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“Everyone, it’s already 4 p.m.… We should at least do a vote.”
“How? We don’t have any clue of the mafia or Artificial Intelligence!”
“According to the rules, we can hold as many as five votes a day: two related to Bingo, and three related to the trial. This increases our chances to catch the mafia. So let’s ‘vote to do Bingo or not’ right now.”
“Wait. If we do that, don’t we have to do Bingo right away?”
“Well…”
Junsung glanced at Reina, who said, [There’s no time limit between the vote to do Bingo or not and actually doing Bingo, and the vote to select or not and actually doing the selection vote. There’s just a difference in terms of night and day. Even if the vote to do Bingo or not is passed at 7 a.m., you can put it off for as late as 10 p.m. if everyone agrees. Of course, you’d be forced to do the Bingo vote at 10 p.m.]
“Then I guess it’s better to get it over with. Everyone, let’s vote!” said .
The players pulled out their tablets at words. growled at the players. “No one’s against Bingo, right?”
“Hey, , stop doing that when we’re voting!” said Junsung.
“Come on, ! You think I’m the bad guy here? We need too many votes! With 11 of us, we need at least 10 votes for Bingo!”
“But the fact is that we have no idea who Artificial Intelligence is. So it’s understandable for someone to vote ‘no.’”
“What!?”
[Okay, everyone. Let’s start voting. You have 10 minutes!] Sounding a little annoyed by the argument, Reina cut them off midway. Unlike the first vote, people took longer. However, the result was unanimous, just like the first time.
Yes: Humanities, Engineering, Social Worker, Hothead, Old Man, Prostitute, Intellectual, Muscle Man, Christian, Janitor, Schoolgirl
No: N/A
Result: With at least 10 “yes” votes, you will have Bingo on Day 2.
[Tee-hee-hee.] Reina giggled to herself after sending the result to everyone’s tablets. Irritated by the giggling, Junsung scowled at her. “What’s with the giggle? We’re doing Bingo, aren’t we?”
[It’s understandable for someone to vote ‘no’? Nice try. An A for your effort, dear.]
“…Whatever.”
Ugh, busted! Junsung had tried to figure out who was against Bingo, and hoped that even Artificial Intelligence itself was. He had deliberately talked back to , but his experiment had failed. The Artificial Intelligence hidden among the players cast another “yes” vote without hesitation, agreeing to Bingo, which could possibly reveal its identity. But the vote led to an event that Junsung did not expect. looked at . “Why do you have two of those machines?” he asked.
“……?”
Startled by observation, jumped and slid one of the tablets into the drawer. But it was too late. thought for a moment. “Is that ?” he asked.
“I- I don’t know… It was just on the floor, and…”
“On the floor, my ass! , did you steal from the dead guy?”
As everyone yelled at , completely dumbfounded, Reina spoke up.
[Aww, they caught you. Now that you’re caught, let me tell everyone! here cast another vote on tablet just now. But you are not allowed to cast a proxy vote on behalf of an eliminated player even if you have their tablet. Of course, you don’t have the right to take their prize money, either. You can still use it, though.]
This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.
“Oh, I was just looking, that’s all!”
tossed tablet onto the table, acting like it was nothing, but the other players were frosty. The sharp-tongued and clicked their tongues and complained.
“Come on, aren’t you ashamed, at least for the sake of your dear little God?” snapped .
“Use your brains, . What did you think you could do with that? Or wait, isn’t this sneaking a look at another player’s tablet, which is a violation of the rules?” said .
[Let me explain that. Once eliminated, you are no longer a player. That tablet now has nothing to do with the rules!]
Oh? In that case… Junsung picked up tablet and turned it on. All eyes were on him now. Junsung shrugged and announced a new fact he had just discovered. “According to this tablet, was a citizen. Fortunately, he was neither the doctor nor the sheriff.”
“Oh, right! We can figure out the dead people’s roles from their tablets!”
Junsung moved on to the chat inbox, expecting to find other information, but it was completely empty. It didn’t seem as though the chats were deleted; just that hadn’t chatted with anyone in the first place. tablet looked exactly the same as his own. While everyone concentrated on the “dead guy” for a moment, spoke up softly.
“Hey, Reina.”
[What, ?]
“If Artificial Intelligence dies during the daytime trial or the night-time attack, will the game end?”
Her voice was so quiet, it was almost like a whisper, but it instantly captured everyone’s attention. Reina hesitated for a moment before answering. [There are no such terms in the four end conditions, right? In that case, Artificial Intelligence being killed is just a consequence of your vote, and this doesn’t mean you’ve found it. So the only way to end the Turing test is to point out Artificial Intelligence in Bingo! Does this answer your question?]
“Wh…what!?”
The answer was loud and clear, but it immediately sparked some backlash among the players. Right away, they imagined the worst-case scenario. began yelling. “What the hell! You mean the citizens and the mafia can kill you at any point without you knowing it, and the game still won’t be over?”
[Please do not ask me questions I have already answered.]
“Wait, wait! What if he’s… already dead…?”
“……!?”
All the players turned to look at the shed outside the window, where the dead coffin was placed. seemed confused. “But she’s still here, talking. So she can’t be , who’s already dead,” he said.
“That’s not it. A human dies after being injected with a drug in the neck, not Artificial Intelligence. To her, it may be a small impact, kind of like a crack in the monitor or speaker. The CPU is still in there, alive!”
“I knew it! The way he died looked so bizarre!”
Everyone began formulating their own theories around how the dead was actually , when murmured quietly: “If that’s possible, it’s an extremely powerful strategy. This can easily avoid Artificial Intelligence’s biggest challenge, namely that it can’t lie. A dead man tells no tales! So there’s no need to lie at all.”
“Yeah, that’s right! Come to think of it, this has the exact same pattern as the selection round! Despite all that talk, the guy in front of us ended up being a machine!”
Combining the theory with experience, the players pretty much reached the same conclusion. But Junsung, always full of defiance, put the brakes on their agreement. “It was the mafia that killed overnight. It doesn’t make sense, does it?”
“Maybe Artificial Intelligence worked with the mafia at night or something and made them kill for a perfect crime! Oh yeah, check chat inbox!”
“I already did, and it’s empty.”
“He could have just deleted it himself!”
As the players frantically debated each other’s views, and began checking their tablets, struggling to follow what the others were saying. Junsung scanned the rules carefully but couldn’t find anything about what would happen if Artificial Intelligence was eliminated. The players began to rack their brains in order to come up with theories and logic on their own. They were all extremely motivated and eager.
Then, began to shower Reina with questions. “I’d prefer it if you answer this question yourself. What happens when you — as one of the players — get eliminated? Do you — as the red ball — also stop operating?”
[…….]
“Why aren't you saying anything? Fine, then let me ask you a different question. What did you talk about with the mafia last night? Have you ever tried talking to the mafia individually?”
[…….]
“So you’re being quiet now? Fine, then last question. Can we do the Bingo vote on ?”
[Yes, sure, you can.]
She was clearly avoiding certain questions. Her avoidance only confirmed what the players were thinking. nodded. “I never thought the dead body could be Artificial Intelligence, but now it sounds like it definitely is. Let’s do the Bingo vote, then.”
“Wait, we can’t just waste our valuable chance at Bingo based on an uncertain assumption…”
frowned. Clearly, she was part of the minority. The Bingo vote, which requires the majority to select a single target, only worked if the voters reached a tentative conclusion before voting. Most of the players agreed to vote for . After some argument, the Bingo vote for Day 2 began.
9 votes, 1 vote, 1 vote.
: Hothead, Old Man, Social Worker, Schoolgirl, Christian, Prostitute, Muscle Man, Engineering.
: Humanities
: Social Worker
Result: is subject to the determination of Artificial Intelligence.
[Well, well. Usually, we call the target up to the head seat, but… We can’t exactly do that to a dead person. was human. Although he’s already dead.]
“What…!!”
The Bingo vote on Day 2 was wasted. threw a fit. “God damnit! It was a stupid theory. Who the hell came up with it anyway? We lost another Bingo chance!”
