“I’m going to die, save me!”
“You have to save me.”
“We’re both Werewolves. We’re on the same side. You’re the only one who can save me now!”
“This vote must go to Pikachu.”
“Also, go and persuade that Dieyu.”
“You two are close. You must convince her!”
Taoqimao had never been begged like this before.
Terrified, she kept backing away, but Cthulhu refused to let go of her hands.
“Um… that…”
“I won’t vote for you… don’t worry… I won’t vote for you.”
Cthulhu froze upon hearing this.
His grip on Taoqimao’s hands suddenly tightened, and his tone turned icy.
“You won’t vote for me?”
“How many votes does Sibo Daye have right now?”
“Damn it! Pikachu, Dieyu, Unrivaled, and himself!”
“That’s already over half!!!”
“Even if you vote for Pikachu, I’ll definitely be out!”
“Go find Dieyu. Persuade her!”
“I came out and claimed to be the Prophet for you! Just so you could win!”
“And now you’re telling me you won’t vote?”
“Go convince Dieyu. Make her vote for Pikachu!”
“I know she doesn’t like Pikachu anyway. Tell her that Pikachu tricked Sibo Daye!”
“Pikachu looks stupid, but she isn’t stupid at all. Say she’s a Werewolf!!!”
“If she doesn’t get voted out and I, the Prophet, get eliminated, the Good Guys win!”
Taoqimao was torn with anxiety.
She stammered, “Dieyu won’t listen to me…”
“I can’t convince her!”
“I won’t vote for you, but Pikachu isn’t a Werewolf… I really don’t want to vote for her…”
“How about I go find Brother Sibo Daye and tell him you’re a Good Guy…”
“I—”
Hearing this, Cthulhu suddenly stood up and grabbed Taoqimao’s thin shoulders.
He let out a low roar, his face twisted into a hideous mask of rage.
“What kind of nonsense are you talking!!!”
“Every other word is ‘Brother Sibo Daye, Brother Sibo Daye’!”
“Have you no shame? He’s younger than you!”
“You and he are not teammates.”
“I’m out here risking my life for you. You’re afraid of getting your hands dirty, so I’m the one doing the killing!”
“And you’re calling someone else ‘Brother’?!!!”
“You can’t go to Sibo Daye! You can’t let him know you won’t side with him!”
“Go convince Dieyu.”
“I’ll go convince Unrivaled.”
“If I’m eliminated today, I’ll admit I’m a Wolf, and I’ll tell everyone that you’re the last Wolf King!!!”
Cthulhu’s eyes were completely bloodshot.
He was gripping her so hard that the System had already begun deducting his Points.
Taoqimao looked pained.
She pursed her lips, tears welling in the corners of her eyes.
She was too terrified to speak.
“Taoqimao!”
“There are only eight people left on the field!”
“If I die today, and you kill one person tonight…”
“Then there will only be six people left!!!”
“Once everyone knows you’re a Wolf, it won’t matter what card you have. You’ll be voted out tomorrow!”
“Are you part of the Lovers?”
“Are you part of the Lovers!!!”
Taoqimao kept shaking her head.
“No… I’m not… I’m not…”
Cthulhu snorted coldly.
“It doesn’t matter if you are or not.”
“As long as Sibo Daye isn’t your lover or Cupid, even if you are a Lover, you’ll be out tomorrow with 3.5 votes!”
“They’ll win immediately, and you’ll just die one day later than me!”
“And you’ll drag your partner down with you!!!”
“I don’t give a damn if you’re a Lover or not right now!”
“I’m telling you this: if I’m eliminated today, you will certainly die tomorrow!!!”
“And I will turn into a vengeful ghost and haunt you forever! Forever!!!”
Cthulhu’s voice grew louder, his tone heavier, and his face more demonic.
After he finished, he finally let go.
Taoqimao could barely stand.
She slumped to the ground, rubbing her eyes and sobbing.
Cthulhu straightened his shirt.
His expression had returned to normal.
Looking down at Taoqimao on the ground, he suddenly knelt down gently.
He ruffled her hair and said, “Be good, my little kitten.”
“You’re so cute. What man wouldn’t feel bad for you?”
“But no one wants to die.”
“I was only that angry because I’m about to die.”
“You have to forgive me.”
“The right thing is for us to get out of here alive together!”
“I’m going to find Unrivaled. Think carefully about what I said.”
“It’s either we die together…”
“Or that Pikachu, who calls you a bitch all day, dies!”
“Oh, and stop crying. The Judgment Meeting will start soon. Go wash your face. Don’t look so pitiful, as if you’ve been bullied.”
***
From the beginning, Cthulhu wasn’t at a total disadvantage.
But he hadn’t been confident at all.
He hadn’t expected Unrivaled to stand by Yi Mo so firmly.
His previous begging for Points had been partially sincere, but it was also a way to show weakness.
What was even more unexpected was that Taoqimao actually managed to convince Dieyu.
It made Cthulhu think Taoqimao was more precious the more he looked at her.
He wanted to pry open her little head to see what was hidden inside.
When the result was announced, Yi Mo’s face instantly froze.
His expression darkened visibly.
He turned to look at the smiling Dieyu beside him and questioned her in a dry, dark voice, “Why!”
“Why betray me now!”
Dieyu didn’t seem afraid.
Instead, she stood up and walked toward Yi Mo.
She reached out, wanting to stroke his angry face, but Yi Mo dodged her.
Her smile didn’t fade.
With one hand behind her back, her black gauze dress swaying in the night breeze, she placed a finger to her lips.
She looked at Pikachu, who was tied to a pillar on the Judgment Stage, shouting and struggling.
A spark of excitement flickered in Dieyu’s eyes.
“Mr. Sibo Daye.”
“No woman wants to see the man she likes risking his life for another woman.”
“Even if that woman poses no threat.”
“It’s still not allowed!”
“I didn’t betray you. You simply underestimated a woman’s jealousy.”
Dieyu’s presence in this game had always been low.
Much like the Ordinary Girl Village Chief, she seemed to drift outside of everyone’s focus, only staying close to Yi Mo.
The night wind blew against her dress, outlining her alluring, curvaceous figure.
However…
Dieyu was not a beautiful butterfly.
She was a sleeping venomous wasp.
At this moment, she had finally begun to reveal her most lethal stinger.
On the other side, after laughing excitedly, Cthulhu looked dismissively at the indifferent Baiduren beside him.
“Thanks for believing in me, brother. Who’s doing the Punishment Phase—you or me?”
Baiduren rubbed the bridge of his nose and said without interest, “If you’re interested, you do it.”
Cthulhu didn’t decline.
He walked straight to a nearby tree, picked up a shovel, and carried it toward the Judgment Stage.
He climbed up and looked at Pikachu, whose face was flushed red and whose eyes were wide with fury.
He raised the shovel high, the corners of his mouth finally curling up into a wide grin.
He spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
“I am a Wolf, and I know you’re a Good Guy.”
“But, go to hell!”
With that, he swung the shovel down hard toward Pikachu’s head.
On this moonless night, the wind howled.
In the next moment, blood would surely splatter.
But…
Was that really how it would go?
“Hahaha… Hahaha…”
“Make me die?”
“What do you have that could possibly make me die!!!”
Before the shovel could strike Pikachu’s head…
Pikachu’s near-manic laughter echoed through the night sky.
Her body seemed to swell in size.
The thick ropes binding her suddenly snapped all at once.
Then, before the shovel could reach her, her fist—the size of a sandbag—smashed into Cthulhu’s face.
Splurch!
Accompanying the sound of bones shattering, blood sprayed from Cthulhu’s nose.
He was sent flying right off the Judgment Stage!
***
No one could have imagined that Pikachu, who had been tied tightly to the bronze pillar, would suddenly use brute force to snap the hemp ropes that were as thick as a pinky finger!
Not only did she dodge the lethal blow from the shovel, but with the speed of wind and lightning, she sent Cthulhu flying with a single punch.
Cthulhu actually landed below the Judgment Stage, rolling over a dozen times before coming to a stop.
For a moment, he couldn’t even crawl back up.
He instinctively covered his face with his hands, which were already covered in blood.
The two sides of his face were now clearly asymmetrical.
This scene shocked everyone present.
Even Dieyu, who had been brimming with confidence just moments ago, had a flash of surprise in her eyes and took a few steps back.
The Ordinary Girl Village Chief finally raised her lowered head.
Her hand instinctively moved to the pocket of her tracksuit, a sharp glint flickering in her dark gaze.
“Hah… Hah… Hah…”
Cthulhu, who had been so arrogant and laughing just a moment ago, now only had the strength left to lie on the ground and gasp for air.
“Holy shit! What’s going on!”
“A player being judged can actually attack other players?”
Unrivaled was the only one who had followed the vote against Yi Mo and Pikachu.
He had already been shocked by the result of Pikachu being voted out.
While he was debating whether he had stood on the wrong side or followed the wrong person—or if the Werewolves had already taken control of the situation—he was feeling conflicted and afraid.
Before he could make sense of it, he saw this scene and couldn’t help but reach out, shouting in shock.