Chapter 613: The Doubting Person

Nighttime.

The surroundings are eerily silent, as still as a stagnant pool.

Besides the pale moonlight and the uniform stone bricks around me, there’s nothing but the ink-colored shadow beneath my feet.

Bai Youwei stood alone in the square, propping up her chin, silently pondering about the voting.

Xu Fanghe’s elimination was within her calculations, but the fact that Xu Fanghe wasn’t the X Guest did surprise her.

There are still nine people on the field.

In Red Eyes, there’s the short-haired woman and a pale-skinned man, along with herself.

In Yellow Eyes, there are the three follower doctors led by the bespectacled man.

In Blue Eyes, there’s Fang Yu and Ya Chaohui, along with a man in a suit who always thinks he’s a part of Red Eyes.

3:3:3, nine people in total.

Either five people win, or only the X Guest wins.

Who is the X Guest after all? Having to go through round after round of voting, and remain until the end, doesn’t it seem like the criteria for the X Guest to clear the game is stricter than anyone else’s?

Well… not exactly.

On the surface, it seems hard, but on closer thought, the X Guest, like the rest of the players, is also vying for the last five spots.

The only difference is, they have to find out who the X Guest is, whereas the X Guest doesn’t have to do anything…

Footsteps sounded from behind. Bai Youwei turned her head and saw the short-haired woman slowly walking over from a distance.

The sound of her boots scraping against the stone slab was dull, reflecting her current mood.

The short-haired woman stopped about ten steps away from Bai Youwei and asked, “Are you… really, the X Guest?”

Bai Youwei looked at her curiously and counter-asked, “Do you think I am?”

The short-haired woman hesitated and replied, “Not… really?”

Bai Youwei chuckled, “You can remove the ‘really’.”

The short-haired woman let out a sigh of relief, then walked over and said, “You can still laugh about it. Everyone thinks you’re the X Guest, and the real X Guest is still hiding, probably delighting in this.”

As she spoke, she sighed again and glanced up at the moon, “Ah… this damned game, inventing all sorts of ways to drive people mad.”

Bai Youwei tilted her head and regarded her, “Do you believe me?”

“I guess…” the short-haired woman’s tone was uncertain.

Bai Youwei just smiled without any comment.

The short-haired woman looked down at her, fell into silence for a moment, then repeated her answer, “I do.”

This time, there was no “guess”.

“What’s your reasoning?” Bai Youwei asked her with a smile, “Which of my actions or comments made you think I am not?”

“It’s just a feeling…” the short-haired woman said, “Sometimes gut instincts are more reliable than your brain. When I can’t figure things out, I trust my instincts.”

With a deeper smile tugging at the corners of Bai Youwei’s mouth, she asked, “Then, what does your gut say about who the X Guest is among those who are left?”

This question gave the short-haired woman a headache.

“This damn game…” she muttered, then added with a gloomy tone, “Aside from the two of us, I suspect the remaining seven.”

Bai Youwei said, “I don’t have any leads either. Why don’t we talk about it and discuss our suspicions. Maybe we can come up with some new ideas.”

The short-haired woman thought for a bit and agreed, “Alright. Should I go first?”

Bai Youwei nodded, “Yes.”

“Even though I have suspicions about everyone, there are two who I’m most suspicious of,” the short-haired woman said, “The first one is that thin, dark-skinned man from the Blue Eyes team. He wears combat gear and has a square face…”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Fang Yu.” Bai Youwei chipped in, “That man’s name is Fang Yu.”

The short-haired woman snorted, “Fang Yu? No wonder he has such a square face… Isn’t he just weird? When we tried to align with Blue Eyes, his attitude was so bad.”

“His bad attitude was probably due to Xu Fanghe’s comments…” Bai Youwei responded.

The short-haired woman shook her head, “Even if that’s the case, there’s another possibility. For instance, if he is the X Guest, of course, he’d love to join hands with Xu Fanghe against you!”