The cut delved deeper; to the point where it couldn't be ignored any further.

"Say yes." Hinagiku insisted, as she maintained her deadly shrouded glance "I want your word, Daniel. We're not leaving until you say so. You will promise me, that within the boundaries of this game, you will kill Kanawari." Hinagiku then added something else "I understand you and her are most likely on useful terms, and that she was most likely the one who provided you help with killing the others, but I don't care." Her stance was immovable "Say yes." The last straw was dealt.

A decision had to be made on the spot. Daniel had analyzed the likelihood of Hinagiku bluffing with her words, but he digressed on that regard.

"Alright." He truly gave up this time "There's not much of a choice, so I guess I just gotta do it." Daniel shrugged "So, can you back off and take the scissor off my throat, Hinagiku?" Daniel gently asked, with an eerie smile on his lips, which crept Hinagiku out slightly "Not until you guarantee me something else..." Her words caused Daniel to sigh "Come on... I'm very low on time here... Make up your mind." He was starting to get annoyed at the current situation "In the next round, you must provide me evidence that you are intending to kill her through the game. Use whatever means, I just need to know that some progress is being made." Hinagiku unfairly made another demand "And if I don't?" Daniel's expression was starting to grow even more pissed "Then I will expose all of this to the higher ups. In no time, this place will be found and I am sure that you wouldn't want that, would you now?" Hinagiku formed an evil grin, out of spite "......." Daniel was rendered speechless "So? Make up your mind." Hinagiku countered with that "Alright, I got it, get the fuck off me now, I'll comply." Daniel finally surrendered to the situation.

Satisfied, Hinagiku's expression transiently grew smug as she slowly elevated from her central position whilst withdrawing the scissors from Daniel's neck.

Daniel, on the other hand, adjusted his choker's position so it would cover the slices on his Adam's apple edges.

"....." Daniel, before getting up, looked around and found the syringe with the necessary substance, lying on the floor "What is this, by the way?" Hinagiku looked around, despite the low illumination "What else? It's a laboratory." Daniel got up and turned around "Yeah, I know that. But why here? Was this always here?" She was persistent, much to Daniel's displease "I'll explain along the way." Daniel concluded there was no avoiding this collateral damage, and so, he grasped the doorhold once again "Oh, you will? You won't try to hide it from me?" She was genuinely surprised as she climbed the staircase to the door as well "You'll just threaten me over and over until I give you satisfying answers. So, this is the logical course." The brim light outside of the door's window was open "I like logical men, so enlighten me on the subject." Hinagiku tucked back her scissors into her hair by separating the dual blades thus forming a bun.

As soon as the outside of the door was breached, a new path was therefore open. Cladded in steel in cube-like shapes, the straight forward path containing twenty meters, would end with a ladder leading down below. The right side of the hallway, which had a significant height, almost resembling the experience of walking through a sewer, contained a single cradled sparse window of iron lines that would allow the outside artificial light emitted from the light pillars to infiltrate, thus providing them with the necessary illumination.

Hinagiku walked behind Daniel, as she watched his every moment.

Additionally, Hinagiku's nose was struck with a horrible smell shortly as she walked through a certain part of the hallway.

"Have you ever necessarily questioned if this place is a coincidence or not?" Daniel asked "As in? In general or are you alluding to something else?" Hinagiku was trying to shake off the bad smell "Just in general. We all have different origin stories but the same starting point. You, like I, was caught, brought to the authorities, and for some unspoken reason, subjected to this program. Or maybe you turned yourself in. It doesn't matter; the point I'm trying to make is that, we, for that matter alone, gained this school as a destination------and ever since then, there has been something on my mind ever since... from... probably... day one..." Hinagiku's curiosity peaked as she became hooked "And that is...?" Daniel halted immediately, three meters away from the ladder ahead.

Mysteriously, he started to walk to his left side, while palpitating the metallic walls, covered with rusty bolts.

One by one, Daniel went over the walls, until the fourth one.

"What are you doing?" Hinagiku was genuinely clueless as she saw Daniel unwind the bolts stuck on that fourth wall "It shouldn't take too long." Daniel assured as he had three more bolts to unwind since he had just done the northeast one; on that cube-shaped wall.

Hinagiku was mildly shocked at the mere sight of it, unable to show complete immunity to disgust, as Daniel took out the front metal from the wall---now that all the bolts had been removed.

A corpse, not entirely decayed, covered with cockroaches, leaches, and spiders, was shown.

"Bgh---" Hinagiku thought she wouldn't have to, but she did have to put her two hands on her mouth in order to not throw up "Classes started on December 25th, so given the current date, which is May 3rd, there's been roughly a five month difference. I'm no expert in body decomposition but if it's left intact without the interference of insects, since they are mainly what causes the body to decompose, it should last a year. Given that, how is it possible that it's swarming with so many of them right now?" Daniel posed the question to Hinagiku "It just isn't... But that should mean that this body had to be recent then... Which doesn't make sense because I've never seen this guy before..." Hinagiku spoke the truth, still in disgust, which brought happiness to Daniel "How right you are! But, this body has been here for almost a year!" Daniel made the cryptic claim.

This, however, explained little to nothing to Hinagiku.

"Let's continue our walk, shall we?" Daniel said "Sure, but continue. Don't just leave your point hanging, I hate unfinished conversations." Hinagiku climbed down the dark ladder after Daniel "Oh. Well shit, I'm actually quite the talker, so you've been warned." The length of the ladder itself was over fifty meters.

A streaming water sound could be heard down below as a small river circulating on the bottom of the low-illuminated area, remained, surrounded by mud.

"I was going through some bad depression and would often end up wandering around the dorm, believe it or not. One of the places I would mostly go to would be the cafeteria, naturally. However, it occurred to me that there was milk missing to put in the cereals. I love my cereals so much..." Daniel started to make a strange laughter "....." Hinagiku found him silly "So, I went to the pantry and nothing really happened." Daniel gave the anti-climatic line "Huh? Where the hell are you going with this??" Hinagiku felt misleaded as they kept climbing the ladder down "Well----when we got back from the island, I went back to the pantry and heard a voice." Daniel confessed "A voice?" Daniel landed on the ground, and extended his right hand to Hinagiku, which she used to land on the muddy platform "Oh yeah, a voice. And it was, you guessed it, that guy you just saw!" Daniel told, with felicity "I get it now... You heard the voice and searched all over the dorm and then-----" Hinagiku was interrupted by Daniel swiftly "Nope, all it took was less than a minute for me to realize that the pantry had a hidden door behind the area where most of the food supply is. By palpitating the texture of the walls around it, the materials varied extremely. Mainly, the dorm is made out of old sand, which isn't common at all, in this day of age. Nowadays, cement is the approach, but to actually see the difference, led me to believe that it couldn't be a coincidence." Daniel reasoned, as he stood there, face to face, with the mildly surprised Hinagiku.

By now it was around 5:49 am, with little to no time on the clock yet Daniel made the decision to invest in this talk, for some reason.

"You're not normal, you're crazy. You're telling me you found the way into this, just by palpitating the walls?! That is nonsense, but oh well, I guess I just have to believe you... So?" Hinagiku shrugged but hurried him to make his verbal stand "But it's the truth, I'm telling you. Anyways, the guy was still breathing, but was caged in there, against his will. Obviously, you must've realized, but judged on the distance of the height from the dorm and where he is... His voice should----" Hinagiku followed "Impossible to hear, yes. And... what did you do to him? You said he was still breathing, Daniel..." Hinagiku turned skeptical and asked.

Daniel took out a relatively old stopwatch with a timer, which caught Hinagiku's attention, as he took a notice of the time.

He started to walk northeast towards a low oval dark tunnel.

"Answer me." She moved along with Daniel to the tunnel, where darkness would reside, absent from any light "I did a lot of interrogation in exchange for providing food supplies and I got more than what I bargained for. It's a fucking shame though! Ahhh---I went overboard with my experiments on him! I started to drug his food with the substances in the lab after running some equations----which led to his accidental death!" Daniel laughed like a maniac in the tunnel "So yeah, he's dead because of that. The lab is where I've been getting all the supplies and----" Hinagiku followed up with her own words "And where you and Kanawari have been plotting all this time..." Her voice turned cold and caused Daniel to stop his tracks in the darkness, though he could not be seen, where as Hinagiku was slightly illuminated from the end-light of the tunnel's entrance "What's with you and her? You told me that it was about a "man", are you referring to Shiro Ishii?" Daniel started to move again.

Hinagiku felt silent for a while and didn't respond.

"I won't force it out of you. In all honesty, I hate telling things about my privacy, but I just want to know if your entire ordeal against her is because of her lineage." Hinagiku, after a short period, also started to walk again "Daniel, do you know about Shiro Ishii?" She coldly asked "No." He answered "Ok. Well, I never told anyone this, so if I see that someone knows this information beforehand when they shouldn't know then----" Hinagiku solidified the threat "I have no interest in your origins or your backstory. It won't raise or degrade my opinion about you. Know that." Daniel clarified "......" She didn't know how to answer that, but after taking a deep breath, she began to talk "I come from China, Nanjing. More precisely, I am the last child of the Wanyan clan." She started to speak about her origins "The Wanyan clan is quite the old clan, it had honor and dignity, way before I was born. However, during the second world war, the Japanese imperial army invaded China, and particularly a city, which was Nanjing. The invasion has a more accurate name..." Daniel walked more slowly as Hinagiku steadied her breath "The rape of Nanjing." She felt staggering pain just by saying those words "Countless people from Nanjing were killed, brutally tortured, the women were horrendously raped over and over----all at the hands of the one who put a command to the operation; which further led to the captured people from Nanjing, to be experimented on." She explained the situation with grief but rage.

Daniel instantly understood the situation now.

"I see. But the second world war was long, long ago. We're in the 2000's now. There was nothing that could have been done by your part." Daniel was truthful "Oh, I know. The people that died in Nanjing are long gone. Some still live, despite the trauma, but... not my clan. My grandmother was raped and kept as hostage to the Japanese for their sick entertainment and years later... my mother was born..." Hinagiku was twitching with rage "My fucking blood...!!!" Hinagiku started to ventilating, casting ragged breaths forward "Immerse with Japanese fucks!! Who raped my bloodline!!!" Then, she unleashed the scream "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Beyond Daniel's expectations, her piercing scream held enormous volume "Ahhhhh---Ahhh---Ahhhh!! I hate the Japanese. They portray themselves as modest and hard-working individuals but they did WHAT they did! And now, after all this time, I finally get a glimpse of what is a relative to the lineage of that man?!" She closed in on Daniel "She has to die. No good can come out of a being that's related to him. You agree that she has to die, right?" Hinagiku saught confirmation right away as she held Daniel's right shoulder "It doesn't matter what I think, you made me commit into killing her, Hinagiku". Daniel dodged the bullet.

Hinagiku released a light smile and then walked right past Daniel in front of him, where the end of the tunnel could be spotted; emitting a slight illumination from above.

"How right you are. You will kill her. That fucking experimental pig... Better kill her before she awakens her dormant rapist gene..." Hinagiku maliciously laughed.

Though Daniel kept walking, there was something that was still not making any sense at all to him.

"Just do it yourself, I don't fucking get it why it has to be me. I heard your motives and I understand the grudge. But it's clear that it's you who gains the satisfaction from killing her. How is me, orchestrating her death, going to bring you any satisfaction? It makes no sense." Daniel brushed his hair back and forth "........" She put her head down; her expression unable to be seen and ascended to the upward ladder that was after the tunnel; right at the top "......." Daniel took note of her silence as he stood on the edge of the end of the tunel; where an obscure colossal height could be observed down below-----where a water concentration lays.

The lengthy ladder would enable the two of them to climb back up to a crater that is located thirty meters up.

"You can climb, I think it's too dark to see it even if you look up." Hinagiku bashfully said "I won't look." Daniel started to climb and in no time, they reached the crater "You haven't made your point, by the way." Hinagiku reminded, as she dusted off the dirt from her front skirt "I think my point is pretty self-explanatory. None of this, that you see here, was done by us. Either it was already built here long ago, or..." Hinagiku continued for him "Other criminals, like us, have been endorsed to this school, under the same program and had their way?" Daniel nodded "How else would you explain this crater? It was clearly dug up and most likely blasted." Hinagiku couldn't exactly believe that "Blasted...? With a TNT?" She still made the assumption nonetheless "It's one of the possibilities. But yes, the point was, we are not the first ones. As a matter of fact, I'm very certain that what we are currently undergoing, is one of the core stages that all prior classrooms experienced too. Thus, our deaths, will be nothing more than entertainment stepping stones." Daniel lowly laughed as he started to enter the perimeter of the door behind the food supply within the pantry.

However, before totally going into the dorm once again, Hinagiku halted Daniel.

"Wait a second. Are you giving up to this?!" She looked him into the eyes "Hm... I had a pretty good plan, but that was before knowing this was going to happen. But we're just kinda screwed, unfortunately. They say the karma of our sins find us eventually down the road, so maybe this is it?" He grinned "Then just make a new plan!" Daniel was confused "A new plan? There's no need." He turned around and took a hold of the doorhold "Hinagiku, listen up. Planning is nothing more than imagination without proper set up. Which is why, you're going to help me do exactly that." In the last sparse minutes, Daniel told her.

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With Daniel and Kanawari's support, on each of Lus' sides, she was able to seat properly onto one of the southwest seats of the round table.

Roughly, Lus took a seat, with an uneasy expression, on Daniel's left side.

"Goodness gracious, you're an eyesore to look at!" Yukishiro laughed from afar "How old are you again?! Are you sure you shouldn't be making your way to the reformatory instead of here?! HAHAHA!!" Maliciously, she taunted Lus, which visibly upset her "Why you...!!" Despite the pain though numb by now, Lus still showed a fighting spirit.

The clock struck at 6 am for the second round.

Basara emerged on the podium within that holographic virtual room and commenced it.

"Kanawari is excluded for the round of judgment as the rules dictate; begin." Basara's words enabled the screen in which the 17 students, Kanawari excluded, were highlighted in squared-rows-----as they became victims to the spinning dice "Great, time for yet another exposure." Rayazaki sighed as he watched the dice relentlessly spin around "Ah shit..." Tsudo let out a disappointed sigh as all eyes fell on him; as well as the front of his table, automatically open on the spot "Tsudo, you are required to walk to the chair." Basara said, even though two guards were already on his way there to make sure of that "It's chill! I'll go there by myself!" Tsudo reassured with a cocky grin.

In the end, the two guards shackled Tsudo's wrists and ankles, just as they did to anyone who sat on the chair before.

"Tsudo, don't be a fucking retard and lie to us." Kawahara was the first one to instigate this matter "Be truthful and no one will hunt you down just in case in the future you land in an unfavorable position." He finished with the threat "......." Tsudo felt particularly irritated "...Yeah, no worries. I value my life, so I won't lie! The moment the claim is made, I'll tell which one is true." Tsudo said "Hey, check out the ranking ladder! The point gauge has been updated!" Tateyana, with excitement pointed out at it "You're right, it's up to 99 points now." Akimiyashika then followed up with another set of words "Wait, does that mean it's the maximum capacity for the points we can potentially fully store?" She particularly looked at Basara, however.

As per usual, no response came forth from his end.

Nevertheless, in order to entertain the audience which overtook 300k viewers at 6 am, Basara had to progress the event.

"Let's begin." The script of the accusation was written out extremely well for everyone to see from all angles, regardless of where they are seated "Toharoh Tsudo has raped over fifty children varying from the age of 5 to 11." Such an accusation was made, which made Tsudo dread "W-What the fuck?! Out of the bat, like that?!" Tsudo clicked his tongue as he gained disgusted reactions "One minute to go." Basara announced as the hourglass spun.

The mere accusation caused a wide variety of hateful comments incoming Tsudo's way.

"Tell me it's not true." Akimiyashika spoke in Tsudo's direction, with a hate stare "Huh?! Why the shock?" He was genuinely confused "So you fucking did it...?" Hinagiku trembled with rage "....." He didn't immediately give a reply "Yes or no, Tsudo..." Kawahara applied the pressure "We're not here to fucking judge you..." He added "Well shit, I feel so fucking judged right now." Tsudo stared into Kawahara's eyes "It can't be helped." Sagasuga interfered "Rape is a horrendous crime and anyone with a history is bound to be sensitive over it." He adjusted "That's putting it LIGHTLY, Sagasuga! We're talking about rape here! Not killing, drug usage, or pity theft, but rape! AND ON FUCKING MINORS TOO!!" Akimiyashika became agitated.

Others joined the fray as well.

"It's in a league apart from killing...! Rapists should not be allowed to breathe!" Tateyana glared at Tsudo, with thirty seconds on the clock "Children... Raped... How fucking SICK are you?!" Akimiyashika backlashed at Tsudo "What the fuck?! Calm your tits, I haven't said anything! Haven't you thought that perhaps it's lying to you, you dumb bitch?!" Tsudo claimed "Is it?! WELL?!" A short silence was held "........" Tsudo felt the pressure as everyone's eyes were on him "......." Tsudo looked up and down, with a shackled expression "Jesus fucking Christ, just say yes or no! Who gives a shit about what they think!" Kawahara instilled "Excuse me?!" Akimiyashika turned to Kawahara almost instantly "We're not going anywhere with this shit, just let him answer and then judge him accordingly!" Kawahara reasoned "..............." Akimiyashika settled, then looked at Tsudo.

Even so, Tsudo still kept looking up, with a very confused expression.

"....How many were they again..." Tsudo whispered to himself very, but very lowly, to the point where no one should have been able to hear it "..........." Daniel instantly switched to his left side, where Lus remains and dove deep into her right ear, which is intact unlike her left one "........." Lus took ahold of the information and gave a nod "Hello?! We're waiting here!" Tateyana insisted, as Tsudo's prolonged the answer "Holy shit, you actually did it, you crazy motherfucker." Yukishiro was surprised "Wh---" Tsudo wasn't allowed to react as Yukishiro followed it up with a hysterical laughter "HAHAHA!! People tend to look up when they are trying to remember something and you definitely were trying to remember how many kids you raped just to see if it went above fifty!" Many took note from this assumption as there were ten seconds on the clock "So?! Yes or no!?" Tateyana once again insisted, in a far more aggressive voice tone "I don't fucking know I didn't keep a count, for fuck's sake!!" Tsudo openly confessed.

The entirety or at least a big majority, became upset, but not to the point where they could lose out on the reward for the right answer.

"So you don't know the answer, that's what you're saying?!" Akimiyashika asked, as her right index finger trembled in front of the screen in front of her "I'm not trying to hide the truth I swear, I just didn't fucking keep a count...!!" Tsudo explained himself "Disgusting piece of fucking SHIT! KILL YOURSELF!!" Akimiyashika insulted Tsudo as she was forced to cast her vote, along with everyone else.

The results were cast and thus, the ranking ladder was updated. Tsudo, as the subject of judgment, is excluded during this particular session as he cannot gain points himself---just like Kanawari in the first round.

> 1 - Lus Sera (57/99 points)

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> 2 - Sana (42/99 points)

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> 3 - Daniel (27/99 points)

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> 4 - Arkalee (27/99 points)

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> 5 - Hyunda (27/99 points)

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> 6 - Akimiyashika (27/99 points)

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> 7 - Hinagiku (27/99 points)

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> 8 - Yukishiro (27/99 points)

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> 9 - Kawahara (27/99 points)

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> 10 - Tatsu (24/99 points)

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> 11 - Tateyana (24/99 points)

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> 12 - Ikkiri (24/99 points)

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> 13 - Kuzan (21/99 points)

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> 14 - Rayazaki (16/99 points)

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> 15 - Stratos (12/99 points)

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> 16 - Sagasuga - (12/99 points)

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> 17 - Kanawari (3/99 points)

A difference was instantly noticed by them.

"Six points now, huh?" Rayazaki noted as he stretched "Yeah that's what I noticed too! Do they increase every round?" Kuzan suggested "That would actually make sense because the point requirement in the options are just ridiculous, so it would add up." Hinagiku supported Kuzan's theory.

Tsudo was chased by Akimiyashika relentlessly, however, on the other hand.

"Kill yourself." She coldly said "Fuck no, shut the fuck up." Tsudo fought back "Do the world a major favor and just stop breathing. YOU'RE A CHILD RAPIST!!" Angry, Akimiyashika elevated from her seat "Oh yeah?! Well shit, so what?! I enjoy the shit out of it, what're you gonna do about it?!" Tsudo didn't bother to deny the truth "Besides, I bet one thousand percent that I'm not the only rapist in this goddamn room, so shut the fuck UP!! Hey, maybe you're one too?" Akimiyashika was blantly accused by Tsudo, who couldn't hold back his laughter "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" In a feat of rage, aware of the possible consequences, Akimiyashika slammed the table with her two fists and backed off "You will fucking die, mark my words." She cast a haunting deadly glare onto Tsudo "Oh NOOOOOOO!!!" Tsudo showed genuine fear for a second "Anyways." And ultimately a strong bored reaction to her whole spectacule.

Granted, the second round had to be formed. Therefore, the second accusation was written in the script for them right away.

"Toharoh Tsudo has taken apart in human trafficking." The second claim was made "Yes or no? Decide at your leisure." Basara let the hourglass spin as the full minute started to wind.

Instead of falling victim under pressure, Tsudo decided to do the simple thing.

"Oh yeah, it's true." He earned elevated quantities of hatred mostly among the girls "Vote yes, and remember that I am NOT a liar!" He shouted as he laughed "Disgusting piece of fucking shit..." Hinagiku felt sick as she was about to press the positive answer on her screen.

She, however, looked at her right, where Lus was voting as well as Daniel.

".....?!" Granted, her vision was sufficient to be able to see which votes were cast.

After a full minute, the second round came to an end and the only person who voted no was Daniel.

"Huh? Daniel, what the hell?" Tateyana couldn't comprehend the pattern choice behind his behavior "Hm... No, I genuinely didn't think that he was telling the truth. Kinda like those questions you just have to double-check, you know?" He posed "But I said I wouldn't lie?" Tsudo wasn't able to understand where Daniel was coming from "Oh yeah, don't mind me then!" Daniel widened his eyes as he shrugged it off ".......?!" Yukishiro began to think as to what Daniel was up to.

The third round would start afterwards as Daniel accumulated his second red light.

"Toharoh Tsudo has killed and impregnated his mother." Basara's words caused multiple individuals in the room to want to throw up "Ugh, why are all these accusations so fucking direct... No discreteness, I swear..." Tsudo let out an annoyed breath "Y-You raped your mother?!" Kuzan spoke this time "Not just her, my dude! My sister as well! Give it a shot and you wi----" Kuzan's imperial shout silenced the room "I'LL KILL YOU, BASTARD!!!" For the first time, Kuzan demonstrated a slight potency of his rage.

After a short silence, Daniel broke it.

"This is just no fun, I think." He caught the attention of everyone present "As it stands, if everyone answers correctly according to Tsudo, the standings will speak for itself. Kanawari will wind up at the bottom." Nobody understood what he was trying to say "Annnnnnnnnnnnndddddddddd? That's how the game works, what is your point exactly...?" Yukishiro questioned Daniel "It's dull. Besides, she's under the condition that Sagasuga imposed and it's already showing. Two rounds have passed in this judgment round and she only has 6 points. Meanwhile, Sagasuga has 24. She's doomed." Daniel continued to make the reasoning "And?! Again, so fucking what?" Yukishiro lashed out "Dude, what the fuck are you on about? Not to side with bitch queen here, but you're not making any sense." Rayazaki added up.

Roughly forty seconds remained on the clock.

Daniel went to his screen, down to the bottom right corner, with his right index finger and pressed the cryptic symbol without moving the finger away from it.

"Tsudo, I hereby propose the following: If the results of every claim made from here on are the opposite of what you claim to be, you will win six of my points." Daniel spoke no further words "...Huh?" Tsudo was confused, to say the least "What the hell is he on about?" Tatsu questioned "It's simply that. I want to bring fairness to the competition and the fact that you will lag behind by being the subject of this round of judgment is something that I don't like." Daniel explained his point further "You won't get any points this round and when you enter the third upcoming round, you will lag behind by comparison. It's a huge disadvantage, if you think about it." Daniel made Tsudo reflect instantly "...Shit, now that you mention it..." Daniel added something else to the equation "Currently, you uphold 17 points. Now, take Kanawari, for example. She has 6 points. Assuming she gets all the answers right and this judgment round goes up to 10 or more rounds, it would mean, adding with Sagasuga's bonus reduction, that she can accumulate up to 30 points if it's ten rounds!" This shocked Tsudo "W-What?! That's so fucking unfair!!" Many others were starting to realize the unfairness too.

Twenty-five seconds remained on the clock.

"Tsudo, don't listen to him..." Yukishiro bargained "He's playing with your insecurity, if you don't accept it, then Kanawari takes the fall, it's that simple!" Yukishiro reasoned "But what after, Tsudo? Kanawari undergoes the execution round, but you will still be at the bottom after. You're just delaying the inevitable..." Daniel counter-argued "Don't do it! It doesn't make any sense! It's most likely a tr-----" Despite Yukishiro's best attempts, Tsudo was easily persuaded "I-I'll do it...!! I can't fucking lag behind...!! I accept the contract!" By his voice alone, the check mark on the virtual screen was ultimately accepted.

Thus, Tsudo was now bound to the verbal contract between him and Daniel.

"That's just crazy..." Akimiyashika looked at Daniel "How on earth is this any beneficial to him...?!" She kept wondering as so did many others.

However, given the little time on the clock, fifteen seconds to be precise, it was necessary to adapt to the current situation.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait...!" Tateyana made a twisted confused expression "Huh?! The opposite of what he claims...?!" She was wrapping her head around the bubbling enigma presented to her "Hey, Tsudo! Yes or no?!" Kawahara made the bargain, with little to no time on the clock "Uh, wait...." Tsudo, who was still processing the contract's content, had to make a choice very soon "For fuck sake, you idiots! He didn't deny it and even further confirmed it! Vote yes and stop overthinking this shit already!" With five seconds left, Rayazaki took the lead "........" Tsudo chose silence this time around.

At the end of the third round of this second round, the standings were updated:

> 1 - Lus Sera (63/99 points)

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> 2 - Sana (48/99 points)

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> 3 - Sagasuga - (36/99 points)

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> 4 - Arkalee (33/99 points)

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> 5 - Hyunda (33/99 points)

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> 6 - Akimiyashika (33/99 points)

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> 7 - Hinagiku (33/99 points)

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> 8 - Yukishiro (33/99 points)

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> 9 - Kawahara (33/99 points)

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> 10 - Tatsu (30/99 points)

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> 11 - Tateyana (30/99 points)

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> 12 - Ikkiri (30/99 points)

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> 13 - Kuzan (27/99 points)

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> 14 - Daniel (27/99 points)

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> 15 - Rayazaki (22/99 points)

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> 16 - Stratos (18/99 points)

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> 17 - Kanawari (9/99 points)

The sheer difference in a certain position alarmed everyone by the instant.

"OH MY FUCKING GOD, DID SAGASUGA JUST JUMP TO THE THIRD PLACE?!" Tateyana was in awe, with her jaw open "What'd you expect?! He's getting half of Kanawari's points, which are three, assuming she gets the correct answer and he has a 50% point acquisition boost! He'll earn the double of what he bargained for without consequence!" Rayazaki angrily explained "That is... just... wow..." Even Yukishiro was stunned at the rapid growth from Sagasuga "........" But Tsudo's eyesight was not set on Sagasuga's, but on Daniel's points.

As if reading his thoughts, Daniel gave the number to Tsudo.

"By theory, it's 24. However, it's actually 36, assuming it's above ten rounds..." Daniel kept a stark confident smirk "It is but a necessity; because it's already plain evident that whoever is being judged is at a tremendous disadvantage." Daniel emphasized the same point was again "..........." Tsudo's expression rapidly grew far more serious and less charismatic by the pacing.

The fourth round would launch forward as Basara would dictate the progress.

"Toharoh Tsudo has committed cannibalism." The fourth claim was born "Decide at your own leisure, creatures." Basara simply dismissed and let the hourglass do the talking.

Given the new circumstance, they had to approach Tsudo slightly differently.

"I'll just tell the obvious here just so we are clear...!" Yukishiro readied the verbal canon "Their contract is not confusing at all." Her opinion was not well accepted "Explain and fast, bitch." Rayazaki insulted Yukishiro who gave him a death stare but nevertheless explained it "...The contract rewards Tsudo for lying about his claim. Therefore, the true answer is the opposite of what he says, because that's the only way he can extract six points from Daniel!" Yukishiro declared "So just vote the opposite and you're good?!" Kanawari asked "Why yes, it's that simple!" Yukishiro complimented as she turned her eyesight to Tsudo, at the very center "Isn't it, Tsudo?" She taunted ".............." Tsudo, on the other hand, kept silence.

Fifty seconds were left on the drain.

"It's a win-win situation for you, Tsudo. And a lose-lose situation for him!" Yukishiro pointed at Daniel "Tsudo, you can just basically tell the lie, we will know it's a lie and vote the opposite, while you get free six points from Daniel!!" Yukishiro burst out laughing "Wait... That's... She's not lying, that's how it is..." Tateyana was forced to reflect upon it "But why bother to give your adversaries a free lead?" Daniel asked Tsudo "........." Tsudo remained in silence "What...?!" Yukishiro clicked her tongue "...Hey, Tsudo, yes or no?" Hinagiku, this time around, asked Tsudo "......" But no response came forward "Hey, why isn't he answering... It's been thirty seconds already..." Kuzan started to suspect something.

That something being, something so obvious, that many would only come to realize as the round was about to finish.

Through many attempts at conversation, when the last two seconds were left, Tsudo spoke.

"IT'S TRUE!!" Tsudo declared as time ran out.

Naturally, no one was dumb enough to the point of waiting around for Tsudo's answer, so they went with what they thought was accurate.

"Hm..." Sagasuga reflected as he looked upon the ranking ladder "Ehhhh?! He didn't commit cannibalism?! Seriously?!" Tateyana became overstatic "I'm surprised, considering he's a fucking demonic child rapist." Akimiyashika admitted "I'm pretty sure that no one got that one right..." Ikkiri attempted to guess "That's wrong, actually. Lus got it." All eyes were turned to Lus "She's even in the lead by a strong-slide." With 69 points, Lus was dominating this second round, only behind Sana, who currently has 48 points.

On the other hand, Tsudo's name was adjoined to the ranking ladder, despite being the subject of the judgment. The standings for the fourth round were the following:

> 1 - Lus Sera (69/99 points)

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> 2 - Sana (48/99 points)

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> 3 - Sagasuga - (36/99 points)

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> 4 - Arkalee (33/99 points)

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> 5 - Hyunda (33/99 points)

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> 6 - Akimiyashika (33/99 points)

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> 7 - Hinagiku (33/99 points)

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> 8 - Yukishiro (33/99 points)

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> 9 - Kawahara (33/99 points)

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> 10 - Tatsu (30/99 points)

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> 11 - Tateyana (30/99 points)

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> 12 - Ikkiri (30/99 points)

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> 13 - Kuzan (27/99 points)

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> 14 - Tsudo (23/99 points)

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> 15 - Rayazaki (22/99 points)

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> 16 - Daniel (21/99 points)

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> 17 - Stratos (18/99 points)

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> 18 - Kanawari (9/99 points)

Four red lights had been lit up on Daniel's choker by now due to failing four times consecutively.

"So let me get this straight..." Kuzan tried to figure it out by himself "He waited until the very last second to reveal the opposite answer so no one could take advantage of that?!" Kuzan was shocked and surprised at the sight of the strategy "It's flawless!" Tsudo enjoyed bathing in the attention "I know the answer, I just vote for the opposite during the last second and you all can't do shit about it so you'll just have to blindly vote! Fuck yes, I'm leading this shit, thanks Daniel!!" Tsudo laughed it off "No problem." And Daniel thanked him with a smile.

There were some individuals around the classroom that were starting to get alarmed by Daniel's impossible-to-understand strategy which seemed astronomically suicidal in insight.

The fifth round of the second round came to light.

"Toharoh Tsudo killed Akenama Kan." The long forgotten name emerged after so long "...Who...?" Arkalee asked her boyfriend, Hyunda, seated next to her "One of our prior classmates. He was found dead on the island." He explained to her "Oh... Hey, did you do it, Tsudo...?" Arkalee asked, analyzing the possible reactions Tsudo would give.

But Tsudo remained absurdly stoic and didn't even flinch for a second. Regardless, there was a small discussion about the topic as it proved to have a minimal degree of interest among them.

"I don't really think Tsudo did it." Yukishiro spoke up "And how would you know? You weren't even there, it was a boys only exam in that freaking island." Akimiyashika countered "Oh chill out red-head... I'm just stating the obvious... Because it wasn't only Kan that died, but also Ryoken and Akihiko." Yukishiro brought some more forgotten names back to the table "Christ, I even forgot they existed." Rayazaki boldly said "They didn't mark much impression..." Ikkiri lowly spoke to herself.

Forty seconds remained.

"Hm, no, but you did it, didn't you, Tsudo?" To everyone's surprise, Daniel directed those words to Tsudo "Uh, what?!" Kuzan was shocked to hear that from Daniel "What, don't you remember, Kuzan?" Daniel looked puzzled as he glanced over to his left, where Kuzan wasn't too far from him "It was during the second week, Tsudo and Kan got into a fight because they didn't want to share their food so Tsudo killed him with a rock to his head thirteen times! Shit was crazy, wasn't it, Rayazaki?!" Daniel spoke with high enthusiasm and a carefree attitude ".....??" Rayazaki became really confused "Bro, I don't remember any of that..." Kuzan was honest to Daniel "Really?! Try to remember it. We had a group! It was me, you, Rayazaki, and Kawahara. Hey, you remember it too, right, Kawahara?" This time, Daniel directed his words to Kawahara.

Unlike Kuzan and Rayazaki, Kawahara fully knew what Daniel's intent here was.

"He's right, you know? Don't tell me you guys don't remember it? We saw the shit go down with our own two eyes that night!" Kawahara claimed "Huh...?! That's... Weird, I just can't... remember it..." Kuzan was trying his hardest to remember "Are you guys trolling me or some shit...?! Hey, Tsudo! Is it true or not?!" Rayazaki turned his attention to Tsudo, this time around.

Twenty seconds remained; Tsudo didn't answer but looked less composed now.

"He's not gonna talk because that's part of his strategy, right? Down to the last second..." Arkalee was showing anxiety "That's right, sweetheart." Hyunda's words made Arkalee smile "It's completely 50/50 at this point. Which is why we should divide our options. We have been going with the same predictions so far, but I think it's fair for us to go separate ways, don't you think?" Hyunda proposed "...No." Arkalee quickly rejected "Our choices have to be the same... Because we are together..." Her voice gradually grew serious, emitting a certain level of obsession "Don't you think so, Hyunda...?" She gazed at him with adoration yet a keen sense of control "........." By contrast, his expression grew blank and bored "I don't, actually." He disagreed ultimately "What... Hyunda, can you not? Not right now, just go with it, alright?!" She started to raise her voice "......." His expression grew resentment this time "Ok." He simply said "So you'll do it?" She asked, just to make sure "Yeah, for sure. I'll do it. No problem." He closed his eyes and gave her a stark smile whilst patting her head.

Daniel would more often than not, monitor Hyunda's behavior, unlike most. Out of 8 to 10 times, Daniel's attention was on Hyunda.

"I DID IT!!" On the very last second, Tsudo spoke out "Ah FUCK!!" Akimiyashika snapped as she pressed the positive option button "I didn't have the time to process that it would be a lie, for fuck sake..." She further added "Isn't your brain just slow?! What, never played a game before?! This shit's easy!" Yukishiro flexed her victory in this round.

Even so, the results were mostly divided and Tsudo's strategy was actually proving to work. The standings for the fifth round were fixated as the following:

> 1 - Lus Sera (75/99 points)

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> 2 - Sana (48/99 points)

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> 3 - Sagasuga - (45/99 points)

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> 4 - Hinagiku (39/99 points)

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> 5 - Yukishiro (39/99 points)

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> 6 - Kawahara (39/99 points)

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> 7 - Tatsu (36/99 points)

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> 8 - Arkalee (33/99 points)

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> 9 - Hyunda (33/99 points)

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> 10 - Akimiyashika (33/99 points)

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> 11 - Tateyana (30/99 points)

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> 12 - Ikkiri (30/99 points)

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> 13 - Tsudo (29/99 points)

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> 14 - Rayazaki (28/99 points)

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> 15 - Kuzan (27/99 points)

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> 16 - Stratos (24/99 points)

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> 17 - Daniel (15/99 points)

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> 18 - Kanawari (9/99 points)

Before the sixth round started, there was some animosity.

"Holy fuck, fuck you Daniel!" Tateyana complained, despite being well rounded in the middle points "Huh?" He found her words abrasive to say the least "Don't "Huh?" me! If it wasn't for your stupid contract, Tsudo would be telling us the right answers but now he's doing the opposite---he's thinking for himself instead of helping us out!!" She complained but Daniel remained indifferent "Sounds like you're having trouble adjusting to the competition... I see..." Daniel chuckled "What...?!" She did not take that lightly "Hey, hey, if you lag behind, I'll do a nice contract with you next round just like I did with Tsudo... Ah, only if you end up in his position though!" Daniel reassured her with an unwavering confidence "That contract won't be worth shit, you retard. You won't have points to spare..." She felt like stating something relatively obvious to Daniel across the table "You're not seeing the picture here." Daniel left it at that, with a taunt that would consume her mind.

Basara initiated the rhythm once again, as Daniel fell onto the second last place.

"During his time while in middle school, Toharoh Tsudo created a group which consisted of serial rapists who engaged in theft, killing, and raping women in the area of Shinjuku." A more detailed claim came forth this time around "Dive deeper into your thoughts." Basara left it at that as the sixth round underwent it's tracks.

There was a significant problem at hand immediately and Tsudo caught wind of it immediately. Though, it wasn't him that initiated the momentum.

"A bit too detailed, don't you think?" The charismatic Daniel spoke not only in Tsudo's direction but to everyone present "If we're gonna rely on ourselves to guess if this is right or wrong, then yeah, no shit." Kawahara didn't deny it "......." Tsudo gave some thought as he analyzed what he had to lose and win, should he want to commit into this.

He took a glance at the ranking ladder, where his points were visible. Not only his, but Daniel's and the others'.

On the other hand, Kanawari, felt far more nervous than before, as she was practically on the losing side. Not practically, but in total, reality combined with actuality.

Daniel, seated with Lus on his left side and Hinagiku on his right side, decided to whisper a few words into Hinagiku's ear as Tsudo was in deep thought.

Shortly after, Hinagiku began whispering certain words into Kanawari's left ear, since she is right next to Hinagiku.

"....!?" Kanawari was at a loss of words as she didn't understand the meaning of Hinagiku's words "Don't doubt his words... Or you'll regret it, you hear me...?" Hinagiku threatened Kanawari on the spot, showing an attitude similar to the prior round "What's with you...!?" She snapped momentarily but Hinagiku turned cold, not letting the argument scale.

In the end, Tsudo judged to stick to his usual strategy of only telling the truth at the very last second.

"I didn't do it." Calmly, Tsudo confessed "Oh for fuck's-----" Rayazaki slammed his right fist on the table "AGHHHH!!!" He released a shout of frustration, but he wasn't the only one that got it wrong as many others didn't get it right either "It's half-right. I was a part of the group but I definitely didn't create it. Besides, it's long long, disbanded... I think..." Tsudo finished his with reluctance and major hesitance.

The standings of the sixth round were automatically shown:

> 1 - Lus Sera (81/99 points)

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> 2 - Sana (56/99 points)

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> 3 - Sagasuga - (54/99 points)

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> 4 - Hinagiku (46/99 points)

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> 5 - Yukishiro (46/99 points)

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> 6 - Kawahara (46/99 points)

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> 7 - Tatsu (36/99 points)

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> 8 - Tateyana (36/99 points)

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> 9 - Tsudo (35/99 points)

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> 10 - Rayazaki (34/99 points)

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> 11 - Arkalee (33/99 points)

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> 12 - Hyunda (33/99 points)

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> 13 - Akimiyashika (33/99 points)

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> 14 - Ikkiri (30/99 points)

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> 15 - Stratos (30/99 points)

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> 16 - Kuzan (27/99 points)

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> 17 - Kanawari (12/99 points)

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> 18 - Daniel (9/99 points)

A clapping ovation came from Daniel instantly.

"Well done! Now imagine where you would be if you had those 17 points still! You'd be behind seven other people! But that's not all! You're almost on the way to the winning side, only one point away from equalizing with Tatsu and Tateyana!!" The standing ovation did not stop from his end "......." Although being far up, Tsudo wasn't liking how he wasn't feeling in control at all "You're fucked, you realize that?" Yukishiro spoke to Daniel in a harsh tone, but she voiced practically everyone in that regard "Huuuuuuuuh?! What the fuck are you on about, bitch?" With a mocking face, Daniel taunted Yukishiro "Retard's got a death wish, it seems! I just fucking hope the dice rolls don't blacklist me this time around!" Despite saying that, Daniel could not stop laughing "------Hahahaha-----" As if infected by a wave of contagious laughter, Daniel seemed as if he was losing it.

Down to the last place, with six red lights on his choker, Daniel claimed the intention, but it was still far from over.

Without wasting any time at all whatsoever, the seventh round came to light.

"Toharoh Tsudo's jail sentence is the equivalent of 150 years." Basara said "Is it, or not? Let's see how good your memories are." The hourglass dealt the trick.

Most of them jumped the gun immediately because there was a certain point of time that was decisive to this particular segment.

"Hold a goddamn minute, didn't we get a gauge at each other's jail sentences when we started back in December?!" Akimiyashika spoke with haste "That's right, we did." Kawahara answered "Oh, right! I remember now!" Tateyana smashed her right fist horizontally on her opposite open palm dramatically "Uh, what was it again...?!" Kanawari asked out loud, as she desperately wanted to know the right answer "80 years." Kawahara went with that "No, no, it was 45 years, what are you on about?!" Akimiyashika counter-argued "45 years? Does that even make sense, Aki?" Hinagiku, this time, questioned her "It fucking doesn't! Based on the first accusation alone, considering he doesn't even remember how much----there's no way that 45 years alone is ENOUGH to go around it!" Akimiyashika added.

Sagasuga then, jumped to the conversation, as he offered insight on the matter.

"It varies from country to country but given how serious rape allegations can be, I'll just go with Japan's standards, since that's where we are currently allocated; but more importantly, where Tsudo most likely committed the crimes since Shinjuku was brought up." He then laid out the critical information "If done to an individual under the age of 18, imprisonment for less than 6 months is not possible and it's required an imprisonment for more than 10 years. Likewise, if the sexual indecency conducted results in death and injury, then it won't be less than 6 years." Sagasuga finished "What the FUCKING FUCK?!" Kuzan exulted himself in pure unfiltered rage "Ten YEARS?! THAT'S IT?! AND WHY DOES IT GO DOWN AT LEAST 6 YEARS?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY'S JUSTICE SYSTEM?!" Kuzan clenched his fists to the table "I feel the same, Kuzan. However, there are cases where the accused convict is labeled a lifetime sentence. Whether or not that's the case... Is something I can't tell." Sagasuga admitted as he looked at the hourglass, causing his other classmates to do the same.

Twenty seconds remained on the clock.

"Wait, what is a lifetime sentence anyways?" Arkalee threw the question at Hyunda, but all others looked at him instead "I don't think the case applies here but it's self-explanatory. It expires when you rot and die in prison. Now I'm not saying Tsudo doesn't deserve it, but if Daniel over here didn't receive a terminal sentence, then I don't think that the juridical system has applied that treatment to any of us." Hyunda clarified "...Uh, so where exactly does that leave us? Tsudo's not gonna tell us, so..." Sana tried to get the answer out "...Hey, Dan----" In the midst of it, Lus tried to reach out to Daniel.

Only to find a strange occurrence, as Daniel was showing a vague sign of weakness; holding onto the two sides of his brain with his two hands whilst trembling.

"...Why...?!" Greeting his teeth, Daniel exhibited struggle "Da-Daniel...?! Is there something wrong with you...?" Lus showed a high level of affection while worrying about him, but Daniel was quick to dismiss her "No, nothing." He composed himself again "......." Lus naturally found this strange as Daniel looked even more worn out than usual "...There are only eight seconds left, are you not gonna... you know, vote...?" Lus was finding it weird, how he wasn't voting with his usual confidence ".........." Forced to recognize the situation, Daniel looked at the hourglass and quickly thought for himself before giving the conclusive answer "What do you think?" He genuinely asked her, with so much little time on the clock "H-Huh?! Y-You're asking m----" Lus was divided given the time on the clock "45 years don't add up considering what has been gathered so let's go with the verdict here!" With two seconds on the clock, Lus voted positive and Daniel voted the opposite.

Tsudo did not forfeit the opportunity and waited until the very last second to make his strike.

"FALSE!!" Some were fortunate enough to vote the opposite as it would symbolize the profitable choice but only a slight margin of them did.

The bimming sound of the red light on Daniel's neck was the sign of the early victory for her, but she was additionally worried as to why Daniel felt so confused suddenly.

Before the eighth round began, the standings were fixated, as per usual:

> 1 - Lus Sera (87/99 points)

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> 2 - Sana (62/99 points)

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> 3 - Sagasuga - (62/99 points)

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> 4 - Hinagiku (52/99 points)

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> 5 - Yukishiro (52/99 points)

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> 6 - Kawahara (52/99 points)

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> 7 - Tatsu (42/99 points)

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> 8 - Tsudo (41/99 points)

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> 9 - Rayazaki (40/99 points)

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> 10 - Akimiyashika (39/99 points)

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> 11 - Ikkiri (36/99 points)

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> 12 - Stratos (36/99 points)

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> 13 - Tateyana (36/99 points)

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> 14 - Arkalee (33/99 points)

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> 15 - Hyunda (33/99 points)

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> 16 - Kuzan (33/99 points)

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> 17 - Kanawari (15/99 points)

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> 18 - Daniel (3/99 points)

Tateyana was the first to cast the large emotional outburst.

"FUCKING STUPID FUCK!! DAMN IT, DANIEL! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT THAT TSUDO OVERTOOK ME AND THAT I'M FALLING DOWN NOW!!" Her emotions became boiled and brutally bitter "Aw, I think your worries are relatively over now, sweetie~" Yukishiro's words caught Tateyana's attention "What..." She was begging for an explanation on how her anxiety would come to an end.

It was something a selected few had come to notice.

"Daniel no longer has six points to give, which means that Tsudo can't receive more." This information caused Tateyana's face to ease up "Oh... And since there are like a few rounds left..." Tateyana started to see the opportunity to climb back up "Yup! Tsudo no longer gains anything from this, so him lying in this situation wouldn't be as beneficial." But Tsudo begged to differ "Huuuuuuh?! And why the fuck would I deliberately tell anyone the correct answer?! I'm at the FUCKING EIGHT PLACE! PUT SOME MOTHERFUCKING RESPECT ON MY NAME, BITCH!!" Tsudo pointed out at the ranking ladder.

It was something that even Yukishiro, who was three layers above, had to recognize.

"And you, Tateyana... You're lower than me now bitch, so DROP THE DEMANDS!!" Eager for control, Tsudo commended a narcissistic attitude "You don't fucking wanna piss me off, bitch! Remember what happened to Lus?!" Lus was showered with humiliation "....!!!" She twitched in pure rage "Bitch's never walking again for the rest of her life!! So tell me, do you wanna give it A GO?! HUH?!" Tsudo threatened Tateyana on the spot "Fucking child RAPIST, YOU'RE GOING TO HELL, CLOWN!!" Tateyana kicked the lower bottom of her seat which caused a general loud noise from it "UGHHHH!!!" Frustrated, she wrapped her fingers around her long hair as Tsudo laughed like a maniac.

The eighth round would now begin, as Basara had collected the upcoming claim.

"Toharoh Tsudo had a hobby in high-school which consisted of raping the girlfriends of other people. In addition to this, he collectively tore apart their uterusus and collected them in a jar in his room." Perhaps the most cryptic of all claims for Tsudo just came forth "EWWWWWWW WHAT THE FUCK MAN! ARE YOU FUCKING HUMAN EVEN?!" Yukishiro expressed an abysmal disgust "Blah blah blah, I can't wait to see the shit you come up with to justify yourself when you're in MY POSITION!" Tsudo defended himself "One minute to go." Basara said as the hourglass applied.

Given how Daniel no longer has any points to subtract, Tsudo's stance was a relatively obvious one.

"........" His silence was absolute as he saw no benefit in answering to any of their questions, should they even try, in the first place "So this is just yet another blind guess?! For fuck's sake, I thought that the moment Daniel would run out of point to give that he would start talking again but he's gotten so FUCKING ARROGANT with his lead! UGH!" Akimiyashika hated Tsudo's attitude, much more his demonic evil grin "But now he's seating comfortably with 41 points despite being the target of the judgment round which shouldn't normally allow you to gain any points..." Even someone like Ikkiri was brought down by the unpredictability of the events "Heh, you know who to thank for that!" Tsudo spoke, as many glared at Daniel with spite.

Something noteworthy about him was that he was chuckling as if infected by contagious laughter once again.

"Oh, what, Daniel?! What's so funny again?! You are FUCKED, I swear the moment the I get the chance to give up my points, I will mess you up!" Tateyana was more emotional than ever "Hahahahaha----" But Daniel laughed nonstop, even requiring his two hands on his stomach as he almost rolled out of his chair "I guess the depression he got from Yulia's suicide really got to his head huh..." Arkalee reasoned "Hmph..." Hyunda softly chucked as well "Ahhhhhhhhhh-------Hey, Tsudooo..." Daniel was trying to recompose himself as he directed those very words to the silent Tsudo, on the very center.

Thirty seconds remained on the clock.

".......?" Tsudo saw no reason to reply "I would like to know the answer to this one, so could you please tell the truth?" Daniel gently asked "Pffftt...." Yukishiro's mouth had a stroke "PFTAHAHA!!" This time around, it was Yukishiro that started to laugh out of proportion "Jesus fucking Christ, what is this?! A circus?!" Rayazaki felt undignified by their reactions and odd choices of dialogue "Huhhh?! Why the fuck would I?! I can't gain any more points so I might as well make you fucks overthink and fall into your own doubts------" Daniel ceased his laughter with precise control and led on to the chase "Oh but you can gain more points." Tsudo's eyes widened "Come on now. Don't tell me you forgot?" Daniel twisted his head to the right side slightly.

Daniel sighed as he knew Tsudo didn't entirely process what he meant a while back.

"I said it was 24, but also said that it was 36, in theory, if it went above ten rounds. Right now we are at the eighth one, so tell me, how many points have you won since you were contracted?" Daniel posed the question and Tsudo started to think about the answer like all the others "24. Just like I said." His prediction came to light "Wait, holy shit!" Tateyana got a jumpscare "But how the hell can it be up to 36?!" Tsudo demanded to know "Don't you know?! Come on, now! TSUDO!!" Daniel shouted as he forced Tsudo to come and realize the truth.

The truth on how to further his points and exploit the full utility of the contract was unraveled as all Tsudo had to do, was but one simple thing.

"It's all true, down to each detail. VOTE YES, DANIEL!!" Specifically demanding, Tsudo told the truth with five seconds on the line "Wait, what if he's lying?!" Tateyana didn't trust Tsudo "Vote yes, Tateyana." Sagasuga told her "Tsudo is telling the truth so Daniel can accumulate six points." Tateyana then realized it "So he can steal back those six points in the upcoming round...!!" She became furious as she voted positively "BUT NOW I'M AHEAD OF THE STUPID FUCK HAHAHA!!" Tateyana rejoiced immensely.

A dark sinister laughter from Tsudo was born as the last seconds ran out.

"HAHAHAHAHA!!!" The hourglass expired and thus, the results were announced via the ranking ladder, as Tsudo continued to laugh in a sinister sadistic manner "YOU FUCKING IDIOTS ALL FELL FOR IT!! YOU REALLY THOUGHT I WAS THAT THIRSTY FOR POINTS THAT I WOULD JUST DO IT?! FUCK NO, I CAN PLAY THE LONG GAME TOOOOO HAHAHAHA!!!" Drolling saliva made from premature ecstasy swindled through his lips "The likelihood was small, but to think he would do it... Interesting." Sagasuga was forced to reflect, once again, due to the nature of his failure "No fucking way, dudeeeeeee!!" Rayazaki felt repulsed.

The rankings for the eighth round were the following:

> 1 - Lus Sera (87/99 points)

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> 2 - Sana (62/99 points)

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> 3 - Sagasuga - (62/99 points)

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> 4 - Hinagiku (52/99 points)

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> 5 - Yukishiro (52/99 points)

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> 6 - Kawahara (52/99 points)

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> 7 - Tatsu (42/99 points)

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> 8 - Tsudo (41/99 points)

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> 9 - Rayazaki (40/99 points)

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> 10 - Akimiyashika (39/99 points)

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> 11 - Ikkiri (36/99 points)

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> 12 - Stratos (36/99 points)

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> 13 - Tateyana (36/99 points)

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> 14 - Arkalee (33/99 points)

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> 15 - Hyunda (33/99 points)

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> 16 - Kuzan (33/99 points)

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> 17 - Kanawari (15/99 points)

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> 18 - Daniel (9/99 points)

As they all observed their points not going up and the rankings not change at all, they rapidly came to the same conclusion.

"Holy shit... What the fuck... He actually LIED!!" Yukishiro raged "Why the fuck would you lie, Tsudo?! In the next round you could have won six points from Daniel, damn it!!" Tsudo was speechless, much to Yukishiro's confusion and practically everyone else "How.... the fuck....!" Trembling, Tsudo gulped as he couldn't believe it.

Despite the rankings not changing, not all points remained the same.

Daniel grinned in pure ecstasy as he saw Tsudo's anxious expression dripped in sheer horror.

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"That's the expression... That raw facial reaction... Hahahaha------!!!" Releasing another wave of laughter, Daniel enjoyed pulling his strings "He... voted no?!" Inexplicably, Daniel had voted against what all the others had as they believed in Tsudo "Hey Tsudoooooo! Don't look like that man! Now all you gotta do is follow the plan and these six points are alllllll yours~" Daniel continued his laughter spree ".........!!!!!" By contrast, all the enjoyment that Tsudo had, went down the drain, as he felt utterly manipulated against his will.

The ninth round was administered almost immediately by Basara.

"Toharoh Tsudo went to the same kindergarten as Mayuraki Shizuku." Yukishiro was left stunned as she heard her name "Your compass; your decision." Basara entrusted his students to make what they could out of this.

Given the value of the contract, Tsudo's stance at the given moment, would be one that they would be most familiar with.

Or so they thought.

"Hey, hey, hey, Tsudoooooo!!" Daniel's over-confident voice was starting to get on Tsudo's nerves "Shut the fuck up, Daniel..." But he chuckled in response "Awww, why the long face? You already know what to do. Get down to the last second and tell the opposite; you win my six free points." Tsudo didn't like it, even if it went against common sense ".........." Tsudo's eyes became narrow as he felt into a state of mild temper.

In a parallel avenue, however, Yukishiro questioned Tsudo.

"You two already knew each other?" Her eyes widened "........" Tsudo looked at her but didn't tell her a single thing "Fucking speak you FREAK! That's my best friend we're talking about!!" Yukishiro exulted herself "EX-best friend, let me just add that." Daniel chuckled out of control, prompting tears from Yukishiro "Ghhhhh!!!!" In a state of rage, Yukishiro's face became twisted in agony "Ain't no way that's true. He just wanted to fuck her, isn't that right, Tsudo?!" Kawahara confronted Tsudo from another angle "........" But he remained silent.

Regardless, an attempt was made from many boys, from that same angle.

"Oh, he definitely did. I remember back in the beginning of January when we all caught him bust one while moaning her name, FUCK!!" Rayazaki reminded the rest of the boys "Ewww...!!" Hinagiku expressed instant disgust "I-I didn't do that shit, that's cap!" Tsudo blushed out of shame as he tried to defend "No man, you definitely did it, it's not cap. You shot your load on the walls so hard George made us all clean it up because you refused to man up and tell him it was you!" Tatsu spoke eagerly "Ahhhh, trueeeee!! It was alll over the place, what the hell, hahaha!!" Hyunda laughed it off "I remember it specifically because Daniel was the one who tried to really argue with our supervisor the hardest but he just wouldn't budge!!" Hyunda continued to laugh along with many others as they disgraced Tsudo's embarrassing experience.

But Lus, the one of Daniel's left side, didn't take her eyes off him for that specific time, as she saw Daniel made the same expression as he did a while ago.

"What's wrong? Talk to me..." Lus asked gently, once again, as she saw Daniel put his two hands on his brain "You're in pain, aren't you? Are you hurt?" Lus placed her right hand on Daniel's left forearm "It's fine... It's just...!!" Daniel moved up his head and looked at Hyunda, who was already looking at him, with a locked expression "........" He instantly realized that Hyunda might know the solution to his problem.

Down to the last second, Tsudo did something truly unexpected, on the other hand.

"What the fuck?!" Rayazaki felt bewildered "Hey, you bitch! Why didn't you say anything?! Shit, I had to forcefully vote, for fuck's sake!" Tsudo was interrogated by his sudden inactivity as it made no sense at all "You literally passed on six of his points for the ego?! What the fuck is with you?!" Yukishiro further complained "Not like it's gonna delay the inevitable." Tsudo spearheaded with those words "............" They all fell silent as they observed the rankings.

The ninth round's rankings were the following:

> 1 - Lus Sera (93/99 points)

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> 2 - Sagasuga - (74/99 points)

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> 3 - Sana (68/99 points)

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> 4 - Hinagiku (58/99 points)

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> 5 - Yukishiro (58/99 points)

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> 6 - Kawahara (58/99 points)

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> 7 - Tatsu (48/99 points)

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> 8 - Akimiyashika (45/99 points)

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> 9 - Ikkiri (42/99 points)

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> 10 - Stratos (42/99 points)

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> 11 - Tateyana (42/99 points)

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> 12 - Tsudo (41/99 points)

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> 13 - Rayazaki (40/99 points)

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> 14 - Kuzan (39/99 points)

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> 15 - Arkalee (33/99 points)

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> 16 - Hyunda (33/99 points)

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> 17 - Kanawari (18/99 points)

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> 18 - Daniel (9/99 points)

Arkalee, upon seeing the drastic change in places, felt the need to communicate with her beloved boyfriend, who was much indifferent to this.

"Um, Hyunda?" Her eyes were serious as well as her voice tone "Yeah, sunshine?" Happily, Hyunda smiled at her "Hahaha... You're so... Uh, love, I'm confused about something." She was blushing at the compliment Hyunda threw at her "Oh, that's not good. Let's communicate then." Hyunda resolved "Mhmhm... So, mind telling me why we suddenly dropped so low? This all started when I disagreed with your choice." Her voice grew deeper and menacing by the second "Uhhh... Bad luck, I guesssss?! I really don't know..." Hyunda brushed his spiky white hair back and forth "Oh really... We were doing so well before and now we are falling off... Huh, what a coincidence..." Arkalee turned immensely skeptical "Wait. Are you doubting me, Arkalee? This all just happened because Tsudo didn't help us out, so it was a 50/50. I'm not lying when I say it's bad luck, it just is." Hyunda sighed "........" But she didn't believe his words, this time.

Sana paid close attention to this particular interaction from them, as she was not far away whatsoever.

"Given that the last round is the upcoming one, you will be granted two minutes after the claim is done. Furthermore, instead of 6 points, it will be 12 points that will be awarded to the ones that are on the majority side. However, by contrast, the ones on the losing side, will lose 12 points." Basara introduced a new elements despite the already similar premise "Let's begin." Basara stated.

Just about everyone in the room could guess what the final claim would be and many were already mentalizing their votes as they imagined it.

"Toharoh Tsudo deserves to die for his crimes." Basara made the last claim of this second round "Decide, judges." The hourglass spun, though relatively slower this time around.

There were a few things to process and filter out first, granted that it was different in some aspects.

"Any idea of what he meant by "majority side" and "losing side"?" Ikkiri asked the obvious question "Are you THAT dumb?! It's making us choose! We can vote yes or no, and by the end, the results in the majority will go to the side that has the most votes; while the losing side will have the ones which have the least votes!" Arkalee angrily explained though she was right "......" Ikkiri awaited for another response, however "It should be as Arkalee says. So, let's get to voting, I don't think there's really any difficulty here in deciding." Tatsu said "H-Hold the fuck up!" Tsudo, on the other hand, begged to differ "Isn't it a little odd?!" He felt nervous "What is?" Kawahara asked "How last time when it was Kanawari's turn, none of this "side" bullshit occurred?! What if I actually die from the negative votes?!" Tsudo theorized "That's a great idea." Akimiyashika widened her eyes as she instantly pressed her vote "!??!?!" Lit up on the screen, a new division occurred.

Divided as black and white, two separate rows with respective pictures and names attached to them, were visible.

The first one shown was Izayoi Akimiyashika, on the black side.

"Let me just say this; I don't believe myself to be a good person, but I can say with a HIGH degree of confidence that I am better than this fucking CHILD RAPIST who deserves to die! Vote yes and don't overcomplicate this!" She demanded "You have to fucking die, I totally agree!" Tateyana, without a second thought, cast her vote and joined the black side "I wish this vote would kill you, Tsudo... Those children will never live their lives the same AGAIN." Kuzan spoke with rage as he also cast the vote to the black side "Disgusting." Yukishiro joined the frail as well as she saw no benefit in voting in the opposite side.

Granted, Tsudo had no possible way to come back from this, but he still tries to make a point.

"Aren't you all judging me way too harshly and quickly?! For fuck's sake, we're all criminals, we're all irredeemable pieces of shit with no good qualities!! Give me a chance, I can chang-----" His speech was cut shortly "Motherfuckers like you will never change----I'm saying this because I know I won't." Kawahara said as he joined the black side "It's an addiction but of course, no one likes to be confronted about it..." Hinagiku justified as she also joined the black side.

There wasn't even a debate about it; the majority voted for Tsudo to die and likewise, the points were entirely decided from a theory stance.

"But are you fucking CRAZY?!" Akimiyashika was the one who shouted in his direction "You REALLY don't think he deserves to die?!" The questions started to pile up "He has raped minors, people that had loved ones and even belonged to a group that did all sorts of immoral acts! How does he not deserve death?! Please, explain to me, your perspective." Daniel was assaulted by her verbal artillery to no end "He deserves as much death as any criminal. Immorality is immorality. If you cross the line, there is no going back. The scales just differ, right, Tsudo?" Tsudo didn't like the fact that Daniel, the person who he finds the most annoying right now, is defending him "No, no----there are crimes that should not WARRANT death! Theft, for example. But RAPE? Daniel, why did you vote NO?!" Akimiyashika was truly pissed off "Akimiyashika, calm down and you'll realize why he did it." Hyunda tried to reason with her "Don't fucking tell me to calm down, clown." She retorted "I'm just sayingggggggggggg-----" Akimiyashika remained abrasive and verbally relentless "Rape is the worst crime possible. Not even killing, torture, or war crimes come close!!" Truth to be told, not a lot of people in that room actually disagreed with her.

Given the situation, however, it was due time as it had officially ran out; the golden two minutes, that is.

The sides had been taken and likewise, the bonus point applications and reductions were applied.

"Huuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh?!?!" The first one to notice it was Rayazaki as he held his jaw in an upper angle "What?! What?!" Tateyana, overly alert, demanded Rayazaki to explain his dramatic reaction "What do you mean "What?! WHAT?!", stop looking at your fucking points and look at the top ones!" Tateyana then did exactly that as she saw the final standings.

Which are:

> 1 - Lus Sera (205/99 points)

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> 2 - Sagasuga - (200/99 points)

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> 3 - Sana (80/99 points)

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> 4 - Hinagiku (70/99 points)

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> 5 - Yukishiro (70/99 points)

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> 6 - Kawahara (70/99 points)

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> 7 - Tatsu (60/99 points)

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> 8 - Akimiyashika (57/99 points)

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> 9 - Ikkiri (54/99 points)

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> 10 - Stratos (54/99 points)

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> 11 - Tateyana (54/99 points)

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> 12 - Tsudo (53/99 points)

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> 13 - Rayazaki (52/99 points)

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> 14 - Kuzan (51/99 points)

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> 15 - Arkalee (45/99 points)

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> 16 - Hyunda (45/99 points)

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> 17 - Kanawari (24/99 points)

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> 18 - Daniel (0/99 points)

Compared to the last round, there were no changes in places.

"HOW ARE THEY UP TO 200 POINTS?!? IS THAT A VISUAL BUG OR SOME SHIT?!" Tsudo, who had his shackles released automatically as soon as the round was over, cried out while still seating down on that chair "There's no bug, if the number output, which in this round, was 99, is broken, you will be awarded bonus points." Basara, for once, explained "Ohhh, SO NOW you feel like explaining THAT massively crucial information?! You're full of shit, teacher!" Arkalee reasonably complained "And you..." This time, she directed her words to Hyunda which got multiple people's attention "Don't drag us down any further..." She said "But we won this last one, didn't we..." Hyunda justified "We'll see." Her voice turned cold as her vigilance over Hyunda increased.

Sagasuga was mildly disappointed as he placed his two hands together in unison.

"Talk about close. But, you can't get them all right, can you? Then again, you only failed once, so congratulations to you, Lus!" He started to clap at a reasonable pace in Lus' direction "I'm aware it's not compensation for what happened to you, but I just wanted to say that I'm impressed!" Sagasuga did not lie with those words "......." Lus, on the other hand, didn't look as satisfied as someone in her position should "Wait! Teacher, I need to have a word with Lus before we start the execution round!" Rayazaki stepped up, as Tsudo sat in-between him and Yukishiro "Thirty seconds." Basara said as he looked at his clock.

Rayazaki's attention was fully directed to Lus, who knew exactly what he would say.

"I can't do it yet. Please be patient." She locked her stare onto him as well "No, I don't give a fuck. I want my fifty extra points, NOW!" He demanded "That's not magically possible... I have to wait until I get the chance to transfer them to you with the transferring option." This was something Rayazaki already knew "That's right! So, no second thoughts over here! I saw you two whispering a lot to each other, fucking love-birds!" Lus felt mildly embarrassed "SHUT UP!! That was different." After the round had come to an end, Daniel decided to whisper quite a lot of words onto Lus' ear and right now, he is doing the same with Hinagiku, who is carefully listening to his every words "Whatever, you get the point. Waste at least 30 points to make sure you get the option!" Rayazaki demanded "30 points is a lot." She argued back "Huuuuuuuuh?! YOU SAID YOU WOULD. KEEP. YOUR. WORD." Rayazaki slowly said "........." She remained silent to that "You will live to regret it if you don't. I fucking saved you out of mercy, YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN A LOT WORSE THAN TH---" Rayazaki's verbal rampage was put to an halt by Basara "SILENCE!!" Daniel's front desk was automatically open by Basara's words.

The two guards stepped up to Daniel's position immediately and with the help of Daniel, who voluntarily put up his two arms while up, he was allocated to the central chair.

"The execution round will now begin and as such, your red lights will be thoroughly depleted from your chokers." They watched their lights go down one by one until there were none left at all "That, of course, doesn't apply to our good friend Daniel here, as his choker houses NINE red lights; one light away from..." Basara stopped and gave a small chuckle "Tense, isn't it? I'm one light away, hahahaha!" Daniel manically laughed as he was shackled and tied down to the chair by the guards "You idiot....!!" Sana couldn't contain her emotions as she despaired for Daniel's well-being "......." Hinagiku quickly glanced at Lus, now that Daniel wasn't in the middle of them "I'm curious to see how you'll go about this." Hinagiku softly chuckled "What are you talking about?" Lus felt provoked "Oh, nothing. A promise versus loyalty. I wonder which one you prize the most?" Hinagiku finished with an overly arrogant look as she diminished Lus "........" This had an effect as Lus felt divided, mostly with a choice to make.

Shortly afterwards, Basara would announce the bounty crowned to Daniel, for being at the very bottom, with a staggering accumulation of zero points.

But Basara nearly forgot to do something.

"I can't believe I almost forgot, but Lus, congratulations on landing in the first place. In addition to the free hundred points, enjoy it." As soon as Basara's words came to light, Lus received a notification on her screen "...." Hinagiku caught an immediate glance of it, as Lus accepted it as fast as she could "Use it wisely." Sagasuga advised her "....." She felt nervous knowing Sagasuga could have such an advantage at any given time now "Alright, here is the bounty!" Basara's gestures summoned the details to the screen where Daniel's bounty could be seen.

> Target: Daniel Lead.

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> Points earned from his death (collectively): 24 points.

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> Points earned from his death (individually): 48 points.

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> Bonus reward: Lunch hour will last two hours instead of one.

The contents were analyzed a bit.

"Two hours for lunch...? Yo, that's kinda lit, not gonna lie!" Tsudo laughed "I've been wondering what they mean by "collectively"... Does it mean when someone helps you kill the bounty target? I really don't get it." Ikkiri was left pondering "Who gives a shit, it's fucking time ahhhhhhh!!!!" Yukishiro felt ecstasy as she was finally at the verge of climaxing given the situation "The selection will now begin and so, the execution of Daniel Lead, begins." Basara's words swung the momentum profoundly.

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Through the skull of fire, lit up in chaotic golden flames, the selection was formed. One by one, excluding Daniel---the target of the execution round---it chose.

"Ahhh fuck, fuck, fuck, I can't contain myself!" Yukishiro didn't stop stomping the ground whilst holding her head with her fingers "Give me the fucking chance and I will fucking kill YOU!!" Yukishiro was very open about her feelings towards Daniel "---Hahaha----" Daniel felt like laughing again, despite his circumstance "But I will not die, though." With absolute confidence, he declared, smirking "Huuuuuuh??!! You're one LIGHT AWAY from dying, you are so dead. Nobody here is dumb enough to pass on those free points. It's do or die." Yukishiro reasoned "Killing a free point source like me, is something only someone with a retarded mindset like you would do. So, whoever kills me, is retarded." Daniel countered "Hah, bullshit! You're just trying to cover your ass!" Yukishiro didn't fall for it.

It landed, at last.

He didn't particularly want to have a shot at this, but there was no other choice.

"Tatsu, congrats." Not Basara, but Daniel congratulated him "....." He didn't exactly know how to reply to this "One minute to choose how many points, one minute for which option you will pick. Go." Basara initiated the momentum once again.

Tatsu was immediately spoonfed with partial opinions.

"Tatsu, I have a proposal to you!" Yukishiro wasted no time whatsoever as she pressed the lower right half of her screen in order to form a verbal contract "If you forfeit a single point only, 22 points of mine will be transferred back to you, which will effectively make you third on the list within the ranking ladder!" Yukishiro became thoroughly confident of her contract as it was 22 free additional points to Tatsu "You're fucked in the head, Daniel did nothing to you." Rayazaki was the first one to call her out "Mind your own business, rat! This is personal! So?!" She turned her attention to Tatsu once again "Hmm..." Tatsu gave thought to her suggestion.

Daniel, as a measure of defense, spoke to Tatsu.

"No offense, but if you're fine with just 22 points, you might as well swap places with me, because with that loser's mentality, you're a goner!" He laughed out loud "Don't fucking listen to him, DAMN IT! It's free 22 points, you'll be third on the ladder, ahead of Sana, even!!" Yukishiro reinforced her decision "For now." Daniel said "Hey, look, how do you think Sagasuga got this far? He gave up all of his points, started with 0 points this round and is now up 200 points, only five points behind the first place. Do you think you will make it big in this game with some fucking mediocre compensation like that?!" Yukishiro got pissed off "Ghhhh!!!" She clenched her teeth and Tatsu knew that a mere 22 points would not do it "Okay, I have another propo-----" Yukishiro attempted again but Tatsu was quick in forfeiting his points.

Most of Tatsu's time was put onto analyzing the ranking ladder and how his position would fall, depending on the point sacrifice.

"10 huh? Economical." Kawahara commented as Tatsu's options appeared on the screen "At least he's not suicidal like Sagasuga and uses all of his points." Akimiyashika also dropped the comment "....." Daniel began to analyze the options.

The following options were available to Tatsu:

> 1 - Transfer your points to an individual in your class (minimal point input: 50).

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> 2 - Daniel Lead's choker's red lights will be depleted at the cost of a finger up to the missing quantity.

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> 3 - Daniel Lead's left hand will be cut off in exchange for seven of his red lights (+50 points).

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> 4 - Daniel Lead's right arm will be cut off in exchange for 750 points.

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> 5 - Daniel Lead will lose one finger of his choice but will receive a boost in his point acquisition by 50% in all of the rounds of this day.

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> 6 - Transfer half of your points to Daniel Lead in exchange for a 20% point acquisition boost for the next four hours.

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> 7 - Pick one of the options above and apply it to yourself, in which case, all rewards go to you instead.

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> 8 - Daniel Lead's choker's red lights will be depleted by seven but his right shoulder be hammered five times.

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> 9 - Daniel Lead's nose will be cut off for 250 points.

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> 10 - Forfeit 50 points; Daniel Lead will earn a 50% point acquisition deduction for the rest of the day, but the round is over.

Due to the additional one minute left, Tatsu was left pondering.

Right now, his points are 50.

"Should have gone for more..." Tatsu immediately reflected "No, no, you're doing fine! Just pick the fourth option!" Yukishiro insisted "And give him 750 points...?" Tatsu looked at Yukishiro as if he was talking with someone incredibly dumb "It's a fucking arm. He'll never have that back for the rest of his life. Would you be alright if that was you?!" Yukishiro reasoned "Just shut up and let the man decide." Rayazaki intervened "Personally though, I would go for the tenth option. Because Daniel realistically can't climb back up. But that's just me." Rayazaki shrugged with his hands up in the air.

Rayazaki's words sprung a fountain of merit and logic with certainty. There was, however, one option that caught the attention of Tatsu and was rolling his head over and over.

"7 and then 5. Your lead is immense. Do it." Daniel commanded "Hmm...." Tatsu had a difficult expression "Wait, huh?! You're really going to pick option 7 and then option 5?!" Arkalee questioned Tatsu from afar "...It's just one finger... I can definitely live without one..." Tatsu was starting to see more and more merit "Dude..." Kuzan wasn't comfortable with his approach as it involved the sacrifice of a body piece part "Hey Tatsu, I have an offer for you, so listen up." Daniel spoke this time around.

His hands were entirely locked up, so there was no way for him to form a verbal contract.

"Pick option 3." Daniel summoned a lot of reactions "Say what?!" Akimiyashika didn't believe him "Oi, oi, oi! You fucking nutjob! That's your goddamn left hand, you know?!" Kawahara showed a wide smile despite his reaction "Daniel, don't do it, please...!!" Sana begged, almost in tears, severely worried "...." He smiled at Sana, but nevertheless continued with his deal "If you choose that option, then until the rest of the day, every time you score a point, 3 of my points will be transferred to you." Daniel made his bargain and Tatsu immediately countered it "Six. The stakes will only rise from here, Daniel." He wasn't happy about it "No, Tatsu, that's my goddamn hand we're talking here." Daniel didn't budge either "I don't care, you'll get 50 points for that." He was right "50 points which will realistically be used by whoever is next and next for their own gain just to ensure I don't "suffer" the consequences. You're losing it here and you know it." Daniel reasoned far more firmly this time around.

Tatsu was unable to counter-argue and with little time on the clock he had to make the choice.

"No." He denied it "........." Daniel became silent "I've made my decision, it's option 7!" The six prior options then became highlighted "That's fucking crazy... People are ACTUALLY falling for this bullshit?! What the fuck?!?!" Arkalee was beyond bewildered "Fucking disgusting... I could never..." Akimiyashika added "I'm jealous, that's such an overpowered option in this scenario... I would've done it at the speed of light..." Kawahara sighed profoundly with an added loud volume to it "I'm pretty sure Daniel noticed it too late, but the fact that he proposed the other offer means that he miscalculated just how great that option really is. It's his mistake for even mentioning it." Rayazaki calmly rationalized everything "And I will choose option 5 to apply to myself." Tatsu was able to get the most profitable option in the end.

At a cost, of course.

One guard, through Daniel's seat pathway, scoured through the perimeter and faced Tatsu face to face----with a guerrilla knife on his right hand.

Tatsu gulped as he had mixed feelings about it still; even if the decision was already applied.

"The left pinky one..." Tatsu specifically extended his left pinky finger while retracting the rest of his fist "Very well." Coldly, the guard accepted the choice and took ahold of it forcefully; slicing it roughly afterwards "AHHHHHHHHHGGGG---------" A small fountain of blood began to occupy his table "HOLY SHIT!!" Arkalee felt like throwing up "Yeah, no shit it hurts." Kawahara reflected "Worth it though..." Rayazaki also dropped the comment.

Most of them were, however, slightly impressed at Tatsu's resolve to earn points while initiating a winning plan. In addition, they were starting to realize the inevitable nature of this impending cruel game.

"Given Tatsu's choice, a 50% point boost acquisition will be inquired as well as additional 50 points." Basara said as the ranking ladder was updated immediately.

> 1 - Lus Sera (205/99 points)

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> 2 - Sagasuga - (200/99 points)

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> 3 - Tatsu (200/99 points)

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> 4 - Sana (80/99 points)

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> 5 - Hinagiku (70/99 points)

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> 6 - Yukishiro (70/99 points)

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> 7 - Kawahara (70/99 points)

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> 8 - Akimiyashika (57/99 points)

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> 9 - Ikkiri (54/99 points)

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> 10 - Stratos (54/99 points)

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> 11 - Tateyana (54/99 points)

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> 12 - Tsudo (53/99 points)

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> 13 - Rayazaki (52/99 points)

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> 14 - Kuzan (51/99 points)

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> 15 - Arkalee (45/99 points)

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> 16 - Hyunda (45/99 points)

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> 17 - Kanawari (24/99 points)

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> 18 - Daniel (0/99 points)

Yukishiro's jaw dropped as she saw Tatsu rise in rankings.

"Unbelievable...!" Sana couldn't hide her shock as she was overtaken "No sacrifice; no victory." Hyunda hummed "Spin the skull." Basara wasted no time whatsoever, despite the fact that Tatsu is feeling a throbbing pain right now while trembling as blood continues to drip forward.

Tatsu no longer could be within the skull's selection, therefore the next individual at hand to try their luck would be someone else.

Eventually, the skull stopped and selected its prized idol.

This idol; jumped from her seat, as she couldn't believe that she was chosen.

"YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! OH MY FUCKING GOD, FUCK YES!!! FINALLY, YOU'RE FUCKING FUCKED, DANIEL!!!" Yukishiro jumped around the perimeter like a little child ".......!!!!" Lus gulped as she felt that the plan would not work if Yukishiro was taken into the equation "......." Sagasuga observed Lus for a while "Dear me. You always take too many unnecessary risks for the sake of dominance." He sighed "What the?" Tateyana, on his right side, could not comprehend his words.

Yukishiro hurried back to her seat in order to execute her devilish agenda.

"Kick: Kyoko Yukishiro." Sagasuga uttered those words out loud "......" Daniel got annoyed at Sagasuga's choice "H-Huh....?!" The choice screen in front of Yukishiro disappeared instantly "Hey teacher! My screen just disappeared?! What gives?! Hey, I want to waste one point! Just FUCKING ONE!! LET ME DO IT!!!" Over and over, she touched the air forward, where her screen previously was "Unfortunately, your turn was forcefully skipped." Basara said, but it served nothing to calm her rage "BULLSHIT!!! WHY THE FUCK?!" Sagasuga felt the need to explain "It's the winning reward me and Lus have accumulated. We get the chance to kick one individual of our choice from any round. You, were kicked from this round by me, Yukishiro." Calmly, Sagasuga ironed out the details "Sagasuga...!! I didn't take you and Daniel to be butt-fuck friends, you PIECE OF SHIT!!" Sagasuga sighed at the insult "Ignorant." He assaulted her with a disappointed glance "Take a seat and don't cause a scene. You're still in it." Sagasuga pointed out at the screen where the dice would be re-rolled.

In it, Yukishiro's picture was still visible, unlike Tatsu's. But that didn't calm her down whatsoever.

"You had no right...!! I have to avenge... Shizuku....!!!" Though she tried to keep it down, she accidentally blurted those words out "Spin the damn skull." Basara had no time nor patience for this drama and so, he moved on.

The skull's favorite was therefore shortly after, chosen.

"Rayazaki, there you go." The skull landed on Rayazaki and subsequently, he took a deep controlled breath "Fuuuu..." Collecting all of his desire to win, Rayazaki instantly made the choice without hesitation, after consulting his points "Hoooo-lllllyyyyyyy-----" Kawahara burst out laughing as the screen became flooded with numerous options "Not again..." Arkalee felt dizzy just looking at it "I recall you complained about me not having the time to make the correct choice when I wasted 30 of my points, but this is your retort? I find you very hypocritical, Rayazaki." Sagasuga accused "Shut the fuck up..." Rayazaki blacked out everyone's opinions as he had one desire in mind.

For the record, he forfeited 50 points. Furthermore, although there is a single minute to choose how many points one wishes to forfeit and another one to choose the option that will be applied to the subject of the execution round, they do not stack up. Meaning; the moment Rayazaki forfeited those points, a whole new minute started.

The choices highlighted were the following:

> 1 - Forfeit 2,000 points to make an individual win double of the points they gather from their correct guesses but should their guesses be wrong, they will be lose triple the points instead for the rest of the day.

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> 2 - Forfeit 5,000 points to take a permanent leave for the day (you will be awarded 2,500 points in return).

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> 3 - Daniel Lead's left foot will be cut off for 150 points.

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> 4 - Daniel Lead's genital material will be cut off for 3,000 points.

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> 5 - Forfeit 2,000 points and select an individual besides yourself, to be granted immunity for today.

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> 6 - Daniel Lead will be granted 20,000 points but will be the target of the next execution regardless of the outcome of the subsequent round.

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> 7 - Forfeit 7,500 points in order to acquire a new player to take your place (in which case, every point the player obtains will be transferred to your point account and you are free to take a day off, but if the player dies or hits the total points of 0 points; you will be forced to return to the game as soon as possible.)

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> 8 - Daniel Lead's spine will be removed for 15,000 points.

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> 9 - Daniel will be injected with dyslexia paralysis in his veins in exchange for 300 points.

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> 10 - Daniel Lead's both foots will be cut off in exchange for 500 points.

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> 11 - Forfeit 1,250 points in order to win a 75% point boost acquisition for the rest of the day, but should you get a claim wrong, the 75% point boost acquisition will become a 75% point boost acquisition in reverse and will only change back when you get a claim right (should you fail to get it right three times in a row it will not go back).

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> 12 - Daniel Lead's left eye will be removed in exchange for 500 points.

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> 13 - You will be awarded 300 points, but will start the next round with 9 red lights.

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> 14 - Daniel Lead's left ear will be entirely cut off in exchange for 50 points.

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> 15 - Daniel Lead's red lights on his choker will increase according to the amount of points you forfeit.

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> 16 - A finger from Daniel Lead will be randomly sliced thus awarding him with +50 points as well as decreasing the red lights on his choker to 5.

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> 17 - Daniel Lead's choker's red lights will be depleted by seven but his right shoulder be hammered five times.

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> 18 - Daniel Lead's choker's red lights will be depleted by three but his left and right wrist will be hammered three times.

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> 19 - Daniel Lead's right and left knee will be hammered two times each in exchange for six of his choker's red lights.

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> 20 - Daniel Lead will be awarded points equivalent to the highest current score (+1) but the next round's individual's choice will be not under their control (their points will be used randomly and the option choice as well).

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> 21 - Daniel Lead will be awarded 100 points, but will have his lips sealed off for the entire day.

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> 22 - Daniel Lead will be forced to drink a bottle full of poison which will award him with 100 points.

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> 23 - Daniel Lead will be awarded 5,000 points but he must name ten parts of his body that he wishes to dispose of.

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> 24 - Forfeit 500 points and change the quantity of a number within the regulations of Daniel Lead's bounty.

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> 25 - Daniel Lead's right and left ears will be cut off for 200 points.

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> 26 - Forfeit 250 points to make an individual that can no longer be subjected to judgment, be brought into the game. Furthermore, that individual that was chosen, may or may not be selected for judgment immediately (if they do, they are awarded with 100 points).

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> 27 - Target one of your classmates, they can forfeit 1000 points to nullify this, otherwise they will be the targets for the next execution round regardless of rankings (this only applies if you have killed someone via the mechanics of the game).

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> 28 - Forfeit 400 points and select one of your classmates; if they don't kill someone via the game mechanics in four hours, they will die.

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> 29 - For the rest of the day, you will receive a 25% point acquisition boost in exchange for seven of Daniel Lead's choker's red lights.

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> 30 - Place a 1 hour minute time bomb around Daniel Lead's heart, which in return will give him 500 points. 1000 points can be used from Daniel Lead to remove the bomb.

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> 31 - Forfeit 12,500 points to kick someone permanently from the game, besides you.

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> 32 - Re-roll the dice at the cost of 100 points (you will be excluded from the round).

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> 33 - The first five rounds of every judgment will earn you the correct point quota, regardless of the answer (this only applies if you have killed 2 people via the game mechanics).

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> 34 - Forfeit 4,000 points, you can choose the claims that will be used in a judgment round of your choice as well as apply a rule of your own.

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> 35 - Forfeit 7,500 points to negate all previous bonuses and effects applied to all of your classmates (you are excluded).

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> 36 - Forfeit 25,000 points; absorb all bonuses and effects all to yourself, your classmates will be awarded 10,000 points each, but they will have their respective bonuses and effects depleted.

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> 37 - Forfeit 2,000 points, for the next three hours, your choker's red lights cannot be lit up.

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> 38 - Daniel Lead's legs will be cut off in exchange for 1000 points.

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> 39 - A 3,000 point bounty will be placed on you and whoever manages to kill you via the means of the game, will be awarded the bounty points. However, should you not die today, you will be awarded 7,500 points before the conclusion of today.

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> 40 - Forfeit 50,000 points to transfer classes.

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> 41 - Forfeit points that you own to place a bounty on one of your classmates (if you kill the person with that said bounty, you will earn double the number of what you forfeited).

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> 42 - Earn 1,000 points; if Daniel Lead doesn't die in this round of judgment, ten red lights will be lit up on your choker.

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> 43 - Forfeit 2,000 points, your rewards will be doubled.

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> 44 - Daniel Lead's toes will all be cut off in exchange for immunity today.

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> 45 - Forfeit 100 points, you can decide how many rounds the next judgment round will have.

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> 46 - Forfeit 1000 points and you will be granted access to see all of the possible options within the game; only you will be granted access, however.

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> 47 - Daniel Lead's legs, arms, nose, ears, and eyes, will be removed in exchange for 50,000 points.

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> 48 - Select up to five of your classmates; earn half of their points combined but they must be below 1,000 (this only applies if you have killed three people through the game mechanics).

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> 49 - Transfer your points to an individual in your class (minimal point input: 50).

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> 50 - Forfeit 50 points and select an individual from your class; that individual will receive a 50% point acquisition decreasement boost for the rest of the day.

According to anyone's common sense; it is beyond foolish to attempt this.

Which is why Rayazaki, when choosing this stance, had a simple idea in mind. A simple yet effective way, to prevent wasting enough time.

"No, there's just no way to process all this shit in one minute...!!" Akimiyashika felt terrorized by the length "Haha, I see..." Hinagiku, who had already taken out the secret white paper sheet she had stuffed in her skirt's right pocket, started to write down all she could----the section that she was ordered, at the very least "Thirty seconds left, my man! Hurry up!" Kawahara spoke.

Daniel, upon looking at the options, however, took great interest in a deal with Rayazaki.

"Hey, Rayazaki." He didn't take his eyes off that one specific option "What now... I'm still processing all this shit... The ones that are important to me anyways..." He brushed his hairstrands in annoyance "I see... Well, take a look at option 6." Daniel pointed out "......" Rayazaki glanced up "No fucking way." Rayazaki instantly declined "Just listen... Sign a verbal contract with me saying that upon the receival of those 20,000 points, 10,000 will be transferred back to you, so this way, we will be equal." Rayazaki's eyes widened at the mere thought "Sure, I can't make a contract with you, but you can. Oh, you definitely can." Rayazaki's temptation grew.

Interference came forth, as this option deviated from the beneficial margin of balance.

"Don't commit to this, Rayazaki." Sagasuga started "And why not?" Rayazaki already had decided on his option "There's no reason not to, Rayazaki... We will be the power sources and everyone else will be milestones. Don't think twice about this and just form the contract..." Daniel persisted with his bargain "......" Rayazaki looked at Sagasuga, however "Don't do it." Sagasuga closed his eyes "It's a trap in more ways than you can imagine. Build your lead slowly. Shortcuts like this are bound to lead you to your demise." Sagasuga finished with that explanation "......." Ten seconds remained.

Rayazaki took one last glance at the options, mainly between three options, whilst ignoring the partial opinions circulation, and went for it.

"Option 29..." Mad, Rayazaki chose but he kept pondering about a certain option "Wow, no balls! HAHAHA!!" Hyunda laughed at Rayazaki in the face SHUT UP! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE ONE I'M REFERRING TO!!" Rayazaki shouted "Mhmm... You don't mean option 13, right? Because that's the one you should have gone for." Hyunda spoke Rayazaki's mind "............" His face twitched in rage "That's just suicidal though..." Arkalee commented "Nope, but it takes, as I said, balls." Hyunda countered "More like your balls will explode." Tsudo adjusted "Talk about anti-climatic... I was expecting some crazy shit, but it's just a point boost acquisition... A 25% percent one at it too..." Tateyana let out a disappointed breath "On the other hand, Daniel's lights are down to two..." Ikkiri saw them reduce one by one "Crazy to think just how close he was to..." Akimiyashika felt incredibly uncomfortable just imagining it.

Nonetheless, the momentum had to be gained once again.

"Spin the skull!" Basara, impatient, took the pedal to the metal.

A first-timer was crowned after a short while.

"Kuzan, treat him well!" Basara said as he gave a hellish laughter "One minute to decide and then one minute to apply. Go." Basara clapped both of his hands as Kuzan felt incredibly nervous.

Daniel was the first to speak to him before anyone else could.

"Kuzan, don't forfeit more than 6 points." Daniel's expression grew stone-cold "But-----" Daniel proceeded to shout in order to wake some sense into Kuzan "DON'T FUCKING WASTE YOUR PITY ON ME. BE OBJECTIVE AND PLAY TO WIN OR ELSE YOU'RE DEAD TO ME!!" Daniel's shout echoed throughout the gigantic hollow room "What the fuck...?" Tateyana could not understand Daniel's decision whatsoever "Is he fucking asking to die or some shit?!" Tsudo didn't understand it as well "...Bro... I... I----Ok." Kuzan steeled himself.

Beneath Kuzan's looming expression, his decision to forfeit 5 points was made, out of respect for the one he considers his brother, Daniel.

Therefore, the five options were highlighted on the screen, in a golden gradient:

> 1 - Forfeit multiples of 6 points in order to light up red lights on Daniel Lead's choker according to the quantity, however, Daniel Lead will receive those said points.

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> 2 - Daniel Lead can choose a quantity of his fingers to be cut (minimum 5) and will be awarded 6 points for each finger cut.

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> 3 - Daniel Lead's right knee will be hammered two times in exchange for his remaining red lights on his choker.

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> 4 - Daniel Lead's right eye will be removed in exchange for 500 points.

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> 5 - Transfer your points to an individual in your class (minimal point input: 50).

Kuzan dreaded but one particular option gave him hope for this situation.

"Don't." Daniel's glacial-toned voice stopped Kuzan before he could commit it "Please... The other ones are just..." In agony, Kuzan started to weep "I don't mind being left with one point, I---" Daniel used another angle "So you plan on having a single point going to the next round?! One point, against all the others?! Are you trying to die, Kuzan?!" The argument escalated "No! Damn it, NO! But I don't want to use any others so I'll use this one!" Kuzan remained immovable "Coward." Daniel looked at Kuzan out of spite "You're going to leave her? All alone? Your sister, at the hands of that fuck? I misjudged you, Kuzan..." Kuzan's face twitched with rage and indecision "Hold on, what...? Kuzan, what is Daniel talking about...?!" Kanawari talked to Kuzan from afar "SHUT UP, THIS DOESN'T CONCERN YOU, KANA!!" In a loud voice, Kuzan shut her off.

Less than twenty seconds were left off to Kuzan as he had yet to press a single option.

"Kuzan, choose option two." In a serene tone, Daniel commanded "No. No, no, you're my brother, I can't hurt you... Brothers don't hurt each other!" He refused to budge as he placed his two fingers on his head "Kuzan, please listen to me. Nothing has changed. Even if my body falls apart, it will still work." Daniel spoke with utmost confidence "You will see her again. I promise you." Kuzan's eyes widened as he thought of his little sister "Emi....!!" Sobbing, Kuzan was unable to control his bursting emotions "I miss her so much...!!" Ten seconds remained "Trust me, Kuzan. Do that for me, brother." Daniel didn't take his eyes off Kuzan for a single second.

Down to the last two seconds, Kuzan meekly picked option two as he broke down.

"I'm sorry...!!!" Kuzan sobbed further, his nose running snot "You did brilliant. Thanks." Happy, with an ecstatic look on his face, which was incomprehensible to Kuzan, Daniel smirked "Fucking psycho..." Yukishiro observed Daniel with unfiltered hatred "Hmmmphh..." Hyunda hummed once again as he saw through Daniel's words "Daniel....!!!" Sana didn't cry, but she felt tremendous emotional agony as she had to watch what was about go down.

As the second option was highlighted, one of the guards went through Daniel's seat and stood in front of him with a guerrilla knife.

Daniel already had in mind everything.

"Every single one. Preferably cut the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and pinky fingers all in a line like I'm going to show you." Daniel used the lateral sides of the chair in order to place the spoken fingers on the boarders of the edges so the cut would come cleaner and would waste less time "Afterwards, I will put my thumbs out and you will finish the job." His orders were concluded "......" Transiently, the guard was stunned at the cryptic nature of this particular segment "What are you waiting for? They are all lined up, hurry up." Daniel grew impatient; the guard took no time to apply the measures.

His classmates, on the other hand, finally started to go more in depth about his true thoughts about Daniel.

"What am I watching? Did this guy seriously just get all of his fingers cut off and not show a slight hint of pain? Tatsu over here is crying still." Tsudo's eyes were blank as he watched the guard walk away with all of Daniel's fingers "Alien. You're a goddamn alien, dude..." Rayazaki felt disgusted "Are you sure he's not a robot? His behavior isn't humanly comprehensible. Like, I get the no remorse and emotionless shit, but this is just getting absurd!" Tateyana theorized "No, I am human alright." Daniel talked back to them "I'm just more committed than all of you, that's all." He let out a provocative smirk "Motherfu----" Rayazaki felt insulted to a high degree "Daniel..." Sana couldn't stop trembling "Yulia, I'm so sorry... I hope you're not watching this right now..." She felt like sobbing; almost falling apart "I hope so too." Daniel said, as he looked up to the white hollow ceiling.

Alas, it was not over.

Despite complications, all that truly happened was Daniel getting all of his fingers cut, which resulted in him earning 60 points------Kuzan no longer being able to partake in the selection wheel, and Daniel still having to endure more agendas.

"Spin it." Basara didn't care and the skull began to approach its new target slowly.

The decisive landing was taken.

"FINALLY." Rayazaki let out "Lus, you're up. Don't treat him too badly, he can't even count anymore." Basara joked "HAHAHAHA-----" Daniel lost it as Hyunda, Kawahara, and Tsudo laughed hysterically too "Men, I swear." Akimiyashika looked at all of them, disappointed "For real..." Tateyana didn't disagree "Ahhh, Lus, you know what to do. Hurry the fuck up and transfer those points to me. Come on, you got 205. Let me further add something, the person with the highest score below 200 and 100 is Sana, who has 80 fucking points. This means you can effectively afford to waste a few more than a hundred points. You have no excuse." Rayazaki became lethal with his words as he assaulted Lus with his death stare "I know." She reminded him.

With one minute left to decide how many points to forfeit, Lus took heed of Daniel.

"Thirty should be enough." He said "HUH? THIRTY? Fuck no. YOU WILL FORFEIT AT LEAST 50. I am not taking any chances, YOU BITCH. I saved your skin, you owe me that much!" Rayazaki argued once again "I will fucking say it again; forfeit at least 50, you will be left with 155, give back the 50, and you will be left with ultimately 105 points. 25 POINTS AHEAD OF SANA, THE FOURTH PLACE. WHAT EXACTLY IS SO CONFUSING HERE THAT I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING?!" Rayazaki was fuming as he was making his point "He kinda has a point though, doesn't he? What's the matter, hurry up and do it. Keep your word." Tsudo further pressed.

Midst such said pressure, Hinagiku kept her dominant stare on Lus, as she watched her make the decision.

"........." A most conflicted expression emerged out of her "...I'm sorry..." She lamented as she forfeited fifty points "........." Daniel watched Lus, as Lus couldn't place her eyesight on Daniel, out of sheer shame "Mph." Not impressed, Hinagiku degraded Lus, as she watched the transfer go down.

Despite all the other numerous options, there was only one option that Lus chose and that was the option to transfer points to any classmate of your desire with the minimum of 50 points as a wager.

"Much appreciated and pleasure doing business with you. I won't forget this act of loyalty, Lus." Rayazaki smirked and winked at her, but she was definitely not in the mood as she felt conflicted "Don't take it upon yourself, loyalty is not for everybody." Hinagiku taunted her with a grin "Shut the fuck up... It's not about that..." The turmoil inside her twisted "That's alright. I'll show you what true loyalty is all about. Observe, maybe you can grasp a mere fraction of the concept, hah." Hinagiku became obnoxiously smug.

The current standings are the following:

> 1 - Sagasuga - (200/99 points)

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> 2 - Tatsu (200/99 points)

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> 3 - Lus Sera (105/99 points)

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> 4 - Sana (80/99 points)

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> 5 - Hinagiku (70/99 points)

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> 6 - Yukishiro (70/99 points)

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> 7 - Kawahara (70/99 points)

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> 8 - Rayazaki (62/99 points)

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> 9 - Daniel (60/99 points)

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> 10 - Akimiyashika (57/99 points)

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> 11 - Ikkiri (54/99 points)

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> 12 - Stratos (54/99 points)

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> 13 - Tateyana (54/99 points)

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> 14 - Tsudo (53/99 points)

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> 15 - Kuzan (46/99 points)

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> 16 - Arkalee (45/99 points)

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> 17 - Hyunda (45/99 points)

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> 18 - Kanawari (24/99 points)

Lus had officially been dethroned and fell all the way to the third place, whereas in, Sagasuga remained supreme once again, as the first place.

The skull once again decided which person would become the executioner as it plundered through the remaining pictures.

"...That's just so..." Lus couldn't believe who it was that was chosen "Hmph." Hinagiku put on a sadistic smile "Shrimp, you're up! Go easy on him, if you so wish for it." Basara sarcastically added "I would appreciate it if you didn't bring up my height like that..." She lowly murmured to herself "Oh boy, let me guess---you're cooperating with Daniel and he's saved this round? Fucking great, spare us the boredom and just choose 70 options and pick the point acquisition one!" Yukishiro actually made a very solid and helpful suggestion despite that not being the intention at all "Hmm..." Hinagiku entered in a state of deep thought as she pondered how many points to forfeit.

She looked at Daniel at the center, who gave him a simple nod.

"No shot." Kawahara was the first to notice as he loudly said that "Holy shiiiiiiittttttttttttttttt...!!!" Tsudo burst out laughing as a singular option appeared on the screen "That's fucking cold, Hinagiku! What did he do to you to deserve that?!" Rayazaki was thoroughly shocked at her decision to only forfeit a singular point "The devil does walk among us..." Arkalee began to see Hinagiku from an entirely new perspective "Oh my. I truly didn't think you had it in you. It appears I've misjudged you, well done, midget!" Yukishiro threw a sarcastic clapping ovation in her direction "No...!!! Daniel...!!" Sana no longer could hold the tears in and dread for Daniel's well-being to the maximum.

The singular option which was highlighted was:

> 1 - Daniel Lead's right and left hands will be cut off in exchange for 400 points as well as the remaining red lights on his choker.

Daniel profoundly sighed as he looked at Hinagiku with bitter emotions.

"Mhmmm!" She nodded sideways in a silly way with her eyes closed "Oh!!" A sudden realization came forth as her vision opened "Oops!" She smacked her own head with her right hand "........" Daniel also realized something new about her "Daniel, are you ready to say goodbye to your hands?" Basara asked him "Not much of a choice, captain." Daniel reversed his palms as the guard once again infiltrated the perimeter; on the way up to where Daniel is "I am NOT fucking watching this!" Arkalee said as she closed her eyes with her two hands "It's a goddamn horror show... A nightmare..." Akimiyashika's anxiety was rising in levels.

Instead of a guerrilla knife, the guard carried a katana on his waist, dragging the edge of it on the cold floor.

Daniel began his demands.

"Listen up because this is somewhat important. You need to go up on the side and cut just about where my wrist starts! I don't want any shallow cuts! It must be done precisely! See this line on the wrist?" Though Daniel had no way of pointing to it since his wrists are locked, he is able to take them out slightly so it shows up a bit more "Yes..." The guard paid close attention to his demand "Alright, you have to precisely slice this part then. You do have experience in cutting people, right?" Daniel was heavily preoccupied "That's what he's worried about?!" Ikkiri got anxious just by trying to be in his place "Don't bother, he's a lunatic." Akimiyashika solidified "Hey, can the plan even be executed with his hands gone..." Rayazaki whispered to Kawahara "Hmm..." Kawahara made a difficult expression "The switches will be on a timer... But someone will definitely need to press them. It doesn't have to be him, however. After all, we are just going to place them." Kawahara reasoned "Yeah, but how the fuck is he going to do that when he has no hands?!" Rayazaki brought up a good point "Not sure, actually. But he wouldn't do all of this despite the risks, so he must have some back-up measure." Kawahara's words made Rayazaki curious in knowing what the measure is "And assuming there is no countermeasure?" Rayazaki asked "I'll just assume charge. After all, he said that the plan would work because the goal was achievable by all of us which is true." A more satisfactory answer was drawn forward.

Rayazaki settled for that and began to watch the horror show.

"You fucking brat, mind your manners!" The guard was revolted at Daniel's arrogance "Hurry up." Basara talked back to the guard, who was taking far too much time "Why did you do it?!" Sana, from afar, lashed at Hinagiku "......." She thought of how to answer "I am not in the mood for losing too many points. I'll take the objective climb!" Hinagiku flashed a smile "But you didn't have to do this, Hinagiku!! Daniel is going to lose his hands now! Look at what you've done! You didn't even try and just picked a single number off!" Sana showed visible rage "And? They are my points! It's not my fault that Daniel deliberately sabotaged himself by getting every option wrong in the judgment round!" Hinagiku countered "She does have a point, Daniel didn't even try-----" The first cut was dealt, which drew everyone's attention "URK----" For the first time in the room, someone vomited at the sight of a body piece being cut off; that person being---Akimiyashika.

Daniel's left hand, which has no fingers to it, fell off to the ground as Daniel tilted his neck upwards in order to coordinate some of the pain.

"Ahhh.... Now this one has potential..." He said as the guard moved over to the other side "Hey, a bit more upward. The cut isn't 100% aligned. Now it looks slightly jagged to the bottom..." Daniel critiqued the guard's cut "Shut the fuck up..." He was annoyed alright, but took more time in dealing the cut with a lot more accuracy as well "Oh fuck, I can't hold it----BLEGHK---" Arkalee threw up to her right side, which led the vomit to land on Hyunda's trousers "Are you fucking serious?" Hyunda was not pleased whatsoever and couldn't control that reaction as he watched Arkalee barf over and over "........." His annoyance was very much visible to anyone, as they didn't drop a comment.

The right hand fell onto the ground and Daniel's wrists were no longer attached to their prior forward body pieces.

"Hmmm...!!" Daniel moved his forearms up and down despite being locked "I could get used to this..." The newfound experience was something he was enjoying "Oh hell no. He's enjoying the fact that his hands got cut off! WHAT THE FU---!!" Tateyana felt so sick that she had to control her mouth in order to not throw up "Oh God...!!" Sana lamented as she saw Daniel "Ah, I see. This pretty much confirms it now..." Daniel's shackles were automatically released, from his wrists and ankles "Not a bad round, I think the viewers quite liked it, but there's room for improvement." Basara criticized "Be here at 7 am, on point." Dismissing the event, Basara began to walk out of the classroom as well as some other students, who didn't particularly find it worthwhile staying over.

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The one to rush over to the center, was Kuzan.

"BRO!!!" With great worry, Kuzan ran over and collected the ripped fingers off the ground "A-Ahhhhh!!!!" As he did, with his knees on the floor, Kuzan started to have a panic attack "How could this have happened...!! Bro, why did you do this to yourself?! Just look at this...!!" Kuzan held Daniel's fingers up high on his two frail hands while Daniel got up from the chair "It's ok, but I'll need your help, so meet me in the bathroom in five minutes, alright? Bring me a first aid kit, ask George and said that I requested it. If that doesn't work, talk to Hyunda." Daniel further added something, going as far as whispering it to Kuzan's left ear "Oh and... Keep those hidden, will you? Preferably away from anyone." Daniel patted Kuzan on the back with his right forearm "Go." As Daniel instructed, Kuzan started to collect Daniel's missing fingers and palms.

Hinagiku was seen leaving the room earlier and by now, the only people left in the room would be Kanawari and Lus.

Kanawari held her position low in order for Lus to support herself.

"...?" Kanawari and Lus looked as Daniel approached them "Wait, Kana, I need to say something---" She felt the immediate need to apologize for it "Listen, Daniel---" She couldn't exactly face him in the eye "How are you feeling? Does it hurt still?" Daniel showed genuine care for Lus, which made her subconsciously lift her head in order to meet his gaze "Uh... I----" She was a bit stunned "Hm..." Daniel squatted down in order to face her left knee which was trembling "Let's see..." With his right forearm, Daniel poked it "ARGH!!!" Lus shouted in pain "What are you doing?!" Kanawari's expression darkened as she found Daniel's action unnecessary "That's no good at all. Kanawari, go prepare one." Daniel coldly ordered "N-No! We can't inject her with more!" Kanawari argued back albeit fraily "Oh, I see. So your suggestion is to leave her suffering like this? What a great fucking friend you are." Daniel laughed in her face as she cowered "Go and do it. Be there in five." Kanawari was left with not much of a choice but to abandon her position "I'll be right back, Lus..." Despite not agreeing with the procedure, she had another idea in mind.

Thus, Daniel and Lus were left alone in the room.

"Let's go, I'll help you!" Daniel showed a charismatic attitude to Lus as he took her left side "...Stop..." Lus felt guilty "Hey, you gotta put your arm around my shoulder, it facilitates the movement a whole lot." Daniel looked at her looming expression "I'm sorry... I said I would pay you back with undying loyalty but I didn't follow through with your order. I just... couldn't do it..." Lus confessed with shame and guilt "Hmph, yeah, that's a good thing!" Lus' head twisted in Daniel's direction "?!" She found his words shocking as she was expecting a reprehension "I ordered you to not keep your word to Rayazaki and pick an option that involved me getting points specifically at the cost of a body part." Daniel revealed as he tucked his head beneath Lus' left arm, thus starting to walk with her support "But I didn't..." That much, he already knew "Why didn't you, Lus?" Aiming forward, Daniel asked her, with no pressure ".........." She resolved to silence.

Crossing the room's door, Daniel noted that the time was 6:31 am.

"Daniel... Your hands... You'll never have them again... How have you just accepted that so easily?" Daniel's lack of physical pain was mindblowing to her, to say the least "It sucks. But it's not the end of things. Plus, I'm in the lead now." Daniel twisted his head where he could see the still visible ranking ladder "Those 560 points can't be worth it! This is a stupid fucking game that forces you to sacrifice body pieces in order to stay on the lead! I thought you of all people would know better than that!" Lus lashed out at Daniel, but with a very weak voice "Did you eat your breakfast?" Daniel asked "...You're dodging the subject..." Lus felt annoyed "So did you." Daniel chuckled "You can't even eat now..." Lus pointed out "Trueeeeeeee...!!" Daniel put out a reaction that seemed like he hadn't thought of this consequence at all "Wait, you didn't consider it that?!" Daniel tilted his head upwards "Such an idiot, oh my god." Lus lightly laughed.

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Four minutes later, Daniel lay Lus on his bed where she could rest up her broken knee.

"You have to get that treated. As soon as possible!" Lus immediately told Daniel "It's arranged." Daniel's words weren't very convincing as blood kept dripping from his uniform's sleeves "Bandage it, at least!" She said, out of impulse "Me? How?" Daniel pointed out "Not you, damn it! You must have it, so have someone else get it for you... I can't really... walk..." Lus shamefully admitted "I appreciate the level of concern." Kanawari, in a rush, entered the room.

Out of breath, she immediately took out a syringe with a green substance inside it and a pack of pills.

"Okay, I got some high painkillers as well as a muscle paralysis injection!" Kanawari declared "But isn't that what I already was shot with?" Lus asked as she dreaded the scenario once again "It's different. What I injected you with earlier specifically targets the nerves in your knee to stop giving much of a reaction. This one simply paralyzes the activity. In order words, anesthesia, but far more potent and stronger." This didn't make Lus much comfortable "Hey, you said it yourself; you can't even walk. So what's the harm?" Daniel reasoned "Besides, I can't inject you with it, anymore." Daniel held his wrists high as blood was running through them.

Seeing as Kanawari was in the room, Daniel decided to exit the scene as Kanawari would handle the rest with proper care.

"Where are you going...?" Lus asked as Daniel grabbed the doorhold by locking his inner elbow, thus attempting to unlock it "To get myself treated, where else? I'll get someone to bring you some food for you and Kanawari in a while. Preferably, don't leave the room until I come back, which, will be almost five minutes before the next round begins." Daniel switched positions and closed the door with his elbow "......." Kanawari and Lus watched him leave as blood dripped from his sleeves.

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Coming down from the staircase, Daniel went left as he reached the bottom floor, where the main bathroom would be.

"Oh, good." Daniel immediately was relieved that Kuzan had the first aid kit with him "Who gave it to you, Kuzan?" Daniel asked as he closed the distance between him and Kuzan "...Hyunda." Daniel looked at one of the bathroom stalls that had a door closed behind Kuzan "......" Daniel then proceeded to instruct Kuzan "Alright, turn on the water." Kuzan paused the small first aid kit on the ground and turned on the water "Oh, I forgot. He also gave me this bottle..." Kuzan said.

As he opened the kit, a mini-liquor bottle could be found.

"....." Daniel saw great utility in that; as he allowed the water to cleanse the bacteria transiently "Nice, do me a favor and pour it." Daniel gave him his wrists "This will probably hurt a fuckton, bro." Kuzan gave the warning as he positioned the bottle "It's effective, so it can't be helped." Daniel closed his eyes "Alright..." Kuzan opened the bottle up and poured the whisky onto the wrists like gasoline "Ahhhhhhhhhhh..........!!!" Unable to avoid a physical reaction, Daniel let out a small cry "It fucking stings so fucking much, holy shit... This is like, the power of the sun, if a human being could merge into its own physical senses..." He constructed the reasoning "Now apply the povidone, please..." Kuzan did exactly did "I'm so sorry." Kuzan apologized as he saw Daniel's forearm bone coming out of the wrists "Stop that..." Daniel got genuinely annoyed at Kuzan's attitude "Now bandage it, wrap it around thoroughly." Daniel finalized the order.

But Kuzan was feeling far too guilty and as such, he had to say a few words out of obligation.

"I will drop down below. It's only fair. Whatever will be, will be." Kuzan was resolved "Not this again. Did I not say how you have to do this in order to see Emi again? It's your sister. Be a bit more mindful. Come on." Daniel bashed his head onto Kuzan's forehead "You're my brother. And we're in this together!" Their breaths became merged "This?" Daniel held his bandaged wrists up to the medium height "This is the first step to getting us ahead. And many more to come!" Daniel clarified "It's alright... Hey, hey..." Kuzan started sobbing "Come on, come here..." Daniel offered Kuzan a hug "I'm sorry...!!" Kuzan kept apologizing for what he did to Daniel.

After a full minute of hugging back and forth, Daniel told Kuzan something.

"Kuzan, I need you to bring some food for Kanawari and Lus. They haven't eaten anything and they are resting in my room. I would bring them if I could, but..." Daniel's condition was proving to already be unfavorable "Okay." Kuzan whipped his tears "Leave it to me, bro!" Resolved, Kuzan exited the stage as he left behind the first aid kit with Daniel.

Admittedly, Daniel was feeling a magnitude of pain, but what was troubling him was the fact that he would have to rely more on people forward due to his handicap.

"Did you develop a crush on me or something? This can be qualified as stalker/fangirl behavior, you know?" To the bathroom stall behind him, Daniel spoke "......." A soft feminine hand emerged as it pushed the door forward slowly "Risky place also." Daniel pointed out "We could have met somewhere else." He further added "Oh, my bad there. I didn't know you would be so picky about it. Don't you know that bathrooms are like a chapel to girls?" Hinagiku revealed herself entirely to Daniel.

Daniel decided to take a few steps back in order to decrease the volume from their conversation and Hinagiku followed shortly.

"So?" Daniel rushed Hinagiku to speak "You must've forgotten about our deal, Daniel... I said you had to prove in the round we just played, that you intend to kill Kanawari." Daniel allowed her to keep going as he listened "I followed your every order down to the core, I even noted down most of the options that didn't involve you, just as you said. Furthermore, I picked the option that would grant you points. Yet this is how you repay me?" Hinagiku felt offended "Hey, cut me some slack. I am handicapped." Daniel played the victim "Oh, don't give me that bullshit. You wanted this, all of it. I'm not dumb like Kuzan nor easily consumed by guilt like Lus. I'm aware of your game. And you, are aware that I know that." She cut to the core of the matter "If that's the case, then you would have noticed that Kanawari is done for." Daniel's voice grew apathetic "She is isolated. And she will be. Kanawari, just like at the end of the first round, is at the last place. What do you think this means?" Daniel asked Hinagiku.

In response, Hinagiku kicked Daniel's right calf slowly.

"You think everyone's so dumb that you feel the need to fake emotion or hide things from them, huh? I know damn well, Daniel. By isolating her, you are making her your target or rather---leaving her as a free kill should anyone want to get rid of her." Hinagiku explained "Then what's your issue? If you're dissatisfied, then wait for your turn in the next round. It's not like I'll fall to the bottom again after this." Daniel was not understanding where she was coming from "If anything, your demand was just so easy that I almost overlooked it. So, really, tell me----what do you want from me?" Daniel tried to get to the heart of the core "Enough with the tests, just tell me." Hinagiku looked at Daniel in the eye.

She figured that Daniel had already gotten a good idea of what she was about to ask.

"You have a plan to escape, don't you?" She pinpointed it "......" Daniel didn't respond "What do I have to do to be a part of it? I-----" She gulped "Daniel, assuming, whatever your escape plan is, if----hypothetically speaking----works... Then what is the end goal here? It's not just a random escape plan, correct? You have an end goal in mind." Hinagiku skipped the steps of the boundaries but got where she ultimately wanted in the end "I don't know what you're talking about." Daniel's expression emitted apathy "You do... You're smart, cunning, and you're not afraid to get things done if it means that things will progress. I like that..." She praised him to no avail "Well, let me ask you this----do you have something you want to do with your life?" Daniel asked the simple question to Hinagiku "........" Hinagiku found the question puzzling so she gave it some thought.

Seeing as they weren't getting out of there any time soon, Daniel paused his back on the wall.

"I don't have anything. I've killed all my family." Hinagiku blatantly said "Frankly, I've pondered suicide many times. But this has been proving to be most interesting, especially right now. So to answer your question, no, I don't think so..." Hinagiku looked down as she hid her expression "Then you have no right to know." Her eyes widened "Someone who has no vision for the future can't be of assistance to me in that regard." Daniel was cold but truthful with his words "That's---That's not entirely true...!" Hinagiku contradicted herself "Huh? But you just said so! You said you don't have anything. The reason you're alive, according to your words, is for the sake of the thrill. Listen, I'm not saying it's wrong or right----that's entirely up to you, but that's just the same as breathing for the sake of breathing, almost like you have no other choice but to live because you can inhale oxygen every two seconds." Daniel cast a punishing glance at Hinagiku.

Hinagiku gulped and got more nervous. She pondered whether or not she should be truthful given all the conditions...

"Umm... Uh..." As Hinagiku stumbled in her own words, Daniel calculated what time it was in accordance to how much time it had passed since he glanced at the clock in the room where they played the round, how many steps he took, the number of seconds he wasted on his room with Lus and Kanawari, and the rest ".........." A total of 13 minutes had gone by "Hinagiku, I don't have all da------" His audition captured footsteps rapidly approaching the bathroom at an alarming pace "Shit! Why the fuck did you decide to come here of all places?!" Daniel started to become nervous "Get in the fucking stall and lock it!" Daniel ordered and Hinagiku was quick to then notice the approaching footsteps.

In the very same bathroom stall that Hinagiku was hiding prior, she locked the door and herself with Daniel.

Daniel took a seat on the center of the toilet; pretending to be using it. Hinagiku, on the other hand, in order to not give herself away, sat on Daniel lap with her legs horizontally crossed.

"........." Daniel didn't like the option that Hinagiku picked "........" She didn't seem to mind it, by contrast.

Three individuals took place in that bathroom, in the dawn of the day, nearing 7 am.

"Make it quick, I still wanna eat." Tsudo already complained "Same. Shit, mornings are really not my thing..." Tatsu revealed as he yawned; his left palm's end completely wrapped in a bandage now "Likewise, I would also like to go back and eat. So, I'll be brief." Upon hearing his voice, Hinagiku got shocked.

It was Sagasuga.

"I want to form an alliance; this alliance will be between me, and you two." Sagasuga initiated with that "This alliance proposes the following: None of you will be harmed by the game's consequences and likewise, I also won't. In addition to that, we will form a master point account." This caught the interest of everybody present, Daniel included "Master point account?" Tatsu asked, curious "Yes. A master point account is an account in which, a sum of points will be guarded to every round." Sagasuga's words were vague "Wait, you're allowed to create an account and secretly deposit points to it...?!" Tsudo got excited at the idea "Hah, no" Sagasuga shut it down "What I am saying is; my account will be the master account. My points; will be yours in that regard, but there has to be a point transfer every round on our end---that's my emphasis." Sagasuga explained.

This got Daniel into deep thought, as Hinagiku looked at him from the back, with her neck slightly twisted to the left.

"That's... That's a lot to invest in, Sagasuga. Especially since it all goes to you." Tatsu laid out a reasonable complaint "And how would we even "transfer"? Doesn't that only work via the option to transfer points, minimum 50, when someone is being executioned?" Tatsu asked "No, not at all. Verbal contracts." Sagasuga needn't explain more "I see! You propose a verbal contract to us in the room when you can and we will accept it? What's the contract going to be like?" Tsudo asked, this time around "I will propose a verbal contract to the two of you to transfer to me, at the end of each round, 20% of your points." Tsudo and Tatsu became displeased extremely quickly "20%?! You are NUTS!" Tsudo replied with full force "It's too much, Sagasuga..." Despite their denial, Sagasuga added an extra factor "There is an additional benefit, however, should you agree... Should you desire, to let's say, eliminate competition... I, along with the points that will be bestowed to the "account", will be used for the purpose of eliminating such said "competition", if I made myself be understood." They, of course, understood "........" Tatsu and Tsudo entered in a state of deep thought.

Sagasuga was not impulsive nor impatient, however.

"Take your time to decide. By the third round, approach me with the decisive answer. See you soon." With his arms adjoined behind his back, Sagasuga exited the scene, leaving Tatsu and Tsudo alone with Daniel and Hinagiku, though they don't know about them "Sagasuga doesn't seem like the backstabbing type..." Tsudo reasoned "Yeah, it takes me back to the island. He's really calm and collected. Honestly, out of everyone in the class, I would trust him the most. I also trust him more than Daniel, for example. You can't tell what the guy is thinking, but Sagasuga is more open on the other hand." Tatsu said "........." Daniel's expression darkened "Yeah, I fucking agree too much. Still... 20%... Hm..." They gave thought "Let's eat, we should keep an eye on the others to see if they are up to something. By the way, is it just me or did you hear some female voices on the way here?" Tatsu asked Tsudo "Huh?! No way, what the fuck? I would know, trust me." With shameless confidence, Tsudo admitted "Strange... Must be the lack of sleep..." Tatsu scratched his forehead.

They additionally left the scene and only when they heard no footsteps, did they talk again.

"Sagasuga reaching out to Tsudo and Tatsu? Pretty fishy, if you ask me..." Hinagiku commented "Alliances are bound to be formed in this game. As a matter of fact, we are already taking action almost as one, for mutual beneficial interest." Daniel said, as Hinagiku turned her posture around, facing Daniel's face "Yeah, but he's taking a step further. If he succeeds then Sagasuga's point empire will be something out of this world..." Hinagiku pointed out, slightly nervous "........" Daniel gave some thought about an idea that he had for a while "What? What are you thinking? Come on, share with me! Aren't we in this together...? You could share, it doesn't hurt, doesn't it?" Hinagiku was getting tired of Daniel's silent treatment "Hm..." Daniel looked at Hinagiku for a while "Well, fine." He figured there was no danger in telling this to her.

But first, there was something that was bothering Daniel.

"Get out of my lap first, though." Daniel ordered "They aren't here anymore." Hinagiku was forced to recognize this "Oh... I'm sorry." She apologized and turned her rear in Daniel's direction, almost colliding with his face "...Are you gay?" Without meaning to, Hinagiku blurted that out "No." Daniel's expression darkened once again "Erhm, of course not, you were Yulia's boyfriend! Just testing you." Hinagiku justified it with that "Whatever. Anyways, my idea is the following: Sagasuga has played this game before." This shocked Hinagiku "Wow..." Something to simple yet she would never have thought of it "It would make perfect sense. How he behaved in the first round, prioritizing the point boost acquisition, the verbal contract with Kanawari, knowing how a verbal contract works, and most importantly... The fact that he knows how to terminate a round of execution." Daniel made several points "An execution round ends when there are no red lights on your choker, right?" Hinagiku already arrived at the conclusion.

Daniel smiled as she found her intelligence pleasing.

"I like that." Hinagiku became bashful for a split second "Yeah, that's it. If you paid close attention, if the person that's being executed has a ton of red lights, mainly close to ten------the options that will appear will focus more on how to decrease those red lights instead of the others which tend to focus on sacrificing body parts or get you ahead." Daniel continued "There's also the fact that Sagasuga used the "kick" option on Yukishiro." Daniel got annoyed at the mere thought "He really saved your ass, didn't he? She was definitely going to kill you, no doubt. Honestly, I thought you were a goner." Hinagiku admitted "That just further proves it. He has too much knowledge about this game. My theory is that he attended another class and underwent this game before. Know how? There was an option to transfer classes. Did you spot it?" Hinagiku jumped "I did! I thought you didn't, but you don't miss out, huh?! But wait, are you saying that he was apart from another class?!" Hinagiku grew closer to Daniel physically "Could be. Anyways, that's what I was thinking for a while amongst other ideas. By the way, how are you getting out without being noticed?" Daniel was genuinely curious.

Not only now, but prior, Hinagiku had managed to successfully infiltrated the male dorm without being noticed.

"I'm a ninjitsu expert. Tailing people around and going undercover is child's play to me." Daniel already had an idea, but didn't know into full detail "I knew it." Daniel smirked "?" Hinagiku pondered what was on his mind "Say, can I ask you a favor?" Daniel realized he had to check in on Lus before it was too late "That depends. Say it first and I'll consider it. Apply a reward to it as well, or else, nuh uh." She shook her head sideways "Ok." Daniel took a deep inhale "Tail Hyunda without him noticing you." He started "Hyunda...? He spends all of his time with Arkalee though? What is the point? Are you interested in their bad love story? Geez, I thought more of you, Daniel..." Hinagiku sighed as she became disappointed "Tail Sana and Ikkiri, as well. Don't let them notice you." This further confused Hinagiku.

The entire ordeal was not making sense to Hinagiku at all.

"Can you explain?" She simply asked "Details later, just do your job." Daniel was cold "No, I kinda want details now... You're asking me to stalk my dear friend, Ikkiri." Hinagiku felt offended "........" Daniel really didn't want to say anything else but he felt as if he didn't have much of a choice in the matter "...Just stick to Hyunda then." He refused to elaborate "GAH, you're so boring when you're like this! You should share more! That's why no one gets you!" Hinagiku was brutally honest "And what's the reward?" Of course, the important part "It's up to you, but only if you are able to come back with valuable information about what's going on with Hyunda and Arkalee." Daniel was more in-depth now "Ahaaaa... So that's what you wanna know... Well, you two are pretty good friends... But wait..." Hinagiku realized the connection "...Oh, I see... Well..." Hinagiku sighed once again "Ok, mister. I'll see what I can do. And remember, it's UP TO ME to choose the reward." Hinagiku unlocked the door and then started to walk to the right, where a dead end with a wall containing small rectangular windows on the top remains.

As Daniel got out of the stall, he saw Hinagiku nowhere.

"What a useful sentiment." He made his way to his room as he said that.