Seeing Aiwass suddenly shoot and kill the reporter, everyone else looked at him in shock.
"You are really decisive."
Huoyin on the side crossed his arms and admired in a low voice: "Whether he is Merlin, a reporter, or a detective who came down in advance, as long as this is not the zeroth floor, this shot can be fired."
"I just want to save everyone some time."
Aiwass wiped the muzzle of the gun and said calmly.
If he were Merlin, Aiwass wouldn't worry - Merlin would only cause trouble for them, but the real Jacob would personally open the box for his grandson Aiwass.
At this point in time, the Noble Red has not yet been established. The Scaleless Hand is still a prestigious ritualist organization among the people.
Even though they are wanted for killing some rich and powerful people with a curse, their reputation among the people is very high.
In this case, if Jacob realizes that he has been wronged, he will most likely directly announce his identity as the founder of the Scaleless Hands.
——Aiwass still doesn’t know who Junbai and the others are, and this kind of secret cannot be revealed to them.
From this perspective, Aiwass is actually silencing himself.
"Without the intelligence that Lulu worked so hard to bring, this level might have become a fatal trap."
Aiwass said in a deep voice, stepped over the reporter's body, walked to the round table, sat down and crossed his legs.
He looked at everyone and said slowly: "The other floors were like storms in the dark night. Suddenly we reached this floor where the sun was shining, the air was fresh, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant... As long as they didn't wake up their memories and found the real mission, they would definitely be there on the first floor.
Time thinks it has reached the level of reality.
"——Because this place is different from every other dreamland."
Isabel thought so at first, because she passed out after giving the message. She didn't hear Aiwass' reasoning at all.
"But it won't be so clean right after a storm of that magnitude. Whether it's a forest, a meadow, or a lake, it won't be this clean.
"Branches, broken wood, blown rubbish and debris, and even fish in the lake will fall to the ground. This is obviously just the imagination of a storm by a little girl who is inexperienced in life."
"Ah."
Suddenly, Chunbai laughed: "These are just excuses... Actually, it's because of Topa.
"Because the information Miss Lulu brought has been confirmed with others - as long as you exclude the information brought by Merlin, you will realize that there is no Topa in the several levels she descended from.
"So you suspect that we were actually on the second floor before, and Topa was on the first floor... Only this makes sense.
"But have you ever thought of a possibility? Maybe Topa killed everyone?
"It's like me - killing everyone and then falling to the next level."
Chunbai raised his head slightly and pronounced: "Admit it, Mr. Fox. You made a mistake - because of your arrogance and my lies, you personally eliminated the body that carries your teammates."
"Oh? Is that so?"
The fox looked at Chunbai with a smile. Lulu clenched her fists nervously and looked at the fox.
Chunbai sneered and said without hesitation: "Of course.
"Although I don't know why you entered this ceremony earlier than me, you obviously don't understand the basic principles of the Nine Pillar God's construction of the ceremony.
"When the Nine Pillars God constructs the promotion ceremony and prepares the plot and bonus items for the ceremony, it only considers the absolutely rational decision-making of the person being promoted - that is to say, the optimal solution of each ceremony is based on '
This is based on the premise that everyone is an intelligent and rational person, and everyone knows that everyone else is also an intelligent and rational person, and that everyone acts according to his or her own path.
"So in this case, what is the optimal solution? Of course, everyone should kill everyone on the floor they are on.
"As long as everyone kills all the people in their own level of dreams and then commits suicide - then they will immediately fall into the zero level. Not only that, everyone will fall into the zero level. This
It is the most tacit and efficient cooperation! No matter how many people there are or how many levels there are, at least six people can be guaranteed to win.
"From the perspective of the person who asked the question, is there anything wrong with me killing everyone on the floor I'm on?"
Pure White said eloquently.
The more Lulu listened, the paler her face became.
She looked at Aiwass with some fear, but she saw an increasingly obvious smile on Aiwass's face.
"Who are you?"
Aiwass suddenly asked.
Chunbai narrowed her eyes, a little disappointed: "You don't still think that I am Merlin trying to deceive people, do you?"
"You are not Merlin, but you are indeed lying and deliberately deceiving people."
Aiwass said quietly: "So what I'm asking is...who are you in reality?"
"You've crossed a line, Mr. Fox."
Chunbai narrowed her eyes and warned.
"You are the one who crossed the line."
Aiwass responded without hesitation: "Why do you want to help Merlin?"
Hearing this, there was silence all around.
Chunbai glanced at Aiwass in surprise: "When did you find out?"
"Since I proposed a sure-win method. But now that I think about it, you already showed your flaws when we first met."
Aiwass snorted coldly: "Think about it carefully, since you first met me...everything you said seemed to be questioning Merlin, but in fact it was all helping him get rid of suspicion.
"After you met, you suspected that there might be Merlin between the two of us."
——Can you trust me now? I am the detective, and that strong man is the fox.
Merlin said this when Aiwass and Merlin met for the first time.
This seems to be okay, but in fact nothing is right.
"First of all, if Merlin was a real 'detective' at that time, he didn't need to explain to you why he was a detective. Because you two didn't know each other in the first place, and Merlin could do what the detective could do just through words.
Why can't it be done?
"So what he said was actually telling me that 'the content of our previous chat was that he suspected that I was Merlin'. And you subconsciously made a wrong response -"
——To be precise, I can only confirm that at least one of you two is not Merlin.
Chunbai said so at that time.
Aiwass crossed his fingers and muttered softly: "You choose to follow the topic raised by Merlin. But this is completely nonsense... Of course, it is impossible for both of us to be Merlin, because there is only one Merlin in total.
"You said this instinctively because you knew that the reporter was Merlin, but you didn't dare to reveal clearly that you knew about it.
"You directly believe that he is not Merlin. This is unreasonable and makes you suspicious. In order to avoid it, you pretend to be wary of him. But you are worried that it will lead me to suspect that he is Merlin, so you dare not step on it to death.
He. So he said it in such a non-trivial way, just to express his position.
"From that time on, I started to be a little suspicious of you. But at that time, I didn't expect that you were cooperating with Merlin, so I conducted two tests...
"I frankly suspected that you were pure white, but you showed no hostility towards me. There are four of you, and there are three of us - and with all due respect, the detective and I are the main force, and you must be able to tell that.
"And we told you from our words that we have gathered together on the upper level and verified each other's identities. But you did not try to stop us, nor did you try to find teammates.
"If you really followed the position of a promoted person as you said, and everything is for the sake of absolute rationality, you should have tried to divide us at that time.
"For example, trying to make the 'detective' suspect that I am Merlin from the beginning, or giving false evidence and deliberately misleading me to make me suspect him. Because since we are already together, it is very likely that we will be together in the future.
And if there is no Merlin among us, it means that one of your three teammates will most likely be replaced.
"In other words, you were already at a disadvantage from that point on. So how did you respond?
"——You ignored the logical loopholes in Merlin's 'rapid descent theory' and accepted the three-person team. You still showed no hostility towards Merlin."
Aiwass said calmly: "I realized one thing at that time. You are definitely not Merlin, but there is something wrong with you.
"Because you don't want to win that much. But if you don't want to win, why do you come to the promotion ceremony?
"Later, Merlin suddenly made a conjecture for you - you may have killed an entire layer of people. What is the purpose of this statement?"
The answer is very simple, just swallow one layer.
But there is a loophole in such a decision. That is, the number of layers can be reduced by one, but one person will not suddenly be reduced.
"I was thinking... could Topa actually be on the first floor? So I came up with a 'sure-win method'... It's a fishing bait. But it's not fishing for Merlin, it's fishing for you."
"The sure-win method is based on two foundations, that is, Topa has directly entered the zero level from the top, and you have really killed people on the first level. In this way, counting the real detectives who have not yet come down, we have already
On the first level. In this way, as long as you die at that time, it is indeed a victory.
"But you did not choose to die. And now you have raised this point again... You denied what you said before, saying that you did kill a layer of people. And you also claimed that Topa also killed a layer of people.
"If this is the case, then counting Topa's level, detective's level, and your level, we have indeed reached the zero level. But unfortunately, that is not the case... We are still in a dream and have not arrived yet.
Reality."
"If you don't believe it," Chunbai sighed helplessly, "you can call the dancers to come and have a look."
"——Yes, Mr. Fox."
The dancer heard this and walked over from the staircase.
She smiled and said: "You were also deceived by me. In fact, I am Topa...from the very beginning."
"In that case," Aiwass asked, "when did you come here, sister?"
"In my memory," the dancer said, "I came to take shelter from the rain last night...but this memory is definitely not right."
You are a hammer.
Aiwass couldn't help laughing.
You don’t even know what “here” I asked about——
"Then that's right."
The corners of his mouth raised slightly and he said without hesitation: "You are Merlin."
Immediately afterwards, Aiwass pointed to the corpse at the front desk: "He is Topa——
"It was because you saw Topa on the first floor committing suicide that you deliberately killed the receptionists on the second and third floors as well.
"Junbai deliberately tried to mislead me, adding the front desk, but excluding Daiya. You want to exclude Topa from the front desk through the fact that Daiya is a participant.
"That's why I said, you can make Merlin admit his identity in front of you and cooperate with you...who are you?
"Merlin said that the Nine Pillars are watching this ceremony...Does your identity have something to do with this?"
"This, it's better not to ask."
Huo Yin, who had always been silent on the side, suddenly spoke up and warned.
Hearing this, Chunbai stared at Aiwass for a long time.
The old inspector finally exhaled helplessly and closed his eyes.
"No, it's okay..."
Chunbai opened her eyes and suddenly changed to a calmer tone: "This is a test question that a certain pillar god asked me to add to you temporarily when I entered the venue. He wanted to see if you can change under extreme circumstances.
My own bad habits——
"You are quite suspicious and find it difficult to trust others. You always keep a vigilant distance from others, but you lack the ability to discern those close to you. You always subconsciously want to believe the words of well-intentioned people. Miss Lulu is kind and brave, but
Because she is too well protected, her character is a bit weak and her willpower is not strong enough to withstand her talents; Mr. Detective is smart, calm, and rational, but he always likes to be in the limelight, has a strong desire to perform and curiosity, and has an excessive heart.
Strong desire to win.
"I am your temporary examiner. I was originally going to test your ability to withstand deception...but you caught me directly. That's okay, this can be considered an answer."
"...Who gave this exam question? Who are you?"
Listening to Chunbai's words, Aiwass hesitated: "Are you...the Eternal Saint?"
He originally thought that Chunbai just knew Merlin, so he chose to cooperate with him.
Unexpectedly, I actually received a private message from the Nine Pillars God directly...
I am super, who is this person?
"you guess?"
Chunbai smiled slightly, noncommittal.
The old supervisor put the gun in front of Aiwass, and looked at Aiwass with his calm and long-lasting gaze: "My exam is over, but the ceremony is not over yet. But you can be considered a winner.
"Merlin told me that Topa has now fallen into the negative level. After all, he was born on the first level, and it is difficult to distinguish between dreams and reality. In other words... the eliminated person who must appear has already appeared.
"Now as long as we all reach the zero level, then all six of us can win..."
"——I'm sorry, Lord Chunbai...and Merlin. I want to interrupt."
Aiwass suddenly said: "If my guess is correct, you won't die immediately after entering the negative level, right?"
"what you up to?"
Merlin asked in return: "Do you want to drive away the earth-bound spirit and rescue Daiya again?
"In principle, it's not impossible...as long as you return to reality, your power will come back. But you are only a second-level priest."
"Don't underestimate the priest, Merlin."
Aiwass smiled, picked up Daya again, and held her in his arms.
"……what are you up to?"
Daya lay in Aiwas's arms, twisting her body uneasily: "Otherwise, I'd better give up this time... Just follow them down. I'll just wait here to maintain my dream...
"
"no."
"Anyway, it's only half a month. I can go to the new moon ceremony by myself in two weeks..."
"no."
Aiwass whispered softly, lifted up Daya's hair, and put the muzzle of the gun behind her ear.
"I don't believe that the promotion ceremony will make one of the participants die. You must have a way to survive and win.
"If you can't find it, I'll help you find it - just think of it as a reward for being strong after enduring the pain and killing yourself so many times."
One shot. Two shots.
When Aiwass woke up again, he heard the surprising voice of the Flame-Contrary Butterfly:
"...Brother...you finally woke up!"
"Yeah, I'm awake."
Aiwass said softly.
Opening his eyes, a golden-red light suddenly lit up from the bottom of his pupils like the rising sun.
Chapter 2 of 4,500 words! Already 6,000 words long!
But there’s still a third chapter (akimbo)
Cat went to have lunch and then came back to continue typing, but the third chapter might have to be done at night.
Cat won’t be updating 10,000 words a day today, right?
