Zhu Qi and Zhao Xin happened to return from their private conversation at that moment. No one knew whether they had formed an alliance.
The moment they heard Ye Yunjin say that, Zhao Xin immediately said, “See? I told you this alchemy city lord had to be suspicious! His son Andre is on the Demon King’s side. For all we know, he could be the Demon King himself.”
Zhu Qi also looked at Ye Yunjin suspiciously.
“Brother Yunjin, you’re not secretly the most evil Demon King, are you?”
Zhao Xin hurriedly slapped him on the shoulder. “Wake up! He’s that city lord, Zorro, not your Brother Yunjin.”
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xiao Wai asked, “Who is everyone voting for this round?”
Every single person pointed at Ye Yunjin.
Ye Yunjin was out!
Xiao Wai smiled sweetly. “The game isn’t over yet. Everyone, please continue.”
Zhu Qi cried out in surprise. “It’s not over yet? That means not everyone we voted out just now was innocent. There really were a few people on the Demon King’s side!”
Zhu Liuyue nodded vigorously in agreement.
“Little brother, you’re finally getting smarter! Keep it up. There’s still hope for the Hero faction.”
Zhu Qi nodded. “Okay.”
There were now only four players left on the field:
The little florist Alice, played by Zhu Liuyue; the singer Tanas, played by Zhao Xin; the hunter John, played by Zhu Qi; and the bounty hunter Oscar, played by Ye Yunche.
Xiao Wai reminded them, “There are only four players left now. Both the Demon King faction and the Hero faction have suffered losses.”
“So this round will be the final showdown.”
“Two people must be eliminated at once.”
“If the two people remaining in the game belong to opposing factions, the game will end in a draw. If they belong to the same faction, that faction—Hero or Demon King—will win. If one of them is a spy, the spy wins and may choose whether the Hero faction, the Demon King faction, or the spy themself claims victory.”
Zhao Xin’s eyes darted around.
She tentatively turned to Zhu Liuyue. “Alice, we’re both on the Hero faction, right?”
Zhu Liuyue nodded, smiling with utmost sincerity.
“Tanas, trust me. I’ve never suspected you, because I’ve always felt that everything you’ve said and done was positive and upright. You’ve even exposed so many people from the Demon King faction. We should trust each other.”
If she hadn’t brought it up, perhaps it would have been fine.
But the moment she did, Xiao Qitang, Tan Zhi, and Zhao Wen—who had been sitting off to the side—nearly exploded.
They had all been betrayed by their own allies.
Zhu Qi nodded thoughtfully. Then, as though he had suddenly figured something out, he said, “Wait, that’s not right! Sis, don’t you think Zhao Xin was really suspicious just now? If she wasn’t certain she had an evil role, why would she accuse so many people one after another?”
“I’m on the Hero faction! I’m one of the good guys, so I play cautiously. I don’t dare make random guesses because I’m afraid of getting innocent people killed.”
Zhao Xin grew anxious.
“Zhu Qi! What’s wrong with you? Didn’t we just form an alliance outside?”
Zhu Qi said, “That was last round.”
Zhao Xin gave a cold laugh. “Heh! As expected, you can’t trust anything a man says.”
Zhu Qi looked completely innocent. “Sis, believe me. I think the singer Tanas is very suspicious. She might be on the Demon King’s side.”
“I’m not,” Zhao Xin insisted.
Voting time was almost upon them, but the two of them still hadn’t argued their way to a conclusion.
Ye Yunche rubbed his ears, looking thoroughly exasperated.
“How about this? Since we have to vote two people out anyway, let’s just vote both of you out.”
Zhao Xin shook her head. “No! What if we lose because of that?”
Zhu Qi pointed at her. “See? See? I told you she was on the Demon King’s side! There aren’t many Heroes left now, and you’re afraid of losing.”
Xiao Wai quickly stepped in to control the situation.
“That’s enough! Time’s up. Everyone, vote!”
Zhao Xin and Zhu Qi voted for each other, receiving one vote apiece.
Zhu Liuyue voted for Zhu Qi.
Ye Yunche voted for Zhao Xin.
Xiao Wai announced the results. “All right. The hunter John and our singer Tanas have both been eliminated. The two survivors are the bounty hunter Oscar and our little florist Alice.”
“The bounty hunter Oscar’s identity is… Demon King faction!”
The moment those words left his mouth, Zhu Qi froze. He stared at Ye Yunche in disbelief.
“Brother Yunche, I trusted you so much. How could you be on the Demon King’s side?”
Ye Yunche merely shrugged in his usual carefree manner.
“I’m the most honest person here. I openly admitted at the very beginning that I was the Great Demon King, but none of you believed me.”
The people watching from outside also found it strange.
That was true. Ye Yunche had practically confessed at the very beginning, so why had no one suspected him?
They had simply been blinded by the obvious.
Only Zhao Xin threw her head back and burst out laughing.
Her best friend, Tan Zhi, looked puzzled. “What are you laughing at?”
Zhao Xin raised her brows smugly. “I really did manage to keep up my disguise until the very end. Our Demon King faction is going to win!”
It turned out that the singer Tanas was also on the Demon King’s side.
At last, Xiao Wai was able to get a word in.
“Wait! I’m not finished. Oscar is indeed on the Demon King faction, but the surviving little florist Alice is on the Hero faction.”
Zhu Qi grew excited. “Sis, thank goodness you’re still alive! It’s a draw, so it isn’t too bad.”
Xiao Wai interrupted him. “Wait! There’s one more thing. Although Alice belongs to the Hero faction, she is a spy. In reality, she is a dark elf from the Forgotten Forest and belongs to the Demon King faction.”
“Alice, you may now choose who wins: the Hero faction, the Demon King faction, or…”
The corners of Zhu Liuyue’s lips curved upward ever so slightly.
Her eyes glimmered, bright and dazzling.
Without the slightest hesitation, she said, “I choose to win alone!”
The game ended, but Zhu Qi was still completely bewildered. He felt as though he hadn’t understood the game at all.
It was Ye Yunjin who finally explained everything to him.
Demon King faction: Xiao Qitang, the spy; Ye Yunjin; Ye Yunche; and Zhao Xin.
Hero faction: Zhu Liuyue, the spy; Tan Zhi; Zhao Wen; and Zhu Qi.
Zhao Wen also wandered over and listened in. He couldn’t help scolding them.
“Cousin, you were on the Demon King faction, and you were the first one eliminated! No, wait—you were a spy. On the surface, you were on the Demon King faction, but in reality, you were on the Hero faction.”
Xiao Qitang walked over and let out a cold snort at Ye Yunjin.
“Exactly! I’m not really Andre. Andre died a long time ago. I was a Hero who infiltrated the Demon King faction in disguise. I’m definitely not his son.”
Ye Yunjin smiled gently.
“Good boy. I never asked you to call me Dad.”
Xiao Qitang rolled his eyes. “Get lost!”
Several of the men began reviewing the game.
Meanwhile, Zhao Xin and her best friend Tan Zhi had already pinched each other’s cheeks several times. Neither of them had expected that their close friend would turn out to be on the opposing faction.
After pinching each other a few more times, they chatted for a while and quickly made up.
The two adorable girls happily came over to add Zhu Liuyue on WeChat.
“Sister Liuyue, let’s play together next time!”
The two cute girls gazed at her with soft, innocent expressions.
How could Zhu Liuyue possibly resist them?
She smiled and said, “Sure.”
She had just finished scanning their QR code when another phone appeared in front of her.
Xiao Qitang had no idea where he had popped out from. “Let’s play together next time.”
Zhu Liuyue raised her brows, looking amused.
“Xiao Qitang, my fiancé is right here. What exactly are you trying to pull…?”
Her slender fingers pointed toward the Ye brothers standing not far away.
