The Ingenious Use of the Lie Detector! Lone Wolf Liam!

Lie detector?!

Liam was somewhat surprised when he saw Rolly produce the small device.

But soon, a realization struck Liam – the emergence of this device worked to his advantage!

Liam immediately glared at Rolly and declared sharply: "Fine! Let's test it then – Do you think I'm afraid? – Turn it on right now!!"

Rolly snorted coldly: "Let's see how long that arrogance lasts."

Maive added from the side: "Don't try any tricks later. This lie detector can only test 'one sentence' per day."

Rolly was startled and looked at Maive: "Teacher Maive, why did you tell him all this?"

Maive seemed to realize she had spoken out of turn, appearing somewhat apologetic.

"Oh... Sorry, I was worried he might act unreasonably and waste this precious opportunity."

"But if he evades questions later, we can directly treat it as him refusing the polygraph test, right?"

Maive said earnestly.

Rolly nodded.

"Alright, Teacher!"

Liam narrowed his eyes.

Clearly, between these two... Rolly was more likely to be his "human ally."

Maive's earlier behavior strongly suggested she was feeding him cues.

Of course, this didn't matter to Liam.

"There's no way I'll cheat. Let's start directly."

Rolly pressed the button on the side of the polygraph.

"Begin!"

He aimed the polygraph at Liam, its indicator lights flickering to life.

Liam looked at the lie detector and calmly stated: "Emmy's death has absolutely nothing to do with me."

"Beep——"

The indicator light on the lie detector turned red, emitting a piercing screech.

Rolly leaped to his feet in agitation.

"Got you! You're lying!"

A look of astonishment appeared on Liam's face—yet this astonished expression was also part of his act.

After all...

Liam's goal was to make everyone believe he was the Wolf at this moment!

This way, the only person highly probable to vote for him would be Rolly.

Moreover, next...

To all the wolves, he would essentially become their most "teammate-like" person.

Therefore, when Liam chose to confront Emmy on the stairs, he not only considered the stairway's layout to be advantageous for countering Emmy who was armed with a dagger,but also another crucial reason—stairs being interconnected spaces where corpses could easily be discovered, thereby increasing suspicion against him.

As for why it was done so obviously...

Liam looked towards the group of Jack and Danny.

Drake and Maive were manageable; they must have recognized themselves as wolf teammates.

However, Jack and Danny likely already mutually recognized each other's werewolf identities on the first day!

Therefore, Liam had to act extremely obviously to make these two doubt their previous judgment and believe he was the werewolf.

Sure enough, Jack now wore an "I'm thinking" expression, while Danny kept glancing at Jack incredulously from the corner of his eye.

Of course...

Even after achieving this, Liam still had to struggle a bit.

What if the other "werewolves" thought he was beyond saving and directly cast their votes?

Although it was anonymous voting, they would most likely avoid casting votes if possible - after all, there were only two werewolves on the field. Even if Liam got voted out, having someone abstain would make it easy to muddy the waters and stubbornly claim "I voted".

But no matter what, sophistry is still needed.

Facing the polygraph flashing red light, Liam began his almost argumentative "defense."

"What? You say I'm lying just because you say so? Maybe this thing's red light means truth!"

"Besides, you claim it's a lie detector – I insist it's a gramophone, or maybe even a nail clipper!"

"Most importantly, even if we take ten thousand steps back – so what if what I said earlier was 'false'? I stated 'Emmy's death has absolutely nothing to do with me'... Could it be possible that her death actually *is* related to me?"

"After all, it was because I got separated from her that she ended up being killed by you!"

Liam fired off rapidly.

Rolly responded with a series of cold, sneering looks.

"Just weak, feeble defenses. Do you see anyone believing you?"

"I call for a vote!"

Rolly shouted.

Before everyone, flames suddenly ignited.

Subsequently, a sheet of white paper and a quill fell out from the flames.

Blood-red characters appeared on the white paper.

"Write down the name of the person you wish to banish!"

Rolly picked up the pen and immediately began writing furiously.

Liam also wrote the name "Rolly" on the paper.

Subsequently, the voting phase concluded—

"Swish!"

The flames reappeared, devouring the paper and pens.

However, this time, everyone had started to grow somewhat accustomed to the game's sudden shocks and was not frightened.

Next, blood-red characters emerged on the wall.

"The results of this round's voting are—"

"Liam's votes: 1"

"Rolly's votes: 1"

"The votes are tied, and no one received more than half of the surviving participants' votes. Therefore, no one is banished."

The blood-red characters gradually faded away.

Rolly was dumbfounded: "Come on, guys..."

But before Rolly could speak, Liam loudly interrupted them: "What are you doing? Why aren't voting for this otaku? He's stepping on me, the 'Detective'—I'm the highest role here! F*ck, unbelievable! Can't you play properly? Why aren't you following the vote?!"

Rolly stared blankly at Liam, his mouth hanging open.

He desperately wanted to ask…

"Why did you steal all my lines?"

"What's the rush, you are the Wolf!"

However, the others, bombarded by Liam's ranting, recalled the earlier "vote count" and felt equally surprised.

The fact that Liam hadn't been eliminated… was somewhat inconceivable to them too.

Yet, after observing, Liam noticed the remaining four players didn't dwell on it too much.

They seemed to adopt a mindset of "surviving is good anyway" and had already started resting.

Only Rolly, still indignant, found a sofa in the corner and passed out snoring.

Just like that…

Time moved on to the second day!

The sky brightened again, and Liam climbed up from the sofa.

Although he had killed someone, he slept better than ever last night.

It was time to assign tasks again.

Drake stood before the schedule and glanced at Liam.

"Your 'partner' is already dead... Whether you're the murderer or not, what do you plan to do next?"

"Of course team up with you, Soldier. You need to keep a close eye on this werewolf!"

Rolly hurriedly interjected.

Liam spoke unhurriedly: "But I think I should go alone... If I am the werewolf, aren't you gambling with Soldier's life?"

Rolly said anxiously: "But he has a soldier's abilities. His physical capabilities are five times that of an ordinary person..."

"Stop being generous with others' sacrifices! Otaku, don't you know the werewolf might have weapons? Even with fivefold physical abilities, you shouldn't put the soldier in danger!"

Liam said sharply.

Rolly was left speechless by Liam's moral high ground attack. His face flushed red, but he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Maive quickly tugged at Rolly's sleeve.

"Alright, stop arguing with him."

Drake also gave Liam a meaningful look before speaking solemnly: "Fine, we'll do it your way!"