amaotonovel Chapter 19 Suspect No. 9
Chapter 19 Suspect No. 9
"Nuan Nuan!" Lin Zhi screamed as she rushed into the young master's room.
The long-haired girl lay on her back on the ground, motionless. Her once bright eyes had completely lost their luster. Her mouth was slightly open, and the painful expression on her face, along with the purplish-blue marks on her fair neck, revealed the cruel treatment she had received before her death.
"How pitiful..." Number 4, who arrived late, muttered softly.
"What's there to pity? If she hadn't died, we would have been the ones to die!" Number 7 curled his lip, looking relieved.
The bespectacled man behind Number 7 remained silent. His words were harsh, but true: someone would die on the Crimson Night, and no one wanted to be the "unlucky one."
The lingering fear on Song Nuan's face spread like a plague to everyone else.
Lin Zhi wept bitterly, and on the 8th, he went forward to touch the corpse and began the meeting.
[System notification: Meeting started.]
The voting process consists of two rounds. The first round is for nomination. Nominated players then proceed to the second round of voting. The player with the most votes in the second round is elected. If the votes are tied, the meeting ends and no one is elected.
The candidate with the most votes will be: bound together.
[Nomination countdown begins: 15 minutes.]
(During the meeting phase, the possessed person is unable to communicate telepathically.)
All players were instantly teleported by the system to the ancestral hall area on the map, and Song Nuan's body was placed upright in front of everyone.
"What does this mean? We have to vote?" Number 1 scratched his head. He had randomly chosen a copy and had only just barely grasped the rules.
"Now it's the nomination stage. Let's each introduce ourselves first, then talk about the locations before and after Scarlet, and analyze who is the most suspicious. My name is Zhang Xu'an." The young man number 8 stepped forward. He looked to be in his early twenties, wearing black-rimmed glasses, not very tall, and dressed in a simple gray short-sleeved shirt. His clear and articulate speech gave him the air of a leader.
Seeing the various expressions on everyone's faces, Zhang Xu'an smiled and reassured them, "Don't be so nervous. The people who are thrown out in the first round are just tied up, not executed. Everyone relax, let's proceed according to the numbering order."
The first man in the shirt to speak: "My name is Wang Weiwen. When we entered Scarlet, I was in the maid's room with No. 8. I was hiding there. After dawn, I didn't see No. 8, so I went out to look for her. Then I saw No. 5 and No. 6 in the ancestral hall. I didn't kill anyone. I'm a good person."
Judging from his appearance, Wang Weiwen was gentle and refined, and his speech was relatively fluent, which calmed everyone down considerably.
Zhang Xu'an nodded: "He's telling the truth. It's your turn, number 3."
Lin Zhi, her face streaked with tears, briefly recounted the entire process, eliciting varying expressions from the crowd.
Zhang Xu'an: "Number 3, did you see the smoke?"
Lin Zhi shook her head: "No, I didn't see it."
Zhang Xu'an stroked his chin: "So the ghost didn't use any skills to escape the scene. He'll be nearby after dawn!"
Lin Zhi's first reaction was to look at Jiang Lin.
“My name is Lü Xiaohu,” the chubby boy number 4 pointed at Ji Xingyi: “I was talking to him at the altar under the study. When it was crimson, I hid in the study. Then the bell rang really loudly. Oh my god, I was so scared that I drank a bottle of invisibility potion. The female ghost ran to the garden. I didn’t dare to go out. After dawn, I saw number 10 and then I found the body.”
Ji Xingyi leaned against the pillar and said calmly, "That's right, I'm with Number 4, we can vouch for each other."
Number 5, Zhao Wei, had dark skin and a buzz cut; he looked intimidating. Number 6, Xu Lina, had long, wavy hair; her complexion wasn't good, and she seemed very nervous. She would glance at Zhao Wei beside her from time to time while speaking. The two of them remained on the stage, providing mutual confirmation.
Zhao Wei and Jiang Lin exchanged a glance. Although the first round was not an execution, it would be best to work together to vote out a good person so that the situation would be in the favor of the possessed one.
Next up was number 7. The young man straightened up and said, "Tan Yu, I was searching the master bedroom and didn't see anyone else. I was scared when it got dark, so I didn't come out. I went out after dawn and saw number 9."
Zhang Xu'an nodded, then looked at Jiang Lin, his gaze sharper than when he looked at others: "My information is quite important, Number 9, can you speak first?"
Jiang Lin nodded indifferently: "Jiang Lin, when I entered the Crimson in the restaurant, I first heard a little bell sound, but it disappeared immediately. When it was almost dawn, I saw a ghostly figure going towards the garden from the window of the corridor. So after dawn, I ran to the garden and saw Number 7 coming down from the master bedroom when I passed the incense table. I can testify for him."
After gathering the information, Zhang Xu'an looked around and his eyes gleamed: "If all your information is correct, then the ghost that made this cut is within the range of 379."
"No, what makes you say that?" Tan Yu, number 7, had a fiery temper that could ignite at any moment.
Zhang Xu'an adjusted his glasses and explained his reasoning: "When the crimson light appeared, I rushed to the lobby and saw the ghost transform at the incense table, which means he was in the vicinity! Judging from the distance, the only ones capable of doing this are 356 and number 9!"
Xu Lina, number 6, immediately grabbed Zhao Wei's arm in a tense moment, and said aggrievedly, "We didn't kill anyone!"
“I haven’t finished yet,” Zhang Xu’an chuckled, continuing with considerable confidence, “After dawn, there was no smoke left at the scene, so the ghost didn’t use any skills to escape. The location of 56 at dawn can corroborate that with Number 1. The three of them were too far from the corpse; the ghost couldn’t have run that far without using any skills, so they are ruled out!”
Jiang Lin's eyes darkened; he hadn't expected Number 8 to have such abilities.
"That's 39! What does that have to do with me?" Tan Yu said angrily.
Zhang Xu'an: "No, even if Number 9 is telling the truth, the fact that he saw you after dawn does not mean that he can prove your location before the crimson. You can lie."
Tan Yu panicked: "No, I'm not lying! Whoever is lying is a dog!"
Number 4, Lü Xiaohu, scoffed: "Come on, these days oaths are effective, what's the point of having police? The more you say that, the more I think you are!"
Lin Zhi suddenly raised her voice, interrupting the argument between the two: "The ghost bride moves very fast, but it took her more than a minute to kill someone, which means she was looking for someone, and she had a purpose!"
The previously tense atmosphere instantly fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the short-haired girl.
Lin Zhi stepped forward, her face clearly showing anger, and glared at Jiang Lin, demanding sharply, "Only you and I knew that Nuan Nuan had night vision goggles. Jiang Lin, did you kill her?"