Now the situation is - the token has been stolen.

This leads to the following facts:

As number seven, I have six people on my list of suspects.

And as the invincible number eight, I will be added to the list of suspects, the number seven, for a total of seven people.

So, why isn't the number eight the most disadvantaged?

The reason is very simple, because if No. 1 steals the token, then he/she/it will definitely be voted by No. 2, which greatly increases the risk of being accused of being a thief.

If No. 1 doesn't steal the token, then his/she/its list of suspects will also be as high as seven, and the chance of selecting the real thief will be greatly reduced.

Compared with the embarrassing position of No. 1, No. 8 is not only much easier, but the probability of being identified is quite low.

Of course, the pros and cons are only relative, and who can say for sure what will actually happen?

Okay, let's get back to reality.

In the list of suspects with up to seven people, who will Wan Wudi vote for?

His choice was......

"Eight." Wan Invincible's calm and decisive voice echoed in the air.

He actually voted for himself!

Although the rules do not prohibit people from voting for themselves, what good can he do by doing so?

I don't understand.

Forget it, more of a headache than guessing the invincible intentions - who should I vote for?

Considering that one of my teammates may have taken the token, it seems that my vote should not have been cast for my teammates.

But in this way, teammates lose the opportunity to score because they were wrongly identified.

On the other hand, if you throw at an enemy indiscriminately, you will give the enemy points if you don't do it well.

How good is that?

Thinking about it, I can't make up my mind.

"Seven!" I shouted out my heart.

Since I don't know which one to choose, I just choose myself.

Belch.

Could it be that the invincible one also has this mind?

"Six."

"Five."

"Four."

"Three."

"Number two."

"Number one."

As if they had fallen under some kind of serial spell, the next people invariably chose to vote for themselves.

This illustrates......

Even the thief who stole the token voted for himself!

What good is it for a thief to vote for himself, though?

Yes, and it's a tangible benefit.

Let's take a look at the scoring rules: if the thief is guessed correctly, the voter gets one point each; If the guess is wrong, the wronged suspect gets one point, the real prisoner who took the token gets two points, and the rest of the people do not get points (this description is different from the original rule in terms of language, and has been modified to be more accurate).

That's right, the real murderer votes for himself, and he can score points himself!

Therefore, when the exposure of identity is inevitable, decisively making up for yourself is also one of the ways to score.

Of course, there is another rule that prevents the thief from deliberately exposing himself: if the real prisoner is caught three times in a row, he will be disqualified from winning this selection.

"Manager Li, what should I do in this situation now?" I asked in a loud voice.

Now that everyone has exactly the same number of votes, is it a happy ending to just add one point to the thief and then add one point to all the suspects who have been wronged (everyone except the thief)?

"In this round of testing, because there is no one with the highest number of votes...... "Manager Li obviously expected this situation and said unhurriedly." So I declare that this round of testing has failed, and no one will be scored. ”

The crowd was silent.

It seems that it is useless to be opportunistic, and you have to honestly lock up a certain suspect.

"Please don't leave the tent chairs, the second round of tests will begin soon!" Manager Li said again.

A moment later, the sound of shaking bamboo tubes sounded outside the small tent.

"Miss Luo Ziyan has drawn the fifth." Manager Li announced, and continued to move his steps. "Next ......"

After a while, the small curtain of my tent chair was lifted, and outside the curtain was Mr. Li, who was shaking the bamboo tube rustling.

Well, hopefully a more favorable number will be drawn this time.

This time, the result of the draw was:

No. 1 I, No. 2 Wan Wuxi, No. 3 Lai Zong's Darthead, No. 4 Wan Wuhua, No. 5 Luo Ziyan, No. 6 Mr. Zhang, No. 7 Tong Sanye, No. 8 Wan Wu.

I actually drew the most unfavorable number one!

Well, maybe it's not as bad as I thought.

"Before you enter the little black room, please report the number." Manager Li raised his voice and said, "The second round of tests has officially begun!" ”

After meditating for a while, I casually called out the number, and then left the little black chair and went into the little black room.

Light up the fire fold as usual.

The light of the fire flickered, and the token of the test - the small stone lay in the center of the table.

What to do?

I didn't think much of it, I waved my big hand and put the small stone directly into my pocket.

Walk!

Sitting back in my little black chair, I began to think about my next strategy.

The time for contemplation always passed very quickly, and by the time I came back to my senses, it was already voting time again.

Or the first to vote.

"Eight." Wan Invincible said slowly.

Clearly, he doesn't plan to change his voting strategy.

"Five." The voice of the third master of the copper sounded.

This vote was cast for Luo Ziyan, depending on the situation, the third master judged that Luo Ziyan did not take the token, and was ready to make up a little 'wrong vote' for her, so that she could score.

But how could he be sure that Luo Ziyan didn't take it?

Next was Mr. Zhang, who voted for ......

"Five." The old man announced.

My heart blossomed.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Ziyan voted for Wan Wuhua, Wan Wuhua voted for Mr. Lai, Mr. Lai voted for Luo Ziyan, and Wan Wuxian voted for me unsurprisingly.

The tide is set!

I voted for Mr. Zhang.

Final vote statistics: one vote for me, zero votes for Wan Wu, one vote for Mr. Lai's dart, one vote for Wan Wuhua, three votes for Luo Ziyan, one vote for Mr. Zhang, zero votes for Tong Sanye, and one vote for Wan Wuving.

Luo Ziyan became the suspect in this round of testing with the only highest number of votes of three votes.

Of course, she is only a suspect, but she is by no means a real murderer.

In other words, she will get a point.

And I scored two points!

It is worth noting that according to the rule interpretation, if she votes for herself in this round of tests, she will not get points; If I vote for her, then my two points will also be lost (if I vote incorrectly, and that vote is valid, the voter cannot score).

After Manager Li announced the score, the scene fell silent again.

After two rounds of testing, people have almost understood the rules of this thief catching game.

I just don't know, have they learned the trick to winning this game?

Luckily, I got it.