Chapter 13 - Death Gift

Translated by: Jayre & Fleur

Yu Su and the short-haired woman shared a room on the right of the first floor. The bed in the room was an old-fashioned wooden double bed and it was a few years old. When Yu Su slept on it, a small movement caused the bed to creak and Yu Su decided to sleep on the floor in the end.

She slept until the middle of the night, when a slight noise woke her up.

It should be due to the short-haired woman on the bed tossing around?

The faint moonlight outside the window shone into the room, causing the room to look hazy.

Yu Su had an urge to go to the toilet and she opened her eyes, but what she saw in the next second snapped her eyes shut immediately.

At this time she was lying sideways facing the direction of the wardrobe.

What she saw just now through the moonlight was the closed door of the wardrobe opening slowly!

Is there something…… pushing the door open from the inside?

Yu Su closed her eyes and calmed herself down, before she cracked her eyes open into a slit and looked towards the front-

There was a pale white hand on the wardrobe door!

The hand was not big, it should belong to a child. It stretched out from the darkness of the wardrobe, aside from the hand, Yu Su saw nothing else.

But just because she could not see it, it did not mean that the other party could not see either.

Could the ghost be currently hiding itself in the dark and staring at her?

A fine trail of goosebumps rose on her skin and Yu Su dare not continue her train of thoughts. She shut her eyes tight and deliberately slowed down her breathing, pretending to be asleep.

But her heart thumped unevenly, and she could only hope it did not notice.

Yu Su’s sleepiness had long since disappeared. At this moment, her entire focus was directed to her ears as she listened carefully to the movements in the room.

But nothing happened even after a long time.

It was only until her whole body became numb since she maintained the position for a long time that Yu Su relaxed slightly.

It had been so long, there should be no problem?

Yu Su did not dare to open her eyes. Pretending to be asleep, she flipped over and laid flat on the ground.

At this moment, the wooden bed next to her suddenly squeaked.

The short-haired woman on the bed blearily sat up, trying to open her eyes while getting out of the bed to wear her shoes, preparing to go to the washroom.

But the moment she lowered her legs down the bed, she froze. After a few seconds, she yelped.

The “ah” shocked Yu Su so much her heart skipped a beat.

Since she made such a frightened sound, she must have seen something. Yu Su no longer dared to continue pretending to sleep and jumped up immediately.

When she saw the situation in the room, fear struck her - just beside the place where she was sleeping, a small figure was squatting down!

Looking at the direction and posture, it must have been squatting there and staring at her all along!

If Yu Su did not manage to deepen her breathing and opened her eyes early…… she really did not know what would happen then.

At that moment, the figure tilted its head and disappeared instantly.

Yu Su could only feel her heart pounding, and her eyes were strained to the utmost to carefully scour the entire room, for fear that it would suddenly appear somewhere else again.

But after waiting a while, it did not appear again.

Seeing that everything seemed to be fine, the short-haired woman came down from the bed to wear her shoes and walked to Yu Su’s side. “When I woke up I saw it squatting there staring at you, it nearly scared me to death!”

She was originally not timid, nor was she a newcomer, this type of situation would not have scared her. But she just woke up and was still muddled, looking at the scene caused her to unconsciously scream.

The one who was truly scared was Yu Su. After all, she was the one stared at by the ghost for such a long time. She even knew when it started to stare at her, it was really a long time.

The two were completely wide awake, and after going to the toilet together, they discussed and decided to take turns sleeping for two hours.

Even though the functions of the phone did not work in this world, it could still be used to look at the time.

Just like this up until 06:30, the players all got up one after another.

Yi Shu, who slept in the room on the left of the first floor, was the first to come and ask about the situation. He had clearly heard the yelp from the short-haired woman last night.

The newcomer he was paired with, Gao Zhong, did not follow. After all, he was already on the edge of death, how could he have the concern to care about others?

At 06:50 in the morning, the group arrived at the hall on the first floor, sitting around the eight person table according to the positions they were in when they entered the mission.

Just after seven o’clock, the ear-piercing music sounded again.

“The time to vote has come, everyone has to choose carefully. When the countdown is over, just point towards the one you feel is the murderer~”

“The countdown will start, ten, nine……”

Everyone’s eyes fell upon Yan Jing.

Yan Jing was no longer as calm as yesterday. Although he tried to conceal it, his face still showed traces of nervousness.

This was not because of him knowing he would be voted by everyone, but by the randomized death that would come immediately afterwards.

Although he reduced his probability of death as much as possible yesterday, he was still a quarter of the probability.

Gao Zhong clutched his hands tightly together. He was obviously terrified. There were thick dark circles under his eyes, and it was as if he was a totally different person from the eager and excited Gao Zhong yesterday.

The rich lady was also very nervous, her fingers tightly gripped the ring on her left finger as if that object would bring her good luck.

The young man with the rich lady stared at Yan Jing with furious eyes, giving off a “If Yan Jing could not be voted to death, he would personally murder Yan Jing”vibe.

The short ten seconds countdown was over, and everyone except for Yan Jing pointed their fingers at him simultaneously.

Everyone knew that Yan Jing was most likely not the murderer, but they could only vote for him.

‘Dingdong, congratulations to everyone, your vote is - wrong! Hee hee hee, don’t be discouraged, there are many opportunities! Next, let’s start the lucky draw, the one who is selected will receive a death gift package~”

The young man stared at Yan Jing and sneered: “A person like you will only kill other people if you live. I really wish you are the one selected.”

The moment he stopped talking, the cheerful child’s voice sounded: “Dangdangdang, the lucky player has been born! The death gift package has been sent out, please pay attention to the receiver!”

The next second, a black gift box appeared on the table.

And where the black box was placed, was right in front of Yan Jing.

A beautiful ribbon was tied around the black box, and at this time it slowly began to dissemble itself.

Anyone could tell that when the ribbon untied itself and the box opened, it would be over.

Yan Jing was stunned for a moment, before he stood up in a panic and backed away. His legs hit the chair behind him and it screeched against the floor, producing a harsh unpleasant sound.

His face turned pale in the blink of an eyes, and even his lips lost color.

Two seconds later, he gazed sharply at the young man. “It’s you! You are the murderer! You said you wanted me to die, and now it really is me. The sentence you said just now was clearly making the ghost act according to what you said!”

The ribbon was untied, and it fell to the table.

Yan Jing let out an unwillingly roar, turned his head and ran towards the door. The door was clearly opened, but when he ran over, it was like hitting transparent glass. “Bang”was the result of his path being blocked.

During this time, the lid opened.

A thin trail of black smoke rose slowly, circling like a dark viper in the air and then quickly shot towards Yan Jing!

The black smoke upon touching his body, disappeared without a trace. The next moment, Yan Jing fell to the ground, screaming and rolling about.

The shrill cry made people tremble. Yan Jing sometimes curled up to clutch his stomach, sometimes he arched his back and struggled, rolling about the floor. It was unknown just how many times he hit the furnishings in the room.

Yu Su looked at him and remembered the earthworm people dug out of the mud to play with.

After a few minutes, Yan Jing’s screams and struggles gradually weakened until there were no movements at all.

The strange thing was, Yan Jing obviously suffered a great deal of pain when he died. Yet his body was intact and no injuries could be seen.

After the few minutes of continuous screams, the hall suddenly became quiet, and Yu Su felt that the air was heavy with silence.

It was probably because the corpse did not appear bloody nor terrible, even the two newcomers were not too scared.

But no one spoke. Everyone sat in their place, quietly staring at Yan Jing’s body.

After a while, the rich lady coughed softly and took the lead to break the silence. “The man is gone, we should first discuss what to do? What he said before he died, I feel……”

She glanced at the young man and embarrassedly smiled. “Qin Nian, don’t blame me. Even though you are my partner, I can’t help but say - what happened just now was a little too coincidental, what do you think?”

The young man who was called Qin Nian glanced at the body on the ground and said coldly: “If I really am the murderer, there must be other ways to kill the players. Why would I make it so obvious? Do you think the mission this time is to give you benefits?”

The rich lady awkwardly smiled. “Don’t be angry, I’m only asking. It’s only when we talk that there would not be any suspicions, right?”

Qin Nian shrugged, and said nothing.

The rich lady changed the subject again. “Then let’s not talk about this first, there’s another thing we must discuss immediately.”

The little boy placed his hands on the table, head resting on his shoulder and asked, “What is it?”

The rich lady arched an eyebrow. “Are you not hungry? Did no one realise there is no food here? It’s okay if its one or two days, but if we can’t find the murderer, doesn’t this mean we have to starve to death?”

“Oh this problem ah……” Yi Shu laughed. “It can’t be solved, the only solution is - ah, forget it. I better not say.”

Gao Zhong who escaped the crisis had mostly recovered his mentality. He asked, “What is it? Is it eating the flesh of the dead?”

He read about survival stories before, and the people in them would eat their companion’s flesh.

Yi Shu glanced at him and shook his head. “In this game where one person dies after a vote, if you wish to complete the mission as soon as possible, you can choose to…...kill.”