Chapter 7: The Prophet's Perfect Speech

“As for why I think Player 3 isn’t trustworthy, I can briefly explain my reasoning.”

To make the good players in the outer positions view the sharp-faced man even more unfavorably, Wang Changsheng didn’t hesitate to elaborate.

He couldn’t target Player 6; after all, could he not still take down the poisoned Wolf King?

Wang Changsheng said, “Player 3 sat right across from me, so I observed him very clearly. After looking at his cards the first time, he hesitated for a moment, then pretended to look again.”

“Seriously, dude, even as a substitute, I already know all the identities, yet you still act like you need to look twice? I believe many of you noticed this too. Such a pretentious act makes it hard for me to believe he’s on the good side. Instead, he seems more like a werewolf pretending he didn’t clearly see his identity card.”

In fact, Wang Changsheng was stretching this point a bit.

But he didn’t mind.

Most of the outer-positioned players were well aware of the rivalry between their team and the sharp-faced man’s team.

Therefore, they found Wang Changsheng’s slightly sarcastic remarks somewhat preferable.

If he had bluntly said he thought Player 3 was a good guy, other good players might have been even more skeptical.

After Wang Changsheng’s speech, the other ten players’ gazes shifted between him and the sharp-faced man.

They were trying to judge from their expressions whether the two really had the kind of distant relationship they claimed.

They also wanted to see how the sharp-faced man would react to Wang Changsheng’s pointed sarcasm.

Many at the table had heard about the feud between their two teams.

But the sharp-faced man, worthy of being a top player known as “Dragon of the Gun,” responded to Wang Changsheng’s words with a calm, disdainful smile.

There was no sign of a werewolf caught red-handed.

From the perspective of the outer-positioned players, this was a well-played reaction.

Wang Changsheng, seeing the mocking smile, wasn’t angry either.

After all, he was already a dead man.

He was simply using Player 3 as a target to build a good-guy image in the mind of Player 10, the true Seer.

This was one of the few remaining uses for the “Dragon of the Gun” team’s player.

As long as the Seer could identify him, Wang Changsheng judged Player 10 was very likely to choose to check Player 6 next, who sat beside him, tonight.

After all, there were only five cards on the “badge” (the table’s central area).

Player 3 would definitely jump with Player 10, and Wang Changsheng had already declared himself to be a good guy siding with Players 10 and 11, while attacking Player 3.

Player 11 was confirmed as a “golden water” (good guy) card by Player 10’s check.

Player 6’s speech was quite decent for an outer position, but since Player 6 had attacked Player 11, whom the Seer had confirmed as good, in Player 10’s position it was very likely they would consider at least two werewolves in the “badge” cards.

Therefore, if Player 10 could identify Wang Changsheng, and chose to check among the “badge” cards, Player 6 would be a natural candidate.

If that happened, and the next day Wang Changsheng declared himself the Witch, the game would become very simple.

One werewolf would be out due to self-knife.

One poisoned Wolf King would be out.

One trickster wolf would be out.

Wang Changsheng guessed that during the voting round, the remaining werewolf card would probably rush to vote aggressively.

That way, the Seer’s view would have all four werewolves identified.

“After that, I have nothing more to say. There are still three cards left on the badge. Just listen to the speeches and see who jumps as Seer,” Wang Changsheng concluded.

“I pass,” he added.

As soon as his words fell, the moderator’s voice sounded.

“Player 10, please begin your speech.”

Player 10 rose with a cheerful smile and said, “I checked Player 11, Old Chu, and he’s a golden water card. For the badge flow, I’ll target Players 6 and 7 for now, just leaving them be to avoid werewolves self-exploding.”

“Then I’ll talk a bit more and decide later if the badge flow needs adjustment.”

Player 10’s expression carried confidence.

He was very satisfied with the order of his speech.

With five cards on the badge and two already spoken for, he still dared to throw golden water to the outer positions.

Wasn’t that an incredible display of strength?

His Seer image was probably soaring in the eyes of the other outer good players.

Indeed, that was the case.

Even the spectators outside the game were going wild.

Because Player 10 wasn’t afraid to jump as Seer even with golden water risking betrayal—that was serious strength.

If Player 10 truly was the Seer, then Wang Changsheng’s suspicion of Player 3 might really be true.

At the thought of this possibility, both players and viewers naturally harbored deep suspicion about the sharp-faced Player 3’s identity.

Player 10 continued speaking fluently.

“The psychology behind checking someone is simple; it’s about choosing who to check. Old Chu and I have been old rivals, and I don’t think anyone needs me to say more about his skill.”

“So I thought, if I find a kill target, I’ll let him speak first; if I find a golden water, I’ll let him vote last. With his ability, he can provide more good-guy perspectives to help prove that I am the real Seer.”

Player 10 appeared steady.

He first announced his check and badge flow, then explained his thought process behind checking.

His strength was not only great but, to the outer good players, truly seemed like a genuine Seer’s perspective.

“Next, about my badge flow—I didn’t mention it earlier because I felt my strength was too great, and I worried the werewolves might self-explode thinking they couldn’t beat me, which would ruin my check.”

“Now that Player 3 hasn’t self-exploded, I’m quite happy. This suggests he’s very likely a wolf gun, so this round we definitely won’t be targeting Player 3 first.”

“My badge flow is a double press on Players 6 and 7, both on the badge. We’ll watch voting for the off-badge cards. If anyone gives Player 3 three votes, no need to check, just throw them out. This also prevents the people I need to check from voting for Player 3 and causing my badge flow to lose a card.”

“Also, I’m double pressing on the badge because I didn’t hear anything from Players 6 and 7 yet. Both of them pointed at me, Player 10, as a good guy and didn’t jump first. That means if I jump as Seer, they’ll likely side with me, so I can’t ignore the possibility that they might have moved early to set a trap.”

“Of course, if either Player 6 or 7 is a werewolf, that’s fine. This round isn’t theirs, nor Player 3’s—it’s the off-badge voting round.”

“That’s about it. You don’t need to ask why I’m not double pressing the off-badge. For off-badge, just watch the votes. Of course, it’s unlikely they’d all vote for me.”

“After all, in this setup, the werewolves need to rush the vote. Otherwise, with only one werewolf card in the focal position, it’s likely that card is the wolf gun and can’t act. And if the wolf gun can’t act and the Witch is still in play, our turn won’t fall behind.”

“Alright, Player 3 will have to jump soon. If you believe Player 3 is the Seer, then you have to think that Players 11 and I are the double wolves. Next, you can listen to see whether Player 11 looks like a wolf. I pass.”