At that moment, the only ones alive were me, Yasmin, Eason, Michael, Zion, Rachel, Quinn, Joel, and Howard. There was also another man. He had been hiding underneath the roller coaster from beginning to end. His name was Taylor Barlowe.
The unconscious masked man dragged over by Zion was the last one. The other masked men died in the trap set by the mastermind.
"Oh no! I went too far by accident," the eerie voice chimed in, perfectly complementing the whimsical music of the amusement park with its unsettling laugh.
"He can track us through surveillance and send people after us. He must have a special shortcut. We need to find him, or else we'll always be at his mercy." I frowned and glanced at the surveillance camera on the ceiling.
Manipulating the game through surveillance was truly a crazy act...
Suddenly, the masked man jolted awake, whimpering and wriggling. He was desperately attempting to speak. However, his mouth had been tightly stitched shut, causing blood to seep out whenever he made the slightest movement.
Quinn and Rachel averted their gaze in fear, and Yasmin instinctively avoided making eye contact as well. This was extremely vicious. I firmly restrained the masked man and freed his mouth by cutting the thread with a knife.
The masked man shouted in horror, pointing his finger at the place where they had been sent. "He's on this level... The lunatic... There, in the control room, he's in it..."
Steven and Zion managed to pry open the floor. There was indeed a passage that led directly to the 14th floor.
"Be careful..." Zion grasped Steven's arm and warned him against acting impulsively.
I glanced at Steven, quickly removed the tie from the masked man's clothing, and pulled my hair up into a high ponytail. "You two head downstairs first. I'll confront that lunatic."
If we did not eliminate him, the path that lay ahead would become even more challenging.
"I'll go with you!" Michael stopped me nervously. It was too dangerous.
I glanced at Steven without even realizing it. He seemed anxious as he returned my gaze. It was evident that he desired to be by my side too.
"Two people are too conspicuous," I declared as I brushed off Michael's hand and retrieved the knife from the ground. I then glanced at the surveillance camera in the northwest corner.
"You can't go alone." Zion also stopped me.
"I assume that the person in the control room has no physical combat skills," I remarked, glancing at Steven.
The two of us didn't seem to need much language to communicate as he understood that my intuition would always be right.
"Go downstairs and make it seem like we've gone. Let's cover for her." Steven grabbed Joel, who was still confused.
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