Chapter 33: "Skeptical Aftermath,"

Chapter 33: "Skeptical Aftermath,"

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║ Gregorian Calendar ║ 01 - 18 - 2027 ║

║ Monday║ Class Day║

"Look at the queen of weirdo's sitting alone. Such a show-off..."

I sit alone at my usual table in the school cafeteria, slowly picking at my food while hearing those murmurs in the grapevine. Yet, above all, I remained my calm and just situated myself from observing the sea of hands around me. I then see groups of friends laughing together, and students eating their foods or reading away, flipping pages through their book.

But damned fight on me, I knew underneath their cheerful facade, a sinister secret of the midnight game lingers.

That midnight game, a ritual that has been passed down for decades within these very walls. Students gather under the veil of darkness to play a dangerous game of chance and risk, where the line between fun and danger quickly blurs.

And, players like us, must perform twisted tasks and challenges, many crossing mor