Game of Deception Chapter 52: Ming Po's Sudden Attack

After Xiao Bai finished speaking, her clear eyes turned toward Gao Fan.

"That is everything I saw..."

She spoke softly, tossing the question to him, "What do you think it ans?"

"I think..."

Gao Fan fell silent for a mont, shooting a pleading look at Ming Po for help.

Seeing this, Ming Po turned his head and gave him an encouraging smile, nodding.

As if receiving so invisible strength, Gao Fan's confidence instantly surged.

He was like a timid pet dog that had tucked its tail and hidden after being barked at by a bigger dog, only to puff out its chest and start barking loudly the mont it realized its owner was standing right behind it.

"I think what Senior Sister Xiao Bai saw was the future where the exorcism failed!"

The more Gao Fan spoke, the clearer his voice beca. "Obviously, the illusions we saw are all from different points in ti. So are likely from the past, while others are from the future.

"The classroom had already been completely corrupted by filth and curses. Even the security guard turned into a complete monster, and the school itself might have already been abandoned. At this ti, the school hired an expert... Soone who could exorcise spirits and dispel curses but couldn't fight the monster. This shows that the monster most likely had a physical body.

"As for that little girl, she should be the sa one who gave us clues in the very beginning. She is very likely a friendly spirit... For example, she could be Yaoyao's good side, or perhaps Yaoyao from when she was a child. Just like when she scared us initially, it was to guide our way so we could escape the classroom as quickly as possible, preventing us from being cornered inside by that 'mutated security guard'.

"What Brother Chen saw was probably earlier in the tiline than this. The curse might have partially taken effect, but the school hadn't been completely abandoned yet. That is why the teacher was clearly acting strange... because the teacher had already been affected by Yaoyao's curse!"

Gao Fan was a bit hesitant at first, but the further he went, the more excited he beca.

He felt his deduction perfectly aligned with the truth.

Based on his experience, if he was the first to propose the correct deduction, he would receive the maximum possible reward during the final evaluation!

And getting the maximum reward ant he could obtain a new Title!

A new Title starting at the second-tier Day's False Gold that could theoretically climb all the way to the fourth-tier Silver of Moon!

Wouldn't that be much stronger than his current Lucky Escapee Title, which had already nearly exhausted its potential?

His current Lucky Escapee had already given him a pleasant surprise.

The ability to almost blindly choose the right escape route was useful in most gas that involved chase sequences.

—If he got a higher-level Title, wouldn't that be even more amazing?

Gao Fan looked at Ming Po expectantly. "Am I right, Brother Xiao?"

However, it was a pity.

Ming Po just sighed and shook his head.

"A part of your deduction is correct, but most of it is not."

As Ming Po spoke, he took the stone sphere out of his pocket. "Because you overlooked this."

Seeing the stone sphere, Gao Fan froze for a mont.

Then, his eyes suddenly widened.

"Of course, I cannot bla you for this..."

Ming Po said, shifting his gaze to Chen Bingwen.

Chen Bingwen instantly felt a chill run down his spine.

"Because soone did not tell the truth."

Ming Po enunciated each word clearly. "When you deduce based on incomplete conditions, the answer you get will naturally be incomplete."

—On what basis are you saying I didn't tell the truth?

Chen Bingwen instinctively wanted to retort, but his lips moved and no words ca out.

Because it was not his turn to speak yet.

"Obviously, the owner of the illusion I experienced was 'Yaoyao' herself. Only her own room would contain her private belongings.

"And if we treat all the stories as the 'correct and complete truth', it is very easy to arrive at one answer—

"Which is, 'these are four different perspectives'. Therefore, we need to choose a real 'cheater'.

"But the prerequisite for this question is that there must 'exist a real cheater'."

Ming Po spoke slowly.

With every sentence he uttered, Chen Bingwen's expression grew a fraction heavier.

But after Ming Po finished speaking, Chen Bingwen actually paused, realizing sothing.

"Your deduction and Xiaofan's deduction can actually both justify themselves. But there is one problem—you both ignored certain information. Your self-justifications are built upon the premise that this specific piece of information 'does not exist'.

"But do not forget... the reason Yaoyao sought out that 'black magic' was because she was frad.

"Since she was the one being frad, how could there be a correct 'cheater'?"

Ming Po asked in return, "Or rather... when everyone is participating in collective cheating, how can you determine who the 'chief culprit' is?

"And when everyone pointed the finger at Yaoyao as the chief culprit, does it still matter to Yaoyao who the 'real culprit' is?

"The answer is very simple. In her eyes—everyone is guilty!"

Saying this, Ming Po looked at Xiao Bai.

"I believe that, just like the various hallucinations we saw... what you saw was actually a hallucination too.

"If we understand the aning of 'purification' in reverse, the story becos very clear—

"The hallucinations we saw were not four different perspectives describing one event... but four events happening to the sa person at different stages."

He continued, looking at Lawyer Chen once more, and asked earnestly, "Is what you said the complete truth?

"—Were you really not pointed out as the cheater by the other students?"

"I..."

Lawyer Chen had just wanted to defend himself when the green light jumped to him.

Cold sweat poured down his face. He knew he could no longer hide it.

In spoken Chinese, there is no difference in pronunciation between 'he' and 'she'.

Because of his own gender, Lawyer Chen had subconsciously heard the girl's accusation as 'it was all his idea'. But perhaps... her words actually ant 'her'?

But then again...

Since all four of them actually saw 'Yaoyao's' experiences, didn't that an there was no culprit that needed to be identified at all?

So Lawyer Chen forced himself to stay calm and apologized first. "Yes, I concealed a piece of information... When that teacher flashed behind , I saw the whole class turning their heads to look at .

"They beca as tall as utility poles, blocking out the sky and suffocating . And right before I passed out, I heard a girl's piercing scream.

"She said—it was all my idea.

"I had no malicious intent in hiding this information... Because I know I didn't cheat, but I was afraid you guys would misunderstand...

"If we chose the wrong answer, we might all die... Right?"

He hurriedly tossed the conversation back to Ming Po.

But Ming Po only smiled and continued, "Indeed. Just as Xiaofan said... That monster and the security guard are both pursuers, and both can 'emit light'. It is just that the security guard uses a flashlight, while that 'exorcist' saw red light.

"But what if everything she saw at that ti was the opposite... Her mind was already polluted, so the little girl she saw seed normal, but was actually the abnormal one. And the security guard she saw seed like a monster, but was actually human.

"As the saying goes, winged steeds are common, but those who can recognize them are rare... The death characteristics of certain people are simply too uncommon. The security guard's limbs were twisted, his face was blurred, and a stone sphere was embedded in his eye. These features are simply far too complete.

"What if what Xiao Bai saw was not the 'future'... but the 'past'?"

Ming Po casually offered a possible answer.

But while everyone was pondering, Ming Po suddenly launched an attack, asking Lawyer Chen, "However, since you said you had no malicious intent, Student Chen, then I will have to use the power of this Table of Truth to ask you carefully...

"Student Chen, in 'this entire life of yours', have you ever wanted to kill anyone?

"—Have you ever wanted to use your authority, knowledge, or power to kill soone?"

Ming Po watched him with a faint smile, as if he were just asking a casual question.

His smile was gentle and serene.

But for so unknown reason, Chen Bingwen felt as if he had been thrust into the maw of a giant beast.

Cold sweat rolled down his back.