Yin Chengjue pinched the small card, thinking about how to hide it.
The phone call earlier didn't specify how to find one's teammates, and this small card gave no hint on how to find teammates either. This meant he needed to judge others' mission routes based on their behavior, to find enemies or teammates.
This was a bit like the Werewolf game, but the difference was that in Werewolf, the good guys, comprising two-thirds of the players, needed to find the wolves, comprising one-third. The wolves won by killing all the villagers or all the gods; the good guys won by eliminating all the wolves.
In this game, however, people from the same mission route needed to complete their mission first, or prevent the other two mission routes from completing their missions.
Of course, there was another method: make the people from the other two mission routes get eliminated.
"It's 9:30 in the morning now. Before getting the other identity card, we found a skull in this refrigerator. Putting other matters aside, Butler Liu, could you explain why there is a human skull in the refrigerator?" Rong Yu was the first to speak, breaking the silence.
Liu Qingling put away his own identity card and said, "I don't know how this happened either."
Ling Ting, who rarely spoke, said, "We all entered this villa this morning. That means, the people who had the opportunity to place the skull are only Butler Liu, Servant Yang, and Lawyer Lei, who arrived here a few days ago, right?"
With her saying this, everyone else's gaze immediately converged on Liu Qingling.
This matter was likely the breakthrough point for finding the murderer. People from the Detective route would definitely be particularly interested in the answer to this question.
Yin Chengjue immediately took this opportunity to look around, observing everyone's eyes and micro-expressions.
Then, unsurprisingly, his gaze met Rong Yu's.
Rong Yu was also observing.
Their gazes met and quickly separated, falling on the faces of others.
Yin Chengjue quickly noticed the most obvious expressions on Guan Haifeng and Wei Lu.
These two were still in a daze after being scared into crowing by the skull earlier. Before they could recover, they heard the game rules. Probably, they were still in a confused state. Now, after getting their identity cards, although they put them away like everyone else, the expressions on their faces simply couldn't be hidden.
After hearing Ling Ting's question to Liu Qingling, Guan Haifeng's face immediately showed obvious excitement, clearly very interested in the answer to this question.
Someone concerned about the real murderer must be from the Detective route.
Wei Lu's expression was the opposite. She seemed uninterested in this question. Even though she was so scared earlier, now she didn't care anymore, just lost in thought by herself.
This indicated that she had already moved past the earlier frightened state and started thinking about how to win the game. She was thinking seriously but wasn't concerned about this question, which was very important for the Detective route. It was clear her mission was not the Detective route.
As for Ling Ting, who raised this question, there was a fifty percent chance she was from the Detective route, but the possibility couldn't be ruled out that she intentionally said this to expose the Detective route players.
The other five had already trial-played this game before, and their facial expression management was very good, showing no particularly obvious flaws for now.
Faced with everyone's gaze, Liu Qingling didn't appear flustered. He said, "Illegitimate Daughter Ling, I don't think what you said is correct. Although you all came this morning, you didn't arrive at the same time. After I led you to the hall, I went to do my own things. During this time, you moved around freely, and no one noticed, after all there are only a few people in this house now."
Liu Qingling looked around, "So, I believe that everyone present here has the opportunity to commit the act. Just putting a skull into the refrigerator doesn't take much time."
Yang Ji said, "Butler Liu makes a good point. It's not just me, Butler Liu, and Lawyer Lei who have the opportunity; everyone does. Moreover, all you young masters and young ladies have lived here before. In terms of familiarity, you are not lacking either. Today is just about bringing everyone back to familiarize yourselves again, worried that you might have forgotten the locations of some rooms after not returning for a long time."
This explanation was acceptable. Ling Ting nodded, indicating she had no further questions.
"If there's nothing else, let's split up and act separately now. This will be good for everyone's tasks," Yin Chengjue casually took a can of coffee from the refrigerator but accidentally pulled out a note that was stuck between two coffee cans along with it.
The note fluttered down to the floor. The others also turned to look. Lei Miao, who was closest, picked up the note and read it aloud.: "Those who do not follow the rules will be punished."
Everyone looked at each other.
Rong Yu glanced at the note in Lei Miao's hand, his eyes suddenly lighting up. He pointed at the skull still held by Wei Shu and said, "Earlier, was that skull placed on top of the two coffee cans behind the refrigerator door? So when the refrigerator door was opened, it rolled out."
Rong Yu: "Therefore, that note wasn't placed beside the coffee cans, it was placed inside the skull."
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