Chapter 4 Truth and Lies

The person who defended w.a.n.g Qiang was Guan Ling!

“No! w.a.n.g Gege1 is definitely not a Howler!”

The woman looked at little Guan Ling and laughed coldly,

“Silly girl, how do you know he’s not a Howler? You’re only defending him because he saved you just now!”

Guan Ling seemed to be startled by the woman and couldn’t say a word.

“I… I… I…”

Seeing Guan Ling not able to say a word, the woman held her head up high, as if she were a hen who had just won a fight.

But what Guan Ling said next surprised everyone. Even I was shocked.

Guan Ling stuttered on “I” for a long time, and finally spit out what she wanted to say,

“Because I’m the captain! I can look at other people’s roles! w.a.n.g Gege is a pa.s.senger, not a Howler!”

This little girl would lie to save w.a.n.g Qiang. I was speechless.

Because I was the real captain, okay?!

Now even if I wanted to expose myself and save w.a.n.g Qiang, I couldn’t. If there were two captains, there must be a fake among them. If they thought one of us was a fake, they would probably also think of the fake as a Howler. Then between Guan Ling and me, one of us was bound to die.

Guan Ling’s words seemed to have choked the woman. But the silver-haired old man beside the woman slowly stood up and said,

“Little girl, how can you prove that you’re the captain? Do you know how the captain checks other people’s roles? And saying that you’re the captain could be very dangerous. The Howlers are definitely going to target the captain first to avoid getting caught. If you are the real captain, then when we fall asleep for the second time, it is very possible that you will be killed by the Howlers.”

The old man’s words startled Guan Ling and she started crying. She looked at w.a.n.g Qiang with hesitation.

Shang Zhiyuan spoke up,

“Guan Ling, don’t be afraid. The captain who is exposed is in the most danger, but is also most safe, because the security guard can protect one person so that during our sleep, the person wouldn’t be attacked by the Howlers. The security guard cannot protect himself, so he would definitely prioritize the captain who can identify the Howlers. Because of the importance of the captain, while we’re voting, the captain can even get immunity!”

After hearing Shang Zhiyuan, I really wanted to slap myself.

f.u.c.k! Why didn’t I think of that?

Then should I expose myself now?

But it would be strange if there are two captains at the same time.

Just as I was struggling, something unexpected happened again.

The woman suddenly laughed very loudly.

“You little b.i.t.c.h. You were the first one who tried to kill someone. Now you’re defending a murderer, and lying about being the captain. But what you didn’t think of, is that I am the real captain!”

“I checked her role just now. This little b.i.t.c.h is a Howler. She wanted to take us all down so she lied about her ident.i.ty. If this little b.i.t.c.h is a Howler, I think everyone knows who that murderer is. Can’t go wrong picking them!”

I was stunned by how shameless the woman was while talking nonsense. I really wanted to go over there and slap her. Unfortunately, even if I exposed my ident.i.ty now, it wouldn’t be of much help.

Things are precious because they are rare. If there were suddenly three captains, the security guard would probably have a headache.

More importantly, sticking my neck out right now would be too risky.

The silver-haired old man spoke again,

“Now there are two captains. One of them is definitely a fake, and the fake one is most definitely a Howler, so you two should both tell us how the captain checks other people’s roles to prove that you’re the real captain.”

The woman started stuttering as soon as she heard that they wanted her to prove to them and she insisted Guan Ling go first.

Little Guan Ling was doomed.

I was thinking whether or not to expose myself and save little Guan Ling and w.a.n.g Qiang, but as usual, things happened unexpectedly.

Guan Ling hesitated a moment and said,

“The captain can investigate other people’s roles by using photos in the phone. By clicking on the person’s photo, the app will display the person’s role accordingly. It can only be used once after each voting.”

At this moment, there were about a million Caonima2 galloping across my heart.

How did little Guan Ling know how the captain investigates other people’s roles?

Is she really the real captain?

But I’m the real captain!

Is it possible that there are two captains?

Impossible! The announcement made it very clear. There is only one captain!

Then what is going on?

How did Guan Ling know?

My mind became chaotic. I didn’t want to think for now.

The woman only said “the same as Guan Ling” to try to brush it off like it was nothing. Everyone started looking at the woman strangely.

It was time for the vote. Shang Zhiyuan started counting,

“One… two… three…”

Who will die this time?

Is it going to be w.a.n.g Qiang, Guan Ling, or the woman?

I pointed at the woman. The voting result felt weird.

Thirteen votes in total.

Three votes to Guan Ling: from the woman, the silver-haired old man, and another young man.

Three votes to w.a.n.g Qiang, from the family of three.

Somehow Shang Zhiyuan got three votes: from Pin Chuanxia, w.a.n.g Qiang, and another young girl.

The woman got four votes: from me, Guan Ling, Shang Zhiyuan, and Qian Duoduo.

Qian Duoduo didn’t backtrack!

But Pin Chuanxia and w.a.n.g Qiang backtracked and voted for Shang Zhiyuan!

What is this situation?

Did Pin Chuanxia and w.a.n.g Qiang think that Shang Zhiyuan was the Howler?

And what was up with Qian Duoduo?

I didn’t understand, but it’s alright as long as our side didn’t lose anyone. The woman was dead for sure.

As soon as the results came out, the woman’s face turned pale as if she had Albinism. She fell on the floor, and a nasty smell came from in between her legs.

The voting result came out, and the time was up. Everyone was looking at w.a.n.g Qiang.

But w.a.n.g Qiang turned his back and said coldly,

“I don’t kill women.”

We were in trouble. The plane started shaking slightly. The young boy who voted for Guan Ling suddenly started moving towards the woman. The woman immediately jumped up and started yelling and screaming.

“Stop! Don’t you come over here! Don’t come over here!”

But the woman didn’t scream for long. Her voice weakened very soon.

Turns out that the silver-haired old man took off his tie, and strangled the woman from behind while apologizing in her ears.

“I’m sorry. If you don’t die, everyone has to die. You are sacrificing for all of us. You will go to heaven after you die. G.o.d bless you, hallelujah.”

The woman’s face was red from being strangled. She kept kicking and waving her arms around. Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to grab onto anything. Just like that, her eyes turned pale slowly, her movement got weaker, and she died with her face all purple and black.

Another one dead, only twelve people left on this plane!

But I still didn’t know who the Howler was.

After the second voting, I went back to my seat and I was lost in my thoughts. Pin Chuanxia came by and pulled me to their group meeting again.

I followed them without saying anything.

Pin Chuanxia spoke first. Seemed like she was curious about why Qian Duoduo didn’t backtrack.

“Qian Duoduo, why didn’t you vote for w.a.n.g Qiang, but vote for that woman instead?”

Qian Duoduo just laughed and said,

“Well in that situation, the votes were already broken up. If we can protect w.a.n.g Qiang of course that’s what we should do. If we can earn money from a sale, it’s natural for us to do it. As for that woman, she just annoyed me. How about you and w.a.n.g Qiang, why did you two vote for Shang Zhiyuan? Does he also annoy you?”

Pin Chuanxia, looking all sweet and innocent, said,

“I saw w.a.n.g Gege voted for him, so I followed his lead and voted as well.”

But w.a.n.g Qiang said in a cold tone,

“Only soldiers would use my method of killing, and on this plane, I feel like only Shang Zhiyuan and I have been in the army.”

I looked at Shang Zhiyuan mockingly once again,

“Can’t believe you were in the army, you are inexcusable now.”

Shang Zhiyuan only smiled and said,

“It’s okay. Anyone could be a Howler on this plane. I am a pa.s.senger and I have nothing to hide.”

Shang Zhiyuan only made me more curious of his ident.i.ty. Good thing I have one chance to investigate, but just as I was about to check Shang Zhiyuan’s role, I stopped myself.

Because I wanted to see another person’s ident.i.ty even more.

Guan Ling!

How did she know the method to checking people’s roles?

Is she a Howler?

Impossible! I’ve never told anyone, and other people can’t break the rule and look at my card.

Even if she is a Howler, she couldn’t have known of the instructions.

Unless…

I turned on my phone and checked her ident.i.ty.

However, the result was out of my expectation…

Translated by crushanapple

Edited by Niles