Sword Rankers
Secondt Test: Tag Play

"The eduardo? Why do you want to get into our team? You must have other plans, right?" Ran asked Eduardo once more suspiciously.

Eduardo casually replied, "You see, there is no particular reason. Uh! But if you have to answer, because he..." Eduardo pointed at William, "I'm still curious about you William Austin, you didn't mean it when you fought me, did you? But if it's near you, I'll definitely see you mean it."

"What kind of reason is that!? The point is you're just gonna make a fuss with William, right?"

Hearing Ran snap at him, Eduardo became annoyed, "Hey! You're a nobody! Don't interfere." Eduardo said while pulling Ran's collar.

Seeing Eduardo's action, William immediately intervened, he pulled Eduardo's hand which pulled Ran's collar and said, "He's my friend, you're not the one who messes with Eduardo."

Seeing William defending Ran, enough to make Eduardo surprised, "Hey Hey Hey! Whatisthis? You guys are close friends anyway? This is big news."

"Be quiet, Eduardo, if you want to go in just to get in trouble, you better go." William said as he threw Eduardo's hand which he clutched.

Eduardo's feelings were clearly visible on his face, he felt humiliated because he was considered unimportant by William. But he didn't hold it.

"Hahhhhhhh.... It's hard for you to trust me. Relax, I also want to pass the tofu exam. I promise I won't do anything until the test is over."

"Trusting you is stupid! Who would believe the talk of a madman fighting like you? Come on, William, we better find someone else." Ran took William away.

But Eduardo did not look upset, instead he looked calm as if he was sure if he would be elected, "Heiii! If you change your mind, I'll stay here, just find me."

"No way!" Reply Ran in annoyance.

Ran believes that he will be able to find other colleagues who can be trusted.

But, the problem is not that hard to find people, the hard thing is to trust them.

Ran circled around for 5 minutes in search of a new colleague besides William, and during those 5 minutes, he did not get a single one.

Suspicion makes Ran's judgment complicated, a terrible experience Tim gives, making it difficult to trust others.

Many times William gave advice to Ran, and many times also Ran refused it.

No matter how they looked, whether they looked friendly, fierce, cunning, and others, Ran always thought badly of them.

What if he's like Tim.

He must be hard to work with.

Very suspicious.

Scary.

That is the bad thoughts that continue to appear in Ran's mind, causing Ran and William still can not choose a single new partner.

Ran was frustrated, he was initially confident by rejecting Eduardo's invitation and looking for his own partner, but now he could not determine a single new partner.

Seeing Ran's increasingly frustrated situation, William also intervened directly, "Ran, in my opinion, we better accept an offer from Eduardo alone."

Ran was very surprised, asking about William's decision, "What? Are you kidding Will? You know for yourself that if he's a psychopath who's looking for trouble, we can't get away with him."

William calms Ran down, he pats Ran on the shoulder and asks her to listen to him first, "I know Ran, but it's better if we already know the nature of the person first than not knowing at all. Even if we choose one of the many people here in the hope that person is better than Eduardo, it could be betrayed that hope later..."

"But-But..."

"Just relax Ran, I'll be responsible for dealing with Eduardo if he does anything, after all he's here to pass, at least I'm sure he won't do anything to harm the team, because it will also harm him later."

Ran could not answer anymore, instead Ran had no other reason to reject Eduardo, but because of his belief in William that made him unable to reject William's words.

Reluctantly, Ran agreed to William's suggestion, "Well, I agree with Will's suggestion. After all, there you are, he won't be able to do much if there's you."

"Well Ran, I guarantee I will take full responsibility for Eduardo."

Ran and William went back to where they had been, and Eduardo's words were true, Eduardo remained in his place without moving. It was seen Eduardo remained standing in his original place without moving while smiling mockingly, as if he knew Ran and William would change their minds and recruit him into the team.

"Well! As expected, you will choose me in the end."

"Be quiet! Not that we wanted to, but because we had to."

"Yes yes, I understand, then, please help her well, Ran and William." Eduardo said as he extended his hand to shake hands.

With reluctance and fear, Ran shook hands with Eduardo while saying the same sentence, but accompanied by a sense of reluctance and rejection, "Yes, please cooperate with him as well."

"In that case, who's the one we're going to recruit?" William asked them both.

Ran did not think about it, even to get one person, it was already a difficult thing for Ran.

But it seems Eduardo already has the answer, "Easy, we better get to the registration post."

"Why is that? You want to sign up without a full member?" Ran Scorn.

But Eduardo remained relaxed, either because he did not realize that he was scorned by Ran or indeed he did not care, "Simple, simply, surely there are some people waiting at the registration post in hopes of seizing a place in the team that will register. And again... They must be strong people because they are confident to win a place in the team."

"Is there any guarantee they're good people?"

"For what to care about their nature, in the test this time, all we need is a stupid strong fellow! I don't care if they're psychopaths or how, the important thing is that he can contribute later."

Ran scrunched his forehead a sign of displeasure with Eduardo's suggestion, but his words were not entirely wrong. From now on, it was Ran who continued to hamper his own team. But his pride instead made himself re-argu.

"not important? You kidding? What if he betrays us in the middle of the test? What if he's just a psychopath who only cares about killing us? There's no guarantee, right?"

Eduardo's patience is running out, he clutches Ran's collar again, "You're this! Are you aware? You've been hampering this team with your potent nature, and then what do you want? Keep going around looking for teammates that fit your criteria? It's hilarious! Want to get to when? The time limit's running out just to face your potent nature."

William immediately moved quickly to break up them, "Stop the two of you, a fight will not provide a solution."

"You shut up William, don't spoil this guy, I'm surprised at you, you can put up with a spoiled kid like this."

Ran could not reply to Eduardo's words, deep down, he realized that he himself was hampering his team.

Ran made a difficult decision, gritting his teeth and saying, "Alright! I agree with your idea."

Eduardo who heard Ran's answer, released his grip on Ran's collar, "Well, long time anyway, just answer 'Yes' Only too."

With a very heavy step, accompanied by a sense of reluctance, Ran also walked backwards following Eduardo who walked towards the registration post, splitting the crowd who were still looking for a team or already had a team.

Eduardo's guess is right, in the registration post there are 1 person waiting and seen looking for something, it seems clear he does not have a team.

Eduardo was the first to ask him to speak, "Hoi! You don't have a team, do you? Join my team here."

The man looked at Eduardo, the man looked normal, but he didn't deserve to be here. The man wore a brown coat with a wide collar, behind which he wore a white shirt covered in mud and a checkered tie, he also wore black leather gloves and frameless box glasses.

Eduardo and William were happy with the enthusiasm shown by the man, except for Ran who was still hesitant, bad thoughts still haunt him.

William asked the man, "By the way, what is your strength?"

"Ah... My strength it-"

Teng Teng Teng Teng

Not finished the man replied, the sound of bells ringing in the room. The female voice followed behind him.

[Consideration! Registration time is 1 minute away, please register immediately]

Hearing the announcement, William did not ask again, he immediately brought his team in for registration, "Let's just continue the question, for now we register first."

"Good, now you're not stiff, I like you now." Reply Eduardo.

"Alright, I don't want to be eliminated either." The new guy also agreed.

Only Ran was still a little reluctant, he felt uncomfortable with the many people who joined. But by force, he followed his team into the post.

In the post there are still 2 teams who still register in front of the registration table guarded by a woman, Eduardo who impatiently intend to directly break through the ranks, "Damn! Let me just break through the line."

William immediately prevented Eduardo who intended to make a mess, "Don't, we will be eliminated if there is violence outside the test."

"Tch, I've drawn my words about you."

They were forced to wait 4, lucky not to take long for the team in front to complete the registration.

But, only 15 seconds left for them to register, William immediately went forward, took the registration paper and wrote their names quickly.

William Austin

- Ran Corbin

the Eduardo Andres

Very quickly, William wrote down the names of the three of them very quickly, but 5 seconds left.

William asked the new man by shouting subconsciously, "What's your name?"

"Enzo! Just Enzo." Reply to the man by shouting.

Enzo

William immediately gave the registration paper to the post guard in front of him at the last moment.

Teeett....

The sound of the bell immediately appeared to mark the completion of the registration time, Ran team was lucky to successfully register at the end of time.

Frustrating voices rang out from some of the people behind who were late to register.

The post guard in front of Ran's team smiled mysteriously as he said, "Congratulations to you for successfully registering, please return to the starting place to get an explanation regarding this exam."

Team Ran exited the registration post, after they left, the registration post behind them went back down.

Outside, there were some people who looked angry and annoyed.

Ranker Amare and Emily reappear on stage.

"Congratulations to the 20 teams who have signed up, it's a pity that some are late to sign up."

The people who failed to register because they were hesitant to choose a team, lodged their complaint, "This is unfair! How can you ask us to team up with a stranger we don't know?"

"Right, on the first test a lot of psychopaths were after me, and you expect us to team up with people like that?"

"At least give it more time to sign up! I failed to register because the team in front of me who had not finished registering."

Ranker Amare exhaled in annoyance, he pushed back his sunglasses inside and said, "That's none of our business! Your failure is your own fault, and as long as you know, making a team quickly is part of this test, you fail to make a team, you have failed this test."

"What's? You didn't tell us!"

"If you're smart, you can guess for yourself. And again, we don't need your approval to thwart you, you can't live up to our expectations, you failed!"

Ranker Amare gave off a gripping aura

Ngwg.... Grrkkkkp....

The room felt trembling with the aura that Ranker Amare was giving off.

The failed participants were forced to accept their fate and walked out of the examination hall with their heads lowered.

Ran looked at them with a feeling of sadness, as well as being grateful that he had not become one of them.

Ranker Emily also explained the 2nd exam, "As we have explained, this exam will use a team system and will run like Tag Play or a game of chases..."

The participants were rowdy and whispered to each other hearing the explanation of the test this time.

A game? They consider what this test is.

They seemed happy to play with the participants.

They're not serious, are they? Why is it like a children's exam.

Ranker Emily ignored all of that and continued her explanation, "...After you sign up, there are several teams that get red Pins that will be your team identity. And there are also those who do not get it. The team that gets the Pin will be the live team, and the one that can't be the dead team."

Ran feels a bad feeling, his team does not get a pin, so the position of Ran's team is.

Team Dead.

"Team live, must be able to keep their pins until the end of the exam which is 24 hours or one day. And the dead team must be able to capture at least one live Pin team in order to escape. On this test still applies the elimination system as on the first test, if your HP is exhausted, you will be sent to the elimination room. But if your comrades are still there and manage to snatch the pin and hold on until the end, you will still pass. At the same time, you will be transferred to the exam site directly, just like before."

Shit, we got a bad role.

A moment later, Ran and his Team were transferred to another place.

Unlike the previous place, the place of the test this time is a savanna with grass as high as 1 meter, and there are several hills around the savanna that is quite far from where the Ran team.

This time, we have to hunt others, whether we want to or not, we have to hunt other teams to get away.