Chapter 350: Plot Simulation (4)

1808: Pull the power switch.

1807: Go scold someone.

From this, it can be deduced that these two events should have both occurred before the murder.

Among them, pulling the power switch is highly suspicious, and could potentially be one of the three killers.

【1802】: I threw a drunken fit.

After this message was sent, everyone immediately associated it with the scolding from 【1807】.

1802 threw a drunken fit in the hallway, and was scolded by 1807. Logically, this made perfect sense.

【1803】: 1802 has a mental illness.

This message seemed very valuable.

【1803】: I don't know, but everyone, imagine this. We nine tenants all know there's a killer on this floor, so how will the killer escape legal punishment? There are two possibilities: either the surviving killer kills all of us, or the killer has a mental illness!

'Psychiatric illness!'

These words instantly surfaced in everyone's minds. Even if a psychiatric patient commits murder, they won't easily bear legal responsibility.

Therefore.

1802 should be one of the killers.

【1802】: Don't talk nonsense. There is no such information in my room. Moreover, did you guys notice that 1803 just said 【we nine tenants】.

In front of the phone, Wang Dazhu was taken aback.

'I am the homeowner of 1809, yet 1803 said 【we nine tenants】.'

'In other words, the information 1803 obtained in the room is: he/she is not the homeowner.'

'It doesn't seem like anything special. After all, having both homeowners and tenants is very normal.'

'No!'

'No!'

'1803 must have seen the Property Deed to come to the conclusion of being a tenant. But the problem is, since they are a tenant, why would 1803 be able to see the Property Deed in their own room?'

'Unless 1803 is the child.'

'The murder happens, the child hides in someone else's home. Right now, everyone has lost most of their memories, and their bodies aren't the bodies in their memories. Therefore, the child doesn't know they are a child.'

'When the child hides in a home and finds the name on the Property Deed isn't theirs, they assume they are sharing the rent with the homeowner.'

'In other words, the child hasn't deduced from this information at all that he/she is Killer C among the three killers.'

'1803 lacks IQ!'

1803 seemed to realize this too, and hurriedly sent a message.

【1803】: Typing on a 9-key keyboard, those who know will know. Resident (Zhuhu) and Tenant (Zuhu) - one is a flat tongue sound and the other is a rolled tongue sound, they are hard to distinguish. What I wanted to type just now was 【Resident】.

Wang Dazhu entered the pinyin for the word 【Tenant】 (zuhu) on his phone.

In the 9-key input method:

The first option is: Wuhu.

The second option is: Yugu (estimate).

The third option is: Wugu (innocent).

The fourth option is: Zuhu (Tenant).

'In other words, after typing the pinyin, 1803 still had to find the word 【Tenant】. Since they searched for it seriously, he/she should have known they typed the pinyin wrong. But they still chose to type out 【Tenant】, which means the word he/she originally wanted to input was exactly: Tenant!'

'1803 is Killer C!'

This story tells us that to discern an Unknown Lie, one only needs to nitpick the details to arrive at the answer.

'But there is a problem here. Since Killer C is hiding in someone else's home, where is the homeowner of this home?'

'The announcement stated nine people. Judging from the group chat, there are also nine people. Therefore, a situation of two people in one room cannot occur.'

'So where did the homeowner go?'

'Wait, it's not necessarily that the child hid in someone else's home. It's also possible that the child never left his/her home at all.'

'The child has no memory, nor have they deduced who they are.'

'Therefore, he/she mistook his/her own home for someone else's home. After all, the name written on the Property Deed is the adult's.'

'But if he/she never left the home, then the child should be sharing the same room as the adult, or there could also be Killer A.'

'Then where did the adult go? Since the child is Killer C, and if Killer C dies, Killer B will go berserk, therefore Killer B is the adult.'

'Where did Killer B go?'

'Strange, no matter how I deduce it, there is always one person whose whereabouts are unknown.'

'Wait!'

'The murder happened in one room. In other words, at a certain moment, the three killers were in the same room.'

'Is there a possibility that the room of the murder was duplicated into two, and the three killers are in three identical rooms?'

'After all, judging from the announcement, if the three killers are placed in the same room, Killer A could instantly kill the other two killers.'

'Restricted by this rule, the crime scene was thus duplicated into two, making a total of three identical houses, and the three killers were distributed into these three houses.'

Wang Dazhu took a drag of his cigarette. Proving this conclusion was actually very simple. He could either go out later and see if there were three rooms with identical layouts, or ask the people in the group to all state the name of the homeowner on their Property Deed.

'Right now 1803 is already on alert, and it's impossible for them to send out any more useful information.'

'Therefore, I can only go out and see.'

'I am 1809. The murder either happened opposite my door, or next door.'

'When I go out later, I'll first check the opposite door or next door, and then check 1803 on the second look.'

'If the two rooms are identical, it will prove my deduction.'

'What is the use of proving this?'

'Very simple. 1803 can be confirmed as Killer C, then the identical rooms should also house killers. Confirming the identities of two killers will allow confirming the identity of the third killer.'

Thinking up to here.

Wang Dazhu immediately tapped on the 9-key keyboard.

【The crime scene is either opposite my door or next door.】

But he thought about it. Wouldn't doing this expose his own identity?

【1809】: I am the security guard.

Thus far.

The information already available in the group chat:

1808: Pull the power switch.

1807: Go scold someone.

1802: Throw a drunken fit.

1803: 1802 has an illness.

1809: I am the security guard.

There are still four people who haven't given information.

…

Li Jianguo looked at the messages in the group.

Although he didn't know what would happen if they didn't engage in the Plot Simulation, he could be certain that bad things would happen.

He looked left and right.

His gaze landed in the second bedroom, on the psychiatric medication.

He was just about to send: 1803, are you remembering it wrong? I am the one with the illness.

But doing this would undoubtedly be seeking death, simply because Killer B would instantly lock onto him.

After all, Killer B was highly likely to be the occupant of 1802, if he/she had deduced that they themselves were Killer B.

And if 1801 said he had an illness, then 1802 could instantly deduce that 1801 was in the room of the crime scene.

Namely: 1801 is Killer A.

'This is a bit difficult.'

'If I don't give some clues, I'll also be suspected by the other tenants in the group, and furthermore, the clues I give cannot break away from the plotline.'

'The true clue should be: Taking advantage of the power switch being pulled, I intruded into the room of the murder.'

'1808 should know which room's power switch he pulled. As long as I mention intruding into a certain room, I'll be locked onto by them.'

He scanned the entire room again, eventually landing his gaze on the empty alcohol bottles.

【1801】: My memory is reminding me that I need to go drink later.