"We all owe her our lives."
Watching that petite figure disappear deep into the jungle, chased away by the Pterosaur, Banner slammed his fist heavily against a tree trunk. The bark scraped the back of his hand, drawing blood, but he was completely oblivious, his face full of regret and self-reproach.
As the oldest and most educated elder among this group, he should have been the protector, yet now he had let a fifteen-year-old girl act as bait.
This moral guilt made his already sensitive heart feel as if it were being burned by fire.
"God bless."
Although Hughes still looked terrified, he was now constantly making the sign of the cross over his chest, muttering to himself, as if clutching at the last straw of hope.
"The last time I prayed to God so devoutly was before the Olympic finals, and I won the gold medal then. I believe that under God's protection, Alice will certainly be safe and sound, turning danger into safety."
"Stop with that useless talk."
Strange coldly interrupted his prayer. Although the Doctor's face was also somewhat pale, his eyes were exceptionally firm.
"On this damn island, God is too busy to manage everything. The only one who can truly save Alice is herself."
He glanced at the direction where Alice had disappeared and said in a deep voice, "Although she is just a little girl, her eyes tell me that she is stronger than any of us. She is like a wild cat with tenacious vitality. Therefore, I believe she will definitely come back."
"Let's go. We cannot waste the opportunity Alice won for us with her life."
Banner gritted his teeth and shouldered the heavy radio transmitter.
"Up the mountain. As soon as we send the signal and the rescue team arrives, we will have a chance to save her."
The three no longer hesitated, and taking advantage of the window while the Pterosaur was lured away, they rushed toward the mountaintop like madmen.
...
Meanwhile, deep in the jungle.
Alice was experiencing the most thrilling moment since her two lifetimes.
What she wanted to do was to lure the Pterosaur completely away, to a place far from the mountaintop, so she delayed activating the system to apply [Kato Megumi]'s ability.
That is, the foolproof move of super-weak presence.
Because once activated, the Pterosaur would lose its target and turn back to the mountaintop to search for that group of conspicuous snacks.
She had to make herself the most dazzling and hateful target.
"Come on, you big stupid bird, is that all you've got?"
She weaved through the dense forest, even deliberately making a lot of noise, snapping branches and kicking away stones.
Overhead, the Pterosaur's huge shadow followed like a phantom.
In fact, this jungle was mountainous and dense, with no paths at all.
"Snap—"
A loud noise.
The edge of the Pterosaur's steel-like wings slammed hard against the canopy, several arm-thick branches snapped on impact, and wood chips flew everywhere.
Alice felt a fierce wind attacking from above; the sense of oppression made the hairs all over her body stand on end.
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a giant, hook-sharp claw piercing through the leaves, reaching for her back.
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