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Chapter 66 - AN IMMACULATE WORLD

White.

Everywhere.

Beneath my feet. Above me. Around me.

A boundless white.

No walls. No ceiling. No end.

I was the only red dot that left a trail of blood behind me.

I'm sure I walked for more than an hour.

I walk, I walk as if it were automatic

My steps sink slightly into the snow

It's cold, this cold that kept me awake every time I drifted off into a reverie.

It's... lightweight.

My breath fogs up and my light jogging pants don't really protect me.

I look at my hands, which have turned purple.

Dirty. Bloody. Split and fractured.

They become rigid.

I don't see any progress.

– …Fuck… I murmured.

I laugh softly.

A dry laugh.

As the cold went straight to my head

– I survived…

Not really 

Each step burns my muscles, my feet tremble and I bury my hands under my armpit.

My missing eye is still pulsing.

And my vision became as thick as the fog that was rising in the distance.

I blink.

Still blurry and one-eyed.

No miracle.

"I'm tired..." I murmured.

My body froze in place as if my joints had given way and broken, as if I had just reached my human limit.

I started to sway, from side to side like an alcoholic.

– it's too early to give up, there's still more to do

– there is still

If this is my last step as a man… then this one is as a superman

– there is still

Another 

– there is still

You can do it

– there is still

I can do it

– there is still

WALK Walk walk walk walk walk walk….. 

Back bent, one foot forward, hands under armpits, faces frozen, lips torn, purple, covered in snow

He didn't take another step.

And BOOM!

His body fell heavily, face down in the snow.

 In front of me…

Walk, walk, walk

I can no longer feel my body.

My eyes closed by themselves.

All I want to do is sleep…

His inert body remained submerged in the snow, gradually being covered by the rising storm.

Gently blowing on him

OBSERVATION ROOM

"I was really expecting something big," Dionysus sighed.

"I'm disappointed," he added, taking a sip of his wine.

"She said so," murmured a small voice nearby.

"She said he would die," continued the little green man with a tall gentleman's hat.

"Little imp, would you bet your gold with me to find out if he's really dead?" Dionysus proposed.

 

"I don't play with my gold," the little man snapped.

BAM ! 

a bang sounded in the room

– silence, he ordered.

a sort of puppet in the front row, who turned around showing her mask of sadness, anger, charm, calm, then stopped on a black mask of discontent

I'd like to follow the actual game and not listen to you discussing some penguin that got lost.

The others took courage and turned against Dionysus as well, begging for silence.

He breathed and put his feet down

Then the room fell silent.

Let's return to the game where our very keen participant was in the middle of a game of explosive dodgeball.

And a newcomer seemed to be emerging as a leader

[THE RULES ARE SIMPLE, YOU HAVE A GRENADE AND UNIFORMS COVERED IN ADHESIVE, ALL TEAMS WILL BE MIXED, BE CAREFUL NOT TO KILL YOUR ALLIES, BUT FOR EACH TARGET YOU HIT 10,000 COINS, BECAUSE THE CAT MUST THROW ITS GRENADE BEFORE THE 10-SECOND COUNTDOWN ENGRAVED ON THE BALL OR THE CAT WILL GO BOOM, AND IF THE BALL MISSES ITS TARGET, EVERYONE NEARBY WILL GO BOOM, AIM WELL TO GET RID OF THIS REAPER, AND TO HELP YOU, THE UNIFORMS HAVE ENOUGH STICKY TO GRAB THE BALL EVEN IF IT GRIPS THE MOUSE, GOOD LUCK]

is the ball that flew towards Kim Young

NO!

"Shit!" she cried.

The ball attached to his back

Kang rushes forward, snatches the ball, and throws it as far as he can without really aiming at anyone.

– COVERED

BOOM!

explodes, bursts

Part of the room crumbled to dust, leaving a huge hole in the floor and victims scattered but still alive.

"You're crazy!" Kim young yelled, struggling to her feet after the presentation. She pointed her finger at Ji-yunwoo.

– What you didn't understand about not killing these allies?

Ji-yunwoo shrugged and ran away

"Forget it," Kang sighed.

By pulling her away

– the next ball is coming

AL-05 going online with its formation

– It's him

A-09, B-02, VI-03,

A simple objective: eliminate the competition

He would retrieve the ball to share it between them, target a victim whom he would surround and stick the bomb to his back and escape within the allotted 10 seconds.

Jun Seo and Jae were different, with Ji-Yunwoo at the head, he collected points by targeting anyone, ally or enemy, as soon as your source was charged they would come and pick you up.

And deep down, like a snake, Seo-Hwa observed, walking amidst the madness as if he were sure he was immune to the system.

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