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As Shesta expected, the situation at the banquet this time was very different from before.

In the first act, the monkeys were not known until later, and it was only after Shesta reminded them and Chieda Minoru's words that the two monkeys took the initiative to occupy the banquet.

But this time, one monkey took the initiative to stand up - Oribe Yasunaga. Because one monkey took the initiative to stand up, the other monkey - Makishima Kanzo was also known.

"Sure enough, Oribe Yasunaga is very smart. In the first round, even though he knew that the monkey should take the initiative to stand up, he didn't say it, because at that time he was a wolf and it was impossible for him to do anything that was not good for the wolf camp. At that time, he should just want to muddy the water..."

"Uncle Kanzou didn't take the initiative to stand up until the end... Is he fighting for the dominance of the banquet... Hmm, it seems a bit disadvantageous to himself..."

Although Shesta knew the rules of this banquet and knew about the protectors, she didn't know how the protection was produced. It was only this morning that Shesta knew that she had obtained the snake's protection through the hint of Uncle Kanzou. Obviously, the snake's protection cannot be told to others casually. Naturally, Shesta responded to Uncle Kanzou's questions with an almost perfect attitude.

Uncle Kanzou is a person who has experienced the banquet. In order to survive in the end and for the human camp to win, Uncle Kanzou hopes most that the banquet will proceed normally, such as voting on the first day - even if no suspicious people are found on the first day, he wants to vote to execute someone.

In this case, "an outsider who has not received the protection", or "an outsider who may lie" - Shesta, is the best way at present.

However, Shesta will not sit still and wait for death. She has gained the favor of some people in the village by using her experience in the first round, so not many people agree with her at the banquet, especially Chie Serizawa, who even wants to use her own death to replace this overbearing method.

On the first day of voting, with the active cooperation of some people, there were two ties, so the final result was that no one was executed, and Shesta successfully passed the first day of the banquet.

"The first day went smoothly. It's a bit uncomfortable to be targeted by old man Kanzo... I have to think of a way... But the problem shouldn't be too big, because there are more than just me, there is also Mamiya... Even if Mamiya has problems, there is still Nori Seinosuke, the vote-sucking machine... Sorry... 'ˇ'ˇ..."

In the first round, Xiesta knew that Nori Seinosuke's situation was a bit bad, but after all, it was from the perspective of an observer. This time, Xiesta participated in the banquet and found out that Nori Seinosuke was worse than she thought!

Being able to get the same number of votes as myself on the first day, in the first round... How miserable are you!

With such a guy around, Xiesta felt that before he died, she was stable!

"Now there are two main things I have to do. One is to use the ability of the snake to find the wolf, and the other is to reveal my identity at the right time...…”

Neither of these two things is easy, because at this banquet, Shesta has been trying hard to find the flaws of the wolves, but she didn't find any suspicious people.

As for revealing your identity, you need to be more cautious. After all, revealing your identity means being listed as the number one target by the wolves, and the probability of danger increases exponentially.

"If you can't find anyone suspicious at the banquet, then look for them after the banquet... However, the wolves are so cautious, it should be difficult to find them. In this case, what you have to do is..."

After the banquet, everyone ate and rested in the cafeteria. Shesta thought about what she was going to do. After making a decision, Shesta talked to Ma Gong.

"Ms. Ma Gong, if you have time, can you ask me a question?"

"What question?"

"I remember you said in the car before that you used to be a columnist for supernatural phenomena. What do you think about the legends here? "Shesta asked.

Shesta is someone who has heard the true legend of "Yellow Springs Banquet", but Shesta does not think that the so-called "true legend" mentioned at the end of the first round is the real truth.

Even if it is the real truth, it needs to be proved. Coincidentally, female reporter Mamiya Hisako used to be a supernatural columnist, so Shesta wants to hear the NPC in the game's opinion on the legend told at the banquet - the information of experts is often very important.

The game sets Mamiya Hisako as a "former supernatural columnist" and it should be for players to ask. Of course, the premise is that the player knows Mamiya Hisako's identity, which is the information that needs to be obtained in the conversation.

"I don't think this is a Japanese legend." Mamiya Hisako was silent for a while and said randomly.

"Hmm? ”

Shesta was a little surprised. She had thought of many possibilities, including the authenticity of the legend, its relationship with the banquet, the role played by Fujiramura behind the story, etc. She had thought a lot, but she had never thought of this.

Of course, it was normal not to know. After all, Shesta was not Japanese.

“…Um, do you want to continue? Isn’t this a topic that will make everyone happy?” Mamiya Hisako said hesitantly.

Shesta then realized that the conversation between the two had attracted considerable attention.

“Who knows, I’m very interested~” Chizhi Minoru said.

“I’m not interested.” The bad boy Oribe Yoshitsugu said so, but he pricked up his ears.

“…It’s boring to think about it anyway.” Makishima Haru said.

“What about you, Lihua sister? This is also your field of expertise, right?”

“No, the sacrifice is the responsibility of the Mikuruma family, but in fact, I am also a little interested. "Li Huazi, one of the four families, also said with great interest: "It is a rare experience to listen to outsiders talking about our beliefs."

"¨「¨「...Since Master Huimo said so, I have no objection." Grandma Yamawaki said.

——Very good, I chose to ask in the cafeteria because I need your attention.

Shesta was secretly happy.

"...In the worldview of polytheism, most gods will die, but there are surprisingly few cases of ordinary people killing gods. Especially in Japan, I can't even think that in Shinto mythology, only gods and heroes close to gods can kill gods."

"This phenomenon may be related to the proof of [the rationality of killing gods]. If the killer of gods does not have the strength close to that of gods, then the act of killing gods is not convincing."

Ma Gong cited several examples to show that this kind of legend of killing gods is extremely rare.

Another point worth noting is that there are very few legends about killing wolves in Japan, but this is very common in the cultural background of the West.

Ma Gong thinks that the legend here is likely to have evolved after the recent introduction of Western fairy tales. Coincidentally, there is the story of [The Wolf is Coming] in Aesop's fables.

"Foreign legends merged with local stories will be mistaken for [traditional stories] in a few years... (Ma Li Hao (Ma Li Hao))... That's right, word of mouth is actually very unreliable. It only takes one or two generations for it to become a legend from a long, long time ago."

Ma Gong said a lot of unexpected things, and cited many famous myths in Japan, which even made Shesta a little confused for a while - is it necessary to explain so detailed?

Theology is really not Shesta's area of ​​expertise!

However, I didn't expect the female reporter to have so many insights on the stories of myths and legends, which further verified Shesta's guess that the myth behind this [Yellow Springs Banquet] should be quite important.

Although her mind was a little fuzzy, Shesta still forced herself to remember it.

Of course, there is another point that Shesta cares about the most.

"In addition to legends, I actually have more important things." Shesta said.

"Hey, is it related to me again?" Ma Gong asked in surprise.

"In addition to Ma Gong, I actually want to ask everyone present about the folk song that Meeko and Li Huazi sang."

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