Delta: Who are you saying has suffered a loss of strength?

"Captain Shimada..." A muffled voice came from afar.

"Captain Shimada?"

"Captain Shimada!!"

It was as if my ears were surfacing from underwater; the sound grew clearer and clearer, and the shaking of my shoulders intensified. Only then did I realize that someone was calling me.

"Huh...huh?" Shimada snapped back to reality. "What's going on? How did I get here?!"

Shimada looked around in shock. Wasn't I preparing to ambush the warden? Where am I?

Is this a player world? I was just in Tidal Prison, how come...?

"Ah!!!" Shimada suddenly let out a sharp scream. A huge burning sensation and phantom pain came from his neck. He clutched his neck, lowered his head, and knelt on the ground in pain, his whole body trembling.

My heart suddenly raced to its limit at that moment, and my blood seemed to boil from that very instant.

His pupils trembled violently. He recalled preparing to ambush the warden in prison—how did he suddenly end up here?

A dozen seconds later, with the help of the man in black in front of her, she raised her head and stammered, "I...I'm...dead?"

"Captain Shimada, you no longer need to worry. Although your evacuation from Tide Prison failed, you have successfully resurrected in the player world," the man in black said calmly.

"Please return to the lounge of your samurai club and rest for a while."

"I'm dead? How could I be dead? I'm about to kill the warden!"

Shimada struggled desperately, trying to escape from the men in black, refusing to accept the fact that he had been killed.

"Captain Shimada, don't make things difficult for me!" The man in black increased the pressure on his hand, replying with a forced smile.

Shimada was helped into the car by the men in black.

He sat down in the parking space, and the black van started moving. Takahashi and Sato, who had been traveling with him, were nowhere to be seen.

Shimada touched his body again, and sure enough, all his equipment was gone. Had he really been killed in the Tide Prison?

He couldn't believe it. How could this be? The opportunity to kill the warden was right in front of him.

The raven was killed by the warden, weakening the warden's power! That was the perfect opportunity for him to launch a sneak attack!

Was he attacked? Who could it be?

Shimada couldn't understand how his chance to become famous had just vanished!

Worse still! He probably doesn't even have a chance to redeem himself now. He nervously opened his phone, wanting to watch the recording and see if he could see what happened from Sato's perspective.

The live stream had naturally ended, and Shimada turned on the recording.

Shimada switched to his first-person perspective and started watching from the part where they had sneaked back to the second floor of the administrative district and were watching the battle between the ravens and the warden.

The comments scrolled across the screen.

"Holy crap! The warden is injured!"

"Look at the warden, he can't even lift his arm."

"The mask is broken, and blood is flowing down to his chin."

Shimada was too far away to receive the conversation between the warden and the raven during the live stream.

"Is Raven going to challenge the warden to a duel?"

"Didn't you see the raven took off its armor?"

"He really took it off, including the helmet."

"Is this guy crazy? Taking off his armor and fighting the warden?"

"Look, the warden has stood up."

"Look at Shimada, what is he doing?"

In the video, Shimada reaches into his bag, pulls out an M4A1 magazine, inserts it into the gun, and pulls the bolt.

Sato was tugging at his sleeve, clearly saying things like "No" or "You're crazy."

Shimada ignored him, his eyes fixed on the ground floor.

"Is Shimada going to make a move?"

"No way, he really dares to do that?"

"The warden and Raven aren't finished fighting yet. Wouldn't he be throwing his life away if he went down there?"

"This is insane! This is insane!"

"Sato is trying to stop him, but he can't."

"Sato was almost in tears."

"I would cry too if my teammates wanted to go and die, and there was nothing I could do to stop them."

A gunshot rang out from downstairs, followed by two more, and then the prison fell silent.

An announcement blared through the prison: "[Raven has been killed. Well done!]"

The warden's strength has been diminished!

Don't miss this opportunity!

Let's get to know him together now!

The comments section exploded and erupted in a frenzy.

"What does that mean? Raven's dead! The warden won!"

"The warden's strength has been diminished? What does that mean?"

"What a great opportunity! Raven is dead and the warden is crippled. Now we can take down the warden and take off!"

"Shimada heard it too! Look at his expression!"

In the video, Shimada's eyes are wide open like saucers, and his mouth is agape for a long time.

He turned to look at Sato and said, "Did you hear that? Raven is dead! The warden's strength has been weakened! This is our chance!"

Sato shook his head, muttering, "No, let's go. We can't win, and we can't beat the warden even with his strength diminished!"

Shimada cursed, "You good-for-nothing!" and stood up, grabbing his M4A1 and running downstairs. Sato tugged at Shimada's clothes, but couldn't stop him.

Since all the equipment was on Shimada, Sato had no choice but to follow him downstairs.

"He really went!"

"Shimada is going to kill the warden!"

"The warden just finished fighting Raven, and he's low on health, so maybe we really have a chance."

"An opportunity! This is truly an opportunity!"

Everyone in the chat was waiting for this exciting moment.

"Shoot! What are you waiting for!"

"Shoot now! It'll be too late if you don't!"

This is it! Shimada thought to himself, slowing down the playback speed of the recorded video and staring intently at the screen.

He didn't see how he died.

"Look through the scope, what's inside?"

In the footage, a glaring red patch appears above Shimada's scope field of view.

In the center of the scope, a huge red flash also appeared on the head of the person in the black trench coat, like a bright red flash.

What is that?

Shimada on the screen, Shimada off the screen, and the comments section—no one could figure out what that blinding flash was.

What's wrong with the scope in the Hibiscus Club?

In the video, a laser beam shines from the warden's direction, directly onto Shimada's scope. A red dot of light dances in the center of the lens.

At this moment, Shimada paused the recording and stared intently at the red light in the center of the screen.

Suddenly, his eyes widened slowly. Only then did he truly understand: was that red flash the warden's gaze?!

It's the warden! The warden has spotted him!

Even from that distance! And right behind the warden, he locked onto her in an instant!

Then, from Sato's perspective, Shimada saw his neck explode and his head fly high into the air.

But it was only a fraction of a second too late, and Sato met the same fate as him...

He was completely outmatched by the warden.

Shimada stared at the screen, his expression worse than if he'd eaten shit.

Wasn't it said that the warden's strength was weakened, and this was an opportunity not to be missed?

He killed me in an instant?!