The School Hunk is Taken | L.K Adaptation

Chapter 10

I quickly got up, my face burning red. But this historical moment had already been captured on various phone cameras by the watching crowd. The photography committee member even got a high-definition close-up shot. And then these onlookers mercilessly posted those photos onto the school forum under the title 'Gallant School Junior Takes Liberties with Jeon Jungkook....'

The sky soon grew dark, and everyone gathered again to play Mafia.

I was an ordinary citizen in the first round, but I was unfortunately killed off on the first night. I highly suspected that Jungkook had been the perpetrator, but then he dropped the line, "The two of us are kind of close. If I killed you, wouldn't I be giving myself away?" easily winning favor with the rest of the group. Then, in the end, this guy was the last surviving mafia member, and he had a great laugh.

In the second round, I was, again, an ordinary citizen. However, it was Jungkook who was killed in the first round, which gave me great delight. But when he was giving his last words, he looked around at us and claimed that I'd been the one to kill him. He even gave a clear and logical list of justifications. He said, "First, I killed you in the previous round, so now you're getting your revenge. From what I know of you, this is a very plausible move. Second, you're obviously having a hard time controlling your expression this round. That's a problem many players who are mafia suffer from. Third because in the last round, I said that we were close, so I wouldn't kill you, it's very possible that you would try to use the same reasoning this round. Too bad you can can't pull that trick every round....so, what do you have to say yourself?"

I looked at him in disbelief. I wanted to say something, but in the end, I could only helplessly muster, "But I'm not a mafia member...."

When the result of the vote was revealed, I wasn't sure it if I should laugh or cry. Of the 20 persons present, everyone but the judge, Jungkook, and me voted to kill me off....Damn. Even when I played as the mafia, I never got this many votes....

Feeling wronged, I sat off the side and watched everyone else continue playing. Upset, I whispered to Jungkook, "See? I wasn't the mafia".

Jungkook replied, "I know".

Angry, I asked, "Then why did you insist that I was?"

Jungkook turned to look at me. With a smile, he answered, "Since I died, shouldn't I bring along a companion?"

I was speechless.

I suppressed the anger inside myself and explained, "But then people will think that your deduction skills are bad. They won't trust you in the future".

Jungkook asked, "Wouldn't that make people want to play with me more?"

When it came to narcissists like Jungkook, I decided to just stay quiet.

In the third round, I was, yet again, an ordinary citizen. I tried to sneak a glance at Jungkook's playing card, but it was too dark, so I couldn't see. But then, Jungkook generously waved his card in front of me, and I saw that h was also an ordinary citizen. Now relaxed, I showed him my card and warned him to slander me.

Jungkook looked around the circle of players and then indifferently replied, "You won't have to worry about any slandering. You're going to die in the first round".

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Jungkook narrowed his eyes and looked at Senior Jieun sitting across from me. In an ethereal voice, like that of a fortune teller, he said, "See Senior Jieun's death glare? Long leg, you're so dead".

I looked over, and under the pale white glow of the lights, I saw Senior Lee glaring at me with wide eyes. Then I felt a shroud of cold air surround me.