Two... No, four players following after him. The two lady friends from earlier, and two young men who were presumably party members of theirs. Or perhaps they were all just following suit and were completely unrelated. He couldn't blame them for that after all. Taking initiative for the EXP was important in this 'death game'. The more efficient you were at it, the more powerful you were. Simple as that. He couldn't afford to manage the problems and levelling of four or five people. So he just dashed in silence, the people following after or leaving or whatever.

...Still, he was a <<Beta Tester>>. He had the ability- No, had the [i]obligation[/i], to pass his knowledge, if not sacrifice his EXP. Besides, he had both high speed and the <<Sprint>> skill, so if push came to shove he could easily outrun any player and go his own way. So he slowed how fast he was moving in order to allow the others to catch up before starting back up on an easier pace.

"...<<Ikusaba>>," Yukimura answered, voice coarse as usual, "as for your offer... I'll have to decline. I'm sorry, but I'm not sticking around in these fields."