The silent Helena finally spoke, responding to Luna, "The game rules say that only players with a 'kill-type item card' can stab people. Perhaps Uncle Leon only has one kill item card?"
"Still not right, if I only had one kill item card, I definitely wouldn't use it immediately," Leon said, "Because that would leave me without any means of self-defense. If a wolf wants to kill me and I happen to have a kill card, I might still be able to fight back."
"On the other hand, if I were a wolf, I'd wait until I had more kill cards before starting to kill people. I wouldn't stab one by one slowly. That would just give the good side enough time to react."
Rossweise looked at Leon, "We're not assuming you're a wolf, just want to hear your thoughts."
'Ah~ It's my wife who gives me a break.'
Leon organized his thoughts and spoke up.
"First, the conclusion: I think this wolf has the ability to kill remotely."
"But the counterpart is, they can only kill one person at a time, or within a certain period of time."
"To kill again, a specific amount of time has to pass."
"Otherwise, the remote killing would be too powerful, and there's no way to counter it."
After hearing Leon's thoughts, everyone started murmuring softly.
After a while, Isa spoke again, "Your deduction makes sense, brother-in-law, but that doesn't clear you of suspicion."
'Wow! Why does Big Sis and the 'Queen Mother' both firmly believe it's me?', Leon thought silently.
But now, if he couldn't provide self-exonerating evidence, Leon might be voted out this round.
Although his true identity was a lone wolf, there was no need to take the fall for another lone wolf.
But proving his innocence was indeed quite difficult.
Leon thought and thought, but didn't know how to prove he didn't stab Little Light.
For a moment, Leon felt trapped.
"I have a [Detective] item card, which can check if a player has killed anyone in the past six hours," The one who spoke was Rossweise.
Leon's eyes lit up, as if he had grabbed a ray of hope.
In crucial moments, it's gotta be his wife.
"The game rules don't allow the use of item cards during meetings, so we can check Leon after this meeting ends," Rossweise said, "If he hasn't killed anyone, it proves he's innocent. If he has, we'll all keep an eye on him, wait for the next meeting to start, and then vote Leon out. What do you all think?"
Although it was normal game logic for Rossweise to verify Leon, Leon still felt warmth in his heart at this crucial moment.
After all, Rossweise had just told him she would vote for him no matter what.
And this meeting was a perfect opportunity to eliminate Leon, yet she still used the [ Detective] for him.
'What a great wife!'
'When I get home, I'll reward you with a fourth child.'
———
Everyone agreed to Rossweise's suggestion.
After the temporary meeting ended, everyone went to the first-floor lobby.
Rossweise used the [Detective] item card on Leon.
Soon, a line of information appeared on her shadow stone:
["[The King's Old Friend] has not killed any players in the past six hours."]
Although he knew he was "innocent," it wasn't until the confirmation moment that Leon let out a sigh of relief.
He then turned to the others and shrugged, "See? I didn't stab Little Light."
"If it wasn't you...", Claudia spoke, "Then the problem is even more serious."
"Just like you said in the meeting earlier, if the wolf who stabbed Little Light isn't you, then it must be someone else. And this person... has the ability to kill remotely, and we have no defense against that."
"The most dangerous part is—"
The next person to speak was Isa.
Big Sis, with her arms crossed, her cold red dragon eyes slowly scanned everyone, "The wolf with the ability to kill remotely is among us. It could be Senior Claudia, it could be Little Rose, or it could even be me."
Then, Isa turned to Leon, "So, how do we find this wolf?"
Leon paused briefly, then responded, "Let's continue doing missions. I think everyone's noticed that as the game progresses, more and more useful information is surfacing. Only by quickly finding the clues about the lone wolf's identity can we help the princess retrieve the Black Holy Stone."
"How about we team up in pairs? This way, the wolf won't dare to kill people casually," Helena suggested.
If they teamed up in pairs, the most suspicious person would be the one in the same group as the "victim."
"But if the lone wolf really has the ability to kill remotely, then pairing up won't work either. It'll just let the real wolf take advantage and eliminate good players one by one," Noah said.
Helena nodded in realization, "I see..."
"Let's do it this way. Keep everything as usual. If it's really a remote killer, we can't hide from it anyway," Leon said, "And I just mentioned that for game balance, a remote killer's ability is probably limited, like it can only be used once in a while. So we don't need to be too scared. Let's keep doing tasks, finding clues, and we'll definitely catch that wolf."
General Leon's morale-boosting speech didn't sound like [The King's Old Friend].
It sounded more like [The Princess's Loyal Dog].
What can he do? Since the other lone wolf has the "killer" advantage, he can only temporarily align with the good side to avoid being left unsupported at a crucial moment.
"Okay, let's do that for now. Everyone, keep an eye out, and be careful when doing tasks in pairs," Isa said, "If no temporary meeting is called, the next meeting will be at 8 PM."
"Mm, everyone be careful."
After the discussion, they dispersed.
Leon returned to his floor, with Big Sis Isa walking ahead of him.
The two of them opened their room doors almost at the same time.
But neither of them rushed in.
After a few seconds of "standoff," Isa slowly turned her head and looked at Leon.
The red-haired beauty had a faint smile on her lips and softly asked, "Do you have any clues about the lone wolf, brother-in-law?"
Leon shrugged, "No. How about you, Sis?"
"I don't have any either."
"Oh... then it looks like we'll be busy tonight. The game is more than halfway through, but we haven't found a single wolf, let alone the Black Holy Stone."
Isa nodded, "Yeah, let's get moving."
After a simple conversation, Isa gently pushed the door open.
However, just as she was stepping into the room, she suddenly heard Leon say coldly from behind, "Sis, you seem to remember the meeting time quite well."
Isa paused, "Is there a problem?"
"Of course, there's no problem. I just envy your memory. With so many meetings in a day, you can still remember the time for the next one," Leon's tone was very sincere.
Isa smiled humbly, "Actually, it wasn't that many. I remembered after reading the game rules twice."
"Mm."
The two nodded at each other and returned to their rooms.
———
After Little Light was eliminated, Luna was left without a teammate and had to seek help from Noah.
Originally, she wanted to go find her Daddy and Mommy..
But Luna thought it might disturb her parents' "two-person world."
This was something Little Light had told her before. Although her parents seemed to dislike each other, whenever there was an opportunity, they'd get together and act all lovey-dovey.
So Luna decided to go find her sister to team up with.
When Noah saw Luna come to her, she was of course happy to let her join.
Luna wagged her tail and the ahoge on her head happily.
When Little Light was still around, she had no proper reason to go find Noah and could only rely on the [Love Stronger Than Gold: Seven-Day Lock] to bind with her sister;
But now that Little Light was gone, she had a very, very, very legitimate reason to team up with her sister.
Thinking it through:
One Aurora = Ten Love Stronger Than Gold item cards.
"Little Light, Luna's Superhero," Although she "sacrificed" Little Light, being able to happily stay by her sister's side, Luna felt her gaming journey was about to be fulfilled.
With Luna's addition, the trio of little dragon girls completed tasks much faster.
After several searches, they came to a room.
In the center of the room was a table with several empty cups and a bucket of clean water.
The three little ones walked over, and Noah picked up the card on the table. It read the rules for this game, "Use your mouth to pick up the cup, pass the water in the cup to the next person, work together in three people, and fill the leftmost empty cup to complete the task."
"Oh, this looks easy. Let's start."
"Yes, sister!"
The little dragon girls lined up.
Luna cleverly squeezed into the middle position.
This way, she could separate her sister and Helena to prevent them from accidentally getting too close while passing the water with their mouths.
You think Luna joined the [Princess] group just to stick to her sister? Of course not.
Little Luna had to keep an eye on them, making sure that Sea Dragon wouldn't take her sister away.
After getting in position, the water-passing game started.
Noah, standing at the far right, first filled the cup with clean water, then carefully held the cup's edge with her mouth and turned, slowly bringing it to Luna's face.
She stood on tiptoe, slightly tilted her body, and poured the clean water into Luna's cup.
During this process, Luna pressed her soft little face against Noah's.
"Luna, you don't need to stick so close," Noah said, muffled by the cup.
"No no no, sister, we need to spill as little water as possible, so we have to stick close," Luna said seriously.
"That makes sense."
The sisters were in sync, but the first water transfer took quite some time.
And they spilled a little too much, leaving only half of the water in Luna's cup by the time she received it.
After taking the water, Luna immediately moved toward the other side to pass it to Helena.
Because of height differences, Helena had to kneel, or Luna couldn't reach her even if she stood on tiptoe.
Noah nervously watched the scene, afraid they would spill more water like earlier.
But what Noah didn't expect was that her younger sister, who had just been slow with the water transfer, now completed the exchange with Helena at lightning speed.
'So... you were just acting, Luna?', Noah smiled helplessly in her heart.
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