Chapter 15：Just a Bluff? (1/2)
The newbie who was about to kick the doors was Philip.
Philip was the tallest of the man in the group and he had the intention of sticking out like a glorious peacock. Unfortunately, he didn't expect to be scolded by Calvin. Calvin's appearance was completely plain, black-hair, brown eyes, and an unremarkable height. He couldn't compare to Philip.
The intervention of such a puny man angered Philip.
”What the fuck is wrong with you? We're still not inside the Asylum. Why are you so antsy already? We just want to test if the front doors are locked.”
Calvin glared at him and pointed at one of the windows on the second floor of the mansion.
”Look! They already know that we are here.”
”Ah!”
”Oh no...”
”What the...”
The newbies gasped for when they followed Calvin's finger, they saw that he was pointing at an opened window.
Visible behind the window was the silhouette of a man with red glaring eyes staring at their direction!
But when the man noticed that the newbies were staring at him. He seemed to have felt embarrassed for he staggered backward, hurriedly closed the windows, and ran away as fast as he could.
”What...”
”What was that?”
”Seriously, this place gives me the creeps.”
Rose, the middle-aged accountant lady commented with an ashen face.
”Thankfully we are still outside the mansion and they do not dare to come out...”
”If not, then we would've already died here!”
Calvin heaved a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, these newbies did something stupid early in their journey.
If one of them caused a commotion while they were already in the mansion. That would spell everyone's doom.
Calvin's eyes flashed with the light of determination.
He was now determined to teach these noobs everything that they need to survive!
”From now on, I will take command... Follow me if you want to live.” Calvin declared.
”What?”
”What did you say?”
”You are going to take command? Who are you? What kind of a person are you? You may not be as young as us, but I don't think that you are qualified to lead us all!” Philip immediately interrupted. He couldn't let this man steal the limelight.
”So, what? Who do you want to lead? You?” Calvin sneered, ”Heh...”
”If you became our leader, then I bet that we'll die before even taking a glimpse at the exit!”
”You bastard!”
Philip leaped forwards with his clenched fists.
Calvin's eyes dangerously narrowed. He just wanted to help, yet why was he suffering this grievance?
He prepared to dodge the attack by leaping backward, but before he could do so.
A crisp sound rang out.
Philip's punch paused in mid-air.
”You...”
He raised his head and discovered that the person who blocked his punch was a middle-aged man built so wide that he looked similar to the Rock.
A serious look could be seen on his face as he said, ”Stop the fighting.”
”We will die here if we fight.”
”We have a common goal, why not we cooperate with each other?”
Hugo swept his gaze at everyone.
The light emanating from his eyes made these newbies feel shivers down their spines.
”T-Thank you...” Calvin knew that the man's name was Hugo. But this was the first time that he heard of him. Since the selection for teammates was done randomly. Calvin wasn't so lucky that he would get the same teammates as he had back then at the previous timeline.
However, since this was the first time that he heard of the name Hugo.
It was obvious that this sturdy built man didn't manage to pass through Fivecent's final phase.
'What a waste... If a man like him managed to pass through the final phase back then... Humanity would've had an additional hero! Yet, he was defeated and his life got wasted in this godforsaken place!' Calvin shook his head and made a decision, no matter what, he would do his best to save Hugo.
A logical, clear-headed, and powerful man such as Hugo would definitely benefit humanity in the long run.
Philip was quite intimidated by Hugo's look.
However, he was still unresigned, ”Okay, I won't fight anymore! But I won't tolerate it if that bastard becomes our leader!”
Hugo's eyes narrowed.
He glanced at Calvin and found that Calvin seemed to be undisturbed.
”Okay, we won't have any leaders for now. But don't cause a commotion anymore. I can feel an extreme and terrifying danger from this place. What's more, from what we saw behind that opened window earlier. It seems like they already knew where we are.” Hugo solemnly declared.
”T-T-The custodians said earlier that we must try our best to go back alive... Since they said that we will pass as long as we can return. Uhmm... How about... How about we go back to the gate, open it and go down the mountain?”
Jane, a young lady who seemed to have been scared shitless from what was going on as well as that window scene earlier, expressed her opinion.
Rose mockingly laughed, ”Hahaha... All of you are just exaggerating. Fivecent recruited us because they needed our help, I don't think that they would go so far as to actually kill us. If they do then that is the opposite of their goals...”
”Since they need manpower, why would they deliberately reduce the number of people that can help them?”
”Y-You're right...” Jane replied in a stutter.
The other newbies nodded their heads for what she said actually made sense.
Only Calvin had a frown on his face.
Rose noticed his doubts, ”Why are you looking like that? Could it be that you are doubting me? What a joke! You are just scared shitless by the eeriness of this place!”
”Let me tell you this!”
”I am quite certain that this place is just a bluff similar to the staircase test earlier!”