recap of chapter 3 : There are 6 people left, Powshi has just been eliminated and tensions between the players reached their peak.

  After a few minutes of fighting, blows exchanged, tears and shouts , Shin finally managed to immobilize Ishan. Acedion was still shocked from the attack , he wasn't used to fighting…

  Ange managed to calm Elisa, the tension eased, and they began to gather their tasks, but...

  Elisa exploded, blood spilled onto each of the players!!!

  It took several seconds for the players to understand and act; Ange was the first to retrieve Elisa's phone and asked the others

  Ange(shocked) : “should i start a vote ???!!”

  Ishan : “Do it!!! Now it's for sure!!! Quick, before we die too!!!”

  Ac : ”Wait ,we need to think about this; I know it seems suspicious that when Shin left, no one died here, and now that he's here, someone has died in the main room.But it's far too stupid to kill someone now if Shin is the imposter.”

  Ishan: ”Shut up! You've already killed an innocent person! You were tricked by the imposter, and now you want to lecture us?”

  Shin: “ tss … , You're quick to accuse me without any proof or logic, and you can't even see that this action is clearly intended to falsely portray me as an imposter. The only one being manipulated by imposters here is you , unless you yourself are the imposter.”

  Ishan :” I think you haven't taken enough hits from me!! ”

  Reus ( thinking ) : “This game is becoming really interesting.”

  Ange : “Let's remain calm; conflicts only help the imposter. We're very close to the finish line; there's only one imposter left. We can't afford any more mistakes. Besides, I doubt we're in any real danger. If the imposters could kill several people per round, this game would be pointless.So we should think carefully about our choice.”

  Ishan : “There's no need to think about it; all the evidence points to Shin as the imposter!!!”

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  Ishan was extremely troubled; he was indeed in a very bad position. He was alone, while Shin had Acedion's support and, indirectly, Ange's. He therefore absolutely had to convince Reus and change Ange's mind.

  Ac : “That's precisely the problem; it's definitely a trap.we should avoid voting”

  Ishan : “He could have easily foreseen this situation. Furthermore, we can't risk an innocent person's life by skipping the vote; the imposter might vote, and even if we vote to achieve a tie, the imposter could vote for someone who has already received a vote to eliminate them. Basically, we have to eliminate Shin this turn.”

  What Ishan said was very logical, but humans don't rely solely on reason. In such a place and in such an atmosphere, everyone sensed that something was wrong. The evidence was too weak to counter that feeling.

  A silence reigned in the room after Ishan's last statement. Some people stared at the floor, others were extremely frustrated, others feared for their lives, and still others laughed inwardly.But for all of them, their heart rate accelerated wildly as time passed, a result of a mixture of excitement and fear.

  Ishan (seeing the mixed results of his words,he changed his strategy):

  “ Ange, please, you surely have people you want to see again. We can end this game once and for all. I promise, if Shin isn't the imposter, I'll take full responsibility and you can eliminate me on the next turn. “

  Ange (troubled) :” I need to think…”

  Ishan (thinking ) :” Idiot!!! Can't you see we don't have time for your whining?! AHHH!!! I'm surrounded by idiots!!!”

  Ishan : “ I understand, take all the time you need.”

  Ishan then went to Reus to convince him

  Meanwhile, Ange went to talk to Acedion alone.

  Ange :”I trust you...what should I do?”

  Acedion : “I think I have an idea who the imposter is; I need you to vote for… If it's not him, then I'll take full responsibility and you can eliminate me in the next round.”

  Ange slapped him right after he finished his sentence

  Ange(almost crying) :”That's what you call taking responsibility, after you made a mistake you think I'd let you run away.You think I'd let you leave me here alone? No, if you're wrong, then we'll keep going. We have to win, and we have to get out of here, so don't try to fool me with lame excuses.”

  Acedion (shocked) : I apologize, you're right.

  Ange : “ Promise me you won't abandon me”

  Acedion : “ I promise you, I would never abandon you here “

  After a few minutes of discussion

  Voice:”End of round 4, no task completed, information rated 0 star , … , the vote will begin . Sit on your respective chair .”

  The players were extremely tense; indeed, no one knew who was going to be eliminated, but what was certain was that someone was going to die here.

  Ishan had behaved extremely aggressively: a strategy to show his innocence?

  Reus had remained quite distant: will this be his downfall?

  Ac defended the most suspicious player: isn't that surprising?

  Ange remains indecisive: isn't that annoying?

  Shin lied to the other players: yet he seems confident...

  Despite everything, each of the players voted confidently.

  Despite everything, each of the players voted confidently, using several methods to hide from the consequences of their choice. Some told themselves that they had no other choice in the absence of information, others blamed the suspicious actions of others, telling themselves that they shouldn't have acted that way, and finally, others shifted their responsibility onto the choice of another.

  Which of his strategies is the most pathetic, or in other words, which of his strategies works best?

  Voice : "The vote is over, number 9 (Ishan ) is eliminated “