Chapter 700: The Death of Bessie Du Lan Te! The Truth Revealed!

"Where did this thing come from? How come I've never seen it before?" Liang Kaiji questioned.

"A slave named Arianna, I heard I have to rescue her, so I give this Letter as a reward." Su Yang explained.

"Diana handed the Letter to a slave? Ridiculous!" Liang Kaiji gave a disgusted look.

Su Yang heard and smiled lightly, "Miss Liang, don't be impatient, listen as I explain in detail."

"Brother Li is present; even if I wanted to lie, I'd have to weigh it, especially since this is the big guy's last chance."

"Even though I'm a half‑living, half‑dead person, I still want to walk out through that clearance Portal."

"Now I can be certain I'm not the murderer, so as a member of the Good Guy Camp, I naturally wouldn't harm other good people."

"To be frank, besides this will, I also found another one while searching for the cage key!"

As he spoke, Su Yang, as if performing a magic trick, again produced a crumpled piece of paper.

Both papers were laid flat on the table at once; pointing to the left one, he said, "This one explains Diana's true cause of death and the murderer's identity."

Then pointing to the right, "This one is the Cook's self‑narration; it details the character relationships and love‑hate entanglements of the whole game."

Tang Youning reached out as if to snatch it; Su Yang reacted swiftly, grasping it in his hand, preventing him from succeeding.

"Since you've shown it, why not let the big guy see it?" Tang Youning said discontentedly.

"The things I've found naturally must be decided by me," Su Yang said slowly.

"Then cut the chatter; we don't have much time left!" Tang Youning urged.

At this moment, Li Zhenhua voiced a long‑held question, "Hold on, there are eight players, each playing a character; based on the intelligence we've gathered, if we add Sean Davidson inside the Stone Gate, that makes nine people."

"And Diana is the deceased; why would Miss Liang play a dead person?"

"Then where did the remaining Maid Bessie Du Lan Te go?"

With that said, everyone nodded in agreement.

Indeed, they also had similar doubts when they heard the vote tally.

If Bessie Du Lan Te appears as an NPC, that would indeed be against the rules.

Yet she neither appeared in the Ancient Castle, nor is she a part of the castle's inhabitants; why would she vanish into thin air?

Su Yang pulled out a sheet of paper, indicating, "This Letter can provide the answer."

He immediately looked at the Letter's first sentence and said solemnly, "I am Lucien Johnson, a sinner, an unforgivable Executioner!"

"My family has existed in this country for 230 years; the family's honor is something I must protect for my whole life."

"But I… have disgraced my family, stained my ancestors' honor; I fell in love with a person I shouldn't have loved."

"He is Sean Davidson; my admiration for him is like the moon in the sky—pure, flawless, beautiful and full."

"However, he was framed; that hypocritical noble named Rex brutally imprisoned him!"

"I've tried countless times to rescue him, but Rex discovered my relationship with Sean; he used that as blackmail, forcing me to comply."

"This country doesn't allow such a relationship, yet I can't control my feelings."

"Faced with family honor versus love, I reluctantly chose the former, thus handing over the Family Heirloom."

"Rex combined his Family Heirloom with mine to create a Secret Room, torturing Sean so he would never see the light of day."

"Whenever I go down to check the slaves' condition, I feel an urge to rush into the Secret Room!"

"I can suppress everything else, except emotions."

"To rescue Sean, I secretly lurked, pretending to crave fame and wealth to win Rex's trust."

"Finally, the opportunity arrived."

"The nation's missing‑person count surged; the king ordered a thorough investigation. I secretly gathered evidence and had a friend submit it."

"Even if it shatters me to pieces, I will make Rex taste punishment!"

"The Investigator arrived, but left shortly after."

"Rex, well‑versed in human weakness, bribed this group with a fortune; to cover his tracks, he also intended to send Diana out as a scapegoat."

"I refuse to go along with his wishes!"

"Even if we perish together, I will send this Demon to hell!"

"Last night, I lured Diana to the Exhibition Room, grabbed a hunting rifle and fired a shot into the back of her head!"

"However, just as I thought the deed was done, Diana arrived late, witnessing all my actions."

"At that moment I was shocked; only when she turned the corpse upright did I realize I had killed the wrong person."

"The person I killed was—Bessie Du Lan Te!"

"Diana told me not to panic; she would take care of the aftermath."

"The Exhibition Room's display window glass was broken; she replaced it with a new piece and cleaned all the blood and the corpse from the floor."

"I feel deep shame; from the moment I harbored an evil thought, the Demon seed had already sprouted in my heart."

"I've finally become the most detestable version of myself…"

"Everyone is a sinner, including myself."

"God will never forgive me, but I am willing… to atone with death!"

"We all…"

"All of us—should die!"

The Letter ends here; Su Yang slightly lifted his eyelids, scanning the stunned players.

"That's all—the Cook's self‑narration and the evidence."

"I see, so the hunting rifle in the Cellar was actually…" Li Zhenhua finally understood.

"Exactly, that was the Murder Weapon the Cook used to kill, and Diana handled it." Su Yang gave a slight nod.

"But… he actually misidentified the person?" Yu Meng frowned.

"Do you all remember that three‑person group photo?" Su Yang asked.

When that was said, Li Zhenhua suddenly realized, "Severed finger?!"

Su Yang nodded slightly, "Both have severed fingers, both have blond hair, and their heights are similar; judging only by their silhouettes, they are hard to distinguish in a short time."

"I've checked the Exhibition Room several times as well, but there are no bullet holes inside," Zhai Sixin said.

"Snap!"

Su Yang placed the Wild Boar Tooth he had collected earlier onto the table and said calmly, "Before the game officially began, I found this tooth in a corner of the Exhibition Room; it fits perfectly with the gap in the Wild Boar's mouth inside the display case."

"At first I thought they were broken by hand, but now it seems these are all the Cook's masterpieces."

"The bullet's impact was largely absorbed by Bessie's skull, so the fracture edge is uneven."

"So Bessie had died long ago…" Yu Meng murmured to herself.

She did not take part in the torture Diana endured before death.

Recalling this, Yu Meng suddenly thought of something, jerked her head up and looked at Liang Kaiqi, "Then you lied before!"

Liang Kaiqi had previously claimed that the deceased was whipped by eight people before death, but in fact there were only seven!

Then why…

Li Zhenhua didn't notice?