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Chapter 49 The culprit is... him.

Looking at the corpse on the table.

Ji Yi could smell a nauseating stench.

"What a meticulous person! Putting a corpse on the dining table; anyone who didn't know better would think a feast was about to begin. Wow."

As soon as he finished speaking, Miss Cat next to him pinched his big butt.

"Say less."

The hall was now filled with noise; some ghosts were talking, some were silent, and some were letting out mocking laughs.

"Quiet!"

At that moment, the fierce-looking burned man stepped forward.

This was also one of the passengers on the bus. His entire body was covered with scars left by the fire, and his facial features were almost blurred together.

The scene fell silent for a moment.

The scarred man said decisively, "Sit down first and listen to the blind old ghost's story. If you enjoy this boring ghost-catching game that repeats itself every night, then please make yourselves at home."

As he spoke, he had already taken his seat back.

The other ghosts, though still strange and unpredictable, silently accepted the proposal in their actions.

Ji Yi had a strange feeling.

When you first encounter these ghosts, the sense of oppression and unknown mystery is very strong, no less than the various ghost stories in the [Island Ghost Stories] dungeon.

But seeing that these ghosts were organized and had emotions gave Ji Yi a sense of what it meant to be "human".

It's a ghost with human characteristics.

This feeling seemed very out of place in this situation, and Ji Yi felt that there was more to it than met the eye.

[You're so smart! You're getting more and more right. Guess why?]

"Heh, why aren't you helping me uncover the mystery now?"

My dear master, of course I'm willing to help you. But here, I can only act according to the script of this place.

As the saying goes, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," just as I can't tell you that you're merely a fictional character.

"."

Okay, okay, you're going to play the riddle game on me, huh?

I always feel that the eyes of data seem to reveal a lot of information, but upon closer examination, it is still difficult to understand.

"Now, let's talk about this properly."

The blind ghost seemed to be filled with rage.

"Where were you all just now? What were you doing? Who saw the deceased? Tell us your stories one by one."

Upon hearing this, all the evil spirits cooperated fully.

Even several fierce-looking, malevolent ghosts seemed to have no objections.

"Well then, let me start."

The woman wearing a mask had a low, deep voice, and her speech seemed to be slightly slurred. A cut could be faintly seen extending from the mask to her earlobe.

Want to know what's under the mask? I think you've already guessed—the legendary Slit-Mouthed Woman.

Starting with the Slit-Mouthed Woman, one evil spirit after another spoke honestly.

Their emotions ranged from calm to joy as they recounted their recent actions and current location.

[The typical locked-room mystery trope, the rigid and tedious narrative and alibi—am I reading a mystery novel from the last century? Boring, I want to see a bloodbath.]

Ji Yi pursed her lips, ignoring the Eye of Data.

soon.

It was the girl in red's turn to speak.

"Hehehe, I was just playing with the little bear! I had so much fun, I didn't know anything about it."

Xiao Hong held the tattered teddy bear high in her hand.

The stitches on the bear's head were torn open, and cotton wool was leaking out.

[She's the murderer, are you satisfied with this answer? Quickly identify her! Okay, no more joking, I suggest you don't do this.]

"So you're saying you don't have an alibi?"

The man with the nail head tapped on the table.

"No."

Xiao Hong shook her head.

"But...I saw the murderer!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of many of the evil spirits on the field changed.

"Who is it?" the blind old man asked urgently.

"he."

Her delicate fingertips pointed directly at Ji Yi.

"?!"

Ji Yi frowned, sensing the malice conveyed through that small hand.

"impossible."

At this moment, Miss Cat stepped forward.

“We’ve been together from beginning to end, and many people must have seen that.”

"That seems to be the case, I remember it."

A demon spoke up for Ji Yi and Miss Cat.

"Yes, I did see it."

"I only saw them before the second half of the meeting, and I don't know about the rest of the time."

About four or five evil spirits came out to corroborate the story, and when the timeline was pieced together, it almost completely proved that the two people were together the whole time.

"Hehehe, they did it together! I missed it, it must have been the two of them!"

Xiao Hong didn't back down; instead, she turned her anger towards the two of them.

"Impossible. There is only one culprit. This is a consensus we all know."

Another evil spirit joined the discussion.

"Hehe, yes. So they were in a cooperative relationship, one committed the murder, and the other covered it up; one was the criminal, and the other was a living person."

Little Red giggled as she tugged at the tattered teddy bear in her hand.

"That's it, that's it!"

Upon hearing this, all the evil spirits on the field turned their gazes toward Ji Yi and Xie Jiayi.

The terrifying, eerie energy seemed to solidify into a tangible form.

[This is a huge crisis, but I don't recommend directly accusing her of being the murderer; the attention would explode.]

Ha ha.

He knew this without needing to be told by his eyes.

If he can't kill Xiao Hong on the spot, he'll definitely be the next one to die.

This is completely different from the Werewolf game; the only thing determining Ji Yi's fate is the amount of attention she receives.

Miss Cat seemed to want to explain something.

Ji Yi gave her a wink, and Miss Cat stopped herself from saying what she was about to say.

Pop, pop, pop.

Ji Yi clapped her hands.

"The living person and the criminal cooperated. It's an interesting speculation."

A smile appeared on his face.

"I just can't understand why these two need to cooperate. If they know each other's identities and are each other's leverage, they should have killed each other long ago. Why keep a ticking time bomb by their side?"

“I must state my position: I and she can indeed corroborate each other that there is absolutely no possibility that either of us is the perpetrator. You can choose to believe me or not, and I have nothing to say.”

These words moved many of the evil spirits present.

"As for this little girl, I don't want to assume any ill will towards you. I wonder... could you have seen wrong? Or is there someone else who can impersonate me? After all, I was with Miss Cat the whole time, and you only saw me, which doesn't seem to make sense, does it?"

Xiao Hong's smile vanished at that moment.

The other evil spirits also felt that Ji Yi's words made more sense.

You've caught Xiao Hong's attention.

Xiao Hong's popularity increased by 20.

Xiaohong's popularity rating: 40/50

call.
After all that maneuvering, it was truly an extreme feat.

They needed to clear themselves of suspicion, but they couldn't directly identify Xiaohong.

With only defense and no offense possible, Ji Yi had absolutely no idea how to proceed from this predicament.

"This is the last chance."

"I have an information advantage, so I must find a way to identify Xiao Hong when the next victim appears."

(End of this chapter)