innocence method

6

? They originally went back to their rooms to rest, but the two who came back one after the other were shocked.Confirmed repeatedly, door by door.Sure enough.

The original two separate doors are gone.After the wolf and the bird's room, and before the sheep's room, there was a door—couldn't it be——Qi gently pushed the door, and the door opened in response.

Inside the door was indeed a luxurious-looking double room.Seven does not mean that the decoration of this room looks more luxurious than the previous single room, and the decoration is basically complete - but the independent two kingsize beds do appear more visually impactful under the sunset light .

Drinking utensils, wardrobes, towels, and razors have all become two people.The cabinet refrigerator has also become a more luxurious one, which is filled with double drinks and snacks. "Great, I accidentally used up all the towels before, and I was worried that no one would come to change them in this kind of place. Ah - what a big size." Seven looked at the clothes in the dog's half of the closet.

bump.The dog closed the closet door.

This guy, after Qi opened the refrigerator and squeezed his chin, after struggling for a while, he picked out a hazelnut cone——still angry. "Would you like something to eat?" Poured the ice cream ball into the sink, Qi crushed the crisp shell of the cone in his hands, and threw it into his mouth.

"you……"

"...Can you quickly consider the matter of mercury."

"Don't worry." Qi said solemnly, "The little mercury you ate and drank so much milk has already settled the sediment. Even if there is an unreacted part, just handle it carefully when it is excreted from the body with urine and feces."

But the dog still sat in a chair in the corner of the room far away from Qi, looking at him with bloodshot eyes.

well.There's really nothing I can do with this guy.

"Don't be angry. I want to help you 'acquit'."

"I fucking use you to help me? Is it the quickest way to help me if you honestly let me hack to death?" —— Hearing that the dog finally raised his voice like himself, Qi felt relieved.

"Don't say that. You can't get an acquittal on your own."

"what?"

Regardless of the dog's anger, Qi took down the paper with the rules printed on it from the wall:

"Come here—let me explain to you the meaning of the arithmetic problems I asked you to do before."

1. Two people form a team, one of them is a "killer" and the other is a "detective".The identities of both parties will be determined by the lottery arranged later; [Why are there detectives? 】

2. The killer has the right to kill any person in the experiment; if one person is killed, the sentence of two people in the same group will be halved;

4. Detectives have the right to testify against the real culprit, but they must correctly explain the circumstances of the case and the method of committing the crime; the testimonial must be carried out in the presence of all existing persons.For anyone who successfully testifies against one person, the sentence of two people in the same group will be halved; if the reasoning is wrong, the sentence will be increased by [-]%.Detectives are not allowed to kill, otherwise they will be executed immediately, except for those who are in self-defense; [Why can’t detectives kill people? 】

4. Those who do not participate in the group within 24 hours after the start of the experiment will be executed immediately, except when there is no one to form the group; once the group is decided, it cannot be changed midway; if there is a single order during the experiment, it cannot be regrouped.In any case, the single person only has the status of "killer" or "detective"; [Why can't they be regrouped? 】

5. Killers are not allowed to attack people in the same group, otherwise they will be executed immediately; [Why group? 】

7. Detectives in the same group cannot reason about the crimes committed by the killers in this group, unless no one successfully solves the case until the end of the experiment;

8. During the experiment, those whose prison term is less than (≤) one year can be "released without charge" at any time;

All ["true culprits"] have been accused, and the game end condition is met;

Even if no one meets the "acquittal" condition, the 7X24-hour experiment ends automatically.

"Huh?" The dog couldn't help barking.Qi naturally knew what he was surprised about - after all, he himself was quite frightened when he first entered this room.

"This paper is the one in my previous room, and the words on it were written by me before." He explained.Although towels, cups... and other things he used were not sent to this room, but the paper he had written on before was sent together - the markings and writing on it remained intact.

"'Why should there be a detective?'" The dog moved closer to Qi and read out what Qi had written in blue pen on the paper.

"Don't mind, it's just my mental journey - I was analyzing the meaning of making this rule before."

"what?"

"It's nothing." Saying "the meaning of rules" to a dog is just playing the piano to a cow, Nana is about to change the subject——

"That's fine, but don't fall into the trap of 'reader delusion'," said the dog.

What?Seven raised his head.

"That's... that..." The dog looked serious, and didn't look in Qi's direction. "That's right—readers of this kind of secret room game novels can't help but feel that the author is 'God'? Will the author write the rules of the game as 'extremely strict'? But like that kind of third-rate author, this The idiot organizer of the game is not God, and this idiot's rules are definitely not 'perfect rules'. This game was originally—”

"I see." Seven interrupted the dog, looking at the lower half of the dog's profile that he could only see even if he raised his jaw: "Let's go here. Don't treat me at any time for the rest Say." This guy sometimes says something surprising.

"Look here." Qi pointed to the paper with the rules printed on it.

The killer has the right to kill anyone in the house.If one person is killed, the sentence of two people in the same group will be halved.

"Huh? What's the matter? Is there anything here?"

"Look again."

The dog looked again. "Hey," he patted the table, "you're not kidding me, are you?"

"Don't look at what's in this article, look at what's not there."

The dog still can't see it.

"Even if you have watched movies like "Battle Royale" and "Seven Days Killing Game"."

"I haven't seen it." - The dog looked at Qi with a dignified look.

"Okay, okay." Seven raised his hands and surrendered. "Don't you think there's no 'disclaimer' here?"

"Huh? Oh... oh oh - fuck!"

"Fuck me?" Qi Xiao couldn't help but laugh.This guy, as long as he doesn't speak harshly, as long as he doesn't hold a murder weapon, he still looks quite cute when he is surprised.

"... Fuck, in this rule—" the dog seemed to be unable to maintain his composure: "—isn't it written in this game that killing people doesn't require punishment!"

That's right.Even if it is not perfect, it is really hard to imagine that the makers of the experimental rules will fall into the "disclaimer clause" that will inevitably appear in the rules of every similar event, unless-the organizer has no intention of exempting liability at all.

"Dog, do you remember what the wolf said at the beginning?"

("Not guilty? Did you really listen to the rules?") - "Fuck," said the dog.

"Well, maybe that person has seen through this from the beginning."

"According to our country's new criminal law, killing one person is punishable by 50 years. If you kill one person, you will basically rot in prison, and if you kill two people, you will be 'definitely' dead forever..." Qi said with a little thought.This is a new criminal law that has been implemented under the prevailing humanism since ten years. It is known as "no blood" and is widely praised by humanitarians.

"That is to say, even if you kill a person, you will have to add [-] points before deducting half of the sentence—I..." Before the sound of "cao" could be heard, the dog fell silent.

He is probably doing calculations like this in his mind: if he kills a person, his sentence is—(106+50)/2=78 years

Kill two people: (78+50)/2=64

(64+50)/2=57

(57+50)/2≈53

(53+50)/2≈51

(51+50)/2≈50

(50+50)/2=50

...Although it will indeed be reduced at the beginning, when the starting base is changed to 50 years later, the sentence will never change again.Just like the number I vomited over and over again as I drank milk desperately, like going through reincarnation in purgatory——

"Fifty." Qi Fang said softly to help the dog say the number:

"No matter how many people a killer kills, in this game, there is no way to reduce the sentence to less than 50 years."—This is what Qi said, "You cannot get acquitted by your strength alone."

The dog was silent.

Seven just waited for him.

"And what about the detective?"

After a long time, the dog murmured this sentence slightly.

"Yes, if the killer keeps killing people, wouldn't the detectives in the same group have their sentence reduced unconditionally all the time—after all, detectives are 'not allowed to kill'!"

"That's right." Seven nodded.

Tom.As if suddenly remembering something, the dog stood up abruptly from the chair, "So how did the killer and the detective decide?"

Did you finally notice this?

"That... I was a little concerned just now. Dog, have you got the key to this room?"

"Ah." The dog also understood, and the two of them looked at the place where the key was taken before - the tea table.The teacups there are still the same as in the previous single room, as if deliberately conveying some message, they are placed upside down.

Unknowingly holding a breath, Gou and Qi each chose a teacup and opened it.Two unique copper keys lay there - the dog and Qi picked them up respectively.In an instant, unexpectedly and unexpectedly, words appeared on the keys, like metal threads flickering.

You don't need to read your own words, just looking at the frustrated expression on the dog's face is enough to verify your theory.

"Detective" - ​​the face of the key gleamed between Seven's fingers with the outcome he knew all along would be like this.

But in order to prevent the dog from chasing and asking, Qi didn't say this sentence.

It lasted for about 30 seconds, and the words on the key disappeared.

The dog sits back in the chair.

"Could you give me some surprises..." Looking forward dejectedly, the dog's key dropped back into the cup in an unmistakable arc: "Sure enough, I'm the one who murdered you." Qi was very clear about the meaning conveyed in his words It means that being a murderer means that there is no way to escape.

"Dog, you...sometimes I think you are quite smart, but you always subvert my thinking from time to time."

"Tsk." Perhaps because it was too frustrated, the dog smacked its mouth, but endured it.

"How about using your brain a little more? It's not completely impossible."

"Hiss, do you really think I'm an idiot?" The dog finally raised its head.

That's it.Qi looked at him with an encouraging smile.

"I've fucking thought of what you're implying. It means that if I don't do anything, my sentence won't increase. As long as you can solve the case, I can keep reducing my sentence, right? That's what you said to make me 'acquitted' Right? I said, are you a bit more confident? This is not the kind of play novel you read, let me ask you," the dog stretched out his hand, and squeezed the center of Zhongqi's collar, "The trick before You are still smart, but after that—are you confident that you can solve the case? Are you confident that you will continue to solve the case until I am acquitted?"

"How is it possible, I'm just an ordinary high school student."

"Speech." He spat at Qijiao, and the dog let go of his hand.He turned around and said something, probably something like "I fucking knew it a long time ago".

"But I have a way to make you 'acquitted'." Qi said, looking at the dog's back.

"...?"

"Although I don't have the confidence to solve the case, I have a way to make you acquitted."

The dog turned around slowly.What kind of face did he expect to see.

The young man in front of him was plain and indifferent, as if nothing had happened and nothing would happen.

...No, it would be more appropriate to say An Ran.

"If you can trust me, let's talk about the specific plan now."