[PHASE 3: REDUCTION OF SAFE ZONES]
[SURVIVORS: 23]
[ 00 : 59]
A burning breath swept through the arena.
The ground, still glowing from the previous eruption, was steaming as if it were breathing.
I slowly descended from my platform, my soles still steaming. Around me, the other players were already rushing forward, trembling, breathless, covered in soot.
The doll did not appear.
She didn't need it.
The terrain was horrible: the zones were closing in, and it was impossible to predict where she would appear.
A mechanical voice echoed throughout the stadium:
[EACH ROUND: 1 MILLION PER SURVIVOR]
[AND EACH LAPS… ONE MORE DEATH]
00 : 40
The green areas finally appeared
A message vibrated on my wrist.
*[R]: "Don't hesitate any longer. You've already crossed the line. Keep moving forward."*
I gritted my teeth.
I didn't need him to tell me.
I knew what he wanted
But first I had to survive.
Reducing staff will come later
Running at full speed towards the first visible green zone
K-10 approached me, his face covered in sweat.
- Ki-Moon… wait!
-.... What!
I easily distance myself from this disturbing being. The intensity of my feelings intensifies, especially because of "him."
Seo-Hwan arrived behind K-10, already giving orders.
- The zones are smaller… We must stay together, not spread out. Above all, don't let anyone steal our spot.
K-10 nodded, reassured.
Kang-Dae, for his part, acted as a savior, helping both adversaries and allies.
[20 SECONDS]
The green areas seemed so distant, like patches of light on a battlefield.
"Over there!" yelled a Russian. "Quick!"
They all started running.
Hurried footsteps, shouts, pushing and shoving.
It had become a hunt instead.
Kim Young passed by me like a shadow.
When did she arrive?
She had literally just knocked over a player deliberately in order to reach the platform first.
"Move," she said without emotion.
Hahaha
I'm already tired
She didn't differentiate me from others.
Since she didn't even pay attention when I threw myself into the area
I watched her, breathless, lying on my back, regaining my strength.
[ 8 seconds]
"Here!" shouted Seo Hwan, disembarking after me.
Kang, seo hwan, Kim young et moi
[ ZONE COMPLETE]
"IT'S US!" shouted K-10, but wasted no time and rushed away.
"Figure it out yourselves," Kim Young sighed, without compassion.
"I can't take it anymore, just make room for me," the old man, at the end of his life, sighed, lying on the ground.
"Don't just lie down, hurry up, time is almost up," Kang whispered.
[ 5… 4… 3
A-09 just barely made it onto a green zone...
Located on a raised platform with 4 other Liberian players
00: 00
VOUMMMMM!
The jet of flame was bloody.
The old man was swept away in one fell swoop.
But Kim Young shouted:
- THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME! A SPOT! FINISH IT!
Pointing to a specific place
Nobody was following.
But the Liberians had understood the same thing as Kim Young.
If A-09 fell, their country would survive.
- KIM YOUNG! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! shouted Kang-Dae, grabbing his collar.
She withdrew her hand.
- Shut up, it's him or all of us.
– he's a human-
Kang barely had time to say his thought before he saw him fall
The man he was going to defend
He had just thrown all four other players into the flames.
"A human? That's the result," Kim Young sighed in disgust. "Incompetents."
00 : 40
I had to observe.
Understanding the dynamics.
Looking for the right way but…
A-09 watched them from above, impassive.
His muscles tensed like those of a cornered beast, but he was not frightened because he was smiling.
- You bastard! I'LL KILL YOU! shouted L-07.
"Come and get me," he replied calmly.
00 : 20
"Move it!" shouted Kim Young
00 : 10
A-09 bondi.
He leaned against the wall, took out his shoe, and threw it towards them.
The Liberian screamed.
The shoe had caught fire before reaching them.
The Russian man next to him turned around, but too late.
A blow to the shoulder, he struggles, one foot too many.
R-03
fell .
A-09 gave a slight smile; he got more than he expected.
- SHIT! yelled L-07.
00 : 00
The flames disappeared, also engulfing the green areas.
L-07 wasted no time and set off in pursuit of A-09.
Bad idea.
A-09 kicked him right in the chest.
L-07 was propelled to the ground, severely burned, and he stole his shoe before running away laughing.
"You really want to die!" L-07 shouted.
00 : 50
I had already left, leaving Kang still processing the cruelty of the world.
Kim young was also rushing, but mostly behind A-09.
[1 MILLION COINS]
[ LOSS]
[KOREA: - 1]
[AMERICA: 0]
[RUSSIA: -3]
[BELGIUM: - 1]
[ LIBERIA : - 3]
The zones took time to appear.
But each time they tightened.
1 at the beginning
2 after
How many now?
There were more than 17 of us
Is it all because of one man?
00: 20
00:10
00:08…
Shit, shit, SHIT!
I LET MYSELF BE OVERLOADED
00 : 05
Let me in! Let me—
"Get out!" Jae min shouted. "We're already full!"
Am I going to die?
00 : 03
- KI-MOON! THIS WAY!
He held out his hand towards me.
Kang Dae.
Never change.
I think I teleported.
He was already smiling.
I am saved.
00 : 02
"Catch!" he said.
I placed my hand on hers.
Then it was pulled upwards.
00 : 00
VOUMMMMM!
- I saw my life flash before my eyes.
The flames swept away everything that wasn't green.
Another loss, it could have been me, too slow, too out of breath, B-05.
He didn't have time to shout.
Belgium lost a pillar.
Only one left.
A-09 or B-02.
Kim Young, breathless but unharmed, stood up.
- We can't continue like this.
She pointed to A-09, still standing alone, dominating his area.
- As long as he exists, he will continue to kill. We must finish this game as quickly as possible.
No one dared to contradict him.
Even Kang remained silent.
All the survivors were staring at A-09. A hotspot.
A point of death.
And me…
I stared at the vibration of my bracelet.
*[R]: "Now it's your turn. Do it and prove to me that you're worth it."
I looked up at B-02.
We were far away.
But he saw me.
He looked at me as if he knew I was about to take things a step further.
I'm not smiling.
But something inside me… yes.
The game was going well and had a beautiful ending.
And he knew it.
[1 MILLION COINS]
[ LOSS]
[KOREA: - 1]
[AMERICA: 0]
[RUSSIA: -3]
[BELGIUM: - 2]
[ LIBERIA : - 3]