Last Man Standing. nct

29 People Remaining (1)

“Alright. Now let me explain the rules. You have to kill each other.”

Suho continues in his bright cheerful voice ignoring the odour that was entirely different from the dried blood of the bus driver. Two stenches of the same sort with little blood pouring from Wendy’s head was definitely a waft that was unnoticed by the people in the room. It was a horrible stench of death.

“There are no violations. You see the bags on the floor? They’re filled with a map, watch, campus, food, water and a random weapon. All the things you need in order to survive in this game. If you think this is a horrible game, picture it from this view, in life you need the necessary resources in order for you to survive in the real world which most of you are probably now aware of, that the world is a violent place. The motto here is I am just like the others and the others are just like me. There’s nothing to be afraid of. But why am I telling you all of this if only one person will make it out alive? Did I forget anything?”

“We’re on an island.” Chen speaks up reminding the General.

“Oh yeah we are. We’re approximately 6 kilometre away. This island has never been used before for the trial. We had the residence evacuate the island, meaning there is absolutely nobody but us on this island.” He smiles. “Shall I demonstrate?”

He goes over to another blank black board he draws a rough large diamond shape and writes the letter ‘N’ at the top point. He draws a few simple looking boats around the diamond. He begins placing lines that cross over each other inside the diamond and writes around it, A=1, A=2, etc.

“This is simply a simplified version of what’s in your backpacks.” He says. “First of, as I said we’re on an island and these are ships. They will shoot anyone that tries to escape by sea, so be ware. Next we’ve got this compass direction. Its north meaning this way is north. Once you leave here, you can go anywhere on the island. Announcements will be around 6 and 12 am and pm. I’ll be referring to this map when I make announcements about how many players are remaining and which parts on your map that you should mark as a forbidden zone. You should examine your maps correctly to make sure you’re not on a forbidden zone at the given time otherwise,”

He points to his neck.

“The collar around your neck is a technological device created by Neo Cultured Technologies. It’s set to monitor your pulse to tell us whether you’re living or dead and verifies your location transmitting to the mainframe system here in the school. It is completely waterproof and it won’t come off.” He explains. “So those of you who are trying to prey it off, I suggest that you be careful because it will explode.”

Everyone’s hands who was on the collar around their necks rapidly remove their hands from it.

“So you see, the collar’s transmitted signals will tell us whether you’re on a forbidden zone or not. If you are then it will set to explode and you know what that means. We’re doing this so that the game can get a move on, if you stay in the same place for a long time you enlarge the chances of you not being  killed but at the same time you’re delaying the trial which will resort to your own death. Because, after 24 hours if nobody is killed, the collar will detect signs of life and kill all remaining players.”
No one says anything, not even a breath.

“You’re free to hide in any buildings but you won’t be able to use your phones if you have it on you. No signal.” Another smile. “The first forbidden zone after twenty minutes will be this school. If you are seen loitering around the premises instead of the collars to kill you, a group of soldiers out there will. So instead of sitting there coming up with a strategy on how to take this game down, I suggest you spare yourself some time to enjoy the last moments of your life before you get killed. You again? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? The younger people asking the questions? What it is now Taeil?”