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As the game officially began, a synchronized seventy-two-hour countdown appeared on everyone’s Memory Stone.@@novelbin@@

Standing at the castle entrance, Helena asked,

“Noa, how should we go about finding the source of the plague?”

This team-building activity had been the little dragon girls’ idea. As the leader of the Dragon Special Forces, the responsibility of directing naturally fell to Noa.

Leon and Rosvisser, along with Constantine, had no objections—after all, this was an outing to let the children have fun, so it was only right to let them take the lead.

Noa thought for a moment before replying,

“We don’t have a lot of time, so it’s best to split up.”

“Nine players, three groups of three. This will significantly improve the efficiency of solving clues and also help narrow down the suspects when the vengeful spirit players start attacking.”

“Most importantly, since there are only two vengeful spirit players, dividing into three groups guarantees that at least one group will be completely from the good faction, free from interference. This will speed up clue-solving considerably.”

“If one person in a group is eliminated by a vengeful spirit, the other two in the group become prime suspects. But the key point, as Noa mentioned, is that with three groups and two vengeful spirits, there’s always one group guaranteed to be pure good faction regardless of any uncertainty about the vengeful players.”

The little dragon girls agreed with Noa’s plan, and the adults had no objections either.

“Now, let’s decide on the specific groups.”

Noa turned to her parents and her fiery uncle, saying,

“With three adults and six kids, we’ll evenly distribute the—”

It’s worth noting that four of the six children were from the Melkvey family.

After a bit of shuffling, the groups were finalized: