There was a heavy silence. It was an indescribably heavy silence completely different from anything they had experienced before, lingering around dead body in the head seat. It was the first time the players had executed another player themselves. Having cast a dissenting vote, glared at the red ball and muttered, “… How could you just kill someone without a warning?”

[Huh?]

“This isn’t right. It’s a human life. She could have braced herself, said some last words… Or you should have at least kept the time limit. Can’t you calculate the value of human life or emotions? Are you just a lump of scrap metal that can only calculate the expected value?”

[What the…. It was just to let the game go smoothly. Okay, fine, fine. I will partially accept your complaint. Next time, I’ll come up with some words of consolation or something.]

The clanking sound like a casino slot machine echoed across the room. The sound came from the total prize display board right above the clock in the conference room. The numbers had changed again.

[Total prize: 3, 600, 000, 000 won]

[Total prize: 3, 900, 000, 000 won]

“300 million won added, which means…”

“She was a citizen.”

“…….”

Thought so.

However, those who had voted “yes” were not criticized just because turned out to be a citizen. They had already calculated the expected value. Still, it was not easy to see limp body in the chair. said, “What a day! Day 2 of Mafia Game, and we messed up in both Bingo and the trial!”

“You were the one who said it’s still an advantage to kill a citizen!”

“That’s about expected value. It’s also a fact that citizens are screwed in Mafia Game.”

“Let’s just hope she was a citizen alone. She could have been the doctor or sheriff.”

As and , who both voted “yes”, spoke of the cold hard truth, prayed silently, holding on to the prayer beads in her hand, when her eyes suddenly flew open. “The tablet!”

“Huh?”

“ tablet. Let’s check that to see her role.”

“……!”

Of course, she already has experience stealing, so it just comes naturally, huh? Junsung sneered to himself. Everyone probably had the same thought and may have swallowed their words as they agreed with , and began looking for tablet. When the players found the tablet inside the drawer in front of seat, waved both his hands. “Wait a second. We can’t just sneak a look like this.”

“What are you talking about? We already know that we can look into an eliminated player’s tablet.”

“No, I mean…” voice trailed off as he tried to object.

, who sat next to him chimed in loudly. “Well, rules are rules, and, er… We can’t just open the dead woman’s personal stuff up like this, eh?”

“What the hell are you two talking about?”

“We’re sorry for the dead people, but the living ones are also important. Stop all the nonsense and turn it on.” sternly quietened them down. The players gathered near seat and turned on her tablet. The word that appeared on the screen, of course, was “Citizen.”

“Oh well, if she was the sheriff or doctor, she would have appealed before the trial.”

“So we saw the role, eh? Turn it off, and throw it in the trash.”

“, what’s up with you? You’re acting really suspicious.”

“Oh, er, I just, eh… just like everythin’ cleaned up quickly, so…”

Junsung tapped on the chat inbox without thinking. There were a few chats that had exchanged with others. The first was with .

Muscle Man: Hey

Muscle Man: You seem reliable. Wanna work together?

Prostitute: Where’s that coming from?

Prostitute: What’s reliable about me?

Muscle Man: Well…

Muscle Man: You have a killer body, lol

Prostitute: Huh. What the fuck.

Prostitute: Think you can just hit on any girl with those muscles?

Prostitute: Just fuck off

Muscle Man: OK

The conversation was so lame that there was really nothing to say in response to it. sarcastically expressed his respect for guts and sneered. “So that’s why you didn’t want us to see the tablet!”

“You had that nice guy act going, while you were actually hitting on her behind everyone’s back, huh?”

“W-whatever! I was just, uh, trying to be nice, you know, as a fellow citizen! Don’t get me wrong! She was just overreacting!”

“Ugh, you men…”

The players clicked their tongues at chat, but just shrugged it off as it didn’t seem like a big deal. There was another conversation between and .

Janitor: so,,honey,,,whereyoufrom?hostessbar?massageplace?

Prostitute: what the hell are you saying? You drunk?

Janitor: oh,uh,,justwannabefriendswithyou,inthisfreezinghouse,,,sweetie

Janitor: worktogetherinthegame,,,whaddyathink?

Prostitute: Cut the crap and just spit it, already!

Prostitute: Your chat’s fucking hard to read

Janitor: nothin,,,justlonelyhere,,,letsbefriends,talk,getiton,,,youknow,,, whaddyathink

Janitor: yourdress,,makesmehard,,here,,haha

Janitor: howbout,,,youbeprofessional,,,andgethotandnasty?

Prostitute: Thought you were going to talk about the game

Prostitute: I can’t put up with this shit, you goddamn son of a bitch

Prostitute: Why don’t you just go fuck yourself, you fucking grandpa

Janitor: youli’l,,,bitch.wheres,,yer,,manners??itsjust,,yer,,cheapbody

Janitor: youwhore,,idont,,needya,,bitch,,,fuckoff

“…….”

The players stared at in utter disbelief. face turned blood red. “T-t-that’s, er, fake! The dead girl, she faked it with this machine!”