Su Yi's eyes scanned among the four people, but he still felt that something was wrong, as if he had solved a math problem in the wrong direction, and he felt an indescribable uneasiness.
"Grace is a mixed-race girl, over 1.75 meters tall. Xiao Peng and I can't move her." Maid Lin said:
"Then we can rule it out first. I think Su Xin's mother can be ruled out too. On my TV, a viewer commented that he had a heart disease and it would be difficult for him to escape if caught by a ghost, so it's impossible for him to move a corpse."
The others present looked at Su Yi. The white wedding dress outlined his slender waist and arms, and his back was as thin as paper. Even if such a weak person was not sick, he could not move Grace.
Everyone tacitly agreed to this exclusion, and the old pastor spoke:
"The effect of my previous arrangement of pairing everyone up has now become apparent. We can now provide each other with an alibi."
When the wedding was held, the old pastor divided the ten players present at the time into five groups: Su Yi and Bai Da Shao, the magician and Bai San Shao, the old pastor and lawyer Chen, postman Fang and Grace, planner Peng and maid Lin.
Old priest: "Just a reminder, only murderers can lie. Non-murderers who lie will be punished by the system. Everyone, please tell us whether your companions were with you at the time."
Planner Peng said: "Then let me prove it first. Maid Lin was beside me the whole time. I held her arm and talked to her to confirm that it was her."
Maid Lin: "I can also prove that Xiao Peng and I have always been together."
They spoke in counterclockwise order. After they finished speaking, it was the postman Fang's turn:
"I... I was with Grace." He was still in shock and stuttered, "We had a chat..."
Peng corrected him: "But Grace who is with you is a puppet. She can't prove anything about you."
Postman Fang: "Then... it's definitely not me who made this doll!"
"Why? It can't be you?" Planner Peng retorted bluntly, "You can also direct and act it yourself, and it's actually the most convenient for you to do it!"
Postman Fang: "How...how could I possibly do such a thing!"
Planner Peng: "It makes sense if it's you. You use the combination of the safe to lure Grace first, and when the power goes out, Grace will go to the wedding swearing platform to find the combination, and then you go up to her and knock her out, then go into the secret passage, move her near the glass window, hang her, and then go back to where you started.
"During this time, you release the Grace puppet, and you have it hold a flashlight to emit light, and then start moving, giving everyone the illusion that both of you are there.
"While moving Grace's body, you used the voice-changing device to talk and chat, and the voices you spoke were stored in the player in the doll. This way, you can pretend to be innocent and tell us that you thought the doll was Grace, thus forging your alibi!"
This line of reasoning left Postman Fang speechless. He was anxious and angry and wanted to explain himself, but his words were illogical and he just kept repeating the same thing over and over again:
"It wasn't me...I really didn't kill him!"
Su Yi listened carefully to everyone's speeches. What Planner Peng said made some sense, but there were also several loopholes. For example, if it was really done by Postman Fang, then the operation would indeed be simpler than for others. But it was precisely because of the simplicity that such an operation seemed stupid.
Su Yi thought, if he were the murderer, he would never do this.
First of all, the old pastor asked everyone to divide into pairs so that they could provide each other with alibis. If there was a dead person, the partner in the same group with the dead person would immediately be suspected of being the murderer.
Therefore, the more convenient and simple it is, the less likely the murderer will kill his teammates, which will greatly increase other players' suspicion of him. A high-level murderer should use this opportunity to create an alibi for himself, and then frame the deceased's teammates to divert suspicion.
The question is, how did the murderer manage to kill Grace without telling his accomplices?
Su Yi felt strange in his heart, because without an accomplice, this was almost an impossible task.
"That's enough," said the old priest. "Don't jump to conclusions yet. Let's take turns and have everyone speak. Postman Fang, you're fine? If you have anything else to say, then it's my turn.
"After the power outage, Lawyer Chen and I stayed together the whole time. When we saw the yellow light on the eldest master indicated that his companions were missing, we went over to check on him. We stayed together the whole time."
"But Lawyer Chen is dead now, and there is no evidence to prove his wrongdoing," Planner Peng retorted.
The old pastor said: "Lawyer Chen is also an old player. If I left during the power outage, he would definitely tell everyone as soon as possible. But everyone saw that there was nothing unusual between the two of us."
Maid Lin: "I think your alibi is still questionable. Although it may be a bit unfair to you, Lawyer Chen is dead and there is no way to verify it with you."
Young Master Bai also said, "It happened so quickly that no one asked Lawyer Chen carefully at the time."
After Grace's death, Su's bride was captured. Lawyer Chen, Lin and Peng sneaked into the secret passage to find Su's bride, but Lawyer Chen died.
"If, I mean if you are the murderer." Planner Peng said to the old pastor:
"You certainly wouldn't just leave halfway so easily, otherwise Lawyer Chen would definitely expose you. So if you really left, you must have used some tricks. Even if Lawyer Chen was deceived for a while, now that he is sitting here and thinking back, he might be able to think of some details. But he is dead, so it is hard to explain."
The old pastor curled his lips, a little unhappy, but he had to admit it. He looked at the two girls in front of him who were higher than him, with a little suspicion in his eyes:
"I now think there's something wrong with you two. If you two conspired together, you could still move Grace's body, right? When Lawyer Chen died, you two were with him."
Maid Lin rolled her eyes and said, "There is only one murderer in this game. And the murderer cannot lie. If you lie, you will be killed by the system. So let me say this directly: I have absolutely not helped the murderer in any way. So far, I don't know who the murderer is, and I am not the murderer."
Miss Peng also repeated this sentence.
Su Yi looked towards the two of them. It was quiet all around, with no signs of movement.
The light screen did not punish them.
If one of them is a murderer who can lie, the other one who cannot lie cannot cover her up. Under this rule, even if the two players have a good relationship and are willing to collude with each other, the ordinary player cannot cover up the murderer.
The old priest was speechless. It was the next person's turn. The magician leaned back in his chair leisurely:
"I'm in a group with Bai Shen. He's always here."
"Um."
Bai Ye responded absentmindedly, as if he was wandering outside. His eyes were fixed on his small TV, and his fingers were typing on the screen, as if he was talking to the audience online. No one knew what he said.
The old priest didn't dare to ask the white god to reason seriously! He had to ask the magician:
"How do you confirm that the other party is here?"
Magician: "After the power went out, he deliberately shone a flashlight on me to make sure I didn't run away."
Bai Ye didn't say much, just hummed.
Su Yi was sitting next to Bai Ye. Seeing that he was doing something on his small TV, Su Yi was a little curious. He secretly took a look.
At some point, the ban on all members on Bai Shen's small TV was lifted, and the show became even more popular than before. The dark TV screen was like a cosmic explosion, exploding with more than a dozen layers of thick, colorful comments that blinded people's eyes.
Many viewers were afraid that Bai Shen could not see it, so they used pop-up animations plus extra-large fluorescent barrages. Colorful words were jumping around, many of which were green, and even more were bright red, as if questioning something.
The colors were too colorful, and Su Yi couldn't see clearly for a moment. He only caught a glimpse of a few words, which seemed to be...
What? Boyfriend?
The old pastor said: "Then it's Su Xinniang's turn to speak next."
Bai Ye didn't have any extra words to say. It was his turn to speak in counterclockwise order. Su Yi retracted his gaze, sorted out his thoughts, and explained in detail how he separated from the eldest young master and encountered a ghost at the wedding...
The players' concentrated reasoning has always been a boring part for Bai Ye.
Everyone took turns talking, and after talking for a long time, no one knew who the murderer was. It was useless. It would be better to kill the ghost.
In the past, he only participated in the first concentrated reasoning, and never went to the second and subsequent reasoning. If he could not sit with Su Yi, he would not be sitting here now.
When Miss Peng started to explain her alibi, Bai Ye turned on the small TV out of boredom.
He has set a mute for everyone, and now he can't even see any barrage messages.
...[Your wife complained to the eldest master that you are incompetent!]
...[Your wife rubbed the back of the eldest master's hand with her wedding ring!]
...[Don't mute me now and let us tell you in detail!]
Bai Ye's mind was filled with the barrage of comments he had just seen on the disabled waste's small TV.
Although those in the audience were definitely talking nonsense, he was actually a little curious and wanted to see how outrageous they could be.
Bai Ye clicked on the screen and turned off [All members are muted]
[Fuck!!! It’s on! The White God really turned on the little TV! Everyone, come on!]
[Finally I can brush it hahahaha! #白?神不能#, #戴帽紧#(doge)]
A lot of green words popped up on the screen, from viewers who came from the white, big, small TVs:
[Your wife said you can’t do it (devil whispers) Hahahaha this is so funny!]
[This is a rare opportunity to tease the White God, don’t let it go!]
This part of the audience, who had watched the little TV of the white man and the young man, were all laughing, but there were an even larger number of viewers who had never seen it, swarming into the screen, and blood-red comments popped up one after another, criticizing the villain:
[I've told you eight hundred times, stop spreading rumors! Why do you call that newcomer a white-shen old woman every day!]
[Did you ask for Bai?shen’s opinion when you called? Can any? new? person come and get popularity?]
Bai Ye frowned.
[Okay, let me ask you directly now, White God! What is your relationship with that new guy? Are you his boyfriend?]
[This is personal privacy, right? Why? Do you want to force Bai? God to answer such a question?]
[So what do you want? The two of them are already together, but they still insist that others are spreading rumors. Now they openly ask Bai Shen about it and say it’s an invasion of privacy? I give up. They are just saying that the newcomer can be protected by Bai Shen. A bunch of idiots who don’t want to admit the reality]
[Don’t speak too early, or Bai Shen will say: I don’t know him! Are you new rumor mongers like Bai Shen’s wife’s idiots kneeling down to apologize?]
As soon as this barrage passed by, the audience saw that all the barrages were suddenly cleared.
The white God's ID popped up in the center of the screen, a platinum GOD.
The text cursor flashed after GOD, and then all the audience saw the White God typed two lines of text:
[I am his high school boyfriend]
[Stop beeping.]
Bai Ye took a screenshot of these two sentences, set it as the desktop of the small TV screen, and then reopened the barrage to enjoy a new round of explosions:
[Fuck, hahahahaha! Bai?shen, you slapped me so hard! You didn’t even give me a break! I like this!]
[What about the idiot who spread rumors before? Did it hurt when you got slapped on the face?]
[Being slapped in the face by the White God himself is a blessing for them. Normally, the White God Bird would not even look at them.]
There are all kinds of comments, and there are a lot of people who say they can’t accept it:
[I’ve been following Bai Shen for so long, and today I feel disappointed for the first time. A good position is used to help the newcomers? I can’t accept it, so I unfollowed him]
[The one in front, I clicked on your account and saw that you just followed Bai Shen fifteen minutes ago]
[Hahahaha, I laughed so hard. Some people in the comments did something bad and are afraid of retribution! Many people have shared the gold coins of the newcomer before, right? They are looking forward to the newcomer's death every day, but it turns out that Baishen is the newcomer's boyfriend and protects him all the time. They are so anxious hahaha! ]
[Really?! Then according to the system regulations, if the newcomer doesn't die within 30 minutes, won't all of these people be captured and made slaves?]
[No need to wait that long, 26 minutes have passed since the money grabbing started, only 4 minutes left!]
[Great, I've been annoyed by those money-stealing bastards for a long time! I once gave a tip to a newbie who had great potential and wanted to play the cultivation game, but he was pushed to the bad list by those bastards. He had accumulated 1,000 gold coins and could redeem himself even if he died, but those bastards took all his gold coins and watched him die! It really traumatized me for the rest of my life, and I will never look at the newbie zone again!]
[This is the first time I see a newcomer who was put on the bad list but still survived and got so many slaves, hahahaha! I have never seen how slaves are collected? I am so curious! What is the name of that newcomer? I want to go and watch his little TV!]
[Call her Su Xinniang! The best-looking one in the audience, she is now back on the list of the top 100 newcomers! Woohoo! My beautiful wife is about to be seen by more people!]
This barrage of comments suddenly froze on the screen, as if it had been selected.
The audience behind the screen was stunned, and then saw a silver light flashing on the edge of the bullet comment, and a bubble box popped up -
Bai Shen replied to the barrage for the first time, asking coldly:
[GOD: Your wife?]
“…”
The intimidated audience: [Your wife! Your wife!!]
At this time, Su Yi and Mr. Bai had both finished explaining their alibis.
The old pastor said, "Look, Su Xinniang was alone and had an encounter with a ghost. Of course, no one can prove her words. Bai Dashao was also alone and had no clear alibi."
Maid Lin: "Then the ones whose alibis are not strong enough are you, Su Xinniang, Bai Dashao, and Postman Fang."
Planner Peng: "Su Xinniang has been ruled out, so the three of you are left. Do you think there is anything else you can say?"
The old pastor reiterated that he had always been with Lawyer Chen. Postman Fang hesitantly said that he had not killed anyone, and Young Master Bai remained silent.
Su Yi looked at these three people. He had a bad feeling. No matter which one of them was the murderer, there were things that didn't make sense in his own way.
Postman Fang, first of all, is not at a high level, only level three, and his observation ability is not strong. Su Yi remembered that Mr. Bai vomited out hair before, and there were two kinds of hair on the ground, real hair and electric hair. At that time, Postman Fang also squatted down to observe, but he didn't see anything.
Although we cannot rule out the possibility that this person was acting the whole time, pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, such people are relatively rare after all, and low-probability events are not given priority.
As for Mr. Bai, because of his disability, he had to sit in a wheelchair the entire time and could not get out to walk. Moreover, Mr. Bai was tall and strong, and he could not get into the secret passage under the wedding oath stage at all, let alone move Grace's body to the vicinity of the glass window in a wheelchair.
Unless subsequent plots reveal evidence that Mr. Bai has been pretending to be disabled, and there is some kind of mechanical method to transport the corpse, this can basically be ruled out.
The only one left was the old pastor.
If Pastor Lao was the murderer, it would be unwise for him to kill Lawyer Chen and destroy his alibi.
Su Yi shook his head in his heart. His intuition was wrong. It was like he had calculated every step of a math problem correctly, but there might be something wrong with his thinking from the beginning. For example, that ghost.
He met the "Ghost Master" and was captured by the "Ghost". Are these two things two forms of ghosts, or... two people?
...After this round of explanation of the alibi, perhaps the audience will have some reasoning? New? Ideas?
Su Yi thought so and turned on his small TV. He was mentally prepared. After going through so many things, the barrage of comments would definitely explode.
He took a breath, and his chest, wrapped in a white lace wedding dress, swelled slightly. His slender fingertips lightly touched the screen.
As soon as it was opened, the full screen popped up:
[Wow, wow, wow, lovers finally get married! Stay well with Bai?shen!]
[So you are in love with Bai Shen. Sigh, I really don’t want to leave my wife, but I still wish you happiness! If Bai Shen bullies you, you must tell us!]
[Crying loudly, jealous of the White God for having such a beautiful wife! / Lemon, lemon! ]
——What is this? Well.
Su Yi was stunned, and suddenly thought that he might have been misunderstood by the audience because he was carried like a princess by Bai Shen all the way.
Thinking of being pressed so closely to Bai Ye's forehead and talking in the dark, Su Yi's cheeks flushed, and a hint of peach blossom-like red appeared on his jade-white face. Fearing that everyone would continue to misunderstand Bai Ye, he quickly explained:
[Please don’t make random guesses. The relationship between Bai Shen and I is not what you think]
Barrage: [? ? ? ]
[What the hell?! What?s going on?!]
Su Yi silently typed two lines of text on the screen:
[We separated very early]
[He's just my ex-boyfriend.]
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