This Time, I'll Be the Villain's Favorite Daughter novel Chapter 270

Chapter 270 Not a Burden

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“You mean lead us to our deaths!” one of them complained. “How are we this unlucky? Out of all the possible groups, we got stuck with you two, and you’re a brother and sister who absolutely refuse to split up.”

Maya asked, “Then what do you want to do?”

Another girl rolled her eyes thoughtfully and started calculating. “How about we split up after all? You two look like you actually know what you’re doing. If each of you takes one or two of us along, that’s still better than all of us running around like this.”

This time, Alfred couldn’t even be bothered to respond.

He turned around and pulled Maya away.

Maya shook her head. Her tone was much gentler than Alfred’s and nowhere near as aggressive. “The rule says we win as long as not all of us get caught in the end. You guys just find a place to hide and wait for us to win. I promise we’ll win, okay?”

She paused before adding, “Half an hour of the three hours has already passed. The five of us staying together like this doesn’t accomplish anything. We all want to get out of here. We all want the same thing.”

Maya looked completely sincere. Compared to Alfred’s cold expression, which always seemed like the whole world owed him millions of dollars, she looked far friendlier and much easier to talk to.

The other three children exchanged glances. Looking at the steadily passing time, they finally gave in and repeatedly warned them.

“Then you absolutely can’t get caught.”

Maya nodded vigorously. “Okay.”

Edric lightly pressed a finger against his earpiece while his other hand rested casually on the table. His face remained expressionless as always, but a rare hint of irritability showed through.

He raised a hand and covered his eyes with the back of it, his brows furrowing slightly.

Had she always been like this?

So easygoing. So soft–hearted.

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Chapter 230 Not a Burden

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In a place like this, being soft–hearted only made it easier for people to take advantage of you.

After the argument, the other three children finally decided to split up and escape on their own, leaving only Maya and Alfred traveling together.

The red and green dots on the tracking screen moved back and forth across the map. The hunting side could surround and intercept them, but Maya’s side could also use the displayed positions to avoid direct routes and take detours.

The island was large enough that their paths couldn’t constantly intersect by chance.

But people weren’t machines. They needed rest.

There were only five of them, while the other side had 45.

Very quickly, one of the more thoughtful children among the hunters realized something and immediately made a suggestion. “Looking for them during the day is a waste of time. This island is huge. By the time we get close, they’ll already be long gone.”

“Then what do we do?”

“Wait until nighttime! We’ll split into groups and take turns. We’ll wear them down with a rotation strategy. There are only five of them. How can they possibly outlast this many of us?”

“Exactly. They’re not machines. They can’t stay awake forever. Twenty of us will search during the day, while the other 25 rest and recover. Then we’ll switch at night. Once they’re exhausted and fall asleep, that’s when we strike.”

Not a single child here was truly innocent.

After only a few brief exchanges, they quickly reached an agreement.

Twenty–five stayed behind to rest and gather supplies, while the other 20 spread out and began a large–scale search.

Maya stared at the two groups of green dots on the tracker, one stationary and one moving, and immediately guessed what they were planning.

A war of attrition?

At the same time, several of the Clarks‘ nominal elders had nothing better to do and gathered in the control room to watch the show. Every now and then, they offered comments. If they spotted a child with good potential, they could pull them out and send them to the training archives for further development.

After all, assassins had to be trained from childhood too.

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Chapter 240 Not a Burden

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Edric was technically only an observer of this survival game, yet he looked even more invested than the children participating in it.

He appeared unusually tense throughout the entire process.

Every so often, he put on his earpiece to listen to what was happening on Maya’s side. Watching the two children climb hills and scramble up trees, his nervousness was obvious.

The assistant standing beside him barely dared to speak. He thought Edric looked exactly like an anxious parent worrying over a child traveling far from home.

When Maya and Alfred tripped and fell, Edric even seemed annoyed at the surrounding trees and rocks for getting in their way.

After Maya ran to a stream and successfully caught a fish, the hand Edric had unconsciously clenched finally relaxed slightly. He let out a soft sigh. “She’s amazing.”

For some reason, his tone carried the same kind of satisfaction someone might feel after seeing their pet cat catch its first mouse.

“Raymond really isn’t planning to come back, is he? He even went and raised a daughter out there.” A stern–looking middle–aged man couldn’t help making a deliberately mocking remark.

Edric listened to the sounds coming through his earpiece without even raising his eyes, completely ignoring this distant uncle.

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