「Thirty seconds earlier.」
When the four players heard the round-faced girl outside the bank say, "Anyone who possesses a ring is a contestant," the mission log on their player panel updated once more.
[Phase Two Mission Objective: Seize the rings and participate in the Death Race.]
The moment he saw the new mission, Li Ang sprang up from the ground with lightning speed. He brazenly attacked Franklin from behind, choking him.
The reasons for not killing these characters outright were twofold:
First, they all possessed self-destruct tactics, like pulling Individual Rocket Tubes out of a Four-dimensional Chrysanthemum.
Second, Li Ang hadn't yet figured out this world's basic rules and didn't want to make enemies so soon.
