Chapter 449: Controlling the Death Toll and Killings"What is Minister Black Tea's mission?" Ran Ran started a new discussion.
Black Tea said calmly: "It's a very strange task - [Find out Alice's secret]"
"Alice, is she the sister of Mrs. Christine?" Minister Gao managed to recall from memory, "I don't seem to see her very often."
Dr. Bai nodded. "She keeps to herself. She doesn't hang out with her sister Christine, nor with the sisters Helen and Ada who are around her age."
Hei Cha added: "After dinner, she disappeared from everyone's sight."
Zhong Ning put forward a bold hypothesis, "Is it possible that she killed Toke? She had enough time to commit the crime."
Ran Ran frowned and recalled that when the death knell rang, among the ten people, except for Minister Gao and Zhong Ning who were confirmed to be on the mission, Alice was indeed the only one who was not present.
She suggested another possibility, "But the murderer may not be among the ten people. It could be someone we met in the castle."
Zhong Ning's eyes lit up, "That coachman! The one who assassinated Armand!"
"He is the only one who has a clear motive to kill and has taken action. It seems to make sense that he killed Toque and then hid around, waiting to assassinate Armand."
Ran Ran said calmly: "Armand and Toque are too different. If the coachman wanted to kill Armand for a specific reason, then this specific reason is difficult to match with Toque."
Doctor Bai thought it made sense. "One is the Earl of the castle, and the other is a gardening servant. The difference between the two is indeed too great."
"We don't know why the coachman killed the count, so we can't make such rash assumptions."
The secret room fell silent for a moment, and everyone felt that no progress had been made in any area.
Zhong Ning blinked his eyes, breaking the dull atmosphere, "Is it my turn to speak now?"
"My mission... coincidentally, is to investigate the driver's motive for assassinating Armand."
Ran Ran also blinked, "This is very simple, we just need to ask Armand to bring the person over for interrogation."
"Just say it's for the competition."
Others also found it incredible, "Your task... is too easy."
Black Tea added expressionlessly, "His side quests are also very simple, and the rewards for the quests come without any effort at all."
Minister Gao's curiosity was piqued, "So what is it?"
Hei Cha spoke each word with emphasis, "Let me, one of our own, recognize him."
"Ah? That's not something you can do in a year!" Minister Gao bumped his shoulder towards Zhong Ning, "Good boy, why is your mission so simple?!"
Zhong Ning was at a loss: "...I don't know either..."
Doctor Bai smiled gently, "God probably favors people like Xiao Ning."
This one sentence made Zhong Ning blush.
Ranran looked at Doctor Bai. It was finally here. The main mission she had been looking forward to the most, the one with Doctor Bai without any side missions!
When asked this, Dr. Bai frowned and smiled, "My mission... is a bit strange."
“It’s also related to my career.”
Minister Gao asked curiously: "Save people?!"
Doctor Bai shook his head. "Strictly speaking, it's not about saving lives, it's about controlling the death toll."
"[Keep the death toll within the castle to less than five]..." He reached out to close the panel, "That's what it says."
Everyone was a little stunned. "How many? Five?"
“How many people have died now?”
"One."
"Does that mean four more people have to die?! Is it that dangerous?!" Minister Gao's face was solemn, "There are only ten of us in total." Ran Ran said calmly, "The mission didn't mention this number. Does it refer to the ten of us participants, or other characters?"
"No." Doctor Bai smiled good-naturedly, "But I think it should be all included, so that the task will be difficult."
Minister Gao was speechless for a moment. "Listen to what you said. Doesn't a difficult mission mean that many people will die? Can you be more optimistic?!"
"I wish I was optimistic, but the current situation does not allow us to be optimistic."
Dr. Bai said calmly, "We know nothing about Tok's murderer."
Ranran didn't say anything during the argument. She was silent for a long time before she spoke.
"Doctor Bai's mission is indeed difficult, because my mission... is to kill a person."
Zhong Ning opened his eyes wide with a look of fear, "Didn't you say who you want to kill... You can kill anyone? That's too scary..."
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Inside the secret room on the right.
After seeing Shen Yin's surprise, Kong Yan casually stated his mission.
"My task is more difficult... I need to get Armand's approval."
She used a soft and sweet tone to act like a spoiled child to Tu Tufu, "President, you know it's hard for me to even contact him right now, let alone understand his thoughts and get him to accept me."
"Can you help me?"
The butcher looked at her calmly, "Just let Nian try to control Armand."
Shen Yin bit her lip in grievance. It was obvious that her ability was also to control others, so why didn't the president let her do this?
Did he not trust her? If so, why did he bring her here? She didn't want to be a burden!
The butcher still looked indifferent, "Armand is very strong, you can't do it."
He then lowered his eyes to look at Shen Yin, "If you want to know why, this is the reason."
Shen Yin was startled and broke out in a cold sweat instantly.
She actually had these messed up thoughts in front of Lord Nian, who was known as the Soul Summoner! Was she crazy?
Except for the butcher, the other four talked about their role tasks. Kong Yan solved the problem and immediately began to care about the butcher's situation.
After getting the butcher's promise, she was no longer worried about her task at all. As long as the butcher said it, there was nothing he couldn't do. She trusted him unconditionally.
"What is your mission, President?"
Shen Yin broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. This brainless person was the only one at the scene who could ask such a question. She and E Yu did not dare to ask, and Lord Nian was too lazy to ask.
But the butcher frowned slightly, "My mission is a little strange."
"[Protect the safety of my wife Christine]"
Kong Yan was a little bit offended: "She is Mellis's wife, not your wife, the president."
Evil words couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Master Kong Yan, you don't seem to understand the point. It doesn't matter who Christine's wife is."
"Who kills her is more important."
Shen Yin also admired E Yu very much. Not because she had the courage to mock Kong Yan, but because she could trample on her self-esteem.
How much mental preparation does one have to put in before one can call Kong Yan, that brainless and outspoken girl, "sir" without any care!
She can't do it anyway!
Kong Yan said unhappily: "Do I need you to remind me of this kind of thing? Of course I know!"
The butcher knocked on the table slowly, and the whole secret room became quiet instantly, "Someone wants to kill Christine..."
"That's for sure."
