The detective is dead, I did it.

Chapter 74: 3 Endings

Eloi pushed up his glasses. "Let me see."

Li Ang pushed his identity card onto the table, face up, so that everyone could see the words on it.

The words "Illusory Witch" were printed in the center of the card. The font, ink color, and paper texture were the same as everyone else's, with no difference whatsoever.

However, the blank space on the back of the card was densely covered with small characters, the content of which was longer, more complicated, and more unsettling than any other identity card.

[You are the only one present whose memories haven't been reset. Your very existence is the key to the truth. So celebrate! Celebrate the birth of the true witch.]

Boudica frowned, staring intently at the ability descriptions above.

Each night you can choose to kill one player. When you make your choice, three possibilities will be triggered:

When you and the witch choose the same goal, ending one "The Birth of the Witch" is triggered. Your identity card will automatically change to the witch's side, but you will be unable to participate in nighttime activities.

When you and the witch choose different targets, and you kill the witch, ending two "Despicable Counterfeit" is triggered. You will automatically take the witch's identity and continue the game.

When you and the witch choose different targets, and you kill the Arbiter, ending three, "The Witch's Sunset," is triggered, and you will be forcibly voted out the following day.

She read out all her abilities so that others would know, and everyone fell silent after hearing them.

"So..." Caltacia spoke first, "you're not a real witch. You're... someone who can become a witch?"

"To be precise, she is someone who would be forced to become a witch under certain conditions." Li Ang took back his identity card.

"None of the three endings are things I actively chose to become a witch. In the first ending, I killed the same person as the witch, and I was forced to join the witch's camp, but I couldn't kill at night like the witch. In the second ending, I killed the witch, and I was forced to take her place. In the third ending, I killed the wrong person, and I was forced to vote out."

He looked up at the crowd.

"My ability only activates when I decide to kill. If I don't kill, this identity card is just a piece of paper to me."

Boudica looked away from the identification tag. "I want to know, what would be the consequences if you did nothing at night, if you didn't choose to kill?"

It's not written on it.

The moment Li Ang received the identity card, he read it over and over again. It didn't mention any consequences if he didn't take action that night.

If you look at it the way it is, there are no consequences, so you can simply not take any action, which is equivalent to getting a blank identity card.

"In that case, I suggest you don't take any action on the first night, is that alright?" Bridget said.

"I have no objection."

In this completely unclear situation, he certainly couldn't take any action, especially since his abilities were practically useless.

Killing a witch will turn you into a witch, while killing the Arbiter will result in you being voted out.

There was no tangible reward whatsoever.

That's why Li Ang's answer was so crisp and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.

He was even somewhat glad that Bridget had made the suggestion; even if she hadn't brought it up herself, he would have found an opportunity to express his own thoughts.

In a time when everyone doubts him, any initiative to make a suggestion could be interpreted as a guilty conscience, but if it comes from someone else, it becomes cooperation.

"Then it's settled." Bridget looked away, leaned back in her chair, and half-closed her eyes.

"Then I'll make a suggestion too. I hope you can use your abilities to protect Lilith tonight."

Upon hearing that she was also involved, Lilith quickly looked up.

Faced with Leon's request, Bridget hesitated for a moment, then frankly said, "I'm sorry. In this unknown situation, I want to protect myself more on the first night."

"If I were a witch, I wouldn't have killed you right away," Charlotte said from the side.

She also vaguely understood some of the core mechanics of the game, namely, the need to focus on protecting characters with special abilities.

Especially Lilith and Isabel.

If they use their abilities properly, they can find the real witch in the first round.

"I cannot entrust my safety to someone else," Bridget shook her head in refusal.

"Heh. So what are you going to do in the second round? You should know that your ability cannot continuously designate the same person to protect."

Bridget clearly did not intend to answer the question and chose to remain silent.

On the other side, Li Ang spoke again, drawing everyone's attention to himself.

"In that case, everyone should disperse for now."

Hearing his sudden suggestion, everyone was puzzled, even Charlotte looked at him suspiciously.

"I hope everyone will spread out and explore this place first, and then gather here again in the evening to exchange clues," Li Ang continued to explain.

Caltacia snorted, whether she was satisfied or not was unclear, but she did not raise any objections.

Boudica and Bridget nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the most enthusiastic participants had no objections, the rest had no choice but to agree as well. So everyone dispersed in different directions, leaving only Li Ang and Charlotte still there.

"Ask whatever you want to ask," Li Ang said, looking at Charlotte.

"Hmm... I want to know why you told everyone to disperse? Aren't you afraid the witch will take advantage of the situation?"

"It's daytime now. According to the rules, that witch should only be able to make her move at night."

"You really believe in this so-called rule?" Charlotte stared at Li Ang.

Despite being drawn into this bizarre witch trial game, Charlotte still didn't completely trust the rules and remained somewhat skeptical.

"It's not that I believe it," Li Ang shook his head, "I just hope so. Because only in this way can we have a chance of winning."

If that witch doesn't even bother with the rules and starts killing people in broad daylight, then everyone might as well just quit and flip the table.

Charlotte clearly understood Leon's idea, so she nodded in agreement and then said, "So, the first question is: why did you want them to disperse?"

"Because there are some plans I don't really want that witch to know."

Now I'm participating in a werewolf game where the cards are out in the open, but the werewolf's identity is disguised, and he looks no different from the others.

This also meant that, apart from the formal voting process, it was impossible to gather everyone together to discuss countermeasures at other times.

Because the werewolf is also present, he will know everything you discuss, including the arrangements for the night.