Chapter 236 Chapter 234·"Shut up"

  Student player Chiharu Hashimoto woke up from the darkness and heard a violent noise outside the door.

 …The only ones who can come out at night are doctors who are preparing to execute students.

  She recalled what the first player said during the day - he wanted them all to commit suicide.

Many people were filled with anger, and many people sneered at this, but she knew in her heart that the first player was right.

 They should... really have a hard time making it to the last day.

 Chiharu Hashimoto really doesn’t understand those people who mutter and denounce the first player.

 …If it weren’t for the first player, these people would have died long ago.

 It is not said that the life-saving grace will be repaid with a spring of water. It was just a word from the number one player, a word to persuade them to return, a word of truth. Why were those people so angry?

If the first player comes at night to kill her and to free her, she would have to thank him instead.

She was mentally prepared, sitting on the bed, hugging the quilt, not planning to resist, just waiting for the other party to come.

But she waited for a long time, but she didn't wait until the footsteps reached her door.

 On the contrary, more and more screams, curses, and fighting sounds came from outside.

 “You, you actually—”

“Isn’t it a rule that you can only kill one person a night? Why is this doctor—”

“Let’s unite and kill him together! Don’t worry too much, why can he attack us without restraint!”

“Wait, fight, I can’t beat him, who can beat him—”

 “Help, help—don’t kill me—”

She heard many messy sounds through a door panel.

She took a breath, moved to the door in small steps, and slowly opened the door a small crack.

The door opened slightly, revealing a glimmer of light.

 The lights in the rooms on both sides spilled onto the corridor, casting large swaths of warm light.

She raised her eyes and saw a scene that shocked her.

There is more than one corpse.

 They exist from the front of their own door to the other end of the corridor along the large warm light.

It’s like paving a road of corpses.

Standing on this side of the light, she saw the bottomless darkness on the other side.

She suddenly saw a figure in a white coat standing under the light not far away.

 The doctor was standing quietly by a door. At his feet, there was a player who was not completely dead.

The player was very angry, and his voice was so loud that it was very clear here:

 “Ha! Even though you are full of beautiful words, you can’t hide the fact that you took action against the players!”

“Yes.” The doctor in white said in a very soft voice.

“You—the number one player, as the number one player, you actually attack one of your own people!”

The doctor in white smiled.

Through the crack, Chiharu Hashimoto suppressed the pounding heartbeat in her chest and slowed down her breathing.

She saw the doctor standing in the light, with blood flowing down his arm, refracting a beautiful arc in the light.

His scalpel was stained with a line of blood, and the blade surface shone like a mirror.

"I want to lead, and I don't want to lead you guys." The doctor in white turned the scalpel in his hand: "I am not the principal of the kindergarten."

“You—” the lying player was shocked and angry: “How dare you say that we...”

"You can't deny it." The doctor in white said, "Otherwise, you wouldn't just lie here like a dog."

 …This is really crazy.

Chiharu Hashimoto dared not say anything at all.

She never thought that such sarcastic words would come out of the mouth of the first player so openly.

She quietly fixed her gaze on the doctor in white. Her skill [Insight] can know part of the opponent's numerical value. It is an exploration skill.

 The skill was activated, and three bars appeared on the opponent's body in her field of vision.

 【Health: 275/300 (cut on right upper arm, bleeding)】

  【Mana: 759/2560】

  【san value:100/100】

 【Combat strength estimate: 1600-1800】

 【Odds comparison: 0.28%】

Chiharu Hashimoto was stunned.

 Ignore that outrageous mana blue bar, that sanity bar...

  100 san value, full value.

 A value that was completely beyond her expectation.

 Originally, she thought that the other party's sanity value should be almost gone, otherwise it wouldn't be like this.

 But now it seems that the other party...is not crazy at all.

 On the contrary, he should be quite awake now, sober that no hallucinations appear before his eyes.

 Why does she feel like...the other person is completely abnormal now?

“Heh, you say I... look like a dog? You are the number one player who has had a smooth journey, of course you are different from the rest of us!”

The player on the ground had blood at the corner of his mouth: "I have never experienced the despair of death, nor the pain of failure, Su Mingan! What do you know? You can't understand us players who are struggling repeatedly on the line of life and death!"

The doctor in white didn't speak.

“—Isn’t it because the organizer is taking care of you?” The player seemed to be unreasonable and kept talking.

"Ha!" The player laughed again, sarcastically: "What do you know? Why should I force you to understand? I almost forgot that you are the organizer's lackey. I am a human, why do I need you to do this? This creature understands our thoughts - only that white weirdo of the day is worthy of walking with you!

 The United Group... Those idiots in the United Group were all deceived by your clones. They really thought that your lighthouse theory could protect everyone - fart! It's not them who are injured or killed, but they are happy to compliment you! "He roared, blood flowing from his face, and his facial features looked ferocious like a wild beast:

“The most painful thing is people like us! It’s us who are weak!!”

 The doctor in white lowered his head.

  The scalpel hovered on his fingertips, and there was a gleam of coldness on the blade.

Facing the roaring, extremely angry, and dying player, his voice was as light as a feather:

“…Who gave you the right to question me here?” he asked.

The player was stunned, not knowing what he was talking about.

"Is it your incompetence or your attitude of claiming to be a human being? Is it my fault that you are weak?" The doctor asked: "Who gave you that righteous and rightful feeling you are lying on the ground? The World Forum gave you Is it yours, did the audience give it to you, or did you install it yourself?"

  “—What the **** are you talking about!”

"Do you think that everything you are condemning now represents human beings?" The doctor's tone was very light: "You think you are very confident because you have questioned me before you die. How wonderful, like The warrior who died heroically, you looked so proud and awe-inspiring when you faced the enemy with your unwilling roar."

 “…?” The player was stunned.

 He originally had the mentality that if he was scolded, he would be scolded, and at worst, he would die after scolding him. Anyway, this copy is a role-playing, and no one knows who his true identity is. If he scolds the number one player face to face, he will earn it. This is more comfortable than scolding him on the World Forum.

He doesn't think there's anything wrong with killing other players in this kind of dungeon. There's already a competitive relationship between them, and he just enjoys talking about it. Maybe he can also attract a group of brainless viewers to agree with him. Then he It's so cool to die.

　　But this man...why are you still boasting about him?

"But are your doubts really right?" The doctor's words suddenly took a turn: "Is anyone really proud of your words?"

The player was stunned for a moment and did not answer the call.

"You have to face up to your status. The player lying on the ground, you are just a loser, a sacrificed loser." The doctor said, sentence by sentence, the words were clear:

 “You think you are representing humanity and condemning me.”

“As everyone knows, there are tens of thousands of human beings, or even far more than these, watching your joke right now.”

“Do you think your angry condemnation can arouse their empathy?”

 “No.” The doctor shook his head: “Because you are only [a minority].”

"Wha, what...? What nonsense are you talking about!" The player was puzzled.

"Because you are a [minority], you cannot arouse their empathy." The doctor said: "Your righteousness has no meaning at all, it is just your cry before death."

 “You’re lying on the ground like a clown.”

 “And your angry words will not sway me in any way.”

 “Because you failed.”

“If you think I am wrong, think I am a lackey of the organizer, think I am a traitor to humanity, then stand up, like Sora Mizushima, like Edward, and stop me.”

  “—I welcome it very much.”

 “But if it doesn’t work, you can only do it like this…”

As the doctor spoke, a cold light flashed through the scalpel spinning in his hand.

 The next moment, the sword had pierced the throat of the person on the ground, and blood flowed out.

The player opened his eyes and seemed to want to say a few more words, but could no longer speak.

 Blood flowed throughout the corridor, and the air seemed silent.

　　…"Lie down on the ground and shut up."

 (End of this chapter)