Kiana spoke directly.
"I'm the engineer, I don't know anything! I was hiding in the wardrobe the whole time, hoping to catch the crime scene."
Upon hearing this, Himeko already understood the situation on the scene.
"All right, the game is over. Sunday, just go ahead and make the move. With the score tied 2 to 2, if we haven't won yet, it means there's still someone with a knife out there.
The two of us will vote for Kiana, go into the altar to gather, take down Qingque's knife, and then we win."
After saying that, Himeko crossed her legs, leaned back in her chair, exuding dominance.
Sunday smiled and nodded.
"Okay, let's do it that way."
Kiana was instantly dumbfounded!
What? There are two werewolves?! And these werewolves are so brazen!
A group of souls discussed together.
Theresa facepalmed, speechless after Kiana was tricked into revealing her identity.
"Dummy Kiana! You just gave your identity away with that bluff!"
Theresa decided that once back today, she must give Kiana a proper tutoring session!
The voting ended in a 2-2 tie, no one was eliminated, and the game proceeded to the third round.
Kiana originally wanted to protect Qingque by taking the hit herself but ultimately failed; Qingque was taken down by Sunday's knife.
[Congratulations to the werewolf players Himeko, Sunday, and Welt for their victory, receiving 1 golden treasure chest each.]
The second round of the game ended, and everyone was teleported back to Ye Yun's shop.
As soon as Hutao came back, she was verbally roasted.
Especially Silver Wolf, who wasn't as tall as Hutao and could only reach up to grab Hutao's collar.
"Beast! Hutao! Twice! You ate me twice! Can you give me a break?!"
Yunli ran over as well.
"Me too! I was eaten twice! Hutao! You're really inhuman!"
Hutao giggled, stuck out her tongue, and shrugged both hands.
"Can't blame me, the rules say you have to take the game seriously and not fake it."
Silver Wolf and Yunli sighed upon hearing this.
Sigh~ life is so tragic, playing a game and getting eaten twice.
Stelle looked enviously at the golden treasure chest in Himeko's hand.
"I'm so jealous~"
Sunday heard this.
"Oh? Stelle, how about I open this one for you?"
Stelle was very surprised.
"Really? Don't worry, I just enjoy opening boxes. I don't want the stuff inside, I just want the fun."
Stelle took the golden treasure chest Sunday handed her and opened it, a few beans appeared in her hand.
Curious, Stelle picked one up and examined it.
"Ye Yun, what's this thing?"
Stelle asked.
"That's a celestial bean. As long as you have a breath left, eating one can save you and guarantee you're full of energy."
Hearing this, Stelle thought this was just an upgraded version of the fate coin.
The fate coin has a 50% chance of being struck by lightning, this one does not.
Stelle returned the celestial bean to Sunday.
Sunday took it back and put it away.
Stelle then looked at the golden treasure chest in Himeko's hand and approached her, rubbing her hands together.
"Well, Sister Himeko, hehe, can I…"
Before Stelle finished, Himeko handed the golden treasure chest over.
Stelle took it and opened it—another delivery card?
Stelle glanced at it casually.
"Another delivery card? This thing just won't disappear."
Stelle returned the delivery card to Himeko, who looked closely.
"This is! A 1 million star coin delivery card!"
Stelle exclaimed.
"What?! A 1 million star coin delivery card!"
Stelle leaned in for a closer look, and it really was!
1 million star coins! Whoa, that's a lot!
Himeko didn't withdraw the Stelle coins but put the delivery card into her storage ring.
She had no need to use it now, and taking it out would just take up space.
Next, Stelle looked toward Welt.
"Uncle Yang~"
Welt handed the golden treasure chest to Stelle, who happily opened it.
Again, a few celestial beans appeared in her hand.
Stelle looked at them and returned them to Walter.
Then everyone agreed to take a break and discuss tactics.
The group sat around the sofa and tea area, discussing each character's skills, knowing your enemy well to never be defeated.
Better to understand skills first, so you can play properly and not get caught off guard.
For example, the Reaper Duck can drag chicken legs; dragging them to the furnace or the river near the graveyard will make the chicken legs disappear.
Noelle poured tea for everyone, delivering drinks to each person.
At this moment, Jingliu arrived at the shop. She was free today and planned to check on Bailu.
Currently, Jingliu took time to teach some talented Cloud Knights swordsmanship she had selected.
Jingliu had wandered around the train but hadn't found Bailu.
She came into Ye Yun's shop and asked him.
Ye Yun pointed toward the realm.
"Bailu and the others are watching cartoons in their new home today. If you want to find them, just go there."
Jingliu was surprised.
"New home? Aren't they living on the train?"
Ye Yun smiled.
"Recently, a guest from a new world came by, and Bailu and the others each got a little wolf cub from him.
The original room was too small, so I changed it to a bigger one for them."
Jingliu understood.
"You go ahead; I'll go find them."
Ye Yun nodded.
"Thanks for looking after Klee and the others."
Jingliu said.
"No problem, it's just something extra."
Soon, the break ended, and everyone confidently signed up for the third round of Goose Goose Duck.
After being assigned their identities, they were teleported to the castle.
March 7th checked her identity—Sheriff!
March 7th was so happy she cried.
"Waaa~ I finally have a knife! Stelle! Hutao! Wait! I'm coming for revenge!"
March 7th brandished her knife wildly, making Qingque, who was teleported nearby, twitch at the corner of his mouth.
Um… that's a lot of hatred and grievance.
March 7th ignored Qingque and rushed straight to the altar, where there were many people, hoping to see Stelle and Hutao.
Qingque checked her identity—serial killer, who can reduce the cooldown for killing.
So Qingque chose to follow March 7th, disguising herself as a revenger.
Revengers belong to the good side; when they see a crime scene, they can make a kill, one kill per scene.
Qingque followed March 7th and quickly arrived at the altar.
March 7th saw Stelle in the crowd and without hesitation rushed at her.
Stelle thought, "Oh no!" and tried to escape quickly.
Stelle's identity was a neutral dove; she needed to infect all living people within one round to win.
So Stelle wanted to hide in the crowded altar.
Unexpectedly, March 7th was armed this round, clearly coming to kill her.
March 7th shouted.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! I'm the sheriff! I'm gonna knife Stelle!"
Everyone quickly moved aside, not wanting to get in the way.
March 7th chased Stelle, Qingque chased after March 7th.
Finally, in the laboratory, March 7th caught Stelle and stabbed her. Stelle turned to smoke and became a retreating spirit remaining on site.
Qingque then immediately stabbed Venti, who had come over to watch the excitement.
March 7th saw Qingque's knife move and became alert.
Qingque quickly explained.
"I'm a revenger! My knife is clean!"
***
Upon hearing this, March 7th thought for a moment and agreed. Qingque had always been following her, and if she were a villain, she would have stabbed her long ago.
"Alright then, you stick behind me. I'm telling you, Hutao is definitely a bad one too! Let's go find her!"
After circling the map once, March 7th finally found Hutao spying inside the altar using her skill in the corridor to the right of the altar.
March 7th charged up and slashed once; at the same time, Hutao and March 7th both exploded and turned into chicken legs.
Just then, Silver Wolf came down from the upper passage. Without hesitation, Qingque charged forward and stabbed, then stood guard over the body without moving.
She planned to take a gamble by standing there and clearing her own suspicion.
Soon, someone reported the incident next to Xing's chicken leg.
In the meeting room, Qing Que saw that besides Stelle, March 7th, Hutao, and Welt, Himeko and Yunli were also gone.
Qingque glanced at the people present and spotted her two other teammates, Firefly and Lumine.
She silently gave them a thumbs up in her heart — well done! In the first round, six people died. After removing their own three, seven remained. If they killed three more, they'd basically win.
Unfortunately, Lumine was caught red-handed this round, and not just once, but multiple times.
Yes, Lumine had attacked people in the crowd! Lumine killed Himeko with one slash but was immediately caught by a large group.
As for Yunli, it was even more unfortunate. She was the Justice Messenger this round and wanted to investigate people's identities, but Firefly was so decisive that she just stabbed without giving Yunli a chance.
The meeting ended with Ying being voted out by a large margin.
Qingtue quickly found Firefly and regrouped.
Firefly asked, "Qingque, what's the plan next?"
Qingque crossed her arms confidently and said,
"We go straight for the kill! I bet there's still a neutral here! We bet there's a neutral left! If we kill two more, we can bet that among the remaining three, one is neutral.
Or! We go straight for four kills and end the game!"
Qingque and Firefly wandered around the map aimlessly, until finally in the graveyard they spotted two targets.
Without hesitation, they charged up and slashed twice.
Unfortunately, Qingque's stab hit the Canadian.
Among the survivors, someone knew who Canadian was.
Coincidentally, the other person they just killed was the last neutral pigeon.
Qingque was stunned. In the end, Qingque, Firefly, and Lumine were defeated, and the whole team of good guys won.
[Congratulations to Guizhong, Hutao, Venti, March 7th, Silver Wolf, Yunli, Himeko, Ei, Welt, Sunday, and Huohuo for the victory. Each receives 1 Golden Chest.]
Everyone was teleported back to Ye Yun's shop.
Stelle glanced at the dungeon teleport gate and honestly felt a bit reluctant to leave. She wanted to play a few more rounds.
This Goose-Duck Kill game was indeed quite addictive, especially when you got a character with a knife — the thrill of stabbing people was irresistible.
Those who got Golden Chests opened them one by one.
To everyone's surprise, Yae Miko actually opened a Resurrection Card.
Ei was very excited upon seeing this and grabbed Yae Miko's hand, rushing into the teleport gate.
As for the others, most opened Senzu Beans; Sunday was lucky and got a 500,000 Star Coin voucher.
At the Grand Narukami Shrine,
Ei ordered all the shrine maidens to temporarily leave.
Ei looked at Yae Miko.
"You decide, anyone is fine."
Yae Miko smiled lightly.
"Let's pick Sister Makoto, Inazuma needs her. The two of us run the country — one is half-hearted, the other knows nothing."
After saying this, Yae Miko placed the Resurrection Card on her forehead.
Soon after, a woman identical to Ei flew out of a portal.
Yae Miko looked at Makoto.
"Sister Makoto~ welcome back."
Makoto looked at the two.
"Yae? Ei? What's going on?"
Yae Miko explained the whole story toMakoto.
After listening, Makoto understood.
"I didn't expect to be resurrected. Ei, Yae, you've worked hard."
Yae Miko nodded.
"Indeed, it's been tough. Managing all matters in Inazuma wears me out, and Ei hasn't helped at all."
Ei glared fiercely at Yae Miko for complaining about her.
"Yae! How dare you complain about me in front of my sister! Just wait! This isn't over!"
Makoto smiled watching their interaction.
"It's fine, Yae. Now that I'm back, leave it to me."
Yae Miko nodded.
Then the three of them, as usual, sat under the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard, set up a tea table, brewed some tea, and brought out some sweets, chatting happily.
They talked the whole day.
At Liyue Harbor,
Zhongli and Hutao brought Guizhong back to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
Guizhong stood by the window on the third floor of the internet cafe building, admiring the bustling scenery of Liyue Harbor.
"So beautiful — even better than I imagined."
Zhongli nodded slightly.
"Mm, do you want to go to Jueyun Karst later?"
Guizhong nodded.
"Yes, I do. If I come back and don't visit Xianyun and Ping, They'll definitely nag me again."
Zhongli nodded lightly.
"That's true. You stay here a while, I'll go downstairs to be a temporary network manager. The ritual officer's little sister is going with the head to Wuwang Hill today."
Guizhong smiled at Zhongli.
"Morax, you actually work? I thought you just freeloaded off little Hutao all the time~"
Zhongli broke out in a sweat.
"..."
Zhongli wordlessly went downstairs to be a temp network manager.
Guizhong quietly admired the prosperity of Liyue Harbor. Before long, a voice came from beside her.
"Hey hey hey! Aren't you that... that who? Let me think, let me think... Oh!!! Right! That Dust God? You were resurrected?"
Guizhong turned toward the voice and saw Calestia, out for food.
"Who are you?"
Calestia suddenly remembered to introduce herself.
"Let me introduce myself, I'm Calestia, the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, also a guest at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
I've seen you before. You used to be Morax's ally."
Guizhong understood Calestia's identity immediately.
"Dust God Guizhong, greetings Lady Calestia."
Calestia waved her hand.
"Don't stand on ceremony. Was it Morax who resurrected you?"
Guizhong nodded.
"Yes, he revived me with a resurrection card obtained from a dungeon at Ye Yun's place."
Calestia understood.
"Alright then, welcome back to Teyvat.
Have you eaten? Let's go grab some food. Old Liu told me there's a great seafood stew today. Let me take you to try it."
Guizhong agreed and followed Calestia downstairs.
Along the way, they chatted happily.
Guizhong felt, indeed, seeing is believing. This Calestia was not aloof at all.