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#625 - Chapter 625

Tang Yin's gaze was calm, like a bottomless lake. He only said one sentence: "...No comment."

These four short words made the atmosphere in the hall even more oppressive. Zhao Gang's analysis was undoubtedly correct, and that was why Tang Yin couldn't respond. He couldn't lie, but he couldn't reveal any unnecessary emotions in front of everyone, not even a hint of hesitation, as it could become a fuse to shake the human camp.

Gao Zhijie coldly glanced at him, curled his lips, and said in a bad tone: "Okay, then out of the remaining six people, who are we hanging today?"

Zhao Gang lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head to look at everyone: "I haven't started considering it yet, what do you all think?"

The others looked at each other, but no one spoke, only silently shook their heads, seemingly avoiding the question.

Zhao Gang sighed and turned his gaze to Gao Zhijie: "Uncle Gao, what do you think?"

Gao Zhijie obviously had an answer, his brows furrowed slightly, his voice low and decisive: "Hang Hualu."

A trace of surprise flashed in Zhao Gang's eyes, followed by a thoughtful expression: "Because she voted for Granny Rong yesterday?"

Gao Zhijie nodded, without the slightest hesitation on his face: "Yes."

Zhao Gang turned to Hualu in the crowd, his eyes with a hint of probing: "Hualu, do you have any objections?"

Hualu stood in the corner, her downcast eyes seemed to be contemplating something. After a moment, she raised her head, a faint smile on her face: "If necessary, just hang me. I haven't lived in Wuyin Village for very long, so it's normal if everyone doesn't trust me."

Her tone was chillingly calm, but then she changed her tone, her voice slightly raised: "However, I want to say one thing."

All eyes in the hall were focused on her, as if the next second, her every word could change the situation.

"I am a Guardian of the Spider."

This short sentence was like a bomb, instantly tightening everyone's nerves to the limit.

"What!?" Qian Jin widened his eyes, his tone filled with disbelief.

Gao Zhijie's brow furrowed even tighter, his gaze with a hint of coldness: "Spider? Then, who did you protect on the first day?"

Qian Jin quickly echoed, loudly saying: "Yes, yes! No one died at that time, it's better to understand the situation first!"

Hualu's gaze calmly swept over everyone, her tone unhurried: "The day before yesterday, I protected you, Uncle Gao."

Gao Zhijie was stunned, the expression on his face changed slightly, but he still didn't speak, only looked at her with a complex gaze.

"I see." Qin Yi sneered from the side, his tone with a bit of sarcasm: "It's indeed possible, the old geezer has been putting on airs since the first day, the wolves must have wanted to kill him."

Hualu ignored Qin Yi's sarcasm and continued: "Yesterday, I protected Qin Ming."

Qin Ming frowned slightly, his tone with a hint of doubt: "Protect me? But I didn't show much yesterday."

Hualu smiled slightly, her eyes with a hint of frankness: "To be honest, compared to Uncle Gao, Qin Ming is more valuable to live, I can't deny that's what I thought."

She paused, her tone with a bit more rationality and calmness: "As a Guardian, I don't want to waste my Guardian ability."

Zhao Gang was silent for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth, his tone with a hint of suppressed fatigue: "...What do we do now?"

The hall fell silent again, the expression on everyone's face became solemn.

Tang Yin's brow furrowed slightly, his gaze moving back and forth between Hualu and Grandpa Wolf. Logically, everything made sense - if, as he suspected, Hualu was directing Xiaomei from behind, her self-reporting was obviously a clever trap. However, her current identity was not Snake, but Spider.

Just then, a hoarse but somewhat comical voice broke the suffocating silence: "...That..."

Grandpa Wolf slowly raised his head, revealing a mouthful of broken yellow teeth, and grinned: "I'm also a Spider... Ehehehe."

As soon as he said this, an invisible muffled thunder seemed to sound in the air. Everyone was stunned, looking at each other, their expressions gradually changing from shock to complexity. In an instant, the atmosphere of the entire hall became even more strange.

Grandpa Wolf and Xiaomei had always been the marginal people of the banquet. They didn't participate in the discussion at all. Except for speaking during the vote, they were almost completely silent the rest of the time. Everyone tacitly regarded them as "floating votes" and didn't even bother to investigate their logic - anyway, their speeches were often inexplicable and never really affected the situation. However, Tang Yin found that he had underestimated these "harmless" existences.

Gao Zhijie broke the silence, his voice with a hint of hesitation: "...Grandpa, really?"

Grandpa Wolf still had a silly smile, his face showing no emotional fluctuations, his voice hoarse and slow: "I am a Spider."

"I am the Spider." Hualu retorted without hesitation, her tone with a hint of coldness, "This old man is lying."

Grandpa Wolf shook his head, still maintaining that elusive expression: "You're the one lying, ehehehe."

Qian Jin couldn't help but support his forehead, his tone revealing deep helplessness: "...Sorry, Grandpa Wolf, I always thought you were a senile old man. But, do you really understand the situation now?"

Zhao Gang's gaze turned to Gao Zhijie, his tone with a hint of inquiry: "...Uncle Gao, was Grandpa Wolf always like this at previous banquets?"

Gao Zhijie took a deep breath, his brow furrowed: "He's been like this for a long time. He's completely useless during banquets, he doesn't even have voting logic."

Qin Ming frowned slightly and turned to look at Tong Xiaoliang: "...Xiaoliang, you have a good relationship with Grandpa Wolf, what do you think?"

Tong Xiaoliang hesitated a bit, but still opened his mouth: "Grandpa Wolf told me that his brain is very clear."

Qian Jin snorted coldly, his tone revealing undisguised irritability: "...This is really troublesome."

Zhao Gang didn't say anything more, but turned to Grandpa Wolf, his tone becoming unusually low, even with a hint of threat: "Then, Grandpa, who did you protect on the first and second days?"

"Listen carefully, we've bet our lives, if you dare to deliberately mess things up here..." Zhao Gang's tone became more and more serious, a glint of coldness flashing in his eyes.

Grandpa Wolf was stunned for a moment, then grinned, raised his hand, and slowly extended a withered finger, pointing at one person: "...I protected him."

Everyone's gaze followed his finger - he was pointing at Qin Ming.

Zhao Gang's gaze was sharp, staring at Grandpa Wolf, his tone low: "First day or second day?"

Grandpa Wolf was stunned for a moment, blinking his cloudy eyes, as if he didn't understand: "Eh?"

Wang Lina frowned, her tone with a hint of impatience: "Grandpa Wolf, do you mean that you protected Qin Ming these two days?"

Grandpa Wolf thought for a moment, then grinned, revealing his broken teeth: "Oh... right, I protected him both days."

Zhao Gang's face changed slightly, his voice even lower: "...In other words, the wolf's target on the first day was Qin Ming?"

Chen Xiang nodded lightly beside him, seemingly thinking: "Indeed... understandable."

Qin Yi, who was standing aside, turned slightly black, his tone revealing a bit of incomprehension: "...Grandpa Wolf, why did you choose my big brother to protect?"

Grandpa Wolf turned his head, his face full of wrinkles squeezed together with a smile: "No reason."

Tong Xiaoliang frowned and tentatively asked: "Randomly chosen?"

Grandpa Wolf nodded, as if he didn't take the question seriously at all: "Oh, right, ehehehe."

The hall was silent, everyone looked at each other, no one could judge the truth of these words. Grandpa Wolf's attitude was too casual, even a little careless, and his silly smile made it even harder to figure out whether he was pretending to be stupid or really confused.

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Tang Yin's voice broke the silence, he frowned, his tone low and calm: "Raccoon..."

His words stunned everyone, and they all turned their attention to him.

Tang Yin raised his head, his gaze sweeping over everyone, and continued: "I should have said it, about the Guardian of the Raccoon."

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows slightly, his tone revealing a hint of doubt: "...Is it because there are Raccoons in the Chimei Shrine?"

Qian Jin sneered when he heard this, his tone with obvious disdain: "...But, isn't that just an unofficial legend? It's too far-fetched to assume that there are humans who are partners with wolves based on a folk song, right?"

Tang Yin ignored Qian Jin's dissatisfaction, his gaze firm: "...Yes, anyway, let's ignore whether the Raccoon exists for now."

He paused, his voice suddenly becoming cold: "What can be clearly determined at the moment is that at least one person is lying between Hualu and Grandpa Wolf, right?"

The hall was silent, no one objected to this sentence.

Tang Yin looked around at everyone, but he was very clear in his heart: in fact, both of them were lying. He tilted his head slightly, the remaining light sweeping towards Hualu, her lowered eyes seemed to hide some unspeakable persistence.

Tang Yin could roughly understand her purpose - she was protecting the real Spider.

She instructed and manipulated Xiaomei, that is to say, the Spider's Guardian target was determined by Hualu. She is now speaking out as a Spider, and the information she reveals should be true. In other words, she is the Spider's agent, and the benefits of doing so are obvious - even if she dies, she can protect the real Spider, Xiaomei.

However, Tang Yin's brow furrowed even tighter. He knew in his heart that once Hualu died, Xiaomei would lose clear instructions, and the effectiveness of the Guardian would inevitably be severely weakened.

Inside the hall, time seemed to freeze, everyone fell into contemplation, and Tang Yin's gaze became even more profound.

Tang Yin's gaze flickered slightly, his mind quickly sorting out the situation in front of him. From the wolf's perspective, if the Spider's Guardian did not die unexpectedly, it would undoubtedly be a huge blow. The wolves should know who the biggest threat is, but the Spider, who should have been killed, is still alive, which will inevitably disrupt their plans.

Originally, the Spider's Guardian should have concealed their identity, but Hualu had been forced to a dead end by the vote, so she had to do the opposite. However, what Tang Yin never expected was that Grandpa Wolf would jump out at this time and lie that he was the Spider.

Today is the third day of the banquet, the majority faction is gradually taking shape, but the wolves did not choose to lie that they were Snakes or Crows. Tang Yin's brow furrowed slightly, if the wolves pretended to be Crows, they could at least confuse the remaining number of wolves, thereby increasing the chaos and chances of winning, but lying that they were Spiders was almost meaningless.

Even if Grandpa Wolf claimed that he would protect someone that night, even if no one died that night, everyone could still suspect that this was a result of the wolves directing and acting on their own. Lying about being a Spider is not only inefficient, but even a stupid choice. Unless... Tang Yin's gaze sank, and a cold speculation flashed in his heart - the Raccoon.

If the Raccoon really exists, Grandpa Wolf's behavior may be to show his identity to the wolf camp.

Just as Tang Yin was thinking, Gao Zhijie's voice broke the deadlock, with his usual coldness: "...Hualu, you're lying."

Hualu raised her head, her gaze clear and firm, her voice without the slightest wavering: "I'm not..."

Gao Zhijie sneered, his tone as sharp as a knife: "Then why are you saying it now? You've already been voted several times before, weren't you letting us hang you?"

Hualu nodded lightly, her tone with a hint of indifference: "Yes, I did say that."

Gao Zhijie pressed forward step by step, his gaze with a hint of undeniable coldness: "This time we're really preparing to hang you, why do you want to report the identity of the Guardian again?"

Hualu was silent, her gaze lowered, as if she was thinking, or as if this sentence had hit a soft spot in her heart. Was it to protect Xiaomei? Or because she was forced to a dead end? No one knows.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Gao Zhijie snorted coldly: "...There's already a conclusion."

Zhao Gang looked around, his gaze falling on everyone, his voice low but with a hint of probing: "What do the others think?"

Chen Xiang raised her head, her tone calm: "I'll listen to Qin Ming, that way it will be easier to get everyone's trust."

Qian Jin frowned, his eyes looking at Hualu complicatedly, his tone with a hint of hesitation: "...Hualu... you're really the Guardian of the Spider, right...?"

Tong Xiaoliang folded his arms and leaned against the wall, lazily opening his mouth: "Hmm... I feel like both of them are lying."

Qin Yi suddenly turned his head, coldly glanced at Tong Xiaoliang, his voice low but with a hint of anger: "Xiaoliang, if you don't know how to speak, then don't speak."

Just then, Xiaomei spoke in a low voice, her voice timid and trembling: "...Sister Hualu."

The hall fell silent again, everyone's gaze fell on Hualu, and her face was still calm, only her tightly clenched fingers revealed the tension in her heart. The air seemed to solidify, and everyone's breathing became particularly clear.

Hualu: "...Don't worry, I will protect you."

Wang Lina: "Isn't this too strange? Isn't this too unfair? All along, Hualu has been working hard for Wuyin Village, but she needs to endure your various slanders and injuries."