Normally, it should have been Lu Ce confronting the ga at this mont.
But now, he was already fast asleep.
The sudden awakening and fatal injury recovery had completely drained all his ntal energy.
Looking at the unconscious "Sin" lying on the ground, this ti it was Perfect Life who initiated the questioning.
His thoughts aligned sowhat with the Dragon Group's Grand Elder after witnessing the top players voluntarily giving up their captures.
With a glance of admiration toward "Sin" on the floor, he still couldn't comprehend how Lu Ce had dared to play this way during the first ga session.
Each of the subsequent nine participants had their own agendas and selfish motives—how could Lu Ce have been so certain his plan would succeed?
Yet now with this opportunity before him, Perfect Life wasn't one to hesitate. He imdiately began pressing the ga with questions.
[...]
The ga's notification tone paused briefly, as if caught off guard.
This wasn't good—the deception had failed.
[Perfect clearance for everyone is impossible. That reward can only be granted to one individual at a ti.]
"Oh?" Perfect Life smiled. "But you previously stated that whoever ranked first among us could achieve perfect clearance."
[However, from another perspective, all of you are simultaneously in last place.]
[Additionally, I've already explained this ga cannot allow universal clearance—I warned you beforehand.]
"You did say that," Perfect Life acknowledged. "But 'cannot allow universal clearance' doesn't necessarily an it's impossible, does it?"
"To spare you further difficulty, why not grant all of us perfect clearance together?"
[...]
Listening to this back-and-forth, Xie Antong slowly shifted her gaze from Lu Ce to Perfect Life.
Sothing about the man's current approach struck her as oddly familiar.
It reminded her of how Lu Ce often negotiated with ga rules during their past sessions.
This person...
[Enough of this nonsense.]
As the debate between Perfect Life and the ga's voice grew protracted, the system's tone turned icy with impatience.
[Did I ever specify how many rounds this ga would have?]
[With no decisive outco and your collective lack of engagent, my forbearance in withholding punishnt is already rciful.]
[Are you testing the limits of my patience?]
A divine-selected pressure descended upon Perfect Life.
His expression remained unchanged as he adjusted his stance, black and white energies intertwining to stabilize his posture.
Yet he found himself montarily at a loss for words.
His genetic coding endowed him with wisdom, eloquence, and defiance toward authority—but not the art of sophistry, obstinacy, or outright nonsense.
Those were Lu Ce's specialties, and the man currently showed no signs of waking.
"rciful? Am I hearing correctly?" A new voice abruptly interjected, causing Perfect Life to start.
Blank's sudden intervention made everyone turn.
"Pardon the interruption—though I doubt you actually mind." Xie Antong's flat delivery contradicted her apology.
"But claiming rcy is frankly laughable."
"Any unused asures likely indicate you currently lack the authority or capacity to implent them."
"Since we've violated no rules, spare us the empty threats of punishnt. Stop inflating your own importance."
Chiyo Eine's eyes widened nearby. Since when had Xie Antong developed such a bold side?
This was new!
[...]
The ga fell silent as surrounding players stared in shock at the girl's unexpectedly sharp confrontation.
She’s never shown such sharpness before, has she?
Suddenly, terrifying pressure shifted from Perfect Life to engulf Xie Antong.
Chiyo Eine moved before thinking, black waters spreading across the floor to shield both their shadows as she positioned herself behind Xie Antong.
A massive serpent's phantom erged from rising dark energy, bearing the full brunt of the divine pressure.
Unaffected, Xie Antong glanced back at Chiyo Eine before turning with renewed mockery:
"Fascinating. Is this your limit? Having to withdraw pressure from one person before targeting another? Seems rather... energy-constrained."
[Silence!]
The ga's roar multiplied the pressure tenfold, forcing a grunt from Chiyo Eine—who imdiately added:
"I'm fine! That was voluntary."
anwhile, Perfect Life smiled as his own pressure lifted. Circling his hands, he augnted the black water's power, further lightening Chiyo Eine's burden.
"Why the urgency to silence her? I quite enjoy her comntary."
"Exactly!" Chiyo Eine chid in.
Other players exchanged bewildered looks—since when did anyone openly challenge ga rules like this?
What was happening?
[You truly believe I cannot punish you?]
The voice now carried dangerous amusent.
"Absolutely." Xie Antong nodded earnestly before pointing at Lu Ce's prone form.
"Regarding punishnt—care to demonstrate?"
"If you're citing lack of engagent, he orchestrated everything."
"As for rule-breaking, he never even transford into an item's appearance—just wandered around as himself."
"Shouldn't he be the one punished? Go ahead—kill him now if you can. Show what you've got."
Holy—
Even Perfect Life stared in shock while Chiyo Eine's jaw dropped.
Was this so modern-day fem fatale strategy?
Such extre romantic spite? This was outright assassination-by-proxy!
Perfect Life awkwardly rubbed his nose, feeling like he'd stumbled into so relationship drama.
[...]
As the ga remained silent, Xie Antong pressed: "Cat got your tongue?"
"Or are you only tough on weaker targets? He's just a player—are you scared?"
"Alternatively, wake him up and say it to his face?"
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