Seeing that Ivas suddenly shot and killed the reporter, everyone else looked at him in shock.

"You're really decisive."

Huoyin, who was on the side, clasped his hands to his chest and exclaimed in a low voice: "Whether he is Merlin or a reporter, or a detective who came down in advance, as long as this is not the zero floor, this shot can be fired." ”

"I just want to save people some time."

Ivas wiped the muzzle of the gun and said calmly.

If he were Merlin, Ivas wouldn't be worried—Merlin would only give them trouble, but the real Jacob would have opened the box for his own grandson, Evas.

At this point in time, the noble red has not yet been established. The Scaleless Hand is still a prestigious organization of ceremonial masters.

Even though they are wanted for killing some rich and powerful, their reputation among the people is very high.

In this case, if Jacob realizes that he has been wronged, he will most likely directly reveal his identity as the founder of the Scaleless Hand.

- Ivas didn't know who the pure white and the others were, and this kind of secret still couldn't be revealed to them.

From this point of view, Ivas is actually killing his mouth.

"If it weren't for the information Lulu had worked so hard to bring, this layer could have become a deadly trap."

Ivus whispered, stepping over the reporter's body to the round table, sitting down and crossing his legs.

He looked at the crowd and said slowly, "The other floors are storms in the dark night. Suddenly, it was this layer where the sun was shining, the air was fresh, the birds were singing and the flowers were scented...... As long as they don't wake up to their memories and find the real mission, they will definitely think that they have reached the reality level at the first time.

"—because it's different from every other dream."

Isabel thought so at first, as she passed out after giving the message. Ivus's reasoning was not heard at all.

"But a storm of that magnitude is just over, and it's not going to be so clean. Forests, meadows, or lakes are not so clean.

"Tree branches, broken wood, garbage and debris that have been blown into a mess, and even the fish in the lake will fall to the ground. This is obviously just the imagination of a little girl who is inexperienced in life and has a storm. ”

"Huh."

Suddenly, Chunbai laughed: "These are just excuses...... Actually, it's because of Topa.

"Because the information brought by Miss Lulu has been confirmed by the others—as long as you exclude the information brought by Merlin, you will realize that there is no Topaz in the layers she descended on.

"So you suspect that we were actually on the second floor before. And Topaz is on the first floor...... Only then does it make sense.

"But have you ever thought of a possibility? Maybe Topa killed everyone?

"It's like me - kill everyone and fall to the next floor."

Chun Bai raised his head slightly and pronounced the sentence: "Admit it, Mr. Fox." You made a mistake - because of your arrogance and my lies, you will be eliminated by yourself. ”

"Oh? Is that so? ”

The fox looked at pure white with a smile, and Lulu clenched her fists nervously and looked at the fox.

Chunbai sneered and said without hesitation: "Of course."

"While I don't know why you entered this ritual before I did, you obviously don't understand the rationale for the Nine Pillars God Formation Ritual.

"When the Nine Pillars construct the promotion ritual, and prepare the plot and bonus points for the ceremony, it only considers the absolute rational decision of the person who is promoted—that is, the optimal solution for each ritual is based on the premise that 'everyone is intelligent and rational, and everyone knows that everyone else is also intelligent and rational', and that 'everyone follows their own path and acts'.

So what is the optimal solution in this case? Of course, everyone kills all the layers they are in.

"As long as everyone kills all the people in their dream and then kills themselves—then they will immediately fall to the zero level. Not only that, but everyone will fall to the zero floor. This is the most tacit understanding and the most efficient cooperation! It doesn't matter how many people there are or how many layers there are, you can ensure that at least six people win.

"From the questioner's point of view, is there anything wrong with me killing the floor I'm on?"

Pure white gushed endlessly.

The more Lulu listened, the paler her little face became.

She looked at Ivus with some trepidation, but saw a smile on Ivus's face that grew more and more distinct.

"Who are you?"

Ivas asked suddenly.

Chun Bai narrowed his eyes, a little disappointed: "You won't think I'm Merlin bewitching people until now, right?" ”

"You're not Merlin, but you're lying, deliberately demagoguery."

"So I'm asking...... Who are you in reality? ”

"You've crossed the line, Mr. Fox."

Pure White narrowed his eyes and warned.

"You're the one who crossed the line."

Ivus didn't hesitate to shoot back: "Why are you helping Merlin?" ”

Hearing this, there was a sudden silence around them.

Chun Bai glanced at Ivas with some surprise: "When did you find out?" ”

"Since I came up with the winning formula. But now that I think about it, the first time we met, you were already flawed. ”

Ivus snorted, "Think about it, since you first met me...... Everything you say seems to be questioning Merlin, but in fact you're helping him get rid of suspicion.

"After you met, you suspected that Merlin might be one of the two of us."

- You can trust me now, right? I'm the detective, and that strong man is the fox.

When Ivus and Merlin first met, Merlin said this.

This may seem like a good thing, but it's not right anywhere.

"First of all, if Merlin was a real 'detective' at that time, he wouldn't have to explain to you why he was a detective. Because you two didn't know each other in the first place, why couldn't Merlin do what a detective could do with words alone?

"So what he said was actually saying to me, 'What we had chatted about before, he was suspecting that I was Merlin.'" And you subconsciously made a wrong response—"

- To be precise, I can only be sure that at least one of the two of you is not Merlin.

Pure White said at the time.

Ivas crossed his fingers and whispered, "You choose to follow the topic that Merlin throws up." But this is complete nonsense...... Of course, neither of us can be Merlin, because there is only one Merlin.

"You instinctively say this because you know that the reporter is Merlin, but you don't dare to explicitly reveal that you know about it.

"You just believe he's not Merlin, which doesn't make you suspicious - so you pretend to be wary of him to avoid it. But you are worried that it will make me suspect that he is Merlin, and I dare not step on him to death. So I just want to say it lightly, just to make a stand.

"From that time on, I started to be a little suspicious of you. But I didn't expect you to be working with Merlin at that time, so I did two temptations......

"I bluntly suspected that you were pure white, but you did not show hostility towards me. There are four of you, and we have three—and with all due respect, the detective and I are the main workhorses, and you can see that.

"And we tell you from words that we have come together on the previous level and verified each other's identities. But you didn't try to stop us, you didn't try to find teammates.

"If you really take the position of a promoter as you say, everything is in the service of absolute reason, then you should try to divide us.

"For example, trying to make the 'detective' suspect that I was Merlin from the beginning, or giving false testimony or deliberately misleading me to suspect him. Because since we've been together, it's very likely that we'll all be together in the future. And if we don't have Merlin in them, it means that one of your three teammates will most likely be replaced.

In other words, you've been at a disadvantage since then. So how did you respond?

"—You ignore the logical holes in Merlin's 'Rapid Descent Theory' and accept a trio. You still haven't shown any hostility towards Merlin. ”

Ivas said calmly, "That's when I realized something. You're certainly not Merlin, but there's something wrong with you too.

"Because you don't want to win that much. But if you don't want to win, why should you come to the promotion ceremony?

"Later, Merlin suddenly gave you a hypothesis that you might have killed an entire layer of people. And what is the purpose of this statement? ”

The answer is simple, swallow a layer.

But there is a loophole in such a decision. That is, the number of layers can be one less, but the person will not suddenly have one less.

"I was thinking...... Could it be that Topa is actually on the first floor? That's why I came up with the 'Winning Method'...... That's a bait. But it's not for Merlin, it's for you. ”

"The winning method is based on two foundations, namely that Topaz has gone straight from the top to the zero level, and that you have really killed one layer of people. In this way, counting the real detectives who have not yet come down, we were on the first layer before. In this way, it is indeed a victory for you to die at that time.

"You didn't choose to die. And now you're making that point again...... Anti-Shui denied his previous words, saying that he had indeed killed a layer of people. And also claimed that Topaz had also killed a layer of people.

"If that's the case, then counting the Topa layer, the detective layer, and yours, we are indeed on the zero floor. But alas, this is not the case...... We are still dreaming, and we have not yet reached reality. ”

"If you don't believe me," Junbai sighed helplessly, "you can call out the dancing girl to take a look." ”

"—Yes, Mr. Fox."

When the dancer heard this, she walked over from the turn of the stairs.

She smiled and said, "You were deceived by me, too." Actually, I'm Topaz...... From the very beginning. ”

"In that case," Ivus asked rhetorically, "when did you come here, sister?" ”

"In my memory," said the dancer, "I came to hide from the rain last night...... But this memory is certainly not quite right. ”

You're a hammer.

Ivas couldn't help but laugh.

You don't even know what the "here" I asked is—

"That's right, then."

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he said without hesitation: "You are Merlin." ”

Immediately afterward, Ivus pointed to the corpse in the front desk: "He's Topa-

"It's because you saw Topaz on the first floor commit suicide that you deliberately killed the front desk on the second and third floors.

"Chunbai deliberately tried to mislead me, adding the front desk and excluding Daya. You want to exclude the Topaz at the front desk by saying 'Daiya is a participant'.

"That's why I said that you were able to get Merlin to confess his identity to you and cooperate with you...... Who are you?

Merlin said that the ceremony was watched by the god of the Nine Pillars...... Does your identity have anything to do with this? ”

"Well, it's better not to ask."

Living Silver, who had been silent on the side, suddenly opened his mouth to warn.

Hearing this, pure white stared at Ivus for a long time.

The old inspector finally exhaled helplessly and closed his eyes.

"No, it's okay......"

Chun Bai opened his eyes, and suddenly changed to a calmer tone: "This is the exam question that a certain pillar god asked me to temporarily add to you when I entered. He wants to see if you can change your bad ways in extreme circumstances—

"You are quite suspicious, it is difficult to trust others, you are always vigilant and keep your distance from others, but you lack discernment for those close to you, and you always subconsciously want to believe the words of well-meaning people; Miss Lulu is kind and brave, but because she is too well protected, her personality is a little weak, and her willpower is not strong enough to withstand her talents; Mr. Detective is smart, calm, and rational, but he always likes to be in the limelight, has a strong desire to perform and curiosity, and has an overly strong desire to win.

"I'm your temporary examiner. I was meant to test your ability to withstand deception...... But you just got me out. Okay, that's one of the answers. ”

“…… Who gave this question? Who the hell are you? ”

Hearing the pure white words, Ivas hesitated a little: "Are you...... The Eternal Virgin? ”

He originally thought that Junbai only knew Merlin, so he chose to cooperate with him.

As a result, I didn't expect to receive a private chat directly from the Nine Pillars God......

I'm super, what kind of person is this?

"Guess?"

Pure White smiled slightly, noncommittal.

The old overseer slapped the gun in front of Ivus, and looked at Ivus with a long gaze that had regained his composure: "My exam questions are over, but the ceremony is not over yet. But you win.

"Merlin told me that Topaz has now fallen into the minus layer. After all, he was born on the first layer, and it is difficult to distinguish between dreams and reality. Other words...... The eliminator who must appear has already appeared.

"Now as long as we all get to the zero floor, then all six of us can win......"

"—I'm sorry, Lord Pure White...... And Merlin. I wanted to interrupt. ”

Ivus suddenly spoke: "If I'm guessing correctly, you won't die immediately when you enter the negative layer, right?" ”

"What do you want to do?"

Merlin asked rhetorically, "Do you want to dispel the Earth Binding Spirit and bring Daya back back?"

"In principle, it's not impossible...... Just come back to reality and your power will come back. But you're just a second-level pastor. ”

"Don't underestimate the priest, Merlin."

Ivus smiled, and took Daya over and hugged her in her arms.

“…… What are you doing? ”

Dai Ya lay in Aihuas's arms, twisting her body a little uneasily: "Otherwise, I'd better give up this time...... Just follow them down. I'm just going to stay here and keep dreaming......"

"Nope."

"Anyway, it's only been half a month, and it would be nice if I went to the crescent moon ceremony by myself in two weeks......

"Nope."

Ivus whispered softly, ruffling Daya's hair and holding the muzzle of the gun behind her ear.

"I don't believe that a promotion ceremony would kill one of the participants. You must have a way to survive and win.

"If you can't find it, I'll help you find it—take it as a reward for being strong and killing yourself so many times."

One shot. Two shots.

When Ivus woke up again, he heard the surprised voice of the Flame Butterfly:

“…… Brother...... You're finally awake! ”

"yes, I'm awake."

Ivus whispered.

When he opened his eyes, a golden-red glow suddenly lit up from the base of his pupils like the newborn morning sun.

Chapter 2 of 4,500 words! It's already 6,000 words to provoke!

But there's a third chapter (forked waist)

The cat went to have lunch and came back to continue the code, but the third chapter may have to be provoked at night.

Today's cat won't change thousands of words every day, right-

(End of chapter)