Chapter 260: Familiar Faces in a Row
【12-Player Wolf Beauty-Knight Werewolf has begun. Drawing player identities.】
【Player No. 6, your identity is Knight.】
【During the daytime banishment discussion, you may flip your card at any time and choose one player on the field for a duel. If the opponent is a werewolf, the opponent is out and night falls immediately. If the opponent is good, the Knight is out and the original daytime discussion process continues.】
Ji Ning had drawn a Knight card again—a daytime action role where a correct stab makes you a god, and a wrong stab makes you a disgrace.
Because the last time she had the Knight she hadn't broken her sword, it gave her solid confidence this time. Ji Ning was brimming with fighting spirit, thinking to herself, All you wolves on the field! You can't hide!
The Knight doesn't open their eyes at night. Ji Ning kept her eyes closed and silently mused, Later she would run for sheriff. If she was in an early speaking position, she'd claim out and pull a little maneuver, slapping a Wolf Check on someone speaking after her on the Sheriff Ballot to bluff their identity.
【Day breaks.】
Because her head was full of schemes, when Ji Ning opened her eyes, she was caught off guard and startled to see that seats 7 and 8 were both people she knew.
She saw Teacher Shen again, but this time brother Song Weiyang was here too, which was a bit better than the last round where she had been completely isolated.
Once they realized she was in seat 6, Shen Yu nodded at her in greeting. Song Weiyang looked both happy and regretful—she had no idea if he had opened his eyes during the night.
This round, the players running for sheriff were: No. 2, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, No. 8, No. 9, No. 11.
Only four players were off the Sheriff Ballot: No. 1, No. 3, No. 10, No. 12.
【Random start: speaking in reverse order from No. 9. Player No. 8, please prepare.】
This time the speaking order was reversed. Ji Ning counted; there were only four people after her. It looked like the bluff plan would most likely have to be scrapped. She'd better just listen carefully to the earlier speeches and offer some commentary when it was her turn.
The first to speak, No. 9, stood up with information right away: "Wolf Check on No. 8. Badge Stream is first 3 then 4. If 4 counterclaims, switch to 2. This is not a bluff, I'm genuinely the Seer. Let's see if 8 claims or not. If they don't, that gives us two wolves right there. The Knight can listen for one round off-ballot and then strike. This game has a lot of people on the Sheriff Ballot, maybe 2-3 wolves there. Only pressing one off-ballot, we'll see the votes. That's all. 8, take the mic."
Shen Yu had received a Wolf Check yet remained completely unflustered. His speech stunned not just No. 9, but the entire field: "Gold Water on No. 9. Badge Stream is first 6, then 4, then 3. Whatever play you're trying to make, I don't care about it. Bottom line, this is Gold Water I've verified. With one Gold Water revealed on the Sheriff Ballot, I'm choosing to double-press the ballot to clear the pit. Ignoring the four off-ballot for now, we'll see the votes and hear the speeches before deciding whether to change. Although this is a Knight board where the Seer can be proven, I want this Sheriff Badge. There are still six players on the Sheriff Ballot after me. Here's a prediction: 7 and 6 may open a counterclaim, because 8 and 9 are both good. That's all. That's the overall picture."
Shen Yu had issued Gold Water to No. 9—the very person who had Wolf Checked him. That was quite brilliant.
Ji Ning silently thought it over. In this situation, the probability that Shen Yu was the Seer was very high. Because if No. 9 insisted on sticking to their claim and didn't withdraw, Teacher Shen would become a laughingstock as a self-destructing wolf.
After all, No. 9's claim had seemed quite genuine. So this move by Shen Yu made Ji Ning feel there was an eighty percent chance he really was the true Seer.
However, there was still one other scenario: Shen Yu and No. 9 were double wolves running a format, using this method to boost each other's Seer credibility.
Just as Ji Ning was about to believe Shen Yu, Song Weiyang spoke: "Wolf Check on No. 8. The way No. 9 looks, they probably aren't on the same side as 8. Besides, wolves running this kind of format would be pretty stupid. I believe No. 8 sized up No. 9 as a bluff and is using the counter-kill Gold Water play to boost their own credibility. Badge Stream is also first 6, then 4, then 3. There's definitely a wolf teammate of 8 hiding in there. The rest, I'll talk about off-ballot. If I'm still on the field, Knight, don't rush to strike. Let me read whether No. 8 is the Wolf Beauty. Even if I don't get the badge, just wait. I want the badge. I will never withdraw my claim. Over."
Only three cards had spoken, and the game was already a chaotic mess. Now things were getting interesting.
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