I don't know how long it took, but Chen Long opened his eyes and found himself lying in the hall of an unusually ornately decorated castle. Chen Long stood up tremblingly, and found that there were four other men and four women lying on the ground, including the monk and two classmates from the same school - Gu Yi and Xu Zekai. Soon after Chen Long got up, the other eight people also woke up one after another, divided into four Chen Long, two men and two women, and a single woman, three small groups. Before Chen Long introduced Gu Yi and Xu Zekai to the monk, an old man with gray hair and an amiable feeling slowly walked into the hall and said, "Welcome to Duke Zell's castle as a guest, I believe you are all ready to face the assessment, and the requirements of this exam are murder and reasoning." Whether you are allied or not, and whatever you do with your murderous modus operandi, if you do it perfectly and not be identified the next morning, you will be successful. In Duke Zell's castle, you will lose all abilities and join the ranks of ordinary people again, and since it is an assessment of 'intelligence', the subtle killing layout will add points, and likewise, wonderful and correct reasoning will also add points, however, please note that only one person can die in a day, and when the dead have been produced, if other murders are happening, I will intervene to stop them and ensure the personal safety of others, and there are only two ways to pass the assessment: one is to be killed, and the other is to kill others. Regardless of whether they are successfully identified or not, they will be withdrawn from the assessment. Rest assured, death here is not a real death, so please don't worry. I will allow you to ask three questions, and I will answer them truthfully. ”

"They all seem to know each other, don't they? wouldn't that be unfair to me?" the lone woman was the first to ask. "Dear Miss, please don't question Duke Zell's choice, although you are alone, among the nine people present, you are the only one who is engaged in criminal investigation, because of your career advantages, so you will not have a companion to help. "So, if I'm not identified after I've completed the murder, can I choose to stay in the game and earn more points?" Chen asked. "Of course, dear sir, not only that, but if he feels tired of playing, he can opt out at any time, even if he is about to be killed. "I have one more question!" Chen Long preemptively asked before the other group of four wanted to ask, "Dear Mr. Butler, since you can observe every move in this castle at any time, and you can get a high score as long as you kill someone without being identified, how do you, as an assessor, evaluate the score? Oh, my dear sir, you have more than one question in this sentence, but I can't answer your main question, because the assessor of this assessment is the great Duke of Zell, so I can't tell you the criteria for the evaluation, as for the rest of the questions, I will assume that I acquiesce, but after hosting so many murder games and seeing so many murder schemes, if you can surprise me, I will wait and see. Okay, now that the three questions have been answered, it's the eighth day of the night, and you can go around or rest early to prepare for tomorrow's killing and killing. I warn you that you are not allowed to do harm to other players tonight, and I ask you to come back here on time at 8 o'clock tomorrow night to express your reasoning. I'll be waiting in the butler's room, and if you have any questions, you can come and ask the old man. With that, the old butler turned and walked towards the end of the corridor.

After the old butler finished speaking, Chen Long waved his hand and called on the other three to come to his room to discuss the plan, and the criminal police girl obviously wanted to understand the structure of her room first, and also turned back to the room, and the only remaining foursome in the hall also went back to the room to rest in order not to be so embarrassed.

Chen Long and the four returned to the room to start plotting, but Gu Yi is an expert in hacking, Xu Zekai is good at a series of military games, that is, he can lead the troops, but the two of them said that they can't play this small-scale killing game, so nominally a four-person team, in fact, they can only rely on Chen Long and the monk to show a wave of operations.

"Do you remember the conditions for clearing the customs, that is, 'killing' and 'being killed', and this game is not only a test of resourcefulness, but also a test of psychological quality, because in a tense game, you not only have to think about how to arrange a delicate game, but also to guard against assassinations from others, after all, you have to have a life before you can think about anything else, but in front of such a tense game, it gives you an absolutely safe buffer period, do you know, why?" Chen Long asked. Chen Long looked around, Gu Meizi looked cute and made it clear that she didn't know, while Xu Zekai put on an expression of "I'm lazy, I don't want to think, don't ask me". Chen Long had to turn his gaze to the monk, if the monk could not have enough wisdom and ability, his layout would have to be replaced. Fortunately, the monk replied to Chen Long's two-phase answer. "I don't think the time before this is to keep your spirits ready for the dangers of tomorrow and beyond, your fate is only in your own hands, so the absolutely safe hours before this are spent collecting tools, getting acquainted with the terrain, and increasing the preparation time for your self-preservation section. "The monk is right. By the way, let me ask you a question, do you mind killing?" Chen Long asked. "At this time, the poor monk has his own decision. After that, the monk also gave Chen Long a meaningful smile. Chen Long was stunned for a moment, and then smiled. "Okay, let's divide into three groups, Gu Yi and Xu Zekai in one group, collect tools and the like by ourselves, and come to my room at about ten o'clock. The monk and I each have a group, please ask the monk to prepare a copy for me in addition to collecting tools, and give it to me at about half past ten, while I am patrolling the castle as fast as possible, counting the number of items that have not yet passed obsolete. When the monk heard this, he smiled at Chen Long and said, "The poor monk will prepare the things for you, but it seems that you are going to do it tonight." After hearing this, Chen Long patted the monk's shoulder and said, "There is always the first one to eat crabs, anyway, I will definitely leave tomorrow!"

When Chen Long just pushed open the door, the criminal police girl had already leaned against the door and waited for a long time, and then the monks, Gu Yi, and Xu Zekai who came out saw it, they all showed "I understand" expressions, patted Chen Long's shoulder and left, leaving only Chen Long, whose mouth twitched, standing at the door. At this moment, Chen Long had 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart. "It's okay if those two of them show such expressions, but what does the monk mean by his obscene face? Isn't he a monk?" The female criminal policeman who witnessed this cut on the other side smiled brightly, stretched out her hand, and said, "In Xia Tang Yuzhe, please advise me more." Chen Long shook the hand of the beauty and replied with a lonely lifelong sentence: "I am Chen Long, if you want to go along, hurry up, I'm in a hurry." Then he quickly withdrew his hand and ran forward. Tang Yuzhe saw the pen and paper in his hand, and then looked at the same pen and paper in his hand, realized that the two of them had the same goal, smiled, and chased forward.

"Kitchen, ten knives, twenty forks....... Chen Long silently recited while recording the "potential murder weapon". Seeing that Chen Long's number was very detailed, Tang Yuzhe was also happy to be idle, and copied it directly. "Mr. Chen Long, what are you doing? Let's count and talk a few words. Tang Yuzhe asked. But Chen Longtou didn't reply, and while continuing to count, he asked rhetorically: "In the current situation, is it important to do what you did before?" Secondly, chat with a professional criminal policeman, sorry, not interested, but if you want to reveal your own information, no problem, I will listen to you. After Tang Yuzhe heard this, he smiled but his eyes were very sharp, and if Chen Long panicked, she would definitely be able to hear it immediately: "It looks like you're ready to do it." "yes, if nothing else, I'm going to kill the first man. The straightforward answer made Tang Yuzhe a little confused, but Chen Long continued: "Ms. Criminal Police, your fate is in your own hands, and my murderer has already told you, it depends on whether you can guess my methods and make the rest of the people believe in your reasoning and vote for me." Subtle techniques may be highly praised, but to do it, you have to do your best, and after killing someone, you can mislead everyone, which is the real display of 'wisdom'. "You're really an arrogant person, well, whether you're better or I'm stronger, we'll see." One more thing, I'm only one person, so I don't mind if I get something to defend myself first. "I don't mind at all. After that, Chen Long showed a subtle smile and whispered, "What an arrogant woman." ”

At nine fifty, Chen Long returned to the room, Gu Yi and the two were already waiting in Chen Long's room, Chen Long confessed a few words, handed them two things, and sent the two away.

At half past ten, the monk took a large bag of "murder weapons" and came to Chen Long's room on time, after Chen Long finished counting, he told the monk in a serious tone that the most difficult thing to deal with among all people is the female criminal policeman, because of good work reasons, she can keenly find flaws and make fine reasoning, but this is precisely her weakness, her innate advantages make her arrogant, and her profession can also make her dark!

At eleven o'clock, the monk left Chen Long's room, when the monk finished decorating his room, it was already more than twelve o'clock, the monk didn't care too much, he fell asleep after arranging, and then, ushered in the bloody dawn.