Chapter 13: Choices for the Future
Headache, this is the first feeling Sakaki feels when he wakes up.
As soon as he regained consciousness, the smell of blood poured into his nostrils, and his instinct to deal with danger made him immediately sober up.
"Whew......" He adjusted his breathing, quickly sat up from the floor, and glanced around, only to find himself in a cramped private cabin, beside him...... There was still a person lying on his stomach.
At this moment, although the person is in a state with his back facing up, judging from his side face, body shape and clothing, it is undoubtedly Ryunosuke.
"Mr. Arai?" Sakaki rubbed the back of his neck as he reached out and pushed Ryunosuke.
It's just a matter of not pushing, and as soon as he pushed, a pool of dark brown blood spilled out from under Ryunosuke's body.
Seeing this, Sakaki didn't panic, after all, he also came out to mix, and the violence and even murders he has witnessed over the years have been countless; Therefore, after a slight hesitation of two seconds, he climbed forward a few points and turned Ryunosuke over.
When Ryunosuke turns into a lying position, Sakaki is sure that this is already a dead man.
"This kind of wound that looks like someone has crushed the heart with one palm......" Sakaki said as she looked at the shocking tear in the corpse's chest, "...... Sure enough, Hanazuka did it. β
His speculation is also reasonableβwith Hanazuka's strength, it would be easy to do this; Moreover, although Sakaki didn't see who the person who knocked him unconscious, the person who was following him at the time was Hanazuka, and no matter how he thought about it, he was the most suspicious of that goods.
"But...... Why did you kill Ryunosuke Arai, but you left my life behind? Sakaki couldn't help but think, "Let me live, sooner or later the matter of you being the murderer will be revealed...... Even if you're not afraid of being wanted by the Federation from the beginning, with this kind of nodding relationship between the two of us, there's no need to keep me alive......"
He thought as he staggered to his feet and walked towards the door.
Tick - Tick -
He tried to press the switch of the electronic door, but unexpectedly, the door actually opened.
In other words, the man who threw him in this cabin had no intention of imprisoning him, but just left him with the corpse very casually.
"What the hell is this......" Sakaki Tsuyoshi muttered, when suddenly, a dark shadow entered his line of sight.
At this time, it was sunrise, and the sea in the east was already a blue color, and the view from the side of the ship was very open.
The black shadow that Sakaki saw, like a boulder piercing the sky, quickly passed overhead and flew to the distant sea; When it was far away, Sakaki saw clearly...... It turned out to be a ship.
Although it was not a huge cruise ship like the Clover, it was a yacht that could accommodate dozens of people, and it was the first time that Sakaki had seen such a large vehicle flying in a parabola like a rugby and finally "shattering" on the sea.
"Hmm......" Sakaki stared at the ship's debris for a few seconds and groaned, "I need to get out of here......"
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Twenty minutes ago, Clover, Ballroom.
As the sun rises, the curtain rises on the "supreme game".
After a broadcast announcing "It's game time, invite guests back to the ballroom to reveal the winner", all the guests, whether they were out early or felt they had a chance to win, gathered here again.
Their ideas are easy to understand...... Whether you have any hope of winning or not, you have to at least see who wins.
At five o'clock in the morning, the "host" once again walked up to the stage on the ground floor of the banquet hall and came to the side of the glass cage.
During the game, the "prize" was left on the stage and was always guarded by a group of black suits. Although there have been attempts to approach the prizes, or spy on the instructs, they have all failed.
"Ladies and gentlemen." The host was still like that, with a round voice, holding a teleprompter card and reading it out from the book, "As you can see, tonight's game is over." β
"Less nonsense, let's find out the results!" Before the host could say a word, someone upstairs interrupted him with a very rude yelling.
The one who interjected was obviously a drunken guest who had lost all his money, because he had lost all his points cards very early, so he could only eat and drink until dawn.
When the host heard this, he ignored him, just paused for a moment, and continued: "Before announcing the final results, there is another matter of great interest to you, which will be announced here......
"Hey! I said you'll find out! You're deaf! The drunken one seemed to be a bit drunk, and the two bodyguards beside him couldn't stop him
At this moment, suddenly, a woman's voice replied, "Are you really so anxious to know the result?" β
This sentence did not come from any amplification equipment, but appeared directly in the minds of everyone present; Not only that, but what's even weird...... Everyone could feel that the source of the sound was the cage in the center of the stage.
"What's going on?"
"What was that?"
"Are you really capable......
"Be careful, it could be dangerous."
For a while, the banquet hall was full of noise, and the guests, gamblers, and bodyguards ...... They all reacted to this matter from their own standpoint.
"Hah! Hahahaha......" After a moment, the drunk guy laughed and shouted, "So what?" β
Whew-
Before he could finish speaking, his body was pulled out of the railing on the third floor by an invisible force, and flew towards the stage at a great speed.
Burst!
In less than two seconds, his head slammed into one of the corners of the glass cage...... It burst like a watermelon.
As his body fell, his right hand instinctively grabbed the black cloth that covered the cage and ripped it off entirely.
As the black cloth was removed, the woman in the cage was seen again; She was still wearing the restraint suit of a mentally ill person, still bound by chains, and still wearing the iron mask that covered her face completely.
But now, instead of kneeling, she stood up.
"This ...... is the result. She said this as the body fell to the ground and began to convulse.
"Ahh
This scream was as if it was some kind of signal, and the order of the scene collapsed in an instant.
Seeing this sudden and very obvious scene of "the ability kills", the guests all chose to flee immediately; Their lives are all precious, and they are not afraid of 10,000, just in case.
So, in the blink of an eye, all floors of the banquet hall were in chaos...... Pushing each other, grabbing the road, and yelling at each other came and went.
However, people soon find that in the few minutes they focus their attention on the stage...... All exits have been sealed.
Bang bang β
"Damn! I can't open it! β
"What is this?"
"Impossible...... My right arm is a modified and strengthened prosthetic, so there's no reason to ......."
Another disturbing thing is that the doors and walls here are incredibly strong, and even though there are some martial arts capable people among the bodyguards present, none of them can break the door or the wall to get out.
"Don't bother, all the outer walls of this banquet hall are made of 'net alloy', which is not something that ordinary trash fish can break." Just as the crowd was thrown into chaos, the voice of the small white man rang out.
Of course, his voice didn't appear in other people's heads, he just ran to the stage, took the microphone from the host's hand and spoke.
After saying this, he immediately covered the microphone with his hand, turned his head, and whispered to the woman in the cage, "My Lord Dereya, you are suddenly so free-will...... It's hard for us to do it, I even wrote the script for others......"
Whew-
Before the little man could finish his sentence, there was a sound of breaking wind in his ears.
He followed the sound and saw that it was the host who "flew" out and flew all the way from the stage to hit the wall. However, the host was not directly hit to death like the drunk man, but just knocked unconscious.
After taking a breath of "Okay, Okay, Okay......" The little man who gasped widened his eyes, looked at the "Lord Dereya" and said, "I'll preside over it next!" Aha...... "This guy's biggest advantage may be that he knows when to put away his poisonous tongue and decisively admit it."
In the meantime, upstairs ......
"Open the door! I know there's someone out there, I warn you, I count to three! β
"Do you know who I am? How dare you do this to me? β
"Lao Tzu invited a whole shipload of professional mercenaries, and they followed on the nearby sea, I see who dares to make a mistake!"
Celebrities whose personal safety was at stake began to negotiate with intimidation, expecting that the people outside the door would open the exit out of fear.
Unfortunately, this is not possible.
"Na...... Ladies and gentlemen, After a while, the little man really took the microphone and began to host, "Please be quiet and listen to me......"
"Bastard! Let us go! β
"Shut up, you stinky dwarf!"
"Believe it or not, I'll have someone go over and chop you up right now!"
But the response was broadly the same.
"Alas......" the little man sighed, even if no one paid attention to him, he still had to continue, "What the host wanted to tell you just now is ...... The organizer of this 'supreme game' is our great 'Zun'. β
"What five-six? Tell me how I can get out? Otherwise......" A tall man who looked like a bodyguard jumped directly from the second floor at this time, approached the little man, and put on a posture of wanting to make a move.
"Big brother, can you count me wrong?" The little man spoke weakly to the man.
"You stinky dwarf...... Look down on me? Seeing that he was not afraid, the tall man became angry by three points, and he raised his fist and struck him.
"Yes......" At that moment, the little man's eyes suddenly became cold and cruel, "I just look down on you......"
He said these ten words, and it took him five seconds.
In the second of two, he raised his right hand, pressed a finger against the fist of the tall man, and then ...... His fingers poked into the skin and bones of the other man as if they were poking into tofu, and all the way into the heart of the fist.
It wasn't until the fifth second that the tall man realized what was happening, and quickly withdrew his hands and retreated, clutching his hands and screaming to the ground; At this time, the wound on his hand ...... It was as if he had punched and slammed into a steel bar, exposing even the bones.
"All of you who have been invited here today are undoubtedly people who live above men." After repelling the attackers, the little man didn't care about the other party anymore, just took the microphone and calmly answered, "Since you were born, you have possessed social resources that are far beyond the reach of ordinary people, and in the near future, you will definitely be among the 'ruling class' of the Federation, so to speak...... You are the ...... of the 'future' of the Federation."
The more he spoke, the more people would be quiet and listen to him; On the one hand, it is because people really did not find a way to get out in a short time, and on the other hand, because there are already many bodyguards and gamblers who have recognized him.
The little man's name was Paul Ackmon, and he was a native of Oak County; His real name is rarely known and is not important, because everyone knows his other name - Syndicate.
According to the information known on Dao'er, the syndicate is at least a power-level person; In view of this, the woman in the glass cage behind him is probably not a fuel-efficient lamp.
"But what exactly is the 'future'? Is it in your hands? The syndicate's words continued, "Or is it in the hands of the civilians?" He smiled, "Huh...... None of them are right. He stretched out his arms, "The 'future' is in the hands of Lord 'Juzun', and without his 'guidance', the Federation would not be able to go where it is today." β
At this point, there was no one in the banquet hall anymore, everyone was listening silently...... What he's going to say next.
"For the sake of order and peace for this world and for all mankind...... Lord Jurify will periodically select a group of followers to help him lead humanity in the next era. The syndicate paused for a second, then shifted, "Of course, Lord Juzun needs elites, not mediocre trash; So...... This highest game, which is a 'screening', how you perform in this game...... It will determine whether or not you will have a place in the 'future' that Lord Zunzun has planned. β
"Ridiculous!" At this time, someone finally couldn't help it and shouted upstairs, "Can you use your guessing and gambling games for fun to decide who is the elite?" β
"Heh......" the syndicate laughed, "Are you underestimating the 'highest game'?" He continued, "From the stage of looking for an assistant to the main drama in the early hours of this morning...... This game tests your connections, intelligence skills, ability to make good use of people, judgment, decisiveness, endurance, overall view, knowledge reserves, psychological quality, and so on. He looked at the rebuttal, "The so-called 'elite' means to strive for the best in everything, and the person who says, 'It's just fun and games, so I'm not serious, so it doesn't matter if I lose'...... will definitely win if I 'get serious'?" β
"And what do you want now?" Seconds later, someone upstairs asked.
"That's a good question." The syndicate replied, "Actually, it's not much...... I would like to invite all the guests who have more than 60 points, as well as your entourage, to follow our boat to a certain place. He shrugged, "As for the others...... Since there is no place for you in the future, huh...... Just die here. β