155 Treasure Hun (1/2)

They patiently waited for the event to start. It had been 30 minutes, but there still wasn't any sign of the mysterious voice. By this time, there were already almost 50 students in the room. The atmosphere was getting tense. He recognized some of them while others were a complete mystery to him.

”Time is up. Under the desks, you will find instructions. You only have 30 minutes,” and the voice was gone again as fast as it came. Linri pulled out a paper from under the desk he was sitting at. On it, there were 20 riddles and some instructions. Solve the riddle to bla bla bla. You have to shout the answer bla bla bla. Anyway, he was finally ready to go.

After taking a look at the rules and the riddles Linri decided to leave, but he was stopped by someone he didn't recognize. It was a guy in a straw hat, he was wearing a Hawaiian shirt and sandals. His get-up looked like Lufi, except for his hair which was brown. He was also tanned, so there was that. Wait, wasn't there a Hawaiian race like that? You know, the one Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson was part of? He couldn't remember their name, but he should be one of them, right?

”Friend, where are you going?”

Linri raised his eyebrows.

”To solve the riddle and get my prize.”

”Don't you think everyone here should cooperate and help each other?”

”Are you an idiot? This is a treasure hunt. First one gets the prize and I intend to be that person,” Linri pushed the guy away, but he was stopped again.

”Leave the instructions behind.”

Oh! So that's what he was after. There weren't enough instructions in the class, so some people didn't have one. It would make sense if it was necessary to reach the next round. Linri just shoved the paper onto his chest and got out of the classroom. He didn't need it anyway. He already knew the locations he needed to go to and, if both of them were taken, he could just forcefully take one from another student.

He leisurely made his way to the dormitory. He could see some students running past him, searching everywhere. Poor souls, they probably weren't even going to see the second round of this event.

Once he went inside the dormitory, Linri started to head towards the teacher's wing.

The second riddle he solved went like this; The place where no student is allowed to be. Has its own nickname among thee. What am I? The answer was the Teacher's hallway. In the club, every location post had a picture describing the location. Under the Ground Floor Rooms post, it was noted that, among the students, the place was called the Teacher's hallway since, you know, the teachers were there and stuff.

”Teacher's Hallway!” Linri shouted his answer once he made his way there.

*Click*

Suddenly, the ground in front of him split open and Linri could see a big black suitcase inside of it. He kneeled and opened the briefcase to see a big red collar and a red watch. The watch had a timer on it.

00.24.53

Linri first wore the watch on his right hand, next to his silver serpent bracelet and then put on the red collar. With this, his life was in Snow's hands. By pressing a button, the collar could inject a poison that would instantly kill you, ensuring that you were going to play the game just like how she intended. It also helped students show their true colors and how far would they would go to save their own lives.

Now that he was officially in the second round, Linri called Hayato. He wasn't among the people he saw in the abandoned classroom, so it seemed like he wasn't planning on participating. That was alright, but Linri had an interesting idea. He had a plan that could make sure that he was the last one standing at the end of the event, but what if he sabotaged it?

”Hello?”

”Are you interested in helping me with a little favor?”

”Speak.”

”Are you in your room? We need to speak face to face.”