Escape From The Psychiatric Hospital

What the hell? Wasn’t this a Werewolf game? Even psychiatric hospitals play this kind of game now?Who in their right mind would pretend to be crazy here?“Ding-dong! It’s medication time. All patients, please gather at the church on the first floor within ten minutes. Nurses will distribute the medication. Please be reminded that the blue pills are safe to take. The red pills are highly toxic. Those who take it by mistake will suffer intestinal rupture and die horribly, bleeding from inside!”The intercom broadcast came on again, and everyone in the ward reacted as though they had received a signal, rushing out of their rooms.I was pushed along by the crowd and could only follow them down to the church on the first floor.I cautiously observed everyone around me.Some were violently aggressive, attacking anyone in sight. Their limbs were shackled with heavy iron chains. Some were wildly unpredictable, laughing hysterically one second and suddenly slapping themselves in the face

I could not sleep all night. After finally drifting off, the intercom broadcast rang out again at dawn.“Ding-dong! It’s voting time. All patients, please gather at the church on the first floor within ten minutes!”At the command, everyone once again filed into the church in perfect unison.This time, an LED screen had been installed inside the church, displaying the photos and names of all forty patients.Three of them were already eliminated. Their portraits were marked with an [OUT] label.“Voting begins!”Everyone was instructed to form a circle and point at the person they wanted to vote out.Confusion was written all over their faces. Some looked around at each other without making a decision, while some hesitated and kept switching their choice.This was until a little girl suddenly stepped forward and pointed at the young man. “He’s the one who killed the man. Vote him out!”Clearly, her words did not convince everyone. No one followed her instructions right away.Th

With death staring me in the face, I decided to take a gamble.“You’ve been questioning all of us, but what about you? Are you an impostor?”I had only meant to stall for time, but that counter-question exposed something big.Judging by the way the hothead was enraged yet could not defend himself, he was most likely an impostor too.“You dare question me?”Of course, pissing him off was the worst possible move.Even though I managed to shift the attention onto him, escaping his grip was not going to be easy.His hand tightened around my throat. My face turned red from lack of air. I tried to call for help, only to find a ring of cold, indifferent eyes staring back at me.“Ding-dong! It’s breakfast time. All patients, please proceed to the cafeteria immediately.”Thank goodness, I was saved!“Miss, don’t go to the cafeteria. Come with me.”On the way there, an old lady suddenly appeared and told me to follow her.“Where?”“Somewhere to hide. You exposed him. He’s not going

“Did you hear the rules for today?”“Yeah. They said there are ghosts tonight.”“That’s not the important part. The key is that no one is allowed to leave their room. It’s the perfect chance to frame someone.”“How do we frame them?”“Later, two women will come into this room. One is skin and bones, practically collapsing from a breeze. The other is autistic and doesn’t speak. Tonight, we kill the thin one and pin it on the autistic girl. We’ll get everyone to vote her out tomorrow.”The old lady’s plan was feasible, but I still hesitated.“Young lady, I’ve seen what you’ve done for me. I’m repaying you this time.“I’m already old. If I live one more day, that’s just one more day. But you’re young and beautiful. Once you get out, you still have a whole future ahead of you. I can’t stand seeing you lose it like this. Everything I’m doing is for you.”Her words hit exactly where it hurt most.In the end, I agreed to take part in her plan without hesitation.As expected, not lon

After the news spread, the patients in the psychiatric hospital naturally split into two factions.One faction consisted of twenty-two people whose identities had already been verified by the hothead. People who were considered one hundred percent confirmed.The other faction was made up of the remaining ten, whose identities had never been verified and could not be confirmed.Among those ten were me, the old lady, the little girl, the boy who had helped her carry rice, the autistic woman, and several others I had barely interacted with.The patient faction held an absolute advantage in numbers.If I were them, I would not waste time trying to identify impostors anymore.No matter how they tried, the success rate would only be two out of ten.However, if they simply eliminated all ten of us, the success rate would jump to one hundred percent. It was clean and decisive.What I could think of, they could think of too.As I looked at their predatory stares, a chill crawled up my