God's Imitator

Huang Shengjie thought for a moment, then corrected himself:

"Of course, actual murder is much harder than simply passing a resolution.

"Therefore, Qin Cheng definitely needs to do some additional work.

"He needs to find a reason that the Neutral Faction players can’t refuse, a reason that they will absolutely support."

Huang Shengjie pondered again and quickly found the answer.

"It’s ’Repentance Poker’!

"It’s about overturning Wei Changfeng’s case!

"Qin Cheng’s explanation of ’Repentance Poker’ is more reasonable, but it may not be the whole truth.

"But that’s not important. What matters is which possibility these old players in the community’s Neutral Faction are more willing to accept.

"——Wei Changfeng is still the beloved community leader who was schemed against and died;

"——Wei Changfeng is a despicable man who played with fire and got burned.

"Without a doubt, everyone is more willing to accept the former.

"Because the Neutral Faction players in the community can’t deeply engage in community politics, they can only see what’s on the surface: Wei Changfeng gave them many favors in the past.

"They are not merely supporting Qin Cheng, but also that perfect memory of the leader, Wei Changfeng.

"Originally, Wei Changfeng’s image was sullied, but once those stains are washed away, a significant rebound occurs: Wei Changfeng’s image becomes even more radiant.

"Wei Changfeng might not be a perfect person, but he has been elevated to the pedestal. Even if there were flaws, they are overshadowed by this brilliance.

"And Qin Cheng turned himself into Wei Changfeng’s spokesperson.

"Once this possibility establishes itself, Qin Cheng and Lu Bingjun are tied to different images respectively.

"Qin Cheng is tied to that noble, universally-loved Wei Changfeng.

"Meanwhile, Lu Bingjun is tied to being the mediocre leader who profiteered following Wei Changfeng’s death and failed to vindicate him, possibly even a major suspect.

"Thus, even if Qin Cheng thought of another possibility for ’Repentance Poker’ earlier, he has to hold back and tell no one.

"Only by presenting it now can it have the best effect."

Lin Sizhi nodded: "Yes. Although Wei Changfeng is dead, he still left something very important in the community:

"His political legacy.

"And Qin Cheng, by using this method, completely inherited Wei Changfeng’s political legacy, gaining power originally not his own as a newcomer.

"Interestingly, he and Wei Changfeng both happen to be Player Number 1."

Huang Shengjie thought of a new problem: "But the vote at that time was 2 ’Not Guilty’ votes.

When it came to voting for Yao Yuan, it turned to 0 ’Not Guilty’ votes.

"How is that possible? Did some Neutral Faction player change their mind temporarily? He doesn’t hate Lu Bingjun, but hates Yao Yuan more?

"Lawyer Lin, it wasn’t you who voted, right?

"After all, you said you’d always stand on the side of the victor."

Lin Sizhi shook his head slightly: "Actually, to be accurate, my first principle when voting is ’not to interfere in major community changes.’

"Take this situation for instance:

"If it weren’t for me, Yao Yuan would be voted to death.

"So, if I cast 1 ’Not Guilty’ vote, Yao Yuan wouldn’t die but would be expelled from the community, still having a chance to make a comeback.

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"That would be the equivalent of directly interfering with major community changes, something I rarely do.

"Unless I have an unavoidable reason to save or kill someone.

"So, you guessed right, I voted ’Guilty’ for both Lu Bingjun and Yao Yuan."

Huang Shengjie frowned: "Then what’s the situation with that vote? Pure coincidence?

"It doesn’t seem like it.

"If there’s something else that makes me feel strange, it’s... Qin Cheng purposely arranged different times when accusing Lu Bingjun and Yao Yuan.

"He first submitted a resolution accusing Lu Bingjun and then delayed the pace with a ’Repentance Poker’ review, so Lu Bingjun had merely 20 minutes to argue.

"But when accusing Yao Yuan, Qin Cheng spoke first and waited half an hour before submitting a resolution, giving Yao Yuan 90 minutes to argue.

"This time difference was clearly controlled deliberately by Qin Cheng.

"He claimed it was because Yao Yuan contributed more to the community, thus deserved more time to argue, which is obviously nonsense.

"Perhaps... this is also related to the change in votes?"

Lin Sizhi didn’t offer any hints, so Huang Shengjie could only scratch his head and continue thinking.

"Qin Cheng’s actual goal is to kill Yao Yuan, and he mentioned that two S-Class Imitators cannot coexist peacefully.

"Moreover, Qin Cheng even suspects Yao Yuan to be the main culprit.

"But to kill Yao Yuan... the conditions are indeed very strict; even 1 ’Not Guilty’ vote wouldn’t do.

"Because confirming that they must vote for Lu Bingjun first means Lu Bingjun’s vote type would definitely influence Yao Yuan’s.

"Everyone would certainly take the previous voting type into account."

Lin Sizhi nodded: "This can also be seen as a kind of special ’anchoring effect.’"

Receiving affirmation, Huang Shengjie became more confident:

"If Lu Bingjun only receives 1 ’Not Guilty’ vote, it must have been cast by Yao Yuan. Then when voting for Yao Yuan, if everyone maintains their original voting style, it’s likely to be 0 ’Not Guilty’ votes.

"At this point, there will definitely be players who feel compassion and cast 1 ’Not Guilty’ vote for Yao Yuan, ensuring he won’t die but merely be expelled from the community.

"If more than one player thinks this way, Yao Yuan might even avoid expulsion.

"Which Qin Cheng would certainly not accept.

"Therefore...

"The best way is to change the voting type on Lu Bingjun’s side, creating an illusion that ’Yao Yuan will at least have 1 ’Not Guilty’ vote.’

"As the accuser, Qin Cheng can’t vote.

"Therefore, he probably arranged for someone else to do this...

"But that wouldn’t be right either, such a risk would be too great!

"What if Lu Bingjun originally received 2 ’Not Guilty’ votes? If Qin Cheng arranged 1 ’Not Guilty’ vote, then Lu Bingjun would be safe!

"How would he then accuse Yao Yuan? Lu Bingjun still has 2 votes in hand."

Lin Sizhi waited for a while, and Huang Shengjie couldn’t come up with an answer.

He reminded: "This is a problem of ’risk and reward.’

"Regarding this matter, Qin Cheng certainly couldn’t be 100% sure; he is gambling too.

"Except he calculated before gambling.

"If there are two plans, one with high risk and high return, the other with low risk and low return, discarding other factors, what should be chosen?"

Huang Shengjie thought: "High risk, high return?

"No, um... shouldn’t it be calculated?"

Lin Sizhi nodded: "Yes, the correct answer is ’calculate.’ Using ’expected return×success probability,’ then compare.

"This is how more quantitative results can be derived.

"Of course, based on this, another contingency can be considered for failure, further reducing risk."