God's Imitator

Zheng Qingyun looked at his fingertips, stained with his own blood after touching his neck.

He licked it off his tongue, seemingly trying to rekindle his beastly instincts and good luck in this way.

"If it were someone else... perhaps you would have really scared them.

"They might even surrender and beg for mercy?

"After all, putting on a desperate stance in a Judgment game does seem a bit intimidating.

"But I’m definitely not that kind of person.

"No matter how disadvantageous the situation at the gambling table, no matter how many cards the opponent seems to hold, I always believe there’s a way to turn the tables, and I always believe that luck will eventually side with me.

"No matter what happens, I will never lose to trash like you on the gambling table.

"... The game is still long, let’s take our time playing."

Round 20 of the game began, and this time it was Zheng Qingyun’s turn to be the first player.

After a moment of thought, he pointed to the player on his right.

"The confession I want to make is... he is a domestic abuser, who frequently and for a long time verbally and physically abused his wife, leading to her suicide by overdose."

This time Gao Teng was stunned.

He looked incredulously at the player on Zheng Qingyun’s right, a middle-aged man who had been timid and silent like a puppet since the game started.

Never expected, he turned out to be such scum.

The button in front was activated again, leaving Gao Teng no choice but to press ’Shocked’.

Because this game, his hand was 11 points, not big, and pressing ’Heartlessly Indifferent’ and increasing 12 points would directly cause a bust.

But that doesn’t mean Gao Teng would definitely lose.

If all players pressed ’Shocked’ and deducted 12 points, the game could still be considered fairly balanced—winning and losing is still judged by the highest score after deduction.

However, no matter how you slice it, it sent a terrible message.

Zheng Qingyun was not helpless; he had found a way to fight back.

Gao Teng initially thought that only he and Zheng Qingyun were Sinners in the game, so the four freely participating players should not have serious crimes.

But he was wrong.

Zheng Qingyun brought these two players, seemingly indecisive tools, but in reality, they all had very sordid crimes, and Zheng Qingyun was well aware of them.

If not explicitly stated by Zheng Qingyun, Gao Teng would never have expected such a timid-looking middle-aged man to be such a repulsive domestic abuser and indirectly his wife’s killer.

Moreover, this domestic abuser, upon being exposed by Zheng Qingyun, didn’t refute nor show any surprise, merely accepting it all silently.

In other words, he entrusted his entire life to Zheng Qingyun.

Gao Teng couldn’t understand why this was the case; perhaps Zheng Qingyun had something on him? Or within the Community, Zheng Qingyun naturally held a dominant position?

But no matter the reasoning, this meant Zheng Qingyun now possessed an endless supply of ’ammunition’.

The game rules were written like this:

Every time a player ’requests a card’, they must undergo a ’penance’, which means revealing a ’secret the team needs to confess’.

And ’revealing penance content’ necessitates a punishment.

But one thing to note, the rules never stated the confession must belong to oneself, any ’team player’ could be used.

Moreover, the punishment resulting from penance isn’t borne by the ’one confessing’ but by the ’one related to the penance content’.

Zheng Qingyun exposed a crime unrelated to the casino, so Gao Teng’s psychological tactics proved useless.

He could only choose ’Shocked’ or ’Heartlessly Indifferent’, causing wide point fluctuations.

At first glance, it’s a draw, but in reality, Gao Teng was at a major disadvantage.

Because Zheng Qingyun could use the other two players as ’Blood Packs’, splitting the punishment damages among the three, even primarily the other two.

But Gao Teng had to bear it himself.

Unless Gao Teng was incredibly lucky, consistently drawing below 9 points, otherwise, with similar luck on both sides, he’d lose first.

Gao Teng looked at the domestic abuser by Zheng Qingyun’s right, puzzled.

"Why? For such a despicable person, you’re willing to entrust him with your life?"

Zheng Qingyun sneered: "What nonsense are you talking about?

"You are truly amusing, sometimes appearing smart, other times ridiculously stupid.

"But it’s typical, nine out of ten of those bankrupt gamblers in the casino look just like you.

"Is it hard to understand why those two are willing to entrust their lives to me? It’s a death game, but I can help them win; isn’t that reason enough?

"They understand their own inadequacies and know without me, they’d never win this game.

"Even if they leave this game, in the next, or the one after, without me, they’d still lose.

"No one else would accept or shelter people like them, so they have no choice.

"This game doesn’t have a method targeting just one person; if you win, the three of us suffer together.

"If you don’t show you’re willing to go down together, maybe they’d hesitate.

"But if you’re going to wipe us out, how can they remain indifferent?

"You’re right, I am a card sharper, but do you really think cheating is all I’m capable of?

"Do you know why gamblers like you always lose?

"Because gamblers like you always exhibit the same logic: seeing a good hand, you confidently go all in on a hunch, never considering whether the house has a better hand."

Gao Teng remained silent for a moment, coldly stating, "We’ll only know if they’re better when the cards are revealed."

The player on Zheng Qingyun’s left, along with Xu Yili, both chose to ’stand’.

After careful consideration, Gao Teng opted to repent and draw another card.

"I once had the idea of killing a player in the Community, and I put that thought into action."

Although Gao Teng was certain to lose 12 points for choosing ’Shocked’, he still decided to launch another attack against Zheng Qingyun.

If he did nothing, with Zheng Qingyun holding three cards without busting, it was almost a sure win for him.

However, by mutually attacking, they could still test their luck against each other.

Zheng Qingyun frowned deeply, after a moment’s thought, he furrowed his brow once more and pressed ’Shocked’: "Fine, I’m curious how many pieces you can break the same thing into."