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GAME OF EXITS CHAPTER 18: COLORS OF PANIC
1:15 pm

“Exactly four hours more and you’ll be out of there,” Victor tells Ryan. “It’s nice to see you strong again. As good as new…. Like a construction worker who has just eaten his breakfast. By the way, do you think your decision was the best one? I think you should have chosen button C, instead of A.”

“That was my decision. Not yours,” Ryan says.

“Okay. I respect that. I just want to say that your watch wants to tell you something important.”

    Ryan checks his watch:

1:15

RT: 125H 12M

Rank: 12

Dead: 3 (ZALDY, MOISES, JOHN PAUL)

    “What happened to John Paul?” Ryan’s eyes bulge in shock and disbelief. “What happened!?”

    “Oh, you don’t wanna know. Trust me. Let’s just say that he’s sunbathing right now.”

    “What do you mean?”

“Never mind. You should worry more about your remaining time. You’ve lost a lot of time during your epic battle. Also, you may want to worry about your ranking. Being at the last spot is never good. Not in this game. You don’t want your name to follow John Paul’s, right?”

    “Who killed him?”

    “Clue: The killer’s name is not Ryan.”

    “ARE YOU TRYING TO BE FUNNY?!”

1:30 pm

    Joshua and the others manage to enter a new blue circle, and Jennifer is successful in rejoining the group. Jennifer glances at John Paul’s body at a distance and silently utters her words of goodbye.

    “That’s it. I’m exhausted,” Cristina pants. “I can’t do this anymore.”

    “No. We have to keep going,” Kriz says. “Shaira is right. We have to get out of this field before the sun sets. It’s hard to run in the dark.”

    “It’s easy for you to say that because your body is always… fine.”

    “It’s not like that…. And Mabel, please don’t start crying again, okay? We will take some rest every now and then. Okay?”

    “You have to remove your shoes,” Joshua tells Vincent. “Remove it now. You’re always behind.”

    “But I can still—”

    “No, you can’t. Remove it. If you don’t want to do it, I’ll do it.”

    “What’s with those shoes, by the way?” Cristina asks.

    “They become heavier every time he uses...