Before even the first falling stones could touch the ground, Ryota addressed the crowd in a voice filled with coldness and, likewise…
cruelty:
“Whatever happens, do not look up…”
“Whatever happens, do not look around you…”
“Whatever happens, do not stop running…”
“Run! Run as fast as you can!”
“This is your only path to survival!…”
…
The moment Ryota’s orders were issued, everyone sensed that something was wrong.
Ryota’s orders had been much sharper than before.
Some of them began to understand part of the meaning behind his words and realized that they were about to face a tremendous danger!
But before they could even finish thinking for a few seconds…
Directly above them.
The second rock fell…
It was still small, barely noticed by anyone.
Then the third rock fell…
The fourth…
They were beginning to appear relatively larger and more obvious.
Soon, someone heard the sound of one striking the ground and instinctively looked up.
He immediately screamed in panic:
“Above us!”
“Rocks are falling from above!”
Within moments, dozens of falling rocks filled the sky!
And before he could even finish his warning…
His words were cut off by a scream that tore through everyone’s ears!
A horrifying scream…
It did not come from the one who had looked up.
It came from the person running beside him, whose face had been splattered with flying blood…
As for the one who had looked up, before he could finish his words—or even realize what was happening—a massive rock fell directly onto his head and crushed it instantly.
Blood sprayed through the air, splattering his companion’s face before he let out that horrifying scream.
Staring at the crushed head and mangled body beneath the massive rock, he began to gasp as though breathing itself had suddenly become an unbearably exhausting task.
He instinctively staggered back a few steps and whispered:
“He’s dead?”
At that very moment…
Before he could even finish saying it…
His spine shattered…
He collapsed to the ground, screaming in pain, but…
Within moments…
The entire area had transformed into a hell of falling rocks, dust, and screams.
Ryota shouted at the top of his lungs:
“Don’t stop!”
“Don’t look back!”
“Run!!”
…
But the problem was…
who was Ryota talking to?
Even if they refused to believe it, human beings were not machines…
Under this kind of pressure…
Every time they heard the sound of an impact.
Every time they heard a scream.
Every time they felt the ground tremble.
Their instincts forced them to look up at the rocks that were about to crush them.
Or look to their side at the people being crushed.
Or look behind them at the friends who had been trampled beneath the rocks and were screaming for help.
They would inevitably look…
Even if only for a moment.
And what a terrible price that moment would demand…
…
But among them…
There was one person who kept running, gritting his teeth as he tried to follow Ryota’s orders to the letter…
Don’t look.
Don’t think.
Just run.
Then, suddenly…
He felt something warm splatter across his face…
He froze for a moment.
He touched his cheek.
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He instinctively looked to his side.
His friend, who had been running beside him since the beginning of the test.
Was no longer completely there…
The upper half of his body had disappeared beneath a massive rock…
His eyes widened in shock…
His feet slowed…
He whispered inside his mind:
“Yui… is dead…”
“And I…”
And indeed…
Before he could even finish his thoughts…
A rock came crashing down onto his shoulder and neck…
His body collapsed and rolled across the ground…
Hitoshi shouted as tears streamed from his eyes while running:
“Don’t stop!”
“Please, don’t stop!!”
But panic had already spread…
One of them began frantically looking from side to side.
Rocks were falling.
Blood was splattering.
Bodies were being crushed.
Screams filled the area.
His mind had already broken…
He screamed hysterically:
“We’re going to die! We’re all going to die!!”
And he began running randomly, straying away from the path!
Mizushi’s eyes widened in shock, and he shouted at him:
“No! That’s the wrong direction!”
But it was already too late…
He ran directly beneath an area of heavy falling debris…
Three massive rocks fell onto him one after another.
The first shattered his leg.
The second crushed his chest.
The third…
Ended everything…