Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Meanwhile, the authorities in Kimchi Nation had also noticed something wrong with Kim Siba.
Longguo’s firewall prevented them from watching its contestant’s livestream.
However, their spies still sent information about Su Chen back home.
The reports were badly delayed, but that was still better than being completely blind.
They had therefore learned about the hidden rules recorded on the visitor’s note and the note in the security office.
With urgent analysis, they had managed to decipher some of the content.
They prepared to use their one and only chance to send Kim Siba a hint.
Just then, something unexpected happened.
Su Chen of Longguo walked over, spoke two sentences, and drove Kim Siba mad.
The authorities in Kimchi Nation could no longer hold back.
They hurriedly condensed their findings and sent them to Kim Siba.
On the screen, Kim Siba froze when he saw the message box appear.
He stopped hurting himself.
The officials in Kimchi Nation breathed a sigh of relief.
They congratulated themselves on throwing him a lifeline at the crucial moment.
They did not know that Kim Siba’s perception had already begun to collapse.
The lifeline they imagined was instead the final straw that broke the camel’s back.
Kim Siba remained dazed for a brief moment.
Then a grotesque smile spread across his face.
He began laughing wildly without pause.
Still laughing, he ran toward the Rabbit Enclosure.
He soon charged into the shade of a tree.
The instant he entered, the shadow split open into a gaping mouth.
Black, razor-sharp teeth emerged from the torn darkness.
One bite.
Kim Siba vanished into thin air.
In the shade of a tree nearby, an innocent-looking rabbit appeared.
Then a child’s laughter echoed through the Rabbit Enclosure.
A message appeared before every Chosen One and across every livestream.
[Kim Siba, the Chosen One of Kimchi Nation, is the first to die. Following a comprehensive assessment, Kimchi Nation’s national fortune has been reduced by 20 points. 60 points remain.]
[Drought will descend upon the entirety of Kimchi Nation for one month.]
The Kimchi Nation officials had believed they had rendered great assistance.
Their smiles had not even faded.
Then Kim Siba suddenly disappeared, and the death notice arrived.
Those smiles froze on their faces.
The president’s expression darkened.
“That idiot Kim Siba! We clearly told him the correct answer! How did he still die?” he roared.
“I’m furious! Drag Kim Siba’s family out and hand them over to appease the public.”
The people in the room heard their leader’s furious roar.
Someone turned and left the conference room to carry out the order.
They had already arrested Kim Siba’s entire family on the president’s earlier orders.
Before long, a livestream devoted to appeasing the public began.
Countless people in Kimchi Nation who had nowhere to go after the death of their Chosen One poured into it.
“Damn Kim Siba! He had the correct rules and still got himself killed! I’m furious!”
“Our entire country will suffer a month of drought. How many people will die? It’s all his fault!”
“What an idiot! How could he be the first to die? Even dying later would have been better. Was he in such a hurry to be reincarnated?”
“Make his family die with the rest of our people! They have to die!”
The enraged crowd, all reason lost, hurled abuse across the livestream.
Meanwhile, inside the zoo.
Every Chosen One’s expression tightened.
Those who had imitated Kim Siba panicked most of all.
One contestant was so terrified that he wet himself.
That person was Yamashita Kenichiro.
He had hidden nearby and witnessed the incident from beginning to end.
Su Chen had walked up and whispered two sentences.
Kim Siba had gone mad, run away, and vanished.
Then the death notice had appeared before everyone.
In the previous horror scenario, Yamashita and Kim Siba had conspired to repay kindness with betrayal and kill Longguo’s Chosen One.
Now Su Chen had killed Kim Siba with a few words.
Wouldn’t Yamashita be next?
How could he not be afraid?
After thinking for a long time, he made a decision.
He would demonstrate the famed bowing craftsmanship of his people, apologize, and shift all blame onto Kim Siba.
That would buy his survival.
Yamashita Kenichiro hurriedly ran toward Su Chen in the distance.
Su Chen turned around.
At that exact moment, Yamashita dropped into a sliding kneel and slammed his forehead against the pavement.
“Su-kun, I admit my wrongdoing to you and to all the people of Longguo.”
“It was wrong of me not to save your Chosen One in the previous scenario, but Kim Siba did all those disgusting things. I didn’t do anything.”
“Even so, my benefactor died before my eyes, so I still bear blame. I beg everyone’s forgiveness!”
After speaking, Yamashita Kenichiro repeatedly knocked his head against the ground.
The sight left Su Chen dumbfounded.
He soon understood.
Such abnormal behavior meant Yamashita had clearly seen something.
What he had seen was obviously the entire process by which Su Chen had killed Kim Siba.
The coward had become frightened.
That was why he had rushed over to seek forgiveness.
Su Chen worked that out.
He nearly laughed aloud.
Yamashita had no rabbit ears, so his perception had clearly not suffered heavy contamination.
Even if Su Chen wanted to kill him, he had no method available.
Yet the man had delivered himself straight to Su Chen.
If Su Chen did not kill him now, he would be failing the countless Longguo civilians who had died because of the previous scenario.