Two hours before the start of the ranked match, John finally arrived.
There was nothing he could do; after getting off the plane, he encountered an old enemy and was entangled with him for a while, but he finally made it.
When John arrived, Ghost Wolf became much more lively, and Little Devil was even more active, talking a lot but not daring to get too close to John and Ghost Wolf.
As for Lissandra, the Witch, she only dared to loiter around them, completely unwilling to approach the two, after all, a person's name casts a long shadow.
Night Demon and Ghost Wolf, these two guys, were quite famous even within the High Table.
Of course, there was another guy who was even more ruthless, but he didn't show up. That guy was White Lion, also a legendary assassin.
"It's a good thing that guy didn't come, otherwise, wouldn't it have blown up?"
Little Devil, of course, knew best about the grudge between John and White Lion, and it was precisely because of this that he breathed a sigh of relief.
John and Ghost Wolf sat on another sofa in the living room and started chatting, while Johnny could only wander around the safe house bored, and Little Devil and Lissandra huddled in another corner, chatting amongst themselves, with occasional shouting matches heard.
When two hours passed in a flash, the Global Assassin Organization Ranked Match began.
It was exactly 8:15 PM, and all the lights in the villa dimmed, while a faint mist continuously emerged in the living room. This mist was very subtle, almost invisible, and three projectors at different angles cast images that intersected in the air, forming a three-dimensional picture.
A wing entirely composed of firearms slowly emerged and rotated in mid-air, full of three-dimensionality and realism.
Subsequently, a string of blood-red subtitles slowly unfolded in the air.
["Welcome everyone to the Global Assassin Organization Ranked Match"]
As the subtitles and the pattern slowly disappeared, a figure appeared on the screen.
The figure on the screen was an Old Lady; although she was an Old Lady, she displayed an demeanor uncharacteristic of her age.
"Welcome, assassins, to the selection for the Global Assassin Organization Ranked Match. As the organizer of this competition, I am proud of your bravery."
"Next, I will announce the new rules for this ranked match. First, unlike previous ranked match rules, all firearms in this match are not obtained directly within the safe house, but must be acquired at designated locations."
When this Old Lady said this, everyone was stunned. They thought the rules might change, but they didn't expect such a complete overhaul.
"The venue for this ranked match will be moved from the city to an isolated island. At 12 AM, you will gather at Haneda Airport, where a special plane will take you to the competition location."
As the competition rules were slowly revealed, all the contestants and viewers watching the live broadcast were shocked.
The rule of the competition was that whoever killed the most people within the specified time would receive corresponding points.
Each kill added two points, and the competition rules used the top ten in points as the basis for ranking assassin organizations and allocating resources accordingly.
On the plane, everyone would be given a parachute pack and a special watch. That watch could roughly view the satellite map of the entire island and would display the real-time location of themselves and their team members.
At the same time, every half hour, the positions of all living contestants would be refreshed on the full screen and displayed for 15 seconds. In addition to displaying positions, the opponent's points would also be shown.
The closer it got to the end, the shorter the full-screen display interval, with the final interval being only 2 minutes. The watch could not be removed; unless dead, failure to detect bio-electricity would cause it to explode directly.
The person who killed an opponent could plunder all of their points and accumulate them. Team members could not harm each other, but their individual points were accumulated separately and would only be totaled after the competition ended.
Various weapons were placed on the island, and what kind of weapons one could obtain depended entirely on their own search.
Once this rule was revealed, it shocked everyone. These rules were completely different from all previous assassin organization ranked match rules, with no similarities whatsoever.
Especially the real-time location display for 3 seconds on the full screen every half hour; this point completely crushed the lucky psychology of all participants who wanted to muddle through.
And the ability to plunder an opponent's points completely shattered everyone's lucky mentality.
You could muddle through, you could hide, you could make it so others couldn't find you, but the opponent could plunder your points. This made everyone precarious.
Even if you were in first place, at this moment, it became less important. As long as the competition wasn't over, everyone was in danger.
The second point was that weapons had to be found by oneself, which greatly increased the difficulty of the competition.
"Holy shit! This completely leaves us no way out!"
Little Devil, after hearing these rules, exclaimed directly. This was too terrifying, wasn't it?
Even top assassins like John and Ghost Wolf had solemn expressions. Such subversive rules and competition venues broke through everyone's previous understanding.
And the way to victory was even more bloody; only by killing one person could one gain two points... "The competition time is 48 hours. A countdown will be displayed on your watches. When the countdown ends, all points will be fixed."
"These are all the rules for participation. Finally, I wish you a pleasant game!"
After the Old Lady finished speaking, her holographic projection disappeared.
John, Ghost Wolf, the Witch, Little Devil, and Johnny, the five of them looked at each other.
In fact, it wasn't just them; all participating assassins were bewildered, and even the viewers watching the live broadcast were confused.
The bullet comments in the live stream were about to explode.
["I didn't mishear, did I? The rules of this competition have undergone such a drastic change. Not only is the competition venue different, but the competition rules have also become more brutal."]
["Especially the method of refreshing locations and points every half hour, it's simply a poisonous scheme!"]
["No one can escape, no one can flee. No matter how strong you are, after half an hour, your location will be completely exposed, and your points will not be preserved."]
["The most disgusting thing is that the points for team battles are actually calculated based on individual points. As long as the competition is not over, all points will not be totaled!"]
["This will further stimulate other contestants to engage in crazy slaughter!"]
["Oh my goodness, luckily I didn't participate in this ranked match, otherwise, I wouldn't even know how I would die!"]
["Agreed!"]
["Which organization is the organizer of this ranked match? This is too terrifying, it simply leaves no one a way out!"]
Various bullet comments kept popping up. Indeed, you never know what the rules of the competition will be until it starts.
Previous competition rules were still somewhat conventional, emphasizing team combat, but this time, although it was still primarily team combat, the rules had been completely rewritten.
Not only were the viewers in the live stream and the participating assassins somewhat at a loss, but even various assassin organizations were a bit unaccustomed.
Such rules, such a method, were even more terrifying than raising venomous insects.
Among the top ten assassin organizations, some secretly rejoiced that they had sent old, disposable members, while others cursed, as this method directly cut off the possibility of those assassins returning; if their strength was not enough, they would simply stay there.
These completely unreasonable rules also made the entire competition unpredictable, and a question arose in everyone's mind: who would ultimately reach the top?
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