Standing in the gray stone dueling arena, both contestants turned their heads to look at the black shipping container in the corner of the arena at the same time.

As one of the SCP Foundation's most powerful beings, SCP-682 is known for its near-invincible super-regenerative abilities. Once this big lizard is released, the two people currently in the arena will only be reduced to its food!

"Although I would love to play with you for a while, it seems that I can only change the battle plan." Zhang Luo once again set his eyes on the iron-masked butcher on the other side of the battlefield.

- The "Hunting Elite Club", an unscrupulous organization that makes money by selling the lives of travelers, has long admired the great name. Naturally, he will not have the slightest pity for these disgusting guys who kill people for fun.

Clenching the square metal box in his hand, the young face under the red skull mask showed a subtle smile.

At this time, Freddy, who was in charge of the game commentary, finally began the countdown:

"The race starts in 10 seconds! Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven......"

As the countdown ended, the translucent light curtain that had cut through the center of the battlefield finally disappeared.

The battle had just begun, and the butcher named Andnovic had already rushed forward in stride, and the butcher's knife dragged behind him brought out a sharp cold light.

Zhang Luo knew that the reason why this person was so impatient, in addition to the reason for his homicidal nature, was probably because he was afraid that it would drag on for ten minutes, and the SCP-682 in the box next to him would be released.

Although the enemy looked like he wanted to solve it quickly, Zhang Luo did not immediately rush to fight the opponent like a traditional gladiator, but turned around and ran to the other side of the battlefield.

With the light footwork bonus of Level 2, he quickly left the butcher from the Elite Hunting Club far behind.

“SH－IT！”

The butcher, who was still stained with dried blood, cursed, and although he spoke in English, he had a strong Eastern European accent.

After a little temptation, and found that the other party's speed was far from his own, Zhang Luo stopped and watched the butcher stride forward.

Seeing that the enemy stopped, Andnovich raised a large knife that was close to a rectangle, and slashed at Zhang Luo head-on without hesitation!

"Bell!"

Zhang Luo lightly raised the metal box in his hand to block the blade of the butcher knife. Before the butcher could react, he kicked the guy in the abdomen, kicking the guy backwards three meters away, and falling to the ground on his back in embarrassment.

"I see, is it just the power of ordinary people......

Zhang Luo, who confirmed the strength of the opponent in a short confrontation, suddenly felt a little disappointed.

I thought that the players sent by the hunting elite club should have received black technology such as human body modification. Now it seems that this man is just a brute force murderer, and his combat effectiveness is completely inferior to the members of the SEAL team he encountered in Antarctica, let alone the monsters around him.

――With my current strength, it would be easy to deal with this guy. But despite this......

"Since it's a competition, of course you have to get some show effects, otherwise what's the point?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Luo rushed forward with the box, and before the butcher stood up, he kicked the other party's right hand with a heavy kick, kicking the butcher's knife in the guy's hand.

Then he squatted down and rode roughly on top of the butcher. opened the box in his hand, took out a black round metal "helmet" from it, put it on the opponent's head, and locked it on the back by the way.

"Ahhh

The butcher let out a furious howl and swung his fist indiscriminately, but unfortunately his attack was ineffective, because Zhang Luo had already retreated five meters away at this time.

“WHAT－THE－FU.CK！”

Andenovic grabbed the helmet with his large, rough hands, trying to remove the spiked metal mask from his head. Then, he heard his opponent, who was standing not far away, say in standard-sounding English:

“Hello，adam。 I－wanna－play－a－game。 ”

"My name is not Adam!" Andenovich yelled.

Although he was still hard-mouthed, this murderous butcher had a faint fear in his heart.

- He'd heard this way of speaking before, and if I'm not mistaken, the helmet on his head......

Thinking of this, Andnovic's hands on the helmet suddenly began to tremble slightly.

Seeing that this guy with a "round ball" on his head temporarily stopped moving, Zhang Luo smiled and said the "game manifesto" he learned from the jigsaw:

"You've always been an executioner, taking pleasure in taking the lives of others for money. Listening to the screams of the victims and watching them suffer so much, do you feel proud? So now let's see, when you go from perpetrator to victim, can you continue to maintain your disgusting pride? ”

"Tell me where the key is......" Andenovich whispered.

Zhang Luo, who was wearing a red skull mask, of course, did not answer his question, and continued to speak slowly in English: "The helmet on your head is called a 'corkscrew' by me, do you feel that there are a lot of things against your face now?" That's actually twenty-five shotgun rounds built into the helmet. If you can't find the key to open the helmet within a minute, these bullets will fire at the same time, do you think your head can withstand this level of impact? ”

"Tell me where the key is!" Andenovich was almost going crazy.

It was only at this time that he finally determined that he had met an apprentice of a "jigsaw": this kind of adjudication method that allows people to choose their own life and death is the same as that of the old man with a brain tumor, no different at all!

But he knows that he is not hopeless at the moment:

As long as it is a jigsaw "game", there will be a key, and although the process of taking the key is generally painful, as long as he can survive, he can do anything!

It's a pity that the man standing across from him is obviously not as merciful as the "jigsaw":

"Oh, the key, I'm sorry I forgot to bring it. After all, I didn't expect to be the first to play, so I came in a hurry......" Zhang Luo scratched his head a little apologetically.

"Ahh

Hearing this, Andenovich howled frantically, clutching the metal ball on his head hard, trying to forcibly remove the helmet.

As an executioner in the hunt for elite clubs, he has witnessed the deaths of many innocent people. Although he does not seem to be afraid on the surface, the fear of death has not disappeared, but has become stronger:

-- Death is a painful and hopeless process, and he knows this better than most people in the world.

Therefore, when he was about to face death, this seemingly cold-blooded butcher finally completely lost his usual calmness-

"Don't, ahh

Andenovic fell to his knees in despair, the liquid flowing from the inside of the helmet was sweat or tears.

He tried with all his might to delay the impending death, but unfortunately the timer behind the helmet didn't slow down because of his efforts-

"Bang!"

The loud sound of twenty-five bullets firing at the same time shook the entire arena. It also made the audience instantly silent.

Seeing that the victory and defeat had been divided, Freddy grabbed the microphone again and shouted:

"Mr. Zhang, from the Strange Talk Research Association, won the first qualifier without any suspense! As my partner, he took only three minutes and twenty seconds to finish off his opponent! Now, come and shout for his victory! ”

The monsters in the audience were silent for a moment, and then suddenly erupted in cheers that were ten times more enthusiastic than when Zhang Luo entered!

"When did this kid worship 'jigsaw' as a teacher?" Bloody Mary looked at the figure standing in the middle of the arena in some surprise.

Frankenstein, who was sitting next to her, did not answer her question, and still maintained his usual state of being close to facial paralysis, but whispered to himself:

"Pretty handsome."