Deceitful Game

Chapter 49 Gray Fox and Nameless

...Mastermind? What mastermind?

Could it be... the mastermind behind the cheating?

Chen Bingwen felt a panic in his heart, but he couldn't move his body at all and could only keep his head down looking at the table.

The hallucination he just experienced after the fall was probably some kind of nightmarish "memory" fragment.

Although fragmented, the details suggest that the nightmare was likely related to being caught cheating.

Judging from the sharp phrase "it was all his idea," there are probably other people involved.

Could it be... a case of group cheating?

A clear thought suddenly popped into Chen Bingwen's muddled mind.

In that instant, those vague details wove together to form a complete clue—

After all, he's a charlatan in the realm of intellect. At least in terms of brains, Chen Bingwen is quite capable.

But before he could say anything, that overlapping, distorted voice rang out again:

"I heard that the person who organized this group cheating is one of the four of you."

"I'm calling your parents. Think it over carefully."

"You can only leave when you admit it!"

"If no one admits it, then none of you are leaving!"

"—No one is allowed to lie!"

Then came the sound of footsteps leaving quickly. Immediately following was the sound of the office door closing.

Only then were the restrictions lifted on the four of them.

However, when Chen Bingwen tried to move slightly, he found that he couldn't leave his seat at all. The surrounding space was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.

Only in the very center of the table was a star-shaped marker—a star composed of four diamond-shaped patterns.

Four names suddenly appeared above their heads:

Frankenstein

[The Lucky Survivor]

Grey Fox

【nameless】

Upon seeing this scene, Chen Bingwen's heart skipped a beat.

The psychological trauma from the tutorial level immediately resurfaced—

—Is this going to be some kind of damn roundtable vote again?

But soon, Chen Bingwen comforted himself.

It's alright... Even if it really is a roundtable vote where one person has to die, it's at most a four-out-of-ten mortality rate. That's much better than the elimination rate of nine out of twelve in his tutorial.

Moreover, at least this time there's no "Wolf," that crazy guy who drags people into gambling with their lives every day!

Based on the principles of title classification, that dangerous madman will definitely get the title of "Domain of Slaughter." Then, if someone targets him, he might die somewhere unknown...

Thinking of this, Chen Bingwen breathed a sigh of relief.

The lucky survivor asked, somewhat puzzled, "What does he mean? Does he want us to hand over one of our people?"

As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at Frankenstein.

Just then, the tip of the star pattern pointing to Frankenstein suddenly lit up with a flashing green light.

It made a hissing sound, like a tape recorder.

"..."

Chen Bingwen was about to speak when he found that he couldn't utter a single word.

Upon seeing this, Mingpo let out an "oh" of interest.

Mingpo was silent for a moment before speaking:

"...I think I understand. This should be a question-and-answer format. I have to answer your questions and I can't lie."

"This is a game where we confront and interrogate each other to solve the case. It seems that one of us is the 'mastermind'."

As she spoke, Mingpo looked at Chen Bingwen, who bore the title of "Grey Fox," with a smile: "Chen, what do you think?"

When Mingpo looked at Grey Fox, the flashing green light in front of him suddenly went out and lit up in front of Grey Fox instead.

Meanwhile, Chen Bingwen finally gained the right to speak.

He finally understood why Mingpo had felt that way earlier.

He was completely unable to say anything unrelated to Mingpo's questions and answers—when he tried to say something else, he felt as if his throat was blocked.

I see……

Chen Bingwen gradually came to understand the rules of the game.

Of the four of them, one must be the "culprit." They need to exchange information through a confrontation in order to find that person.

However, since only one person can answer the previous person's question at a time, what the next person can say is actually determined by the person currently speaking. Therefore, it's not only about clearing yourself of suspicion, but also about controlling the pace of the conversation to make others reveal their weaknesses!

That's how it should be played!

But the problem is...

Chen Bingwen realized that the person seemed to be himself!

He swallowed hard and said in a deep voice, "I think that's how it should be."

"We need to find out the truth of the whole incident through conversation."

"Think about it, what was it like at the beginning? We appeared in the examination room with bizarre and deadly restrictions that were like a strange legend of rules, because for students who had no contact with society, the school, this small society, was their whole life. School rules were destiny, and teachers were almost impossible to disobey."

"And that desk covered in scratches seems to be related to bullying. Most importantly, there are the words written on it—"

At this point, Chen Bingwen paused and looked around.

At that moment, he suddenly realized something and took his phone out of his pocket.

"It had words like 'cheating,' 'liar,' and 'going to jail' written on it. But if it was just ordinary cheating, it shouldn't be enough to go to jail, and it obviously wasn't an important exam like the college entrance exam or the high school entrance exam; and if it was related to a more serious criminal case, there should have been marks like 'murderer'."

"Therefore, I believe this incident is related to a serious case of group cheating."

As he spoke, he turned on his phone and glanced at the time on it.

At the same time, he looked at the blurry figure of the "nameless".

Chen Bingwen asked, "Speaking of which, the three of us have met before. Who are you? Why can't we see you clearly?"

He subtly shifted the discussion from "finding the ringleader of the cheating" to "finding the truth of the matter."

Because he couldn't be sure whether the illusions others saw were the same as his own.

If they are the same, then it's fine; but if they are different, then he himself is very likely the criminal.

Therefore, he dared not bring it up at all and could only hope that others would talk about it first.

As Chen Bingwen posed the question, the green light in front of him suddenly went out and turned towards the "nameless" person whose face was not visible.

It was that person's turn to speak.

"I am……"

The man made a hesitant sound.

His voice was shrouded in mist, as if it had been altered by a voice changer, making it impossible to tell if he was male or female.

After "Nameless" remained silent for about ten seconds, the green light flashing in front of him suddenly turned red and began to flash more intensely, while also emitting increasingly rapid beeping sounds.

"I... I'm the one whose arm was torn off! My surname is Bai, you can call me Xiao Bai!"

She said in a panic, "You must have seen me before! I'm the one at the very front of the classroom!"

As she finished speaking, the fog surrounding her finally dissipated, and her muted voice returned to its original tone.

At this point, she still only had one arm. Blood almost completely soaked her upper body.

She looked like she was about to cry.