After parting ways with Xia Yue, Lin Yu's next target was naturally Yu Longguo!
Even though he now possessed a pistol, Lin Yu still wasn't particularly eager to face Yu Longguo, the 'Soldier'...
But so etings were unavoidable.
After all, that single bullet in the chamber was most likely ant for him!
With only Yu Longguo and Xia Yue remaining as 'Werewolves', Lin Yu's plan was to wait for them to eliminate each other before executing the survivor with his pistol.
Lin Yu arrived on the third floor.
After killing Xu Xiui, Yu Longguo hadn't moved from his location.
Thus Lin Yu easily found Yu Longguo in the third-floor study.
The soldier was casually lifting Xu Xiui's corpse, attempting to stash it atop a bookshelf.
Lin Yu approached the study door and politely knocked to announce his presence.
"Knock knock. Greetings, 'Soldier'."
Yu Longguo imdiately turned around in alarm, relaxing when he saw it was Lin Yu.
"It's you, Ga Master. What brings you here?"
Lin Yu smiled at Yu Longguo.
"Just ca to check on your progress... Do you have any questions for now that you've succeeded?"
Yu Longguo seed surprised by Lin Yu's proactive approach.
"Hmm, didn't expect the Ga Master to be so helpful," Yu Longguo muttered while stroking his chin. "As for questions..."
Just as Yu Longguo was pondering...
Rapid footsteps suddenly approached from behind Lin Yu.
"Huff—"
"'Soldier', don't be so quick to ask him anything!"
Xia Yue's voice abruptly rang out from behind Lin Yu.
Both Yu Longguo and Lin Yu turned to see the panting 'Veterinarian'.
In her hand, she openly carried a bloodstained dagger.
Yu Longguo frowned at Xia Yue. "You're that... Veterinarian. What do you want?"
Ignoring his question, Xia Yue looked at the half-concealed corpse on the bookshelf. "So you did kill the 'Teacher'. Don't bother explaining or attacking yet—listen first!"
"I killed the 'Ruffian', and the 'Ruffian' had just killed the 'Thief' on the first floor—I found the body."
"That ans currently, only you, , the 'Otaku'... and this 'Ga Master' remain alive," Xia Yue stated calmly.
Yu Longguo instantly grasped the crucial implication in her words.
"Are you suggesting the 'Ga Master' is actually a player, and the 'Lone Wolf' doesn't exist?"
He looked at Xia Yue with undisguised wariness—clearly more suspicious of her than Lin Yu at this mont.
Lin Yu also regarded Xia Yue with interest.
"Accusing the Ga Master? This batch of newcors is truly fascinating!"
Xia Yue coldly addressed Lin Yu: "Stop acting... You're clearly the 'Lone Wolf'. This ga probably never had a 'Ga Master' to begin with!"
As she spoke, Lin Yu crossed his arms with amusent.
"And how did you reach this conclusion?"
"Because the killing pace is unnaturally fast... rendering all those supposedly 'complicated' rules from the letter aningless!"
"Team divisions, voting etings... even the tasks have beco pointless—everyone will be dead within a day at this rate."
"This feels extrely 'abnormal'... And the root cause is the 'hints' provided by this so-called Ga Master. His prompts have turned this into a simple closed-space killing ga."
"In other words, if we removed the 'hints' from this Ga Master... wouldn't we be playing the ga as intended?"
"Another point—since entering this 'ga', the setup actively avoids acknowledging it's a 'ga'. Even the rules were delivered via letter."
"Yet this guy barges in boldly proclaiming himself 'Ga Master'. Isn't that suspicious?"
As Xia Yue laid out her reasoning, Yu Longguo nodded slightly.
"Logical, but... not entirely convincing."
"These points alone shouldn't make you so certain."
Xia Yue smiled at his response. "Good, 'Soldier'—you're sharp. These weren't my definitive proofs."
"As the 'Veterinarian', my ability is conversing with animals," Xia Yue pointed at crows outside the window. "After growing suspicious, I spoke briefly with these crows... I asked two questions."
"First, whether they'd seen an eighth person in this manor besides our six and the 'Ga Master'... Answer: no."
"Second, I inquired about the 'Ga Master's' actions after ga start—he imdiately went to a storage room on the first floor and opened a supply crate."
"If he's truly the administrator... why would he need to open supply crates?"
Yu Longguo nodded thoughtfully.
"This does cast reasonable doubt on you, 'Ga Master'... Though I'm curious how you knew so much about us."
His gaze at Lin Yu now held open suspicion.
"He might not necessarily be the 'Lone Wolf'. Knowing our personal details could be his profession ability," Xia Yue raised a finger. "Or... perhaps he isn't a new player and has special thods."
Yu Longguo narrowed his eyes.
"So your suggestion is—"
"Let's team up to challenge the 'Ga Master'. After all, his goal seems to be having us all dead by day one."
Xia Yue grinned as she made her proposal.
"What brilliant deduction, Xia Yue. You've exceeded my expectations."
Lin Yu regarded the 'Veterinarian' with newfound respect.
To deduce he was the 'seventh player' from such limited information was impressive.
Though not entirely accurate... her reasoning was remarkably sharp.
Recalling the previous round, she'd even maintained a completely believable fake ability!
Last ti, Lin Yu never guessed her true power was 'animal communication'.
Her early death then was simply due to terrible acting and challenging the wrong person.
Or perhaps the real reason—she'd been unlucky enough to be paired with him.
"Xia Yue, I underestimated you."
The praised Xia Yue flashed her sweet, innocent smile again. "Thank you, Ga Master... But honestly, I just really want to survive."
Lin Yu chuckled.
"Is that so? Then you haven't gone far enough."
"Because while your deduction was brilliant... this ga's foundation is ultimately violence."
With that, Lin Yu raised his hand.
"Bang!"
A gunshot echoed as Yu Longguo collapsed behind him in shock.
Then Lin Yu aid the pistol at Xia Yue.
"Checkmate."
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