Chapter 363: Chapter 308 Shared Life Shared Death
Since the previous four paintings were all different versions of Diya, they temporarily named them: Basement Girl, Eye patch Girl, Princess, and Black and White Girl.
The correct choice Denzel had made was the Eye patch Girl, who inspired him to use the “Peeping Secret” ability.
Everyone looked towards the Phantom of the Empress, waiting for her to announce the results, also to confirm whether the ability of the Peeping Secret was effective.
However, the latter sat in a red leather soft chair, lazily stretched, her robe lifted high, the buttons on her chest bearing pressure they should not have borne.
She propped her chin and smiled, “Why are you looking at me? The other two haven’t chosen yet. I will announce the answers only after everyone has made their choice, otherwise wouldn’t I be helping you eliminate options?”
“Is it necessary to be so precise…” Ash complained and turned his head towards Denzel, “Lover, can you make sister (Diya) and girlfriend (Sonia) also become the Peeping Secret? Or can you see their answers?”
“Why should I help them?” Denzel countered, “I only promised not to harm them, but I have no obligation to help them–including you, I won’t help you.”
“But if we answer incorrectly, we will lose the treasure–”
Denzel interrupted, “And then?”
Ash said, “If we lose the treasure, we will be very sad, and we will also become weaker!”
Denzel smiled as if he had heard good news.
“If you’re sad, I’ll comfort my lover; if you become weaker, that’s even better–the weaker my lover is, the easier it is for me to control.”
Ash was left dumbfounded, Denzel’s logic was selfish and impervious, he couldn’t find a way to persuade her, and Denzel openly expressed her dark thoughts, proving her will was unbendable to moral constraints.
There was no doubt, they couldn’t hope to leverage Denzel’s strength and had to rely on their own reasoning for the correct answer.
For now, they could at least eliminate one answer, thinking all three choosing the same answer was too unlikely, leaving three Diya and one Ash.
They carefully identified again, thinking it very likely that the Black and White Girl was Diya herself. Based on the clothing, hair color, and expressions, the Black and White Girl closely resembled Diya. Following Ash’s mention of Occam’s Razor, they decided not to consider the possibility of her having a twin sister.
Thus, Diya’s options were reduced from four to three–she surely couldn’t choose herself to die with at her own death, as one couldn’t die twice.
Then, they truly couldn’t deduce any more information about the characters and had to proceed based on the question.
“Lover,” Ash looked at Denzel, “Who do you think you would want to die with, what would be your relationship with them?”
Though she refused to help, Denzel didn’t resist having a casual chat, “There are three situations.”
“First, my lover; second, my lover’s enemy; third, if I had no lover, then I would choose my most hated enemy.”
Indeed, since the question was not about love or hate but “who you would want to die with,” Denzel couldn’t determine if the choice of Spider Web Girl was her loved one or not; there was still a chance Ash was her true love.
“Actually, there are only two: your most loved, and your most hated,” Ash stated. “Although the differences between people are greater than between humans and dogs, we can choose based on this thought–either the most loved or the most hated.”
“Wait,” Sonia spoke up. “I already know the correct answer for my ‘most loved,’ which is myself; although I got it wrong for my ‘most hated,’ it proved that Diya is not the person I hate, and among the three most hated options, you weren’t included, meaning you can’t possibly be the person I hate.”
“But all five choices here are you and sister, how should I choose?”
“It’s simple,” Ash said, “though your most loved is yourself, you could choose the second or third person you love.”
“Then… I can only choose you,” Sonia said. “After all, I’m your lover right now, and as I said, given my personality, dragging a lover to die with me… I have at least a little resistance to it.”
“It would be good if you had even a little resistance,” Ash sighed. “It’s strange, why does my lover want to monopolize me by killing everyone around me, and my girlfriend wants to die with me?”
“I can only sincerely hope you didn’t choose correctly, and even more so, that the reward doesn’t make your choice come true.”
Sonia snorted coldly, “It’s best you pray your guess is wrong–if I am indeed your girlfriend, and she is indeed your lover, then what is meant to happen will still occur.”
Ash could only change the subject, “Sister, have you made your choice?”
Diya shook her head, “We’re clueless; how about I also choose you?”
“I think it’s unlikely, given that you and I probably aren’t blood-related relatives, you wouldn’t really want to drag me, this kin, to die together, right?” Ash said. “Besides, my little heart can’t handle the emotional pressure of being seen as a sacrificial item by two people.”
“Excluding me, yourself, and the Eye patch Girl chosen by lover (Denzel), that leaves two people you don’t know: Basement Girl and Princess. They look almost exactly like you, but with an age difference, possibly they’re your relatives, maybe sisters or mother.”