Chapter 927: No. 5

Su Xiao began to categorize the known clues. Among the several suspects, who fit the hint of "broken glasses" better?

"The man in gold-rimmed glasses has only had his glasses broken once."

Su Xiao looked at the third of the National Football trio.

"It seems... that is the case."

The third originally thought the bespectacled man was Alice in disguise, but after obtaining the clue about the broken glasses, he dismissed his suspicion of the man in gold-rimmed glasses.

"Thinking about it this way, there aren't many suspects."

The third's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.

"That's right, it should be him."

"His acting is too good."

The third clicked his tongue in wonder. With a solemn expression, he clasped his hands together in front of him and said in a low voice:

"There is only one truth, and that is, that is... uh—"

The third thought for a long time but didn't dare to finalize the suspect.

"Brother Bai Ye, I always have a feeling that the o+* combination looks more like a broken egg, or a smashed egg?"

"Hmm?"

Su Xiao tilted his head. Regarding this clue, the hint provided by the third was very important.

"Are you sure?"

"Sure. Although o+* might be broken glasses, in the dark, I feel like this is a broken egg."

"A broken egg—"

Su Xiao put down the white paper in his hand. He switched to a different line of thinking: o+* represents both a broken egg and broken glasses. There were three people related to these two points: the man in gold-rimmed glasses, Fatty, and the leader of the National Football trio.

"Use the right to challenge."

Su Xiao spoke, and the Reincarnation Paradise prompt appeared.

【Please select the target to challenge.】

"Challenge... Game Participant No. 5."

"Wait, Brother Bai Ye, No. 5 is the Catwoman. She already died last night, and both the broken egg and broken glasses have nothing to do with her!"

As soon as the third of the National Football trio finished speaking, the Reincarnation Paradise prompt appeared, and he froze in place.

【Announcement: Game Participant No. 2 used the challenge right on Game Participant No. 5. Challenge successful! Game Participant No. 5 was Alice in disguise.】

"Catwoman was really Alice in disguise? What is going on? My brain is burning—"

The third of the National Football trio was dumbfounded, while Su Xiao let out a long sigh of relief. Catwoman was not Alice in disguise, and Catwoman was already dead. As for who Alice was disguised as, it could be deduced from numerous clues.

First, there were five suspects: the bespectacled man, Catwoman, Fatty, the leader of the National Football trio, and the second of the National Football trio. Catwoman died last night, and the remaining four were imprisoned in their rooms during this daylight period.

The key factor that allowed Su Xiao to find Alice was the hint given by the lucky survivor, which was o+*.

o+* does not represent one meaning, but two: broken glasses and a broken egg. There were three people related to these two points: the man in gold-rimmed glasses, Fatty, and the leader of the National Football trio.

On the first floor, when everyone tried to enter Sha's room, one lens of the bespectacled man's glasses was broken, representing broken glasses. The leader of the National Football trio and Fatty were kicked in the crotch, implying a broken egg, though in reality, neither of them had their eggs broken.

It seemed there were three suspects, but in reality, only one was related to both the broken glasses and the broken egg, and that person was the leader of the National Football trio.

It was the National Football trio who entered Sha's room first. Because of this, the bespectacled man entered Sha's room afterward, which led to his glasses being broken. The National Football trio was the cause of the bespectacled man's glasses being broken; if not for them, the bespectacled man likely wouldn't have entered Sha's room.

The leader of the National Football trio was kicked in the crotch by Sha, so he was related to both the broken glasses and the broken egg. He was the one Alice was disguised as.

After racking his brains, the lucky survivor, the leader of the National Football trio, drew the diagram 'o+*'.

When entering Sha's room, all the contractors were present and witnessed both the breaking of the glasses and the kicking in the crotch. Therefore, the leader of the National Football trio chose to draw o+*, information that everyone could deduce.

Alice disguised herself as the leader of the National Football trio. Under normal circumstances, Su Xiao should have challenged No. 6, because the leader of the National Football trio represented Game Participant No. 6.

However, the death of Game Participant No. 5, Catwoman, last night made Su Xiao change his target. The reason was simple.

Initially, the room number card drawn by the leader of the National Football trio was No. 5, and Catwoman was No. 6. This meant the leader of the National Football trio was actually Game Participant No. 5, and Catwoman was Game Participant No. 6. After everyone entered their rooms, the leader of the National Football trio contacted the second of the trio, and the two began to harass others with loud music. Catwoman was annoyed and, not wanting to fight the three brothers at that time, chose to swap room number cards with the leader of the National Football trio.

Was swapping rooms the choice of the leader of the National Football trio? Of course not. The leader of the National Football trio who drew the card was teleported away after entering Room No. 6 and replaced by an Alice clone. It was the Alice clone who proposed swapping room cards, not the leader of the National Football trio.

After the room cards were swapped, their game participant numbers were also swapped; Catwoman became No. 5, and the leader of the National Football trio became No. 6.

Normally, if the leader of the National Football trio were Alice, one should challenge No. 6. But Catwoman died last night, and combined with the fact that the swapping of room cards led to the swapping of participant numbers, Su Xiao chose to challenge No. 5.

Catwoman died last night, and the leader of the National Football trio—no, the Alice clone—obtained two room cards, No. 5 and No. 6.

Su Xiao considered this: if the game rules included a clause where, after a participant dies, an Alice clone could swap their own card with the other person's.

But after thinking it over, Su Xiao felt this was impossible; at least there must be certain prerequisites for a swap. If they could swap at will, the game would be too boring. Alice only needed to kill a participant who had proven their identity on the first night, swap cards, attract suspicion during the day, and have herself verified. However, the verification would actually be of the deceased, not Alice. Afterward, Alice could swap cards again and commit suicide. If someone verified Alice's card again, they would still be verifying the deceased. The game rules didn't state that a card could only be verified once. In this way, Alice would be completely cleared of suspicion and remain in an invincible position, but that didn't fit Alice's enjoyment of the game.

However, what about swapping a card that originally belonged to oneself? This could be achieved because that card originally belonged to Alice. There should be some restrictions, such as a participant who has been challenged cannot swap, and one can only take back the card that originally belonged to them, not forcibly swap with an "unrelated" deceased person.

Catwoman and the "leader of the National Football trio" were in this situation. The Alice clone didn't swap cards; she just took back the card that originally belonged to her, because she was originally Game Participant No. 5.

When the "leader of the National Football trio" and Catwoman swapped cards initially, everyone was suspicious. However, Alice's luck was too good; the second and third of the National Football trio were No. 7 and No. 8, respectively. The leader of the National Football trio wanting to obtain the No. 6 card made sense from every perspective.

Although it made sense, everyone didn't dispel their doubts. With no clues at all, everyone proposed verifying the National Football trio first. Saying they were verifying the third of the trio was actually to see the reactions of the leader and the second of the trio. The first day wasn't about verifying the third of the trio; the "following the order" was just to relax the National Football trio's vigilance.

Unfortunately, the third was a huge pit. His expression at that time was too damn scary, looking like Alice had been exposed. At that time, Su Xiao, Detective Luoli, Fatty, and Catwoman were all very surprised, because in everyone's eyes, the leader and the second were more suspicious than the third, as the two had previously teamed up to cause Catwoman to swap room cards.

The result of the first day was that the third was not Alice.

On the first night, almost everyone thought something would happen to Catwoman. If something happened to Catwoman, the main suspects afterward would be the leader and the second of the National Football trio. ===== CHAPTER 928 =====