The next day both teams woke up around 7 am in the morning and ate breakfast. Some ate bread with raw vegetables while others ate fruits. Cj gave his team members each two energizer pills. "Use those when you are tired. It'll boost your strength and stamina for three days. If you take all three at once you'll feel like you're in heaven. I don't advise you to take all three at once though" Cj warned.
"So we're making the first move then? You didn't ask but I made some traps yesterday out of boredom. I was hoping for them to be used" said Joey.
"No, they won't. Uranus definitely saw you digging those holes yesterday. Thanks to you he's either going to take a different route or their movements will at least be restricted to a point. I guess anyways, I wouldn't be surprised if he has a photographic memory. If he does then all of your work would have gone to waste. He'd know where all of your traps are" Cj assumed.
"Umm, Isaac and Alisa pair up. You two will march onward to the enemy base and raise hell. If you encounter anyone then eliminate them. Make them unable to fight. Kill them if you wish, I have no qualms. While those two go straight to the enemy base Joey I want you to use the distraction and steal their flag" said Cj. Everyone looked at him confused. "Why is he saying all of this? Isn't he afraid of Uranus overhearing him?" Alisa wondered and the same goes for the rest. Cj always made sure that nothing too important was being revealed among the teammates. Uranus's gift won't give a sign that it's active so he was the most cautious of the lot.
Joey felt like Cj left out many important parts so he asked "How exactly should I steal their flag. There is no guarantee that Isaac and the girl will be a big distraction. Is there something more to it?"
Cj scratched his head embarrassingly. "Hehehehe, there's no way I am telling you that. Don't worry dude. Alisa and Isaac will win us the game in the end" Cj said confidently. Cj handed everyone a wireless earpiece. "There's only one for each so please don't lose them," said Cj. King Almon widened his eyes when he saw the logo for earbuds. "What the hell is he doing with those? Is he connected to our servers or something?" The king wondered to himself. He looked around and saw that no one else found it strange that Cj was handing our exclusive HEP product.
HEP earpieces were created for only their personnel to communicate from far distances using the satellite. In some ways seeing a young man such as Cj with not one but seven of those piqued his interest a lot. "Where did Miya find Cj? One of my precious Xs" the king wondered. Isaac and Alisa did as Cj said and left their home base. Before leaving the house Fei gave them a guide around the island.
"Don't walk inside the forest whatever you do. You'll get lost easily. First, go to the beach and just follow a rocky path. No one can sneak up on you if you take that route and plus it will probably take you the same time to reach your destination as the forest" said Fei.
First Alisa and Isaac headed to the beach. On their way there Isaac thought about breaking the silence between him and the girl. "We haven't talked much huh. What's your name again?" he asked. "Alisa Matar" Alisa replied.
"Matar! Oh, I see, I never thought Sir Ronald would make his daughter participate in something like this. You might die in this competition you know and nobody will care" said Isaac. Alisa sighed and continued to keep her mouth shut. She wasn't in the mood for talking, especially about her father. She's still trying to come to terms with his actions. "I want to focus on the second round. Not Ronald. When this is all over I'll know the truth" she thought.
Alisa wasn't encouraging a conversation with Isaac but he still carried on. He mentioned many topics. Topics like Marriage, Alcohol, Sex, Weapons, and Favours. "One time your dad asked me for a favor. It was a long time ago. I'd say around ten years ago maybe. What was it again?" Isaac said to himself. Alisa froze in her tracks stunned by his words.
"Ten years ago"
She turned around and asked Isaac the question running through her mind. "What favor was it?"
"Hmmm, I think it had something to do with a robbery. Ah! He wanted me to send two of my guys to rob his house one night and kill a woman. Those guys never came back though. I heard they were killed" said Isaac pinching his right cheek. Alisa sighed and turned around. "At this point, nothing surprises me anymore. Is Alisa even my real name?" she said. "So he planned the robbery that night. The night where my mother died was because of him. Should I believe what this man has to say" Alisa wondered.
...
"I should confront him soon. Running away from Ronald isn't the solution I want"
"Hey, don't take that the wrong way. I am positive Ronald did what he did for your sake. I met your mother before and I have to say. She was a stone-cold bitch" said Isaac.
When they arrived at the beach Isaac stopped talking immediately and looked around. His easy-going expression changed to a serious man ready to murder. It's as if he's looking for prey. Alisa had to take a couple of steps away from him to avoid his bloodlust. Isaac pushed out his right index finger and pointed at the sea. "There's nowhere to hide except for underwater. Get out or I'll drag you out" Isaac said out loud. No one came out of the ocean. The water didn't show any sign that someone might be in the water either. "Who are you talking to Isaac? You think someone is nearby" Alisa asked confused.
"Not think, I know someone's here but where are they hiding is the real question" he replied.
Isaac swiftly pulled his fingers towards him with a lot of force. Just like that, a body was dragged out of the ocean. A man is nothing but his underwear was underwater minding his own business. Both his eyes were closed even when he was in mid-air.
"How did you drag him out?" Alisa asked.
Isaac moved his fingers and threads of different colors appeared. "The black thread detects living organisms within a 50-meter range. The red thread is strong and tough enough to lift ten adult bodies without snapping. Get it" Isaac explained. He turned his threads invisible again and dragged the man closer. His threads were tied up on the man's feet so he couldn't run away.
"Shit, don't hurt me man" the man pleaded.
"What's your name? Where are the others?" asked Isaac.
"I'm Victor, Victor Cruez bro. I'm the only one here. They sent me to eliminate you two " Victor willingly replied. The man's eyes were still closed and didn't look like it was about to open anytime soon. "Why are your eyes closed?" asked Alisa curiously. Victor was hesitant to answer at first but Isaac began to wrap one of his threads around his neck. "Alright then jeez, I just don't want to see you, people," Victor said loudly. It's like he didn't care about what he was telling Isaac and Alisa. Isaac tightened the threads around Victor's neck and feet.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" Victor screamed in agony.
Isaac wrapped a purple thread around Victor's neck and tightened just as hard as the red thread. "Sending you alone is suicide. What was your real intention?" Isaac questioned. Alisa went into Victor's pocket to see if anything valuable was inside.
"How's it going over there?" a voice asked.
Alisa instinctively looked around surprised until she remembered the earpiece in her ears. Cj asked the question once more. "How's it going over there?" he asked. "Cj, we caught a man named Victor over on the beach. Looks like he's by himself" said Alisa.
"Victor? They sent him to delay you two. That's strange. Well hurry up and get rid of him. Then advance" said Cj. Isaac nodded in agreement and cling his fists. All the thread around Victor's body started ripping him apart.
"NOOOOO! PLEASE! DON"T DO THIS!" Victor pleaded. First, his feet were sliced off and the head followed soon after. Victor was no longer part of the living. The final expression on his face before death was the face of anguish. Tears were formed in his eyes but failed to fall down his cheeks. "Death was inevitable," said Isaac. He looked over to see the traumatized girl with her hands covering her mouth. Seconds later she started to vomit at the sight before her. "Sorry about that, I forgot you were here for a moment. This is how I always treat my victims" Isaac apologized. Alisa sat on the ground dizzy. Isaac handed Alisa some white powder and told her to sniff some of it. "You'll feel a lot better if you take this" the man giggled. Alisa wasted no time replying "NO" to Isaac but he kept on insisting.
"I don't want anything from you. That thing looks suspicious" said Alisa.
"Thing? You don't know what this is, do you? Ronald really never showed you one of these before. I thought you were his daughter" Isaac said disappointedly.
"What is it?"
"Don't worry about that just sniff some of it. Trust me you'll feel great. You won't even remember that there is a headless corpse in front of you" Smiled Isaac. Alisa felt threads surrounding her waist, neck, and feet. She suddenly couldn't move and she knew the cause. "Isaac stop this," she asked politely.
"Take the damn powder" Isaac replied. The threads tightened around Alisa's body. "Why is he doing this? Cj paired me with Isaac to avoid conflict with Lethal. I wished he considered letting him advance alone" Alisa thought to herself. A drone flew past Alisa and Isaac on the beach. At this point, Alisa thought she and her whole team failed the second round because of Isaac's stunt. The drone flew past them and nothing happened. King Almon or any of the Golden Circle didn't say anything. Cj's voice echoed in Isaac's and Alisa's ears.
"ISAAC! Hurry and stop what you are doing" shouted Cj.
He released the threads around Alisa and apologized soon after. "Sorry, I only wanted to help you. Hope you and I can still walk together" he said. Alisa rubbed her neck relieved and terrified. Just seeing Isaac 3 feet close to her drove her into a panic. Her heartfelt like it was about to stop functioning. "You… please don't speak to me," Alisa said breathing heavily. Isaac still tried to hand her the white powder after that but this time with no force involved.
They continued their journey to Team Even's home base after covering Victor's corpse in a pile of sand. An hour later while they were on the rocky path Fei briefly mentioned Isaac suddenly stopped walking. He looked around with a frown on his face. "Why must people always try to sneak up on me to get a kill?" Isaac asked himself. Alisa overhead him and started looking around as well. "Is someone nearby again?".
"Yep, this time he's under one of these rocks I guess," Isaac said looking below him.
CRAAAAAACK!
The rocky ground beneath Alisa and Isaac split opened. They both were about to fall inside a hole created by the crack but Isaac managed to kick Alisa hard enough for her to reach the surface. Isaac proceeded to send out dozens of red threads and sailed them in Alisa's hands. Alisa didn't even have to hold on to the threads. They simply went inside her hands all on their own. Alisa dragged him out of the hole as quickly as she could. While she was dragging him she realized how hard and sturdy the red thread was. "What is this thread made out of?" she wondered. Alisa successfully dragged Isaac out of the hole.
"Thanks a bunch"
"No, thank you"
CRAAAAACK!! CRAAAAACK!
Once again the ground beneath Isaac and Alisa spit opened. "AGAIN! Shit" Isaac blurted out. Before they fell deep inside the hole Isaac send out ten yellow threads out of his fingers. Each thread attached itself in different angles on the walls. The yellow threads formed a web that broke Isaac's and Alisa's fall. The webs weren't as strong and sturdy as the red one so they couldn't stay on it very long. "You're a lifesaver" sighed Alisa. The yellow threads were about to snap at any minute. Isaac looked up and estimated how far he fell. "14 meters," he said to himself. He pulled Alisa closer to him. "Hold on"
Isaac's fingertips were filled with red threads. They all went up on the surface and pulled Isaac along with Alisa out of the hole. When they made it back on land they started running as fast as they could.
CRAAACK! CRAAACK! CRAAACK!
The earth around them started to break into pieces so they had to move carefully. Jump from one safe spot to the next. Alisa jumped on a piece of land and it suddenly broke in two as soon as she landed. "AAAAAHH!" she screamed helplessly. Isaac managed to catch her with her red thread. Multiple threads merged together to form a thick string. One end wrapped itself around Alisa and the other end went in Isaac's right hand. "Now you can't leave my side," Isaac said confidently.
They tried their best to advance quickly but it got to the point where they couldn't move. There was no land for them to step on once the earth stopped crumbling. Cj asked through the earpiece "How are you guys doing? I can feel the earth shaking from way over here"
"We're doomed that's what. We are basically sitting ducks" replied Isaac. "We need help" Alisa cried out.
"Sorry to hear. Find a way out of it okay. I'm sure you and Isaac will figure something out" stated Cj.