Have No Desire to Inherit the Family Business
Chapter 7
They boarded the passenger ship to Mirror Island. Waves appeared on the sparkling sea from time to time, and seagulls flew above the ship.
All the candidates sat on the deck of the ship. Guide Kara told everyone that it would take about two hours to reach the island.
The guide's voice was brisk as he thoughtfully suggested that "we can send everyone here to the test site next year unconditionally", which sounded like a curse. However, there was no response.
"The battle between us has already begun." Kurapika calmly mentioned the current situation.
"In order to avoid being discovered, everyone took off their number tags and hid them in their pockets."
Leaulx put his hands behind his head. He paused and suddenly turned to look at the person sitting next to him. "So!
Why do you still hang your number tag so blatantly!? "
"Me?"
Edith pointed at herself and blinked innocently. "There are obviously others who didn't put their number tags away."
That being said, Edith still gave a rare explanation.
"This way, the people who target me will take the initiative to find me, and I can get one point.
After all, I don't know who my target is. Maybe I can only grab three number tags. "
The girl's tone was sincere, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with her words.
"Huh?
You're too confident. "
Leaulx ridiculed in disbelief. Didn't she mean that everyone else was just giving their lives to her?
"I think I'm a bit arrogant too."
Edith nodded seriously. "If it's Sisso, then it's a bit hard to say."
"You mean you can take care of everyone else!?"
"Not really.
Ji, Ji Ta … Anyway, it's the person with the nail. I'm not very sure about his strength. "
Edith felt that she was too kind to say so much to strangers. "If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. You're welcome to come find me on the island."
After that, Edith got up and added a bright smile to the two people.
Leaulx, who stayed in place, forced himself to take a deep breath to calm down.
Two hours passed quickly. The order of entering Mirror Island was the same as the order of escaping from the Trap Tower. One person entered every two minutes.
What made Edith feel suffocated was that she had to stay on this broken island for a week!?
What a joke. No matter how poor her life was after she left home, she had never experienced living on the streets or surviving in the wilderness.
Now, she was left on the island for a week.
Sure enough, in order to use 95% of the public facilities of various countries for free, one had to pay a painful price.
Although her heart was filled with grief, Edith still firmly accepted the reality. The first thing she did after entering the island was to look for a water source.
Although she had never experienced wilderness survival, she still had the basic knowledge.
Edith poked the soil with a tree branch. Ever since she found a water source, she had been sitting on a big rock beside her in a daze.
It had been some time, and everyone should have entered the island by now.
Here came the problem.
First of all, should she take the initiative to attack or wait?
Secondly, would she be lucky enough to meet Number 102?
Lastly, whose target was she?
Please don't be Sisso. Although she wasn't afraid of fighting with him, and if she really couldn't beat him, she was confident that she could escape, but it would definitely be very, very, very troublesome!
After thinking about the exam, she had to think about more practical problems.
First, the problem of food.
[As I Wish] couldn't materialize food.
It wasn't difficult to identify the toxicity of fruits and mushrooms. She could only rely on herself to hunt for meat, but she didn't have any seasoning and didn't know how to cook.
Recalling the roasted pig she made in the second test, Edith couldn't help but sweat. She thought that she shouldn't be as fierce as the food hunter.
Second, the problem of accommodation.
Although she had been carrying a backpack, it wasn't a treasure bag. Of course, she couldn't carry a simple tent with her.
Even if her telekinesis happened to give her what she wanted, it could only last for twelve hours.
So, she might end up sleeping in a cave or sleeping on the grass.
After thinking about these two problems carefully, Edith, who had been spoiled since childhood, could not help but burst into tears. She had already anticipated that she would be in an abyss of suffering for the next week.
Save the child.
...
The bow and arrow were aimed at the girl by the river in the distance. She was leisurely lying on a beach chair that came out of nowhere. A big straw hat covered her face, and her gray hair, which was always tied up, was now loose.
Ku 'er released the bowstring and revealed a confident smile. The arrow that left the bowstring accurately shot towards the target. The degree of accuracy was just as he had expected. There was no chance for anything to go wrong.
However, the girl on the beach chair tilted her head slightly and dodged the arrow.
She took off the straw hat covering her face with one hand, revealing her beautiful side profile. Her pair of gold-plated eyes turned slightly and met Ku 'er's gaze from afar.
Being stared at by those cold eyes, Bakur's body stiffened. He wanted to escape, but he was surprised to find that only the beach chair and the straw hat were left. The person had disappeared.
Oh no...!
Bakur, who was hiding in the tree, suddenly felt pain in his waist. He lost his balance and fell. He quickly adjusted his posture and landed on the ground, but was once again knocked to the ground. The force was so strong that he couldn't help but grimace.
The culprit pinned Bakur to the ground and locked his arms behind his back. He couldn't break free.
Light gray hair fell on his face, like a snake's tongue rubbing against him. It was so cold that it made his whole body cold.
"You don't want to lose your life because of this meaningless thing, right?"
Like the beautiful sound of spring water hitting pebbles, Edith curled her lips. Her slender fingers gently rested on Bakur's neck. "Where did you put the number tag?"
"On, on the top..."
She knocked Bakur unconscious with a knife. Edith took out a number tag from his clothes.
She stood up from the ground, patted the dust off her clothes, and put the number tag in her bag.
"It's not number 102 either."
This time, she got number 53. Other than that, she now had number 105, which was the number tag of the unlucky guy who happened to pass by her.
Now that she had five points, she just needed to grab another number tag. It didn't matter if it wasn't her target.
She had already spent two difficult days on the island. The beach chair and the straw hat were things that were randomly materialized by her telekinesis.
Now, she could only wander around aimlessly or stare blankly. There was no signal on this desolate island. She could only play Tetris or Snake.
"Let's find the next target first."
Edith tied up her long hair with the hair tie in her hand. She said to herself, "The sooner I finish, the sooner I can rest."
After confirming the next plan, Edith activated [Sphere] without hesitation. She walked around while searching.
After walking for a while, she quickly locked onto her target.
Edith hid her presence and shuttled through the woods. Finally, she stopped at a perfect distance.
This time, it was someone Edith knew. It was Jeep, whose behavior made her feel very strange.
The brown-haired young man shuttled through the bushes with a guarded expression. The height of the plants was already up to his waist. He had to use both hands to push aside the bushes that were in his way.
He didn't have a number tag on him. She didn't know if it was stolen or if he hid it.
It would be best if it was the latter. She didn't want to work for free.
Edith kicked with her legs and jumped from hundreds of meters away to Jeep's side in an instant.
He didn't have any time to react. His eyes widened in horror. Edith had already kicked his back.
"Cough cough..."
Jeep curled up on the ground in pain and coughed dryly. Just as he was about to get up, his head was lifted slightly.
Edith squatted next to him and grabbed his hair with one hand. She had an unfriendly smile on her face.
She had already controlled her strength. Otherwise, this kick would probably break an ordinary person's body.
"We meet again. What a coincidence."
"Hiss..." Jeep felt that he was going to be scratched bald by Edith. He wanted to cry but had no tears. He looked at the gray-haired girl who was smiling brightly. He deeply realized that he couldn't beat this weak looking girl. "I can give you my number tag, but can I ask you a few questions?"
Because she could get six points, Edith was in a good mood. She readily agreed. "Okay, but you have to answer me first. What's your number?"
"Number 102."
"Oh... So it's you."
With this meaningful sound, Jeep instantly understood that he was her target. "The number tag is in the inner pocket of my coat.
Since I'm your target and your number tag is still here, then you should have six points, right?
Can you leave the other number tag to me? "
She took out two number tags from Jeep's pocket. One was 102, and the other was 371.
Forget it, she now had nine points.
But-
"No."
Edith didn't hesitate to put the two number tags into her bag. "Based on the current situation, you don't have the qualifications to negotiate with me.
Next question. "
"Okay... I know it's not possible."
Jeep sighed sadly. Thinking back to his impression of her, she was indeed not a kind-hearted person. "Then, then I'm really going to ask."
Although it was almost confirmed, Jeep still wanted to hear the answer from Edith's mouth.
"Hurry up." Edith indifferently urged him. She didn't understand why he was dilly-dallying.
"Excuse me, no, excuse me, are you Ica?"
From the initial cautious to full of confidence, even his tone became a little excited. "You are Ica!
You are the streamer Ica with the super beautiful voice, super powerful skills, and personality! "
... What?
The unexpected question made Edith stunned. She never thought that Jeep wanted to ask this.
The sudden change didn't make her panic. In her view, it was still a very ordinary thing.
Edith generously admitted, "It's me."
She didn't refute the exaggerated adjectives from Jeep's mouth. She just shamelessly accepted it.
"Sure enough!!!!!"
The deafening volume scared Edith so much that she trembled. She watched the young man next door turn into a fanatic in an instant. She could vaguely see Jeep's red eyes. He seemed to be touched.
If Edith didn't hold Jeep down, he might have rushed to her with tears in his eyes and grabbed her hand.