Chapter 117 The Ceremony of Becoming a God

- Michelangelo, not dead at all!

Hearing this news, only Captain Carl was startled and looked over in disbelief.

Everyone else looked stunned.

"I won't ask you when you guessed it."

Ghirlandaio...or Michelangelo didn't panic.

He just looked at Annan with a smile on his face, and looked at Annan with interest: "But when did you know it was me? I think so far, I haven't revealed my purpose."

- That's a good question.

Annan took a deep breath.

He glanced at Benjamin and said slowly: "The first time I doubted you was when you proposed an alliance of four.

"The alliance of four is indeed a sure-fire way to win. He can guarantee that the victor must be in the friendly camp. But the question is...why do you timidly want to give up the fight and just try to survive?

"This is the home ground for you. It's like we don't know the room, we don't know the road - you not only know where to go and where, you even know which statues refer to which of us. You know this place so well that you don't have to Take the extreme defensive when there are seven people left...

"If you really want to form an alliance, the smartest thing to do is to form an alliance with each duo after a person dies.

"That is to say, form three teams with three people in each group...but because you only have one person, you can win with more and less whenever a conflict breaks out."

Annan said calmly: "It's impossible for you not to think of this method. Because of the prophetic spell, you can get the answer from your future self - this is what you said.

"Then why don't you do it? Because you're going to cover up one thing...

"You just said that the twin towers are 'with the hall as the absolute center, extending symmetrically to both sides', 'there is something on the left, and there is also on the right', and it pays attention to a symmetry.

"It's like the relationship between the eight of us."

Annan said this and looked at Benjamin.

Everyone else got it.

"Captain Carl and Mr. Jin know each other," Maria said slowly, "and I also know Merlin... and Lord Gerald, and Master Benjamin also know each other."

There is only one set of exceptions.

That's Gillandaio and Eugene Melvin.

Annan didn't notice this at first because after Melvin died, Gillandaio immediately pulled Annan out of the room.

This gave Annan an illusion: perhaps "Gerald" and "Ghirlandaio" are a group.

And Benjamin went out independently, Melvin's teammate.

Why cover up this?

"Because Melvin knew too much about Master Michelangelo."

Annan replied.

He stared at Michelangelo and said slowly: "He can even know that Master Michelangelo can leave the wizard tower for a short time, such an exception.

"And this matter was not brought up by a disciple of Master Michelangelo? Even five months after he received the suicide note, he did not doubt it? And five months after the suicide note was issued, Michelangelo Master will take the initiative to leave the tower when he knows that he is about to die?

"If the master's original future is to die outside the tower, then why did he mention in his suicide note, 'This spell is also effective on my murderer'? Is this deliberately misleading us?"

"And Melvin claimed, 'We may be in a nightmare.' He was planning to speed up the killing ritual...that is, he was with Michelangelo from the very beginning."

Annan asserted: "And you came over at the first time and pulled me away. It was to separate me and Benjamin. Others don't know the two of us. Even if they realize the 'symmetry problem' of team formation, they will think of you. I'm my teammates... After all, Benjamin and I are completely different to outsiders."

The key evidence that really allowed Annan to determine who Michelangelo was.

It was Benjamin's sudden cry for Annan's help, allowing him to control Captain Carl's voice.

Only then did Annan understand.

Benjamin and Gerald...

Not the enemy at all.

- Not since the beginning.

That's why Benjamin's expression was so strange when he heard Melvin say the dark history of "Gerald" in the tea room. There is no anger and hatred at all, just a wry smile to organize the language.

"And another piece of evidence is the 'Giant Serpent' statue."

Annan said, looking back at the group of statues behind him.

He whispered, "You said it yourself... 'In order to change the predictions you get from perception, you have to introduce a lot of variables.'

"—People's hearts are variables."

Everyone's eyes followed him.

I saw a giant snake in the middle of all the statues with its head held high.

"The serpent means 'rebirth'."

Unexpectedly, it was Michelangelo himself who opened the mouth to explain.

He stepped out.

The whole person was like a water wave, and came out of Gillandaio's body. The transparent, golden soul floated steadily in the air.

The original "Ghirlandaio" was instantly transformed into an exquisite statue.

Michelangelo looked back at the giant snake with a complicated expression.

It's like staring intently at the things you love, and it's like looking at the things that have passed away in remembrance.

"But I still don't quite understand," Annan said suddenly and asked softly while everyone was watching, "Your original plan should be to kill Melvin first, then form a team of four, and cause the rest The contradiction between the three. Wait for the second and third dead to appear.

"At this time, you made the second shot and killed the last person outside the team of four... Because we signed a contract, we couldn't stop each other at all.

"This reduces our numbers to half, and there is no doubt that the murderer is not dead - because the murderer has not yet appeared at this time.

"After that, you kill the second person and trigger the curse, eat the anti-curse and die; in this way, the murderer of Master Michelangelo becomes yourself. In this way, you meet two victory conditions at the same time - The murderer survived until there were four people left and killed the murderer at the same time.

"In this way, you have completed a 'feigned death' ritual...like a giant snake shedding its skin. That's what I thought from the beginning."

Annan looked at Michelangelo and said slowly: "But I denied this idea at one point.

"Because if you really need a plot like 'I killed me'. Then you can kill two people at will at the beginning and end this ritual. Because you will die of rebellion, and the one who killed the murderer is yourself... "

"—that's not okay, because it only satisfies one thing."

Michelangelo turned around and smiled gently: "Because you don't know one thing.

"Howling White Pagoda... It's really the twin towers. On the left and right of the hall, everything is exactly the same. Because...

"—Wizard's Tower, there are two."

If you only get one tower, you can't be the master of the tower at all.

"What I pursue is not just to prolong my life."

Michelangelo sighed: "What I want... is 'to die once and to rise twice'.

"If the ceremony is successful, then I will die by my hands and be resurrected by my hands, and I will live between life and death from now on... Only in this way can 'truth' be achieved.

"In this world, the number of fragments of truth has been fixed. If you don't get fragments of truth, no matter how long you live, no matter how great your talent is, at most you will only be on the golden rank. You can only be imprisoned in these few buildings by this dense fog. In the archipelago, living in the cracks of the enchantment.

"What I'm pursuing is not only that. This is not a ritual of suspended animation, but a ritual of becoming a god that tries to skip the level of 'truth'. It's me, who has reached the limit of human beings, trying to get rid of the shackles of this world.

"—Yes. I want to be a new god."