Mastermind Reveal: Wait, they died and got replaced by someone else?!

I know this means the mastermind isn’t the mastermind but hear me out.

The traitor helped construct and plan the killing game while the mastermind supplied funding for it. The mastermind dies early, a victim, but the traitor doesn’t want it to end. By allowing the game to end, it means all their work, time, and progress was for nothing.

Think of it like this: an anime is being made, but one of the voice actors suddenly died at the start. Does that mean you cancel the show? No, you mourn, grieve, and give some time to settle before getting a new VA to replace the old one and continue the show.

This is an exact same situation except the traitor is in the role of the mastermind but has no proper motive to do a killing game besides “it’d be a waste.”

Thoughts on this idea?