Bonnie shielded herself with her left hand, strong static electricity flickering between her fur. Seeing this, Xuan Yeji and Kato Masaru quickly raised their hands to show they had no ill intent.
However, Bonnie remained tense and vigilant upon seeing Shitahira Reika and the others, her body covered in Armament Haki.
The team battle mission was already brutal, and then the sudden appearance of the cleansing mission and the Scavenger, the drastic changes in this Sub-World, and the powerful surprise attack from White Sanctuary all caught her off guard.
Having lost her teammates and her right hand, she was now like a startled cat; the slightest hint of danger would make her attack recklessly and then flee.
"Your hand…"
Shitahira Reika was shocked to see the powerful Bonnie in such a disheveled state, having lost her right hand. She immediately wanted to approach, but Bonnie aimed her claws at her.
"Bonnie, calm down. We're here to help you!"
It took a good deal of soothing from the group to slightly lower Bonnie's guard, mainly because Bonnie did indeed find that her reputation with the Tokyo Team had increased rather than decreased on her prestige panel.
Xuan Yeji quickly explained their purpose, but before they could describe what happened next, Gantz's teleportation had already begun.
Shitahira Reika's head began to disappear from the top, a sight that made Bonnie's eyes light up.
She immediately reached out and grabbed Shitahira Reika. Sure enough, her head also began to disappear little by little. When the Gantz mission ends and people are teleported back to the Gantz room, one only needs to grab a Black Ball Squad member's body to be teleported along with them.
After Bonnie was teleported into the Gantz room, her right hand also regrew.
She was in a peculiar state at this moment: on one hand, she was Bonnie, a Reincarnation Alien targeted for elimination by Gantz; on the other hand, she was a member of the Tokyo Team.
The group returned to the Gantz room, and before they could relax, new images began appearing on Gantz.
Even the song that usually played before every mission did not appear this time.
This behavior, in Bonnie's view, most likely meant that those controlling Gantz were so desperate that they were losing their composure.
"Target: Reincarnation Alien · BOSS · Tao Bai Bai"
"Characteristics: Strong, terrifying, cruel"
"Score: 100+"
"Eliminate Tao Bai Bai, full score for the entire team!!"
For the first time, Gantz displayed a message that the entire team would receive a full score after an elimination, which made Xuan Yeji and the others exchange glances, all feeling strange.
"It's that guy…"
Daizemon Kazama's expression was serious as he looked at the image appearing on Gantz. The image showed a handsome man's face, but he knew very well that this guy was merely wearing a human skin.
His power far surpassed any alien they had ever seen.
Just the aftershocks of his attacks could send them flying, and he could incapacitate the Tokyo Team without even needing to make a move.
Sakata Kenzo, wearing sunglasses, also had a serious expression. In fact, during that brief contact, he tried to use his psychic powers to affect this Tao Bai Bai, but the opponent was so fast that his eyes couldn't even track him, let alone lock on with his psychic abilities.
"A piece of advice from a former teammate: I advise you to abandon this mission."
Bonnie massaged her wrist, flexing it. Gantz's technology in this regard was no different from that of the Infinite Dimensional Space; her recovered hand felt completely normal.
She pointed at Tao Bai Bai on Gantz and said concisely,
"That guy is a monster; you are completely no match for him."
"In your eyes, I'm strong, right?"
Bonnie spoke, and the others nodded, but Bonnie continued,
"This strong me just had her arm severed by another Reincarnation Alien in one move, and was almost killed;"
"And that Reincarnation Alien who could defeat me in one move would most likely not be able to withstand a single blow from this Tao Bai Bai…"
Bonnie had not seen Tao Bai Bai fight, but she knew very well the power of those Title-level Reincarnators; they were individuals who could easily wipe out them or the White Sanctuary.
And Tao Bai Bai, even before the terrifying B711 Sub-World mission began, had already single-handedly killed a Title-level Reincarnator.
Their strength was on completely different dimensions.
Kato Masaru couldn't understand why, despite both being "Reincarnation Aliens," their strengths could differ so greatly.
But faced with an opportunity for all of them to escape Gantz together, how could they bear to give it up?
"As long as we have enough people and shoot with guns together, no matter what, we should be able to kill him, right?"
At this moment, human body parts began to appear little by little in the space again. Some appeared from the feet up, while others appeared from the head down.
These were typically recently deceased humans whose information was collected by Gantz and brought into Gantz.
A handsome, long-haired man was the first to appear. Seeing this person, Xuan Yeji's expression changed drastically. Izumi Shion?!
This person was the former captain of the Tokyo Team a long time ago. He had achieved a full score, chose to clear his memory and leave Gantz, and then returned to Gantz due to a massacre, ultimately being killed by a vampire.
But no one had scored 100 points to revive him, yet Gantz had directly revived him now?!
What concerned them even more was what appeared next. Bonnie's body stiffened, watching familiar faces reappear. For a moment, she didn't know whether to be happy or angry.
The delicate-faced, gender-ambiguous Lotus and the burly, good-natured Amaterasu were successively replicated by Gantz.
More and more people appeared, each exuding an aura of seasoned skill.
Bonnie could no longer be unaware that this was likely the result of the syndicates controlling the Tokyo Team's Gantz actively intervening in this game.
Tao Bai Bai's existence had already made those people restless.
That's why they actively began to violate the rules, replicating these powerful Black Ball Squad members.
As the personnel began to assemble, the sides of Gantz sprang open, and various weapons and reinforced suits appeared one by one.
This was evidence that the mission teleportation was about to begin.
"What's going on, Bonnie? How did we end up here?"
Amaterasu hadn't yet figured out what was happening, but Lotus already had a half-crying, half-smiling expression. He shook his head and offered an apology to Bonnie.
"I'm sorry, Bonnie. It seems we died prematurely and unworthily, causing your team to have negative points…"
Listening to Lotus's usual gentle tone, Bonnie's eyes instantly blurred. She looked at her teammates and said,
"Everyone, listen to me. We must stall for time. Only when the full moon arrives… Only then can I protect you~"
"Until then, please try your best to survive."
Lotus shook his head. He put on his reinforced suit, and the top of his head began to disappear little by little. The teleportation had begun.
"What nonsense are you talking about, Captain Bonnie? Amaterasu and I have already… Of course, we'll use our worthless lives to buy you time!"
Amaterasu also nodded, his head having completely disappeared through teleportation.
Lotus looked at Bonnie one last time and said,
"Bonnie, please live well for us."
Buzz~
Because the head was teleported first, vision recovered before the ability to move.
The Tokyo Team members looked around; they seemed to be in some sort of field. Judging by the distance to Mount Fuji, they were clearly no longer in Tokyo.
This was the first time they had been teleported somewhere outside of Tokyo.
Humans in reinforced suits were continuously being teleported around them, their numbers far exceeding the total count of the Tokyo Team.
Bonnie knew that the syndicates across Japan had probably united, intending to fight Tao Bai Bai.
However, this action would most likely be futile.
The next moment, a heart-stopping sense of crisis appeared. Her Kenbunshoku Haki sensed danger, and she immediately pressed Shitahira Reika and Lotus beside her to the ground, shouting,
"Watch out!"
Buzz!
A golden-yellow ray of light pierced through the air from a great distance, shooting straight towards them. A Tokyo Team member standing not far from Bonnie was shot through the Ajna without moving.
Pfft!
Blood and brain matter instantly splattered. The reinforced suit had no effect whatsoever. The person swayed twice and then collapsed to the ground, lifeless.
"Ah! Watch out, the enemy is in the manor!"
Someone shouted, and the next moment, various H-Guns and gravity guns began firing indiscriminately.
Bonnie, however, held everyone down and said,
"Don't move. We just need to hold on."
"Hold on? Until when?"
Lotus, still pressed to the ground, continued to explain.
"Hold on until Tao Bai Bai kills all those syndicates and takes control of Gantz. Our mission will naturally be canceled then…"