Week 5 - Chapter 12 Second Layer
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They continued down the maze path here.
Even though sometimes some of them stepped on the trigger of the trap, but these people were always on standby.
Because of the experience on the road before, they began to be more careful in their actions.
At the front, Jin Kazama was somehow waving his blade against the sidewall.
Seeing this, Naoto immediately remembered something that everyone had forgotten.
“Hey everyone, can you guys stop for a second?”
Naoto stopped those who were being careful to observe where they were standing.
"What's the matter Naoto?"
Hazama stopped his movements and turned to Naoto.
“Don't you guys think that our journey is very inefficient?”
Naoto reminded them all that if it continued like this it would be too time-consuming to get to the second layer.
“Yes, we are indeed not very efficient. But what is it? does the first layer have a time limit?”
Hazama recalled the time before they passed out after entering the Tartarus gate.
Even so, he couldn't remember whether the mascot Cerberus had said about the time limit or not.
"That's not what I meant, don't you know the abilities of Claris Lily and Crist?"
Naoto said it while pointing at the two of them.
Hazama glanced at Claris and Crist who was behind him.
“Oh like that, Naoto's good work has reminded us.”
"I didn't think we could use such a method."
Hazama clapped his hands knowing what Naoto meant.
“Hey you two, use your abilities to detect where the trigger for the trap is.”
Hazama told the two of them to use Claris Lily's surface-piercing ability and listen to any sound vibrations that Crist touched.
"It turned out that way, why didn't I notice it earlier."
Crush and Claris Lily had also just come to mind after being reminded by Naoto.
"Actually I didn't think about it either, but after seeing what Jin did I started to get the idea to think like that."
Naoto confessed honestly, if not for Jin Kazama they might still be as cautious as fools caught in a minefield.
Then Claris Lily dived under the floor and Crist listened to the voice inside the wall next to them.
“Hey Jin, did you do it on purpose?”
Drogoz asked with his eyes narrowed at Jin Kazama.
"I don't know what you mean."
Jin Kazama responded by shrugging his shoulders.
After a while of waiting, Claris Lily's head popped out from under the floor.
"Hey, I found it."
Claris Lily waved her hand.
"5 steps forward from Jin's place, then 3 steps to the side from that place also has a trigger."
Claris Lily put out her hand while pointing at the floor where there was a trigger for the trap.
“I also found it, 3 steps from Hazama's place on the right wall there is a button. When it is pressed, it looks like it will pull out a rifle.”
Crist explained the location of the trigger for the trap while sticking his hand against the wall.
"Now with this, we will be able to quickly get out of this first layer.”
Naoto was excited after hearing the information from the two of them.
Then the seven of them walked while listening to Crist and Claris' words.
After a few hours, they saw a light at the end of the road.
"We're finally out of this cursed labyrinth."
They all look very tired, especially Crist and Claris who always guide them.
They both looked very tired.
"Hey, Jin why don't you help the two of them at all?"
Hazama approached Jin Kazama and whispered.
“They have to get used to using their abilities if they want to quickly control them at will.”
Jin Kazama glanced at Naoto who was out of breath, although Naoto didn't use his abilities he had to use his own physique to control his abilities faster.
Then the seven of them walked towards the light without paying any attention to their surroundings.
Because they were sure that the floor near the exit wouldn't have any traps.
It turned out that their guess was right, there were no traps attached.
After they exited the labyrinth, they saw dazzling sunlight in their eyes. They entered a very wide environment like a square where a large number of prisoners had gathered here.
"Finally there is sun, this is the first time I'm grateful to see sunlight."
Drogoz raised his hand to cover his eyes from the ray of light above him.
“Yo, finally the last two groups have arrived at this place.”
Suddenly a virtual appeared in the air and formed a man with a Cerberus mask.
"But what I didn't expect the two groups to work together to get through this labyrinth!"
The person shouted to tell the other prisoners so that they all heard.
“Are they working together? Heh you weaklings, they work together but still the last one.”
Someone suddenly chimed in the words of the Cerberus masked person.
"Weak? Hehehe, don't get me wrong. That silver-haired man over there is an S-class criminal prisoner.”
The man in the Cerberus mask laughed disdainfully.
“It's not like you were dumped by society or arrested because it was discovered that you were an Awakener. But this person has committed a grave sin that all of you cannot forgive.”
Then the man in the Cerberus mask continued while sneering at the people who were here.
"Oh? What kind of sin has that man committed?”
A man with black hair with a silver ring stuck in his nose was curious about the words of the man in the Cerberus mask.
“I won't tell you anything for free because you won't give me any points.”
The man in the Cerberus mask answered while shaking his head.
“Points? what do you mean by that sentence?”
The man with a silver ring stuck in his nose asked in confusion.
"It's good that you ask because that's what I wanted to explain to all of you."
The virtual man in the Cerberus mask suddenly disappeared from before them and appeared above them all.
“Ah, that's right, before I explain some of the rules here. I want to name some people. The one I call his name please come forward."
“Sakura, Vars, Kirio, Vale, Koga, Grohk, Pip, Mojo,……”
The man with the Cerberus mask said his name one by one while opening the paper containing someone's name.
The people who were called by the Cerberus masked man stepped forward with confused faces.
Some of them even smiled, thinking that they were going to get a gift. But after listening to the next words of the virtual man in the Cerberus mask, their faces immediately turned pale.
"Listen to these rules carefully."
"Rule one, you can't kill each other."
"This rule only applies to the first layer to the third layer, whoever violates this fight will be killed by us mercilessly."
After the man with the Cerberus mask said that, the people who stepped forward were immediately shocked. Among them was a man with a silver ring pierced in his nose.
But before they could all react, their bodies crumbled without being able to respond in the slightest.
Not only one person was crushed, but at the same time all of their bodies were crushed like a drink can in a strong hand.
It was as if an invisible hand was firmly clamping their bodies, even among them was someone who possessed transformation abilities and a body as strong as iron was still unable to withstand this attack.
All the prisoners' eyes popped out because they couldn't hold back the pooled blood flow, the blood flowing out of the nose, eyes, ears. Then after a while, their bodies shattered into pieces.
Flesh and blood splattered under the floor, the prisoners' eyes bounced out towards the unnamed prisoner.
After seeing this, some of the prisoners who were not strong with bloody and sadistic scenes immediately vomited their contents.
Among them are Naoto, Crush, and Crist. They vomited because they could not stand the scene in front of them.
Only a few people can withstand it. Like some of the other prisoners.
Among them are Jin Kazama, Drogoz, Hazama and Claris Lily.
Claris Lily, Drogoz, and Hazama after seeing the scene in front of them the expressions of the three of them didn't change at all, as if they were used to seeing such scenes.
In contrast to the unconcerned expression like everyone else, it was only Jin Kazama who made an angry expression. On his face, it looked like he was angry with people who didn't treat others as human beings.
“Well, the violators have been successfully punished. Now it's time to explain some of the rules here."
After finishing the prisoner who broke this rule, the Cerberus masked man turned his head towards the remaining prisoners.
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