With this, the chef’s identity was clear.

But they failed to find the eliminated chef’s body in the chef’s room.

“Could it be that if N…..they are eliminated, they would automatically disappear?” The butler quickly swallowed back the word ‘NPC’.

The manager very exaggeratedly tried to cover up the butler’s words, “Afterall, what they did was unforgivable. They may even be punished by the heavens!” The manager then turned to Xu Ziyue and Gu Ze, “Hey! You over there! Delivery boy don’t get so close with my artist!”

Xu Ziyue was taken aback. He looked over at Gu Ze who seemed to have the passive skill of “manager’s protection” and then looked over at the manager who may appear threatening but clearly had no intention to get rough, “You’re task….You still have to do it?”

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The manager nodded, “I only have five artists now. It can’t go on like this.”

Xu Ziyue: “……..” Even if you try to protect them like this, those who are to be eliminated will still be eliminated and those who won’t be eliminated…….won’t be eliminated no matter what.

Even if they wanted to know where the chef went after being eliminated, they didn’t manage to find anything in his room.

There was nothing else that they could do.

Xu Ziyue even wondered if he had changed into data and was recovered by the system.

Their progress the second day was pretty good. At the very least, they had managed to eliminate an NPC.

Afterwards, they all returned to Artist 2’s room again but nothing new was found. The group all moved over to the hall and began to discuss the chef.

“I really didn’t expect it to be the chef. But if it really wes the chef, then that garlic clue might have been left behind by the murderer from the second night. Because that person knew who did it the first night and wanted to lead us in the right direction?”

“That is a possibility.”

“If that’s the case, then the murderers should know each other’s identities? And it’s likely that they have their own specific tasks such as who’s in charge of what night.”

“So the murderer from the second night may have deliberately pushed all the suspicions onto the first night’s murderer and that was why garlic was involved?”

Although the only evidence pointing to the chef was the garlic, in a situation where most of the players have no knowledge who the real murderer was, it was the only trace of suspicion the players could act on.

And no one had noticed the smell of garlic apart from Staff A. This as a result made Staff A appear suspicious.

As for the driver…..It was perhaps because his physique was the biggest amongst them and he looked strongest.

And for Xu Ziyue…..It was probably because he looked like someone who was just paddling along.

After two rounds of voting and two days, every one of them had their own thoughts but none had the intention to share it with the others. To ensure that the person they suspect is voted however, they may discuss it with another person in private.

But it looked like no one had the intention to discuss with Xu Ziyue…….

The male makeup assistant and the manager changed seats so that he sat next to Xu Ziyue. On the other side of Xu Ziyue was naturally Gu Ze.

“Wow, how did you do it? Yesterday did you……do that? Hmmm?” The male makeup assistant tapped his two thumbs together and then wriggled his brows at Xu Ziyue with a playful expression.

Xu Ziyue shook his head, leaned down so that he was closer to him and said in a small voice, “You’re thinking too much.”

The male makeup assistant similarly lowered his voice, “Why? The atmosphere between you two is completely different from before.”

“I let him treat me as a child…..” Xu Ziyue rubbed his face with a heart filled with grief.

Although ordinary people wouldn’t do such things to a child, Gu Ze was someone who would be possessive towards someone with that appearance so in the end it was still a strange quirk.

Unless there was another mishap with the data.

Otherwise it was the system’s mischief.

The male makeup assistant patted Xu Ziyue’s shoulder comfortingly and sighed, “Condolences…….”

The manager recalled the result of today’s vote and finally remembered that there was once again a vote that was abstained, “Are the abstained votes over the past two days from the same person?”

“Whether it is abstained or not, does it have any effect on the outcome?”

“I think the person who abstained the first time was probably still not clear on the situation, so they chose to abstain. I don’t think it’s the same person in the second round.”

The butler rubbed his chin in thought for a while, “Then let’s not talk about this. Let’s talk about what we should do about our meals. It’s not like we can just not eat.” The butler raised his hand, “Let me start by saying that I don’t know how to cook at all.”

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