The atmosphere in the room suddenly turned eerily silent. No one expected this kind of internal conflict to break out, especially when there had been no progress on the task.
Jiu Tian stayed quiet for a few seconds, clearly struggling to process the information.
What did he an by “he ate it all himself”?
So, he stepped up to defuse the situation: “Mr. Kirk, what exactly do you an by that?”
“Exactly what I said,” Kirk replied bluntly. “I never imagined soone’s ga ability would be… eating?!”
“It just feels like he’s deliberately hindering our progress in this ga.”
Kirk looked visibly irritated—much less rational and arrogant than before.
If you looked closely, there was a scratch on his face.
That had co from failing to bring back the yuxiang shredded pork—his patient Long Liu had actually dug out a piece of stone from the ground and hurled it at him.
Jiu Tian glanced between the two, still not quite getting it.
He decided to ask for help directly in his livestream, since the external staff had been watching all along.
【: Agent Jiu Tian, yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like. The Player in the red mask ate all the distributed items in the asylum.】
【: Not just the dication, but the food too! All of it!】
【: After counting, that’s 112 total portions! No way a human could do that. The volu alone exceeds the world record for competitive eating.】
【: Our guess is that this is an Extraordinary Power unique to him. The level and peculiarity are completely unhinged... but so far, it seems kind of useless.】
Huh?
Jiu Tian stared at the ssage on the screen from his own people, brain feeling short-circuited. His reaction now looked just like Kirk’s earlier face when he first encountered Lu Ce.
Brain Cramp Syndro.
What the h*ll? Is he insane? Why would he eat all that? That stuff’s not even edible!
Isn’t he worried about killing himself with food? Was he trying to test out his own superpower?
“Wait—what’s the backstory here? Why did he eat it? Why eat *all* of it?”
“There wasn’t any trigger?”
【: Unfortunately, Agent Jiu Tian, there was no backstory, no real reason.】
【: If we had to give one, it’s that he said he was hungry from the start. He was hungry, so he wanted to eat, so he ate everything. Very... absurd.】
【: Our behavioral analysts have been monitoring, but they can’t determine any clear motive. There’s suspicion that his ntal state is extrely unstable.】
【: Compared to him, the patient in his room actually seed a lot more rational. It’s worth noting that this patient initiated two rational conversations with him—sothing none of you other Players have managed to do.】
【: Sadly, the patient was more rational, but *he* wasn’t—so nothing useful ca of it.】
Jiu Tian’s frown deepened. He couldn’t make sense of it.
No reason, no motive… and yet the outco wasn’t necessarily bad.
What the actual h*ll—how is the patient more rational than *him*?!
A ntal patient could actually hold a logical conversation with him?
Is this really as aningless as it looks?
After all, since being chosen for The Chosen’s Ga and becoming a Special Affairs Agent, he’d had a long stint working at the grassroots level. He knew not everything was as simple as it appeared.
Following the rules to the letter often didn’t get things done.
On the ground, it was usually those who ignored rules or skipped procedure that actually got results.
He didn’t know what was up with Lu Ce. Couldn’t think of any logical explanation.
【: Also, one more thing to be extrely cautious about.】
【: No matter what, do NOT provoke him! Don’t ss with that guy!】
【: His Combat Power is absolutely terrifying.】
Hmm? Jiu Tian raised an eyebrow. This was the first ti he’d ever seen Combat Power described as “absolutely terrifying”…
At that mont, Lu Ce, who’d been lying down the whole ti, finally spoke, interrupting Jiu Tian’s train of thought.
“Oh hey, it’s you—the guy who begged for food.”
“What, still didn’t get any?”
He was clearly speaking in code, a conversation only the two of them could understand, lying comfortably on the floor like he didn’t have a care in the world.
The Big Guy and the woman stood off to the side, totally confused by whatever this weird exchange was.
Kirk, no longer arrogant, now looked like he was grinding his teeth.
“That dication is for the ntal patients—not for *you* to eat!”
“You’ve clearly lost your mind from eating too much! If you’re that far gone, then just quit. This ga isn’t for you.”
“Hey, just ’cause you didn’t get any food doesn’t an you can bla . I got my food—ans I’ve got skills…” Lu Ce kept spouting nonsense.
“Enough!” Kirk snapped. He completely lost it. The man who’d always lived on a pedestal now felt the soul-crushing despair of talking to a brick wall.
“Do you even realize? If I had gotten that dicine, I’d be this close to full control! I was almost there!”
“This Hell Mode Ga wasn’t even supposed to be that dangerous, but *you* turned it into a living nightmare!”
“Chinese guy, I don’t know if you’re just playing dumb, or if you’ve completely lost it.”
“That dication was a Key Item for Completion—you’re blocking the ga’s progress! You’re making Hell Mode even worse! You’ll drag all of us down to h*ll with you!”
“So either play properly, or get the f*ck out! Quit this ga right now!”
Suddenly, Lu Ce, still lying on the floor, slowly lifted his head and glanced at him.
From behind the red mask, it was like a sharp beam of light shot out.
Kirk felt like a predator had just locked onto him in the wild—his mind went blank for a second.
Lu Ce spoke slowly:
“How do you know the dication is a Key Item for Completion? Who told you that?”
!!
Everyone turned their eyes toward Lu Ce in unison.
He spoke... like a normal person?!
This was the first ti he’d said sothing aningful—actually held a conversation like a regular Player.
Kirk’s brain stalled for a mont. Jiu Tian was also thinking it over.
Now that they thought about it... the ga never actually *said* anything about the dication!
It was only on the al tray label that it said the dication could relieve symptoms—right next to that sh*t-looking food. It was just... part of the al.
But what did the dication actually do? What was its chanism? What condition was it even ant to treat? None of them knew.
In fact, Kirk himself had originally been skeptical and had wanted to rely on his own abilities without the ds!
But in the end, they’d all just... assud.
Lu Ce kept talking—this ti, with complete confidence.
“That dication isn’t so Key Item for Ga Completion.”
The mont he said that, it hit like a thunderclap.
Everyone fell silent—even the tin-can robot Tom in the corner, who hadn’t moved at all until now, turned his head to look over.
Kirk furrowed his brows, deep in thought. Everyone was thinking hard.
Jiu Tian spoke up:
“You’re saying…?”
“That’s not a ga item...” Lu Ce muttered as he laid back down again.
“That’s my breakfast. Ah, kinda hungry again… When’s lunch?”
Kirk: ##%%￥#！(╬▔皿▔)╯
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