Meanwhile, the officials in Pickle Country had also noticed something wrong with Kim Xiba.
Although Dragon Country's firewall prevented them from watching its contestant's livestream,
they had spies who relayed information about Su Chen back home.
The information came with a considerable delay, but that was still better than being completely in the dark.
As a result, they had also learned about the hidden rules recorded on the visitor's note and the sticky note in the security office.
After rushing to analyze them, they had managed to decipher some of their contents.
Just as they were preparing to use their one and only hint to inform Kim Xiba,
something unexpected happened.
Su Chen from Dragon Country walked over, said a couple of things, and Kim Xiba went mad.
At that sight, the officials in Pickle Country could no longer sit still.
They hurriedly condensed the information they had gathered and sent it to Kim Xiba.
On-screen, Kim Xiba froze when he saw the message box appear.
He stopped hurting himself.
The officials in Pickle Country breathed a sigh of relief.
They were relieved that they had thrown him a lifeline at the critical moment.
However, they had no idea that, with Kim Xiba's understanding of reality collapsing,
what they thought was a lifeline was actually the last straw that broke the camel's back.
After a brief moment of stunned silence,
a bizarre grin spread across Kim Xiba's face, and he began laughing hysterically.
Then, still laughing, he raced toward the Rabbit Zone.
Soon, he charged into the shade beneath a tree.
The instant he entered it, that patch of shade split open into a gaping maw.
Black, razor-sharp teeth emerged from the torn shadows.
One bite.
Kim Xiba vanished into thin air.
In the shade of a nearby tree, a cute, vacant-looking rabbit appeared.
Then a child's laughter echoed through the Rabbit Zone.
A message appeared before every Chosen One and in every livestream.
[Pickle Country's Chosen One, Kim Xiba, is the first to die. Following a comprehensive assessment, Pickle Country loses 20 points of national fortune. Current remaining points: 60.] [Drought descends upon all of Pickle Country for one month.]
The officials in Pickle Country thought they had been a tremendous help.
The smiles had yet to fade from their faces.
Then Kim Xiba suddenly vanished, and a death notification appeared.
Their smiles froze.
The president of Pickle Country's expression grew uglier by the second.
He roared, "That idiot Kim Xiba! We clearly gave him the right answer! How could he still die?!"
"I'm furious! Go drag Kim Xiba's family out to appease the public!"
At their leader's furious command,
someone left the conference room to carry out his orders.
They had already arrested Kim Xiba's entire family on the president's instructions.
Soon, a livestream dedicated to appeasing public outrage went live.
Countless citizens of Pickle Country, left with nowhere to go after their Chosen One's death, flooded into it.
"Damn Kim Xiba! He had the correct rules and still got himself killed! I'm furious!"
"A month of drought across the whole country! How many people will die?! It's all his fault!"
"What an idiot! How could he be the first to die?! He could've at least died later! Was he in such a hurry to reincarnate?"
"Make his family die with our people! They have to die!"
Countless citizens, so furious they had lost all reason, hurled abuse in the livestream.
Meanwhile, in the zoo,
every Chosen One's expression tightened.
Those who had imitated Kim Xiba were especially panicked.
Among all the Chosen Ones, one man had literally wet himself in terror.
That man was Yamashita Kenichiro.
Hiding off to the side, he had witnessed the whole thing from start to finish.
Su Chen had walked over and quietly said a couple of things to Kim Xiba.
Then Kim Xiba had gone mad and run out of sight.
After that, the death notification had appeared before everyone.
After all, during the last horror scenario, he and Kim Xiba had conspired to repay kindness with betrayal and sabotaged Dragon Country's Chosen One.
Now Su Chen had killed Kim Xiba with just a few words.
Wouldn't I be next?
How could Yamashita Kenichiro not be afraid?
After thinking it over for a long time, he finally made a decision.
He would embrace the art of groveling, admit his wrongdoing, and shift the blame onto Kim Xiba.
That way, he could stay alive.
Yamashita Kenichiro hurriedly broke into a run toward Su Chen in the distance.
The moment Su Chen turned his head,
Yamashita decisively slid onto his knees, then slammed his forehead against the ground.
"Mr. Su, I admit my wrongdoing to you and to all the people of Dragon Country."
"It was wrong of me not to save your Chosen One in the last horror scenario, but Kim Xiba did all those disgusting things. I didn't do anything."
"Still, my benefactor died right before my eyes, so I was at fault. I hope you can all forgive me!"
With that, Yamashita Kenichiro began repeatedly banging his head against the ground.
The sight left Su Chen dumbfounded.
But he quickly figured it out.
Such abnormal behavior clearly meant that Yamashita had seen something.
And what he had seen was clearly the entire process of Su Chen killing Kim Xiba.
Kenichiro had lost his nerve and become terrified.
So he had rushed over to beg Su Chen's forgiveness.
Once Su Chen understood,
he nearly burst out laughing.
Kenichiro had no rabbit ears on his head yet, so his perception clearly had not been heavily contaminated.
Even if Su Chen wanted to kill him, he had no way to do it.
Yet this fool had actually delivered himself right to his doorstep.
If Su Chen didn't kill him now, he would be letting down the countless ordinary people of Dragon Country who had died because of the previous scenario.
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