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Chapter 65 - 63: Between Rules

Chapter 65: Chapter 63: Between Rules

"Your experience? Where... did you learn such experience?"

Dick’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch.

Xiao Yi actually suggested beating up both parties, what kind of solution was that? It was clearly just laziness in thinking!

And Xiao Yi himself was one of them! Wasn’t he aware of this?

Dick couldn’t help but sigh, "I really can’t understand what you mean at all."

Xiao Yi explained, "Think about it, if a traitor questions someone else as a traitor, they just want to cause trouble. By restraining the traitor, it’s as though nothing ever happened, all is calm. And if it is a reasonable suspicion, restraining the person in question can achieve the same effect."

"This..." Dick was stunned, he understood what Xiao Yi meant.

In short, a werewolf posing as a Prophet was surely trying to lead the rhythm and muddle the truth. So, if they ignored the werewolf, the werewolf couldn’t stir up any trouble and would fail in their objective, and the Feast would go on as usual.

Although it sounded strange, what Xiao Yi said did indeed make sense. Dick couldn’t help feeling this way.

"So that’s why you said to beat up both parties?" Dick asked, "Not sure which side is the werewolf, so just restrain both sides!"

Dick already had an idea, the remaining question was, was Xiao Yi trustworthy?

Dick originally wanted to kill Xiao Yi, but he also knew well that his ultimate goal was to survive.

Dick thought for a moment, if Xiao Yi was a human, then with his abilities, he would definitely be a strong ally.

Dick thought it over carefully. Regardless of whether Xiao Yi was pretending, he indeed proposed a suggestion beneficial to people... Xiao Yi didn’t seem like a werewolf; he had never exhibited any behaviors characteristic of one.

Moreover, Sheraya and Xi Yun also stood by Xiao Yi. If these two were genuine, that would be three confirmed identities! An undoubtedly powerful force!

After pondering for a while, Dick looked towards everyone and shared his conclusion.

"Everyone, I’m sorry to say, I can’t discern who the real Prophet is. The Prophet is a crucial presence, and if we accidentally execute them, our chances of victory would greatly reduce. Therefore, I hope to postpone the decision."

The crowd looked at each other, confused.

"Postpone the decision? What do you mean?"

"Just not to vote on the two Prophets and the werewolf they identified for now," Dick explained. "Every vote is critical, especially the Prophet’s, so I want to keep them for now as they might provide useful information. Later on, the Tomb Guardian will check identities, gather more information and directly verify their authenticity. Does anyone object to this?"

"..." No one spoke out, as they couldn’t think of a better approach either.

"Also, I will revoke the voting rights of you three," he said, looking towards Xiao Yi, Sheraya, and Ah Yi. "After all, you three are currently under suspicion, is that alright?"

"Whatever." Xiao Yi responded first.

"Um, same for me," Sheraya nodded.

"..." After a moment of silence, Ah Yi also nodded.

"Hold on," Iron Brother said, confused. "Not allowing them to vote? Is that permissible?"

"There is a deadly risk in violating the rules," Dick replied. "But conversely, doing something not explicitly forbidden in the rule document doesn’t count as a violation. Or are you suggesting that such actions weren’t allowed in previous Feast rituals?"

"No..." Iron Brother shook his head, "I’m not sure."

Yun Sha also said, "Aside from the old woman, it is our first time to attend the Feast, and we are not familiar with the previous rituals. The old woman also mentioned that rules should be based strictly on the rule document."

"There’s no problem then," Dick said, "excluding these three people, let’s have the seven of us vote."

"Hold on!" At this point, Xi Yun spoke up, "I’m not sure how the previous Feasts were handled, however, isn’t this Feast only lasting five days? After five days if there are still survivors, the Werewolves will surely die. As the Werewolf can kill only one person per day, doesn’t that mean that if we don’t execute anyone by voting, are we guaranteed to win?"

Upon hearing Xi Yun’s revelation, Dick’s expression remained unchanged, "...So you all noticed as well."

Iron Brother nodded and said, "Yes, we all noticed it. We just didn’t say anything because it benefits the human camp. Since we can definitely win without voting, there’s no need to vote then."

"I’ve noticed it as well," Dick said. "But, I find it too strange. If there’s a guaranteed win situation, then what’s the purpose of having the Werewolf, and this Feast at all? Suspicious, I revisited the rule document and then I discovered... hidden rules."

Saying that, Dick pulled out the rule document from behind him and spread it out.

"...Hidden rules?" The others were startled upon hearing this and quickly gathered around to look.

"Yes, hidden rules," Dick explained gravely. "Take a closer look, humans and Werewolves are clearly distinguished in the rule document. Especially Rule Six, all humans and all Werewolves partake in the Feast rituals during the day. This rule already indicates that humans and Werewolves must be seen as two distinct entities that need to be told apart."

"..." On seeing this, the group agreed indeed.

All humans and all Werewolves... If Werewolves were considered humans, then it would not be written this way.

"And Rule Four," Dick continued. "A Werewolf can only kill one person each night, which seems fine at first glance, but connect this with Rule Nine, and it changes the picture."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked to Rule Nine.

"Rule Nine, humans cannot directly kill another human or a Werewolf... Could it be!"

The people who understood what was implied felt a chill running down their spines!

Then, Dick enunciated the hidden rule, "Correct, humans cannot directly kill Werewolves, but the rules don’t state that Werewolves can’t directly kill humans. This normally wouldn’t matter, as Werewolves are meant to kill humans, but! Add Rule Four, and it changes completely! Rule Four states, Werewolves can only kill one person each night, but it specifically mentions ’at night’ and does not limit the Werewolves during the day! This means! Werewolves can kill during the day!"

"Wha...!" Everyone was incredibly shocked.

Dick said in a cold voice, "This isn’t just a simple game of Wolvesville; it’s a deadly ritual!"

Dick had hesitated about revealing this hidden rule.

After all, announcing it meant that the Werewolves would also be aware.

But Dick thought again, even if he didn’t speak up, the Werewolves might figure it out themselves, or they may even already know!

By revealing it, it could instead alert the human camp for preventive measures. Moreover, with the old woman already dead, it was an excellent opportunity to gain everyone’s trust, so he needed to disclose this hidden rule to demonstrate his value.

And knowing that Werewolves could kill during the day would definitely throw everyone into panic, making it easier for Dick to earn their trust.

There was also... being killed by a Werewolf meant inevitable death.

Dick had been incredibly afraid of this before, but after calming down and carefully thinking it through, the prerequisite for this inevitable death was that the Werewolf needed to possess the ability to actually kill!

Without the help from Rule Three, which forces sleep, how powerful could the Werewolves be?

If a Werewolf dared to strike during the day, that could actually be good for Dick.

Although Dick’s Talent, "Selfishness," didn’t grant any combat abilities, given that it was a matter of life and death, he had to reveal his real Talent!