Chapter 302: Mark and James
James stood frozen like a statue, completely unmoving, as he watched Jiang Ran climb out unscathed from the entrance of Slide Number 2.
After emerging, he stretched his body and stood in place.
Although he was soaked with water, it didn't affect Jiang Ran's sharp, capable appearance in the slightest.
Just like that, James stared wide-eyed, still unable to accept this reality.
"Hey, you're pretty impressive, huh? Stuffing blades inside a water slide? Aren't you afraid of getting a knife up your ass?!"
The Jiang Ran who had emerged this time was the blue-haired Jiang Ran who had appeared several times before.
This was the same one who had brutally beaten the Old Man in Room 301 and killed the corpse fisher old man.
Blue-haired Jiang Ran ran his hands through his black hair, using both hands to slick back all his water-soaked black hair that was tightly plastered to his scalp.
He tried to style it into a slicked-back look.
Of course, he wasn't doing this because he liked the hairstyle, but simply to prevent his bangs from blocking his vision. "How did you get out? (English)"
James's gaze gradually turned icy cold.
Blue-haired Jiang Ran didn't understand English.
Of course, he didn't want to understand either.
Just then, blue-haired Jiang Ran strode toward James and said, "Since you're the one who set up this water slide, I'll send you down to experience it for yourself right now."
Blue-haired Jiang Ran was actually among the most harmless of Jiang Ran's alternate personalities.
Unless the other party was trying to kill him, he almost never resorted to lethal force.
Just as blue-haired Jiang Ran was walking forward, James made an unexpected move.
That was—to flee.
He probably figured that since this guy could climb out of the slide, such an extraordinary person was beyond his capabilities, so he'd better run quickly.
Watching James frantically scrambling down the stairs in his pathetic state.
Blue-haired Jiang Ran showed extreme disdain: "Even if you run, where can you possibly go?"
He picked up the phone that Jiang Ran had placed in the basket before sliding down, stuffed it into his pants pocket, and then unhurriedly walked down.
Blue-haired Jiang Ran chased James all the way. Although James tried several times during the pursuit to shake him off, after multiple attempts, he found he couldn't lose the guy behind him at all.
The two of them were chasing each other from the water park.
The direction they exited the water park led to an area that was usually sparsely populated on the island.
It was unclear what James was thinking—instead of running toward crowded areas, he ran toward less populated places.
At this moment, in the live stream room, everyone was thoroughly entertained watching the two of them chase each other.
Finally.
Since this special live stream began.
The three lab rats who had died were all easily killed by deranged criminals, deranged serial killers.
It wasn't interesting at all.
Now things were finally getting interesting.
Currently, it was a lab rat chasing a deranged criminal.
This kind of scene, whether in Alice Apartment or the special live stream, especially the special live stream, was absolutely a rare occurrence.
[Oh my god, what's wrong with this James? He's actually being chased and beaten by this Hua Country lab rat? What a waste! How were you even selected?!]
Watching the Hua Country lab rat display such formidable prowess.
The lizard brother from A San Country felt extremely unbalanced in his heart.
But no matter how much anger he vented in the live stream room, it was useless because James in reality couldn't hear it, and even if he did hear, he wouldn't pay any attention at all.
Blue-haired Jiang Ran sprinted with both legs, maintaining a certain distance while chasing the James in front of him.
It was clear he was deliberately controlling his speed.
As for why he was deliberately controlling his speed.
There was one point that puzzled him greatly.
That was, this 50-year-old white man named James who designed the blade-killing method in the water slide.
Why was there no danger warning alert when Jiang Ran encountered him in the hotel room?
Yes, when Jiang Ran met James disguised as staff in the hotel room.
There was absolutely no danger warning alert for James.
Because of this, Jiang Ran checked the staff member's identity and then followed him to the slide.
If he had heard the danger warning alert, Jiang Ran would have definitely reconsidered.
Therefore, blue-haired Jiang Ran was wondering, was that blade-filled water slide really created by the guy in front of him?
Maybe it wasn't him? Maybe he's just a minor character?
Unconsciously.
The two of them had already run into a jungle area on Macedonia Island.
When they reached a clearing in the jungle.
James, about ten meters ahead, suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Seeing this, blue-haired Jiang Ran didn't stop but prepared to go up and directly grab this guy.
However, just at that moment, a metal arrow suddenly shot out from the jungle on blue-haired Jiang Ran's left side.
This arrow was a sneak attack.
If it were an ordinary person, they definitely wouldn't be able to dodge it.
But blue-haired Jiang Ran wasn't ordinary—with just a sidestep, he easily avoided it.
While dodging, he glanced at James ahead with his peripheral vision and found that James had started running again.
Therefore, he quickly gave chase.
But what infuriated him was that as soon as he took a step forward, another arrow came shooting toward him.
He had to stop and dodge this arrow.
By the time he dodged this arrow, blue-haired Jiang Ran discovered with frustration that James had just entered a dense green forest.
So he prepared to chase again.
But this time, arrows came again.
And this time, five arrows in rapid succession.
It seemed the archer, after shooting the arrows, was also preparing to make an escape.
Facing these five arrows, blue-haired Jiang Ran managed to avoid them, but not easily.
Mainly because his current body was too weak.
By the time he finished dodging and ran to where James had last been, that guy had long disappeared without a trace!
Remaining silent, blue-haired Jiang Ran's face was terrifyingly gloomy.
The corner of his left eye kept twitching violently, distorted.
Somewhat frightening.
...
James ran all the way.
Only when he reached a small wooden cabin in the middle of the jungle.
Did he stop to rest, panting heavily.
Rustle, rustle, rustle.
Just as he was bent over panting, wiping sweat from his forehead, a rustling sound suddenly came from in front of him.
Looking up.
He saw a 1.85-meter tall man with short golden hair, holding a black military crossbow in his hands and a quiver full of arrows on his back, walking toward him.
"Thank you, Mark, for saving my life. (English)"
This 1.85-meter tall man was called Mark, the very one who had killed the lab rat Amir.
"You're welcome, I just happened to be passing by. By the way, the person chasing you looked a bit like Lab Rat No. 1, is that right? (English?)"
"Yes, it's Lab Rat No. 1, Jiang Ran. He's from Hua Country. (English)"
"How did he end up chasing you? Were you exposed? So he chased you? But that shouldn't be possible? If he entered the slide, he should definitely be dead, but if he didn't enter, how would he know the slide was a death trap? Could it be that his friend went in and died? But that's even more unlikely—as a lab rat, he should have come here alone. (English)"
Watching Mark continuously failing to guess the truth.
James said with a frightened expression: "You might not believe this, but he entered the slide and didn't die. (English)"
Mark: "That's impossible! Unless he's Superman! Otherwise, with a mortal body, he would definitely have been sliced to death by the blades inside! (English)"
James said: "He escaped in a way we never imagined! (English)"
"He climbed back out the same way he came in! (English)"