The Author's POV

"This place is fine"

Entering one of the abandoned buildings with Zack, I made sure to scan the perimeter to see if anybody was there before setting up camp.

After settling down, still standing, Zack looked at me in confusion as he asked.

"What do we do now?"

In all honesty, if not for everyone following his orders, Zack would've never have let someone like Ren order him around.

...he really was tempted to just leave and do as he wished, but since it would incur the wrath of the other team members, he decided against doing so.

Glancing at Zack from the corner of my eye and reading his thoughts, I briefly responded to him before turning my attention back towards the distance.

"Nothing yet, our turn has yet to come"

From the very beginning, I could tell he was dissatisfied with me. However, unfortunately for him, I really didn't care.

...in the first place, who told him that he had to do as I said?

Inwardly shaking my head and turning my attention back towards the city, I carefully observed the city from the building I was on. For now, everything was calm and quiet, however, I knew that things would soon change...

Placing my hand on my chin, squinting my eyes as I stared into the distance, I fell into deep thought.

According to my deduction, whoever was going to target Jin was not definitely not going to be the code holder.

With how skilled Jin was, sending their code holder to fight against him would be suicide and may prove to be fruitless.

Thus it was safe to assume that whoever was going to target Jin was definitely not going to be the code holder.

Preferably, I would hope that they send more than one person to pursue him as that would cut off a lot of possibilities, but even one was enough. Couldn't be too greedy.

...now, with that set, I needed to figure something out.

Was the code holder going to hide or was he/she going to blend with the rest just like what I had done with Arnold?

Thinking thus far, glancing at my watch, I immediately dialed a number.

Fortunately, we were allowed to communicate with each other during the game as both teams were given access to a communication device in the form of a watch. It couldn't do anything else apart from that, but it saved a lot of time.

"Jin can you hear me?"

...

-Swooosh!

Stealthily moving around the abandoned houses, Jin quietly scanned the perimeter. Thereafter, like a cat, Jin kept moving forward without making any sound. Fast and stealthily.

you

arrived on top of one

a slight frown appeared on

on the screen of his smartwatch,

-Yes

you to expose yourself so that

his eyes, Jin didn't respond immediately. Thereafter, understanding the

-Understood

[Alright perf-]

-Click!

to respond, Jin quickly jumped higher until he was at the roof of the buildings. Thereafter, he jumped from one building to the other. As he moved, he made sure

if he acted according to how others thought he would, chances that they would think he

he was following Ren's plan, Jin would've originally done the mission like

others match him in a fight? He was that confident

-Swoosh! -Swoosh!

felt an extremely repulsive feeling well inside of his body. His mind couldn't help but

he was following

the

"How repulsive"

came out of his mouth as

his life had he ever had someone order him around. Never. If not for the fact that the person

paused there, Ren's face appeared in Jin's mind. More specifically, the cold and emotionless eyes back in

that moment. Nor will he ever forget that

where he truly felt powerless

hated Ren, that moment back in Hollberg had taught him

too conceited as there was

because he lost didn't mean he feared Ren. No, that innate pride that

a

Pathetic.

as

"huuuu..."

as turbid air escaped from his mouth, Jin accelerated as he quickly moved

day in Hollberg, Jin had set

Kevin, Amanda,

longer cared

had realized that he was too fixated on the idea

holding back and working with the others, something that he would've never

"...How disgusting"

wanted nothing more but to quickly get this over with. The feeling of working with other people rather than just himself repulsed him to the max. The only reason he was doing this was because he believed that he could learn something from

bait help him in

"Damn it"

more as he overbearingly moved around

is to attract the attention