It was the short-haired woman’s turn to go in and vote.

Before entering, she rubbed her hands together, feeling a little excited. She was quite curious about just how Bai Youwei’s gadget had managed to intimidate everyone.

The door opened. She walked inside. There on the display panel filled with numbers sat a fluffy rabbit.

Wasn’t this the rabbit Bai Youwei always carried in her arms? So this thing was her gadget!

The short-haired woman clicked her tongue in amazement and examined the rabbit more carefully.

Fluffy……

Round……

So adorable. She desperately wanted to pet it.

The rabbit looked up at her, its little black-bead eyes unblinking.

The short-haired woman clutched her chest. Her heart was nearly melting.

She couldn’t take it!

She really, really wanted to give it a pet!

But the moment she reached her hand out, she heard a crackling electric sound!

A layer of blue-violet light enveloped the fluffy rabbit. All the fur on its body bristled and stood on end. Its body gathered a blazing, eye-searing glow, rhythmically pulsing like breathing — as if the moment the short-haired woman’s hand moved even a fraction closer, the ball of lightning would explode!

“Ha, just kidding.” The short-haired woman laughed awkwardly. Her outstretched hand quickly changed direction and slapped down on number 29!

But nothing happened.

She froze, and only then noticed that the button for number 29 was grayed out and unselectable.

The entire display panel had only three numbers lit up: 9, 16, and 20. Every other number was unselectable.

Here we go again.

The tie-breaking situation caused by the ranking system had produced another deadlock in the vote, and this last ballot could only be cast for number 9, 16, or 20.

The short-haired woman’s brows furrowed slightly.

According to their plan, numbers 9, 20, and 29 were each supposed to receive 2 votes, and her ballot was meant to go to number 29. She hadn’t expected that 29 would be unselectable.

But number 20 was still within the target range.

After a moment’s thought, the short-haired woman pressed number 20.

She walked out of the voting booth, and at the same moment, the results of the fourth round were produced accordingly.

The inspector spun in circles on the roof and announced loudly:

“The fourth round’s eliminated numbers and vote counts are now being announced!”

“Number 9 — 2 votes.”

“Number 13 — 3 votes.”

“Number 16 — 2 votes.”

“Number 20 — 3 votes.”

“Number 30 — 3 votes.”

When number 20 was called, Ogata Kei’s expression went rigid. He snapped his head toward Bai Youwei: “Why did……”

Before he could finish, his body vanished!

The glasses-wearing man was stricken with grief and lunged toward where Ogata Kei had been standing — but grabbed only empty air!

He knelt in the spot where Ogata Kei had disappeared, wailing in anguish: “Doctor Ogata!!! How could you abandon us like this! Without your guidance and help, what are we supposed to do?! What are we going to do!!!”

Bai Youwei was also mildly surprised. So Ogata Kei’s number had been 20.

In that case, now that he had been eliminated, should the game not be over?

The inspector announced loudly: “The fifth round of voting will begin in 8 hours! In other words, this will be the final vote!

Since only 9 players remain, you will only need to vote out 4 this time!

The remaining 5 will successfully advance to the ‘Labyrinth War’ tournament!

Give it your all, X-Guest — you’re just one step away from victory~

Everyone else should do your best too! If the X-Guest wins, all of you will be demoted! Every single one of you — demoted!”

The short-haired woman was stunned. She asked Bai Youwei: “What’s going on? Ogata Kei isn’t the X-Guest?”

Bai Youwei’s brow creased. She hadn’t expected this result either. If Ogata Kei wasn’t the X-Guest, then who was?

The glasses-wearing man screamed at her with undisguised hatred: “It’s you!!! You’re the X-Guest! To win this game, you’ll stop at nothing — you eliminated Doctor Ogata! The doctor would have led all of us to victory! And you destroyed everything! You’re the X-Guest!!!”

Everyone stared at Bai Youwei with fear and hostility.

In an instant —

She had become the enemy of everyone present.

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