...You're a werewolf.

　Higuchi barely mutters just that at my accusation.

'I'll give you that line right back, okay?

　With the board already in sight, I cowered my shoulders, feeling terribly cold.

'Guys!　Apparently he was a werewolf who fooled the fortune teller!　Let's hang him!

　In contrast to me, Higuchi, a hot talker, calls out to all the villagers.

'But ... I don't know which one of us is telling the truth.
'Yeah, I know. I'm suspicious of both.

　The high school girl and the otaku nodded at each other.
　It's like they're getting closer, or maybe they're not getting along, these guys.
　The rest of the guys, including the masked chibi, had a similar reaction, but the Shibuya-type couple was the only one who was staring at me.
　It's so easy to understand.

'It's hard to prove whether I'm a villager or a werewolf, but if it was Higuchi's black factor, I could name it, right?　Higuchi covered for those two yesterday. The couple that Misaki, a confirmed villager, gave up for hanging.
What the f*ck?
Let me tell you something, you're...

　A Shibuya-type couple with red faces at my light agitation.

'It's possible Misaki was wrong!　We couldn't just hang them at a stage where they weren't necessarily werewolves!
Really?　Considering what these guys did yesterday, I'd say it wasn't a bad gamble.

　The argument between Higuchi and me is parallel.
　Well, I knew it was going to happen.

"This is the first time I've been made to participate in this game in the first place. You saw that I'm a medium, too!
Yeah, I've seen it. If you're pretending to be a medium.

　It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what a medium can do.
　When I did the autopsy on the village chief, it looked to me as if Higuchi hadn't invoked any skills. At first I thought he might be trying to deceive me, but after hearing the information Misaki said, the possibility of werewolfing grew. The fact that I covered for the couple who were the blackest candidates became decisive.
　Well, we knew these guys were werewolves before that, but....

'If you're unsure of which one is a werewolf, just hang Higuchi and then hang me. Well, apparently a hunter can't protect me in succession, and if the buckshot there is a werewolf, he'll attack me before he can divine me, though. Anyway, from the village's point of view, a werewolf can be hung for sure. By the way, from my point of view, Higuchi is a confirmed werewolf, and I think the other two are the couples there. That's all.

　Anyway, I'm going to hang the gutter today.
　And in three hours I will be attacked.
　Of course, there's no way that two amateur backyard werewolves could be a match for me.
　I'll take them all back and the end is in sight...and so on, as I make shallow plans.

I, I, I, I, everyone....listen...!

　It was a muffled voice, squeezing the air out of his lungs... but it echoed loud and clear throughout the village.
　A pale businessman, pointing towards a couple of women with a desperate look on his face.

'I was a fortune teller. That woman over there ... is a werewolf!

　In the next moment, the head of the businessman who had summoned all the courage he could muster was gone.

''You have to be kidding me to die in a game like this!　I'm going to kill you all like that gas-masked bastard!

　A couple men in desperation turned into werewolves and instantly wrenched the head of the businessman.
　The body that was the businessman collapsed with a splash of blood.

'Ma, Ma-kun you're right!　If we kill these guys in one fell swoop before they hang us or something--
Do you think I'll let you do this anymore?

　The body of the couple woman who tried to turn into a werewolf followed by the whole body of the couple woman who tried to turn into a werewolf is instantly dismembered with the silver sword taken out of the item box, and then bowed to the corpse of the businessman who tried his best to be brave.

''I'm sorry for abandoning you with the way things turned out, old man, but this is a current offense. I will avenge you.　

　A couple men who were dumbfounded and unable to swallow the situation that happened to their lover....................throw the silver sword at the werewolf's feet as he stitches them to the ground.

''Gah!
Hey, what are you waiting for? Hanging. Hanging.

　
　A rope appeared and hoisted the werewolf up, just like the day before.
　The silver sword was still stuck in the ground, and a painful laceration ran through the leg that had been torn open when it floated up... but more than that, the werewolf struggled desperately to get his neck tightened.

　Either way, the fate is the same.

　Once the hanging is complete, the body of the couple men who have been untangled from werewolfing is thrown out to be slammed to the ground.
　Higuchi, who had been watching this sequence of events, shakes his shoulders in a rut and exclaims.

'Can you defeat a werewolf? You!''
And while you're at it, you can do this too.

　Higuchi's gas mask - actually a raw head - rewinds time back to just before he was killed.
　Then, Misaki's body was regenerated back to its original state.

'Phew!　Oh, no. Was I dead by any chance?　I really don't feel it!

　Not only Higuchi, but all the villagers watched in amazement.

You've been conspicuous from day one, you've been reckless.
'Nah, I thought Ryouji would be a villager, and if he won, he could come back anyway, so I figured he'd be fine...'

　In short, Misaki had bought the bait.
　If he died, the couple would almost be seen as werewolves, and he saw it as a benefit.
　Self-sacrifice in order to let the villagers win........it sounds good, but this guy who plays such a role flippantly has a pretty bad head on his shoulders.

Let's see, so what's the situation?
'A couple of people came out as werewolves yesterday, and I took care of one of them and hung the other one. I'm the fortune teller and I gave Higuchi the werewolf verdict.
''O-okay, grasp. We're down three werewolves, so even if we hang a villager by mistake, it's never going to end, so I guess it's okay to hang Higuchi-san?

　It's been established that there is one werewolf among the seven surviving people in the common villager's perspective.
　Even if Higuchi isn't a werewolf and I'm hung first, even if one of us is attacked, there will still be one werewolf among the five.
　If it doesn't end, Higuchi will be hung too.
　In other words, the villagers are sure to win.

My hanging is............

　Higuchi accepted the defeat of the werewolf side without turning into a werewolf.
　His expression is filled with sadness.

'Higuchi-san I'm sorry to hear that. But this game is designed so that the villagers will win unless there's something very wrong.''

　As Higuchi was devastated to admit that he had lost the game, Misaki said something to him that sounded like salt on the wound.
　However, his tone was quiet..........as if he was sympathetic.
　Higuchi hid his eyebrows dubiously.

''What does that........mean?''
At first glance, it may seem that the otherworldly werewolves have a werewolf advantage. It's a good thing that werewolves have enough power to get me killed, too. But in reality, like Capiel said, the villagers are the ones who can do anything. Didn't you see yesterday that I was able to stand up to werewolves?　Those guys who become werewolves and gain a sense of omnipotence and then get tossed to death by more superhumans... that's the way it's always been with otherworldly werewolves.

　According to the messenger, this otherworldly werewolf is the first game that is always held.
　As a repeater, Misaki must have participated in the otherworldly werewolf before.
　I'm sure he's won on the villager's side in the past as well.
　

　Misaki's story clearing continues.

'To tell the truth.......there was only one part of Capiel's explanation that was different from the usual. It's just that........there are four werewolves. Normally it would be 'three werewolves'. After a guy like you, who'd already announced his retirement, was killed, that would be the explanation. It was a meta-suggestion, but that's why I knew from the beginning that you must be a werewolf. Sorry?

　The moment you're assigned to the werewolf side, you're a confirmed biting dog.......right?
　

'What the hell is that!　Are you saying that those who aren't chosen don't deserve to live.......that's just too unreasonable!

　Higuchi's cry was filled with a tremendous rage.

　A lament for not being chosen to be on the side that was promised to win.
　The curse of having his desperate will to live violated.
　And the fear that he was going to die just now.

　That was the scream that contained roughly everything.

　God saves those who pray, people say.
　But it's not that God only saves those who pray.
　God only saves those he wants to save.
　At least in the f*cking God-managed ... multidimensional universe I wander in, that's the truth.

　Everyone was watching Higuchi without opening their mouths.
　There was no way I could say anything.
　Most of the villagers could have been in the same position as Higuchi.

'Hey, can't we do something about it!

　But in the midst of all that, the one who cried out while crying like a waterfall was that high school girl.

She didn't do anything wrong!　I can't help you!

　For a moment, I felt dizzy, too, as I felt a wish that must have risen from the bottom of my heart without any kind of calculation.
　The others are turning away from me and crying.
　Even Misaki, a natural psychopathic killer, poked me in the arm with his elbow.

'Hey, Ryouji. Even if we rewind his time, the result will still be the same, right?
If you're right, we're going to cast you in a role...

　If I didn't progress the game, I wouldn't be able to advance to the next different world.
　So.........at this point, I had no choice but to abandon them.

　Looking at everyone, Higuchi was in a daze for a while.......but eventually he took a deep breath......and bowed to them all without begging for his life.

'Thank you. But that's enough. I'm going to hang myself. But I'm not a werewolf. "I'm not a werewolf. This is my last will and testament. Please don't let your hearts be bent over this stupid game. That's all.

　When all was said and done, Higuchi sat down on the spot and closed his eyes as if in meditation.

'All right. You were definitely human.

　He mutters and points at Higuchi, staring straight at him.
　The other guys also raise their arms in a plodding fashion.
　They all finish pointing without turning away.
　They watched Higuchi's last moments.

Yes, congratulations!　The villager's side wins!　Go ahead and puff!

　After all is said and done.
　As an avenger for the four people who were turned into werewolves by the errand boy who showed up without reading the air...not to mention the four times I killed him.





"By the way, between you and me, it's a lie that I'm a fortune teller. In fact, I'm just a villager. The world system seems to control which side is the villager side and which side is the werewolf side, so it's hard to tell which side is the villager side and which side is the werewolf side, but I knew immediately that the first werewolf was given the ability to turn into a werewolf with an expert eye. So I knew that Higuchi and the couple who had the same aura of skill were werewolves, all right? Tehe*.
''Ryouji. You should definitely take that truth to your grave.