Chapter XXXIII: Judgment
"No more playing."
It's over again, Zhang Yichi didn't play anymore, but looked at the time.
Eleven forty-seven.
"It's forty-seven minutes now, and there's thirteen minutes left before the first round is over." Zhang Yichi simply put aside the cards on the table.
No. 3 just won again, and he was in a good mood: "Are you still planning to erase No. 2 in the first round?" β
"Hmm."
"Okay, remember that the door will open then, keep an eye on point one." Number Three admonished.
"I don't need you to remind you of this." Zhang Yichi didn't like No. 3's current tone, as if he was arranging for him to do things.
"Okay, okay." Three realizes that something is wrong and quickly stops.
Zhang Yichi stared at No. 3: "...... I feel like you're very different from One. β
"What's the difference?" Three asked.
"Hmm......" Zhang Yichi groaned, "No. 1 was very sad when he talked to me, as if it was really his own brother who died. And you, on the contrary, are very ...... Cheerful, and he is completely in two states. Speaking of which, aren't all three of you reincarnators? β
"It's true that this body is a triple personality, and we are each possessed by one of the personalities and enjoy its memories. But knowing all the memories of the personality I possess doesn't mean that I have to empathize with him and grieve with him. Three explained.
Zhang Yichi was silent for a while, and said, "That No. 1 sense of substitution is quite strong. β
"It's specified."
"I'll judge that later." Zhang Yichi said.
The time was getting closer and closer to twelve o'clock.
At the last minute, Number Three got up and walked around the chamber for a moment, then suddenly stopped: "Eh, did you realize that something was wrong?" β
At this time, No. 3 was behind Zhang Yichi, Zhang Yichi turned to look at him: "What's wrong?" β
"The mission is forty-eight hours, and every twenty-four hours find a murderer to erase, right?"
"Yes."
"For the first twenty-four hours, all three of us are there, and each of us will wake up for eight hours. After twenty-four hours, after an erasure, only two personalities remained, so in the end, it was difficult or eight hours for each person? That's going to end up with eight hours to spare. Three said what he suddenly realized.
Zhang Yichi thought for a moment: "Maybe the two of you will share the time of the second equally." β
"It could be thisβ"
Before No. 3 could finish speaking, the voice suddenly stopped, and the lights in the secret room were instantly extinguished. There was no light source in the closed secret room, and as soon as the chandelier was extinguished, it immediately fell into the darkness where you couldn't see your fingers.
"Anyone?" Zhang Yichi screamed.
No one responded.
It should have been the time for the first round of trials.
"Which personality do you think is the murderer?"
The voice that could not be found was the same as the one that had been given the previous task, the god.
Zhang Yichi still subconsciously looked around, but he didn't gain anything, it was all darkness.
He sat down in his chair and finally looked straight ahead: "Two." β
"Two, are you sure?" God asked.
ββ¦β¦ Are you sure. When it came to the real verdict, Zhang Yichi still hesitated for a while. After all, it's a matter of life, and if he chooses the wrong one, then he will die.
God didn't reply.
The chandelier was lit up again, and Zhang Yichi was still in the secret room.
He wasn't sure if he had just been taken to another dimension, or if the chandelier had just gone out, but he was still in the secret room. It didn't matter much, though, and when the light returned, the first thing he glanced at was the door to the chamber.
As he and Number Three had guessed, after the first round, the door opened on its own.
The door was about half open, and Zhang Yichi could peek through that half of the door to the other end of the room. Since it is a room, eight or nine is not far from ten, it is the scene of the crime.
"Who did you vote for?" One's voice rang out behind him.
Zhang Yichi got up and looked behind.
Number Three was standing behind him for the last moment, and now that Number One has woken up, he is naturally still there.
"What do you think?" Zhang Yichi thought No. 1's inquiry was very interesting.
If No. 1 is innocent, then he must not be able to guess who Zhang Yichi erased in the first round.
If No. 1 is the remaining murderer, then the game continues, it must mean that Zhang Yichi got the first round right. In addition to him, the murderer is only No. 2, and if he is the murderer, he must know that No. 2 has been erased.
Number One is innocent now, so he really doesn't know, or does he already know who has been erased and is pretending?
Zhang Yichi observed No. 1's facial expression, and sighed inwardly, if No. 1 is really the last murderer, then the acting skills are too good.
"Two?" Number One said.
"Why do you think it's number two?" Zhang Yichi decided to test each other with No. 1 first.
"The last time I woke up, I told you that No. 3 was the most suspected, almost indisputable real culprit. But you don't seem to be interested in my speculation, as if you were born with a trust in Three. Because of this, I don't think you should have erased the number three just now. Number One was still as calm as ever, talking about his guesses.
Zhang Yichi listened, nodded and said, "If you are not the real murderer, then you are really powerful." If you're the real murderer, you're pretty powerful. β
No. 1 looked at Zhang Yichi puzzled.
"You guessed it, I did erase number two." Zhang Yichi admitted, "He was exposed too quickly, and there was almost no suspense." β
"It's fine." After No. 1 got the accurate news, he was neither happy nor disappointed, "Although No. 3 was not erased, but the wrong person was not erased." Let's hope you can make an accurate choice. β
"Do your best." Zhang Yichi stacked the notebooks and report books on the table and took them together, "It's time to go to the scene of the crime and take a look." β
"The door opened." Number One looked at the half-open door, "Is my house over there?" β
Zhang Yichi walked over with something: "Yes, there should be more clues inside, and it shouldn't be difficult to find the last murderer." β
No. 1 also seemed to have guessed about this door, so he was not too surprised to learn that it was his own home: "The marks of the fight on the balcony and other things I haven't touched since I woke up at the time." I went straight out to find my brother, so I didn't have to worry about any clues being destroyed. β
"It's for the best." Zhang Yichi walked to the door, pulled the door open completely, and stretched out his legs to step in.
After walking into the house, Zhang Yichi did not go deeper, but turned around to close the door again.
"What does that mean?" No. 1 originally wanted to go in, but now Zhang Yichi seemed to want to close the door before he came in.
"You'd better stay in the Chamber of Secrets for the time being." Zhang Yichi explained, "I'm not sure if you're innocent. β
"Are you afraid that I am a murderer, and going in with you will secretly destroy the evidence I may have left?" Number One was a little furious.
Zhang Yichi said approvingly: "Well, that's the case. β
After saying that, he didn't care about No. 1's inner feelings, and closed the door directly.