"You little brat, stop sowing discord." Officer Li glared at Qiao Jiajin and said sternly, "You are a loan shark, while I am a police officer. Who do you think everyone will believe?"
Qi Xia looked at the arguing crowd and knew that Officer Li was probably not lying. He really was a criminal police officer.
But he was mistaken.
Perhaps it was his professional nature, or perhaps it was his sense of justice, but he always wanted to organize everyone in an orderly manner.
The halftime break was already halfway over, and the crowd gradually fell silent.
During this time, Qi Xia had said to himself countless times, "My name is Li Ming," until he became annoyed.
After all, there was a headless corpse lying next to him, making it impossible for him to calm down.
Blood dripped from the table to the floor, and the people had been in the same room as the corpse for almost an hour. A strange smell began to spread.
Qi Xia casually glanced at the corpse beside him, and his pants were already filthy.
After death, various organs would lose muscle strength within a short period of time, causing incontinence.
Before the stench of the corpse arrived, a foul smell had already filled the air.
Qi Xia and another girl sat on either side of the corpse. The girl seemed very unhappy with the smell and kept covering her mouth and nose with her hand.
Ten more minutes passed, and Goat's Head finally spoke, "The twenty-minute halftime break is over, and the game will resume."
The young man named Han Yimo settled down and took a deep breath before saying, "My name is Han Yimo, and I am a web novel writer."
"Before coming here, I was writing the ending of a novel in the house I rented. Because there were hundreds of characters appearing in the ending, I was completely focused on writing and didn't hear any noise outside."
"Even... I don't even know when the earthquake happened or when I lost consciousness..."
Han Yimo's story was different from everyone else's. At the moment, it seemed that he was completely "independent," and his story ended after just a few sentences.
"Is that all?" the muscular man asked with a slight surprise. "You're done after saying 'I don't know'?"
"Because I can't lie, so I don't need to fabricate an answer just to please everyone." Han Yimo's voice was not loud, but it inexplicably convinced people.
"Alright... Next." Officer Li's face still carried suspicion as he spoke again, "It's the lady's turn."
"Hey, cop." Qiao Jiajin was somewhat dissatisfied with the attitude of Officer Li in front of him. "We are all 'participants,' so don't act like a captain."
"Somebody has to come out and organize everyone, right?" Officer Li retorted. "I've said it before, there is only one enemy among us, and the remaining eight people must unite."
"But it's not your turn to command here." Qiao Jiajin completely disregarded Officer Li's words. "Maybe I would be afraid of you outside, but in this situation, no one knows if you're a 'liar' or not."
"Both of you, stop arguing." the cold and desolate woman interrupted the two.
This cold and desolate woman had been accusing Goat's Head of imprisoning everyone for twenty-four hours from the beginning. She seemed very organized and calm.
Seeing the two calm down, she continued, "In this so-called 'game,' no matter who wins in the end, the remaining people may be considered 'indirect murderers' because we collectively voted for Goat's Head to kill him. This is the issue you should consider."
Hearing this, Qi Xia's expression changed slightly.
If he really survived and walked out of this room, then he did indeed "kill" the other eight people.
But what could he do about it?
The card in front of him was a genuine "liar." Who would willingly give up their own life to let others live?
"My name is Zhang Chenze, and I am a lawyer." The cold and desolate woman crossed her arms and said expressionlessly, "It's a pity to meet everyone in such a strange place, otherwise I would have handed out my business card."
The others couldn't understand the humor of this Zhang Chenze, but she didn't seem to care.
"Before coming here, I was organizing court documents. My client was cheated out of two million yuan, involving a huge amount of money and a heinous crime."
When she mentioned the number "two million," everyone's expressions remained unchanged, but Qiao Jiajin was visibly shocked and asked, "Two million?"
"Yes, two million. They say lawyers are the most fair and selfless people, but we also have personal feelings. That man borrowed from loan sharks to support his family, which is very worrying. But illegal lending is another case, and it has nothing to do with me."
"When the earthquake happened, I was driving to meet my client. I was on Qingyang Avenue, just past Du Fu Thatched Cottage, near Wuhou Shrine... I remember... I wasn't driving fast, about forty miles per hour, when suddenly I saw the ground cracking not far ahead."
"I immediately hit the brakes and stopped steadily in front of the crack, but I didn't expect the car behind me to not be able to avoid it and rear-ended me continuously."
"I only heard a few loud noises, and the car was pushed into the crack. Then I lost consciousness and came here."
Another story ended, and now there were only three people left to tell their stories.
"Wuhou Shrine..." Dr. Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "Is it the Wuhou Shrine in Chengdu?"
"Yes, I work in Chengdu."
It seemed that this earthquake had spread throughout the country.
Based on these unfamiliar stories, it was really difficult to guess who was lying."It's my turn now." Officer Li glanced at the crowd, "I've already introduced myself earlier. My name is Li Shangwu, a criminal police officer from Inner Mongolia."
"Before coming here, I was staking out a fraudster. According to reliable information, we had already pinpointed the exact whereabouts of the suspect."
"This suspect has committed a massive fraud, amounting to two million yuan. It's the first major fraud case our city has received this year."
"My colleague and I were constantly monitoring from the car, waiting for the fraudster to appear."
"But the suspect was smarter than we thought. He seemed to have sensed danger and didn't show up for three consecutive days."
"For these three days, we ate, drank, slept, and defecated in the car. We were on the verge of a mental breakdown."
"But do you know what's worse for a grown man than having nothing to eat or drink?"
"It's running out of cigarettes."
"We didn't have a single cigarette left. According to the rules, we absolutely couldn't leave our post, but the feeling of not having cigarettes was unbearable."
"So, I asked my colleague to run and buy some cigarettes, while I kept a close watch on the entrance and exit of the suspect's residence."
"But what I didn't expect was that not long after my colleague left, the entire ground began to shake violently. I wanted to get out of the car to see what was happening, but suddenly someone strangled my neck from behind with a thin wire."
"Although we are both good at close combat, the thin wire coming from the back seat was very difficult to handle. I couldn't touch the person behind me, let alone remove the wire from my neck."
At this point, everyone looked at Officer Li and indeed saw a red mark on his neck.
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"So, I immediately reclined the seat to breathe, but I couldn't turn around. After all, I'm tall and my legs were stuck under the steering wheel."
"The person behind me took advantage of my lying down and hit my head hard with something. I lost consciousness."
After hearing Officer Li's story, everyone began to doubt.
He described a completely different situation. Before him, all the participants were injured and unconscious due to accidents.
Only he was attacked and ended up here.
If they had to choose the most suspicious person among them, wouldn't it be him?