Lin Jie discreetly covered his role card.
He studied the expressions of the other players around him.
The other players all looked normal.
What was going on?
Was Lin Jie the only one who had received a blank role card?!
Lin Jie recalled what God had said to him after he finished introducing himself.
[I guarantee you'll be satisfied with the role I give you.]
Lin Jie stared at God.
When God noticed Lin Jie's gaze, a faint... eerie smile spread across his lips.
That smile seemed to be saying to Lin Jie:
"Are you satisfied with this role?"
Damn it!
What exactly did this blank role mean?!
Lin Jie desperately wanted to hold up the blank card and demand an answer from God.
But he knew that the moment he revealed his role, he would lose.
[Revealing your role card is strictly forbidden. Violators will have their souls scattered.]
God's words echoed in Lin Jie's mind.
"All right. Everyone, remember your roles."
God spoke again.
"Now, the game officially begins."
"Night falls. Please close your eyes."
God waved his hand, and their surroundings suddenly went pitch-black.
No, that wasn't right!
Lin Jie immediately realized...
It wasn't their surroundings that had gone dark. Their eyes had gone blind!
"What happened?"
"Why can't I see anything?"
Panicked voices rang out all around him.
In that instant, everyone had gone blind.
"There's no need to panic. To ensure absolute fairness in the game..."
"I've used certain means to temporarily prevent your eyes from seeing, that's all."
"Please keep your eyes closed and wait patiently during the night."
"At night, unless a player is using a skill, I will not respond to any form of communication with me."
"If I call your role, please open your eyes."
"One more thing: if you open your eyes at the wrong time, you will die immediately."
After hearing God's words, everyone slowly quieted down, waiting anxiously for his next move.
With his surroundings dark, Lin Jie's thoughts actually became clearer.
He had no idea why his role was blank.
His objective in the game was unclear as well.
So he might as well wait and see.
He gently closed his eyes and waited for God to move the game forward.
Once everything had fallen completely silent, God's voice rang out.
"Werewolves, please open your eyes."
Keeping his eyes closed, Lin Jie sharpened his focus to the utmost and listened carefully to the sounds around him.
"Werewolves, please choose your kill target for tonight."
But aside from God's voice, everyone was quiet, cautiously keeping completely still.
Everyone knew that anyone careless enough to make a sound at a time like this might be suspected of being a werewolf.
"Werewolves, please indicate the number of the player you wish to kill with your fingers."
At that moment, everyone was on edge.
[Players who die in the game will have their souls scattered and die for good.]
Who would the werewolves choose to kill?
The non-werewolf players silently prayed that the blade would not fall on them.
The werewolf players might also have been struggling over whom to strike with their first kill.
Lin Jie, however, kept his eyes calmly closed.
Based on his usual experience playing Werewolf, the first night was almost always a peaceful night.
No one would die.
Because the witch would save someone on the first night.
According to the rules, the witch had only one antidote, but could not save herself.
If the werewolves killed the witch at night, the antidote would go to waste.
And the longer she waited, the more likely the werewolves were to find her.
So using the antidote as soon as an opportunity arose offered the greatest benefit.
"Werewolves, please close your eyes."
"Seer, please open your eyes."
Once again, Lin Jie focused, listening intently to the sounds around him.
If the seer made any large movements, Lin Jie would hear them.
But everything around him remained silent.
It seemed this seer was just as cautious.
"Please choose the player you wish to check."
"Please pay attention to my hand signals. A thumbs-up means a good player, and a wolf claw means a werewolf."
"This person's role is..."
Now it was the werewolves' turn to feel uneasy.
The good players hoped the seer would find a werewolf.
The werewolves, meanwhile, might all have been praying that they wouldn't be checked.
At that moment, a question suddenly occurred to Lin Jie.
His role was blank.
So if the seer chose to check Lin Jie, what hand signal would God give the seer?
"Seer, please close your eyes."
"Witch, please open your eyes."
God's voice was devoid of emotion as he presided over the night.
Just as before, Lin Jie kept his ears pricked, listening carefully.
"Tonight, this person was killed. You have one antidote. Would you like to use it?"
Just then, there was a faint sound of a stool shifting.
The sound was so faint that anyone not listening carefully would probably have missed it.
Lin Jie immediately focused, trying to pinpoint its source.
The sound had come from somewhere not far to Lin Jie's left.
At most, there were only two people between them.
That should have been seat number six.
The female student, Xia Qu.
Could Xia Qu be the witch?
"You have one poison. Would you like to use it?"
There was no sound.
Xia Qu had only shifted during the saving phase. It seemed she had used the antidote.
"Witch, please close your eyes."
Silence settled over their surroundings.
"Guard, please open your eyes."
"Please choose a target to protect."
Of course, Lin Jie didn't pass up this chance to listen in either.
But the guard seemed to be a cautious person too.
Everything around him was silent, with barely a sound.
"Guard, please close your eyes."
The guard was the last special role to act. Next, day would break...
As Lin Jie saw it, the first night should have been peaceful.
"All players, please compose your expressions. Three..."
"Two..."
"One..."
"Day breaks. Please open your eyes."
"Aaaah!"
A piercing scream echoed throughout the room, tearing at everyone's nerves.
Lin Jie hurriedly opened his eyes, only to discover a shocking sight.
Player number three, that "crazy old man," had been disemboweled.
He lay slumped over the table, his face contorted, blood soaking the tablecloth.
His chest and abdomen had burst open, his internal organs spilling all over the floor.
Li Xin, who sat beside player number three, was screaming at the horrifying sight.
The other players also showed varying degrees of terror.
"Holy shit! How is that possible?!" Player number four, Chen Li, who also sat beside him, let out a shocked shout.
Terror spread through the players' hearts.
"Last night, player number three died. No last words." God's voice was emotionless, as though he were describing something perfectly ordinary.
"In this game of Werewolf, the first player to die will have their role revealed."
"After that, no player's role will be revealed, regardless of how they are eliminated."
God turned over the crazy old man's role card-"Villager."
But everyone was still immersed in the terror of death, and no one cared about the crazy old man's role.
The smell of blood spread. The gruesome sight of his death sent an involuntary chill through Lin Jie as well.
But I have to calm down now!
Because something unexpected had happened!
Last night had not been peaceful!
That meant all of Lin Jie's earlier deductions about the witch had been wrong.
Lin Jie swallowed, forcing his brain to think again.
According to his earlier deductions, Xia Qu was the witch and had used the antidote.
He quickly looked toward player number six, Xia Qu.
He hoped to find some clue in her expression.
When he saw Xia Qu's face, Lin Jie's eyes widened in surprise.
How could this be...
An utterly impossible expression had actually appeared on Xia Qu's face?!