Wrong?

Now, which lever do they pull?

Everyone stood in place, rooted on the spot with rigid expressions on their faces while allowing their leaders to figure things out.

In the end, they still decided to pull every single one of them.

With that, Chong Tsay and Tsetu Zhi stood by 2 of the tables before appointing 2 others to stand close to the other remaining tables.

Alright, now, they were ready.

Tsetu Zhi took a deep breath, grabbed the table leg beside him and glanced at everyone sternly.

Likewise, everyone also felt the impending tension of the situation too.

Time seemed to freeze in time with just the sounds of their hearts beating loudly.

~Bubuum! Bubuum!

"Get ready to pull the levers in 3..."

~Bubuum

"2..."

~Bubuum

"1..."

~Bubuum

"STOP!!!!"

Eh?

-Silence-

Who?

Everyone glanced over their shoulders in confusion before finally distorting their faces in disdain when they saw Ji Shen.

What did this lazy troublemaker want?

Ji Shen and his gang couldn't be bothered by the hateful glares coming their way.

"You haven't been of any help ever since we got here. So why interject yourself now?"

Ji Shen lazily looked at Chong Tsay: "Because you'll sabotage us all."

Those watching from the control room raised their eyebrows as their eyes shone with a strange light.

While everyone in the room looked at Ji Shen and the rest as if they were looking at a bunch of fools.

What a joke!

What could this good-for-nothing know?

Could he know more than their leaders, who were ranked high in the entire district?

Chong Tsay chuckled and crossed his arms over his chest arrogantly. Tsetu Zhi was also amused as well.

Well, since this group of idiots wanted to embarrass themselves more, then why not let them have a go at it?

Even if they didn't make it on time, then wouldn't everyone blame them instead?

.

"Oh? So you say we're sabotaging everything, but why should we believe you instead? I believe everyone here jointly worked hard to get to this conclusion. So are you saying you're smarter than us all?"

Heh.

Everyone instantly turned cold.

That's right. They all worked hard to get to these conclusions.

So what the hell does this bastard mean?

Without a doubt, they were triggered.

Ji Shen squinted his eyes at Tsetu Zhi calmly.

This guy is definitely targeting them.

No matter, he'll have time to figure this guy's motive later on.

For now, they had to get out of here fast!

Ji Shen, Ran Senko and Lin Chindu slowly advanced amidst everyone's hateful eyes until they were at the front of the group.

Ran Senko finally closed his pocket-sized book and pushed his places in gently, while Lin Chindu stretched himself playfully as if going for a run.

Ji Shen placed his hands in his pocket and stood between the 2 lazily.

What a gang.

"Tell me, didn't you all notice the design of the room when you stepped in?

Believe it or not, this room is a chessboard."

Chessboard?

How can that be?

Many felt like Ji Shen was making things up, while some were intrigued instead.

Chong Tsay and Tsetu Zhi thinned their lips and looked around once more in scrutiny.

Now, looking at it in a different light, they had to admit that what the good-for-nothing said made a little sense.

Even though the room was massive, the square patterns were also ridiculously large too.

They didn't know how many squares were lined up against the length of the room.

But when one looks at the room's width in the forefront, they'll be able to see 8 massive squares, either in black or white, lined up against the front wall.

And now that they analyzed things again, it just so happened that the tables were also strategically placed on the squares.

Seeing this, their eyes lit up!

The tables themselves acted as chess pieces?

.

Many were still left in confusion, but a few others could now see the real setup of the room.

Chong Tsay and Tsetu Zhi also analyzed things but finally furrowed their brows instead.

To them, some things just didn't add up.

"Fine. I admit that this place is indeed set up like a chessboard.

But what does it matter?

Looking around, there aren't enough chess pieces.

So it's not like they'd have to play a game of chess here."

China Tsay nodded in agreement: "That's right. For all we know, they might want us to think it's a chessboard to stall our time or lead us astray. Everyone, think about it carefully. We already spent our precious time searching the tables thoroughly. In the end, these tables or chess pieces don't lead anywhere or have any other clues apart from the levers on them. So even if this is a chessboard, I don't see how pulling the levers will sabotage us all. If anything, one of them should give us a way out!!"

"Yeah! He's right!

We didn't find anything. So one lever must definitely give us a way out!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

They had searched for so long and were very certain that there was nothing else on or around these tables apart from the levers.

So what were Ji Shen and his group talking about?

(*^*)

Without wasting any more time, Chong Tsay and Tsetu Zhi instructed people to stand by the levers again.

They didn't believe that their thinking was wrong.

At the same time, Ji Shen shrugged his shoulders and walked behind the group with Lin Chindu and Ran Senko.

As they predicted, these fools were going to sabotage them all!

.

Now, it was time for the moment of truth.

Everyone looked at the levers in anticipation and a bit of hope.

Yes. They were finally going to get out of here.

It was just that what happened next, let their faces grim.

"Get ready to pull all levers!

In 3... 2... 1...!"

~Catchakk!!