Difficulty

As our hearts melted with every second we needed to wait until she announced the next chore. All the hearts in the room were prepared to shatter into pieces as we spoke to each other in fear.

My heart slowly raced as I see it, a human skull was shown on the stainless steel table in front of us. It looked like it was from someone that died there in the first round.

"Are you ready for the next round or a better question, aren't you ready?"

Just say it already!

"Ok,ok. You must perform an operation on those ten items. In this round you will show your medical skills. Who doesn't have them will be killed, understand. Quickly choose a member from each group to perform it."

Mei: If I stay to think of it this round is pretty hard...I don't know how to perform a surgery so I can't risk and participate in this round...

Fen: Don't worry Mei,I have medical skills,I used to do lots of operations on animals and humans,even though they were little operations. I'll clear this round.

Li Jie: Ok Fen,be careful.

Lixin: Yeah be careful,shorty.

*Shorty? Is he trying to flirt with her? No! Why I am thinking this in the middle of an operation round?*

Fen stepped to the table which had two limbs on it.

"Oh,I see so they sent you to clear this. I didn't know Mei would sacrifice weak people for her own good. Then I guess we can start. Fen,you need to tie those limbs together, including what they have in them. I'll set a timer of half an hour. The rest of you that aren't participating can go back and discuss about it. Only when you return you'll see who survived and who didn't."

Mei: Now that we're back in the room, I'm worried for Fen.

Li Jie: I'm worried for her too...

Lixin: I know you are worried but she needed to clear something too, not to say that if this round didn't exist she wouldn't have cleared something. I think I forgot to tell ya something.

Mei: What is it?

Lixin: In this game we have a mastermind I don't know who it is,but I sense that you two aren't. But from Fen I feel energy coming and I don't like to assume but she might be the mastermind. Not to mention that when we we're sleeping the other night...I woke up and checked her calf. You might not know why especially the calf. Let me explain,the mastermind has a paw-like tattoo on their calf but the real confusion is that not only her has this tattoo.

Mei: Are you saying,she is the mastermind of the game? If she is then what would happen..?

Lixin: What would happen is that she will have an huge impulse to kill us since she is hand in hand with the boss of the game. So she will receive signals when to kill or do something. The mastermind usually has another form. Like different hair, clothing and comportment. Right now she's just in her innocent role,but for how long?

Mei: If she is the mastermind,will she really clear this round for us?

Lixin: I guess so because she's feeling the game.

Half an hour has passed and as we walk in the room,fear going through our entire bodies.

We don't see Fen.

Did she die?

Not even a trace of her could be felt and our hopes that she's alive we're decreasing.