Lu Ce: ?
Originally, receiving this ssage had already put him in a state of shock.
Hearing the words from the Black Knight beside him left him montarily stunned, casting a puzzled glance in its direction.
First, why would soone suddenly send him such a ssage? And addressing it to Sin using his gaming identity?
Moreover, how did things progress so quickly?
Judging from their previous interactions in the ga, it seed more likely she'd hire him to help her escape rather than...
Inviting him to... Why would "Sin" participate in such an event?
Since the ssage seed completely out of character for the sender, Lu Ce turned back to the Black Knight that had just spoken.
"What exactly did you an by that?"
"I'm saying, don't you think her sending you this kind of ssage at this mont is clearly suspicious?"
"It is a bit suspicious, so what?..." Lu Ce stared at the floating tal sphere, wondering if this motorcycle had actually discovered sothing.
"So she's definitely putting on a tragic act! Using this thod to provoke your competitive spirit. Think about it - you previously said there were gaming scenes with her, that her family wouldn't dare pressure her."
"But now suddenly there's an engagent banquet? Can you tolerate this? Of course not! So you must go investigate."
"Once you go, it shifts from her chasing you to you chasing her. Let tell you, this kind of issue becos very important in future argunts..."
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Lu Ce initially listened seriously, but as the Black Knight continued with increasingly absurd claims, he realized it was just spewing nonsense.
He imdiately slapped the tal sphere, embedding it into the wall.
"This ssage clearly doesn't match her personality, so..." Lu Ce paused, then realized this might not actually be impossible.
Personality-wise... if she overdosed on those dications, the side effects might genuinely impair her rational thinking.
"So this must be a trap! That's why I'm saying this woman doesn't seem like a good person!"
Right then, the Black Knight violently flew back and began circling Lu Ce's head like a narrator's voiceover, irritating him imnsely.
"She's probably luring you there!"
"You know aristocratic families have no emotions! She might represent so powerful organization - this entire thing is a setup for you!"
"The goal is to lure you there. That location happens to be near the East Sea Debate too - they might just kill you on arrival!"
"Then she could claim credit with your head, rising to prominence and potentially reaching the pinnacle of life."
The Black Knight rattled off this conspiracy theory like a fast-talking codian.
Lu Ce was stunned, then after brief consideration, actually laughed.
"Heh, if that's the case, then I've truly underestimated her."
"That's actually good. If my opponent can be soone so patient, determined and decisive for their goals, that's not bad."
The tal sphere transford from the Black Knight displayed a smiling face pattern in midair as it observed Lu Ce.
Who knows what it found so amusing.
"But now I'm having second thoughts." Lu Ce suddenly said, pulling out his second-hand Redmi phone.
He looked at that unread ssage from days ago:
—Do not respond to anyone in real life or gas. Don't read others' ssages either.
"Looking back now, I already responded to them during the East Sea Debate on a global scale."
"Seems I've already disobeyed her instructions."
"Viewed this way, perhaps she actually ant don't even read her ssages!"
At this point, things beca increasingly perplexing to Lu Ce. Combined with this text, her two statents even seed self-contradictory.
Almost as if they ca from soone with split personalities.
"Oh! I get it now!" Just as he was pondering, the Black Knight's exaggerated voice interrupted again.
"She's been kidnapped! And she predicted her own kidnapping, giving you advance warning."
"What noble spirit!"
Lu Ce: ......
"But these two ssages ca through different channels - one from the ga, one from reality."
"Your theory already assus she's confird my identity."
"Moreover, wouldn't it make more sense to keep sending ssages in the real world instead?"
The Black Knight imdiately continued:
"Oh right right, if she hasn't recognized you, then these two texts were effectively sent to two different people from her perspective."
"Then everything makes perfect sense."
Lu Ce: ......
Suddenly, the Black Knight shifted tone:
"But!"
"How can you be certain she's intellectually inferior to you?"
"What if this is a sche within a sche, a plan within a plan? What if she anticipated your thoughts and predicted your predictions?"
"What you're analyzing now might be exactly what she wanted you to think. Is she friend or foe?"
"After all, this is her specialty~"
Lu Ce frowned deeply. For the first ti, he felt this normally reliable legendary weapon was being utterly frivolous!
Just when he was already struggling to make sense of things, its endless chatter annoyed him beyond asure.
His expression turned cold as he said:
"Regardless, following her initial instruction to pretend I never saw anything remains my optimal choice."
"Ah, I know, I know~" the Black Knight kept chirping.
Lu Ce was growing genuinely angry now, waving his hand:
"If you can't offer any truly useful advice, stop spectating like this is entertainnt."
"I don't want to hear any more useless talk now."
"Oh, but actually, I really do have a pretty good solution." said the Black Knight.
"Speak!"
"Why not just kill her?"
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