Fanservice Paradox

"What?" Shang Sirui looked at Pei Tingsong not far away with a look of horror, "Xiao Pei is dead? Why did you kill Xiao Pei?"

Fang Juexia looked over, only to see Pei Tingsong laughing and teasing, "This show is really unfriendly to newcomers."

The narration of the program group sounded again, "Dead players lose the right to speak, please go to the execution area and wait to leave."

So he stood up and followed the instructions to the red circle area on the floor of the living room, which was the only way for dead players to leave the secret room.

Fang Juexia stared at Pei Tingsong, as if by some kind of tacit understanding, he also looked over.

He rarely smiled as if willing to admit defeat, and fell from the execution area.

As the floor closed again, the first player left the chamber.The rest of the people had different moods, some were surprised, and some adjusted their thinking following this fact.

Pei Tingsong's death came so suddenly that everyone was caught off guard.

Zhou Ziheng frowned, and glanced at the time, "The next round of killer voting will be held in 15 minutes."

Fang Juexia looked back at the handkerchief on the cabinet, "Why don't you untie this first?"

"You can unlock it at any time here." After speaking, he glanced at Fang Juexia, "Don't worry, this door is definitely more than just a simple lock."

Zhou Ziheng walked to the sofa and called everyone to gather for a discussion before the second round of referendum.

Fang Juexia took one last look, and followed him to the tea table.

"Let's sort out the clues and elements in our hands first." Zhou Ziheng seemed to be the leader, "In the last round, I believe everyone's attention was on Xi Qing and Xiao Pei, and now the number of tickets for that round of verification is not big. Reality, after all, the program group specially adopted the method of registering tickets by name. Both of them survived before, but the killer killed Xiao Pei. This is very strange and worth analyzing."

Shang Sirui was still in shock of Pei Tingsong's death, "Wait, let me smooth it out, I'm so confused now."

He held his head for a long time, then suddenly said, "Xiao Pei stood up before he died and said he wanted to go back to Zhai Ying's room to have a look, but he died within two steps. Could it be Zhai Ying?" What's in your room?"

Zhai Ying took the conversation, "I heard what he said, it's true. I also wanted to go to my room to have a look, but I didn't expect the program team to announce his death suddenly. In addition, Brother Xi Qing and Pei Ting When Song confronted each other, both of them said they were white knights, so now that Xiao Pei is dead, could it be that the killer killed what he thought was the white knight?"

Shang Sirui looked at Xia Xiqing sharply.

"What are you looking at me for?" Xia Xiqing didn't change his face, and even laughed, "You think I killed him? After thinking about it for a while, I know it's impossible. How could a killer kill another jumping knight after wearing knight clothes? People? Now that Xiao Pei dies, everyone will doubt me, do you think I will use this kind of trick to draw fire?"

Zhou Ziheng smiled, "It's not impossible."

Fang Juexia looked at him.

"Because everyone knows that you are a high-ranking player and don't know how to use this kind of trick. Once you use it, you can clear yourself of the suspicion and think that it is a little trick that someone deliberately framed you."

Xia Xiqing was just about to threaten Zhou Ziheng before the show, when the program group's announcement suddenly sounded.

"Attention all players, now we are announcing the choice of the double-faced knight."

Hearing these words, Fang Juexia unscrewed the water bottle on the sofa calmly and took a sip of water.

"He chose the dark camp."

The players present had different expressions. Fang Juexia tightened the bottle cap, put it on the coffee table, and sighed, "The Black Knight..."

Zhou Ziheng took the lead to analyze, "Actually, I said at the beginning that when Xi Qing and Xiao Pei danced against each other, I felt that the real knight was off the court. Because I believe that no matter whether it is black or white, the knight will not easily raise his cards. Of course, This law is invalid for Xi Qing, because he is a self-destruction player. That's why everyone's vision is so unclear."

"Now that the camp is revealed, it further supports my thoughts. The real knight chose the black card. He knows that his identity will be revealed sooner or later, so he can't jump out easily. So who are the two people who jumped out? Or, It was an ordinary player who mistakenly thought that the knight was a white knight and jumped out to block the knight, or he was a killer."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Xia Xiqing, "This just verified my previous logic. The first time you used your identity as a self-destruct player to make everyone think that you might be a real knight, and the second time, you used Gao Wan to not kill you The habitual thinking of jumping players removes the suspicion. As for why Xiao Pei was killed? Either you really think he is a white knight, but I am more inclined to think that you found that Xiao Pei found evidence that can point to your identity."

What he said was loud and logical, and the logic was intertwined. He suddenly stopped and could only think along his rhythm, and could hardly find any flaws.

The people present were silent for a while, and even Xia Xiqing just smiled.

Fang Juexia clasped his hands and asked, "According to this logic, we can indeed analyze the death of Dutiao and Xiao Pei just now, but the identity of the killer corresponds to the plot. I don't think it is so clear in the plot." Under such circumstances, it is not good to make a judgment so quickly.”

"Finally someone who understands." Xia Xiqing sneered, "Logic logic is your strong point, Zhou Ziheng, and so is barb. Let's let it go first, and go over the plot of this time."

He leaned on the sofa and pointed to the paintings on the display wall, "Did you see the painting in the middle? The one where a man died in the bathtub. This painting is "The Death of Marat", which is about the French Revolution The brutal leader Marat was assassinated in the bathtub." He laughed, "But there is something wrong with this painting."

"In the composition of the original work, both Mara and the bathtub are on the left side of the screen, but this painting is turned upside down. When I saw this painting, I knew it was a clue set by the program group. So I took the painting down and found this between the canvas and the frame." He took out a piece of paper, and Fang Juexia recognized it at a glance, it was the same checkered paper as the suicide note of the female high school student before.

As Fang Juexia expected, Xia Xiqing did open the painting, so there was a gap.

Shang Sirui leaned over, "What's written on it?"

Xia Xiqing: "This is a diary I wrote early."

He read aloud, "Help me, I don't want to be controlled. I feel broken, split, and I'm in so much pain. Why didn't the treatment make any progress, but instead made me sink into a quagmire that I couldn't extricate myself from. I had a feeling that I was about to die. The doctor said it was all my fantasy, he said my neighbor was an old lady and there were no college students at all, he said that band didn't exist either, why would he lie to me, no, it's all fake.

"The brother Xiaoxi next door said he would help me. He would help me with my homework and chat with me, making me feel that there is still hope in the world. My current pain is short-lived and I need to relax. I have already bought a ticket Going to see together's performance, I miss Zoe very much. Teacher Yan, by the way, Teacher Yan will help me. Doctor Tian said that I will be fine, and I will. Today's weather is very sunny, isn't it?"

He finished reading the paper diary and put the paper on the table, "Don't you know now? This whole clinic is full of hints. Van Gogh's paintings, you all know that Van Gogh suffered from schizophrenia at the end. Well, there are also the multiple universes in Zhou Ziheng's schoolbag, the grid, all the clues pointing to Zaozao, which imply that whether it is Zoe, Teacher Yan or the big brother next door, they are actually sub-personalities that split out to protect themselves after being violated by Zaozao. She is a persecuted child, and even attempted suicide once." Xia Xiqing looked at them, "Do you really think she will be the killer arranged by the program crew?"

Shang Sirui had a sudden realization expression on his face, "What about the detective? Is the detective also her sub-personality?"

"I'm not sure." Xia Xiqing said, "I tend to think that the detective is real, but it's impossible for him to be the criminal she wanted."

"I agree with the plot of split personality, and I have a vague feeling when I see the multiverse, but," Zhai Ying shook her head, "according to this logic, you are all Zao Zao, the doctor and I are independent people, Zao Zao is not a criminal, then It can only be a doctor? But the doctor is dead, not to mention how could such a famous doctor be a fugitive? The letter also said that the last time I saw this fugitive was in the clinic. It doesn’t make sense that the doctor is a fugitive. Isn't there no one who is a fugitive?"

After Fang Juexia listened to these words in silence, she couldn't help admiring that the flaw in Xia Xiqing's logic that she had found before was precisely pointed out by her.

"No, there is another possibility." Xia Xiqing continued, "The main personality is Zao Zao, which does not mean that Zao Zao is a fugitive. It is very likely that the crime committed when the sub-personality dominated his body, so the fugitive is very likely to be the vice-person. personality."

"If this is the case, knights can protect Zaozao and persecute Zaozao's people..." Fang Juexia laughed, "It's not that Ziheng and I are the most suspected, after all, idols like Zoe may have a distance from him, right? .”

Shang Sirui quickly raised a question, "Can't a detective be a black detective? It's possible for a detective to play a role that is both good and evil."

Fang Juexia secretly admires the screenwriter in his heart, who can bury two sides in so many characters.

Zhai Ying made a point, "I used to like reading European history very much. At the beginning, I didn't know that this painting was about Mara. After Brother Xi Qing pointed it out, I thought of something. Mara used to be a man before the revolution. Doctor, he was assassinated by a vengeful maiden. So does that mean something too?"

Xia Xiqing seemed to have thought of this a long time ago, and quickly counterattacked, "This painting is upside down, so can I also say that the one who was killed was the girl?"

Fang Juexia looked into their eyes, gently scratched the sofa with his fingers, and said casually, "The story behind this painting may not have that much connection, the important thing should be the letter behind. I personally think so."

Zhou Ziheng, who had been silently listening to the speech, picked up the piece of paper, looked at it, and then said, "All the reasoning just now is based on an assumption made by Xi Qing—assuming Zaozao is really the victim."

He leaned on the sofa and continued to analyze, "Multiple personalities or schizophrenia, I also accept this plot, because there are too many things that don't make sense. I, Zao Zao, Zoe, and Teacher Yan, we know each other, and we both know each other. It is Dr. Tian's patient, the chance of this is too small. The most likely explanation is indeed that we are actually one person, the only patient."

"However, there is a problem with this assumption." Zhou Ziheng looked at Xia Xiqing, "Why would you be able to get rid of the suspicion of the killer early on if you ask for help? We have heard too many stories about this kind of seemingly weakest but actually the big boss in the end. Do you know what I felt after listening to that diary?"

As he said that, he looked at everyone and pointed to the diary, "Look, she was told by the doctor that she was schizophrenic, but she still wanted to go to Zoe, to Xiaoxi and Teacher Yan, why? She thought If you want to save yourself, shouldn't you accept the fact of your own classification and actively treat it? Why do you want to find other personalities? What is her purpose?"

"Look at the second sentence of the diary. She feels split and wants to be rescued. This shows that she is no longer satisfied with sharing the same body with other personalities. Only by getting rid of other personalities can she truly feel that she is saved."

Zhou Ziheng raised his eyebrows, "There may be more than one victim, but there is only one killer."

He was implying that the girl had found other personalities early on and got rid of them all.

The two confront each other and confront each other.But Fang Juexia stared at the diary that was facing Xia Xiqing. He sat on the side sofa and could only look sideways.Fang Juexia tilted his head, carefully, and recited each sentence silently in his heart.He turned around and re-examined the upside-down "Death of Marat".

reverse……

Shang Sirui was confused, "I think what you said makes sense. It's obviously two sets of logic, but I feel that it all makes sense now."

Zhai Ying suddenly thought of the draft paper she had given to Fang Juexia earlier, "By the way, Brother Juexia, have you solved the double integral problem on that paper just now?"

"Oh yes." Fang Juexia also remembered, so he took out the draft paper and the paper he re-calculated, "I calculated it, and it's right."

When he took it out, he suddenly realized something, and looked at the series of numbers on the draft paper.

The heart pounded violently on his chest.

Xia Xiqing glanced at it and was roughly right about the process.There are also sets on paper, like {1,, 2, 3, 4, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2} {3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1}... There are many.But he didn't focus on it, "I thought the killer was Xiao Pei before, but now that I think about it, it wasn't him who put me into the dark camp from the beginning to the end, but Zhou Ziheng. When I have a hole card, I will naturally doubt you."

Zhou Ziheng smiled, "My logic is consistent and smooth from beginning to end, without any problems. Besides, you don't have sufficient reasons to deny that you are a killer."

The two confronted each other, Fang Juexia thought for a moment, and then said, "I still tend to think that brother Xi Qing will not be the killer. If he is the killer, killing Xiao Pei in exchange for trust is very risky. And I also I have always been curious why when the situation was completely unclear, Ziheng pointed the finger at brother Xiqing. This is not like the way of ordinary players, because ordinary players will be very afraid that they will misunderstand someone because of their unclear perspective. identity, or attract the killer's attention."

"So you are standing on the sidelines now?" Zhou Ziheng smiled, "You have not spoken much on the court, but almost all of your speeches are neutral, or secretly protecting him. Can I reasonably suspect that there is something wrong between you?" relation?"

Xia Xiqing suddenly smiled, raised his eyebrows at Zhou Ziheng, and said in a flirtatious tone, "It just has something to do with it, what do you want?"

Fang Juexia felt a little embarrassed that he was forced to be involved in the Shura field again.

"I accept all doubts." After finishing speaking, Fang Juexia looked directly at Zhou Ziheng, "I just think your tit-for-tat confrontation came too suddenly, and I'm not sure that you are the killer. Another thing, I'm not sure how the killer kills people, whether they use mobile phones I'm just wondering, when Xiao Pei died, you just took out your phone."

Zhou Ziheng defended himself, "I just unlocked the screen. In such a short time, I can't type the three words Pei Tingsong and click send."

However, Zhai Ying asked at this time, "What if you had already opened the killing bar in advance and entered Pei Tingsong's name? In this case, seeing you holding your phone will become an alibi."

Time passed, and the narration of the program group appeared again.

"Everyone, the final round of player voting will start in 30 seconds, and the executed players will be eliminated. The countdown begins."

"You will regret it if you vote me out." Zhou Ziheng said.

Xia Xiqing shrugged, picked his chin with his fingers, and got up from the sofa.

The remaining five people dispersed, and Fang Juexia walked a few steps to the two doors of the consultation room.Others also came to other gates or walls, turned their backs, and took out their mobile phones.

Fang Juexia took a deep breath, quickly entered a name, and then still pretended to hold the phone, and stretched his other hand to the front.

At this moment, he could still feel the aftershocks of Pei Tingsong's slap on his chest, as well as the rustling sound from his front pocket that he could hear.

He took out the piece of paper, just like he took out the poem that Pei Tingsong gave him when he was shooting a magazine.

There is an English word written on the front of the piece of paper.

[Ukulele]

Ukulele.

He turned the piece of paper over and saw a line of writing on it, the handwriting was wild and flamboyant.

For some reason, just seeing this line of words made his heart beat violently.

"Voting time closes. Results will be announced soon."

Fang Juexia turned around with a calm expression, put the piece of paper and the mobile phone into his pocket together, and waited for the time of sentencing.

"In this vote, the player to be executed is..."

"Zhou Ziheng. Please go to the execution area by yourself."

Everyone looked at Zhou Ziheng in unison, and saw that he frowned, shook his head, and walked to the bright red circle without saying a word.

Watching him fall, Fang Juexia looked at the last gate.

Xia Xiqing seemed very satisfied with the result, "Now that the killer is dead, the program team will always give information about the Black Knight."

Shang Sirui felt a little scared, "In the last season, we didn't execute so many people, everyone escaped."

Zhai Ying glanced at him, "What are you afraid of, it's not true."

Fang Juexia leaned against the door, supported his waist and said, "By the way, I've been discussing about the killer just now, I almost forgot." He pointed to the cabinet by the door, and looked at Xia Xiqing, "Didn't we Did you see the 36-grid grid on the display screen on the door? I just unlocked the drawer mechanism in the cabinet next to it, and there was a checkered handkerchief inside. I just soaked myself with water and saw a password inside. "

He walked over, and others followed suit. Xia Xiqing looked down at the phalanx printed on the handkerchief. Fang Juexia explained, "There are numbers on the handkerchief."

"This is a chessboard cipher." Xia Xiqing said, "I have read a lot of books on decryption for a while, and this is the most classic cipher among classical ciphers."

___1__2__3__4__5

1__q__w__e__r__t

2__y__u_i/j_o__p

3__a__s__d__f__g

4__h__k__l__z__x

5__c__v__b__n__m

"You really found the key clue." Xia Xiqing pointed to the numbers on the handkerchief, "The first line says 15.41.23.14.33, which are actually coordinates. On the chessboard just now, 15 is t, 41 is h, 23 is i or j, 14 is r, and 33 is d."

Shang Sirui immediately reacted, "Third! Third!"

Xia Xiqing nodded, and they continued to explain.Fang Juexia didn't speak, everyone's attention was on it.

He walked away silently, Zhai Ying found out and turned to him and asked, "Where are you going, Brother Jue Xia."

Fang Juexia turned her head back, with some doubts on her face, "I think it's very strange, only I don't have the medical records, could it be that I didn't find them? I want to go to the consultation room again, maybe there are some key clues."

Xia Xiqing also turned his head, he thought for a while, "It's true that you are not there."

"No matter what, unlocking the door is the most important thing. I'll look for it first, and you can come over later."

Shang Sirui said, "Is the third line right? Let me try." Xia Xiqing immediately stopped him, "Find the solution first, and wait for an hour if you press the wrong key!"

Fang Juexia came to the consultation room silently.He turned around to make sure no one was following him, and then he walked quickly to the bookshelf and took down the ukulele.

When he took it down, he noticed that a book was also pulled out and placed next to the ukulele. It was a book on astronomy.There is even a magnifying glass on the book.He had noticed the astronomy book before, but is this magnifying glass also in the psychiatrist's room?

If this is the case, the thoughts in his heart will be more firm.

Fang Juexia turned the ukulele over and shook it, and there was indeed something inside.He reached in with his fingers cautiously, for fear of making a noise.

Sweat dripped from his forehead.

Finally, Fang Juexia took out what was inside, which was a folded stack of slightly thick paper.He lightly put down the ukulele, opened the paper and walked towards Zaozao's room.

The first piece of paper was his medical record, which clearly stated his illness - bipolar disorder.

Seeing these words, Fang Juexia's breathing almost froze.

Bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder.

He turned to the second sheet, which was a guitar tab, but it was jotted down on an old newspaper.When he turned to the reverse side, he saw a piece of news published in this newspaper circled with a pen.

[At 5:52 this morning, a young man named Tan, wearing a white coat, killed a middle-aged man with a knife on Yanghua Road.At present, according to insiders, Tan is not a doctor. When he was 13 years old, he was sexually assaulted by a neighbor, which caused a sensation. Since then, Tan has suffered from delusions and multiple personality disorders, and has been receiving treatment in a private clinic in this city...]

5 points.

Isn't this the first number puzzle he solved?

In the news, Tan's word Tan was also marked, and next to it, there were a few hastily written words.

[yan, west, early, north, field, together]

Fang Juexia suddenly thought of the collection on the previous draft paper, and suddenly came to his senses.

He seized the time to turn to the last piece of paper, which seemed to have been rolled up once, with obvious signs of rolling, and a few words were written on it.

[A fight back won't get you really up

Life is more valuable than admitting your own insignificance

The sand obeys the sea as a slave to the Lord

Only by knowing yourself can you find true peace

Give up as soon as possible, you will always be just a subsidiary]

"Juexia, have you found it? Your medical records."

Fang Juexia heard Shang Sirui's voice, put away the other papers, squeezed the medical records in his hand, and squatted beside the sofa, "I seem to have found..."

Shang Sirui walked in and saw Fang Juexia blushing, and pulled out a piece of paper from under the sofa.Fang Juexia stood up, patted the dust on the paper, "There should be nothing wrong with this."

"What's wrong with Teacher Yan?"

Fang Juexia handed him the medical record directly.

"What is bipolar disorder..."

Fang Juexia ignored it and walked out by herself, "Have you found the answer yet?"

"Yeah." Zhai Ying turned her head, "It's the third row and the first column. I solved the phalanx, but then there was another problem. Brother Xi Qing just entered the answer, but it's not correct. Fortunately, the answer is wrong. Wait an hour."

Xia Xiqing had already sat back on the sofa at this moment, frowning as if bowing his head in thought.

"What's the problem?" Fang Juexia walked over and clicked on the display screen on the door.

While thinking, Xia Xiqing accidentally noticed the draft paper. When Fang Juexia took it out just now, he just checked the problem-solving process and answers, and didn't pay attention to the randomly handwritten collection.

{1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2} {3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1}

A collection in the general sense cannot have duplicate elements and must follow uniqueness.

He counted.

Fang Juexia stared at the question on the screen, and heard Zhai Ying say from the side, "That's the question, just now Xiqing filled in Xiaoxi and Zaozao, but it's wrong."

Two lines of English are displayed on the screen.

[Who is the main one?

Who are you? ]

"Let me try."

Xia Xiqing, who counted the repeated elements in the set, suddenly realized, and muttered to himself, "It's 6..."

Yes, it is six.Six players and five rooms, the only room with two doors, six square hoods, and even the phalanx in the display screen on the door is 6x6.

All the details came together at once—the guitar in Shang Sirui’s waiting room, the ukulele in the waiting room, the physics textbooks in Zhou Ziheng’s waiting room, the astronomy books in the waiting room, the art tools in his room, Paintings in the doctor's room.

Only two people are initialized in the consultation room, corresponding to two doors, one black and one white, and double points on the draft paper.

Xia Xiqing lowered his head, and the upside-down painting appeared in his mind. He suddenly remembered something, and immediately picked up the diary.

no.

The painting is upside down.

The characters are upside down.

So the diary should also be upside down.The beginning of the diary is to record the weather...

[It's sunny today, isn't it?

Dr. Tian said I will be fine, and I will.

Teacher Yan, by the way, Teacher Yan will help me.My pain right now is short lived, I need to relax, I already bought tickets to see together, I miss Zoe.Brother Xiaoxi next door said that he would take me to self-study, he would give me homework, and he would chat with me, making me feel that there is still hope in the world.

The doctor said it was all my fantasy, he said my neighbor was an old lady and there were no college students at all, he said that band didn't exist either, why would he lie to me, no, it's all fake.

Why did the treatment not make any progress, but made me fall into the quagmire and couldn't extricate myself.

I feel broken, divided, and I'm in so much pain.

I have a feeling I'm dying.

Help me, I don't want to be controlled. ]

Wrong, wrong.

He was still wondering why it was the mainone and not the killer.

Because the protagonist is the killer.

After typing, Fang Juexia stared at the questions and answers on the screen.

Who is the main one? [Doctor Tian]

Who are you? [Tan Ji]

"Attention everyone, the first player in this game escaped from birth."

With a bang, the door opened.

The first person Fang Juexia saw was Pei Tingsong who had been waiting at the outer door for a long time.He smiled full of desire and ambition, opened his arms, and embraced Fang Juexia, who was extremely nervous, in the colored paper and gold powder sprayed by the staff.

"Thanks for your hard work."

The narration of the program group announced the final result, "The winning camp is..."

Closing his eyes, the note with ukulele appeared in front of Fang Juexia's eyes.On the back of the note were Pei Tingsong's last words to Fang Juexia after the golden cicada shed its shell.

[Let me win, brother. ]

"Dark camp, congratulations to the black knight Fang Juexia and killer Pei Tingsong!"

Fang Juexia raised her head, shedding the dormant disguise, "One-half." This indifferent face raised his eyebrows, and even the red birthmarks at the corners of his eyes became vivid.

"we won."

The author has something to say: I wonder if everyone understands it?In fact, I saw that many readers posted very close analysis yesterday.

How many personalities are there?How did the name Tan Ji come about?When do hearings identify each other?There are also Juexia's hidden recording clues that have not been made public. What is the complete plot like?These will be fully revealed in the next chapter, when they get together to replay.

This episode is really difficult, it can be regarded as a combination of the two episodes of the first season.When I wrote it, I deliberately kept Juexia's psychological activities to avoid spoilers, and the plot line will have multiple interpretations due to different clues.So in fact, the losing players are also honorable to lose (I feel that the mentally retarded will not feel so when I go back and read it a few more times), because ordinary players cannot really trust each other, but once the dark camp confirms the relationship, they will exchange clues with each other of.

Once again, I lament the ingenuity of the readers. Many of you put forward the idea of ​​multiple personalities in Chapter 37. You are awesome!