Chapter Ch204.1 - Reasoning

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

The incandescent lamp in the bathroom of the student dorms flickered, and the tap was running.

Beneath the cover of the sound of water, Raphaels eyebrows jumped as he blurted out, Silver Armor, Nicholas, and Serra are all the King of Hearts?

Wu Jin leaned against the yellowing white porcelain wall tiles and nodded, Theyre all K.

As for Lin Qingshan

He might be, or he might not be. But that has no effect on the outcome.

Wu Jin raised his chin slightly and spoke quickly amidst the sound of running water. The b.l.o.o.d.y word 15 appeared on the first night, and the last one to leave the training room was Silver Armor. Regardless of whether K was Silver Armor or Lin Qingshan, this moment was when it started.

Raphael quickly recalled the scene, The first player was indeed eliminated after evening training.

Wu Jin: He knocked him out, then took him into Silver Armors bedroom and made his move.

Raphaels expression stilled. He was inevitably thinking about the Silver Armors closed room murder

Wu Jin nodded to him, Yes, the first one to be eliminated became the life-saving capsule in Silver Armors bedroom. Then, K got the face from the capsule. Fortunately, he became the first player to learn about the rules.

When you eliminate them, you can put on their face and inherit everything.

The windows of the training room in the old building faced north and were damp, covered with a thick layer of moisture. Wu Jin finished speaking up to this point, and Raphael frowned hard. He subconsciously reached up to touch his face.

w.a.n.g Shus camouflage fit perfectly on his skin, and there was a contact surface between the camouflage and his real skin, a delicate and breathable isolation film. He remembered that the AI had applied a layer of liquid on his face before putting on the make-up. After the liquid dried, it wouldnt be impossible to tear off the entire face completely.

If ones psychological quality wasnt high enough, they would be s.h.i.+vering from listening to Wu Jins talk at this time.

Raphael was quiet for a short moment, then said, You mean to say that only K himself knows about changing skins.

Wu Jin made a sound of affirmation and enunciated every word carefully, All the closed room murders, blood deterrence, and psychological pressure comes from one weapon.

The fact that the information we have at hand is unequal.

Amidst the sound of running water, Wu Jin continued to speak, K is very smart. He discovered the rules when he killed the first player, and the rules inspired him to play. So, he went back to the studio and wrote down the first number.

Raphael: 15.

Wu Jin smiled broadly with w.a.n.g Pings face, Then, K used Silver Armors face to provoke k2018;himself for the sake of the subsequent murder.

At night, everyone went back to their own rooms. The King of Hearts had both Silver Armor and Lin Qingshans faces on hand. The first knock at the door that night was for the King of Hearts to lead all the players out so that they could watch as k2018;Silver Armor opened the door, then locked the door again.

He wanted the necessary conditions for a locked, closed chamber to be established.

Raphael narrowed his eyes, But everyone saw Silver Armor inside the room. Who was knocking

Raphael suddenly stopped.

If there was n.o.body outside knocking at the door, then there was only one other explanation. Silver Armor had knocked on the door from inside the bedroom!

Along with the sound of water and the narration, the scene seemed to embed itself into his mind. The King of Hearts who held two faces stood in Silver Armors bedroom, looking at his victims life-saving capsule, smiling creepily as he knocked on the wooden door

Wu Jin saw that hed thought it through and nodded before continuing, When the players went back to bed, the King of Hearts began to set up the scene. He set up traces of fighting in the room, spread the red paint all the way to the training room, changed the 14 to 9.

Finally, in the training room, he tore off Silver Armors face and stuck it on the wall for the final chapter of his provocation. Then, he put on Lin Qingshans face and came back to knock on the door for the second time, leading all the trainees over to see the life-saving capsule in Silver Armors room.

This is the closed room murder scene that everyone saw on the first night.

Raphael lifted his head up abruptly.

Wu Jin spoke faster and faster, Of course, theres another reason for covering the wall in red. The fingerprints. At the start of the compet.i.tion, each player left their palm prints on the wall. Now that I think about it, it should be the flaw that the program team left behind for those who change their skin.

Raphael figured it out, The faces can be changed, but fingerprints cant?

The light in Wu Jins eyes was bright, Yes, thats it. The King of Hearts painted over the whole wall. However, with the intrusive thoughts over a whole path of bloodstains and Silver Armors face, none of the trainees were able to think of how the first things that K really wanted to destroy were the fingerprints on the wall.

The next day, K hid in the training room with the ident.i.ty of Lin Qingshan. He intercepted the itinerary information for the stage rehearsal and stole one of the 14 costumes that had been sent to the training room.

Becausehe was already preparing to replace the next person.

Raphaels lips were pressed tight.

Finally, everything was connected together. K, who had already put on the performance costume, had gone to the B1 mechanism floor beneath the stage in advance. During the interval in the performance, he replaced Serra and took his face, then stuck Lin Qingshans face on the mechanism to act as a deterrent.

Being in the same clothes made it easy for K to replace Serra. After he met up with all the trainees, the 1st Serras life-saving capsule was naturally mistaken for Lin Qingshans.

Finally, he used Serra and replaced Nicholas

Raphael slowly opened his mouth, Hes climbing up. From the start, hed gone up to 9th place, and was now at 2nd place. K constantly replaced players who had similar body figures to his, and his ranking soared. Raphael looked at Wu Jin and said, What are you going to do?

Wu Jin went over to the tap and reached for the k.n.o.b, Keep him in Nicholass body.

Then, Wu Jin showed him the photograph, a sharp light in his eyes.

Blow him up.

The rusty metal parts of the faucet ground together, and the sound of running water finally stopped.

The two of them went back to the dorm one after another. w.a.n.g Shus expression was complex. Joining hands with Wu Jin to fight against the King of Hearts was undoubtedly the best option, but he still had a psychological shadow regarding Wu Jin from the previous round of elimination matches.

However, two minutes ago, Wu Jin had actually been very direct in proposing alliance terms.

Hed sent over the nightclub cross-dressing black history photo to him directly. Wu Jin had even said generously, I might need your help or maybe I wont. Until then, take this gift. Remember, you can eliminate w.a.n.g Ping at any time. Im offering you my sincerity, and you just need to accept it.

These familiar lines reminded Raphael of the G.o.dfather of Sicily from those ancient movies! Out of respect for his ancestors in Sicily, Raphael didnt hesitate to reach out and b.u.mp fists with Wu Jin.

An alliance was reached.

However, as he walked down the corridor, Raphael always felt that something wasnt right

He could use this photo to eliminate w.a.n.g Ping.

w.a.n.g Ping could use this photo to eliminate Nicholas.

w.a.n.g Ping could use this photo to eliminate himself

!!! Raphael suddenly realized. Wu Jins blowing up was in fact self destruction. w.a.n.g Ping was intended to be a discarded card right from the start! Wu Jins generous gesture of sincerity was nothing but a garbage photo

Raphael had been caught off guard and tricked again, and his pace immediately picked up.

Wu Jin, who was walking up in front, heard that Raphaels steps were speeding up from behind him.

Raphael must be so angry that he wanted to seek him out to obtain justice.

Wu Jin quickly accelerated, running happily as he touched his own flat face, You promised! You already said wed form an alliance! You cant go back on it ahhhh, dont hit me

There was a crash.

The two of them finally went back to the dorm room.

w.a.n.g Pings expression was friendly, while w.a.n.g Shus expression was livid. The remaining two roommates greeted them curiously while Wu Jin tucked w.a.n.g Shu into bed before straightening up and sitting down to discuss things with the other two roommates.

The night pa.s.sed by. The third day of the compet.i.tion was the first round of 100 into 60. The dormitory atmosphere was no longer as active as it had been last night.

Im guessing that K will give priority to the popular players who will take up votes on the stage. One roommate speculated, Now, the biggest problem is, the compet.i.tion has already been ongoing for three days, but theres no way to accurately figure out ones own ranking.

Wu Jin suddenly said, That makes sense! So, with a big wave of his hand, he opened up the fan forums and skillfully posted

.

A few minutes later, theyd collected some sample data.

w.a.n.g Shu and his roommates, Why are you so skilled at this? Arent you a survival show trainee?!

However, theyd collected over 160 samples, and the popularity distribution for Rap Cla.s.s 2 was somewhat clear. Nicholas was first in the cla.s.s, followed by Leica, then there were two players in the middle rankings, next was w.a.n.g Ping and w.a.n.g Shu, followed by another of Leicas contestants whod fallen out of the middle, and lastly, the two roommates.

For a moment, everyone turned to look at Wu Jin at the same time: Had this person really started off with an initial rank of 96?!

Wu Jin turned his head with a whoosh to look at w.a.n.g Shu: Brother, youve also gone up by a whole segment?

w.a.n.g Shu turned his head away. Crosson Shows A-level trainees got along with each other day in and day out, and it was impossible for them not to recognize each other. Ever since hed discovered Wu Jin was in his cla.s.s, hed learned from Wu Jin and added some scenes in for himself

In order to prevent their two roommates from being eliminated, Wu Jin generously shared a variety of vote canva.s.sing tips. It included, but wasnt limited to, s.n.a.t.c.hing stage time, pretending to forget words during rap, then pretending to freestyle in order to show off their skills, acting tragic in their self introductions, attacking their teammates in the forums for using half-open mic (which was true), and doing back flips crazily in front of the camera in order to gain attention

The two roommates were completely won over by these tips.

Their original doubts that w.a.n.g Ping might be an undercover agent sent over by the King of Hearts instantly dissipated. How could this be an undercover spy? It was simply like a targeted poverty alleviation blessing that had been sent to their dorm! So, while w.a.n.g Shu watched on stiffly, the two roommates were determined to express their loyalty to Wu Jin. The team of four got along together smoothly.

The sky slowly grew bright.

The bell in the training room rang out, and they pa.s.sed through a messy and chaotic corridor.

How many are left? Wu Jin asked softly.

Raphael made a gesture.

9.