Extraordinary Minds: Road to Hell

Chapter 25: Growing Bonds

When everyone had gathered into Barisutas lab, Akira took a moment to genuinely appreciate the detail. It reminded him of a coffee shop similar to something you'd see in a JRPG, combined with an old timely 1930 feeling.

Nostalgic, relaxing..and a peaceful way to keep their minds off the killing game.

Minus the cameras in the corners of the room, which were blatantly out in the blue to ruin the mood and aesthetic going for the room.

"God, where do these fuckin people get off watching us?!" Riku shouted in anger.

"I guess it's safe to say at this rate, theres not much we can do to stop the cameras." Aratani said. "As for Kentaro, I just hope he's gonna be ok.."

"It's safe to say, all of us are worried." Barisuta said, concerned.

"I'm frankly not. I told you all, love and bonds here are utterly worthless!" Raidon said. "You're setting yourselves up for disappointment when another friend of yours decides to betray you all!"

"You realize its basic human psychology that people are breaking like this. The right incentive, and someone can easily snap given the situation." Maeko said with a determined yet..saddened tone.

"Hmm, yes. Tell yourself this more, and watch how much this blows up in your faces. Not my issue when someone decides to kill again. Truthfully." Raidon said with a snarky tone. "However. Say I buy into this little tactic of trying to..understand one another. What does it solve? Wouldn't it leave more of an opening for the one behind this to toy with us more?"

Lily raised an eyebrow. "For the convoluted fuck you tend to be, youre weirdly enough making a decent point."

"Putting that aside. Let's at least go over what we found. If anything, it could give us a clue, which. I'd like everyone else to go over their findings before I go over ours." Yumico said with a blunt tone.

"Well, I was with Lily unfortunately and Yutaka, and we found my Ultimate Lab. Seems to be a fucking half assed Go Kart Track...God, that fucking angers me." Riku said with an angry tone.

"So which are you more angry about? Being around my fabulous ass, or getting a half assed race track?" Lily snarked.

Riku rolled his eyes. "In this case, it's both things."

Aratani spoke. "Well, Kioka and I found a Ballet dance studio. She even showed me some of her moves!"

"Mhm! I made Big Sis smile a bunch with how good I did!" Kioka said, with the happiest grin they'd seen. She perked up rather fast, and at a surprising rate but..Was that just an act to hide her emotions?

"My group found of course this lab were sitting in currently. I'll admit, the ambience of it all is truly calming." Barisuta said.

"And as far as our intel, we found a Rage Room and Computer Lab." Yumico said. "The Rage Room concerns me..Mostly due to the dangerous objects within the room."

"Oh hey, Rikus real Ultimate Lab!" Lily said laughing all the while.

"Shut it, Plant Girl!" Riku shouted.

"A Rage Room?" Aratani asked. "Wonder why we'd need something like that here. Though, I guess it'd be helpful for anyone dealing with anger. As for the computer lab, anything worth maybe discussing?"

"Actually yes." Yumico said. "Theres more Killing Games out there."

"M-More killing games?!" Riku shouted in anger. "The fuck do you mean by that?!"

Lily thought for a minute.

"Ok...So then what Raidon said was true. These Chemistry Killing Games he mentioned?!"