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“How did it come to be me?! Today is not my turn!” Ding Zihui screamed, “If you believe in Liu Xin then vote Li Sinian, if you believe in Li Sinian, vote for Liu Xin. Two people claimed to be seers, so why did I get dragged into this mess?!”
Fang Daichuan turned his head to look at Ding Zihui suspiciously. He originally thought Li Sinian was joking, or just casually dropping a bomb to see what everyone’s reaction would be. But an ominous feeling grew in him due to Ding Zihui’s reaction. He frowned: “You… aren’t you overreacting?”
Ding Zihui momentarily froze, the expression on her face chaotic. She then turned her head and hurriedly defended herself to Fang Daichuan, “I am a villager who’s about to be voted out by him! Of course I have to defend myself! What have I done so far? I voted for whomever he asked for, I even showed you my character card. But because I still can’t win your trust, you have to vote me out? Li Sinian, what reason do you have? You can’t just vote for me without one!”
“What are you yelling for?” Yang Song glanced at her, narrowing his eyes, “Did Li Sinian say he wanted to kill you? Even if he really wants to vote you out, we are still merely hearing him out, why are you so excited? Your reaction, why do I have a feeling your role is no good?”
Ding Zihui’s chest trembled violently, her eyes beginning to glisten. She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. “How can I not react? This is not a board game! I’m really going to die when I get voted! Boss Du is dead, we haven’t found the culprit. Liu Xin’s attempted murder but he doesn’t care about that and he says he wants to vote me out. I’ve done nothing bad, why should I let him do this to me?”
Li Sinian, who was the centre of attention, only held his forehead and sneered. He said, “Relax, I only revealed your role, why are you panicking,” and looked up at Ding Zihui with a cold glint in his eyes that sent shivers down her spine.
Li Sinian looked around and explained, “I already know all your roles. No matter what your faction is, villager or werewolf, accept that I am a seer. Since we’ve made this fact clear, I ask you to follow me and refrain from dividing votes on your own. I already carry threats from werewolves for you at night, I can’t look after you. If you vote for the wrong people, I will lose as well. I just want to live. I know everyone hearing this can understand what I mean.
Zhao Chu had poison on his body and he died on the first day. No one had yet a chance to hide poison back then so he must be a werewolf. Mrs. Song was probably a villager although she was anxious to escape. Although I didn’t vote her out, she died because of my judgement. I apologise to her. Now three people from the villager faction and one werewolf have gone, leaving 5 people in the villager faction and 3 werewolves. If we consider variables such as people changing factions and people who have their own interests and a 3rd party, we can no longer afford to divide the votes.
I advise all players who have drawn special roles; if you have any grudge, please resolve them privately outside the game and respect your special roles. We can’t afford to lose. If you vote for someone in the villager faction today and another villager dies tonight. From tomorrow onwards, we will no longer be able to vote for the werewolves. The situation will become dire. Please keep this in mind.
Whether it’s a werewolf or villager, I want to make a final stand. Think about it carefully, is it worth it that so many people died in this game? Whether it’s revenge or finding the truth, it doesn’t matter to me anymore. My dad finally left me a legacy and I don’t want to die over some old shit. Let’s work together to end this game and go back together, shall we?”
Li Sinian thought of the little flower that had blossomed from his father’s skull, the flower that felt like the accumulation of everything that happened in life into one sign that told him to ‘live on’. He also thought of Fang Daichuan, holding two vials in his hand, resolutely jumping off the reef and into the sea. Barely escaping death, he injected the only antidote into his body.
Some obsessions suddenly became ironies and some life goals changed in an instant.
He tilted his head, leaned against the edge of the table with exhaustion seeping from the cracks of his bones. The flickering chandelier mixed with the faint scent of blood in the air, making him extremely sleepy. However, he wanted to make one last effort. “If you want to survive, do as I say, let’s have a peaceful day. There are nine of us, Niu Xinyan and Yang Song, Ding Zihui and Fang Daichuan, Du Wei and the kid, Chen Hui and Liu Xin, and then myself. Everyone votes under the surveillance of each other and votes for each other. I will vote in public for myself. We will aim for a peaceful day. Gather in the hall at night, no one is allowed to leave, no one is allowed to move. When the plane arrives on the seventh day, I will be responsible for everyone’s safety. The buddies who fly the plane must be from our regiment. The boss has no other team. I will definitely be able to convince the captain to bring everyone. What do you think?”
Everyone looked at each other in silence.
Yang Song was the first to respond, “But you have to make sure that everyone can get on the plane.”
“I swear on my life,” Li Sinian said firmly.
Yang Song thought about it for a while. “Then I agree, I think the wolves should also agree. After all, everyone has an advantage this way.” There was no sarcasm in her words.
Chen Hui turned to look at Du Wei, and seemed to see a glimmer of hope in the desperate situation. Before Chen Hui could persuade, Du Wei nodded decisively. “I agree.”
Of course, Fang Daichuan agreed.
Ding Zihui hesitated and agreed.
Niu Xinyan looked at her son, who was bowing his head in silence, and nodded with a frown, whispering in his ear and instructing, “Xiquan, you remember to vote for brother Du Wei.”
The child quickly looked up at Du Wei, lowered his head again, and nodded slightly.
Only Liu Xin looked at Li Si Nian with a smirk, his eyes seemed to have something else to say, however, Fang Daichuan didn’t have a skill to read people’s gaze.
“Let’s do it like this, everyone, I have one last word. If you have any grudge, take away the wolf poison and settle it privately, I want to live, please don’t drag me to death.” Li Sinian was the first to stand up and in front of everyone, swiped his fingerprints in front of the machine, then turned sideways to move away from the screen, and voted himself in full view.
He made a gesture and stood on the side of the machine.
(T/N : Say, if Ding Zihui isn’t a villager, where did she get the villager card? Hmm~~~)
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