No one could refute Calvin's statement.
He was right.
But...
Scarlette approached him and asked, "Why are you doing this for us? You clearly knew more about this place than us, yet why are you being so altruistic? You could've run by yourself and left us alone, yet why did you have to sacrifice your eye for our lives? Who are you to us, and who are we to you? Are we really that worth it?"
The newbies fell silent.
She was right.
Why was Calvin doing these to them?
Was it because it was just his nature to be kind and altruistic?
Impossible!
No one believed such a train of thought.
Even Hugo stared right at Calvin at this moment, his eyes seemed to be urging him to answer.
Calvin turned to look at Scarlette and smiled, "Stupid... Do I need a reason to save a person? What's more, I just told you earlier that we are a team and if I abandoned you all as the leader. Wouldn't I lose my credibility? Wouldn't that be the same as me slapping my own face?"
"But..."
Calvin's reply thoroughly astonished everyone.
That's right.
Managing the team was the leader's responsibility.
Of course, the leader was also expected to sacrifice himself for the team.
"Wasn't this sacrifice too heavy?" Jane spoke up.
The others nodded their heads and Calvin dismissed them with a wave of his hand, "As I said, an eye is nothing in exchange for our lives. If all of us can live, I can even sacrifice an arm or two!" Calvin's tone of voice was calm when he said all of these, for he knew that if he could enter the world of Las Felipinas...
He could restore all the damage that he suffered here in Mount Spirit Sword Asylum. However, these newbies didn't know that Calvin could do something like that, so when they heard what he said.
They were moved.
Both Zahra and Jane were moved to tears as well as Jannette.
Scarlette bit her lips and suppressed the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes.
Nicholas, Philip, and Roy clenched their fists. They hated the fact that they were too scared to help their comrade.
Hugo turned around and pretended to wipe something off his nose, but he was wiping the tears welling up in his eyelids.
Rose bit her lips.
She handed over the small notebook to Calvin and said, "Take this... and, I'm sorry that... I'm sorry that I behaved badly earlier." She hung her head low out of shame and a blush appeared on her cheeks out of embarrassment.
Calvin revealed a bitter smile towards the reaction of the others, but when he saw how Rose deliberately apologized from the bottom of her heart. He was thoroughly astonished.
He thought that people like Rose would rather die than apologize for their mistake. But at this moment, she actually hung her head low and was sincerely apologizing to him?
What was going on?
'Could it be that I misjudged her attitude and personality?'
'That should be it. This is the first time that we met, so it's understandable that I know nothing about who she really is, and her true nature...'
Calvin revealed a smile.
He took the small notebook out of Rose's hands and said, "Don't think about it anymore..."
"I have already forgotten what happened."
Rose slowly raised her head, slightly bowing towards Calvin's direction. She said, "Thank you. I will be more obedient from now on."
"Hahaha... I don't need someone that's more obedient." Calvin laughed, "I need someone that's absolutely obedient, that is why when we come out of this bathroom. I want you to obey all of my instructions, no matter how strange it is. Can you do that? If not, I would rather have you stay in this bathroom until we return for the main elevator..."
"O-Okay..." Although shocked, Rose still gave a positive answer.
Calvin then swept his gaze at the others, "How about you all? Can you promise me the same?"
The others nodded their heads, save for Medea who still had a frown on her face.
"What's wrong, Medea? Do you want to take a piss? It's all right, the stalls can be locked, and I promise you that we won't peek nor listen!" Calvin jokingly said.
"Pfft!"
Nicholas almost busted his guts and was about to laugh out loud when Medea's gaze landed on him.
He instantly fell silent and didn't dare to say anything at all.
Medea then turned her cold gaze at Calvin, "How did you know what to do against that monster earlier?"
Calvin froze.
The commotion grind to halt.
Everyone's piercing eyes landed on Calvin which made him awkwardly scratch his head.
"Hey, my darling, Medea. Am I really that suspicious? Can't I just say that I managed to survive earlier because of my survival instincts?"
"No, you are lying." Medea instantly shut him down, "If you really want to become our leader, then you must tell us the reason why you know so many things about this asylum as well as the monsters in here. A relationship is built on trust, you should know that at least..."
Calvin's mouth widened.
'What?'
'Wow, she said a lot.'
He was shocked for this was the first time that he saw Medea spoke after a long time.
Furthermore, she said a lot!
But setting that aside...
Everyone was now curious as to the reason why Calvin knew so much about the asylum.
In the end, he had no other choice but to explain.
"It's because I bribed a custodian!"
"You bribed a custodian?" Ray was the first one to react.
"Yeah." Calvin nodded his head and smiled. He stared at Medea and found that there was still a frown on her face. But everyone seemed to have been convinced by his reasoning, so they didn't mention that issue anymore. All they had to know was that Calvin was a person that they could rely upon.
Having a bastion of support in this godforsaken place was something that they had just realized that they needed.
Coming out of the bathroom, the newbies followed Calvin a few steps behind him.
In the dark corridor, the newbies stuck their bodies close to the wall. With the exception of Calvin who only placed his hand on the wall for support. The others had their backs stuck to the wall, afraid that if they didn't touch the wall, they may disappear amidst the darkness, never to be found again.
At this moment, Calvin suddenly stopped.
He stretched his hand out and tapped on Medea's head a few times.
Medea nodded, she turned around and tapped Scarlette who stood behind her and Scarlette did the same for the person standing behind her.
This continued until Hugo received the signal and at this moment, everyone from the newbies stopped on their tracks.
Calvin narrowed his eyes.
So far, he couldn't detect any movement from the doors that they passed by.
But from his memories, once they reached the center of this dark corridor. A figure should appear at the end of the corridor. That figure would stare at them for a moment before breaking into the door beside it. Back then, Calvin and his teammates were scared shitless by that figure only for them to realize that the figure was actually just an illusion.
That figure couldn't even harm them in the first place, for that person would immediately commit suicide after breaking into the door.
It took several hours before Calvin and his teammates realized back then that the Security Access Keycard was in the hands of that figure. It took them a long time to notice that his appearance was similar to a clue. This was the reason why Calvin thought that the people from Fivecent who created this place were geniuses.
Hidden behind the nightmares were rewards, while hidden behind the mysteries and the subtleties were clues. In fact, if Calvin didn't have any memories of this place, and if he didn't know what to do, then all of them would still be stuck in that break room on the second floor. Unable to move an inch due to the fear in their hearts.
But because Calvin knew what to do...
He took a step forward and...
The door at the end of the corridor abruptly opened.
What came out of the door was the emaciated figure of a man screaming some non-sense before crashing into the door directly opposite from where he came from.
He banged on the door so hard that the banging sound reverberated through the entire corridor.
Jane abruptly covered her mouth with both of her hands.
She almost screamed right there, but she managed to stop herself in time.
The faces of the other newbies turned serious but noticing that Calvin had no intention of moving nor retreating. They remained standing in their positions.
Soon, the man broke through the door and went inside the room.
His shouts and cries could still be heard, but as soon as the door was slammed shut.
The noise abruptly stopped.
The dark corridor descended into sudden and utter silence.
The newbies didn't know what to do.
Gulp!
Someone gulped a mouthful of saliva.
Calvin slightly turned his head to the direction of his comrades as he commanded.
"After him!"