0:47 seconds remain.
"Звичайно, я можу це зробити." Kawahara replied to Lus with a keen smile "....!!!!!" The mutual understanding link was therefore established "Ukranian?" Erigaisi asked Andrea but in general to the staff members as well "Yes. Eastern Ukrainian accent as well! Shall we translate the conversation for the viewers?!" The female staff member asked "No!" Erigaisi denied it instantly "Lock the comments until the voting is done and put it on emoji mode only! The chat cannot spoil the moment here!" Erigaisi took immediate action and the staff members obliged right away.
0:40 seconds remain.
"Oh what the...!!!" Arkalee, who was looking for an answer within the chat logs, was assaulted by a sudden unfortunate surprise "Fucking great, now we can't even get the help from the chat! AH DAMN IT, FUCK!!" Tateyana yelled out "In other words, Lus is communicating with Kawahara in her own language and we can't do anything about it...." Hinagiku deducted "Mhmm... Maybe, or maybe not..." Ikkiri giggled as she put the front fingers of her right hand on the border of her lips "What can you do about this, Ikkiri?" They were relatively close to Lus, but she was talking with Kawahara in Ukrainian, therefore not paying attention to the two of them who were talking very low "Hina, it goes without saying that we don't know the answer. But Lus definitely does. That alone, is what can keep us going." Ikkiri told her "A contract with her?" Hinagiku asked "No, not necessarily a contract with her. But a contract with him." Ikkiri pointed at Kawahara "Kawahara? But there's no way that----" Ikkiri interrupted her "Not Kawahara, HIM." Hinagiku then saw who was behind Kawahara, from her point of view "...What makes you think so..." Hinagiku asked her once again "If he scores the upcoming two claims, he will receive the total sum of the previous claims. Do you think he's someone who will let such a chance go by....?" Ikkiri enticed Hinagiku's mind "Most definitely not......." Hinagiku rapidly got up.
0:24 seconds remain.
"Щоб уточнити, чи ? в ц?й к?мнат? хтось, хто розум??, про що ми говоримо?" Lus asked Kawahara "Ймов?рн?сть цього низька, а якщо й ?сну?, то вони або вдаватимуть, що знають в?дпов?дь, ? намагатимуться укласти контракт, п?дробляючи ??, або триматимуть ?? при соб?, щоб з?грати сольно." Kawahara explained "Гаразд, тод? давайте почнемо. Скажи мен? в?дпов?дь." Lus demanded, now serious "He's going to tell her the answer now..." Kuzan noticed "She's not even trying to put a poker face, she's a novice to this." Tatsu remarked "Зна?те що, я почекаю, поки залишиться дв? секунди, ? тод? скажу вам. Що скажеш?" Kawahara proposed "Н?, скаж?ть мен? зараз, я повинен продати в?дпов?дь." Lus counter-argued "Як скажеш." Kawahara shrugged "Це так, але я продовжу речення, щоб ще б?льше ?х заплутати, ха-ха." Kawahara chuckled as Lus achieved her desired outcome.
0:16 seconds remain and Lus took immediate action.
"I know the answer and I'm willing to accept contracts in exchange for the answer! You have ten seconds!" Lus shouted out loud across the room and her screen started to get bombarded as a few of them anticipated this very moment where she would try and sell her answer.
The first one to propose the contract was Tatsu and it reads as the following: Until the end of this judgment round, in exchange for your answer, I will give you 1,000 of my points, but the given answer must align with the one that's voted and it must be done via digital screen, where you will type out the answer.
The second contract was done by Kuzan which reads: Do not vote until the end of this judgment round; every time I break my point barrier, 25% of it will be transferred to you.
The third by Hyunda: In exchange for 10,000 of your points, I will target anyone you desire in the execution rounds. Should this not request be fulfilled I will pay you back with 20,000 points.
The fourth by Tateyana: I will give you my turn in the execution round in exchange for 25% of your points the next time you break your point barrier.
And lastly, the fifth by Arkalee: Strike a deal with Tatsu that revolves around him returning all the points he owns that aren't originally his to their respective owners, and I will offer you all of my points by the end of this judgment round.
Though there was little time on the clock, Lus wasn't in a rush and decided to see which one she liked the most.
"I've been meaning to ask, but how is it possible that only Lus Sera is able to see the contracts that were proposed to her and not the people around her?" Andrea dutifully asked Erigaisi "Oh my dear, it's because of her retina!" Erigaisi was quick to explain it "Players that enter that room have their entire body scanned and as such, their retinas are included. The retina scam hidden in the digital screens processes who the target of the contract is and makes it only visible to the owner of the retina. In other words, nobody but her can see it." Erigaisi explained it "That... shouldn't be possible." Andrea felt like that was a messed up explanation.
0:07 seconds remain.
"......." Lus looked at Arkalee from afar, who was able to perform the contract thanks to Basara holding down to her digital screen's signet and yet the two of them didn't exchange words "Lus, COME ON!!!" Tateyana was jumping, carefully awaiting for Lus to consider her contract "25% is too much! LOWER IT BY 10%!" Lus brutally rejected her contract "FUCKING BITCH!!!! YOU HAVE SO MANY POINTS, UGHHHHHHHH!!!!!" In a feat of rage, Tateyana went back to her seat and put all of her faith in the 50/50 "ALL OF YOUR CONTRACTS SUCK! DO YOU REALIZE WHO IT IS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH HERE?!" As the time was barely running out, Lus voted with her right index finger "I WILL NOT ACCEPT CONTRACTS THAT DO NOT ADVANCE MY POSITION GRANDLY, SO DON'T EVEN BOTHER IF YOUR AIM IS TO MANIPULATE ME!!!!" Time ran out, albeit Lus did keep a particular contract open, before rejecting all of the others in the process.
The sixth round came to an end and the ladder-board was updated.
1 - Hirakibo Tatsu:【81225/90000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 22,500 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th, 9th, 8th, 7th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 1,056 points, 6:02 minutes ago; Won 1,056 points, 5:07 minutes ago; Won 1,056 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 12,500 points from breaking the 12,500 point barrier; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 1,056 points, 2,37 minutes ago; Won 6,000 points due to Kitsuya Arkalee breaking her point barrier; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 1,056 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 10,000 points due to Kitsuya Arkalee breaking her point barrier; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 17,500 points from breaking the 17,500 point barrier; 0,02 seconds ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 6:02 minutes ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 5:07 minutes ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 3,59 minutes ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 2,37 minutes ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 1,01 minutes ago, Lost 2,000 points due to the contract with Kyoko Yukishiro that states that Kyoko Yukishiro's turn in this execution round will belong to Hirakibo Tatsu; 0,02 seconds ago】━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Has a 100% point acquisition boost for the rest of the day】━【Kitsuya Arkalee's turn will be under Hirakibo Tatsu's control in the execution rounds until this day is over】━【For the next four hours, whenever Kitsuya Arkalee breaks her point barrier; 100% of her bonus earned points will be transferred to Hirakibo Tatsu's account】━【In this judgment round, for every claim that Takeshi Kuzan gets right; 25% of it will be awarded from Hirakibo Tatsu's account to Takeshi Kuzan's account】━【Kyoko Yukishiro's turn will be under Hirakibo Tatsu during this execution round】
2 - Lus Sera:【80610/90000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 22,500 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th, 9th, 8th, 7th】━【Number of players killed: 1】━【Recent point history: Won 768 points; 6:02 minutes ago, Won 480 points due to the contract with Rikishima Ikkiri that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account, 6:02 minutes ago, Won 1536 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 480 points due to the contract with Rikishima Ikkiri that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 14,000 points from breaking the 14,000 point barrier; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 3072 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 480 points due to the contract with Rikishima Ikkiri that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 6144 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 480 points due to the contract with Rikishima Ikkiri that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 17,500 points from breaking the 17,500 point barrier; 1,01 minutes ago, Lost 5911 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that Ryousuke Kawahara will be awarded with 25% of Lus Sera's points that she earns from her claims in round 5, 6, and 7; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 12,288 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Lost 8697 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that Ryousuke Kawahara will be awarded with 25% of Lus Sera's points that she earns from her claims in round 5, 6, and 7; 0,02 seconds ago】━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Lus Sera's turn will be under Daniel Lead's control in the execution rounds until this day is over】━【Every time Lus Sera scores correctly, the points earned will be doubled (this effect stacks), however, should she score incorrectly more than three times in a row, she will die】━【Scored correctly 5 times】━【Every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a right claim, 50% of it will be transferred to Lus Sera's account】━【Has a 50% point acquisition boost for the rest of the day】━【During round 5, 6, and 7, 25% of Lus Sera's claims will be transferred to Ryousuke Kawahara's account】
3 - Takeshi Kuzan:【53071/60000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 17,500 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th, 9th, 8th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 768 points, 6:02 minutes ago, Won 768 points, 3,59 minutes ago, Won 96 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 6:02 minutes ago; Won 96 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round, 3,59 minutes ago; Won 14,000 points from breaking the 14,000 point barrier; 3,59 minutes ago; Lost 3,500 points due to the contract with Kaneta Tateyana which awards Kaneta Tateyana 25% of the points Takeshi Kuzan would earn from breaking his point barrier; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 96 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 96 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 1,01 minutes ago】━【Red lights: 2】
Contracts:【Has a 50% point boost acquisition for the upcoming three hours】━【In this judgment round, for every claim that Takeshi Kuzan gets right; 25% of it will be awarded from Hirakibo Tatsu's account to Takeshi Kuzan's account】
4 - Hajime Hyunda:【42050/45000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 15,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th and 9th】━【Number of players killed: 1】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points, 5:07 minutes ago; Won 384 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points, 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 1,01 minutes ago】━【Red lights: 2】
5 - Gayakirima Kanawari:【27896/45000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 15,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 768 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 7,500 points from breaking the 7,500 point barrier; 0,02 seconds ago】━【Red lights: 2】
Contracts:【Has a 50% acquisition boost for the rest of the day】
6 - Mayabashi Hinagiku:【24628/25000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 10,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points, 5:07 minutes ago; Won 384 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points, 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 384 points due to the contract with Daniel Lead that states that every time Mayabashi Hinagiku scores correctly, the value of the claim will be transferred to Mayabashi Hinagiku's account from Daniel Lead's account; 0,02 seconds ago】━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Every time Mayabashi Hinagiku scores correctly, the value of that claim will be transferred to Mayabashi Hinagiku's account from Daniel Lead's account】━ 【Mayabashi Hinagiku's turn will be under Hikaru Yulia during this execution round】
7 - Daniel Lead:【22417/25000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 10,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 768 points, 5:07 minutes ago; Won 768 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 768 points, 2,37 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Lost 384 points due to the contract with Mayabashi Hinagiku that states that every time Mayabashi Hinagiku scores correctly, the value of the claim will be transferred to Mayabashi Hinagiku's account from Daniel Lead's account; 0,02 seconds ago】 ━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Has a 50% point acquisition boost for the rest of the day】━【Lus Sera's turn will be under Daniel Lead's control in the execution rounds until this day is over】━【If a claim is correctly guessed five times in a row, the sum total of the points of those five claims will be added】━【Right claims in a row: 4】 ━【Hikaru Yulia's turn will be under Daniel Lead's control in the execution rounds until this day is over; and Daniel Lead will receive half of the bonus points Hikaru Yulia receives the next time it happens】 ━【Every time Mayabashi Hinagiku scores correctly, the value of that claim will be transferred to Mayabashi Hinagiku's account from Daniel Lead's account】
8 - Kitsuya Arkalee:【20768/45000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 15,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Lost 384 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that Kitsuya Arkalee's earned quota of points will be immediately transferred to Ryousuke Kawahara's account every time she scores correctly in this judgment round; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 10,000 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 10,000 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 2,37 minutes ago; Lost 6000 points due to Hirakibo Tatsu's contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee breaks her barrier, 100% of her bonus points will be transferred to Hirakibo Tatsu; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 10,000 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 0,02 seconds ago, Lost 10,000 points due to Hirakibo Tatsu's contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee breaks her barrier, 100% of her bonus points will be transferred to Hirakibo Tatsu; 0,02 seconds ago】 ━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Kitsuya Arkalee's turn will be under Hirakibo Tatsu's control in the execution rounds until this day is over】━【For the next four hours, whenever Kitsuya Arkalee breaks her point barrier; 100% of her bonus earned points will be transferred to Hirakibo Tatsu's account】━【Until the end of this judgment round, every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a claim right, 10,000 points be transferred from Ryousuke Kawahara's account to Kitsuya Arkalee's account】
9 - Kyoko Yukishiro:【21220/45000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 15,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points, 5:07 minutes ago; Won 384 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points, 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 0,02 seconds ago; Won 2,000 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu that states that Kyoko Yukishiro's turn in this execution round will belong to Hirakibo Tatsu; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 6,000 points due to breaking the 6,000 point barrier; 0,02 seconds ago】 ━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Kyoko Yukishiro's turn will be under Hirakibo Tatsu during this execution round】
10 - Kaneta Tateyana:【19898/20000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 7,500 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 1】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 3,500 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awards Kaneta Tateyana 25% of the points Takeshi Kuzan would earn from breaking his point barrier; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 1,01 minutes ago】 ━【Red lights: 2】
11 - Rikishima Ikkiri:【17244/20000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 7,500 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 960 points; 5:07 minutes ago, Lost 480 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 960 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Lost 480 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 960 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Lost 480 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 960 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Lost 480 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 1,01 minutes ago】━【Red lights: 2】
Contracts:【Rikishima Ikkiri has a 75% point boost acquisition for the rest of the day, but should she get a claim wrong, the 75% point boost acquisition will become a 75% point boost acquisition in reverse and will only change back when she gets a claim right (should she fail to get it right three times in a row it will not go back】━【Has gotten 1 wrong claim; a 75% reverse point boost acquisition will apply should the next claim be wrong】━ 【Every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a right claim, 50% of it will be transferred to Lus Sera's account】
12 - Hikaru Yulia:【14037/15000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 6,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: None】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points, 5:07 minutes ago; Won 384 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points, 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 1,01 minutes ago】 ━【Red lights: 2】
Contracts:【Hikaru Yulia's turn will be under Daniel Lead's control in the execution rounds until this day is over; and Daniel Lead will receive half of the bonus points Hikaru Yulia receives the next time it happens】━ 【Mayabashi Hinagiku's turn will be under Hikaru Yulia during this execution round】
13 - Ryousuke Kawahara:【4748/25000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 10,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points due to the previous contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that Kitsuya Arkalee's earned quota of points will be immediately transferred to Ryousuke Kawahara's account every time she scores correctly in this judgment round; 5:07 minutes ago, Lost 10,000 points due to the contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 3,59 minutes ago; Lost 10,000 points due to the contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 5911 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that Ryousuke Kawahara will be awarded with 25% of Lus Sera's points that she earns from her claims in round 5, 6, and 7; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 8697 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that Ryousuke Kawahara will be awarded with 25% of Lus Sera's points that she earns from her claims in round 5, 6, and 7; 0,02 seconds ago, Lost 10,000 points due to the contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 0,02 seconds ago】
Contracts:【Until the end of this judgment round, every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a claim right, 10,000 points will be transferred from Ryousuke Kawahara's account to Kitsuya Arkalee's account】━【During round 5, 6, and 7, 25% of Lus Sera's claims will be transferred to Ryousuke Kawahara's account】
Though she was practically grinning, Tatsu's sudden overtake put her in a bad mood.
"HOW?! WHY DIDN'T I BREAK MY BARRIER?! WHY AM I BEHIND TATSU?!" As she shouted, Lus saught to put the blame on Kawahara for this "YOU TOLD ME THAT I WAS GOING TO BREAK MY BARRIER BY NOW AND THAT I SHOULD HAVE 114238 POINTS!!!" She slammed her fist onto the table "I did say that, however, that wasn't taking into consideration the points that you'd give me through the contract, Lus." Kawahara calmly replied "FUCK!" She lashed out loud "Oh get a fucking grip, you bitch! You're getting every answer for free and yet you're crying like some goddamn baby?! GROW UP!!" Yulia retorted back at her "Shut the fuck up, you puny little ant." Lus gave her a cold glare from afar "...!!!!!" And Yulia felt immediately threatened "You think you have the time and the luxury to criticize me? Your time is almost up, fake." Lus giggled menacingly as she finished that sentence "Wait.....!!" Tateyana, as she was processing the ladder-board, noticed a few changes "WHAT THE FUCK?!" She elevated from her seat.
Noticeably, there were a couple of changes, here and there.
"WHY IS SHE AHEAD OF ME?!" Tateyana pointed at Yukishiro from afar "It's just a contract, you dumb bitch." Yukishiro countered while smirking "You'd sell your turn to Tatsu?! HOW DUMB CAN YOU BE?!" Tateyana felt like laughing "Oh... She's right, Yukishiro did make a contract with Tatsu..." Ikkiri, who was watching other people's contracts, took a quick glance at Yukishiro "I guess she doesn't mind losing all of her limbs just for some points. Now that would be a sight to look at...." Hinagiku, who had traveled a few seconds ago, told Ikkiri with an annoyed expression on her face "You have two new contracts, Hina..." Ikkiri giggled ".........." It briefly happened around 20 seconds ago.
Her position in the ladder-board has been the manufactured element of her current anxiety as she dreads her position furthermore.
"Daniel....." Yulia lowly whispered into Daniel's left ear "I... My position, it's..." Daniel looked at her as she could barely maintain eye contact while clinging to his sleeve "You have a plan, don't you---you know, to save me..." Yulia now looked at him "Yes, I do." Daniel reassured "Great..." Yulia felt relieved "Um... Do you mind telling me what that plan is?" Yulia asked "Yulia." He simply said "You don't doubt your God." He coldly relayed "You may seek him, but you do not doubt him. That's the idea." Daniel continued as the seconds were clicking; the figure of the idea having arrived at the picture-----Yulia ultimately taking a notice of her as she reached Daniel's left side.
Hinagiku didn't bother to even look at Yulia and went straight to the point.
"Daniel, I want to know the upcoming answer but I also want to have a contract to boost up my points." Hinagiku was honest to a flaw "Contracts are pretty useful, aren't they?" Daniel taunted her ".........Yes." She closed her eyes "Very well. You will do me an extra favor besides that one though, alright?" Daniel proposed, as there were 14 seconds on the clock "We'll iron out the details about it later. Here is my offer: Every time you correctly score, the value of that claim will be transferred to you from my account. In other words, if you score, it's as if you have a 50% point boost acquisition." Hinagiku saw no problem with that.
But that was only one side of the coin.
"By contrast, I will only accept this contract if you give your turn up to Yulia in this execution round." Hinagiku's face grew horribly annoyed as she heard Daniel's condition "I will tell you this answer and the upcoming one if you oblige. That's 1536 points for you. You are not only guaranteed to break the barrier, but to be ahead of Kanawari." Daniel smiled at her as there were 7 seconds on the clock "Daniel, you will keep your word about her." Hinagiku demanded as she started to form her contract with Daniel "..!!!!!!" Yulia was delighted as she saw Hinagiku oblige with two contracts; one specifically to Yulia's advantage "I will. But please, don't toy with her." Daniel said as he proceeded to accept the contract verbally; likewise Yulia did the same.
On the other side, they noticed a flaw in Kawahara's plan.
"Uh... Ryousuke Kawahara screwed up, didn't he?" Seok pointed at his position in the ladder-board "Yup, he forgot that his contract with Kitsuya Arkalee lasts until the end of this judgment round, in other words for 13 rounds as a whole. Every time he has more than 10,000 points and Kitsuya Arkalee correctly scores, Kitsuya Arkalee will get a free 10,000 points. He clearly didn't think this through with his contract and now he's bound to stay at the bottom!" Skan added "Not only that, but Kitsuya Arkalee is now a contender for sure." Krale replied "Yeah but like, isn't her point barrier an issue?! Every time she breaks it, 100% of it goes to Hirakibo Tatsu! If it wasn't for that, then Hirakibo Tatsu wouldn't be ahead of Lus Sera!" Seok raised his voice as he was more and more invested into the game.
Erigaisi couldn't help but notice that.
"Seok, you seem eager to join in! Perhaps, you would like to-----" But much to Erigaisi's misfortune, Seok couldn't help but strongly go against this motion "HELL NO!!" Seok got up, sweating from his forehead "IT'S A DEN OF MONSTERS!! WE HAVE SEEN TIMES AND TIMES HOW THEY CAN SWITCH THE TIDE AND NOTHING GOES AS PLANNED!! I'M NOT GOING BACK THERE!!!" His shouts were heard throughout the room "Hmm...." Erigaisi judged Seok as he analyzed his frail psychology "No good. He has no will to fight or outsmart them. He's useless as an entertainment piece." Erigaisi concluded ".........." Andrea, on the other hand, didn't say a word and kept on trying to piece everything together "Her eyes say a different story though... I could just entice her with such an irresistible offer that she would offer herself to play the game, but it's far too early." Erigaisi also concluded.
The seventh round would now start.
"Ryousuke Kawahara is the biological brother of Izayoi Akimiyashika." Basara drew out the claim ".........." Kawahara maintained his poker face thoroughly "........Huh?!" Hinagiku couldn't hold her surprise as Basara finished his claim "That's......." Ikkiri was mildly stunned "Лус." Kawahara called out to Lus almost instantly "Я скажу вам в?дпов?дь зараз, щоб ви могли одразу ж укласти нов? контракти. В?дпов?дь - н?. Наш? ДНК не зб?гаються." Kawahara gave it away immediately "Зрозум?ло, дякую." Lus gladly accepted the early answer and started to command the tempo "THERE ARE ABOUT 50 SECONDS LEFT, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER, THEN MAKE GOOD CONTRACTS!! IF YOUR CONTRACT IS BAD IT WILL BE REJECTED ON THE SPOT AND I WON'T CONSIDER ANY UPCOMING ONES FROM THAT SAID PERSON!!" Lus didn't waste time to give out her orders "I hate her so fucking much......" Yukishiro narrowed Lus "And yet she's the only one who can get you out of your position." Hyunda told her the truth much to her displease.
0:48 seconds remain.
".........!!!!!!" In just under 10 seconds, something completely unexpected happened-----as Lus saw 10 contracts shot in her way.
The first contract was made by Tatsu: I will give you 50,000 of my points but every time you incorrectly score, you have to transfer the exact same amount to my account.
The second contract was made by Arkalee: Strike a deal with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that he will give you all of the upcoming claims to you and only you, until the end of the judgment round and I will give you every single one of my points in the upcoming judgment round of the next hour.
The third contract was made by Daniel: Reject all of the contracts that will come your way until the end of all the judgment rounds and I will give you your turn back.
The fourth contract was made by Yukishiro: Under the condition that you skip Tatsu's turn in the execution round, I will strike a contract of your liking with any person you desire in the room under my name, however, if I'm successful in doing so, I want 10,000 points.
The fifth contract was made by Ikkiri: Cancel my contract with you, give me 10,000 points, and I will give you my turn in the execution round.
The sixth contract was made by Yulia: In exchange for 25% of the bonus points you will win the next time you break your barrier, I will have to accept any contract the next time you propose me one.
The seventh contract was made by Hinagiku: I want 5,000 of your points and in exchange, I will give you all the answers from any claims about me if I'm chosen as the judgment round target.
The eighth contract was made by Tateyana: Give me 25,000 points and I will give you 50% of my upcoming two point barrier breakthroughs.
The ninth contract was made by Hyunda: Reject Yulia's contracts until the end of the judgment round and execution round and I will give you 50% of my upcoming point barrier breakthrough.
And the final tenth contract was made by Kuzan: Do not make any contracts with Kawahara/Arkalee and I will give you my turn in the upcoming execution round.
With all of this, Lus had to take 15 seconds to process all of the contracts and by then, only 0:33 seconds remained.
"......." Lus had to carefully reflect on the contracts that she could accept "I have 80610 points... I will definitely break the upcoming barrier and have over 100k points, which towers Tatsu's and all of them..." She became incredibly focused despite the majority of the rest looking in her direction----some even uttering words in her direction "...." She took one last glance at the contracts, one by one, one last time "Tatsu's deal is tempting but if I go on a double losing streak I lose 100k points. However, I can arrange a deal with him in order to accept his contract and make it so Arkalee's contract applies..." She reasoned and held Tatsu's contract on hold "Arkalee wants for some reason for me to make a deal with Kawahara that states that he will give me all of the answers... But I already planned on doing that, so I don't mind... Her deal is far too good to pass on." Lus almost accepted Arkalee's contract by pressing the green check mark to the left "......" She didn't because she saw Daniel's contract.
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0:24 seconds remain.
"What the hell does Daniel mean by rejecting every single one of my contracts...!! On one hand, I get my turn back, but to lose this much advantage is ridiculous! He's not thinking straight...!! EVER SINCE THAT FUCKING BITCH CAME ALONG, HE HASN'T DONE A SINGLE SENSIBLE THING!!" Lus angrily rejected Daniel's contract and accepted Arkalee's "Yukishiro... I want her dead. However, her contract isn't all that bad because I basically will skip Tatsu's turn since I will be the one who will win this judgment round, no debate there. Besides... Her contract states that she will do any contract I so desire, so this contract only applies if that happens. I can ask anything and only at the exchange of a mere 10,000 points. Sure, I'll take it." Lus accepted Yukishiro's contract "Ikkiri..." She looked at Ikkiri on her left "Need help?!" Ikkiri enthusiastically asked "No." Lus coldly said "I need a turn in the execution round to advance further. It's a sacrifice I'll have to make. If I lose 10,000 points now, I will be at 70610 points, and since I'll get this claim right, I will get a total of 24576 points. Add the point barrier breakthrough and it's an additional 22,500. Kawahara will receive 25% of that which is 11769... Essentially, I'm losing 20k points... But I get her turn!" Lus concluded and accepted Ikkiri's contract "Hurray!" Ikkiri threw her hands up and celebrated.
0:15 seconds remain.
"This bitch wants 25% of my upcoming barrier points breakthrough? Fuck you, you're gonna die." Lus rejected Yulia's contract right away "Hinagiku's contract is... A most interesting one... She hasn't been selected yet, which could turn out to be extremely advantageous. Very well, it's just 5,000 points anyways." Lus didn't give it much other thought and accepted it "25,000 points? Are you fucking crazy, you whore?" Lus rejected Tateyana's contract quickly "Hyunda's contract is downright ridiculous." She accepted it straight up "No way I'm passing on that because I want her dead." There was only one other contract left.
0:07 seconds remain.
"I noticed Kuzan's contract right at the start but it's just not worth it. I get that having his turn can potentially be really good but no. The contracts with Kawahara and Arkalee have guaranteed profit in them." Lus lastly rejected Kuzan's contract "She fell for it." Kuzan remarked to himself as he saw his contract window become red "But it's alright. I will profit from her misery." Kuzan voted and thus, the voting session was concluded.
Lus accepted a grand total of 5 new contracts; likewise at that exact same time, the ladder-board was updated as the seventh round came to an end.
1 - Lus Sera:【105417/150000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 50,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th, 9th, 8th, 7th, 6th】━【Number of players killed: 1】━【Recent point history: Won 768 points; 7:09 minutes ago, Won 480 points due to the contract with Rikishima Ikkiri that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account, 7:09 minutes ago, Won 1536 points; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 480 points due to the contract with Rikishima Ikkiri that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 14,000 points from breaking the 14,000 point barrier; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 3072 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 480 points due to the contract with Rikishima Ikkiri that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 6144 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 480 points due to the contract with Rikishima Ikkiri that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 17,500 points from breaking the 17,500 point barrier; 2,37 minutes ago, Lost 5911 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that Ryousuke Kawahara will be awarded with 25% of Lus Sera's points that she earns from her claims in round 5, 6, and 7; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 12,288 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Lost 8697 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that Ryousuke Kawahara will be awarded with 25% of Lus Sera's points that she earns from her claims in round 5, 6, and 7; 1,01 minutes ago, Lost 10,000 points due to the contract with Rikishima Ikkiri that states that her previous contract with Rikishima Ikkiri will be cancelled and in return, Rikishima Ikkiri will be given 10,000 points; however Rikishima Ikkiri's turn in this execution round will belong to Lus Sera; 0,13 seconds ago, Lost 5,000 points due to the contract with Mayabashi Hinagiku that states that if Mayabashi Hinagiku is chosen as a judgment round target, she will have to give Lus Sera all of the claims' answers; 0,09 seconds ago, Won 24,576 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 22,500 points from breaking the 22,500 point barrier; 0,02 seconds ago, Lost 11,769 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that Ryousuke Kawahara will be awarded with 25% of Lus Sera's points that she earns from her claims in round 5, 6, and 7; 0,02 seconds ago】━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Lus Sera's turn will be under Daniel Lead's control in the execution rounds until this day is over】━【Every time Lus Sera scores correctly, the points earned will be doubled (this effect stacks), however, should she score incorrectly more than three times in a row, she will die】━【Scored correctly 6 times】━【Has a 50% point acquisition boost for the rest of the day】━【During round 5, 6, and 7, 25% of Lus Sera's claims will be transferred to Ryousuke Kawahara's account】━【Rikishima Ikkiri's turn will be under Lus Sera's control in the upcoming execution round until it is over】━ 【If Mayabashi Hinagiku is chosen as the target of a judgment round, she must give all the answers for every claim to Lus Sera】
2 - Hirakibo Tatsu:【82185/90000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 22,500 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th, 9th, 8th, 7th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 1,056 points, 7:09 minutes ago; Won 1,056 points, 6:02 minutes ago; Won 1,056 points; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 12,500 points from breaking the 12,500 point barrier; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 1,056 points, 3,59 minutes ago; Won 6,000 points due to Kitsuya Arkalee breaking her point barrier; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 1,056 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 10,000 points due to Kitsuya Arkalee breaking her point barrier; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 17,500 points from breaking the 17,500 point barrier; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 1,056 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 7:09 minutes ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 6:02 minutes ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 5:07 minutes ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 3,59 minutes ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 2,37 minutes ago, Lost 96 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 0,02 seconds ago, Lost 2,000 points due to the contract with Kyoko Yukishiro that states that Kyoko Yukishiro's turn in this execution round will belong to Hirakibo Tatsu; 1,01 minutes ago】━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Has a 100% point acquisition boost for the rest of the day】━【Kitsuya Arkalee's turn will be under Hirakibo Tatsu's control in the execution rounds until this day is over】━【For the next four hours, whenever Kitsuya Arkalee breaks her point barrier; 100% of her bonus earned points will be transferred to Hirakibo Tatsu's account】━【In this judgment round, for every claim that Takeshi Kuzan gets right; 25% of it will be awarded from Hirakibo Tatsu's account to Takeshi Kuzan's account】━【Kyoko Yukishiro's turn will be under Hirakibo Tatsu during this execution round】
3 - Takeshi Kuzan:【53935/60000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 17,500 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th, 9th, 8th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 768 points, 7:09 minutes ago, Won 768 points, 5:07 minutes ago, Won 96 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 7:09 minutes ago; Won 96 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round, 5:07 minutes ago; Won 14,000 points from breaking the 14,000 point barrier; 5:07 minutes ago; Lost 3,500 points due to the contract with Kaneta Tateyana which awards Kaneta Tateyana 25% of the points Takeshi Kuzan would earn from breaking his point barrier; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 96 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 96 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 96 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu which awarded Takeshi Kuzan with 25% of the right claim's quantity (25% of 384 = 96 points) from Hirakubo Tatsu's account, this round; 0,02 seconds ago】━【Red lights: 2】
Contracts:【Has a 50% point boost acquisition for the upcoming three hours】━【In this judgment round, for every claim that Takeshi Kuzan gets right; 25% of it will be awarded from Hirakibo Tatsu's account to Takeshi Kuzan's account】
4 - Hajime Hyunda:【42434/45000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 15,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th and 9th】━【Number of players killed: 1】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points, 6:02 minutes ago; Won 384 points; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 384 points, 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 0,02 seconds ago】━【Red lights: 2】
5 - Mayabashi Hinagiku:【40396/60000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 17,500 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th, 9th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points, 6:02 minutes ago; Won 384 points; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 384 points due to the contract with Daniel Lead that states that every time Mayabashi Hinagiku scores correctly, the value of the claim will be transferred to Mayabashi Hinagiku's account from Daniel Lead's account; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 5,000 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that if Mayabashi Hinagiku is chosen as a judgment round target, she will have to give Lus Sera all of the claims' answers; 0,09 seconds ago, Won 384 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 384 points due to the contract with Daniel Lead that states that every time Mayabashi Hinagiku scores correctly, the value of the claim will be transferred to Mayabashi Hinagiku's account from Daniel Lead's account; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 10,000 points from breaking the 10,000 point barrier; 0,02 seconds ago】━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Every time Mayabashi Hinagiku scores correctly, the value of that claim will be transferred to Mayabashi Hinagiku's account from Daniel Lead's account】━ 【Mayabashi Hinagiku's turn will be under Hikaru Yulia during this execution round】
6 - Daniel Lead:【36641/45000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 15,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th, 9th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 768 points, 6:02 minutes ago; Won 768 points; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 768 points, 3,59 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Lost 384 points due to the contract with Mayabashi Hinagiku that states that every time Mayabashi Hinagiku scores correctly, the value of the claim will be transferred to Mayabashi Hinagiku's account from Daniel Lead's account; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Lost 384 points due to the contract with Mayabashi Hinagiku that states that every time Mayabashi Hinagiku scores correctly, the value of the claim will be transferred to Mayabashi Hinagiku's account from Daniel Lead's account; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 3,840 points due to the contract that states that if Daniel Lead correctly guesses 5 claims in a row, he will receive the total sum of those 5 claims; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 10,000 points from breaking the 10,000 point barrier, 0,02 seconds ago】 ━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Has a 50% point acquisition boost for the rest of the day】━【Lus Sera's turn will be under Daniel Lead's control in the execution rounds until this day is over】━【If a claim is correctly guessed five times in a row, the sum total of the points of those five claims will be added】━【Right claims in a row: 5】 ━【Hikaru Yulia's turn will be under Daniel Lead's control in the execution rounds until this day is over; and Daniel Lead will receive half of the bonus points Hikaru Yulia receives the next time it happens】━【Every time Mayabashi Hinagiku scores correctly, the value of that claim will be transferred to Mayabashi Hinagiku's account from Daniel Lead's account】
7 - Rikishima Ikkiri:【35704/45000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 15,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th, 9th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 960 points; 6:02 minutes ago, Lost 480 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 6:02 minutes ago, Won 960 points; 5:07 minutes ago, Lost 480 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 960 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Lost 480 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 960 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Lost 480 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that every time Rikishima Ikkiri gets a correct claim, 50% of it must be transferred to Lus Sera's account; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 10,000 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that her previous contract with Rikishima Ikkiri will be cancelled and in return, Rikishima Ikkiri will be given 10,000 points; however Rikishima Ikkiri's turn in this execution round will belong to Lus Sera; 0,13 seconds ago, Won 960 points; 0,02 seconds ago, Won 7,500 points from breaking the 7,500 point barrier; 0,02 seconds ago】━【Red lights: 2】
Contracts:【Rikishima Ikkiri has a 75% point boost acquisition for the rest of the day, but should she get a claim wrong, the 75% point boost acquisition will become a 75% point boost acquisition in reverse and will only change back when she gets a claim right (should she fail to get it right three times in a row it will not go back】━【Has gotten 1 right claim; a 75% point boost acquisition is in effect】━ 【Rikishima Ikkiri's turn will be under Lus Sera's control in the upcoming execution round until it is over】
8 - Kitsuya Arkalee:【30768/45000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 15,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th, 9th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Lost 384 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that Kitsuya Arkalee's earned quota of points will be immediately transferred to Ryousuke Kawahara's account every time she scores correctly in this judgment round; 6:02 minutes ago, Won 10,000 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 10,000 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 3,59 minutes ago; Lost 6000 points due to Hirakibo Tatsu's contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee breaks her barrier, 100% of her bonus points will be transferred to Hirakibo Tatsu; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 10,000 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 1,01 minutes ago, Lost 10,000 points due to Hirakibo Tatsu's contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee breaks her barrier, 100% of her bonus points will be transferred to Hirakibo Tatsu; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 10,000 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 0,02 seconds ago】 ━【Red lights: 2】
Contracts:【Kitsuya Arkalee's turn will be under Hirakibo Tatsu's control in the execution rounds until this day is over】━【For the next four hours, whenever Kitsuya Arkalee breaks her point barrier; 100% of her bonus earned points will be transferred to Hirakibo Tatsu's account】━【Until the end of this judgment round, every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a claim right, 10,000 points be transferred from Ryousuke Kawahara's account to Kitsuya Arkalee's account】
9 - Gayakirima Kanawari:【28664/45000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 15,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 768 points; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 7,500 points from breaking the 7,500 point barrier; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 768 points; 0,02 seconds ago】━【Red lights: 2】
Contracts:【Has a 50% acquisition boost for the rest of the day】
10 - Kyoko Yukishiro:【21604/45000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 15,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points, 6,02 minutes ago; Won 384 points; 5,07 minutes ago, Won 384 points, 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 1,01 minutes ago; Won 2,000 points due to the contract with Hirakibo Tatsu that states that Kyoko Yukishiro's turn in this execution round will belong to Hirakibo Tatsu; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 6,000 points due to breaking the 6,000 point barrier; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 0,02 seconds ago】 ━【Red lights: 1】
Contracts:【Kyoko Yukishiro's turn will be under Hirakibo Tatsu during this execution round】
11 - Kaneta Tateyana:【19898/20000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 7,500 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 1】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points; 6:02 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 3,500 points due to the contract with Takeshi Kuzan which awards Kaneta Tateyana 25% of the points Takeshi Kuzan would earn from breaking his point barrier; 5:07 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 2,37 minutes ago】 ━【Red lights: 3】
12 - Hikaru Yulia:【14421/15000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 6,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: None】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points, 6,02 minutes ago; Won 384 points; 5,07 minutes ago, Won 384 points, 3,59 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 384 points; 0,02 seconds ago】 ━【Red lights: 2】
Contracts:【Hikaru Yulia's turn will be under Daniel Lead's control in the execution rounds until this day is over; and Daniel Lead will receive half of the bonus points Hikaru Yulia receives the next time it happens】━ 【Mayabashi Hinagiku's turn will be under Hikaru Yulia during this execution round】
13 - Ryousuke Kawahara:【6517/25000 points】━【Points earned upon breaking the upcoming point barrier: 10,000 points】━【Zones that are available for purchase: 10th】━【Number of players killed: 0】━【Recent point history: Won 384 points due to the previous contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that Kitsuya Arkalee's earned quota of points will be immediately transferred to Ryousuke Kawahara's account every time she scores correctly in this judgment round; 6,02 minutes ago, Lost 10,000 points due to the contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 5,07 minutes ago; Lost 10,000 points due to the contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 3,59 minutes ago, Won 5911 points due to the contract with Ryousuke Kawahara that states that Ryousuke Kawahara will be awarded with 25% of Lus Sera's points that she earns from her claims in round 5, 6, and 7; 2,37 minutes ago, Won 8697 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that Ryousuke Kawahara will be awarded with 25% of Lus Sera's points that she earns from her claims in round 5, 6, and 7; 1,01 minutes ago, Lost 10,000 points due to the contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 1,01 minutes ago, Won 11,769 points due to the contract with Lus Sera that states that Ryousuke Kawahara will be awarded with 25% of Lus Sera's points that she earns from her claims in round 5, 6, and 7; 0,02 seconds ago, Lost 10,000 points due to the contract with Kitsuya Arkalee that states that every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a correct claim this judgment round, 10,000 of Ryousuke Kawahara's points will be transferred to Kitsuya Arkalee's account; 0,02 seconds ago】
Contracts:【Until the end of this judgment round, every time Kitsuya Arkalee gets a claim right, 10,000 points will be transferred from Ryousuke Kawahara's account to Kitsuya Arkalee's account】━【During round 5, 6, and 7, 25% of Lus Sera's claims will be transferred to Ryousuke Kawahara's account】
The contracts proved to immediately shake the atmosphere as it created a shift in the previous positions.
"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?!?!?! I DIDN'T SCORE TWO TIMES IN A ROW JUST WHEN I'M ABOUT TO BREAK MY BARRIER!!!!" Tateyana didn't shy away from complaining as per usual "Sucks to be you, Tateyana. You even dropped down below Ikkiri." Kawahara taunted her from afar "AGH FUCK!! BUT I CAN'T BE THAT BEHIND FRom he....rrr..." Tateyana's voice volume started to fade as her eyes traced to Ikkiri's current position in the ladder-board "SEVENTH!! SEVENTH PLACE. HOW?!?!" Tateyana checked the contracts to see if there was any new one "LUS, YOU SOLD 10,000 OF YOUR POINTS JUST FOR HER TURN IN THIS EXECUTION ROUND?!" Tateyana was even more baffled "Teehee~" Ikkiri giggled in a shy manner "WHAT ABOUT MY CONTRACT, WHY WAS IT---" Lus rashly intervened "TATEYANA, SHUT THE HELL UP!! YOUR CONTRACT WAS BEYOND STUPID!! I'M NOT GOING TO OFFER YOU 25,000 OF MY POINTS FOR YOUR TWO NEXT POINT BARRIER BREAKTHROUGHS!!" Lus was disgusted at the mere fact that she had to spell it out loud "IT'S 50% OF THEM!!" Tateyana corrected her "THAT'S----THAT'S EVEN FUCKING WORSE YOU COW!!!!" As their argument gained flames and side laughter, there were other developments in the making.
Yukishiro could no longer just idly standby and as she saw that her contract was accepted, she knew time was nigh.
"Say, what if you don't get a turn? How will the script go, Omega?" She glared at Hyunda "It can only progress if I'm allowed to leave. If I cannot, then there is no progress." Hyunda rested his eyes "Can you please use your points effectively?" Yukishiro asked "I can't. You know why." Hyunda felt as if she was going in circles "That's not what I meant. I am saying, if you're not gonna use them, just give them all to me." Yukishiro boldly demanded "Wow." Hyunda opened his eyes mildly "What happened to all that worship mannerism?" Hyunda laughed out loud "Please don't misunderstand. I wish to see it. But as you said, if the scenario is not there, then nothing will happen." Hyunda sighed "You want them all? And now?" Hyunda asked "Not now. You see..." Yukishiro would tell her plan.
As the others were advancing in-between, Yulia didn't want to doubt Daniel. The progress in regard to her position just wasn't there, however.
"Daniel, please....!!! Do something...." Tears were starting to crawl out of her eyes "I don't need to." Daniel once again remained apathetic "Then please at least tell me how this is going to go down! You must know, right?!" Yulia was getting more and more desperate by the minute "I really don't." Daniel confessed "What?!" Yulia couldn't tell if she was being lied to or not "I just know that you won't die on my watch." Daniel closed his eyes "Yulia." He simply said "Sit on my lap." He ordered "........?!" Yulia couldn't help but think that way.
Her heartbeat grew constant.
"Okay...." Yulia was embarrassed and felt frail despite this action not being new to her "Uh..." She traveled through the left opening in Daniel's chair and posed "Just sit there, on my lap, and breathe." He opened his eyes "......" She was at a loss of words "There. Just like that." Yulia could now feel Daniel's chest behind her back and all of the other parts too "It saddens me how I can't hug you right now. Prior to this, I had to sacrifice both of my arms. If possible, I wish to hold you with my hands again. Would you like that to happen?" Daniel supported his neck on her right shoulder as he looked at her with sad eyes "I..." She had trouble looking at him in the eye but ultimately did so "I would like for that to happen..." Daniel smiled and kissed her on the neck "....!!!!" She felt watched by the others but didn't particularly deny Daniel's advance "That's great then..." He removed his lips from her neck "Do you know how many points it takes for me to get an arm back, Yulia?" Daniel asked, still looking at her from the right side "Um... I don't, I am sorry..." She meekly said "Don't apologize, it's alright, I forgive you." Daniel smiled once more.
And while doing so, he looked in the direction of the zones, which are highlighted in a massive hologram, so that the players can always look at them. It reads as the following:
? 10th Zone:【Acquire a prosthetic body piece that has been severed off your body through the game. Bonus rewards revealed upon purchase ━ 15,000 points】
? 9th Zone:【Acquire a new identity, in exchange, your current one will be erased from all records all across the globe. Bonus rewards revealed upon purchase ━ 30,000 points】
? 8th Zone:【Select a university of your choice across the globe, no matter which, you will receive 1 billion dollars in the shape of a student loan. Bonus rewards revealed upon purchase ━ 50,000 points】
? 7th Zone:【Acquire a full body plastic surgery plan. Bonus rewards revealed upon purchase ━ 75,000 points】
? 6th Zone:【All criminal charges against you are dropped; furthermore, you can select an individual all across the globe to be charged with your charges. Bonus rewards revealed upon purchase ━ 100,000 points】
? 5th Zone:【Your points in this game will become your bank account under your credentials. Bonus rewards revealed upon purchase ━ 150,000 points】
? 4th Zone:【Select a country across the globe; you will gain citizenship of it and will travel to it via helicopter. Bonus rewards revealed upon purchase ━ 200,000 points】
? 3rd Zone:【You will be granted legal immunity until you die. Bonus rewards revealed upon purchase ━ 250,000 points】
? 2nd Zone:【Erase your memory up until a part of your life that you wish to no longer remember. Bonus rewards revealed upon purchase ━ 350,000 points】
? 1st Zone:【Drop out of the program; you are no longer bound by the game and as an added bonus you may select two prior zones at the cost of 0 points. Bonus rewards revealed upon purchase ━ 500,000 points】
"Ah!" Yulia now noticed it "But wait! Doesn't this mean that you can get both of your arms back?! The 10th zone costs 15,000 points each and you have 36,641 points!" Yulia widely smiled but was quick to realize it too "But that... would cost all of your points, basically." Yulia seemed saddened "It pleases me that you think of me that way. I really am happy....." Daniel genuinely said "Daniel..." Yulia touched Daniel's face with her right hand "Listen, Yulia. I want you to take your mind off the game." Daniel made a confusing request to her "......?" She didn't quite understand "Stop focusing on the game or getting the answer right. It's a 50/50, in the end. I want you to leave everything to me, but at the same time, I want you to deeply think about what zones you want, alright?" Daniel sincerely asked, not showing a trace of false seriousness in his voice "Daniel... I... don't have the points... I don't even have enough points to consider the 10th zone." Yulia didn't deny it "I know. But imagine it." Daniel requested "Daniel, that's really hard." Yulia couldn't help but be honest "It's delusional..." She added "Hm..." Daniel saw that this was an issue.
He then looked in her direction.
"Then imagine the following......." His words would highly entice her to compel into a state of submission authentically "A-ARE YOU SERIOU----" Yulia put her hands on her mouth to hide her excitement "Dead serious." Daniel smiled once again "That's----I have no words, I mean, it's possible! Y-You'll keep your word! I know you will!" Yulia didn't bother to ask if he would, she felt that in her heart of hearts, there would be no way that Daniel could deny anything coming from her "Of course I will... But, you will have to help me. Alright? Do that, and I will make it happen." Daniel requested "I will do anything you ask me, Daniel." She didn't smile and instead was completely serious; turning around in the process, facing Daniel face to face "Anything you ask me....." She muttered while feeling ecstasy "Hmpf." Daniel grinned "That's my girl." He concluded.
As the eighth round was about to start, there was a concession to be made, though the thoughts were still gathered and sparse throughout the room. Albeit, the student council had their respective outlook too.
"Are they making... out?!" Bryce had a shocked expression "...Vile..." Andrea couldn't help but express a similar sentiment "It's so weird because that's... her clone, right?!" Seok spat that out "Hey if one my wives died and I could clone her back you best believe we would raw dog it all day an-----" Andrea interrupted Erigaisi "Please DO NOT." She pierced him with her deadly eyes "...I just don't get it..." Liyuga lowly spoke, but it was enough for the rest to listen "Ya don't get what?" Doctor Hwan was curious and asked after taking a sip "Ryousuke Kawahara's plan." Liyuga confessed "He was in a perfectly stable position but gave all of his points to Kitsuya Arkalee and played a huge role in Lus Sera's current rise. I just don't see how he profits from any of this!" Liyuga couldn't wrap his head around it "I must ask." Andrea intervened once again.
And looked precisely at Erigaisi.
"Has Ryousuke Kawahara played this game before?" She asked "And how would I know that?" Erigaisi simply delivered "HAS HE PLAYED THE GAME BEFORE?!" Erigaisi shouted at the staff members "No, sir! There are no records of a Ryousuke Kawahara in the database!" A staff member confirmed "There you go." Erigaisi looked back to Andrea "Can you tell me if there was ever a player to get out of this position?" Andrea further investigated "Oi, oi! I am not a goddamn manager here! You're talking to the wrong person!" Erigaisi then pointed at Doctor Hwan "Scrawny brat!" Doctor Hwan didn't like Erigaisi's mannerism "No, there hasn't! No one has purposely sabotaged themselves to this extent and came out on top!" Doctor Hwan said "It is as they say, Liyuga." Andrea saw no further point in continuing "................." But Liyuga couldn't help but think otherwise "No, that can't be right. Ryousuke Kawahara, giving up this easy? He made all of this up. Just what is he planning?!" Liyuga was dying to know.
And naturally he wasn't the only one.
"I will have to strike a deal with Kawahara, no matter how I look at it. Because Arkalee's contract only enters in effect if I strike a deal with her." Lus recognized "But what the hell is all of this? It's so disturbing! I can't understand what Kawahara is doing neither do I when it comes to Arkalee. On one hand, you have Kawahara blatantly giving his points to Arkalee, which is actually just fueling Tatsu's points, and then you have Arkalee, who wants ME to strike a deal with Tatsu AND Kawahara at the expense of her points. If everything goes ACCORDINGLY, she will have ZERO points by the end of the judgment round..." Lus was in a state of mind that many could not enter "So at that point, who on earth is going to be the target of the execution round?! Kawahara or Arkalee?! Ideally, I would want it to be Yulia but...." Lus looked at Daniel and Yulia with an abhorrent expression "I don't even have to question it. He will work something out. However, I must ask myself: Since he is the one who has my turn, then I am of more importance, no? I have over 100k points. She has a MERE 14k points. It's like comparing a grain of sand to a lake. And yet he neglects me. Even though I wouldn't mind helping him succeed in this game..." Lus became even more annoyed "No matter. I will just do everything on my own and rush for the win. The early bird gets the worm." Lus became confident to no limit.
Kuzan was done reflecting, on something else.
"There is no concrete proof that this works. I understand how it can work for Arkalee's favor and I even believe to work through the system but Kawahara is playing a huge gamble here. Still, it doesn't matter. His plan actually kills all my competition and with them out of the way, he will rise to the top." Kuzan crossed his arms "I do nothing. I won't intervene. This is the best outcome." He became decided.
Right before the eighth round, Kawahara looked at Arkalee from far away and blinked exactly four times in a row. Arkalee replied with two blinks in a row.
"FUCKING FINALLY, I'VE BEEN WAITING, DAMN IT!!!" A supreme signature of zeal was born in his lips as the eighth round would start.