After collecting Jiang Ran's money, the clown turned and walked out without any intention of staying to eat barbecue or drink beer with them.

Back in the live stream room, viewers were watching as the clown exited the activity room through the main camera that continued tracking him.

The clown went to another activity room on the first floor after leaving. He turned on the light, closed the door, and sat on a chair near the table. Placing his black top hat containing various small bills on the white table, he took out his phone to check the payment records.

The organizers had clearly installed top-tier surveillance cameras throughout Alice Apartment. Viewers could clearly see the contents of the clown's phone screen through the live stream.

Seventeen people had scanned to pay. Fitness trainer Sun Yijie paid 10 yuan. Wang Anjian paid 22 yuan. Manager Xiao Zhang paid 50 yuan. Jiang Ran paid 10 yuan...

The clown now pulled out a small dagger from his costume pocket and made a light cut on his right index finger. The sharp blade easily drew blood that began flowing steadily. He started writing something on the white table with his bleeding finger while still looking at his phone.

Blood-formed characters appeared one by one:

Sun Yijie: 10

Jiang Ran: 10

Wang Tao: 10

After putting down his phone, he pulled the black top hat closer and stared coldly at the loose change inside, as if trying to recall who had paid how much and identify those who paid the least. But after a moment, he pushed the hat away and refocused on the three names and numbers written in blood on the table.

I am the Hero commented: [The death list is out.]

Ultimate Rich Kid reacted with surprise: [These are the ones who paid the least tonight? Three at once? Will all three die?]

I am the Hero: [Last time there were two, and both died.]

Ultimate Rich Kid: [How brutal! But I'm shocked Jiang Ran is among them. After seeing him survive that headshot and counter-kill during the last live stream, I actually think this clown... might be in danger. The hunter could become the hunted when facing Jiang Ran...]

I am the Hero: [Hard to say. Last time the kite-making killer Wang Nuli didn't blow his head apart thoroughly enough. If he'd completely pulverized Jiang Ran's skull, could he still have survived?]

[Also this clown's killing methods aren't ordinary serial killer techniques. Personally I think his methods rank among the top I've seen in Alice Apartment.]

Ultimate Rich Kid expressed disbelief: [That strong? By the way, with three targets on the clown's list, who will he hunt first? Surely he can't hunt all three simultaneously?]

As soon as he finished typing, the live stream showed the clown taking action. After spacing out momentarily, the clown extended his left hand over the table and opened it, letting a dice drop onto the surface with a clatter - a standard six-sided die.

The dice tumbled across the table before finally coming to rest, showing six dots to Ultimate Rich Kid's eyes. Seeing this result, the clown moved his still-bleeding right index finger to circle Wang Tao's name.

Ultimate Rich Kid didn't understand this dice-rolling selection method: [Six sides for three people? How does this work?]

His real-life friend I am the Hero explained: [The names are written left to right - first Sun Yijie, second Jiang Ran, third Wang Tao.]

[My guess is numbers 1-3 correspond to each person respectively.]

[Similarly, 4=Sun Yijie, 5=Jiang Ran, 6=Wang Tao.]

Ultimate Rich Kid understood: [So Wang Tao dies first? When will the clown start hunting?]

I am the Hero: [Tonight. Last time he killed one per day.]

[With only two targets then, it took two days.]

Ultimate Rich Kid frowned: [I see. But who is this Wang Tao? Sun Yijie is part of this round's lab rats, Jiang Ran needs no introduction, but Wang Tao... I really don't know him...]

Fairy Sister chimed in: [His profile is available in the live stream room.]

[Wang Tao didn't appear in Round 26 but was in Round 25.]

In Round 25, Xiao Nuo lived in Room 904 while Wang Tao lived below in 804. When Xiao Nuo hosted loud parties with Xiao Peng and others, Wang Tao repeatedly came upstairs to complain about the noise.

After reviewing Wang Tao's profile, Ultimate Rich Kid commented: [This Wang Tao is quite ruthless too, but maybe from watching too many serial killer shows? He doesn't seem like your typical indiscriminate serial killer!]

[Aside from accidentally pushing a childhood friend into a river, his other killings all had personal motives - killing his college crush and her boyfriend after she chose someone else, killing his cheating wife along with their two children and her lover, then finally the noisy upstairs neighbors after multiple warnings.]

[These all had personal reasons! Seems if you don't provoke him, he's practically normal. Doesn't even seem like a serial killer.]

Domineering Female CEO nodded: [Compared to other psychopaths and serial killers, Wang Tao does seem relatively harmless.]

[But don't forget he's still killed over ten people.]

[It's just that his motives and patterns differ from typical serial killers, making him seem less dangerous.]

[But underestimate him at your peril. His current solution to annoyances is murder. Think about college - when the girl he liked chose another guy, normal people would just cry privately, but his abnormal response was murder. And he got away with it initially. So he's just a different type of serial killer.]

[Personally I think Wang Tao is still a developing serial killer, not yet fully matured.]

[Notice how with the noisy neighbors, he didn't immediately kill - first tried reasoning, complained to management, and only killed as last resort.]

[A mature serial killer would've killed at the first disturbance without discussion.]

Ultimate Rich Kid responded: [Really? Then I'm excited to see which of these two psychopaths survives! This is my first time seeing a direct confrontation between Alice Apartment's resident psychopaths!]