Chapter 56 Betrayal (9)

  "Actually...," An Yi's tone was full of hesitation: "I think the fourth and sixth are not yamen either."

  "The order of verification for the fourth newspaper is all the same, it feels too unreliable." An Yi said, pausing: "But..."

  "Six's speech was okay, but... but he spoke to the wrong person! I'm a scarecrow!" An Yi's face was expressionless: "How could Six possibly know that I'm a civilian?"

  "First, No. 13 fell to the ground and recognized a scarecrow as me, stealing my identity; later, No. 7 also recognized a scarecrow as me, again stealing my identity. Why do they always steal my scarecrow identity?" An Yi was speechless.

  "Although I feel that neither No. 4 nor No. 6 is a yamen runner, yet all the people summoned by No. 4 are those who have been verified and killed together, while No. 6 clearly summons people to be verified...” An Yi's words were abruptly interrupted before he could finish speaking.

  "No. 6, died of self-inflicted wounds." A dull voice suddenly appeared, accompanied by the figure of a girl in a No. 6 cheongsam dress emerging from the darkness, her slender neck sliced open by a sharp dagger.

  Bright red blood flowed down the 6th sloping shoulder dress of the 'girl', from her neck to her chest, overflowing between her clothes.

  As the No. 6 Slope-Shoulder Dress "Girl" fell straight to the ground, darkness descended immediately.

  "Do you think they can be trusted?" Uncle No. 4 in Zhongshan attire looked towards the direction where An Yi was and sighed.

  "It's hard to say." An Yi smiled wryly.

  The No. 6 asymmetrical dress 'girl' stood opposite the No. 4 Zhongshan suit uncle, and with the addition of a fearful suicide, it's clearly a metaphor for issuing household registration and ID cards.

  An Yi has already gone against the people's evidence, and it is very likely that he will be punished. In this situation, An Yi can only admit to a straw man, after all, going against the people's evidence is the same, whether admitting to a false charge or a straw man charge, there is not much difference.

  It's just... An Yi recognized the scarecrow, but the thief may not believe it.

  "No matter whether the thief believes you're a scarecrow or not, I'll definitely get stabbed tonight anyway." The middle-aged man in the No. 4 Zhongshan suit furrowed his brow and thought for a moment: "There are still three cards on the scene that haven't been defined, if they find out about Min tonight... it's up to you whether you can dodge a knife tomorrow or not."

  Now on the scene, there are only No. 14 Nezha's big coat 'girl', No. 3 Chrysanthemum 'flower' cucumber earrings youth, and No. 8 apron man who hasn't been checked yet. If a civilian is found tonight, it can only be like what No. 4 Zhongshan suit uncle said, the thief doesn't believe that An Yi is a scarecrow.

  The thief believes it, and An Yi can win; the thief does not believe...

  "Check the third one?" An Yi sank into thought for a moment: "Since the sixth one has taken my and eighth's identities, it's unlikely that eighth is the thief. And taking my identity... why didn't they kill me before? I feel like it should be because they're afraid that if I die, I'll take the third with me, after all, I was always checking on the third."

  "Just...” An Yi hesitated for a moment: “But Number Three doesn't seem like a thief either! If he were a thief, on the second night, he could have killed me and then committed suicide to leave a will, taking Numbers Sixteen and One with him. After all, Numbers Five, Six, and Seven are clearly three thieves, so Number Fifteen isn't a thief. If Number Three were a thief, he could have killed me and then killed one more person, and another thief would have stood up to take the fall, it's possible to 'pull out' Numbers Sixteen and One."

  Uncle No. 4's face changed color as he thought about An Yi's words.

  "Number Three may not have committed suicide to take you away, but that doesn't mean he's not a thief." Number One, Tang Old Duck and Mi Old Mouse suddenly chimed in.

  "What?" Uncle No. 4 Zhongshan looked at the direction of the "girl" corpse in the Mickey Mouse sweater with surprise.

  An Yi also raised an eyebrow because of Tang Laoyan's words about Mi Laoshu being a 'girl'.

  "If... I mean, if... " No. 1 Donald Duck Mouse hesitated for a moment: "After all, even if No. 3 is a thief, he can't be sure that No. 9 is a yamen officer, right? And after he killed No. 9 and committed suicide out of fear of punishment, who would he kill next? What if he kills another innocent person?"

  As they spoke, the 1st Tang old duck and Mi old mouse's thoughts became clearer: "He may be a thief, but he can't be sure, so he doesn't dare to kill? If he kills himself out of fear of punishment, then there would be no police officers inside either the 9th or another person, even if they had other thieves jump out, they wouldn't be able to push the blame onto the 16th and 1st, after all they are afraid of being killed by the crowd, with four police officers on the scene? Wouldn't that just be letting a thief off scot-free, plus another thief would get away with murder?"

  "And... even if San Hao was a thief, he would have been caught and killed by Jiu Hao and the other one. If there's even one civilian among them, they wouldn't be able to escape. After all, three thieves against three yamen officers, especially when the yamen had already investigated three times, the thieves definitely can't outsmart the yamen." Tang Lao Ya Mi Lao Shu comforted the 'girl' and thought for a moment before adding another sentence.

  "Indeed." An Yi nodded thoughtfully.

  It may be because of the darkness under the lamp, being in a narrow-minded situation, if not for the reminder from No. 1 Tang Old Duck and Mi Old Mouse's 'girl', An Yi would have really overlooked this point.

  The uncle in the No. 4 Zhongshan suit thought for a while, and his face also showed some joy: "So, it's possible that No. 3 is indeed the last thief."

  Excluding the 3rd 'flower' cucumber earrings, the young man who committed suicide by hanging himself did not leave a note or take two things with him for no reason. He indeed had the possibility of being a thief.

  The thief assumed An Yi's identity, which meant that the thief thought An Yi could do the job of a yamen runner, but the thief never actually became An Yi.

  So... the 3rd Chrysanthemum 'Flower' Cucumber Earring Youth may indeed be a thief. After all, An Yi has been pointing at the 3rd Chrysanthemum 'Flower' Cucumber Earring Youth, if he killed An Yi, the 3rd Chrysanthemum 'Flower' Cucumber Earring Youth would easily be taken away to be buried with him.

  "Then check number three?" An Yi asked tentatively again.

  Actually, An Yi couldn't be certain whether the young man with the yellow cucumber earrings was a thief or not.

  Although No. 4 Zhongshan Uncle and No. 1 Tang Old Duck Mickey Mouse T-shirt 'girl' followed An Yi's words, supplementing a certain basic logic to this speculation, however...

  Speculation, forever just speculation.

  "Let's check No. 3 then." The middle-aged uncle in the Zhongshan suit gritted his teeth: "Even if No. 3 isn't a thief, you might still be able to dodge one knife."

  An Yi hesitated for a moment before finally raising his hand and pointing at the paper card marked with the number 3.

  No. 14 woolen coat 'girl' is the one who picked up No. 13 muscular man's lost No. 2 and No. 5 water bags. In the case of No. 5 big white rabbit man being a thief, No. 14 woolen coat 'girl' indeed has a slightly better identity.

  Even if she's a gambler at heart and a thief by nature, for now, at least, she's come out on top.

  As for the apron man No. 8... his speech was almost a complete nonsense, neither constructive nor aggressive, really can't be defined. Of course... the apron man's No. 8 nonsense speech is also likely to be a thief.

  Originally, in An Yi's mind, it was either the 3rd 'flower' yellow cucumber earring youth or the 8th apron man to investigate. Since everyone now thinks that they should investigate the 3rd 'flower' yellow cucumber earring youth, An Yi wouldn't be an exception and go against the tide to investigate the 8th apron man.

  Mirrors rise, light pillars fall, No. 3 Chrysanthemum 'flower' yellow cucumber earrings youth in front of the number 3 slowly changes, finally...

  Thief.

  Looking at the revealed handwriting, Uncle Zhongsan No. 4's face clearly rose with joy. Even An Yi let out a sigh of relief at this moment.

  No. 5 Big White Rabbit Man, No. 6 Slanted Shoulder Dress 'Girl', and No. 7 Zhong Kui Tattooed Youth are confirmed thieves, so the last thief is No. 3 Chrysanthemum 'Flower' Cucumber Earring Youth.

  In the case of only one thief, especially in 4th Uncle's mountainous attire, reporting 6th Slanted Shoulder Jumpsuit 'girl' to be killed, An Yi turned over 6th Slanted Shoulder Jumpsuit 'girl's ID card. Even if tonight An Yi and the other person have a knife fight, it is basically a win-win situation.

  "It's not a big deal anymore." Uncle Zhongshan, No. 4, smiled and suddenly suggested: "After these two games, the team has basically warmed up, I think next time we can go to Tianxia Tournament and collect some equipment. After all, substitutes are too scarce, relying only on the sources of Youfang Huolang."

  "Hmph! Let's talk after I win this match!" The 16-year-old fake little 'girl' who had been silent all along suddenly let out a cold hum.

  The 16-year-old boy's words in a fake high-pitched voice made the atmosphere fall silent once again.

  "Let's wait a bit, I only have 6 points left now, let me accumulate enough to 10 points first." An Yi hesitated for a moment and made two rounds of conversation to ease the awkward atmosphere.

  An Yi did not lie, he indeed only had 6 points, which was far from the 10 points required to participate in the professional arena.

  Of course... this small problem of An Yi is not the key point. Points can be transferred among each other, if the team really plans to participate in the professional arena, others will definitely help An Yi make up for these points. After all, 4 points are not many.

  The fact is that there are now some obvious contradictions between teams, big or small.

  Uncle Zhangshan No. 4 might have been testing the waters, or maybe he really sensed the discord between teams and needed to resolve it first. As soon as Wei said that, he timely chuckled: "Alright, let's talk about it later."

  A brief darkness, then retreated again, the moment the bonfire ignited, the figure of No. 4 Nakayama uncle who had just finished speaking appeared.

  An ancient knight's armor with holes all over it appears and covers Uncle 4's body.

  At the same time, a steel cone suddenly appeared out of thin air and pierced through the gaps in the knight's armor.

  A grating sound of 'flesh' appeared, and fresh blood flowed out from the empty 'holes' in the knight's armor, as well as from the steel cones. Immediately afterwards, one after another, the steel cones emerged...

  In an instant, the dense steel cones all pierced into the holes in the knight's armor, and after a moment, the armor fell off, while Uncle No. 4 in his Zhongshan suit...

  The corpse with a thousand wounds and a hundred holes, like a rotten piece of meat, slowly collapsed to the ground.

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  Man No. 8 coughed lightly: "What's going on? Shouldn't it be over by now? No. 15 was eliminated, No. 5 was eliminated, No. 6 was eliminated, and No. 7 was eliminated. All four thieves are out, so why hasn't it ended yet? Did a bug appear?"

  "I'm just a commoner, I don't quite understand the situation, let the officials behind me explain." The man in the 8th apron couldn't help but interject: "The fifth, sixth and seventh numbers all died of guilt, they must be thieves. This fifteenth number was reported and killed, isn't that a case of being killed? Then what about the sixteenth number? Is it a dead commoner recognized by an official?"