Chapter 320: 319: Two More Deaths!

Chapter 320: 319: Two More Deaths!

Translator: 549690339

“[Daybreak, all players are free to move around now!]”

With the sound of the electronic tone, Du Gang, who had already awakened, rushed out of his room as soon as possible.

“Bam!”

Not far away, Fu Yangxia also rushed out of the Room 1 at the earliest possible moment.

After nodding to him, Du Gang turned his head to look to the right.

The corridor here was curved, and from their room doors, they could only see the rooms next to them, and no further.

Only after seeing the tightly closed door of Room 3 did he remember that the occupant of Room 3 had already been shot during yesterday’s public judgment.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but feel a little emotional.

At first, he was suspicious and doubting, suspecting that Number 3 was pretending.

But now, he was dead, he wasn’t a wolf, which meant Number 3 really was as dumb as he appeared...

“Perhaps not necessarily, maybe he really was pretending. Before revealing his true identity, he died at the hands of Number 6...”

Number 6!

This jerk!

Du Gang cursed under his breath. What he feared most was not a stupid teammate like Number 3, but someone self-righteous like Number 6.

People like him, once they get a clue, they take it as the truth and never look back until they hit a wall.

It would be fine if he was just throwing his own life away, but the guy has other people killed!

Now that he thinks about it, it still fills him with dread.

“If the wolf that Number 6 saw was me, I would have been the one who died yesterday!”

These characters...

He was genuinely a bit irritated, and even had a fleeting thought cross his mind. Kill everyone else, eventually, he’d have to hit a werewolf.

“Du Gang, let’s go, let’s gather and check who’s dead!”

Fu Yangxia, standing beside him, spoke out.

They had agreed yesterday – those from Room 1 to 5 would head right out of their doors and gather in the conference room first.

Meanwhile, those from Room 9 to 6 would take the left side and also gather at the conference room.

Du Gang nodded, and they moved out. As they passed Room 3, he paused and pushed open the door.

The room was empty, with no so-called surprises. In fact, he didn’t expect the occupant to be alive, just thought his death was too sudden.

It was like, initially, he wanted this person to die for him, but then he felt he was too cruel. As a result, no one had to die anymore. He was relieved, only to find out that the occupant really did die.

Beneath the ups and downs, he had a somewhat surreal feeling.

“He’s really dead...”

He sighed, waved off Fu Yangxia, who looked like he wanted to comfort him, and moved on.

Arriving at Room 4, no one came out either. This was where another casualty resided.

Looking further, Number 5 was waiting at his door, looking anxiously towards the left. As soon as he saw Du Gang and the others, he let out a sigh of relief.

Obviously, being alone in this sort of environment, he was really scared and couldn’t help but want to mingle with others.

Especially since Number 1 was his favorite type...

“You’re still alive, that’s great!”

Number 5 didn’t care whether others liked him or not, and with a joyous expression, he headed towards Number 1.

Number 1 immediately jumped up, shouting from afar, “Don’t come over here, if you come any closer, I’ll leave!”

Number 5 instantly stopped in his tracks.

Du Gang didn’t bother with their personal grievances, and calmly said, “Nobody’s gone missing on our side, so it must’ve been someone on their side that died last night!”

Hearing this, the two of them finally returned to reality. They pondered as they headed for the conference room.

Soon, the trio arrived at the entrance of the conference room.

“No one’s here!”

Du Gang stood at the entrance, peered inside, and found no one, “Let’s go and check!”

After walking for seven or eight meters, they arrived at Room 6. The door was wide open, and they saw Number 9 and Number 7 standing inside.

Through the gap between the two, they could see someone lying on the bed!

Could it be that Number 6 was dead?

Du Gang frowned. Based on yesterday’s situation, Number 6 was the least likely to die, whether he was a wolf or not. The real wolves certainly wouldn’t kill him, but would have left him for day time judgment.

Upon hearing movement from the rear, Liang Chu and the others turned around and somberly said, “Number 6 is dead, and so is Number 8!”

“Two of them?”

Numbers 1 and 5 were shocked and somewhat confused.

Du Gang, however, had sharp reflexes and grasped the key point almost instantly.

He blurted out, “Was Number 8 the hunter?”

Liang Chu was surprised by Du Gang’s quick reaction, but didn’t say much else, and stepped aside to reveal Number 6 behind him.

With that move, everyone could clearly see Number 6’s situation.CHeCk for new stories on no/v/el/bin(.)c0m

There was an arrow, about seventy or eighty centimeters long, stuck in Number 6’s forehead.

Looking at the arrow, Du Gang quickly asked, “Is there a dagger in Number 8’s forehead, like Number 4’s?”

“Exactly!”

Number 7 nodded in confirmation.

Meanwhile, upon hearing Number 8 mentioned, a hint of sadness emerged in Liang Chu’s eyes.

Sadness?

That didn’t make sense. He didn’t react this way when Number 4 died...

Du Gang’s eyes flickered for a moment. If that was the case, it wasn’t ruled out that Numbers 8 and 9 knew each other.

From Kou Yingwu’s account in the previous world, he knew that there was a tool in Heavenly Court that allowed team formation.

So, these two might have been teammates who teamed up to enter this world.

If you look at it that way, Number 8 being a hunter, Number 9 likely knew beforehand.

If, as per the previous assumptions, Number 9 was the prophet, then the other hidden divine role was a witch.

Accordingly, besides himself, there was one more civilian and one wolf left.

The line of thought was not right!

Du Gang shook his head slightly, cut off this line of thought, and continued to think.

Number 8 was a hunter, Number 9 knew in advance.

With these two necessary conditions, he reanalyzed.

First, the wolf didn’t know Number 8’s identity. His death in the night was purely coincidental.

However, Number 8, based on Number 6’s vote for Number 3 yesterday, executed the hunter’s skill when he died and took Number 6 with him.

After all, the hunter’s description mentioned that if the hunter’s victim was a wolf at the time of his death, the hunter would revive.

As the game continued, it signified that the werewolf had not died. The hunter had made the wrong choice!

Du Gang sighed in his heart. If he had been the hunter, he would never have targeted Number 6 upon death. Number 8 was not smart enough.

But then, he paused.

What if the werewolf knew that Number 8 was the hunter?

Did he deliberately let Number 8 kill Number 6?

No, the wolfman could’ve ensured that number 6 was voted out during the day...

At this moment, he felt as if he had fallen into a paradox.

But soon, he snapped back to reality.

The ordinary people!

If the deduction continued, the purpose of the wolfman was to quickly eliminate more ordinary people.

To let number 8 take away number 6 and speed up the game.

Two unavoidable points. First, the wolfman must know that number 8 is the hunter.

Second, the wolfman was certain not to be voted out during the day!

And who knew in advance that number 8 was the hunter...

Du Gang tactfully stole a glance at number 9, who was still staring at a wall, lost in thought. All the confidence and carefree demeanor from yesterday were gone.

The others were searching the room, trying to find evidence.

As for the second point, why was the wolfman so sure of not being voted out during the day?

Two possibilities. Firstly, he was not involved in the whirlwind and belonged to those without suspicion. Secondly, he had planted fake evidence pointing towards someone else as the wolfman!

False evidence, just like when number 6 voted number 3 out!

While pondering, Du Gang examined everyone’s back.

Looking around, to his surprise, the backs of all four people were clean and free of white powder.

Wasn’t one of them?

Or did they already find out?

At this moment, he was a bit confused. Did the wolfman not lean against the wall when acting last night?

“Any findings?”

“Nothing!”

At this moment, the others finished searching but found no suspicious items.

Seeing this, Fu Yangxia turned to look at Du Gang and Liang Chu and asked, “The two of you have been deep in thought here for a long time. Did you find anything?”

Du Gang thought for two seconds and then proposed, “Let’s go to the meeting room first.”

Hearing this, nobody refused. After two deaths in one night, they wanted to share their thoughts and wouldn’t object to it.

However, someone nearby caught the subtle implication in Du Gang’s words and said, “Friend?”

“You mean, number 8 and number 9 knew each other?”

“Sigh!”

Before Du Gang could answer, Liang Chu, who was holding number 8’s body, let out a sigh and slowly said, “We did know each other!”

“We met in Heavenly Court, first as a team and then because we hit it off, we formed a team...”

As Liang Chu expounded, everyone finally understood.

They did know each other and had even experienced several worlds together.

“So, you knew about his identity yesterday?” Du Gang guessed as much but still wanted confirmation.

Liang Chu nodded, “Yes, we both revealed our identities to each other.”

“What identity are you?” number 7 asked instinctively.

He quickly realized that Liang Chu can’t possibly just directly reveal that.

Liang Chu did not directly answer, he calmly said: “If I were the wolf, he should have voted for me last night!”

At this point, number 5 chimed in with a sarcastic tone: “If you were the wolf, would you be so foolish as to tell him directly?”

“I suspect, you could actually be the wolf. After finding out number 8 was a hunter, you killed him because you know he wouldn’t pick you...”

“You’re talking nonsense!”

Liang Chu exploded immediately, almost jumping up in fury. If his physique hadn’t been that of an ordinary person, he probably would have fought number 5 by now.

On the other hand, number 5 simply shrugged, not paying him any mind.

“Thud, thud, thud!”

At this moment, Du Gang was already standing on the bed, tapping the ceiling with his hand.

Everyone’s attention was drawn to him.

“How is it? Any news?”

Fu Yangxia asked from below.

Du Gang shook his head, “The thickness is fine, it’s not hollow, there’s no hidden door, it doesn’t seem like anything can directly come down from above...”

He carefully recalled the layout of the first and second floors, based on the diagonal principle.

The location corresponding to the second floor bathroom was room number 1 and the room corresponding to number 8 was the study room on the second floor, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

After finishing his examination, he jumped off the bed and said: “Anyway, we should check the rooms of the others who have already died and see if the circumstances are the same!”

By ‘others’, of course, he meant the rooms of the deceased.

So, under Du Gang’s leadership, everyone one after another inspected room number 6, 4, and 3.

In each room, Du Gang personally climbed into the beds, inspected the ceilings and did not find anything out of the ordinary.

“Is this the test you mentioned before?”

Fu Yangxia asked.

Du Gang shook his head, “No, I was just checking if there is enough time...”

“Enough time for what?”

Without responding, Du Gang led everyone back to room number 8.

“Now, I will simulate being a Werewolf, without revealing my shadow, and see if I can silently reach the door of room number 5 within one minute...”

The person in room 5 was startled and flustered, “What do you mean, why are you going to my door?”

Du Gang waved his hand, “No other meaning, I just wanted to check if there’s enough time. Our rooms are at the same distance from room number 8. Rooms 3 and 4 are already deceased, therefore, testing the distance of our two rooms is enough...”

This was a reverse exclusion method, to rule out the possibility of who the werewolf could be.

Quickly, Du Gang stood in front of room number 8 and announced to everyone, “Start timing!”

Then, he pressed himself close to the wall, gently inching away from room number 8, slowly moving towards room number 7.

“What are you...”

Even though occupants of Room 7 and Room 5 still didn’t understand, they felt that Du Gang’s approach was profound and they were eager to see his test, but they still didn’t quite comprehend.

Liang Chu who was also there started to understand a little, and briefly explained, “He’s just testing if there is enough time for the werewolf, if it’s the occupant of rooms 5 or 2, to cross over to room 8...”

Walking close to the wall is different from walking normally. He had to be careful not to let his shadow cross the boundary.

The overhead light was in the center. This meant that as soon as he stepped half a meter away, his shadow would be revealed, and it could be observed by the people inside the room.

Therefore, he moved forward carefully, and slowly.

A distance that could usually be covered in one or two seconds took a full ten seconds to cross from the doorway of room number 8 to room number 7.

Then, it took him another ten seconds to get to the door of room number 6.

After leaving room number 6, Du Gang didn’t continue to walk close to the wall, but instead strode forward confidently.

“Why is he...”

Before others could voice their doubts, Liang Chu explained, “It’s simple, the living room separates rooms 6 and 5, even if there is a shadow, it cannot be seen if Du Gang doesn’t stick to the wall!”

Soon, Du Gang, at his regular pace, took seven to eight seconds to cover the distance of more than ten meters.

When he was close to the door of room number 5, he again moved against the wall and soon reached the door of room number 5.

“Under 40 seconds. Yesterday, you heard the sounds after one minute. This means that the werewolf had plenty of time. So, no one has been ruled out yet!”

With this information, the occupants of Room 5 and Room 7 finally understood his approach, it was a method of elimination.

“If nobody has been ruled out, we’re back to square one. What do we do now?” Fu Yangxia sighed and asked.

Everyone else also looked at Du Gang. Under these circumstances, they didn’t have any solutions and could only pin their hopes on Du Gang.

Du Gang was straightforward, he immediately issued an instruction, “Alright, room numbers 1, 5, and 7, head to the second floor. Liang Chu and I will stay on the first floor. We will search for suspicious items together...”

“This time, I hope you don’t repeat the mistakes of the person is room 6. He was clever but ended up outsmarting himself and fell into a trap after discovering false information!”

Everyone listened and felt chills, indeed that was the case.

If room number 6 didn’t think that room number 3 was a werewolf, he wouldn’t have cast a vote for them.

Once he cast a vote, everyone else thought he was a werewolf.

This led to room number 8, on his deathbed, using his hunter skill to take room number 6 down with him.

“We understand. If we find any clue, we will definitely share it!”

Everyone assured him and then headed for the living room.

Meanwhile, Du Gang, looked at Liang Chu and said, “Liang Chu, you start searching from the other side of the living room. Check all the rooms, turn every corner upside down, search for clues. I’ll search this side!”

Liang Chu nodded, without giving it much thought, he followed everyone else towards the living side of the living room.

Du Gang waited until everyone else was out of earshot before he slowly took off his coat.

Under the coat was a layer of white powder.

It got sticked onto his coat, when he was inching along the wall for the test earlier.

After completing the test, he deliberately didn’t show his back to everyone else, because he didn’t want them to know about the powder on his back.

Moreover, to prevent others from conducting the same test and discovering the desiccant, he took the initiative to test it first.

Now other people, even if they did think of this, wouldn’t test it again, hence, wouldn’t get the powder on them.

More than the wolf knowing about the powder on the wall, Du Gang believed that the wolf wouldn’t know.

After all, he had smeared the powder on the wall when there was only about twenty seconds left.

Not long after he smeared it, the werewolf made its move. There was not much time left for the werewolf.

“So, it’s highly likely that the werewolf is either in room number 9 or 7?”

Theoretically, he also sprinkled powder on the wall opposite room number 9, and therefore, room number 9 should be ruled out.

But in fact, according to the statements from everyone yesterday, if the werewolf lingered in front of room number 8.

Then room number 9 could have left their room and approached room number 8, sticking to his own wall, without having to go to the other side of the wall.

Because yesterday, the high heels only lingered in front of room number 8 and didn’t move far.

Therefore, both room number 7 and room number 9 were under suspicion!

After patting all the powder off from his coat, Du Gang put it back on and continued walking without any hesitation, moving towards the other side of the corridor.

While passing by many rooms, he didn’t stop but kept going directly to room number 7.

That’s because Liang Chu was currently searching inside room number 7.

He purposely skipped room number 6 and came to search room number 7.

“Why are you here?”

Liang Chu, seeing Du Gang enter, was somewhat puzzled.

Wasn’t it agreed that everyone would separately search each room?

Du Gang gave a casual smile and said, “Are you still trying to hide it from me? Your role is a prophet, am I right!?”

Liang Chu’s pupils contracted momentarily, but he quickly recovered, Du Gang was one of the people he’d investigated.

He nervously walked out of the room, glanced left and right, making sure no one was around, then closed the door and whispered, “Yes, I am the prophet. How did you know?”

Du Gang laughed, “You gave me so many hints yesterday. If I couldn’t even guess that, then it is all for naught, isn’t it?”

Without wasting words, he immediately asked, “Who did you check on the first day and then the second day?”

The prophet’s action is after the werewolf’s, so he already knew that room number 8 was going to die, therefore, he wouldn’t check room number 8. Plus, he knew that room number 8 was a hunter, so the hunter would have to shoot.

So, the most likely person that room number 8 would take down with him was room number 6, who was responsible for the death of room number 3, so, of course, he wouldn’t check room number 6 either.

Apart from him, there were only rooms number 1, 5, and 7 left.

Among these three, there must be a witch. Thus, as long as he didn’t check the witch, whoever was leftover was definitely a werewolf!

Liang Chu nodded, “On the second day, I checked room number 5, because I was worried that Li Qing would have targeted room number 6, so...”

Not caring about his explanations, Du Gang immediately asked, “What is the identity of room number 5?”

“Civilian!!”

Hearing these two words, a smile appeared on Du Gang’s face.

“So, among room number 1 and 7, one is a witch and the other is a werewolf...”

PS: Dear readers, how is the Infinite Flow novel by Orange Cat? Is it interesting? Is it above average?

If it’s good, the next book will also be related to Infinite Flow with the main theme being intellectual battles.