Chapter 1298

Just as the robotic arms were about to seize Robin, Scarface Man lowered his voice again, “Serpentine motion, now!”

Robin had no reason to doubt Scarface Man anymore. He gripped Eleanor’s hand, and with a swift serpentine movement, they bolted towards the exit of the

arcade.

The mechanical arms, besides moving in a straight line, could swerve. Under Robin’s quick zigzagging maneuvers, they extended endlessly and turned infinitely.

Blue’s programming was clear: it had to sever an arm before retracting. Otherwise, the relentless automaton would keep chasing him until its mission was accomplished.

The unfortunate one was Eleanor. Handcuffed to Robin, their fate was intertwined. While Robin was still able to run, Eleanor, frail and weak, was quickly running

out of breath.

She had considered using Blue’s metal blade to cut their handcuffs, hoping it might stop the robot. But the blade was too wide, and their cuffs were too close-it was too risky and could end in them losing their arms.

Considering that Blue’s programming required human contact to activate, Eleanor immediately dismissed the idea. Gritting her teeth, she kept running with Robin, racking her brain for a plan.

dwindling energy, Scarface Man sprinted to the opposite game booth number three, snatched an arm from a loud-mouthed man, and rushed back to them. Just

loud crunch. Tasting the

Robin. Eleanor’s heart, lodged in her throat, fell back

had chosen the death door

button. The others tried to rush in and grab her as they ran past the booth, but were promptly kicked out by Scarface Man and

Man’s previous instruction and quickly pressed the number two button. Sure enough, the word

relief. The look he gave Scarface Man changed from suspicion

helping them. Scarface Man simply shook his head in response. Robin understood that they were being watched and did not

round is over. Please,

rang out again, and

chose the first option: fifty million dollars. Scarface

to the doors of life and death.”

voice faded, the black box on the

the life door, both turned to

he also knew where the apple was. This

someone, based on the countdown number, had relayed accurate information to

Scarface

be? It couldn’t be Sophie, who wanted revenge on Eleanor. Could it be Bernard?

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