4. The Center of Attention

Next came a prompt asking whether he wanted to continue drawing a card.

Yimo skipped it outright.

He couldn't imagine what kind of person would spend 500 points to draw another card that was most likely blank.

After all, that seemed to be about as many points as one could earn from a game.

Of course, Yimo hadn't played enough games yet to know the average number of points awarded for a victory.

Yimo immediately looked around.

His main goal was to find his girlfriend for this round.

In his unrevealed state, he had no idea who his girlfriend was.

Looking around, there were four women among the eleven people besides himself.

The first was called "Pikachu." Not only was she far from cute, she was also extremely arrogant and overbearing. She weighed nearly as much as two Yimos. At that moment, she was looking up at the void, so Yimo immediately crossed her off the list, thinking the system surely couldn't have such a twisted sense of humor.

The second was called "Naughty Cat." She was relatively petite, wearing a white lace-trimmed shirt and a beige ankle-length skirt covered in tiny floral patterns. She was also looking at the void, but her face was slightly flushed and her shoulders were hunched. She seemed extremely shy, glancing around from time to time.

Considering that his girlfriend's Alter Ego value this time was as high as 100%, Yimo decided she probably wasn't the one either.

The third was called "Village Chief." She wore black sweatpants and a black tracksuit jacket, with a black short-sleeved shirt visible beneath the half-open zipper. Both garments were oversized. She was probably no taller than 1.6 meters and looked even younger than the previous girl. Her black, shoulder-length hair clearly hadn't been carefully maintained. She had an ordinary appearance, with a few freckles on her cheeks. She kept her head lowered without any expression, and no one knew what she was plotting.

In one sentence, Yimo felt that she was his kindred spirit—a fairly homebody-type girl, perhaps with a touch of chuunibyou.

But because she was too unremarkable, Yimo didn't think she was the one either.

The last one was called "Dieyu." She was dressed extremely fashionably, wearing a cute gauze dress paired with a little shawl. A tasteful glimpse of snowy white could be seen at her chest. A red gemstone necklace hung around her neck as she looked around along with Yimo.

By coincidence, she was also looking at the people around her. When she saw Yimo watching her, she tilted her head slightly and revealed a smile with 100% lethal power. Her slender fingers lifted a strand of hair beside her ear and tucked it behind it. Her orange, high side ponytail swayed gently, while the little bell bracelet on her wrist jingled pleasantly. She pinched her delicate earlobe.

Her meaningful smile seemed to say, "Would you like to get to know me, handsome?"

While Yimo was momentarily distracted, she raised her hand and waved at him.

Overall, she was an exceptionally eye-catching girl, brimming with feminine charm!

Yimo lowered his head slightly, then nodded in response.

Could it be her?

Just as Yimo was thinking this, the system's somewhat mechanical little-girl voice echoed in his mind. One line after another of this game's rules had already begun appearing before his eyes.

They were far more complicated than those of the previous Killing Ghost game!

Game Name: Werewolf (Cupid Game)

Game Type: Survival.

Number of Participants: 12.

Game Rules: 1. The game is divided into two factions: the Good faction and the Werewolf faction. The Good faction consists of Villagers and Special Roles.

If all Werewolves die, the Good faction wins. If all Villagers or all Special Roles in the Good faction die, the Werewolf faction wins. Dead players do not share in the victory.

2. If one lover belongs to the Good faction and the other belongs to the Werewolf faction, the lovers and Cupid become a third faction. If both the Good faction and the Werewolf faction are eliminated while the lovers survive, the third faction wins. Dead players do not share in the victory.

3. According to the system's instructions, the Werewolf faction may kill one player late at night. Outside punishment periods, other factions cannot launch ordinary attacks against non-designated players.

4. Before night falls on the first day, a Village Chief will be selected. During each daily trial, the Village Chief has 1.5 votes, while other players have 1 vote.

If the highest vote count during the trial results in a tie, the tied players enter a second trial and have no voting rights during that round. If the vote is tied again, no one will be punished that day.

The player with the most votes in each daily trial enters the punishment period. If they are not successfully executed during that period, the player being executed wins the game, and all other players die.

5. Act according to the system's instructions.

6. Penalty for the losing faction: death.

7. The effects of the game cards take precedence over the current game rules.

Seer: Special Role. Each night, the Seer may verify whether one player is Good or a Werewolf.

Witch: Special Role. The Witch has one antidote and one poison. After night falls, she may choose to use one of them. The antidote can revive one player, while the poison can kill one player. A revived player forgets everything that happened that night. If the Wolf King is poisoned, the Hunter loses his ability.

Idiot: Special Role. If the Idiot receives the sole highest number of votes at a trial, their identity is revealed, they lose the right to vote, and they cannot be punished.

Hunter: Special Role. After dying, the Hunter may kill one player.

Werewolf: Werewolf faction. 2 players. Cannot commit suicide.

Wolf King: Werewolf faction. When he dies, he may kill one player.

Thief: Special faction. During the first minute before the game begins, two identity cards randomly appear. The Thief may choose one identity to begin the game as. The unchosen identity card disappears and will not appear again during this game. If one of the chosen cards represents the Werewolf faction, the Thief may only choose a Werewolf-faction identity.

Cupid: Special faction. During the first minute before the game begins, Cupid learns their identity and chooses two players to become lovers.

If both lovers belong to the Werewolf faction, Cupid's victory condition is the same as the Werewolf faction's. If both lovers belong to the Good faction, Cupid's victory condition is the same as the Good faction's.

If one lover belongs to the Werewolf faction and the other belongs to the Good faction, the lovers and Cupid become a third faction.

The lovers share death.

Villager: Good faction. 5 players. None.

Game Introduction: This is a primitive village. Its people have struggled against Werewolves for generations. Even when the people from the neighboring village urged them to leave, they refused to abandon their homeland. The Werewolves and the villagers will soon fight a final battle. Surely, one side must emerge victorious?

The rules were far too complicated. Even after the system's little-girl voice had finished reading them, everyone was still staring at the rules.

Yimo, however, only skimmed them before quickly lowering his head and letting his messy bangs cover his eyes. He began studying the surrounding players, trying to glean something from them.

As a veteran face-reading player, Yimo believed that when people received their character cards, their emotions would reveal some information, to one degree or another.

As the system began distributing the character cards, Yimo didn't even look at his own card.

During that time, he took in every player's expression.

Unexpectedly, Dieyu across from him was still watching him, which surprised Yimo.

He was about to look away, but her next action kept him from doing so.

Dieyu tugged lightly at her little shawl. Then, beneath it and over that glimpse of snowy white, she formed a heart with both hands. With a cunning smile, she looked at Yimo cutely, like a little demon. Her smile was full of meaning. Then one hand secretly formed a gun shape and wobbled it as if firing.

"Biu~"

Her cherry lips parted and closed slightly, as though she had blown him a kiss through the air. Then she winked at Yimo with her right eye.

Her charm was overwhelming. Yimo was almost seduced.

If she were my girlfriend, wouldn't she be a hundred times better than that Qin Muse?

After being distracted for a moment, Yimo stopped looking at her to avoid attracting anyone else's attention. He raised his head and glanced at his character card, only to freeze.

"This..."

A hoarse sound squeezed from his throat, carrying a trace of eeriness.

Although his face remained expressionless, he was visibly gloomier than before. He lowered his head slightly, sinking into thought as the corners of his mouth drooped.

Heh heh, you rotten system. You really are taking such good care of me!!!

Just then, while most of the surrounding players were still wearing bewildered expressions, the system suddenly announced that the game had begun.

At that instant, an extremely arrogant voice drew everyone's attention.

"I know who the Werewolf is!!!"

It was a blond young man in his twenties, dressed in a rather gaudy outfit and carrying a hint of gangster swagger. Since the game had begun, the nicknames above their heads had disappeared, so no one knew what he was called.

His words attracted everyone's attention. Even Yimo, who had been lowering his head with a gloomy expression, instinctively looked up.

Then he saw the blond young man staring at him indignantly and arrogantly.

The next moment, the young man pointed at Yimo's face, curled the corner of his mouth, and shouted, "It's him!"

"He's definitely the Werewolf!!!"

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P.S. This is one of the most complicated setups in Werewolf. It's fine if you don't understand the rules. Whether or not you've read stories involving Werewolf before, Jiaqi will write this game so that everyone can understand it. Just keep reading—you don't need to go back and study the rules repeatedly.

Some of the rules have also been modified. If you notice anything unusual later, you can come back and look at the rules again~