Stuck in The Tower - Chapter 545

Chapter 545: Where Are You?

The time to identify the body is 10 minutes. Me and Tapford were out of the field before that.

Most of the time, it’s fast compared to filling or skipping hours to get the most out of your research.

Several NPCs had questionable expressions, but the mood changed when Tapford opened his mouth.

“We need to find someone who can obtain a special test solution through an alchemist or the Flower and Bird Bureau or another guild. There are traces left inside.”

“alchemy? Is that true?”

“It would be better not to say on weak grounds, Tayford. It only adds to the confusion in the investigation.”

No one believed Tapford’s words.

Day members may send up to the number of suspected criminals to the scaffold, up to the number of people killed during the night.

It’s fortunate to catch Bam’s affiliation safely, but what if you accidentally execute an NPC of the same affiliation?

It’s no different from cutting your own strength. Especially in games like this, numbers matter. Even if people have their own principles, once the atmosphere is formed, they will be swept away.

Besides…

‘This is a life and death game.’

It’s not a mafia game where friends gather, it’s a real death game. The executed do not return.

There’s one more rule here.

‘The executed person’s affiliation is revealed after he dies.’

Can you handle the aftermath that will blow if the target you have driven to death belongs to the same affiliation? That’s what the NPCs gathered here are asking.

As time passes, the number of victims increases, so it moves quickly. But you have to think carefully.

For those who had been here before, it was a rule that must be followed.

At most, a day has passed. You probably know better than anyone that poor reasoning is poison.

I wanted to see their reaction, so I quietly watched them from behind.

I remembered the faces of those who were wary of Tapford’s words. It is possible that they belong to the day. possibility anyway.

‘It’s possible for Bam to act, so blind faith is prohibited.’

There were many ways to hide one’s identity, and among them were immersed in other affiliations and acting.

A simple but at the same time quite effective method. This meant that he hadn’t figured out anything yet.

I’ll step out slowly.

“There is a hardening fluid. I have it too. That’s because I’m also a potion maker who does business with the Flower and Bird Bureau.”

He took out a reagent from his treasure bag and shook it.

People’s eyes are drawn to the liquid that sizzles in the transparent bottle.

-I

pulled out the cork and poured the reagent on the floor. At the same time, it used magic power to vibrate.

-Tooung

Instantly, hardened liquid bounced off the ground.

“There was hardening fluid on site. Some spilled from fallen cups. As you can see, it is normally no different from water, but it hardens when certain conditions are met. If it hardened when I drank it, it would have blocked my airway.”

The NPCs are buzzing at my remarks.

“Is that correct?”

“I don’t know much about alchemy, so I don’t know.”

“If there was such a thing in the first place, I would have used it a long time ago. I’ve never killed in that way while I’ve been here.”

“Suspicious.”

Those who were looking at each other look at me with suspicious eyes.

I guess so. Looking at the reaction, there has been no murder using hardening fluid so far. until i come Just in time for this, I have hardening fluid.

Given the odds, it was reasonable to suspect that I came forward after committing the crime. That is, except for one thing.

“You are right to suspect me, but I want to tell you that I am not the culprit.”

“How can you believe that?”

“I came here this morning. It hadn’t been here before.”

“Can you prove it?”

“Words can do anything.”

That’s not wrong. If it were me, it would have come out that way.

Stepping forward is risky. If I couldn’t prove my innocence, I would have kept my mouth shut.

“Continue west of town, there will be a house. Well, I’d say it was a house, to be precise. Because I was the one who took care of the Gonaam there.”

“Gonaam!”

“You know that guy. I knew he went out of town, but he died.”

“No, but you were beaten by a climber who just climbed the 90th floor?”

Those who are confused by the word Gonaam.

“If you don’t believe me, go check it out. Oh, this is the rulebook from there. As you said, it’s not something a climber would have.”

He took out the rulebook from his pocket and opened it.

After coming up to the 91st floor, I have never been systematically given a rule book. In other words, this is an item that is only given to NPCs.

not even evil Only you and I know these important things.

‘Finding out the rules is also an ability.’

Let’s not be mistaken. NPCs do not unconditionally side with climbers. It is said that depending on the situation, it can become an enemy at any time.

In order to stand on the same level as them, you have to prove yourself without asking for favors from NPCs. Whether it’s skill, strength, personality or whatever.

The moment you look down on them, they get eaten. Depending on the strategy, lowering oneself and lowering the enemy’s vigilance might be a way, but it didn’t work for me.

“And, frankly, it doesn’t really matter, does it? I’m just giving you useful information. If you belong to the day, thank you, and even if I belong to the night, it’s no different than betraying them, right?”

Either way helps catch the culprit right away. My identity is not important. No matter what you say, they will be suspicious anyway, so if you can use it neatly, let’s go to a relationship where you can use it.

Rather, it’s comfortable because you don’t have to worry about this side.

Those who understand my meaning laugh at me.

“haha. Should I call this self-confidence or recklessness?”

“I don’t hate it that much. After all, the only thing you can trust here is yourself.”

“You have to make your own judgment. That is not correct.”

There are two main things I want to do here.

I wanted to see what kind of people they were reacting to the first hardening liquid, and the second was…

‘We need to create an atmosphere where they actively seek out the culprit.’

If you make a wrong reasoning, you will be swallowed up by the burden you have to deal with, and nothing will be solved if you stay still.

Hiding behind those who come forward and trying to buy yourself will not make any progress.

You have to poke it like this to get a response. Those who belong to the night will move more carefully, and those who belong to the day will try to find clues somehow.

In the process of intertwining with each other, there will surely be mistakes. You have to aim for it.

The atmosphere has softened somewhat.

“okay. Let’s cull out some people to look where Gonaam used to be. As for the rest, it would be better to move around the clues you found this time.”

Tayford stepped in and urged action.

I slowly raised my head and looked at the sky. It’s still morning. There was plenty of time until night fell.

‘Let’s see. Who is suspicious?’

I took a step back and looked at the bustling crowd.

* * *

[The night is coming.]

The second night has come.

The time everyone went to their respective homes.

“Hmm. I knew it would turn out like this, but it’s a bit disappointing.”

I, too, took a seat in a suitable building.

There were many empty houses in the village as many victims appeared each time the game progressed.

No one went to the scaffold during the day. The evidence is too weak to hang someone already.

No one here was stupid enough to act rashly.

“About 3 people were particularly quick to act.”

There are a few people who have been moved by the saying that alchemy or someone who can have special reagents would be the culprit.

First up is the tapered. Then a woman who looked like an elf and a man whose face was covered with bandages.

From my point of view, they are the most likely to belong to the night.

Right now it’s the doubt stage. Let’s keep an eye on the details.

“Kimiura…..”

There is an NPC that has been pointed out the most by NPCs. It was said that he was the one with profound knowledge of alchemy in this town.

Although he passionately argued that he was not, no one believed him.

As a result of rushing to his studio to check, hardened liquid came out. There was talk of sending him to the execution site immediately, but that never happened.

One reason.

‘It’s a known fact that Kimiu is an alchemist. That means someone else might have stolen the hardening fluid and used it.’

I thought this one was more likely.

One of his arms is prosthetic. He was wearing a hextech arm made in Framberg. They don’t match the handprints I saw at the murder scene.

At least that means he didn’t move himself. I even thought about being an accomplice.

“If that’s the case, there’s no reason to spray the hardening fluid on the floor.”

Considering that hardening fluid was intentionally sprayed, the real culprit must have tried to drive Kim Miu as the culprit.

If Kimiu wasn’t an idiot, no one would have believed him easily. You don’t know when you might be betrayed, but you don’t have to risk your life to move together.

Looking at it from here, it seemed like there was no special income, but it wasn’t.

“I’ve gathered a few clues.”

“To that.”

first.

The criminal has knowledge of alchemy.

If I hadn’t come forward, I would have done the instigation myself.

He said that he was proficient in alchemy, but the liquid that fell on the floor was hardened liquid.

In other words, the culprit was later in the order of field investigation than me.

At the same time, he has yet to reveal his skills to other NPCs. Maybe he’s a relatively newcomer to the 91st floor.

If other NPCs knew about her alchemy skills, she would have been the first to be framed as a criminal like Kim Miu.

second then.

‘He’s close to Kimiu.’

Curing liquid is a reagent that is more difficult to make than you think.

Above all, the medicinal materials used were precious and it took quite a bit of time to process them. It’s a bonus that there is a nasty smell while working.

I looked around inside and outside the village, but I didn’t see any herbs growing in the wild, and no one outside of Kimiu’s workshop smelled the foul smell.

The hardened liquid used in the crime was made by Kim Miu.

Of course, in order to steal an item, you had to know that it was in Kimiu’s workshop.

‘At the very least, you have to have been in Kimiu’s workshop, or you should be able to hear the story from him.’

And there are very few people who fit all these conditions.

I’m sorry for Kim Miu, but it’s hard to say that his human relationship is wide even with empty words.

At least 4 NPCs were interacting with each other. Only one of them joined relatively recently.

“Zeraf.”

It was the NPC who brought the magma fairy.

It calmed my heart coldly.

“Hey, aren’t you sleeping?”

Because there was someone who called me like that.

“Aren’t you asleep yet?”

“Would you be able to sleep? You never know when.”

It was a magma fairy.

Still, they had a relationship and were more trustworthy than other NPCs, so they decided to use the same building.

They know about my skills, so even if they belong to the night club, they won’t target me. Because the risk is so great.

In particular, I also have Deokchun. Even if I lower my guard, if I don’t deceive Deokchun’s eyes, a surprise attack is impossible.

good night. Let’s dig up what we’ve done with Zeraf until tomorrow, and now.

‘Let’s check where the magma fairy is.’