"It's completely different from what you imagined—" the system made a creaking sound: "But there's nothing wrong with you guessing Miss Chu Moyin—it should be said that this is the conclusion closest to the correct answer that you can get with your current amount of information, although it's actually not the correct answer at all—"
"Insufficient intelligence...? Does that mean the real perpetrator is someone I don't even know?"
"If you don't know them at all... that's a bit of an exaggeration—even though this is the reality you live in, which means reality is even more irrational than fiction—so-called works need to be logical, but reality doesn't. Neither the mandatory rules of reasoning nor the intersection of hatred between them necessarily exist—it's very possible that someone rushing into the street to hack people is just an indiscriminate murderer without any extra thoughts—and yet, it is often given a certain meaning..." The system paused, then said, "However, this is in line with the precepts of reasoning."
"Does it match...?"
The commandments of reasoning quickly emerged in Chu Shangli's mind -
"So, this person must be someone I knew from the beginning, rather than a complete stranger who popped up later?"
"That's right—actually, if it were a complete stranger, I'd be more relaxed. I wouldn't have to worry about letting something slip and causing trouble for both you and me. But since they're also in the core area, it would be too difficult to have no intersection at all—"
Chu Shangli rolled his eyes, moving them quickly across the faces of these people whose time had stopped.
"Didn't you say—you would answer 'yes' and 'no'?"
"Yes--"
"So, may I ask if this is Bai Jin—Zi Shujin?"
"NO." As if to avoid Chu Shangli's suspicion, the system immediately gave a negative answer.
"So... is it his brother Zi Shuhui?"
"Well, if you were to list the entire list of the Empire's top brass, it would definitely be correct—but I just want to tell you that your current answer is a bit off the mark—completely deviating from the correct option. Zi Shuhui has worked so hard to achieve his current position—it's fair to say he's extremely anxious about losing it. Do you think it's realistic to ask him to give up what he has now?"
When Chu Shangli said this answer, she also felt it was a little outrageous - but she probably believed that only unexpected objects would have a reversal effect.
"Reversals—in reality, they're actually pretty hard to come by. The rules are strictly enforced, and to achieve a reversal, one needs to put in more effort than the average person, and possess even more extraordinary mental strength than the average person—if that's the case, it hardly seems like a reversal. Because that's the sweat and hard work involved, what exactly qualifies as a 'reversal'?"
"So, are you denying everything I consider absolutely impossible?"
"It seems that everyone now tends to fall into the vicious circle of guessing that the least likely person in a suspense work is the murderer, so that the current reversal has become a reversal—" The system said quietly: "Do you want to try to choose someone other than Chu Moyin who you think is the most likely and the most unreasonable as the answer? That might be the correct option—"
If we talk about first impressions, the one that comes to Chu Shangli's mind is definitely "Chu Moyin", there will be no other choice -
Apart from "Zi Shuhui", her guess did not go beyond the reasonable range.
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in her brain.
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