The girl with white hair and red eyes is serious about revenge

Thinking of this, Kemp reached into his pocket for the pile of dog tags to make sure they were still there.

However, when his hand touched the dog tag, he found that there was only one dog tag left.

"Huh?! Where's the dog tags?"

Kemp searched for a long time and found that he only had one dog tag left. The dog tag lay quietly in his palm, the white edges gradually changing to a transparent blue.

......

6) Misty Forest (Part 2)

"Jessica, Yu," Kemp turned around and looked at the two people resting under the tree roots, "Quickly check your dog tags to see how many are left?"

At Kemp's request, Jessica and Rain both searched their bodies, however, they both only found a dog tag.

The dog tag is different from before. Now there is a faint blue light on it, as if it was endowed with something by some existence.

"Why...why..." Jessica stared blankly at the dog tag on her palm that was glowing with a faint blue light, "Obviously...I..."

"..." Yu said nothing, as if he was in a daze.

It was impossible. It was impossible to lose the dog tags while fleeing from the border to the forest. If they lost them, they would lose all of them. It was impossible to have only one left. After obtaining the dog tags of the victims from the wreckage of the colossus of Itrisna, the group could divide them into three parts to prevent someone from accidentally losing the dog tags.

And the fact is, now they do each have just one dog tag, flashing blue.

Could it be that there is some kind of magnetic field that will destroy all the extra dog tags the moment you pass through the forest?

Kemp's heart began to panic. If this was true, then the competition was clearly pushing them to death.

This rule means that if they lose their dog tags again, they will no longer have any chance of getting them back.

Unless they kill someone.

"..."

For a moment, the three of them fell silent at the same time, letting the birdsong float above their heads.

......

After a short rest, Jessica began to bandage the injuries that Yu and Kemp had suffered at the border to ensure that the rest of the journey would be smooth.

The group has about one third more time in the Weird Mist Forest than at the border. The pace here is no longer as fast and bloody as at the border, but slower and more deadly.

"You shouldn't have jumped on me like that. What if you got beaten to death?"

Jessica complained as she bandaged the bruise on Kemp's stomach caused by the rubber bullet. Jessica had worked as a nurse in the clinic on Slender Horse Lane for a while, so she knew some basic medical knowledge.

"Silly girl, if you had been more careful, I wouldn't have had to sacrifice myself to save you," Kemp frowned, enduring the pain from his wound, "I never thought that the gunsmith would actually shoot at you..."

"He... he has his reasons," Jessica forced a wry smile, but her eyes revealed pain, "Crystal wrist inflammation is really painful... I have seen many patients tortured to death by crystal wrist inflammation in the clinic. Most of them welcomed their death with wailing, without any peace at all."

Jessica lowered her head and rubbed her wrist gently, and Kemp found that there was a bandage wrapped around her wrist.

"What's wrong with your wrist?" Kemp asked.

"It's nothing. I got scratched when I was caught by the gunsmith," Jessica said, moving the wrist out of Kemp's sight. "The wound isn't deep, but I'm afraid of poisonous insects in the forest. If it gets infected, I might develop acute inflammation, which would hold me back."

Kemp looked at the petite and fragile girl in front of him. The corners of her clothes were stained with blood, which was the blood of the gunsmith.

She shouldn't have come here, Kemp murmured in his heart. Even if she died in the sewers of the slums, she shouldn't have died in this federal game.

She must be sent out. Kemp clenched his fist and made up his mind.

After bandaging Kemp, Jessica began to bandage Yu. Yu remained silent and showed no intention of speaking.

Kemp still remembered how unruly Yu was on the bell tower. If someone had told him at that time that this guy would become so autistic now, he would never have believed it.

But, wouldn't his mental state be a little dangerous if he continued like this? Kemp thought so and patted Yu's shoulder carefully.

"Rain? Are you okay?"

Hearing what Kamp said, Yu turned her head. Her empty face was expressionless, which made Kamp feel distressed.

Not long ago, this guy was a teenager who vowed to climb to the top of the Tower of Babel, but now he...

"I want to go home."

The sound of the rain was muffled, but Kemp could hear it clearly.

"That's enough...I want to go home..."

"We will be able to go home soon," Kemp comforted Yu, "Cheer up, have you forgotten how strong we were in the beginning? You were so handsome back then, and you were not afraid of the federals at all. Now is not the time to sink."

"I... I don't know," Yu gently hugged her head, "I just want to go home... I want to find the old gunsmith and drink with him..."

For a moment, Yu's expression suddenly froze, as if he remembered something, and hugged his knees again.

"Oh...he's dead..."

Yu suddenly lowered his head. Kemp couldn't see his expression, but he felt uncomfortable.

"The old gunsmith..." Kemp's voice was also very thin, "We..."

"You fired the shot."

"I..."

“I fired, too.”

Yu looked at Kemp with a hollow face, with nothing in his eyes.

This look made Kemp's heart tremble violently, and a feeling of pain spread.

The scene of the old gunsmith's death kept flashing before his eyes. He saw the wrist full of crystals shattered, and he saw the gunsmith falling to the ground, spitting blood.

"We have no choice," Kemp's voice was so low that he could hardly hear it himself. "He is standing in front of us. If we don't shoot, Jessica will..."

"Then what's the difference between us and [North Star]?" Yu's voice was ethereal, almost blending in with the birdsong, "Whoever gets in the way, just kill him... I thought it was like shooting pigeons, but... but there's so much blood..."

As Yu spoke, Kemp recalled the look in the gunsmith's eyes before he died. That look made him hesitate and wanted to vomit again.

Why fight? They are not bad people, they just want to survive under the dark cloud over the border city.

Just because of this, they drew their swords against each other and stepped on each other's corpses to reach higher places?

So what's the difference between them and Etrisna? They just found a better reason to jump into the competition. Other than that, they still have to shoot at everyone in front of them without any hesitation.

In the final analysis, there is no difference.

Itrisna's selfish desire is to kill, and their selfish desire is to survive. No matter how they package their selfish desires, no matter how they justify their reasons, all of them are just wild wolves holding daggers at each other in the forest.

Then, blood stained the blade.

"..."

Kemp looked at the rain in front of him and kept muttering to himself like a crazy religious man.

I just hope this road can reach the end as soon as possible, Kemp thought, and sat down beside the tree roots, enjoying the last bit of tranquility before moving on.

......

6) Misty Forest (Part 3)

"We should be considered one of the first people to enter the forest, right?"

Walking in the woods, Pace looked around. The silhouettes of the trees behind the mist occasionally formed some strange shapes, and Pace tried to be alert.

Perlis was not in a hurry. She just stared calmly ahead, and her steps were so light that they made almost no sound.

As for Carly, she looked at Pace with great dissatisfaction, her ice-blue eyes full of blame.

"Keep your voice down, we need to be hidden, have you forgotten?"

"Oh," Pace lowered his voice, "It seems to me that most people are still behind us now?"

"It's hard to say," Perlis said softly, "The competition venue is a circle, and there are many people who like to run around in the forest. We can't let down our guard in any direction."

"Why do they like to run around?" Pace's tone was full of doubt. "Shouldn't they go to the target point?"

"That's the problem," Carly waved the Five Rings gently and piloted the drone, "Because those idiots had no way of identifying the direction in the forest, so they got lost."

"Oh..."

Pace raised his head and looked at the forest that blocked out the sun. Not only did the fog reduce visibility in the entire forest, but the leaves that blocked out the sun and stars turned the entire strange fog forest into a closed box garden. No one could judge their location based on the position of the sky. As long as they didn't confirm their location the moment they entered the forest, they would definitely get lost.

"The electromagnetic pulse is so strong. It seems that the energy storm circle has already shrunk," Carly frowned, controlling the little birds to survey the terrain. "In this level of magnetic field, the compass must be useless. Fortunately, I took some technology from Xiao Lianlian's laboratory, otherwise it would be a bit troublesome now..."

So how much did you steal from Miss Lian behind her back? Pace and Pearlis couldn't help but feel ashamed.

After the brief conversation, the group focused on walking through the forest, looking for Ivar's trace.

According to the possibility model that Carly constructed when preparing the plan at the "Steam Pipe" Inn, there are three areas where Ivar entered the forest. These three areas are adjacent and not far from each other. Perlis and her group can easily follow a line to investigate behind these three areas and find Ivar's location.

Soon, Perlis and his group finished searching the first and second points. Both areas were densely forested, and the shadows between the vines always seemed to hide some murderous intent, casting ominous glances at the group. But when Pace carefully pulled off the vines, he only saw a few birds fluttering and flying away.

The fog not only reduces the clarity of vision, but also inexplicably affects people's minds, making people suspicious and easily startled.

Until now, Perlis and her companions had not seen any other living beings in the Weird Mist Forest. The space created by this forest seemed to be far away from the entire competition, completely different from the smoke and smell of the border air, full of tranquility and peace.

But in this tranquility, I always feel like there is something hidden, just like the gaze from behind when walking on the road at night, which is disturbing.

"Hmm..." Pace couldn't help but shudder, "How scary."

"..."

After confirming that there was no trace of Ivar nearby, the only point left was the third one.

Looking at the map that Carly unfolded with blue dots in the air, Perlis became more and more nervous.

Ivar was very close, very close, just like he was at the banquet on the Wanren Mountain.

Everything will be revealed soon.

"..."

Not long after, through layers of fog, Perlis uncovered a layer of vines hanging in front of the group.

What came into view was a clear stream. The sound of water seemed to be blocked by fog. Only after penetrating the fog did Perlis hear the sound of the clear spring water hitting the pebbles.

"Here it is. This is the third point," Carly said as she checked the map. "This stream spans half of the Weird Mist Forest. Its upper reaches are only a few hundred meters away from the base. Ivar is likely to use this stream as a landmark."

Having said this, Carly waved the Five Rings, deployed the little birds in the air, and began to build an intelligence network.

And Perlis walked to the stream, gently bent down, scooped up some water, and lightly touched it with the tip of her tongue.

Sweet and cool, and most importantly, Perlis didn't detect any other taste.

"Ivar is not here." Perlis turned her head and said with certainty.

"Are you a puppy..." Pace witnessed Perlis's behavior and wanted to laugh, "Little Princess, this is a stream, the water will flow, even if Ivar passed by, how could there be any smell left?"

"I can definitely sense it," Perlis was very sure, "He's not here."

"Little Bird is still searching. There is no sign of anyone within a hundred miles," Carly said, her fingers moving in the air as if she was controlling something. "If there is anyone, then..."

Before Carly could finish her words, Perlis suddenly felt a strange movement.

She turned her head and saw that it was the other side of the stream, with dense vines growing in between.

The air was filled with mist and the birds were still singing, but beads of sweat inexplicably appeared on Perlis's forehead and her hands were trembling slightly.

At that moment, Perlis saw a little green light from the gaps between the bushes.

"Cluck..."

There was a rustling sound, the bushes were moving, Perlis was absolutely sure.

Being so close and avoiding Carly's detection, Perlis could only think of one person who could do such a thing -

"There he is."

After Perlis finished speaking, the silver ring on her wrist began to spin instantly, and red arcs of electricity lingered around her toes.

With a light leap, the girl instantly crossed the stream and landed on the other side.

Then, she raised the blade and swung it hard towards the bushes.

"bass--"

The air current lifted the vines, exposing the stalker behind the bushes. With just a glance, Perlis also saw the cloaked figure from behind - the cloak was so familiar that Perlis recognized the identity of the stalker at a glance.

"Ivar!"

Perlis roared, her mind went blank in an instant, and all her attention was focused on the peeper.