In the confusion, I, Nao Kanzaki, was Carried out by Gin who had returned from where he was bounced. "I couldn't leave you to the dangers of such an underground ring where anything could happen."
"Wait, what about Shinichi!"
"I trust that someone like him must have gotten away to safety or is in the middle of the fray. Either way it's best we vacate the grounds."
"Just trust that he's ok...Got it."
We could hear the tractor trailer being driven off by the Friend fanatics. With our mouths open, we could see Shinichi hanging off from the back of the truck. Still with me in his arms, Gin continued running toward the truck. We reached the road and looked both ways: no cars.
"Looks like we'll have to postpone this game and next time," we heard this by loud speaker. "Look forward to the next round!"
"Oy oy, that means this isn't over yet."
"I never said that this was the only event. The games dwindle down the contestants until only one survives, so that there are sequential rounds. This was our second round."
"Guess we'll have to walk back to town."
"Guess so."
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WOOSH! I, Shinichi Akiyama, was hanging on the back of the tractor-trailer to see where the Friend fanatics were going.
I've got to get to the bottom of this before this becomes a cult rising even more problematic than the Liar Game company. I had some leads into the Friend faction, but nothing as concrete as this. I had even less of an inkling about Akumetsu.
I thought this while we were cruising at something around sixty miles per hour from my judgment. Where are they taking this? Did they notice me yet?
We were entering the city now. What is their intention?
Suddenly we look a quick right and it wasn't at an intersection. We broke through the metal fence surrounding a small commercial district and our speed hadn't dropped. We were getting nearer and nearer to the back entrance of a convene store.
I have to jump off now.
...
I, Shinichi Akiyama, did a barrel roll into some trash bags when I jumped off the tractor trailer. The truck continued towards the convene now with its breaks screeching.
Crash!
The sound of metal grating hurt my ears even when I cupped my hands over them. I could only hope that no civilians were hurt. I ran toward the crash site.
"...child of destiny. Where is the child of destiny! She must be here somewhere. Friend told us so!"
"Get your hands off me and stay back," I could hear the scream of one of the convene workers. I saw the worker guarding a small child with a brush mop."
"I called the police already, so, you'd be wise to get out while you still can!" I yelled as the five overpowered the worker.
"Get away from Kanna!" I could hear a male voice accompanied by the sound of a motor cycle both of which were getting louder.
The Friend supporters ran away from the scene almost immediately after his entrance. I was still too far to catch up to them even if I ran due to the injuries I had taken from the fall. Luckily the cops were punctual and apprehended two of the Friend supporters.
I was bought in for questioning but I couldn't tell them how I got there truthfully or else my plan to foil the Liar Game competition would be hampered.
"I'm actually an undercover reporter looking for clues to lead toward Akumetsu," I told them in haste. "I planned to get into the Friend network to see if there were any leads there, but so far no luck. We need to do a full sweep of the area though before Akumetsu does anything rash"
I ran to the top flight along with a few cops. We found a teenaged boy in school clothes and a young boy about the same age as the protected girl facing the Akumetsu, but it looked like they didn't notice me. The young boy took out a tennis ball and began to kick it towards the Akumetsu, but it didn't reach in time. I was knocked down by the blast.