Due to the elimination, we were all teleported to the second floor. Everyone was waiting for the floor-specific rule to be announced. Alice searched for Maria with her eyes but couldn't see her. When she couldn't see her, she looked at me with curious eyes, as if she couldn't understand the situation.
"Rei, what happened? I guess Maria got eliminated, it's good but how did it happen?"
"You didn't understand? It's very simple. She was the only player left out, so she had to search for the buttons. Itsuki, being aware of this, set out to find a button with his friends. When they found it, what they had to do was simple, get in front of the button and prevent her from pressing it. If she pushes to press the button, he tenses himself up, so she has to push even harder. When she pushes harder, with a little setup, he convinces the system to consider it as violence."
"I see, so she would lose either way. If she didn't push, she'd be eliminated for not being able to form a team."
"Exactly."
"It's good, the bastard got what she deserved..."
Ayame joined the conversation.
"Anyway, the advantage is with us now. We'll eliminate whoever we want."
"It seems that way."
"What, what do you mean? Why?"
"We're close with the twins, they'll want to make a deal with us. The tactic is simple, if you're superior in numbers, all agreeing together and casting collective votes to eliminate someone is enough. Even if they know who we'll vote for, they can't give a proper response because they're fewer in number. If the person being voted for properly uses their own prediction right, it can be predicted on the third floor that a prediction right was used, so they can be eliminated. After all, the prediction right can be used even when you've used your voting right."
"I understand, so it's enough if we just make a deal with the others?"
At that moment, the system voice was heard. When I heard the voice, I turned my face toward where the sound was coming from. Along with me, everyone was focused in the direction of the sound in the same way. The system voice began to speak, a new rule specific to the second floor was announced.
"New rule added!"
"On the second floor, you now have foresight rights. When you use your foresight right, you can predict the next person to be eliminated. You only have one right, and you cannot withdraw it. If the player you predicted gets eliminated, you win a hidden reward. If you predict incorrectly, there is no penalty. You can use your right from your phones. You cannot use this feature outside the second floor, those who do will be eliminated from the game!"
After hearing the rule, everyone felt a little better. It didn't seem like a rule that would complicate things too much for now, it was a long-term rule. There was only uncertainty about what could be won from the reward, and this uncertainty was important.
CURRENT SECOND FLOOR RULES
In a scenario where everyone uses their prediction right, if there are between one and three people who voted other than those who used their prediction right, everyone except those who voted is eliminated.
An immunity vote is held. The person with the most votes gains the immunity right. If they use it on themselves, the votes cannot affect them. If they use it on someone else, they cannot use it on themselves. If the person they use it on does not become the person with the most votes, they themselves are eliminated.
You can vote for yourself on the second floor.
On the second floor, you now have foresight rights. When you use your foresight right, you can predict the next person to be eliminated. You only have one right, and you cannot withdraw it. If the player you predicted gets eliminated, you win a hidden reward. If you predict incorrectly, there is no penalty. You can use your right from your phones. You cannot use this feature outside the second floor, those who do will be eliminated from the game!
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After the rule was announced, everyone moved off in groups toward different directions. I continued looking around. At that moment, I saw Itsuki's group heading toward the room where the twins' group was. He was going to try to convince them, he understood his situation. Meanwhile, Ayame looked at me.
"Do you think that vote on the third floor about invalidating former teammates' votes will put an obstacle in front of us?"
"It might, I'm not sure. But there must be a counter move against it. Besides, we won't reveal who we voted for, we'll see."
"Alright."
"Now let's head toward the room too."
Shortly after, we headed toward the room. Just as we were about to enter the room, Itsuki and his friends came out, their faces didn't seem satisfied. I could tell from their faces that the twins hadn't been convinced. When we entered the room, they seemed to understand that we were there for the same purpose.
"Same topic, Rei?"
"Yes, we'll be five people. We're more allies, we can decide to eliminate someone together. After all, we're five people, they're four, they can't retaliate."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm not completely sure, they might do something because they have the immunity right. But we'll be in a superior position."
"Alright then, let's form a five-person team. They, on the other hand, have to form a four-person team. This is the closest scenario to six against six, so the system should accept it."
As everyone was taking their phones out of their pockets to form the team, John realized he had lost his phone. So he started rummaging through his pockets in a stressed manner. When John got stressed, we all started looking at him.
"Where the hell is my phone? Where did it disappear to?"
John continued searching for his phone in the room for a while longer. We thought he would find it within some time. Suddenly, the system voice was heard, we weren't expecting the system to announce itself already, so everyone turned their heads toward the sound.
"The buttons have been found, we are moving to the third floor!"
"They've been found already?"
Right after my question was thrown out, we were teleported to the third floor because the buttons had been found. The moment we were teleported, John wasn't feeling well, after all, his phone might have been left somewhere in that room, or it might have been stolen.
Before a new rule could be added, Itsuki suddenly took a phone out of his pocket, he was smiling slightly, as if he was confident. He might have done something, we all looked at him. He performed a short operation on the phone. Suddenly, the system voice was heard, we could sense that something other than a rule would be announced.
"A player has been eliminated for using their foresight right on the third floor!"
Everyone now understood the situation. The phone in Itsuki's hand wasn't his own phone, it was John's phone. When he had entered the room, he had somehow distracted everyone and secretly taken John's phone. After taking the phone, while we were in the room, he had found the buttons with his friends. On the third floor, he had clicked the foresight right button on John's phone. Since trying to use this right outside the second floor was prohibited, the person who did it would be eliminated. Since the operation was performed on John's phone, the person who did it was considered to be John, not Itsuki, after all, the foresight right had been used on his phone, so the person responsible was John himself. There was no rule about theft being prohibited. Itsuki had implemented this tactic by stealing John's phone. This way, John would be eliminated, and he had saved himself or his teammates from a disadvantageous situation with a courageous move. Now the numbers would be four against four, and since the numbers were equal, the previous problem would be eliminated.
No one expected what he did, everyone looked at him with slight shock for a short while. I was also surprised. For the first time, Itsuki had made a move I didn't expect. It wouldn't be an understatement to say that with this move, he had saved his own team from a difficult situation.
When John realized that the person who had stolen his phone was Itsuki, his rough nature suddenly emerged. Before being teleported, he ran toward Itsuki, shouting. Itsuki was calmly waiting where he was. Those nearby had hurriedly moved aside so as not to bump into him. John continued running toward Itsuki, shouting.
"I'LL FUCK YOU BEFORE THE TELEPORT, YOU DIRTY THIEF!"
Just as he was about to reach Itsuki, he suddenly disappeared from the scene, teleported away. Since the atmosphere had suddenly returned to normal, there was a brief silence, and then I could hear the sounds of deep breathing. Itsuki was calm, he looked at me with amused eyes, as if he was enjoying the game he was playing. Eight players remained, the voting time had been reset, there were six hours left again. Itsuki looked at me and spoke, everyone was looking at him.
"Let's keep playing, right, friends?"