Nature Vs Nurture || Dr. Stone

Z=12 Main Story Quest Complete! Reward: Duality of Loyalty

"Move and Senku dies."

Everyone stops.

People who had just woken up, people who were putting out the fire, and people who were calling for help.

Senku's hands were shaking.

Sure, he expected it, Hyoga being the culprit and him being the target.

But to see it happening live, Senku isn't sure if he should be happy about his prediction coming true.

A knife to his throat, just a centimeter and a gentle force away from lethal bleeding and death.

Senku isn't oblivious to Tomoe and Ukyo's plan. After all, he knows Morse code.

1.P.I.N.K

From this, Senku deduced there was a third party involved, (even if it's just one person) after all, there is no one with any association to the colour "pink" in the group.

It wouldn't be surprising if Hyoga revived that person simply by leaving them in the cave. If someone sees a group of stone people gathered in one place, any smart person could connect the dots. After all, Hyoga has sharp eyes.

T.N.

"Tonight." Senku deciphered, and he himself began preparing.

No, he had always been preparing, just like everyone else. Tomoe, Nikki, and Tsukasa have taught them to fight, and at the minimum, run away.

But even he was shaken by the scene in front of him.

Screams. Yells.

Panic and pandemonium.

Howls.

Shit shit shit!

"Why, Hyoga?" Tomoe stood up shakily, which surprised Senku, as she was able to stand up without her crutches.

When could Tigress stand up without crutches? Just now? Was it the adrenaline helping her? It's possible, but also something unheard of.

Was she truly pretending as Hyoga says?

Senku is broken out of his thoughts with Hyoga's voice booming by his ear.

"The weak perish, and the strong survive. It's as simple as that."

Ukyo nocks an arrow and aims.

"Yea? Is Senku weak to you?" Senku felt the knife inch closer to his Adam's apple.

"Not at all, I just think his intellect is wasted on you all." Hyoga's eyes dart around and landed on Tsukasa.

"Just like how Tsukasa's talent has been completely wasted here."

A large pack of wolves appear and surround the camp. Although they were simply observing, pacing around the giant fire in their camp, they looked hungry and ready to pounce.

The Lion King immediately got ready to fight.

"Hyoga."

An arrow soared through the air right after towards the forest. It was so fast, but Senku barely saw a head emerged from the trees. Ukyo fired at the pink-haired lady, who immediately dodged and hid in the trees.

Ukyo cursed beneath his breath, but his eyes followed the person who most likely was an acrobat or a gymnast.

"How about this?" Senku slowly sunk his hands into his pocket, feeling the cold stone against his sweaty hands.

"Let's hope you don't need to use it."

The pocket knife felt heavy in his pocket.

Can he really-