Chapter 164: Team Fights Can Be Lost, The Prisoner Must Die

"Welcome to Treasure Island, esteemed adventurers. I am Captain Jinrich, the one responsible for receiving you."

Jinrich sported a pair of exquisite waxed mustaches and held two dog leashes in his hand. With his lavish attire and slightly flamboyant demeanor, he looked nothing like a merchant who frequently sailed the seas.

"I hope you all remember that not everyone can become a savior as they wish; only the cream of the crop can shoulder such a heavy responsibility."

Leading his two dachshunds, Jinrich walked at the front of the procession. He brought everyone to a council room, and after settling them in, he said, "My private beach still needs a fair number of hands. Doing some odd jobs before training isn't a bad idea either. Pick one or two fellows from among yourselves today."

Chen Fan muttered inwardly, "What a ruthless profiteer. He makes grand promises of wealth when recruiting, but once he tricks people onto the ship, he does whatever he pleases."

"Later on, you'll first elect an agent. The sunny beaches of Pearl Port are still waiting for me." Jinrich smiled, and the dogs behind him barked twice in response.

According to the previously established plan, aside from Xiao Yuhe who was making a aggressive bluff, the remaining three huddled at the bottom of the order, playing the role of counter-hookers.

"Oho, it seems my personal charm isn't quite enough; the number of candidates didn't meet expectations." Chewing on a large smoking pipe, Jinrich glanced around. Only four people had stepped forward to run.

Dry-puffing on his pipe, Jinrich pointed a finger at Qiutu and said, "Old slippery fox, let's start with you."

Looking at an old man older than himself who called him a slippery fox, Qiutu wore a miserable smile and cried, "I just dyed my hair silver, is it really that obvious….. I'm not even thirty this year…."

After the joke, Qiutu turned serious. "Speaking first on the podium, I don't have much information. As for me, I'm a good guy card. In this tournament, we streamers have instead become brothers in adversity, sharing a family. The road through the preliminaries has been full of twists and turns; I've never even seen the sun of the second day."

Qiutu remained relaxed throughout, without a hint of tension or stuttering. "But I'm not afraid either. If you dare to throw an investigation result on me, go right ahead; you might just get lucky and smear me, right? Of course, if you accidentally kick a steel plate, don't say I didn't warn you beforehand. That's all, ending my turn."

Qiutu's words put immense pressure on the subsequent speakers. Xiao Yuhe was next in line, and Chen Fan didn't know if she could withstand the pressure, or if she planned to temporarily change her strategy and instead hand a golden boy-scout card to the number 3 player in the bottom tier.

"Player number 4 speaking. Number 4 is the Seer here. Yesterday's investigation on number 1, Qiutu, was a guilty result. I repeat, Qiutu is my investigated guilty target." Xiao Yuhe did not back down, resolutely deciding to meet the challenge head-on.

"The reasons go without saying. Big Brother Qiutu is a publicly recognized high-level player in this game. As a Seer card, investigating you is to help all the good guys on the field determine their identities. But unfortunately, you are a guilty card; there's no way you could be a steel plate, because you are simply a wolf card."

Xiao Yuhe glanced around the surroundings and continued, "Let the police badge flows investigate 3 and 5; both are at the bottom. With the second speech, there's no information. Fly the police badge to me, passing."

Player number 9 spoke third. "Number 4's demeanor passed the test, but compared to Qiutu, she's still a bit lacking. It should be relatively easy for an advanced player to deceive people, right? I'm just a newbie, and my bottom card is a civilian or higher card. Let's see if there are any other Seers in the subsequent positions."

"Of course there are, I am the real Seer."

Chen Fan looked at the position where the real Seer jumped out; the situation was still quite favorable for the wolf pack.

"I touched the person next to me, number 12, yesterday, and it's a golden innocent card."

Sure enough, most people still liked to investigate the people right before and after them, allowing Xiao Yuhe to at least secure the advantage of issuing the first guilty verdict.

"Qiutu being issued a guilty result….. it's hard to say. Given Big Brother Qiutu's skill level, if he were playing a wolf, he wouldn't end up as a sacrificed card. However, it's also not ruled out that the person coming out to bluff is just feeding, deliberately elevating your status."

"So my police badge flow will definitely keep you, Qiutu, in the first priority. As for who to investigate on the second night, I haven't decided yet. This number 9 claims to be a newbie; honestly, we've reached the semifinals, if you had any luck, it should have run out by now. I deeply suspect you and will temporarily keep you in the second police badge flow."

Player number 11 concluded, "I believe none of you present are people who speak out of emotion. To be able to play in the semifinals, your win rates must be at least 50%. Carefully analyze using logic and make the choice you believe is right."

Chen Fan rolled his eyes. "My win rate isn't even 15%; looking down on people, aren't they…."

During the voting phase, the three counter-hooking wolves all cast a vote for number 11, the true Seer. Together with the vote from the verified innocent number 12, number 11 was elected police chief by a high margin. In contrast, Xiao Yuhe only received a single vote from number 3.

"Last night was a peaceful night."

"Number 10 speaks first." Number 11 raised a hand, leaving both Qiutu and the verified innocent for the tail-end position to cast the deciding votes.

Looking at the voting pattern, number 10 sensed something fishy and puzzledly asked, "Is number 11's demeanor really that good? To be able to harvest as many as four votes? I can understand the golden innocent number 12 voting for him, but why are you three cards, 5, 6, and 7 doing so…"

"To say that Qiutu's perfect demeanor could harvest four votes wouldn't be strange, but your demeanor, number 11, doesn't necessarily look that much better than number 4's either. I was struggling down there just now wondering how to vote, and now I'm suddenly panicking…"

Hesitating for a moment, number 10 pursed her lips and said, "You three cards must explain to me later your reasons for voting for number 11. This police chief's team is unprecedentedly powerful now; there's no reason for the entire wolf pack to go play counter-hooking. At least the White Wolf King should confront us head-on."

Player number 9 also expressed slight reservations about number 11's previous speech. "Knowing how to play isn't calculated by win rate; my win rate is only a little over 45%, but I also have the right to express myself. This round, I'm standing by little sister number 4."

"I'll step up and claim a strong god card to secure votes, after all, Qiutu's speech at the tail end is too hard to argue against. I'll put my words right here: if numbers 5, 6, and 7 chat poorly later, and you, number 1, fail to reveal your identity, you're directly out."

"I temporarily won't care whether you 4 and 11 are true or false, anyway you guys won't flip cards at night. Good guys shouldn't split votes either. If you recognize 4 as the Seer, get rid of 1 first."

Number 8 remained quite sober, stating that she wouldn't support anyone first, sitting on the front bench with melon seeds. "The voting pattern from the previous round scared the two of you into this…. strong gods need to play a bit more steadily too. Anyway, the witch still has poison in her hand; if you can't outtalk Qiutu, you can just splash it out, hehe."

"The focal cards are all at the tail end. Let's listen to how those people speak first; no rush, no rush. This round we only have two choices: if you recognize number 11, vote out 4; if you recognize number 4, vote out 1. That's how the logic goes, don't cast your votes elsewhere."

As a counter-hooking wolf, number 7 Kang Jixuan still stood by number 11's side this round. "I think we still need to give Qiutu a bit of gaming experience. Giving someone a guilty verdict right off the bat isn't very good; it's very easy to mislead good guys."

However, she simultaneously stated, "Although I'd also love to hear Qiutu's last words, we still have to respect the game. Let's get rid of 4 this round."

Chen Fan felt his head spin and chuckled secretly, "What kind of nonsense is this chatter? They must be chatting this poorly on purpose…"

Anyway, being an infiltrator, he would turn traitor sooner or later. Chen Fan simply decided to go all out. When his turn came, he too began rambling and talking nonsense.