Chapter 318

As Do-hee’s inspiration camp reaches its peak,

excitement hits an all-time high.

[Do-hee: Alright, everyone calm down. The night has arrived.]

The moment when the Mafia-free Mafia game was revealed to the viewers was the first night.

[Do-hee: Mafia, please raise your heads.]

─What? Did they not hear?

─Don’t tell me these kids don’t know how to play Mafia?

─From what I see, Na-eun’s the Mafia, but she doesn’t seem to know how to play, haha!

Until this moment, nobody had expected anything.

─Who’s the Mafia~?

─Looks like they’ll show us later.

That the Mafia doesn’t even exist.

The viewers just thought it was an editing trick to guess who the Mafia was.

[Do-hee: Now, the doctor please raise your head.]

But when it’s time for the doctor to pick someone to save,

the editing added a twist, rewinding the screen to a past moment.

And there it was.

[Do-hee: I’ll pick the Mafia first.]

Do-hee, who was making footsteps as she approached.

─???

─What’s happening?

[Do-hee: I’ve chosen! (I didn’t choose.)]

[Thus, the Mafia-free Mafia game began...]

─Dorahee is hilarious, LOL!

─I never saw this coming, haha!

─Is it you again, Dorahee?

─I keep saying, Do-hee’s been acting so calm and composed lately, but there’s a reason she’s the leader of Laheez…

The editing was generous.

Showing the members’ scheming from Do-hee’s perspective.

[Na-eun: (frustrated) No! If you guys were the host, would you have given it to me? Huh? Just one person?]

[Woo-ah: If it’s just one, you won’t give it.]

─Jiwoo wouldn’t give it right away, haha!

─The leader’s authority has hit rock bottom…

That truly was a laugh riot.

[Chiyo: No, but honestly, it’s Na-eun unni for sure!!]

[Woo-ah: Exactly, that’s why Do-hee gave it to Na-eun unni unexpectedly!]

Everyone is scheming against each other.

[Na-eun: Okay, I’ll concede. But if I were Do-hee, I would have given it to Seo-yoon instead of me. Seo-yoon is good at these games. She knows how to rally and push people…]

[Seo-yoon: Huh?]

Even Na-eun herself.

─But really, they’re all civilians, haha!

─LOL, everyone does seem a bit unfairly singled out.

The truth is, everyone was innocent.

[Seo-yoon: Wow, but for real, one of these three is acting? I acknowledge it, Do-hee, you picked the Mafia well.]

[Do-hee: Thank you. Since I meticulously observe each member’s talents regularly, I suppose that’s why I received such an honor.]

[Seo-yoon: Ah, seeing your expression makes me think something’s off.]

[Do-hee is advised to reflect on her audacity at least once.]
─So shameless, lol.

─The production staff’s subtitles, hahaha!

─But honestly, Do-hee would be great as an actress.

─In the midst of it all, Seo-yoon has that ghostly intuition about Do-hee, like whoa.

[Woo-ah: But Seo-yoon Unni is really good, she’s pretending she’s not though.]

[Na-eun: Exactly, it’s her! Her!]

[The Resurrected Second Civil War]

The scheming of the members seemed never-ending, and the entire process brought laughter to the viewers.

─Na-eun’s true feelings finally come out after holding back, lol.

─Look at Dorahee laughing by herself, haha!

But just like any typical Mafia game, the highlight came after the first night when the information started to unfold.

[Chiyo: Hmm… I didn’t want to say anything, but I can’t hold it back anymore.]

Chiyo stood up confidently.

[Chiyo: Yes, I’m the doctor.]

[Excuse me?]

─What are you doing again, lol?

─Aren’t you a citizen?

─The lies are finally starting.

Of course, in an atmosphere where no one could trust each other, rebuttals burst out reflexively.

[Seo-yoon: Why would Do-hee give you the doctor? Unless she’s the Mafia.]

[Na-eun: Exactly, it’d make more sense if she gave it to me.]

[Woo-ah: Na-eun Unni is pretending she’s not the Mafia again, huh?]

[Na-eun: I’m telling you I’m not!!]

─Na-eun is getting angry, haha!

But once Chiyo started the incitement, she was hard to stop.

[Chiyo: Seo-yoon Unni.]

[Seo-yoon: What?]

[Chiyo: I saved you, Unni.]

[Seo-yoon: Huh…?]

With that simple wording, their alliance was formed in an instant.

[Seo-yoon: I, I am a human though.]

[Chiyo: That’s right, Unni is human!]

─Mafias are humans too, Seo-yoon.

─Suddenly switching species, are we? Lol.

[Chiyo: Then the Mafia is either Woo-ah or Na-eun Unni!!]

[Woo-ah: No, there’s no guarantee you’re the doctor—]

[Na-eun: That’s true, so it’s not me, it’s Woo-ah, it’s Woo-ah!]

[Woo-ah: Ah, no. I’m a citizen, so it must be you, Unni!]

Na-eun’s quick shift in stance…

[Do-hee: Okay, make your final argument.]

The condemned has been determined to be Woo-ah.

[If you're not nimble, you'll be taken by the debonaire...]

Woo-ah stood on the platform.

The lights around flickered off, with a single beam of light shining dimly.

─The final argument, lol.

─Completely unnecessary high quality, for real.

And Woo-ah calmly lowered her head and spoke.
[Woo-ah: Everyone, I’ve been reading a book lately.]

[Do-hee: What book?]

[Woo-ah: It’s a history book called “The History of the Peloponnesian War.” Our host Do-hee lent it to me.]

[Do-hee: Ah, it’s a really good book. It seems like it left a strong impression on you.]

─Seems like Do-hee reads a lot, so the members are following suit.

└Due to Do-hee, the group’s overall thirst for knowledge is pretty high, LOL. Even Ye-eun and Sara started reading because of her.

[Seo-yoon: You’re rambling too much. Please finish your defense quickly.]

[Woo-ah: Among them, this passage has stayed vividly in my memory. Greece was trendy for being divided into two opposing ideological camps that distrusted each other.]

[Do-hee: Ah, I think I know. Wasn’t it something like this? People only cared about entertaining their own camp and were ready to issue guilty verdicts through illegal voting to satisfy their greed. So, it’s about illegal voting, right?]

─How can you recall that from just one line, WOW!

─Making a whole fuss over this, what a nerd, LOL!

Woo-ah squinted her eyes and showed her agreement.

[Woo-ah: Yes, and the key part was the next sentence.]

[Do-hee: Oh, don’t tell me…]

[Woo-ah: That’s right. Typically, the lower one’s intellectual level, the higher the chance of survival…]

[Seo-yoon: Are you implying that our intellectual level is low?!]

[Chiyo: Execution, execution!]

[Na-eun: J-Just kill me!]

[The Ruthless Greek Style of Terror Politics]

─This is so funny, seriously, LOL!

─Was Mafia Game always this entertaining?

And so, the execution was carried out.

[Do-hee: Any last words?]

[Woo-ah: Typically, the lower one’s intellectual level, the higher the chance of survival…]

And once again, the second night arrived.

[Do-hee: Surprisingly, there were no victims this night either.]

─What’s surprising about that, LOL!

─Rahee is really on point today, hahahaha!

─Ah, Do-hee is just too funny.

Meanwhile, Na-eun, maintaining some sanity amidst the madness of the members, realized something.

[Na-eun: Wait, if Woo-ah isn’t the Mafia, then Chiyo being a doctor must be a lie, right…?]

[Chiyo (faking): D-Did you see? I saved someone again?!]

[The Urgent Impostor Doctor]

─What’s there to save when there’s no Mafia, LOL!

└She wasn’t even a doctor to begin with, LOL!

Seo-yoon and Chiyo’s strong alliance was also shattered.

[Seo-yoon: Did you save me again this time?]

[Chiyo: Huh? That’s not true.]

With Chiyo’s blatant disregard.

[Chiyo: Seo-yoon unni, are you dumb? The Mafia would kill the doctor first, so why would they kill you? Obviously, they’d save me first.]
“You’re going to kill the doctor first? Why would you kill Unni? Of course, I’d save myself first.”

[Schemer's Subject: Unnecessarily Logical Thinking]

[Seo-yoon: What, an idiot? Hey, you’re the idiot here. Think about it, it’s confirmed that Na-eun Unni is the mafia.]

[Na-eun: I’m not the mafia!]

[Seo-yoon: If Na-eun Unni just kills either you or me, the game ends. There’s no reason for her to kill the doctor, right? Killing me ends it anyway.]

[Chiyo: Well, I twisted that and chose myself! Okay?!]

[Na-eun: No, I told you I’m not the mafia! She’s not the doctor either!]

And all this was more interesting than I thought.

[Do-hee: (whispering) Hey, our Unnis are really something, aren’t they?]

─You’re the one who’s really something, you brat, hahahaha!

─Don’t act like you’re not involved after leading it on, hahaha!

This was why Do-hee couldn’t stop smirking until everything was revealed and she faced a collective lynching.

*

After finishing the concept photo shoot, on the way back with Woo-ah Unni.

─Alright, Unnis? Now that we’ve learned the lesson not to doubt the members… Wait! Stop! Let’s speak like gentlemen, like gentlemen.

As I closed my eyes in the car to organize my thoughts.

─Right, I should first sincerely apologize to the Unnis. Even though it was an unfortunate accident due to my lack of knowledge about the rules… Aah!

A scream from the side interrupted me.

“Do-hee, the reaction here is really good!”

Woo-ah Unni, who had left a handprint on my back, was comfortably monitoring our self-content from the side.

“I did that position on purpose to be funny.”

“Of course~ Do-hee’s comic timing is something Unni knows best~”

“Then why do you hit me every time?”

“‘Cause it’s hilarious.”

“……”

“Wasn’t it funny?”

“…You did well.”

“Thanks!”

You can only pretend to hit, right…

But I ain’t gonna whine like a little crab.

I’m broad-minded after all.

It’s not like I’m the type to nitpick.

Just looking at the production staff’s reactions on set, this self-content was my victory, Lee Do-hee’s victory.

‘Hoohoo.’

“Oh right, Manager, what was our predicted Billboard ranking for next week?”

“Huh? Ah~ Do-hee wants to hear again, huh? Next week’s predicted rank is 103! And if we’re lucky, we might hit the Hot 100 the week after! We’re about to have a Billboard star from our company!”

Yeah, yeah.

As long as my members are happy…

Honestly, it felt great to be the star of the show again after a while.

Ah, this is definitely more my style.

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