𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 / sae-byeok✓

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"The following players, 

Player 245,

Player 120, 

Player 37, 

Player 408,

Player 27, 

Player 273,

 Player 58,

Player 243, 

Player 327,

 and Player 241 are eliminated."

"I will now draw the teams for the next round. Team Four. Team Five."

Shit. Team Five were all men. 

"Team Four and Team Five, please go to your towers." I turned to the left, only to be met with 101.

"Oh, man. I was looking forward to killing you, 002" I rolled my eyes and just carried on walking. "Maybe next time. If you survive" He laughed.

218 walked closely behind me. "It's all your fault, we are gonna die since you brought 240 here and not a guy"

I sighed. "Glad I made your stay better" My eyes rolled. I hated him. I hated him so much.

I stepped inside a yellow carriage. My team followed behind me. I looked down at the dead bodies of the last team that died. Was that going to be me?

"Come on. Don't lose your spirit. Tug-of-War needs more than just raw strength." 001 spoke. He seemed like he knew what he was doing.

"Well then, what it's about, huh? We just go out and speak to them?"

"All you need is a good strategy in Tug-of-War and combined with good teamwork, you'll be able to win when you are against stronger teams."

"Only one thing can help us now. It's the Lord himself, I know it." The man behind 001 lectured.

"You can barely stay standing, old man. So shut up and keep all your strength, okay?"

001 cleared his throat."Wait a minute, let's hear what the old man says." Gi-hun spoke. I just stood in the corner. Listening to what 001 had to say.

"𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐮𝐠-𝐨𝐟-𝐖𝐚𝐫. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐬. 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦. 𝐈𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡. 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬..𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲, 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, "𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞?" 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬' 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬."

We did exactly what 001 said. And it was working. "Now's our chance!" Gi-hun yelled. I grunted as I pulled the rope back. I felt myself moving backwards. We were winning.

For now.

"Pull it together!" The other team yelled.

"We're losing! Goddamn it! Do something!" 212 yelled in high pitched voice.

"Get yourselves together and listen! Let's try something. Take three steps up when I signal."

"Up? What now? But that's the edge!"

"Look, just trust me and they'll fall!"

"There's no way I'll do that!"

"We might as well try!"

"No way! I can't do it!"

"Move up or you'll die!"

"On the count of three! One! Two!"

I gasped. 

"Three!"

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sorry for the cliff hanger <3