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In a completely different section of the island, the two pink-haired sisters were also fighting for their lives, but their situation was not as critical as Tim's.

When they encountered a predator or participant they could not defeat, they had adopted a radical solution of setting fire to the jungle. A few well-placed fireballs were enough to set off a nearly unstoppable forest fire and this had allowed them to flee several times.

It was also the way they had solved the riddle of their second ordeal. By letting a large portion of the jungle burn, they had discovered that they were able to survive this mysterious affliction.

When the charred plants and the burnt earth had cooled down, several red, green and blue lights had started oozing out of the ground and they had been able to easily identify the different properties of the minerals responsible.