"Gazo..."
Melo shouted his name, but Gazo was no match for Kuro. In the end, Melo could only watch as the wire severed his last companion's head.
Even after that, Melo refused to let go. He kept the wire pulled tight.
He knew how cunning Kuro was. The slightest lapse could cost him his life.
Kuro pulled the wire taut too, but they were evenly matched in strength. Melo had thick layers of clothing wrapped around his neck, making him hard to kill.
And with all his companions dead, Melo was hauling on the wire with everything he had. Kuro would struggle to finish him off quickly.
Time was the one thing they could not waste. The game had a time limit; if they stayed locked in a tug-of-war, neither of them would survive.
Kuro's eyes flickered as an idea struck him. He suddenly smiled. "You know, you deserve half the credit for your companions' deaths."
"You're lying! You killed them."
Melo shook his head at once. He wasn't about to believe Kuro's nonsense. Chris watched from the side with keen interest.
In truth, he was very pleased with Kuro's performance—not just because Kuro had shown exceptional cunning and ruthlessness, but because three of the five were already dead. That was what he wanted to see most.
The pleasure the game brought him mattered less than avenging his nephew Billy.
If Billy's companions had worked together to help him back then, Billy would not have died. Chris knew he was taking his anger out on them, but these subordinates deserved to die. That included Qiu Ze and Kuro, and of course Ye Chen. Billy had entered the Death Cube in the first place to kill Ye Chen.
Now that Chris meant to avenge Billy, he would kill everyone connected to