“Why, you-!” Peter lost his patience. He reached out his hand and yanked at the vine. “Press the button or die!”
I sank deeper into the marsh as he pulled the vine again. But I didn’t care. Instead, I used this as an opportunity to grab the vine myself and pulled it hard.
Thanks to this, Peter immediately lost his balance and fell on the ground. He nearly fell into the swamp. Unfortunately, he had reacted quickly and immediately let go of the vine.
“You fucking bitch! Are you trying to kill me?!” Peter awkwardly got back on his feet and shook his fist at me angrily.
I shrugged. “Too bad I failed.”
“Damn you! If you don’t press the button, I’ll press it for you! None of you will make it out of the forbidden forest!” Peter took out his device and pressed hard on the button, making sure I could see what he was doing.
Pressing the button meant that the contestants were facing a major crisis. All the troops guarding the forbidden forest would then rush over as soon as they received the signal. It was clear now that Peter wanted Rufus’ subordinates to die here.
I was so angry that I gritted my teeth, unable to say a word. It was the first time that I had met such an unreasonable and ruthless man.
“I didn’t want to use my own device because then I’d have to explain things when I get out of here. Damn it! This is all your fault. Go to hell, you bitch!” In a fit of rage, Peter threw the device by the edge of the swamp, turned around, and left.
Now, I was so anxious that I couldn’t think straight. But the more I struggled, the deeper my body sank.
In order to prevent students from using the device to cheat, people couldn’t communicate using it. Once the button was pressed, it’d immediately send out a distress signal and location to the army, which couldn’t be cancelled. That meant I couldn’t contact the army to explain the situation in full. So what was I supposed to do?
By this time, I had sunk to my shoulders. My eyes darted all over the place, looking for a way out. I caught a glimpse of the whistle, which was hanging around my neck.
A thought suddenly occurred to me.
Rufus had made this whistle and given it to me so that I could contact Rin whenever I wanted.
I struggled to pick up the whistle and blew into it as hard as I could.
The clear sound echoed across the dense forest. I kept blowing it over and over again, but the grey wolf didn’t show up.
I spat out the whistle disappointedly, figuring that Rin was too far to hear my cries for help.
Just as I was about to give up hope, a familiar grey figure finally emerged through the trees.
It was Rin! She was running towards me!
“Rin!” I cried out in a mix of surprise and relief. I quickly picked up the whistle and blew again.
Rin raised her head and howled proudly, as if she was responding to my call.
Warren’s POV
When the six of us broke into three groups, we each chose a path and continued exploring the forest.
Tom and I were in the same group but neither of us spoke a word. I was a withdrawn man, so talking didn’t come naturally to me. But it was strange for Tom, a loud and lively student of Class A, to stay eerily silent.
He would only say a few words whenever we came across some wild animals.
At first, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal. But when I spotted a familiar black tattoo on his arm, I felt that I had seen that pattern somewhere.
Tom seemed to have noticed that I was observing him. Without a word, he pulled down his sleeves and covered the black tattoo from my sight.
Shortly after, it started raining-hard. It quickly became difficult to walk along the muddy mountain road. Just then, the ground began to shake violently.
“A wild elephant’s passing nearby.” Tom could tell only by the sound. I couldn’t help but steal a glance at him in awe.
He smiled at me and continued to walk forward.
Tom had a distinct look. He had a large black mole on the corner of his forehead, and he was obviously fit. He had a tough look about him, but upon a closer look, there seemed to be a hint of tenderness in his eyes.
A blurry memory was stirring in my mind, but I still couldn’t remember how I knew Tom.
Finally, I couldn’t help but ask him bluntly, “Have we met before?”
“I don’t think so. You’ve probably mistaken me for someone else. People say I have a common face.” Tom didn’t even look at me as he answered. It was as though he didn’t take my question seriously.
Soon we reached a cliff.
The cliff was so steep that we couldn’t see the bottom, only mist. The strong wind blowing up from the bottom of the cliff was so violent that it whipped at our clothes. And it was howling. We could barely hear each other over the sound of the wind.
I found steady footing then gestured at Tom, indicating for him to look for the blue cornflower.
But as we walked around the cliff in circles, we didn’t see any signs of the cornflower. Just then, the wind stopped howling. It was still raining, but the dark clouds in the sky parted slightly, allowing the sunlight to pierce through.
“The weather’s so fickle.” Tom looked up at the sky, deep in thought.
“Let’s go back and look for Sylvia and the others. We have reached a dead end,” I suggested.
Tom nodded but he showed a slightly regretful expression. Just as we were turning around to leave, he suddenly exclaimed, “There it is! The flower!”
“Where?” I immediately whirled around in surprise.
“There! In a crack under the cliff.”
I couldn’t believe that Tom had such a good eyesight.
I quickly but carefully headed to the edge of the cliff and peered down, but I couldn’t see the flower.
“Take a few more steps forward. It’s to your right,” Tom stood behind me and explained.
The mist at the bottom of the cliff had dissipated a little, revealing a rugged ridge of sharp rocks. I looked around carefully but didn’t see any crack like Tom had mentioned. When I was about to turn around, Tom walked to me. He put his arm around my shoulder and pointed down.
“Over there.”
I frowned and couldn’t help but feel that something was off. Even though finding the cornflower in the forbidden forest was supposed to be a difficult test, the army wouldn’t put the flower in such a dangerous place.
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