Xiang Nanxing has always believed that the player who is hunted down in this game should have two hole cards.

One is the "Eye in the Array" as explained in the rules. Since it has the effect of "returning everything to nothing", it naturally also includes the "Magician A" that was summoned before, in other words, most of the meaning of directly erasing the opponent.

But this is only the hole card on the surface, for them, there is another possible hole card, that is, the identity of the opponent.

It's true that "Magician A" is dressed like the one in that school legend, but think back, who mentioned it at the time? It's Yue Ming. As a game host, he was not so much teaching them some background knowledge at the time, but helping to round up this suspicious phenomenon.

The significance of that obstructive costume was naturally not just so that Yue Ming could play a fake and disturb his vision later. It is impossible to simply improve the horror effect, after all, it takes six "incredible" venues to trigger the game, and the courage of those who have come this far is definitely not much smaller. What it really does is to make sense to put on a mask, and that funny top hat. In other words, it means that if you show your true face, you may put the person in a disadvantageous position.

In other words, this person is likely to be a guy known to one of them, and once he is seen through his true face and has a handle in hand, it is very likely that this chase and killing drama will not continue.

"For ordinary people, a mask may be enough, but you also need a hat if you say it, and it's a hat that will never fall, even in the fierce battle with the senior sister just now, it won't fall off, I guess it's firmly fixed." Xiang Nanxing pointed to the top of the other party's head and said, "After all, this hat is used to hide baldness, Teacher Zhao." ”

The other party raised his hand in anger, as if he was about to be torn off by the hat in one go, but in the end, the hand still stayed on the brim of the hat and did not exert any force.

"Come to think of it, I don't need to follow your rhythm at all." He sneered, and his voice deliberately became a little different, "That Teacher Zhao is no matter who it is, it's none of my business what you like to think." I'll just ask you one question. ”

His fingers added a little more force: "Her life, do you want it!" ”

"If you hand it over, both of us will die eventually, but if you continue to hold it, the most you will die is one senior sister, because I see that you are in this state, you should not be able to catch up with me." Xiang Nanxing shrugged, "So I can't help it, since I can't stop this from happening, I have to help my senior sister avenge it later." I guess as long as you leave a reminder like 'Mr. Zhao is the murderer' all over the school, as long as you can keep the next one in the end, there should be a police officer coming to the door later, right? ”

He looked at the eyes on the mask with a smile: "I also guess that if this person is usually a good citizen and really lacks criminal experience, even if the rest of the traces are cleaned up by insiders, it shouldn't be difficult for the police to find a breakthrough when investigating and questioning, right?" ”

"What do you think, Mr. Zhao?" He slowly made up the last slash. For the next ten seconds, neither of them spoke again, but continued this invisible wrestling with silence.

Finally, the "Magician A" sighed.

His hand loosened Ji Fenghua's throat, slowly lifted it up amid the latter's cough, and gently removed the mask from his face. Hidden behind it was indeed the face that Xiang Nanxing had often seen during this time.

"Yours." Lao Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "This hand, I will be killed by you." ”

"Teacher Zhao, ahem, is it really you?"

Ji Fenghua looked up at him with a surprised expression. Although she is not familiar with it, she also knows the existence of this teacher, and has heard that he is serious, although he is a little old-fashioned, but he is a good person. Therefore, when she heard Xiang Nanxing's analysis just now, she was still a little unconvinced, but at this time, when the mask was removed, the answer was really in front of her.

"But, Mr. Zhao, why are you doing such a thing!" Ji Fenghua shouted.

Lao Zhao smiled bitterly and sighed, but did not answer, but Xiang Nanxing on the opposite side spoke in his place. "Although Lao Zhao is ruthless when he throws chalk heads, he is by no means the kind of devil who will kill people." Xiang Nanxing said as he turned sideways and cast his gaze upward, "I guess, that person did it." ”

When he said this, Yue Ming was still clasping his hands to his chest by the window on the second floor, quietly watching the final battle going on below. When he saw that everyone's eyes were concentrated, he smiled slightly, supported the windowsill with his hand and jumped easily, and actually climbed over the window like Xiang Nanxing and jumped directly from the second floor.

However, the difference is that his landing movement is very light, and the sound is not loud, but he only bends his knees slightly to stabilize his body, so easy that it is not like jumping from the second floor three or four meters high, but as if he has just jumped two steps.

The hand he showed directly showed the physical fitness that was far above anyone present, which is the absolute violence that the host can dominate the audience. For a while, everyone looked at him with a little more fear in their eyes.

Except for Xiang Nanxing.

He stood in place and watched Yue Ming slowly approach, his face was always as usual in this process, and he didn't even shake his fingers holding the remote control, until the other party walked to only half a meter in front of him, it was already a distance that could take his life with a shot, but Xiang Nanxing's face still couldn't see any emotional fluctuations.

On the contrary, Lao Zhao, who was standing on the other side, swallowed his saliva nervously and made a slight grunt.

"It's a good guts, as the legend says." Yue Ming nodded approvingly, "Yes, this is what I arranged." ”

"Why?" Xiang Nanxing looked at him coldly, "This is indeed not a person who often participates in 'games', right?" If I'm not mistaken, this is also his first time? ”

"After all, this is not Xifeng, how can there be so many veterans. You're the only one who has ever had experience in this game. ”

Yue Ming smiled and patted him on the shoulder, who brushed his hand away in disgust.

"It's not over yet, there's one more important thing." Xiang Nanxing looked into his eyes steadily, "The task on our side is to find specific items, or hide until dawn, which are relatively gentle targets. However, judging from the prophetic poem, the role of the side of 'Magician A' is the 'Giant Fist of Destruction', in other words, most of them are meant to kill. His body has also obviously been modified by drugs, and even if it can be treated later, it may leave sequelae. What exactly do you do to get someone who has never had gaming experience to agree to the game and dedicate themselves to it? ”

When he said the back, his gaze was slightly turned to the side, observing Lao Zhao's expression with his peripheral vision. This passage is ostensibly interrogating Yue Ming, but the real target is Lao Zhao.

The host is like a devil, very good at unleashing all kinds of temptations to entice people to participate in the game. And the focus of Xiang Nanxing's words just now is actually to find out the real reason why Lao Zhao entered the game. He guessed that maybe it was money, maybe it was power, because it was so huge that even a teacher was confused. But although it is possible for people to kill people for these things, as long as it is a measurable temptation, there will still be room for negotiation after all.

And when Yue Ming first spoke, he almost felt hopeful.

"Money, of course." "His daughter is sick and the operation requires a lot of money. How can a poor teacher come up with so much savings in one go? So I told him that as long as he agreed to participate in the game and go through to the end, the money would go to his account regardless of the outcome, and we would arrange everything for the operation. When he agreed, I sent the money in front of him, and from that moment on, the contract was formed. ”

"But if you pay for the surgery, you just need to work hard ...... everyone."

"It's too late." Yue Ming interrupted him coldly. I saw him raise his chin slightly, and Lao Zhao, who was standing next to him, obediently raised his head, raised his hand and lowered the collar of the cloak, revealing the thing hanging around his neck. It looked like a black box, except that there was a small LCD screen on it, and the numbers were beating every second, apparently counting down.

"Similar to you, the stalker side is also constrained." Yue Ming said lazily, "It's just that your restriction is only to 'not leave the designated place' within the time limit, and he is even more miserable, he must always wear this bomb and act until the winner is decided." Because I am afraid that he will not understand the stakes, I provide him with a complete set of rules, instead of only one prophetic poem that needs to be cracked like you, and all kinds of matters are explained more clearly. It's also because he sees the reality clearly, he knows that if he loses, he will die, so he acts harder than you, doesn't he? ”

He smiled and said, "You also found the remote control." The two corresponding points on Tai Chi, one that reads 'Detonate (Return to Nothing)' and the other that reads 'Lift (Nirvana Rebirth)', at first glance seem to be reversed from the button's comment. Actually, yes, because this refers to the ending of 'Magician A'. If you choose to detonate it, the bomb will explode, and you, as the prey, will clear the level, and 'Magician A' will turn to dust and return to nothing. In the same way, if you choose 'Disarm', you will lose, but 'Magician A''s bomb can be removed and reborn. ”

"To let the cute little girl lose her father, or to save this family that is about to be rebuilt from the ruins...... The initiative of this choice is in your hands. ”

Yue Ming said as he walked to the corner and sat down, cross-legged, as if waiting to watch a good show in the special seat.

"By the way, no matter which side you are, the penalty for losing the game is death." He smiled and said, "It's all so clear, if you want to sacrifice yourself for the betterment of others...... I will write a poem in your praise. ”

"But I'm sure you'll find the 'real you' in this choice." He blinked slyly.

What to do? - Ji Fenghua wanted to say this, but she still held back. She frowned and looked at Xiang Nanxing with an anxious expression, while the latter was lowering his head and staring at the remote control in his hand with the same gaze. At this moment, she seemed to see a blood-red light flash on his pupils.

It's like having made up your mind to kill.

As the prophetic poem says, their way to victory is to "find the only eye in the array and return everything to nothing", and if "return to nothing" really refers to the detonation button, the verse means that they must kill the stalkers in turn to ensure victory. The story just now is indeed very touching, but in the face of the desire to survive, this touching is nothing. In other words, Ji Fenghua himself, in desperation, can only sacrifice others to protect himself.

She comforted herself that this could be regarded as an emergency avoidance in the eyes of the law.

And that's the choice the host wants to guide them to make.

Helplessly, Xiang Nanxing had other ideas.

Before this, Xiang Nanxing had met a host, who organized a cruel game in which he was lured to kill others, hoping to take pleasure in watching him collapse after the endgame. As a result of the game, although Xiang Nanxing won and lost, although he survived, he had to bear the guilt of sitting up and watching his companions kill each other, and he could not be relieved to this day, and he may even accompany him for the rest of his life.

This time, he decided not to let history repeat itself.

"Host, I would like to ask one more sentence, it is a detail that is not mentioned in the prophetic poem." He said lightly, "If you hadn't pressed a button at dawn, what would have been the result then?" ”

"Good question."

Yue Ming stroked his palms and laughed: "In that case, even if 'Magician A' loses in time, you win." Bombs that are not defused in time will explode at that time. If you haven't been able to get the remote control, that's not your responsibility. It's a pity ......"

He glanced at the thing in Xiang Nanxing's hand, and the meaning was self-evident.

However, when his gaze moved up and landed on Xiang Nanxing's face, the other party's expression surprised him slightly. Xiang Nanxing at this moment, is he actually laughing?

"Sure enough."

He rolled up his sleeves and was eager to try, as if he had found a way to crack it. Seeing him like this, Ji Fenghua finally couldn't help but ask, "Have you thought of a way?" ”

"Of course, that's the only way to do it."

Xiang Nanxing stared at Lao Zhao's neck and slowly spit out two words.

"Defuse the bomb."

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