Chapter 605: Chapter 605: The Breaking Point (Adding more for Chen Hui)
Yellow Eyes cast their vote before Red Eyes, with Bai Youwei casting her vote early.
According to the agreement she made with the short-haired woman, they were to concentrate their votes on the numbers 28 and 29, predicting that one of these would be Xu Fanghe’s number.
Unfortunately, she could not foretell the future.
After casting her vote for number 29, she didn’t expect Xu Fanghe would call out to the one voting for Red Eyes and utter such a threatening statement.
As a result, the four votes that should have gone to number 29 all went to number 25 instead.
The situation now was:
Five Red Eyes (including one Blue Eye),
Six Yellow Eyes (including one Red Eye),
In terms of actual colors, there were five Red Eyes, five Yellow Eyes, and four Blue Eyes.
The Blue Eyes group which only had four members was certain to be demoted to commoners. With no chance of winning, they were even less likely to confront Xu Fanghe.
If Xu Fanghe could just eliminate one more Red Eye, he would have a near guaranteed victory!
Now, facing Xu Fanghe’s interrogation, Bai Youwei couldn’t help but wonder, was he going to target Red Eyes next?
Dr. Xu Fanghe stared at Bai Youwei’s eyes as he asked, “Why does number five only have two votes?”
“Yes, why indeed?” Bai Youwei replied coolly, “I cast my vote, maybe others didn’t.”
“You voted, huh…” Xu Fanghe’s mouth curved into a slight smile, but his eyes were as cold as a snake’s. “Little girl, children who don’t tell the truth, also receive Heavenly Punishment.”
“Heavenly Punishment?” Bai Youwei blinked her eyes, “But didn’t you just say that Heavenly Punishment would only come at sunrise tomorrow? It’s only 10 in the morning now, and there are still two rounds of voting before tomorrow’s sunrise. By the time Heavenly Punishment comes, the game will have long been over, won’t it?”
His smile froze at the corner of his mouth. Slowly bending down, he whispered in Bai Youwei’s ear,
“Before that… I can still eliminate you, because… I know your number… is 11.”
Bai Youwei’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, almost imperceptibly.
“Are you sure?” She held his gaze bravely, “What a coincidence, I also know your number… it’s 29.”
Xu Fanghe was slightly taken aback, then a hint of scornful laughter flashed in his eyes, “Oh… so my number is 29, is it? We can try it in the next round.”
Bai Youwei smiled, “Sure, let’s try it in the next round.”
Xu Fanghe’s gaze became icy cold.
He stood straight up, leading the Yellow Eyes away. The rivalry between both sides was now laid bare.
The short-haired woman came up to Bai Youwei, worriedly asking, “What should we do in the next round? He surely will not let us off. If we lose another one, we will surely lose.”
Bai Youwei, furrowing her eyebrows in thought, looked in the direction of the Blue Eyes.
Only three were left.
Luckily, both Fang Yu and Ya Chaohui were still there, along with a slightly chubby, curly-haired man.
Bai Youwei remarked, “If we work together, Red and Blue add up to 9 votes, while Yellow Eyes only has 5 votes…”
“There’s no chance of collaboration,” Fang Yu interrupted her coldly, “No matter how seamlessly we plan now, by the time the fourth round of voting comes, he will manipulate the vote results again. If we don’t vote according to his requirements, we would be regarded as challenging Heavenly Punishment. I know you Red Eyes want to win, but we won’t risk our lives to help you.”
Ya Chaohui gave an awkward, apologetic smile, “We’re really sorry, but we can’t take such a risk…”
With an apologetic bow, he took Fang Yu and the other curly-haired man and left.
Only those with Red Eyes were left in the square.
The short-haired woman gave a helpless sigh, “This won’t work unless we find the truth about “Heavenly Punishment” and diffuse the threat in the remaining seven hours. Otherwise, they won’t collaborate with us. Yellow Eyes is definitely on alert against us, and time is so short. What do we do…”
Watching the direction Fang Yu and Ya Chaohui had gone, Bai Youwei coolly responded, “Searching for the truth would be too strenuous, I have a simpler method…”