God's Imitator

’Rabbit’ Han Mengying chose to use her own Contract Vouchers to privately buy off three key figures, ’Sheep,’ ’Owl,’ and ’Sika Deer,’ giving each person 20 Contract Vouchers.

When they entered the voting stage, she would have ’Sheep,’ ’Turtle,’ ’Owl,’ and ’Sika Deer’ all withdraw from selection.

This way, ’Rabbit’ Han Mengying could obtain the final prize pool.

So ’Sheep’s’ Contract Vouchers required direct control of ’‘Fool Cards’,’ but had no restrictions whatsoever regarding whether she herself would withdraw from selection.

While what was written on ’Rabbit’ Han Mengying’s Contract Vouchers was: players holding ’Rabbit’s’ Contract Vouchers, if they entered the final 5-person voting stage, must voluntarily withdraw from selection during the voting stage.

For ’Sheep,’ ’Owl,’ and ’Sika Deer,’ this was all clearly a superior plan.

Because originally they could only get 3 to 5 Contract Vouchers, but now they could get 20.

Calculated based on a final total prize pool of 1 million chips, this was a difference of over 100,000 visa time.

Of course, this actually meant ’Owl’ and ’Sika Deer’ needed to betray those ‘Fool Players’ they led and consume this portion of benefits themselves.In Han Mengying’s view, this was a matter of course.

Because this game was originally masked, everyone didn’t know each other. A clever person leading Fools was definitely waiting to sell at a good price, binding all Fools together to sell for a good sum.

Even if either ’Owl’ or ’Sika Deer’ went back on their word, it wouldn’t affect the result.

As long as ’Sheep’ withdrew from selection, ’Owl’ and ’Sika Deer’ and their subordinate players could only choose to vote for ’Rabbit’ Han Mengying.

Because both ’Owl’ and ’Sika Deer’ had ‘Fool Cards’ and didn’t have Sage identity, which meant they couldn’t create Contract Vouchers and thus couldn’t vote for each other to cooperate.

Take ’Sika Deer’ for example. In the final round if ’Sheep’ withdrew from selection, ’Sika Deer’ voting for ’Turtle’ or ’Owl’ would mean she had no benefits at all but voting for ’Rabbit’ Han Mengying meant she could get 200,000 chips.

By the same logic, ’Sika Deer’ voting for herself had no meaning either.

Because ’Owl’ voting for her would have no benefits, and wouldn’t possibly allow her to take everything for herself.

Ultimately, as long as ’Sheep’ withdrew from selection, the final prize pool would definitely be in ’Rabbit’ Han Mengying’s pocket.

And to ensure ’Sheep’s’ withdrawal from selection, ’Rabbit’ Han Mengying used double insurance.

First was real and tangible benefits. Because of the difference in Contract Voucher quantities, ’Sheep’ withdrawing from selection compared to not withdrawing could get over 150,000 more visa time.

Second was pulling ’Sheep’ into Community 4, binding their interests. Both parties had already verbally confirmed this and it had been confirmed at the game rules level.

Through this game, ’Rabbit’ and ’Sheep’ had recognized each other’s capabilities, so it was natural for the strong to band together.

This way, Han Mengying actually only distributed 40% of the final total prize pool’s benefits to buy off the two core figures ’Owl’ and ’Sika Deer.’

And the remaining benefits were all earned by Community 4.

In Han Mengying’s view, this was the amount that ‘Sage Players’ should properly receive in this game.

’Sheep’ also agreed to this plan, but she immediately suggested that since this was the case, why not take the small amount of Contract Vouchers she had originally distributed to ‘Sage Players’ and use them to win over other ‘Fool Players’.

’Owl’ and ’Sika Deer’ each controlled about ten ‘Fool Players’, meaning there were still a small number of fish that had slipped through the net outside.

’Sheep’s’ Contract Vouchers had become bad checks, each one only worth about 1,000 visa time.

Since that was the case, why not go all the way with the act? Take out the 20 Contract Vouchers originally intended to be distributed to the Sage team and control the remaining ‘Fool Cards’ as well. Then they could be absolutely foolproof in the subsequent Guess the Number stages.

Although the three parties had reached an agreement, there was still a very small possibility that ’Sika Deer’ and ’Owl’ might suddenly go back on their word.

For example, they could have a small portion of their die-hard ‘Fool Players’ breach the contract and not use ‘Fool Cards’ as required, causing some trouble in the subsequent Guess the Number stages but controlling all the ‘Fool Cards’ could ensure absolute foolproofness.

’Rabbit’ Han Mengying thought about it and recognized this viewpoint.

Since ’Sheep’ had already decided to withdraw from selection, her Contract Vouchers had become bad checks, each worth at most just over a thousand visa time. The ‘Sage Players’ all understood this clearly.

Since that was the case, why not use them to buy off the remaining ‘Fool Players’.

Of course, during the distribution process of Contract Vouchers, ’Rabbit’ Han Mengying followed along the whole time, watching with her own eyes as ’Sheep’ distributed these Contract Vouchers to some ‘Fool Players’.

Because if ’Sheep’ kept these Contract Vouchers for herself, there was still the possibility of going back on her word.

After watching ’Sheep’ distribute all Contract Vouchers to ‘Fool Players’, keeping only the last 5 vouchers, ’Rabbit’ Han Mengying felt at ease.

These ‘Fool Players’ who hadn’t joined small groups didn’t know the Sages’ specific plans at all. They still thought each of these vouchers was worth 10,000 chips.

Each of them received at least one of ’Sheep’s’ vouchers and naturally accepted them happily.

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The game continued.

Players continuously paid off their debts, and the total prize pool in the hall accumulated more and more.

Massive amounts of chips had already filled the huge cylindrical glass container in the center of the hall.

After the 7th round of Guess the Number ended, the game had 15 minutes remaining.

[The final candidate list for ’Guess the Number’ is: ’Sheep,’ ’Rabbit,’ ’Turtle,’ ’Owl,’ ’Sika Deer.’]

[The above players will be exempt from debt.]

[The final vote will now open. All players in the venue have voting eligibility. Please wait in front of the voting machine next to your lounge door.]

[The candidate with the most votes will become the final winner of this game and receive all chips in the prize pool.]

[If a candidate decides to abstain, please press the ’Abstain’ button.]

[Candidates have 1 minute to consider whether to abstain. The countdown starts now.]

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’Rabbit’ Han Mengying naturally wouldn’t abstain. Although victory was already in her grasp, she couldn’t help feeling a bit anxious at this moment.

Fortunately, the system notification sound quickly came.

[’Turtle’ chooses to abstain.]

[’Owl’ chooses to abstain.]

[’Sika Deer’ chooses to abstain.]

Han Mengying breathed a long sigh of relief. Good, everything was proceeding according to plan with no unexpected complications.

This was also very normal, because the Contract Vouchers Han Mengying gave them clearly stated that if they wanted to ultimately obtain the benefits of the Contract Vouchers, they must abstain during the final voting stage.

Otherwise, the Contract Vouchers would automatically become void.

Both ’Owl’ and ’Sika Deer’ had ‘Fool Cards’ and couldn’t create Contract Vouchers. It was impossible for them to win the final vote. Getting the benefits of 20 vouchers was already the best result but as time passed, Han Mengying suddenly felt that something seemed off about the situation.

”Wait, why hasn’t ’Sheep’ chosen to abstain?”

This was an unexpected situation. For a moment, Han Mengying couldn’t figure out what was going on but as the game notification sounded and the abstention stage ended, there truly was no notification of ’Sheep’ abstaining.

She really hadn’t abstained.

The broadcast continued.

[The final candidate list is: Sheep, Rabbit.]

[Final voting opens. Please press the corresponding avatar to vote for the two players. Time limit: 1 minute.]

[Voting has ended. The voting results will now be announced.]

[’Sheep’: 33 votes]

[’Rabbit’: 7 votes]

[’Sheep’ will become the final winner of this game and receive all chips in the prize pool.]