Chapter 172

"Who?"

Zhao Huaillei subconsciously thought of Xu Yutong and Wang Ning.

But upon closer thought, she felt the possibility was zero.

One was never invited into the plan, and the other possessed the 'All-Seeing Eye'; how could she make Huangfu Shu obediently surrender?

Then that only left the boys' side.

Jiang Hua and Tang Youning were mandatory options.

"Did you participate too?" Zhao Huaillei looked at him with suspicion.

Obviously, the only option left was Su Yang.

"I had no need to kill him, and even less reason to kill him," Su Yang was not surprised by this speculation.

It couldn't be that Huangfu Shu killed himself.

Talents have activation conditions.

Furthermore, to avoid a 'fake death' situation, Su Yang specifically threw him into the river to be washed away.

The purpose was to prevent the possibility of a 'comeback'.

"What's more, if I had joined the murder plan, I wouldn't be chatting with you so much right now," Su Yang said.

"Then who could it be?" Zhao Huaillei was completely puzzled.

Could it be that there was a ninth participating player in this game?

There were only eight people in total, and under the premise that the opposite sex couldn't meet, there were only those few people coming and going.

Su Yang pondered for a moment and asked, "There is one biggest doubt that needs to be resolved—what is Xu Yutong's talent?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Huaillei was about to speak, but her brain couldn't retrieve any relevant information.

"I clearly remember Yutong's talent, but how come..."

"It feels familiar, but when it's mentioned, it turns into a mess?" Su Yang said.

"Yes, that's exactly the feeling!" Zhao Huaillei nodded, "You too?"

Su Yang didn't answer directly; he recalled his dating past with Xu Yutong and sorted it out item by item.

There were no problems with watching movies earlier.

The final fireworks show was also very normal.

Only when eating was there something strange.

"Could it be... 'Memory Erasure'?" Zhao Huaillei speculated.

"According to your logic, you can think of these four words?"

"Strange..." Zhao Huaillei frowned.

The words were on the tip of her tongue, but she just couldn't remember them.

"Regardless, starting from the memory aspect, she can't be a suspect," Su Yang said.

"Then that only leaves... Wang Ning?"

"What can the 'All-Seeing Eye' do?"

Zhao Huaillei remained silent; she was the most important link in the murder plan.

Yet she didn't even figure out the number of people.

Originally full of confidence, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine.

Su Yang looked at her changing expression and said slowly, "Don't be nervous, things aren't as bad as you think."

"What is the purpose?" Zhao Huaillei looked up at Su Yang's handsome face, "I mean Jiang Hua's true intention."

"Creating an illusion."

Su Yang stood up, pulled out the axe embedded in the sofa, and walked slowly to her.

"Our meeting today was entirely orchestrated by him. As the player with the highest performance score, I will definitely be targeted," Su Yang looked down at her illusory figure.

"From his perspective, killing isn't difficult; the difficulty lies in maximizing benefits while exposing flaws."

"If I killed you, would he become the player with the top performance score?" Zhao Huaillei looked up at Su Yang.

"Then why didn't he kill me on the first day, but instead dealt with Huangfu Shu, who only got 66 points?" Su Yang countered.

"Because the Cupid statue happened to be able to shoot into his room," Zhao Huaillei said.

"This is a cognitive trap; you've already fallen into it," Su Yang shook his head,

"Most people would indeed think this way when the number of people in the plan is determined, and the logic is reasonable."

"But if there is one more person in the middle, this possibility will be minimal."

"Was this person's role simply to make Huangfu Shu unable to move?" Zhao Huaillei asked curiously.

Su Yang nodded, "Let's put aside the existing clues and start over."

Zhao Huaillei put down her crossed legs, her expression focused and serious.

"First, the moment Jiang Hua had the intention to kill was not at the settlement moment; he had already planned it when dating Lin Shuyu."

"It was also at that time that he initiated the invitation to you and acted between 12:00 AM and 2:00 AM."

"Before that, Jiang Hua had a conflict with Huangfu Shu, saying the words 'gamble life', which happened to match what he said when he 'changed his face' at the settlement moment."

"After that, there was no movement; Huangfu Shu didn't put up any resistance and just lay straight on the bed, shot and killed by the statue you controlled."

"The body wasn't handled in any way and was just left in its original place in its original state."

"Finally, throwing the body into the river settled everything."

Su Yang stated softly, his speaking speed gradually slowing down, his thinking much clearer.

Zhao Huaillei listened and felt that it was basically consistent with the information she had obtained.

Only the part where Huangfu Shu didn't resist felt very strange.

Just as Su Yang said, how could a normal player who had killed his way out of thousands of troops not even have this bit of awareness?

"Once Huangfu Shu is dead, who is the biggest beneficiary?" Su Yang asked.

"Lin Shuyu..." Zhao Huaillei blurted out.

"Then what benefit does Jiang Hua have?"

Zhao Huaillei couldn't think of any; she had previously blindly thought it was related to competition.

Now it seemed obviously not that simple.

Su Yang paced back and forth, playing with the axe, "I went to great lengths to invite several people to kill a player whose performance wasn't outstanding and whose death had almost no benefit."

"And I had to risk the game ending early; may I ask what I'm aiming for?"

"So you think he did this just to divert fire?" Zhao Huaillei said.

"This is one of the purposes, or rather, this is the intention placed on the table," Su Yang said slowly,

"Returning to the 'fifth person' I just mentioned, Jiang Hua had the ability to kill Huangfu Shu without inviting female players."

"Why go to such unnecessary trouble?"

"Furthermore, he could have set up the murder scene to be exactly the same as the one seen that day; why find someone to cooperate with?"

Zhao Huaillei listened to his analysis and vaguely grasped the key point.

The fog in front of her was becoming clearer and clearer; she only needed to take one more step to see the truth.

"I think there are two possibilities: one is that Lin Shuyu is hiding something; she didn't fully disclose the true ability of her talent, so the initiator of the plan wouldn't be Jiang Hua, but her."

Zhao Huaillei shook her head upon hearing this, "This possibility is not high; she can't control human bodies with her eyes."

"The second possibility... still starting from the talent, Jiang Hua is hiding something; 'Silence' is just a smokescreen," Su Yang said.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Huaillei's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief, "So this fifth person..."

Before Su Yang could speak, rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside the room door.

"Bang!"

The door opened, and a strong light shone in from outside, falling entirely on Zhao Huaillei.

"Ah!"

Only a scream was heard, and Zhao Huaillei's figure melted like snow in spring, then disappeared.

The next moment, a figure rushed to him, full of concern, "Su Yang, are you okay?"

Su Yang looked at the face in front of him and shook his head, "I'm fine, your timing was perfect."