Chapter 161: Showing Off Companionship
"Are the rest still alive?"
"Yes. …Which means what Elf said over the voice tube was different. Only one person has died so far."
"Youki, huh."
Top Chat: So that’s how it turned out.
Top Chat: Well, makes sense.
Top Chat: So Elf chose to trust President Confident Niki’s testimony.
Me → Youki
Kirishi-tan → Youki
Entarou → Youki
Fortune-teller, Misora → Youki
Fortune-teller, Staff → Confident Niki
Confident Niki → Youki
Youki → Confident Niki
The votes: both self-proclaimed fortune-tellers and both suspects voted against each other, while the remaining three—me, Kirishi-tan, and Entarou—all voted for Youki, sealing her fate.
"I’m innocent, I tell you! Nooo, I saaaay!"
Top Chat: Goodbye forever, loli.
Top Chat: We won’t forget your brave figure… at least until dinner.
Top Chat: Short-lived.
Top Chat: So, what happens now?
"Alright, commentary time! Once the voting phase ends, we move into the exploration phase for Day 2. Everyone starts from their own private room, so there’s no chance of being immediately ambushed by werewolves."
Top Chat: Are the room assignments random?
Top Chat: According to the bulletin board, it’s not completely random. Seems like they make sure there’s some distance between people.
"If you’ve got questions, just ask during the game, okay? Everyone ready?"
"Yeah."
"Then, let’s resume!"
Top Chat: Elf-san actually answers properly.
Top Chat: Good job.
Top Chat: Alright, what about the medium result?
『I’m coming out as the medium. I’ll report the medium results.』
"Oh?"
Around seven minutes after Day 2 began, while I was gathering items in the pantry, a message came through the voice tube.
Top Chat: It’s Kirishi-tan!
Top Chat: Say something a medium would say!
Top Chat: "You’re possessed by an evil spirit! But if you buy this vase… you’ll get another one free, for a limited time!"
Top Chat: Purge the spirit already.
『Shuten-Youji-senpai came up white. Which means Misora-senpai is a fake fortune-teller. Riku-senpai… can I call you that? Anyway, the President who was marked black by Riku-senpai is a werewolf. Be careful.』
Top Chat: What, so President Confident Niki’s testimony to Elf was a lie?!
Top Chat: Totally got tricked.
Top Chat: Wait, so Reverse-Oracle was a fake fortune-teller and still went for a black mark?
Top Chat: That’s some guts.
Top Chat: Elf-san, you said you were a villager at the start, but you really are one, right?
Top Chat: It’s shown at the top-right of the screen.
Top Chat: In that case, the roles are really narrowing down…
"Yo, Elf-san. Been wanting to see ya."
"Entarou."
Before the chat could settle, I ran into Entarou again.
Top Chat: This is bad!
Top Chat: Elf-san, ruuuun!
Top Chat: Wait, why?
Top Chat: If we assume the dead loli and Kyouka-chan were villagers, then the only villager left is Elf-san!
Top Chat: Which means… maybe…
"Entarou, you’re a werewolf?"
"That’s right, I’m a werewolf! Gwahahahaha!"
"I see."
"Eh?! D-damn it!"
Just as expected, the pantry had tons of food items scattered around, enough to pile up. So I toppled one of the item boxes—formerly holding food—between me and Entarou.
Top Chat: Ohhh!
Top Chat: Nice move!
Top Chat: Heard there’s a werewolf who got cocky and failed to take down Elf-san, lol.
I turned my back on Entarou and sprinted. I dashed out of the pantry through a different exit and ran the opposite way. The long hallway had rooms, but no branches. If I could just make it to the stairs, there’d be plenty of paths to shake him off—
"Kirishi-tan."
Kirishi-tan was standing in the hallway.
Top Chat: Elf-san’s being chased right now!
Top Chat: Entarou’s a bear! Wait no, a werewolf!
Top Chat: So you should run too, Kirishi-tan!
Top Chat: O
Top Chat: H
Top Chat: Eh?
Top Chat: Elf-san?
Top Chat: Why’d you stop moving?
"Who are you?"
"…Hmm. I suppose I can’t fool you after all."
"Confident Niki."
The voice from Kirishi-tan’s avatar was actually Confident Niki’s.
Top Chat: The werewolf President is hereeee!
Top Chat: Must be an avatar-swap item!
Top Chat: He’s surrounded!
Top Chat: To the side! Escape sideways!
"No way out."
I dove into a nearby cabin. But it was a cramped room with only one entrance, and not a single item.
Top Chat: Ahhhhhhh!
Top Chat: Checkmate!
Top Chat: There’s no way out of this.
"Elf-san, if you don’t mind… could you tell me how you realized I wasn’t the real Daimyou Kirishi?"
"Because you were waiting for me without even grabbing items."
"I see… unnatural, even if I had hurried to regroup."
We were still close to the pantry. Even in the hallways, items were scattered all over the place.
"Confident Niki, mind if I ask you something too?"
"What is it?"
"Was it true Youki dodged you at the ledge?"
"Of course not. That was a lie."
Top Chat: Elf-san retreats into a dead-end, at least.
Top Chat: Doesn’t look like she’ll survive, though.
"Roaaar."
Top Chat: Elf-san’s trying to show off camaraderie, at least.
Top Chat: Doesn’t look like she’ll survive, though.
With no way out, I was bitten down hard by Confident Niki.
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