Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2604: Chapter 1231: Deadly Game · Continuation (VII) – The Road to Survival

"You little rascal..."

Motan slapped the back of Kuton’s head and said irritably, "You wouldn’t seriously think I have feelings for Mei Fu, would you?"

Kuton blinked twice, curiously asking, "You don’t?"

"I don’t think so?"

Seeing the innocent expression on his face, Motan grimaced uncertainly and said, "Although I’m not that picky, I do care a lot about certain aspects. It’s fine for just fooling around, but... sigh, forget it, you wouldn’t understand even if I explained."

Indeed, Kuton, who didn’t understand much, nodded foolishly.

"Speaking of which."

Motan yawned and asked indifferently, "Have you ever heard the name ’Diana A. Achizolti’?"

Kuton shook his head blankly, confused, "Never heard of her, who is she?"

"She’s a very important woman to me."

Haru Kuttata said with a serious expression, then patted Kuton’s shoulder, "It’s okay, keep leading the way, and remember to keep what I told you secret."

Then Kuton continued to lead the way quietly.

...

A moment later

As Kuton pushed open the iron door at the end of the corridor, Motan immediately felt enlightened. In front of him was a very spacious space, judging by the layout and arrangement, it was probably a training ground. Although everything was rough and simple in every aspect, from maintenance to cleaning, they did a terrible job, but compared to the ’cage’ behind him, characterized by gloom, darkness, decay, and dampness, this place was already considered an excellent environment.

About seventy to eighty people were scattered throughout this venue. Despite their different age, gender, and race factors, they still shared a few commonalities, such as their solemn expressions... and that uncontrollable, pressing killing intent.

"Hello everyone."

Since he wasn’t sure if one of these people might be hiding a diminutive girl, Motan returned to the ’Haru Kuttata style’, raised his hand in greeting to those who had focused their gaze on him the instant he entered, and concisely said, "Come over here."

Benefiting from the structure similar to a stadium, although Motan did not use magic like the Amplification Art, nor did he shout hard, his voice still clearly echoed in this space, successfully prompting people to take action.

Clearly, Haru Kuttata, [King of Medicine’s Poison], held a considerable status in these people’s hearts. As one of the core figures in this escape plan, and not knowing their own life had been compressed to a few years, everyone held great respect for Haru, the one who concocted the ’antidote’.

Besides, these gladiators understood clearly that this was their only chance. If they wanted to breathe the air of freedom again, everything today must not be lost, so if any troublemakers popped up at this time, no need for Haru to take action, other gladiators would be the first to smash the troublemaker’s head and see if it was truly empty inside.

However, though there weren’t many smart people in this world, there were also few fools who would cause trouble at such a time. So when Motan and Kuton slowly walked to the center of the venue, those gladiators scattered at various positions had already assembled relatively neatly in front of him, with an attitude that could be described as quite deferential.

"Very well, it seems everyone hasn’t forgotten our theme for today."

Motan nodded satisfactorily, then revealed a rather ferocious smile, "Use life and blood to pave a road to freedom, use everything at your disposal, including your teeth, to escape from here and start a new life."

No one spoke, but people’s gazes indeed became sharper.

"Regrettably, you are about to undertake the most dangerous mission."

Motan licked his lips and said grinningly, "You will act as the fuse at the most distant point from salvation, to trigger the first commotion and become the most striking focus of the [Bloody Maiden] in a short time, and then fiercely resist for a long time, until our other partners succeed in dismantling the outermost Great Barrier. You will always be in the most dangerous position, and even after that, bound to become the last batch of retreaters, you will consistently face threats to your life."

People’s eyes dimmed somewhat, but without any commotion. On the contrary, Motan’s candid words calmed many who had doubts.

The reason was simple, since [King of Medicine’s Poison] had put things thus, everyone at least wouldn’t face the risk of being sold out. Thinking this way, life-threatening danger became less significant.

It’s worth noting that these gladiators could be said to be facing life-threatening danger every day. They are a group living in desperation.

"You are the bottom rung of this arena, the weakest among the plan participants. Most of you are just props, warm-ups, and appetizers, and you entertain the audience not by winning, but by being brutally killed in front of everyone."

Motan took a deep breath and said solemnly, "You have no choice, even lacking the qualification not to participate in this plan, because you are ’weak’, and in a place like this, ’weakness’ is Original Sin."