Chapter 2228 – 2228. Gyeongseong 2033
After a week of wild fun in Gyeongseong, I boarded a passenger ship.
The reason it was a passenger ship and not a plane was because I was smuggling myself out. Koreans basically can’t just hop on a plane and go overseas. For international travel, you have to wait over a month and prepare more than ten different kinds of documents.
This passenger ship, however, belonged to the Hwajo, making it easy to sneak aboard.
There were prostitutes on the ship, so I spent my time having some raucous sex.
When I opened my eyes in bed, we had arrived in Tokyo. I got off the ship and into the limousine prepared by Kamura’s men. I was able to meet Kamura again at a high-class hotel.
“Mr. Murakano, welcome to the Japanese Empire. Was the passenger ship comfortable?”
“It was very comfortable. There were some amazing women, too. I heard Japanese geishas are really hot. Can’t you bring one?”
“Bringing one isn’t difficult, but it’s impossible tonight. It’s the preliminary round. A survival game on a small island. Only 64 out of 2,000 people can advance to the main round.”
“2,000 people? That’s a lot more than I thought. Can you control them?”
“There are quite a few brokers involved in the game. All 2,000 people were selected from all over the world. They bring them every quarter, so it’s a familiar process. Control isn’t a problem. We’ve done it several times already.”
“What are the rules of the game? That’s the most important thing.”
“Participants are given a number tag. Within 24 hours, they must take 10 number tags from other participants and go to the escape zone to win. Of course, they have to protect their own number tag. Oh, and they start in random locations, naked. Men and women, no exceptions. There are supplies like clothes and weapons scattered around the island, so look carefully. Ah, there are cameras installed everywhere. It goes without saying, but don’t touch the cameras.”
“That’s interesting. What’s the prize money?”
“500 million is paid to those who advance to the main round. Even if you survive without advancing, you get 10 million yen. You can also try to participate in the next quarter. Although, the game format might change. Oh, and of course, that necklace has to be removed. Cyborgs with mechanical parts are allowed, but you’re an enhanced human.”
“Can you do it? This is a bomb necklace.”
I tapped the necklace. Even though I disguised it as naturally as possible, a sharp-eyed guy would be able to tell.
“Haha. This isn’t Gyeongseong, it’s the Japanese Empire. Is removing a simple necklace like that a problem? One minute is enough.”
In the original story, the main character also gets his bomb necklace removed with the help of a broker in the Japanese Empire.
“Please remove the necklace. And bring me a woman.”
“There’s less than five hours until nightfall?”
“There are still five hours left.”
“Haha. You really like women.”
“It’s a man’s instinct.”
I had an expert check the bomb necklace. The expert, realizing there was no gunpowder in the bomb necklace, asked me, puzzled, but I ignored him and played with the Japanese Empire prostitutes.
When night came, I was taken somewhere in a black truck. I was handcuffed and shackled. There were other participants in the truck, which was quite unpleasant.
The inside of the truck was completely cut off from the outside, so I couldn’t tell where we were going. After a few hours, a masked manager warned us in a low voice.
“I’ll let you off one by one from now on. The handcuffs and shackles will automatically unlock when the game starts. Don’t move and stay still. Don’t forget that the cameras are watching you. Anyone who moves before the start will be eliminated.”
The guy ripped my clothes with a knife, made me naked, and stuck a sticker number tag on my shoulder before pushing me out of the truck. The number was 2228.
I suppressed the urge to kill the guy and looked around.
There was a path made of packed dirt and wood. I could see the sea through the trees. The sound of the waves reached me.
I recalled the original story. First of all, the size of the island was less than half the size of Jeju Island.
‘The place where the main character fell and the place where I fell are different. Since there’s a path, it’s better. Kamura definitely had a hand in this. Random my ass.’
It was slightly disappointing news for me. Since my starting point was different from the main character’s, I couldn’t use the original story information 100%.
Tired of looking at the sea, I looked up at the sky. Maybe it was because of environmental pollution, but I couldn’t see any stars.
‘…Should I use hacking?’
If I succeeded in hacking, I could manipulate electronic devices. I could extract data without touching a computer, or watch videos taken by surveillance cameras. It’s like the data or videos are directly plugged into my head.
‘They must have built a main system. Even if it’s 4km away, which is the range of my hacking, I can hack the main system through the network connected to the surveillance cameras.’
But was there a need to do that?
The survival game wasn’t particularly dangerous. Killing people with my bare hands was easy. There was no need to go all out using hacking. It was better to save hacking for when I really needed it.
‘I might need a moment to cause a ruckus and run away if I suddenly don’t like it. I’ll need to hack the ship to get off the island.’
I decided to save hacking for later.
Chzzzzzz.
A voice echoed from the speaker installed on a tree.
-The game will now begin.
Clank.
The handcuffs and shackles fell off. I turned my wrist and walked along the path. The fact that there was a path meant there was a high possibility that there would be small warehouse-like buildings ahead. And they would most likely have supplies.
More than anything, I wanted to get shoes. It hurt to step on rocks every time I walked on the path. It was also unpleasant to have dirt sticking to my skin. That was also why I was walking on the path instead of the forest. Walking barefoot in the forest was a stupid thing to do.
Rustle, rustle.
A naked blonde woman popped out of the forest next to me. She was a slender woman with prominent ribs. Her breasts were AA cup and her nipples were pink. Her vagina was smooth and hairless. The white woman’s right arm and both legs were metal.
‘Is she a cyborg?’
The woman ran towards me with a blank expression. She didn’t seem embarrassed at all, even though she was naked.
I could feel a restrained killing intent in her expressionless face. She was a professional. Probably a killer who had been active overseas.
‘Her face is ordinary.’
Whoosh!
The woman’s mechanical leg ejected air. The propulsion made her body accelerate. A metal blade popped out of her right arm, aiming for my neck.
Using the Geumna technique, I grabbed the wrist of her metal arm. I tried to break her elbow joint by twisting it, but the metal arm rotated smoothly and bent. It seemed like it could do reverse joints.
Whoosh!
The sound of air pressure came from the woman’s calf. I reflexively pulled my body back. The woman’s steel leg, which came up from below, grazed my chin.
I didn’t create distance. Creating distance was actually bad. She was clearly a big mover, so being close would be a burden for her. As she followed me to regain her posture, I pushed into her abdomen.
The distance was too short to punch. It was less than 3cm.
‘It doesn’t matter.’
I had a technique for situations like this.
Thwack!
One-inch punch.
The one-inch punch landed perfectly. The woman coughed up blood, but swung her arm. Before that, I grabbed her neck and threw her into the air. She floated up and fell to the ground without being able to do a landing fall due to the impact of the one-inch punch. I finished her off by kicking her head, which was still alive.
I took the 618 number tag from her shoulder and stuck it on my chest.
My gaze unconsciously went to the woman’s lower body. Unlike her AA cup breasts, her buttocks were quite large. Her pink vagina was also quite pretty.
‘Should I have raped her before killing her?’
I moved on, leaving the regret behind. I needed to get shoes first.
• • •
At the end of the path, there was a building that looked like a barn. The old building, which looked at least 30 years old, was quiet. When I looked inside, I found a clean cardboard box. It was a supply box.
‘Let’s see, training pants and hiking boots. A 500ml bottle of water and two onigiri. The weapons… three throwing stars? Are they kidding me?’
They were shurikens. It looked like my palms would be more injured if I tried to fight with them in my hands, so they were for throwing.
‘Even if they’re for throwing, it’s better than nothing.’
I ate the water and onigiri on the spot. I threw the trash away carelessly.
‘Let’s escape as quickly as possible. I need to sleep in a bed.’
I went into the forest and moved while suppressing my presence.
• • •
About 40 minutes had passed. I had collected all 10 number tags. I also got a t-shirt and two usable daggers. I also got a crossbow, but I threw it away because there were no arrows.
If I went to the escape zone now, I would win. The problem was that I didn’t know where the escape zone was.
‘Shit. They should tell us where the escape zone is.’
After another 20 minutes, a voice came from the speaker.
-The first escape zone has been activated. Come to the place where you see the light.
I looked around. Thanks to the darkness all around, the flashing light in the distance was very visible. It looked like they had set up streetlights.
‘There must be a lot of guys lying in ambush. Collecting number tags is nothing. The real deal is going to the escape zone.’
The voice said it was the first escape zone. That meant there were second and third ones as well.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out across the island.
I narrowed my eyes. Aren’t firearms against the rules?
-Attacking the staff wearing armbands is prohibited. I repeat, attacking the staff wearing armbands is prohibited.
It was nothing serious.
I hurried towards the escape zone.
-10 minutes have passed. The escape zone will be reset.
The light that had been there went out, and a light appeared in the opposite direction.
‘This is crazy. It’s like they’re training dogs.’
Swish!
Something flew towards me. I used acceleration to dodge to the side. My reaction was a little late. An arrow grazed my shoulder. Blood was flowing from my shoulder.
I grabbed the daggers in both hands and sprinted in the direction the arrow had come from.
