Bunny informed us that the third round is beginning, and that we would be led to the third round's venue blindfolded.

I am confused on how he is going to achieve it but before I could question it, Mahin asks Bunny my question.

Bunny slyly replies "you will see, don't worry."

Before I could question more, Bunny blindfolds me quite roughly.

I should have expected this from Bunny and his petty hatred for me. Well no worries the hate is mutual anyways.

After a few minutes, Bunny’s voice calls out, "Come in!" The front door swings open, and the sound of steady footsteps approaches. I can sense someone moving closer to me. Then, I feel a gentle touch on my arm as they move behind me and start guiding me from behind. Through the delicate touch of her fingers, I realize it’s a woman. She softly instructs, "Walk."

I comply, moving forward with careful steps as she leads me. We continue walking for what feels like a long time. Soon enough, I hear the faint sound of a door opening and feel sunlight warming my skin. We still continue walking then she says "stop." While gripping me a bit hard.

I hear the sound of engines nearby, I guess we have to board a vehicle to get to the venue. She guides me to sit and then instructs me to "move over". She is coming with me, it seems.

From my guesses the vehicle seems like a car and I am not travelling with any of my friends.

"You are oddly silent" I hear the lady speak

"Didn't think you would want to talk" I reply

"Quite witty as Bunny said" she hums to herself

"I don't consider myself witty"

"Maybe you should. But aren't you curious about anything?"

"Will you give answers if I ask?"

"Depends on the question"

"What's your name?"

"Odd question but I can't reveal my real name, but during the trials I am referred to as Xeno"

"Weird name, well anyways what country are we in?"

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"You don't think you are in UAE still?"

"Who knows considering what you guys can do"

Xeno hums in a satisfied tone before replying "We are in an private island owned by the trials"

"Are there multiple islands owned by the trials?"

"Yes there are, you are currently in one that's in the Arabian sea"

"Are these trials legal?"

"Well you guys agreed to play the trials and we have a written consent from one of your friends"

"So the trials are illegal"

she chuckles a bit to my accusation "To some context, yes they are illegal"

The more I learn about the trials, the more I feel sick about it.

I continue with more questions until we reach our destination, which took around 10 minutes to reach. From the information I got, the trials are set by some rich bunch of people and Xeno is an administrator for the trials. Xeno didn't disclose the reason of why the trials are set nor what her work is. But from my guess the trials are entrainment and a passive income.

Once we reach the destination Xeno guides me through a long corridor, then I hear her say open the doors to someone. When the door opens, I know we are outside but somewhere where it's moist and has a lot of bugs.

Now I am confused, when she led me from the accommodation the outside was warm and felt dry but here it feels moist. And from the surrounding sounds this area sounds like a forest or somewhere that has a lot of plants.

My thoughts are cut off when Xeno whispers in my ear "stop here and don't open your blindfold until you are told to."

I follow her instructions like a dog, I guess I would have to think of the layout of the trials later. I can hear her footsteps fade away in the background behind me.

It feels like I have been standing here for an eternity though its only been around 15 minutes. Throughout the time I have been standing I felt some presence of people around me. At least two people adjacent to me and at least one person opposite to me.

In another few minutes, I suddenly hear two voices cheerfully saying in unison to take of our blindfolds.

Once I take off my blindfold, I see the owners of the two voices. One was Bunny and the other was a women with short hair who is wearing a bear mask. If I had to make a guess of her name it would be teddy.

To my adjacent sides it's my friends who are standing and to my opposite it's a group of young looking boys, they look like east or south east Asians. Wouldn't say they are over 17.

"Welcome to the third trial, I am Bunny!" Bunny says in his cheerful voice.

"And I am Cuddy! For this round me and Bunny will be your hosts!" The women says

Well my guess was wrong on her name

"We will be playing treasure hunt~, now Cuddy would be saying the rules" Bunny says

Oh great, considering our terrain this isn't going to be a fun treasure hunt.