After walking for almost five hours, they couldn't continue.
Suzuki was sleepy and was becoming hungry again.
" This can't continue like this. We will rest here!" Jin said and immediately after, put the rucksack on the ground. He took food from his bag and gave it to Suzuki." After you eat, go to sleep. You will need energy."
" What about you?" She asked.
" I will be on guard." After he said this, an idea came to his mind. "Turn on!" After his watch turned on, he asked." Do you have an option when someone is one-hundred meters from me to give me a signal?"
" Y...Yes! W...Would you like to activate the Death Threat call?" A robotic voice asked.
" Activate it!"
" Jin, what is that voice?"
" It's a special privilege."
"How did you earn that privilege!"
" Chronos gave it to me as a reward for my brutal kill. But that doesn't matter now. Let us get some rest."
Suzuki saw that Jin didn't want to speak about how he got that privilege, so she stopped asking.
After she finished eating, they went to sleep.
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"Peep! Peeeeeeep!" The strong sound from his smartwatch woke Jin and Suzuki.
"What's going on?" Suzuki asked sleepily.
Jin immediately checked the map.
The people who activated the Death Threat call were around seventy meters from them.
" This is bad. Go back and hide!"
" What about you?"
" I will handle them!"
" Handle them? How would you handle them?"
" Isn't it obvious, I will kill them!"
" K...Kill. No, you cannot kill them! Can't you talk with them!"
' My dear Suzuki, you are so naive. In this death game, if you try to talk, that will only bring you death. The only way here is to kill.' Jin thought.
" Listen here. I am giving you food! I am protecting you, so you don't have to worry about anything. Now I want you to shut the fuck up and hide! They are a group of three people from the red team! Do you think they will listen to my trying to have a chitchat with them? The moment they see me, they will kill me! I have to kill them before they get a chance to kill me!" Jin yelled in anger.
The truth was that he didn't want to yell at her.
It's just that her naivety annoyed him so much that he couldn't control himself.
Tears appeared in Suzuki's eyes, but she didn't say anything.
She stepped back and hid behind one of the walls.
Jin prepared his rifle.
He took one smoke grenade, prepared to throw it any moment. He planned to hide in the smoke and ambush them.
Yes, it would be easier if he threw an exploding grenade, but they were too precious to use them every time he must kill someone.
When the people were around twenty meters from him, he threw the grenade. " Spsshhhh!" The smoke covered everything, and Jin hid in it.
" We don't want to fight!" A scream came from the group of people that Jin wanted to kill. It was the voice of a woman.
Jin didn't bother with it because that might be a trap. The moment he wanted to massacre them, a loud voice came from behind him.
" Stop! Didn't you hear they don't want to fight!" Suzuki screamed.
Jin was stunned for a moment by her scream, but then his heart stopped, and blood froze when he saw her running to the group of people to check if they were alright.
She passed the smoke, and the moment she passed through it, she turned on her smartwatch to lighten the people. When she saw the people's faces, a smile appeared on her face, and tears of happiness flowed.
" Sawa, Shimizu!" Suzuki shouted and started running towards the two girls.
" Suzuki!" The two girls shouted at the same tame, and they also started running towards Suzuki.
When they came across each other, they hugged.
" I am glad that you are safe!" Suzuki said in tears.
" We are glad too that you are safe!" The two girls were also crying.
" You kept them safe, Yasumi!" Suzuki said.
" Of course!" The man proudly said.
Jin broke from his shock and started moving towards Suzuki.
When she saw him coming, she separated from the girls.
" Ah, Jin. This..."
" Slap!" Suzuki wanted to introduce Jin to her friends, but Jin didn't let her even finish her sentence. He slapped her.
The slap was so hard that Suzuki fell to the ground. Everyone went silent while the echo of the slap was ranging through the maze.
" W...Why?" Suzuki asked while lying on the ground.
" Why! You really asked me why!" Jin shouted.
" Man, cool down!" Yasumi said, but to Jin, this sounded like a warning.
" You, shut the fuck up! Or I will kill you!"
Yasumi froze on the spot.
" Suzuki, Why did you stop me from killing them!?"
" They said that they didn't want to fight!"
" They don't want to fight? What if this was a trap? What if they were not your friends!? Have you thought about that!
This is not a place where you can show your kindness. No law protects you. The only rule here is to kill if you want to live!"
" Alright, I think that she learned her lesson, so calm down." Yasumi intervented, trying to calm Jin.
" BANG!" Incredibly fast, Jin took out his gun and shot at Yasumi. Of course, Jin didn't mean to kill Yasumi, so the bullet just passed next to Yasumis' ear and made a small hole in the wall behind.
" This is the second warning. There will not be third!"
Yasumi fell on his knees.
While Jin was warning Yasumi, Suzuki stood up.
" I understand that I did the wrong thing before, but you are going too far!" She was screaming at Jin with tears in her eyes.
"No, you understand nothing! You think that this is a place filled with kindness, but no, this is a place filled with darkness and death!
Do you think you can survive like this? The Second Chance event will start in less than five hours. When it starts, I will not be able to do anything to my teammates from the blue team. But they will target only you! Do you really think that you can survive with being kind?"
Jin cared for her. He wanted to teach her that in the death game, there is no place for kindness.
" This event is called Second Chance, so it's doesn't matter how I survive as long as I am alive, I can have a second chance."
" My dear Suzuki, you are so naive. If you want to live, you must kill. You can't hide because, with the maps, they will find you immediately.
Also, did you forget what Chronos said? He said that he never wanted to give the members of the red team a second chance! Then how do you plan to survive without my help?"
" You don't need to worry. I have my ways. Also, I don't need your help to survive."
" Good, very good! Then from now on, you are alone! Friendly advice you better leave from here, because many people will come here in a short time!"
' I want to see what ways you have." Jin thought. He took his rucksack and left.
Suzuki was looking at his back until he disappeared in the darkness.