Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner-Chapter 328 - 249: You Threatened the Wrong Person

Viscous blood dripped from the ceiling.

Plop.

A small splash of blood scattered on the desk.

Minamoto Tamako finally came to her senses, her stomach churned with a strong wave of nausea hitting her, and she instinctively covered her mouth, forcibly suppressing the physiological reflex to vomit.

She had seen bodies before, but never one this gruesome.

This was clearly torture killing!

The Aum Truth Sect has truly gone mad!

Then, Minamoto Tamako realized why Mr. Fu Jian had lied earlier:

—He fabricated a non-existent daughter to gain the sympathy of the one being eliminated to prevent being randomly chosen for execution himself.

Indeed, that’s the sort of thing Mr. Fu Jian would do...

By this deduction, there were three survivors left, only two people could pair successfully, leaving the last one doomed to be eliminated...

Minamoto Tamako’s gaze fell on the cat woman, who sat in a daze, motionless, perhaps scared stiff.

The broadcast from the ceiling spoke again:

"The first round of pairing is over, please retrieve the pairing cards."

"The second round of pairing is about to begin, countdown five minutes..."

"Timing, begins."

...

A crisp sound came from the wooden table drawer, Minamoto Tamako looked down to see the card she had inserted springing back into the drawer, meaning that she and Mr. Fu Jian could vote for each other again.

It also meant that the cat woman was doomed.

Minamoto Tamako swallowed hard; she didn’t want to see another torture killing and suggested everyone work together, finding a way to escape while they still had five minutes...

Before Minamoto Tamako could finish speaking, the cat woman seemed to come to her senses, coldly interrupting, "Stop saying such nice things, where are the doors and windows in this room? If you want to search, go search yourself; I want to pair with Dog-san... let’s talk about survival first!"

Dog-san?

Minamoto Tamako was stunned for a second before realizing that the cat woman was referring to Mr. Fu Jian, and the nickname was so sticky sweet it gave her goosebumps.

Under life and death pressure, the cat woman disregarded her dignity, leaning on the table, pleading with Dog-san to pair with her—her arms deliberately pressed against the sides of her chest, creating a deep cleavage down the center of her bust.

"Sorry," the dog-headed man said, "I want to pair with Miss Rabbit."

Minamoto Tamako had expected this, not surprised, only worried about the cat woman’s safety and everyone’s situation—what was the point of surviving this so-called "trial" if they were still trapped in the room?

The cat woman’s actions froze; she neither knelt to beg nor screamed to vent her fear. She simply sat back slowly, her cat-eye mask fixated on the dog-headed man, sinisterly saying:

"If you don’t pair with me, I’ll choose you for the execution game."

...

Minamoto Tamako was startled and quickly urged, "Stop causing meaningless deaths! The kidnappers orchestrated this nonsensical trial to watch us self-destruct. We should unite to find a way to escape..."

"You’re speaking beautifully because you’re comfortable, aren’t you?"

The cat woman interrupted again, her gaze darting between the two: "Since the last round, I’ve found it strange, why did you specifically choose the dog-headed man among so many people here? And you, why must you choose this dumb rabbit now?"

She paused, her tone certain: "You two must have known each other beforehand, right?"

...

Minamoto Tamako instinctively wanted to deny it to avoid the cat woman doing something drastic, but she knew she wasn’t good at lying and might mess up, so she looked to Mr. Fu Jian for help.

He’s so smart; he’ll surely figure out a way that works for everyone, right?

Moreover, since Mr. Fu Jian came to rescue people, he certainly prepared an escape plan in advance...

...

"Whatever you want," the dog-headed man said.

"Eh?" Minamoto Tamako and the cat woman were both stunned.

Before they could react, the dog-headed man took the "Rabbit" card from the five cards, swept the corpse from the table, and inserted it straight into the card slot. Then he said, "I’ve cast my vote. Even if you choose me for the execution game, at worst, we die together; if you want to survive, your only option is to pair with Miss Rabbit... you should’ve threatened her from the start."

Saying this, the dog-headed man sat back in place, fingers interlaced, his tone indifferent:

"You threatened the wrong person."

The intense scent of blood was constantly fraying their nerves.

The bull-headed man’s corpse slipped to the ground, and the broken neck oozed a pool of sticky blood onto the dog-headed man’s trench coat—his right hand, mask, and half of his coat were stained with blood, yet he remained calm as if nothing had happened.

Minamoto Tamako could understand that Mr. Fu Jian didn’t want to make such a "murderous choice," for refusing to pair with the cat woman was tantamount to denying her a chance for life.

Additionally, the execution game’s mechanism complemented the matching rules of the pairing game, maintaining an odd number of participants and raising the eliminated players’ threat level dramatically.

Participants had not only to find pairing partners but also gain favor with the eliminators, or at least divert their animosity—otherwise, even successful pairing would be meaningless.

The cat woman clenched her fists as if gathering strength, her teeth gritting audibly inside the headgear:

"You... idiot..."

"I’d advise you not to provoke me," the dog-headed man continued, "otherwise, even if you manage to pair with Miss Rabbit, I will drag you down with me."

The cat woman was at a loss for words.

Minamoto Tamako couldn’t help but slap the table, interrupting, "Stop this now! If everyone hadn’t torn each other apart initially, the numbers wouldn’t be odd, and we’d all have a chance to survive..."

"The people are already dead; what’s the point of saying that now?"

The cat woman walked up quickly, leaned a hand on the back of Minamoto Tamako’s chair, and urged, "All you need to consider is who to pair with!"

"I... I..."

"If you don’t pair with me, I’ll pick you for the execution game!" the cat woman fiercely threatened, then suggested, "Pairing with me is the best option; only one person dies..."

"Who says?" the dog-headed man interrupted.

"Shut up!" the cat woman turned her head, seemingly glaring at him, "At worst, I’ll let you enjoy yourself before the countdown ends... the two of us together, how about that? Two women serving you, so you can go to heaven without regrets?"

Saying so, she held Minamoto Tamako’s headgear with both hands, urgently pleading, "Letting him die is the best solution, understand? If you don’t choose me, two people will die! Aren’t you trying to save people? Then save me!"

The broadcast chimed again:

"Three minutes remaining on the countdown."

The cat woman’s palms were soaked with sweat, and her voice wavered with tears as she implored, "I also have a child, I came to this island for my child... Please, if I die here, he’ll be an orphan..."

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