Prison Island

Chapter 16 Walking the Dog
There is no danger in the attic for the time being.

If the enemy comes, they will break down the door first, then they will have a chance to escape through the window.

Gao Xin was observing the battle situation while quickly repeating everything he had said to Silver Hand.

When everyone learned about it, they were deeply moved.

"Now I may not be the cat, and I don't know if the organizers will recognize me, but anyway the cat collar is on my neck, and the bearded man will definitely pull out all the mice just to find my collar."

"He might even see other rats running away, but as long as they're not me, he might let them go temporarily. Because he should have seen Silver Hand and given me the collar."

"So, it's dangerous to stay with me."

Meimei nodded, she understood instantly.

Then he said with a strange look: "How could you think so much in such a hurry? Could it be that you had thought of a backup plan long ago?"

"When the bald man snatched the dog collar, you didn't care. At that time, you thought that the rat collar would also work."

"And you didn't let me follow you at the time because you knew it would be dangerous for me to follow you... Turns out you're a good person."

At the end, Meimei laughed.

Gao Xin glanced at her and said, "Do good people deserve to be wrongly accused and end up in this hellish place?"

Meimei was startled: "Are you being wronged?"

Gao Xin nodded: "I am indeed a good person. At least I have never done anything bad. But now I want to live more."

"If you hadn't found the attic key, I wouldn't have let you follow me. If you followed us, it would be easy for us to die together."

Meimei understood that if there was no attic, which was almost a safe house where multiple people could hide and move at any time, then the three of them being together would be meaningless and would be a burden.

"This guy is really crazy. I'll give you the cat collar and you can go and have a group of three..."

The three of them stood on the attic and watched Silver Hand's fierce battle.

There were some deviations from the plan. Perhaps those two men hated Silverhand too much, or perhaps they wanted to work together to kill Silverhand quickly, get rid of the trouble first, and then go find Big Beard.

In short, Silverhand did not get the chance to fight alone and was facing siege from the two brothers.

He was really strong. He could fight one against two and fight back, blood for blood. He also seriously injured the other two.

Gao Xin said solemnly, "There are basically two ways to play as a cat. One is to accept the protection fee from the rat, and then drag the game to the end with the three dogs besieging you, and get 2100."

"The other method is what I taught him. He first gives up his cat identity until he has defeated all the powerful enemies. Then he turns back into a cat and kills everyone."

Meimei thankfully said, "Fortunately, he is so crazy and really wants to win everything. He agreed to the method you said and chose to kill all three people."

Gao Xin said: "He will definitely choose the second one, because he rejected the first one."

"Some even said things like 'the benefits are the same, why wouldn't I choose to kill people?'"

"If he wasn't so crazy, so cruel, and so willing to attract hatred and challenge himself, he would have accepted our first plan long ago, so he would definitely choose the outcome of killing everyone."

The two of them suddenly realized that, yes, if the other party was not the one who accepted the second option, then he should have accepted the first option before...

"And you still say that you had already planned it out? When he breached the contract before, you knew that this guy was terribly greedy and would definitely choose to win all the games, and this was your back-up plan." Meimei smiled.

Gao Xin shook his head: "What's the point of thinking about it earlier? I don't want to face such a situation. I just hope that the cat can accept the first one..."

"I said before, we are just ordinary people. There are too many things in this world that make us fail in the end even if we work hard. It is possible that a thought or a word from someone can destroy all your efforts..."

"In fact, even though he accepted this plan at the time, he still wanted to kill me. I almost died."

Meimei asked curiously, "He accepted it, why would he kill you?"

Gao Xin said helplessly: "His acceptance of this plan does not mean that he accepts me as a person, nor does it mean that he accepts some of the details I mentioned."

"He hated weak people, and he hated even more that he had to listen to a plan given to him by a weak person."

"So he could just kill me, then find a mouse, give him the cat collar, and help him hide. This would work... and the mouse would even be grateful."

The two were shocked. Yes, the person named 'Gao Xin' in the plan was not very important.

Did they kill the person who came up with this idea, and then tell the other mice the same thing? If I had to say anything, it was that Silver Hand didn't have time to change someone else at that time.

This is what is called unprovoked killing: Oh, you are very smart and speak well, but I still want to kill you because I have the ability to do so.

Some malice, simple as that.

"Then how did you convince him?" Meimei asked curiously.

Gao Xin's eyes were fierce: "I was just questioning him, are you afraid that he won't be able to beat me in the end..."

Meimei nodded: "I see, he is so arrogant, how can he stand your provocation?"

"Provocation?" Gao Xin was puzzled. He didn't even know what the word meant.

Meimei's mouth twitched, and then she said with a smile: "So you don't understand."

"It is to stimulate the other person with words, arouse his emotions, hurt his self-esteem, and then make him make the choice you want."

Gao Xin said he had learned something, and said, "So this is called provoking someone. In fact, I was just too angry at the time, so I mocked him before he died. I didn't expect he would fall for it."

As everyone was talking, suddenly a scream was heard from downstairs.

"Ugh!"

On the second floor, it seems that a mouse was found by the bearded man.

"Another one died." Sule murmured.

Meimei shook her head: "I won't kill him. Listen, the screams are very long, probably because his limbs were broken..."

Sure enough, everything happened as Gao Xin predicted. The bearded man is not a cat... a dog will not kill a mouse if it catches it.

After a long while, at least ten minutes, screams were heard again from the third floor.

It was obvious that the bearded man was much slower in finding mice. It was not known whether it was due to his ability problem or because all the easy-to-find mice had already been caught by Silver Hand, and the remaining ones were hiding in extremely secret places.

The screams of the bearded rat and the previous one mixed together to form a duet.

Everyone listened carefully and felt the sound getting closer.

They can easily imagine the scene of two mouse players with their limbs broken and being dragged away by the bearded man.

Drag it all the way to other rooms, then find the next one, over and over again.

"Hiss, it feels even more miserable to fall into the hands of a dog." Su Le exclaimed.

Meimei whispered, "We can tell where the bearded man is by the sound. He's getting close to the stairs."

All three gathered at the window, ready to escape.

As long as you go up the stairs, there is only one large room on the fourth floor, the attic. When the bearded man sees the locked door, he will know that someone is hiding inside.

"Huh? Why did he go down there?"

Meimei's eyes lit up, and she heard the screams getting farther and farther away. The bearded man reached the stairs and actually walked downstairs at a very fast speed.

Su Le was delighted: "Maybe he heard some noise downstairs?"

"Or maybe he felt that bringing two burdens with him would expose his position, so he wanted to throw all the captured rats into the lobby on the first floor."

Sure enough, the sound went all the way to the first floor and then stopped there.

It seemed that the mice that were found had their limbs broken and thrown into the hall, and they could no longer locate the bearded man based on his screams.

Suler was worried: "Will he come in through the window?"

"Silver Hand is still fighting, so Big Beard is now free. What should we do?"

Meimei pointed at the cat collar on Gao Xin's neck and said, "Gaoxin, how about we help you take it off now?"

"If the bearded men come up, we'll throw this thing into the courtyard and let them fight over it."

"I just don't believe it. A lot of people will die."

Gao Xin groaned: "The more likely scenario is that if I do this, I will give it to the bearded man for nothing."

"Right now, the two brothers are fighting fiercely with Silver Hand, and the cat collar suddenly appears. It is very likely that the three of them will not be able to get it because they are restraining each other."

"The bearded man who has finally gathered his strength will easily become a cat. When the time comes, he will kill every mouse he sees. The few people who have been caught just now will all die."

"Don't you understand? The biggest function of the cat collar in my case is to prevent dogs from killing people when catching mice. Even if you are caught, you will only have your limbs broken."

"And as long as I don't get caught, you won't die."

Sule understood that Gao Xin was now the lifeline of all the mice. If he was caught, everyone would die.

If he is not caught, the others will still have a chance even if they are wiped out.

Meimei sighed, "So that's how it is. I understand."

Su Le pondered and said, "But what about you, brother? How long can you hide blindly? There is still more than an hour left."

"How about we just hide the collars? Yeah, that way you'll be safe too. If he catches any of us, he won't kill us because we don't have cat collars. Just keep looking."

"No matter who gets caught, the worst outcome is having their hands and feet cut off."

Gao Xin said with a smile: "Then why don't you just throw out the wall?" Su Le's eyes lit up: "Oh, that's right! We can just throw out the wall. Once the players enter, they can't get out before the time is up."

Gao Xin shook his head and said, "What's the use? The number of rats is limited. Nine have been killed before, and one was suffocated to death on the steps of the hall."

"That means there are only ten mice left."

"Big Beard has already caught two of them. Apart from the three of us, there are still five hiding in various places."

"He caught us all and found out none of us had cat collars, so guess what?"

Su Le was stunned, and Mei Mei said quietly, "That would be worse than death. He will definitely torture us and force us to tell him the whereabouts of the cat collar."

God knows what methods the radiator has, there is no way they can last more than an hour.

Even if they could survive, what was the point? If they prevented others from getting any points, they would still kill them all to vent their anger.

Gao Xin said calmly, "For us, this game cannot be without cats. With cats, we can still talk. Without cats, the rest will be garbage time, and it will become a game to torture mice and vent anger."

"Once they know that the collar has been thrown out of the fence, every Radiant will think, 'These damn rats caused me to lose my indulgence.' Maybe the four of them will unite at that time."

Sule scratched his head and stared at Gao Xin: "I understand. It doesn't matter where the cat collar is. The key is to ensure that at least one mouse is not caught."

"As long as one mouse is not caught, the other mice will not die."

"Brother, I'll leave it to you. You must hide it well."

"At the critical moment, I will buy you time!"

Meimei also nodded and said, "Everything is done to protect you. Just cover your neck. When we run away, I will pretend to have a cat collar to attract the bearded guy to chase me."

Gao Xin nodded, took off his shirt and wrapped it around his neck.

Then they discussed for a few words and then stood in front of a window.

But this time, there is no front view, but the left side, right side and back of the mansion.

Everyone hold on to the ropes and concentrate...

Suddenly, Meimei exclaimed, "Ah! He's climbing up from my side!"

It turns out that the bearded white man is not stupid.

In fact, he was outside and had already seen the people descending from the attic to deliver the collars, so he knew that the attic was connected in all directions.

Just now, when he was dragging the two wailing mice, he walked to the stairs and saw the attic door, but he did not rush to break it down.

Instead, he deliberately led the wailing rat downstairs to the hall, and then sneaked up from the direction of a window.

Climb the stairs with bare hands at a very fast speed.

If the three of them had not stood cautiously in front of the window, always paying attention below and not taking it lightly, they would probably have suffered a serious injury.

"Spread out and run!"

Gao Xin threw out the rope and was the first to climb over the window.

But outside Meimei's window was the bearded man, so it was impossible for her to go down from this side. She hurriedly ran to the window on the other side.

But this obviously wastes time.

Seeing this, Su Le did not jump out of the window immediately. Instead, he rushed over, picked up a heavy box, and smashed it out of the window on the side where the bearded man had climbed up.

"You bastard, I'll smash you to death!"

Sule kept picking up the debris around him and hitting the bearded man with it, trying to buy time for Meimei.

However, this did not delay too much time. The bearded man carried the debris and climbed up with one hand, while with the other hand he swung the axe and swung it up.

"Fuck!"

The flying axe was extremely heavy, and made a terrifying sound as it whistled upwards.

"Oh!"

Sule leaned back and sat on the ground, then he dodged.

The giant axe directly smashed the roof and collapsed the beams!

Suddenly, half of the attic roof collapsed, burying Sule.

Meimei turned around and saw the concrete wall collapsed over there, pressing on Sule, her face full of anxiety.

"It's okay, go on your way and protect the collar." Su Le shouted, ready to be caught, and even deliberately told a few lies to cover up Gao Xin.

Meimei nodded, climbed over the rope and escaped through the window on the other side.

At the same time, the bearded man had already jumped up, and only had time to see Meimei go down.

"Still want to run?"

The bearded white man ignored Suler, picked up the axe and caught up with him in big strides.

He charged like a bull, smashing the window and a section of the wall, and then jumped off the building on the spot!
Meimei was terrified, she was still climbing on the rope!

"Ah!" The window shattered and the rope fell off immediately. Meimei fell heavily to the ground, and a pile of broken bricks and wood fell beside her.

"Boom!"

When she ignored the pain and crawled to her feet, she saw the bearded man right in front of her, lifting her weak body up with one hand.

"Huh? Where's the cat collar?" The bearded man was very angry. He was actually fooled. The woman didn't have a cat collar.

Meimei stammered. Experiencing this feeling of natural enemy up close, she couldn't even utter a coherent sentence.

Although theoretically he wouldn't kill her, she couldn't stop feeling scared when she was really in his hands.

The bearded man crushed her left shoulder with a snap.

The severe pain made Meimei scream loudly.

Immediately afterwards, her legs were kicked and broken, and the woman's face was distorted to the extreme.

At the same time, she also understood why the captured mouse kept wailing... It hurts! It hurts so much!

The bearded man carried the crying Meimei and quickly went to the back of the mansion.

This is the direction Gao Xin came from, and he had just landed.

In fact, this time, he was already very fast and tried his best, but the bearded man was faster.

At the critical moment, Gao Xin covered the clothes on his neck and shouted, "Let go of this woman, the collar is here!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran away.

The bearded man was furious, but after chasing for two steps, he was suddenly stunned.

Then he gave up chasing Gao Xin, hung the giant axe behind him, and climbed up to the attic again.

He was very strong. He held Meimei in one hand and climbed with the other hand, and he was still very fast.

Although Meimei was wailing, she realized from the current situation that this guy had not carefully looked at what the collar around Sule's neck was.

Gao Xin covered his neck, but the bearded man didn't believe it and thought it was another attempt to attract him.

Give priority to catching the cat. As long as you become a cat, it is useless for the mouse to run away. A flying axe from a distance will kill it.

"Run! He's climbing up again!" Meimei screamed, reminding Sule.

After being reminded of this, the bearded man threw her down and climbed up faster with his hands.

At the same time, Suler heard the sound in the attic and was supporting himself on the ground with his hands. Veins bulged all over his body and his muscles were tense.

"Uh ah ah!"

He knew that the bearded man mistakenly thought that the collar was with him, so he could not be caught so easily and had to buy Gao Xin more time.

"Wake it up for me!"

The young man was very strong. He managed to stand up and push away the concrete wall that was pressing on him.

Freed from the suppression, Sule hurriedly climbed down from the window on the other side.

When the bearded man came up, he saw the empty attic and his face suddenly turned dark.

But when he rushed to the window on the other side, there was no sign of Suler, only a shaking rope.

The bearded man had a gloomy expression and moved his ears slightly. Knowing that he was on the third floor, he immediately turned over and jumped.

When he passed the third floor, he grabbed the window sill with his hand and climbed in.

At this point, with the cooperation of the three people in walking the dog, Gao Xin got some rare and abundant free time.

At this moment, his eyes were determined. He was in a corner, quickly taking off all his clothes, leaving only a pair of shorts.

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ps: Sorry.

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