491: 8.91 Hot Potato*

8.91 Hot Potato*

Cw: cold-blooded LYZ. Descriptions of crime scene forgery and violence.  1

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The room's interior was identical to the one he had woken up in. Different from the VVIP suite, everything could be seen in one glance upon entering. 

Lu Yizhou surveyed his surroundings; a porthole overlooking the darkness outside, the narrow cabinet, a set of table and chair, the door leading to the bathroom and lastly, the woman laying on the bed, sleeping soundly. 

Lu Yizhou closed the door softly behind him and trudged forward. Unexpectedly, it was a face he was quite familiar with because he had observed her amid the crowd just a few hours ago.

The witness to the first guest, Liu Shi's murder — Jenny.

Lu Yizhou furrowed his brow. His luck was as bad as ever. Of all people, he just had to enter the room of a crucial witness. He had no idea how the case had progressed as of now, but if the crew still couldn't solve it by tomorrow and wanted to summon the witness again for another round of questioning, wouldn't they find out that Jenny had been killed and in the end, added to the complexity of the case? 

[666: *shivers* Host, this is terrible! Oh my Admin God, oh my Admin God, if you kill Jenny, the crew will definitely accuse you of silencing her to cover your crime. By then, you will implicated into Liu Shi's murder as well!]

Lu Yizhou pinched his brows in exasperation. 666 was right. That would indeed be the worst case scenario. The only person who had witnessed Liu Shi's murder was Jenny. Flustered, the culprit then tried to shut Jenny up to bury his crime forever in the dark of the night. All the clues would lead to Lu Yizhou. And then, he would end up being the first werewolf who was cast out by the guest. The consequence was quite frightening. It was not worth the effort. 

[Let's search for another guest.] Lu Yizhou made a decision and then swiveled around to exit the room. 

There were hundreds of guests inside the labyrinth. He did not have to deal with this hot potato. He knew that he would be able to kill Jenny without leaving any trace but this world was abnormal to begin with. Who knew what kind of shenanigans it would come up to trap him? By then, it would be too late if he wanted to wash himself white.

Lu Yizhou grabbed the handle and pressed down—

His entire body froze.

[666: H–Host, is there something wrong? There's no ghosts on the other side of the door, right?!]

[No…] It was worse than ghosts. Lu Yizhou's face darkened like the bottom of a burnt pan. He tried to press harder on the handle and shoved… It did not budge. The door that was supposed to be broken now stood in his way like an unmovable mountain. 

He was trapped in this room!

[666: I–I–Is it the ghost? Is it?! How can we suddenly be trapped here?!!]

As though answering 666's inquiry, the system notification popped up with an almost jubilant tone.

[[For the sake of territory, werewolves aren't allowed to switch their prey out once they have locked in on one. To start marking your territory, please hunt your prey as soon as possible! Reminder: your mark will remain effective in the radius of 5 meters.]]

[666: Uwaaa, this world has so many pits for us to fall into!! QAQ What kind of shitty setting is it?!]

Lu Yizhou's eyes widened imperceptibly. There was so much information he could derive from that sentence. 

Territory. That was the important thing which was not mentioned in the guide. 

Assuming that every werewolf was moving in different parts of the labyrinth, then after tonight, the labyrinth would be divided into the territory of werewolf A, the territory of werewolf B and so on. Werewolves were territorial creatures and as the saying stated, two suns could not exist on the same sky. One werewolf could not hunt in the other werewolf's territory.

The first night was the most important for the werewolves. Not only did they have to mark their territory, they also had to choose the most strategic area to last them for the next seven days. However, there was no way anyone could know which area had the biggest population of guests, so this might be where their luck would work. As the saying stated, luck was also a kind of strength. 

Like the previous quest, this was the survival of the fittest — not the strongest. As long as you had brilliant wits, then you would definitely pass the quest even if you were lacking severely in combat capability.

…Just like Baines. In a way, that annoying bug was the perfect example of a cunning mind yet weak body. In the end, he was the one who lived the longest among Master and Madam Knox, as well as Maureen who was supposed to be the strongest.

Lu Yizhou huffed out a sigh before turning away from the door. 

[666: H–Host, are you really going to kill her?!]

Lu Yizhou deadpanned, [Do I have another choice?] 

He could not get out if he didn't kill the woman. So he could only play everything by ear and cross the bridge when he came to it. It was unfortunate of the system to choose Lu Yizhou as the werewolf sacrifice for tomorrow. If it was any other person, they could only grit their teeth and prepared themselves to be the fish on the chopping board. 

There was not only one way which led to Rome, the same could be said for killing. Lu Yizhou had been a professional assassin and the tricks he had up his sleeves could not be trifled with. 

[666: W–What are you planning, Host?!]

In the next moment, 666 watched in daze as its Host rummaged through Jenny's luggage and found a journal. It seemed like she was a travel blogger that came here to review on the famous Modern Titanic Cruise Ship. Lu Yizhou spent a few minutes studying Jenny's delicate and neat handwriting and then…

He scribbled down a suicide note.

[666: …]

If 666 had eyes, they would definitely pop out of their sockets by now. Oh my Admin God, was this kind of thing allowed?! Not only was its Host so proficient in imitating other's handwriting, he was also superb in creating a flawless scenario!

In the suicide note, Jenny was depicted as a desperate woman whose life was ruined by Liu Shi, the scum businessman who liked to play with multiple women at the same time. She could not have Liu Shi, but she could not let another woman have him either! In the spur of the moment, she killed him… but in the end, she could not cope with the pressure of being a murderer. 

[I didn't regret killing him. I only regret that… my last destination will be on this ship. I have ruined my life for him and in exchange, he will be sent to hell…]

In the end, Lu Yizhou even went to the bathroom to wet his hands and then splatter a few droplets of water on the paper to show that Jenny was under a very great psychological pressure when writing the note. Toward the end, the words could only be considered a scrawl due to her tears…

[666: …] Host should be the one named 666 instead.

Lu Yizhou expressionlessly tore the paper from the journal and threw it haphazardly on the ground. Then he went back to the bathroom to get the disposable razor provided by the ship, pulled out the blade then slashed Jenny's wrist with it. The woman's eyelids twitched violently at the first slash as though she was going to wake up, but in the end, she stayed still. Her face quickly drained of colors and her breathing grew weak. Lu Yizhou carefully put the bloodied razor between her fingers and stepped away from the pool of blood.

[[Player Lu Yizhou, congratulations for completing your first hunt!]]

[Let's go.] He turned away without even batting an eyelid. [We have to search for another one for you.]

[666: T–This… Is this really allowed, Host? What if the crew found out that it is not suicide? The door! The door is broken by your gun earlier!]

Lu Yizhou shrugged, nonchalant. He did not strive to create the perfect crime scene; to muddle some people was already enough. It wasn't like they could call the police to investigate in the middle of the sea.

The crew would definitely want to seek the easy way out. Between a suicide case which conveniently explained the two consecutive death on the cruise ship and searching for the culprit whom they might or might not find, Lu Yizhou was certain which option they would choose. This was a win-win solution for Lu Yizhou and the crews.

This time, the door easily opened as soon as Lu Yizhou pushed it and he was back in the corridor he previously in.

[666: H–Host, 666 have completed the blueprints of the labyrinth! Oh my Admin God, this… this is utterly ridiculous! The person who created this labyrinth must be sick! 666 has never seen anything like this before!!]

Lu Yizhou perked up. [Show me.]

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