The last Rat King will be left behind forever, clearly in exchange for one person’s freedom for everyone’s freedom.
Lucas Jennings was almost the first to jump out, angrily saying,
"You think you can leave my sister behind! Don’t even think about it!"
As he spoke, he turned his head and shouted to the crowd around,
"Don’t listen to its scare tactics! Since we’re playing the game together, we must leave together! No one will be left behind!"
Lucas had a knack for stirring up emotions.
They were all young people who grew up under the red flag; none would casually disregard others’ lives.
This shout of his immediately incited a few fired-up young people to join in,
"Yeah! We’re not listening to you! We’re leaving together!"
"Right! Not a single one can be left behind! There must be another way to get out of this ghostly place!"
Scarlett Jennings didn’t expect Lucas to be the first to stand up, and looked at the young man with increased approval.
It seems the Jade Token was not given in vain.
While Lucas was reveling in the effect he created, the voice in the void spoke again, eerily,
"Is that so?"
As its haunting voice fell, several screams erupted from within the crowd.
"Ah! What is this?!"
"My hand! What’s happening to my hand?!"
Everyone looked towards the source of the screams and saw changes suddenly occurring to a few people in the crowd.
Whether it was their hands or feet, they started to become ethereal bit by bit, resembling the earlier Living Souls.
The voice, unhurriedly, continued,
"In the game of cats and rats, the losing side must be punished. If the Rat King is alive, it means the Cat Group has failed; every cat present must face the punishment, which is... to become Cat Specters, like them, forever left behind."
When the voice fell silent, everyone saw the partially ethereal people’s body parts visibly becoming transparent and ethereal.
Truly turning into ghosts.
In an instant, chaos engulfed the Cat Group players present, with many shrieking,
"I don’t want to become a ghost left behind here!"
"I want to go home! I don’t want to play anymore!"
"Let me go home, boohoo..."
One person closest to Scarlett suddenly shouted and charged towards her.
If they could capture the last Rat King, they could win the game and go home.
The fear of turning into a ghost made them forget their previous fervent stance that no one should be left behind.
At that moment, everyone was focused on one thing.
They didn’t want to become Cat Specters!
Scarlett coldly watched the person rush towards her but did not intend to dodge.
Daniel Wright, in the moment the person approached, neatly seized them with a restraining move, "Calm down!"
"How can you tell me to calm down?! I don’t want to stay in this ghostly place for one more second! Let me go! You’re a cat too! Do you want to become a ghost?!"
The person, firmly pinned down by Daniel, continued to shout,
"Do you want to stay and become ghosts?! We have so many people, just capture her alone!"
Seeing that the surrounding people were indeed swayed and began to surround Scarlett’s direction.
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