Chapter 110: A Setup We've Never Played
【12-Player Secret Admirer Werewolf has begun. Drawing player identities.】
【Player No. 6, Ji Ning, your identity is: Secret Admirer.】
【On the first night, the Secret Admirer selects one player as their secret admirer's target. The victory condition becomes identical to that of the target. The Secret Admirer does not know the identity of their target, nor does the target know they are being admired.】
【Please deduce your target's faction and assist your target in achieving victory.】
Secret Admirer? Ji Ning had never heard of this role card before, and it sounded fascinating.
From the broadcast explanation, she had to pick a player to be her secret admirer's target. If the other party was Town, she would belong to the Town Faction; if they were a Werewolf, she would belong to the Werewolf Faction.
And she had to guess for herself whether her target was good or evil.
【Night falls. Close your eyes.】
【Secret Admirer, open your eyes.】
【Secret Admirer, please select your secret admirer's target.】
Ji Ning silently prayed that she would be teamed up with Xing Ye again. Aloud, she said decisively, "I choose to admire No. 12."
A purple light flared, and Ji Ning was transported to No. 12, who was shrouded in black mist.
The black mist dissipated, and the face she had just recently complimented as looking even more handsome was right in front of her, eyes closed.
Ji Ning's heart raced. The feeling of exactly the thing she'd been thinking of coming true was so incredible it felt like a miracle, leaving her disoriented.
She stared intently at Xing Ye's brows and eyes, terrified it was all a hallucination.
【The Secret Admirer is filled with adoration for their target. Embrace the target for three minutes to complete the admiration process.】
Ji Ning nodded. She slipped her hands between Xing Ye's arms, wrapping them around his lean, muscular waist. She pressed her entire body against his chest, resting her head in the crook of his neck, against the skin of his throat.
It was a silent and sweet three minutes.
Lightly, Ji Ning nuzzled and sniffed Xing Ye's neck and jaw, taking in the faint, clean scent of his shower gel, and an indescribable something—a scent that belonged only to him.
Perhaps this was Xing Ye's natural body scent, his male pheromones—there was even a term for it: a man's pheromones.
The pheromones a man uses to attract a woman, detectable only by those who are truly compatible with him.
Unable to help herself, Ji Ning's lips curved into a smile. She tilted her head up and kissed Xing Ye's jaw.
His stubble was perfectly managed, leaving only the faintest hint of a rough edge. Even his jaw was handsome, sharp and angular, neither too thin nor too broad, brimming with masculinity.
It was the kind of face a woman simply couldn't resist.
【Admiration process complete.】
Ji Ning pursed her lips, feeling that the three minutes had passed as quickly as three seconds.
Just before being transported away, Ji Ning leaned in and pressed a kiss to Xing Ye's lips, filled with anticipation for the expression on his face when day broke and he saw her.
【Day breaks.】
Ji Ning stared intently at the seat opposite her, No. 12. She saw the surprised smile that broke out on Xing Ye's face and gave him a huge, beaming grin in return.
Remembering how she had treated the other men poorly during the Werewolf Game in the previous high school instance, Ji Ning had learned her lesson this time. After her gaze met Xing Ye's, she still made a point of surveying the others in the circle.
It was truly astonishing. Not only was Song Weiyang, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, sitting right next to her, but Sheng Churan, whom she had run into so frequently of late, was seated in the No. 4 spot.
Song Weiyang's expression was one of pleasant surprise, while Sheng Churan's smile was tinged with astonishment.
Clearly, even he was surprised to have been paired with Ji Ning for three rounds in a row.
It wasn't just the four of them; other players were also reacting to seeing familiar faces.
And this time, it looked like there was only one newcomer.
It seemed that as the number of game rounds increased, new players would become fewer, and the odds of veteran players overlapping would rise.
【The Sheriff election now begins. Players, press the button on the election device in front of you. Red for not running, green for running.】
【Countdown begins: 10, 9, 8…】
Ji Ning chose to stay Off the Sheriff Ballot.
She had already made up her mind. She was in a swing position this time, so she would stay off the ballot and observe the situation quietly.
After the countdown ended, the players who had Run for Sheriff were displayed. In order, they were No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, No. 7, No. 10, and No. 12.
【Random selection: Player No. 12 speaks first. Player No. 1, please prepare.】
Xing Ye was the first to speak.
Xing Ye's demeanor was utterly relaxed, but the words he spoke completely stunned Ji Ning.
"I am the Secret Admirer, and my boss—that's what Secret Admirers usually call their target, right? My boss is Player No. 6. This round, I'll just follow my boss's lead. Whatever she says, I'll do. The Secret Admirer is a wildcard, so I'm just gonna play it like this. Pass."
Ji Ning was in a state of total shock. Wasn't she the Secret Admirer?
Livestream comments:
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
"HAHAHAHAHA"
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"Ning-Ning is so obviously reacting like she had her eyes open at night, and staying off the ballot probably tipped Xing Ye off that she was the Secret Admirer!"
"LMAO, the Secret Admirer fell for the Wolf's Hard Claim by playing it back at her. The Townies will be so tilted they'll have no chance."
"With the way the cards were dealt to them, this is gonna be a juicy round!"
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