SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 280 - 280 278 The Sixth Person_1

Chapter 280: Chapter 278: The Sixth Person!_1 Chapter 280: Chapter 278: The Sixth Person!_1 “Arsonist Tao Tie…”

Colin casually twirled the basketball-sized fireball in his hand while looking towards the newcomer.

This Jailbreak Series old-timer had used some sort of item to turn himself into a smoky, spectral human form, presumably to avoid injury from his own explosive swamp gas.

But at this moment, seeing the flames easily controlled by Colin, the “smoke person” paused, then reverted to normal.

“Is that the ‘Ring of the Flame Master’?”

As someone who had once used this item, the Arsonist quickly realized something, “Have you tamed that thing, or did you just combine it with something else, not fearing the negative effects?”

The “Ring of Flame Dominance,” known as a formidable “high-speed train” inside the company back in the day, had a negative impact that deterred countless employees, and even now, thinking back, he couldn’t help but silently commiserate with the creator’s entire family tree.

Initially, when someone had recommended this “great value” item to Colin, it was with the intent to have fun teasing the newcomer.

After all, a company life without having used the “Ring of Flame Dominance” was obviously incomplete.

But unexpectedly, Shunzi had managed to turn this “high-speed train” into his own private car.

“Probably,” Colin replied vaguely, not revealing much about the integration of the equipment, just controlling the fire to burn the intolerable stench in the air.

In the midst of conversation, he silently issued a command to the Nano Intellectual Mechanism he had named “Xiao Yin” to subtly disperse through the air.

In the face of this red-named character, Colin felt it necessary to be cautious.

“It seems like you have indeed.” The Arsonist sighed, deducing from the way Colin flicked the fireball with the ease of a practiced move that he had likely truly mastered the device.

Speaking of Colin, his impression of him was quite vivid—

Once on the verge of completing a key task for points, with nothing else to sell, he had no choice but to sell some knowledge to several people. Out of seven or eight, Colin was the only one who paid.

Besides, Colin had managed to complete various high-difficulty tasks that seemed almost impossible like he was using cheats, which left an even stronger impression on him.

At that moment, there was more movement. In addition to the one who was still retching, Colin and the Arsonist simultaneously turned their heads and saw a shadow that seemed to not exist in reality, accompanied by several eerie “Four-Armed Citizens.”

“Brother Shunzi, long time no see!”

Dog Brother withdrew the purple-named dagger from his left hand as he deactivated his item’s effect.

Once he reverted to his true appearance, an employee ID reading “Miss Nell’s Dog” popped up above his head.

That ID really does pack the punch of an anime character every time you see it…

Colin gave a nod as a response, then looked thoughtfully at the other’s ID:

‘This mission apparently does not have internal team communication, but instead has IDs that appear when meeting.’

He didn’t know why the company had done this, but when he had secretly contacted “Xiao Yin” just now, it seemed unable to detect this ID.

Now, it seemed that only internal staff could see this layer of name.

Colin guessed it must be for some reason that such an arrangement was made.

“Alright, there’s one more person, not sure where…” the Arsonist said, intending to suggest that everyone search for the last person, find him, and then continue planning the next move, including who should take the lead.

But before he could finish, a watertight door not far away suddenly opened.

A person wearing a dog’s head mask climbed out, holding a hammer. After emerging, seeing everyone looking at him, he raised his hand to press something on his neck, and immediately a cartoonish, synthesized voice came out:

“Hello everyone, I am Thor the Thunder God, for the glory of the Norse Gods!”

Above his head was an employee ID that read “Wave Rider Seek Pig.”

As the words ended, Colin and the others couldn’t help but fall silent for a moment, though they weren’t very surprised.

After all, when executing team-type missions, people couldn’t really see each other’s faces clearly, and after the mission ended, their recognition of each employee’s body features would become blurry.

But… to prevent that “what if,” some employees still took precautions as much as possible.

However, facing this orange-named employee who deliberately hid his identity, Colin didn’t let down his guard; compared to the red-named Arsonist, this one was equally a focus of his attention for the potential to trigger extra events.

“Now that everyone’s here, we can…”

“Wait a moment.”

Colin waved his hand to signal, “There’s still one more person on this submarine.”

“Huh?!”

“There’s another person!”

“Isn’t our mission just for five people!”

“Where is he?!”

“Damn! Damn! Damn!”

At these words, everyone present was taken aback, almost simultaneously entering a state of combat readiness.

“Uncertain, I only know there’s an extra person, but I’m not sure where this last person is, let’s search first, solve this problem, and then discuss continuing the mission…” Colin suggested.

The Nano Intellectual Mechanism Little Maid detected life signs from five people, but could only confirm the presence of four.

The last one was like a ghost, elusive…

“I’ll follow Brother Shunzi’s lead, no objections here.”

With a soft and somewhat feminine voice, Dog Brother nodded in agreement.

Although as an old employee his abilities were not weak, after the “Passionate Paradise” incident, he deeply realized that working with Brother Shunzi meant just emptying his brain and doing the work.

“I… have no objections either.”

“Naming is really tough” also spoke up.

The other two difficult children looked at each other and nodded as well, indicating agreement.

There wasn’t really anything to refuse about the matter, and even if Colin hadn’t brought it up, they would have, but Colin’s suggestion meant that he probably wanted to take command of the whole team.

Sure enough, after everyone agreed, Colin looked at the two of them: “You two… although I don’t know what your deal is, I hope you won’t cause any trouble unless absolutely necessary.”

“Of course, I won’t make a move unless I have no other choice,” Arsonist said.

Don’t make a move unless necessary, meaning if he does, his teammates are either going to die or be crippled, right?

Thinking of his style, Colin had some guesswork about the means of this old Jailbreak Series brother.

After speaking, he tilted his head slightly to look at the other person.

This “Glory of the Northern God” remained silent, instead lifting his hand to his neck and letting the playback device emit a sound:

“Rest assured, I am a very, very good citizen.”

This backed-up voice didn’t seem like that of a simple offender.

Colin sighed. Fortunately, the Nano Intellectual Mechanism had already silently adhered to their bodies; at a critical moment, he could immediately take control of them, and if he wished, he could flatten them like the “Heroes.”

With this thought, Colin relaxed a little and began to lead the group in searching the submarine.

They stuck together rather than splitting up. While the submarine wasn’t small, being over seventy meters in length and eight meters wide, nor was it large. Aside from a part of the front half, the interior space wasn’t extensive, and many of the passageways were quite narrow, only about a meter wide, causing a sense of irritability and impatience in one’s heart due to the restricted movement.

Add to that the thick stench of decay in the air, the sight of bloated, seaweed-covered corpses, the subtle rocking of the submarine, and the occasional unknown, piercing sounds coming from the deep sea outside, everyone couldn’t help but feel a bit oppressed…

“No wonder they said to prepare something to lessen psychological stress.”

Colin walked among the group, with the five “Good Brothers” leading the way.

If there really were any unforeseen movements ahead, with the Good Brothers taking the brunt, he estimated he could react in time.

Colin’s example of leading from the front also received the approval of the others behind him; after all, their biggest fear was if Colin became the “leader,” he’d make them take the hard hits while he hid in the back—

As for the “Good Brothers,” were they really people you could rely on for a hundred bucks?

However, to Colin’s surprise, even after scouring the submarine, they found no sign of the sixth person.

“Could it be a hallucination?” the Arsonist couldn’t help but ask, as it seemed everyone else but Colin had not noticed the presence of a sixth person…

“There shouldn’t be any mistake.”

Colin furrowed his brow; besides the Nano Intellectual Mechanism’s report, he had also faintly smelled something through his sense of smell, which seemed to disappear almost immediately.

Having no choice, he headed back from the rear of the submarine to the activity area in the front section.

‘This sixth person really knows how to hide…’ Colin thought as he rubbed his forehead, unsure of how the other person managed to hide so well, letting him know someone was there, but damn it, just unable to find them.

Along the way, aside from collecting corpses and storing them in some restrooms, they hadn’t had time to do much else.

“Since we can’t find that guy, let’s start the mission first.”

A tuft of flame flickered above Colin’s head as he was about to have the “Nano Intellectual Mechanism” gain access to the submarine’s system.

But it was at that moment that a hoarse voice suddenly sounded amongst the crowd:

“You’ve been walking around, were you looking for me?”

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