Reborn with Consumption System-Chapter 429 - 208: Battle Royale of Best Actors and Actresses

Chapter 429: Chapter 208: Battle Royale of Best Actors and Actresses

Frankly, Han Lie didn’t particularly enjoy offline deduction games like Werewolf.

Before his rebirth, he hadn’t possessed the intellect for it, much less the leisure or inclination.

Living like a corporate drone, one would only become numb, resigned, and kill time with TikTok and games.

Now that he didn’t need to struggle for a living, with high IQ and EQ, he found much more interesting pastimes. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

The pleasure derived from battling wits in the financial markets surpassed Werewolf by tens or hundreds of times—the incentive mechanisms were alike, but the prizes were worlds apart. Dominating the financial markets granted money, status, women, adoration from the naïve investors, and a profound sense of achievement from within. What could winning a game of Werewolf possibly grant you?

So, even though Han Lie was aware of the boys’ eagerness and could guess the reason behind it, he still didn’t take it seriously.

Today’s main objective was to keep Chen Yanfei happy. Everything else was trivial. Winning was okay, losing was okay too—it all depended on what was needed.

However, Chen Yanfei’s classmates clearly didn’t think the same; every single one of them was eager, like a fighting cock raring to go, wanting a chance to outshine "God Lie."

Alin presented a deck of cards. There were fifteen people in total: fourteen elite students from a top foreign language university, plus one underachiever from a third-tier college, all eager to battle it out. Oh, that’s right, the girls weren’t initially that interested, but Han Lie’s participation piqued their expectations. Also, the game being played wasn’t the later version of Werewolf, but the original "When the Night Falls" murder mystery game.

The shy and introverted Mo Xiaozhu took the initiative to be the judge while everyone else drew cards. There were three cops, three killers, and eight civilians. Each round, one person would be "killed" and one "verified." The first three to die could leave their last words, whereas those who died later could only remain silent. Then, whether by the "knife" or by vote, the "dead" couldn’t reveal their identity cards and had to rely on bluffing. The others had to judge the truth themselves, making the game quite challenging. Those were roughly the rules, and the game officially began.

In the first round, Han Lie drew a civilian card and was targeted and killed on the very first night.

When daylight came, everyone looked at Han Lie, who shrugged helplessly, and burst into laughter.

"God Lie, a tall tree attracts the wind!"

"Hahaha!"

Unable to contain her laughter, Chen Yanfei asked, "Tough guy, do you need me to take revenge for you?"

"Don’t you dare!"

Han Lie made a cross gesture with his hands, saying irritably, "No one else has as big a grudge against me as you do. I have every reason to suspect you’re the culprit crying ’thief!’"

Chen Yanfei wasn’t upset in the slightest, raising her eyebrows in a mischievous smile. "So, is this your last will?"

Mo Xiaozhu interjected at the right moment, "Everyone, please quiet down. Han... Brother Han, you may now speak your formal last words."

Apart from her slight awkwardness in addressing him, she handled her role quite well.

Brother Lie immediately became serious. "Without a doubt, I am a civilian. I don’t have any particular suspicions; any one of the killers could have targeted me. But I believe if two of the three killers are girls, they would have spared me because I’m so handsome, right?"

Another wave of laughter erupted among the girls, while the boys wore somewhat strange expressions.

It was a joke, but not just a joke.

Han Lie took in everyone’s expressions and concluded, "So, I have good reason to suspect that at least two of the killers are boys. For this round of voting, I strongly suggest everyone sends Chen Yanfei down to join me, regardless of her role..."

"Hey!"

Chen Yanfei was stunned, glaring at Han Lie with gritted teeth. "Stop stirring things up, will you?!"

The rest of the group roared with laughter, finding the whole thing extremely funny.

So, when it came time to vote officially, Chen Yanfei was actually voted out...

Even though she tried hard to persuade everyone to stay calm, it was to no avail. The boys didn’t show her any deference.

When it was time to give her last words, Chen Yanfei glared fiercely at Han Lie. "You’re so annoying!"

Then, her expression suddenly changed, becoming extremely calm.

"I’m a civilian, just like Han Lie.

"My judgment is—all killers are among the boys!

"Fang Xing, who was the first to suggest sending me to accompany Han Lie, is the most suspicious, followed by Chen He. And Xiaozhi, the last one to follow the vote, seemingly just going with the flow, might also be a killer. Cops, pay attention to the order when verifying—we’ve got this round in the bag!

"Right, Xiaobai is a cop. Xiang Xiang, if I don’t expose Xiaobai, she’s bound to die next nightfall, but now she might still have a fighting chance.

"Xiang Xiang, after nightfall, remember to verify in reverse order. Check Xiaozhi first, and if Xiaozhi isn’t a killer, make sure to protect him.

"Civilians, just vote in order—target Fang Xing, Chen He, Xiaozhi, and Luo Zijun. By eliminating all the boys, victory is ours!"

"What?!"

Xiang Xiang was flabbergasted.

She blinked, her expression bewildered, looking at Chen Yanfei, then sneakily at her card, and then back at Chen Yanfei, speechless.

It was hilarious.

Amid the thoughtful faces of the others, the second round of "eyes closed" began, and the unlucky Xiang Xiang was directly "knifed."

When daylight returned, Xiang Xiang looked like she was about to cry.

"I’m obviously a civilian! Why drag me down with you?"

Chen Yanfei blew her a kiss with a "BIU!" and chirped, "Love you!"

"Hahahaha..."

Everyone roared with laughter. Han Lie and Chen Yanfei were the most shameless, high-fiving each other.

Chen Yanfei smiled with narrowed eyes. "That felt good!"

Han Lie nodded in satisfaction. "The student surpasses the master, Queen Fei."

"You two are so irritating!"

Ding Xiang rolled her eyes and then continued with her muddled last words.