Shen Mo held the card, silent for a while, then gently tossed the black card back onto the table, saying flatly: “I choose to forfeit.”
He presented his puzzle piece.
One second later, Shen Mo’s body disappeared before everyone’s eyes.
…
White cards: 1 used card.
Black cards: 3 available cards and 1 used card.
The corners of the Inspector’s mouth silently curved upward.
It was Bai Youwei’s turn.
She didn’t rush to draw a card but looked toward Wu Lili and Zhang Qi.
“Originally I wanted to bring you all out, but…” Bai Youwei’s gaze swept over the now-empty seat beside her. “As you saw, there was an accident. Now there’s only one white card left. Whoever chooses the white card will live. As for who’s more qualified… I won’t judge. You decide for yourselves.”
After saying this, she raised her hand and picked one from the 3 available black cards, saying: “I choose dare.”
The black card flipped over:
**[Dare: Do you dare cut open your body and bleed out blood full of moisture, protein, and inorganic substances?]**
Bai Youwei raised an eyebrow. “Oh… I’m quite lucky. This is the card I wrote myself.”
The Inspector also saw it, its expression somewhere between a smile and not: “A clever question.”
“Yes.” Bai Youwei held the black card, using its sharp edge to cut her finger. Dark red blood drops welled up, dripping onto her white dress in scattered spots.
“When I was writing it, I remembered what you said and suddenly thought writing it this way would be quite good. After all, your current body is different from humans. You can’t bleed out blood with identical components, can you?”
After speaking, she gently sucked on the wound, her tea-brown eyes quietly meeting the Inspector’s gaze.
The Inspector was silent for a moment, then smiled: “Mm, I can’t. Fortunately you drew it.”
Bai Youwei’s black card disappeared.
Next was Wu Lili.
White cards: 1 used card.
Black cards: 2 available cards and 1 used card.
“How will you choose?” The Inspector looked at Wu Lili with considerable interest. “After two consecutive rounds of black cards, you must choose a white card, otherwise you’ll have to use two black cards to offset one white card.”
Wu Lili stared with bloodshot eyes, her expression utterly desperate.
The Inspector greatly appreciated her current appearance, examining her as it asked: “How will you choose? Will you willingly sacrifice yourself by choosing two dare black cards, thus gaining survival for your companion, or will you let nature take its course by choosing the white card, leaving all black cards for your companion?”
Wu Lili painfully clutched her head, not daring to look at Zhang Qi’s face.
She didn’t want to die!
But she also didn’t want to watch her friend die!
“Lili, choose the white card.”
Zhang Qi’s voice came, calm without a trace of fluctuation.
“We’re not really that close anyway. Everyone just happened to live together on the island for two months. We don’t even count as friends… so, there’s no need.”
Wu Lili’s vision became a blur, tears falling in large drops.
…Really not friends?
If they weren’t friends, why would he openly tell her everything Bai Youwei said?
If they weren’t friends, why didn’t he expose her after she pretended to be injured?
Are we… really not friends…
“Have you decided?” The Inspector asked. “Truth or dare?”
“Lili, choose the white card.” Zhang Qi’s voice lowered. “Even if you choose two black cards this round, when he draws that remaining black card, we still can’t survive.”
—The last black card: Do you dare kill all players present except yourself?
Wu Lili lowered her head, her trembling fingers slowly lifting, bit by bit, placing them on the table…
Truth or dare?
Truth?
Dare?
Her finger finally touched the only remaining white card—the difficult question Zhu Xiaofen had been unable to answer—
**[Truth: Have you ever harmed anyone?]**
“I’m sorry, Zhang Qi…”
Wu Lili kept her head down, scalding tears burning her cheeks.
“I’m sorry! I harmed you! It was me who harmed you! I’m sorry!!!”
The white card turned to dust. Wu Lili could no longer hold back—she burst into wailing sobs.