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Number 4’s answer went far beyond Maya’s expectations.Â
“There is no time limit here.”Â
Maya said, “Really?”Â
He nodded.Â
Maya realized this place was different from what she had gone through back then.Â
At the time, Philbert had clearly said the limit was one month.Â
And it had never been meant to end with everyone dead except one person.Â
But the rules here forced a group of children to slaughter one another until only one remained.Â
Could it be that Philbert had finally grown a conscience, so by her generation, things had slowly become more humane?Â
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Maya folded her arms and leaned against the tree trunk beside her. “If this doesn’t end until there’s only one person left, then almost all of us are definitely going to die.”Â
“Yeah. Do you want to die?”Â
Maya said, “Nobody wants to die, idiot.”Â
Number 4 went silent.Â
Maybe plenty of people had called him trash, coward, and weakling, but idiot had never been one of them.Â
“We’ve been here for three months. At first, it wasn’t so bad. Later, every so often, gunmen would enter the field. They kill people. In this environment, we’re the prey, and the ones with guns are the hunters.” Number 4 spoke in a calm, unhurried tone. “…A situation like that can drive a lot of people insane.”Â
Maya sighed in admiration. “You know so much, Onyx.”Â
Most of the kids here lacked basic common sense. They were smart, sure, but none of them could organize their thoughts and speak as clearly as Onyx.Â
Number 4 fell silent.Â
Whenever he didn’t want to say something, he simply skipped over it.Â
“The temperature drops sharply here at night. You look sick.” He looked at her. “Are you going to die?”Â
Maya stared at him, speechless.Â
For some reason, when he said that, the kid actually looked pretty tense.Â
Maya pressed a hand onto his round little head. “I won’t. Kids shouldn’t ask so many questions. Go to sleep already. If you don’t sleep, you won’t grow tall. You’ll turn into a little shrimp.”Â
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He wasn’t worried about her, exactly. He just seemed to have some strange fear of death. Most likely, this damned place had messed with his head.Â
“Big Sis, if you’re cold, you can huddle with everyone.Â
“It’s just…” Number 4 pressed his lips together, a little nervous. “We’re all dirty, and you’re clean.”Â
He knew very well that she wasn’t someone who had simply been shoved in halfway through.Â
She seemed more like she had appeared out of thin air.Â
Number 4 didn’t think she could adapt to this place’s extreme conditions and temperature swings.Â
They had lived and trained here for a long time, so they were already used to it.Â
Maya could die very easily.Â
Maya really hadn’t expected this little boy to be so thoughtful.Â
She tugged lightly at her clothes, which were still fairly clean for now. The temperature had plunged after nightfall, and she really was cold. She didn’t try to tough it out. “It’s fine. Sooner or later, they’ll get dirtyÂ
anyway.”Â
The people around Maya were either lunatics or total weirdos that no normal brain could understand.Â
But Onyx was different.Â
This kid didn’t fight, didn’t snatch, and didn’t scheme. He was simply, honestly, harmlessly kind.Â
A sweet little ray of sunshine like that was practically a one-in-a-million rarity.Â
“Onyx, let’s sleep together.”Â
Maya wasn’t familiar with anyone else.Â
If she was going to huddle up for warmth, of course she’d pick the new little follower she’d just claimed.Â
Number 4 lifted his head, startled and flattered.Â
After checking again and again that she really meant it, he slowly, cautiously scooted over.Â
He moved very lightly. Maya felt his shoulder brush hers, carrying a child’s warmth-not too hot, not too cold. Just right.Â
Then, the boy turned over.Â
He didn’t face Maya. He turned the other way.Â
Back to back, their small shoulder blades pressed together through thin cloth, like two puzzle pieces finally finding where they fit.Â
Number 4 was worried she might feel uncomfortable, so he chose a position that wouldn’t offend her.Â
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He bit his lip, secretly thrilled.Â
This was the first companion he had ever made.Â
Actually, it was only a tiny thing.Â
If he said it out loud, the elders at home would definitely call him useless.Â
But it was exactly these tiny things that made Number 4 feel like he finally had someone a little special.Â
Number 4 was a very sensible little follower.Â
And he was genuinely serious about being one.Â
Over the next week, Maya familiarized herself with the place. Whenever she had free time, she ran around exploring, springing lightly onto tree trunks to study the island.Â
In everyone else’s eyes, though, she was just sneaking around like some shadow, always disappearing where nobody could find her.Â
And she didn’t do any work.Â
Button was furious about it, hands on her hips. “All you do is eat our food!”Â
“Exactly! And you don’t even work! Number 4 used to belong to all of us, and now he’s yours.”Â
The people’s Number 4 had suddenly become Maya’s private Number Four, and they were extremely unhappy about it.Â
Maya sat up, rubbing her eyes, still not fully awake.Â
She had gone running all over the island again yesterday to learn the routes. Now, still half asleep, she realized she was being publicly denounced.Â
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