Because the ga ended so suddenly, it felt a little different from the usual pattern.
After the Arbitrator’s ear-ringing proclamation that shook everyone in Zhen, this round’s Nightfall brought with it an uncontrollable wave of dizziness for everyone.
It took a few breaths in their own rooms for people to recover their senses.
Clearly, Xie Antong might have done what she hinted at earlier—she had made the ga end right now.
The unfinished half-sentence she had left hanging actually affected and accelerated the ga’s process—there was no dayti vote today!
Even that crucial voting period, the only thing effective against the Troublemaker, had been skipped entirely, and the ga went straight into night!
Everyone ford their own ideas about that unfinished half-sentence, and the ones most worried, naturally, were the real Troublemakers themselves!
.......
Inside Xie Antong’s room.
At this mont, the atmosphere here could be described as terrifyingly gloomy.
Sitting on the chair in the center of the room was Xie Antong, while her teammate Xue Zou stood silently in a corner, keeping her distance.
Xue Zou had already dispelled the gray mist that had enveloped her body, and with a sowhat tired, even slightly injured face, she watched Xie Antong in silence.
When did you start to suspect?
Why do you have to be so clever...
But Xie Antong didn’t sense anything wrong with the atmosphere. She twisted open a vial of potion, poured it into her mouth, and then spoke to herself:
“This is the spirit potion I use often.”
“Under normal circumstances, I’d inject it into the head area directly. The blood receives the stimulus faster, and it’s closer to the brain.”
“But right now I feel the effect on the gastric mucosa is slower and gentler, making feel like I can gradually adapt to Pleasure on my own.”
Xue Zou listened in confusion as she spoke, and after a long pause asked hesitantly:
“Who... are you talking to?”
“To you, and to the spectators watching here.” After finishing, Xie Antong tossed the empty bottle out toward the boundary of that void-like space.
“Mostly I just want you to relax. There’s no need to be so tense.”
“Your strength is greater than mine. What are you afraid of?”
Xue Zou heard this rambling chat but didn’t feel any pressure ease. After a brief hesitation, she asked directly:
“What did your last sentence an?”
“What do you an... there’s no Troublemaker among us.”
“Why play dumb, Xue Zou.” Xie Antong turned to look at her.
“If there is no Troublemaker among the eight of us players, then where else could the Troublemaker be?”
“Among you, or perhaps even all eight of you, could it be?”
Oh no!
Xue Zou’s fists clenched instantly, her aura growing unstable, though she suppressed it quickly and forced a smile:
“Why would you say that? I’m your teammate. I help you complete tasks, I’m not in competition with you.”
Seeing that Xue Zou still wouldn’t admit it, Xie Antong didn’t press. She rely looked at her and asked:
“Xue Zou, do you rember the question I asked you before?”
“How could a Troublemaker know that players can so easily clear the ga, making it impossible to stop?”
Xue Zou:.......
Before she could answer, Xie Antong proactively replied for her.
“Because they know that if there’s truly no Troublemaker among the players, no one would willingly make the ga fail.”
Xue Zou opened her mouth but couldn’t bring herself to deny it.
“You might think that many people among the eight of us behave like Troublemakers; it seems like a gift to you.”
“But it’s precisely the opposite. That kind of playstyle perfectly fits who they are. If you label them Troublemakers, the logic falls apart.”
Xie Antong continued as if deliberately answering the questions in Xue Zou’s heart.
Xue Zou no longer wanted to struggle. She asked in a low voice:
“When did you start having this suspicion?”
“From the beginning, I guess. Gas with him in them usually don’t fit the rules,” Xie Antong replied.
“Back then I had many guesses, including whether the Troublemaker could be the Arbitrator, or whether all of us were Troublemakers. I had to verify each possibility.”
“I didn’t expect that it would really be you all, that we were subtly signaling and cooperating with each other. It took three days of play to realize it.”
Xue Zou:.......
She felt a strange sense of defeat. What did she an by wasting three days? Was three days too long to figure this out?
Also, who was the “he” she ntioned?
And you say there was signaling and cooperation among you? Weren’t you all arguing and nearly fighting before?
Xue Zou was baffled and didn’t know where to begin. Right now, looking at the person in front of her felt like staring at a monster.
“You eight co from different worlds, and your cracks showed way too quickly.”
“I had Chiyo Eine pretend she’d been attacked, and you all started getting anxious internally, not knowing who acted. It looks like you don’t have contact information for each other.”
Xue Zou was shocked when she heard this and shot her head up, exclaiming:
“What!? She said that deliberately on your order?”
Xie Antong smiled and nodded.
Xue Zou’s pupils trembled as she looked at the person before her, replaying all the monts they’d spent together. Every question the other had asked now seed like a probing dagger into her heart!
From the start she had seized upon tiny clues, suspected her, and never fully joined their group.
Now, she was standing here in front of her, revealing the mystery...
“Why do you have to be so clever.” Xue Zou slowly lowered her head, her gaze mixing struggle with murderous intent.
The energy on her body began to gradually destabilize.
“Going to kill already? I haven’t finished speaking.” Xie Antong said with so displeasure.
“I can help you. In the next ga I can still make you win.”
“Huh?” Xue Zou blinked, never expecting her to say that.
“I have a grudge with that guy who just keeps sleeping. I don’t want him to win. Like I said, don’t underestimate the people here. He’s been sleeping, but I estimate his judgnt might be similar to mine.”
The corner of Xie Antong’s mouth lifted slightly. Unnoticed, she was subtly, bit by bit, integrating Pleasure’s power into herself. Her words sounded like bewitching tones that directly entangled the soul.
“So I can completely help you, acting as a hidden, spontaneous Troublemaker.”
“Let’s make the ga interesting together, give that guy a failure. How about it?”
Xue Zou:.......
Ah?
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