[...]
[What a pity.]
The ga's voice appeared once again, unexpectedly making such an unusually subjective remark.
Xie Antong sneered and looked up, saying:
"From the looks of it, you must be so kind of entity."
"You don't sound like pure ga background narration."
[That's none of your concern.]
The ga's voice returned to calm, but clearly still maintained that sense of communicating with players.
[In any case, this ga isn't over yet. This is a contest between players.]
[Since hide-and-seek is so fun, if you're unwilling, then soone willing must be chosen.]
[In this ga, so must lose for others to win.]
Then its tone shifted noticeably, clearly targeting Xie Antong as it teased:
[Like just now, if you had really killed him...]
[Though outside ga rules, I could have given you a point~]
Hearing this, Players Seven through Nine shuddered instantly, even backing further away.
What kind of talk was this!
How could this be allowed.
Didn't that an they were in danger now? Couldn't the top players here theoretically win by killing others?
That would an no rules at all - is this what defines a life-or-death battleground?
"Don't say things even you don't believe," Xie Antong said flatly.
"This ga can't possibly have such rules. If I'm not mistaken, formal victory conditions must be established first."
[Oh? What nonsense are you guessing at? I am the rules, so naturally what I say goes.]
"I said, don't repeat things even you don't believe."
"You're not the rules themselves - at best you represent them."
"Frankly, I'm starting to think your authority is pathetically limited, lacking any real power to punish or eliminate players."
"How... useless for a rules system."
Xie Antong had already discerned much, now openly insulting it without reservation.
She might as well have been daring it to prove her wrong by killing her.
Perhaps from the recently injected serum, or her foul mood from earlier events, she'd beco razor-sharp, drawing everyone's attention.
Previously in gas, "Sin" had been the most extre one, making "Blank" seem exceptionally calm and ticulous.
Now with "Sin" finally asleep, had their personalities completely swapped...
Faced with such disrespect, the ga fell silent before responding calmly without anger:
[Oh, what a clever one, seeing through .]
[But not everything I said was false.]
[At least one thing was completely sincere - you could indeed compete against him separately for points.]
[If you both agree to a deathmatch, the winner gets points~]
Chiyo Eine imdiately tried to stop this - how absurd! Have Blank fight that man to death now?
She absolutely mustn't act impulsively!
Yet her concern proved unnecessary.
Xie Antong's serum enhanced rational thinking, not impulsiveness.
Behind her seemingly more reckless actions lay calculated intent.
From that last statent alone, she'd discerned another limitation.
"'If you both agree'? I see... so you can't even decide this."
"Now trying to manipulate him into killing soone you dislike? Warning - he might disgust you more."
"Still, I do have a 'deathmatch' idea."
[Oh?]
The ga perked up imdiately.
[Good! Let's hear it.]
"Do you have a coin here?"
"The kind that functions like a causality weapon - when flipped, guarantees exactly 50% heads, 50% tails probability."
[Simple. Nothing can interfere with this coin.]
[What? A battle of wits using probability? Explain.]
"Close enough." Xie Antong nodded.
"One flip. Heads I die, tails he dies. How's that?"
Ga: ?
[...]
What?
[You... call that a deathmatch?]
"Isn't it? Doesn't soone still die?"
[...This rule won't do. No competitive aspect, anyway...]
Xie Antong thought "Got it" - this ga's governing rules were utterly worthless.
Its authority and power were far too limited.
It couldn't even enforce elimination through ga outcos - she'd confird her suspicions.
......
Outside, in the Dragon Group's Elder Council, everyone listened intently.
The most hot-tempered elder sighed:
"Ah, proposing such a lethal gamble... this girl's hatred runs bone-deep. She's completely willing to die if it ans his death."
Grand Elder: ...
"She's probing the system. At your age, shouldn't you grow so brain to match those muscles?"
"But..."
"This conflict has truly reached such a point... it feels schismatic."
anwhile, the perpetually gloomy elder had been staring intently at Blank from the start.
Sothing felt off about these coincidences and emotional shifts.
How had she survived?
Wasn't this love-to-hate transformation too seamless?
"Regardless, maintain contact with Jiu Tian," the gloomy elder said.
"Have him cooperate more."
......
Back in the ga, the rules voice kept speaking persuasively until Xie Antong raised a hand to interrupt.
"Enough. I understand your limitations now - no need to pretend."
"We have two straightforward options: First, we mutually agree on ga rules to proceed."
"Second, you set the rules but must grant each of us one condition."
[Your conditions!?]
The voice cracked.
[What gives you the right to demand conditions.]
"Your own words - rules require mutual agreent. So you must accept this, or I won't comply."
[...]
The voice seed genuinely speechless now - if it had a face, it would be gnashing teeth.
Xie Antong continued:
"Let's state our conditions first so you can assess feasibility."
"If acceptable, we'll proceed directly to the next ga."
"As for the sleeping one... well, soone that lazy probably won't make aningful demands anyway. Adding his condition later won't matter..."
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