A Chess Game About Human Nature

Seeing Bruce come down so quickly, Cynthia felt secretly delighted, even happily rubbing Black Handsome's head.

Could Bruce's food really only last for three to five days?

How could that be possible?

Bruce was the antagonist, not a selfless protagonist.

How could he not leave himself a way out?

The storage ring had a space of 10 cubic meters.

The size of this ring's space was known only to Bruce, apart from him.

So Joanne and Jerald had no choice but to believe Bruce's words about not having food.

Now, apart from some weapons and equipment and some frozen fresh food, almost everything else was food.

Even if we subtract the space taken up by the three backpacks and the food given to Zara and her friends, there was still plenty of room inside.

With the remaining food, at least Bruce and his few teammates could eat heartily for over half a month.

The reason he said this was simply to carry out his plan.

Although Jesse seemed to be in a hopeless situation now, Bruce knew that his future was still long.

Even if there were no other protagonists against him, he might encounter other strong opponents.

So Bruce was unwilling to bear the negative consequences of killing Jesse directly.

If Jesse was already doomed, what harm was there in waiting a few more days?

This was a game!

A game about human nature!

In this game, apart from the few people he brought out and Zara's group, who had become irrelevant, everyone else could be considered as pawns.

Joanne, Jerald, Malachi, and all the survivors in these dormitories.

And his opponents were just Jesse and his four teammates.

Under Bruce's arrangement, Malachi changed into a different set of clothes, put on a baseball cap and a mask, and blended in with the survivors.

Because of the darkness, his clothing, the mask, the cap, and the crowd's cover, Jesse was too busy dealing with the other survivors to notice Malachi's arrival.Survivors gathered in front of Jesse's door, and Jerald, as one of the few adult males in the group, took the initiative to negotiate with Jesse to show his support for Joanne.

"Jesse, we're all classmates, can't you lend a hand?" Jerald's voice came from outside the door.

"Help?" Jesse frowned upon hearing Jerald's words from outside.

With ten years of experience in the apocalypse, Jesse instantly understood Bruce's scheme.

He had initially intended to use these survivors to protect himself, didn't he?

And now... Jesse felt like cursing.

So, Bruce, that jerk, saved them for this purpose?

Did he plan all along to have these people come to him for food?

Damn it!

This jerk played his cards pretty well, didn't he?

Strategies are divided into two types: covert schemes and overt schemes.

Covert schemes are unseen, they're tricks.

Overt schemes are visible, yet difficult to break.

Bruce's move was an overt scheme that Jesse couldn't break.

Why couldn't Jesse break it?

Because these classmates were saved by Bruce, and they were genuinely grateful to him from the bottom of their hearts.

If Jesse were to provide them with food, others would just think it's his duty.

They were grateful to Bruce, not Jesse.

And after giving them food, what would Jesse and his group eat?

Without food, what could Jesse use to compete with Bruce? What could he use to break out of this situation?

If he didn't provide food?

Others would see him as selfish.

Then Jesse would surely clash with these survivors.

What? Tell these survivors that Bruce definitely has reserves and encourage them to demand food from him?

Who do you think these survivors would believe?

So unless his current strength allowed him to find other food sources in a short time, he couldn't break out of this deadlock.

"Damn it, you're forcing me!" As a protagonist who had lived through the apocalypse, how could Jesse give away food to others and gamble on an uncertain future?So he gritted his teeth and made his choice.

"My food is for us, what will we eat?" Jesse retorted.

A male student spoke up, "But can you bear to watch us die like this?"

"Sorry, we need to keep this food to leave the school, we can't give it to you, so... please leave!" Jesse replied.

"Hey, kid! What you're doing is too selfish, isn't it?" Jerald played his role as the antagonist.

Because Bruce had already left with his group!

If Bruce hadn't found food, and they couldn't get food from Jesse either!

Everyone might starve to death!

"So what if I'm selfish?" Jesse sneered, "What does your survival have to do with me? Even birds in the same forest scatter when disaster strikes!"

"Can't you give us a little?" someone asked.

"No!" Jesse didn't hesitate, "Joanne, it's not that I'm saying this to you all!"

"You can't even take care of yourselves now, yet you still want to save others? Don't you find that ridiculous?!"

"Jesse, what the hell are you saying?"

"Do you even have humanity?"

"Master Bruce and Joanne have saved so many people, even if you don't help, that's one thing, but mocking Joanne?!"

"Yeah, Jesse, you've gone too far!"

"And the food in your backpacks must be from the school canteen, why do you guys get to hog it?"

"Yeah, that's right! I say, the food you have should be shared among all of us!"

"Yes, we all deserve a share!"

"Jesse, hand over the food now, or don't blame us for being rude to you."

Hearing the commotion outside, Jesse looked disdainful.

"Oh? Rude to me? Haha! Alright, I'd like to see how rude you can be."

"Come on, kick the door open."

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Jesse's room was kicked several times in a row.

Finally, one of the students managed to kick the door open!Just as the male student kicked open the door,

*Thunk!*

Jesse swung his fire axe, hitting the shoulder of the student in front of him.

The shoulder bone shattered, blood spraying everywhere.

Before the student could even scream, Jesse kicked him out with one swift motion.

"Come on!"

Jesse brandished the fire axe, pointing it at the group outside the door. "Let's see who dares to take another step forward?!"

Conflict arose between Jesse and the survivors.

And it was no small conflict either.

In fact, it was inevitable.

Because Bruce had saved quite a few people this time.

Around sixty or seventy in total.

The three backpacks of food that Joanne and the others brought earlier could never feed everyone.

Except for the few girls in Zara's dormitory, the others could only barely regain their strength.

Even if Bruce had taken out some of his own food to avoid suspicion, it was still the same.

These survivors were previously trapped in different dormitories.

Because of the small number of people, mostly girls, and the lack of weapons, they didn't dare to go out.

Now that the number of survivors had increased, they naturally wanted to unite and find a way to survive.

Now that Bruce's food was gone, and they were too afraid to go out and kill monsters, what could they do?

They could only ask Jesse for help.

If Jesse didn't have much food either,

they might have to figure out a way to hunt monsters for food,

or if they couldn't bear it anymore, eat the monsters' corpses!

But now everyone knew that Jesse had five backpacks of food.

The survivors were fighting for survival, while the other side was hoarding a large amount of food.

How could there not be conflict between the two sides?

So, under Bruce's deliberate arrangement, Jesse struck down one person.

Joanne wanted to stop it, but it was futile.

Because that swing of Jesse's axe had severed all possibilities of reconciliation!