Chapter 194: Chapter 194: Because I’m Here!
Black.
“So f**king dark!” Sun threw in a line that fit the mood perfectly.
The night looked terrifyingly pitch-black now—anyone with a working brain could tell something was off.
It was the kind of darkness where you couldn’t even see your hand in front of your face. The stars and moon had vanished, as if a curtain had been drawn over everything.
But Xie Antong, who had the All-Seeing Eye, had eyes positioned at the edge of the city!
She could clearly see that the area outside Tokyo was also completely covered in darkness, with no trace of its original form.
Even trying to send the All-Seeing Eye out didn’t work—it was like something was blocking it.
“Tokyo… it feels like it’s been isolated...”
Xie Antong spoke with hesitation, but right after that, a different take came from “Sin’s” side.
The Blue Mask flickered with shifting lights, forming various expressions. Xie Antong suddenly noticed that “Sin’s” mood seemed a bit unstable.
“So it really is like that... d*mn it!”
“F**k, it really is like that.”
Seeing him in a not-so-great state, Sun didn’t know exactly what was going on, but he felt a burst of satisfaction and immediately mocked him:
“Heh, so you were just guessing blindly? Not much different from me.”
“Shut up! My guess isn’t the same as yours!” Lu Ce snapped.
Sun: ?
What’s the difference then?
Unlike him, Xie Antong was just looking at the strange “Sin” in a way no one could quite understand.
Sun’s earlier theory had surprised her, but that was all—it didn’t shake her.
After all, her own deductions were already based on the current situation. Given a 95% certainty, she too might’ve considered that something was seriously wrong with everyone in the city.
But what did “Tokyo” mean?
Tokyo was the Hunter? How could a city be the Hunter?
Was every street, every breath of air, every blade of grass and tree out to hunt down players?
“Tokyo, what do you mean?” Xie Antong asked Lu Ce.
“Tokyo? The city we’re in right now is Tokyo, the capital of that little island country,” Sun jumped in before anyone else.
Xie Antong was speechless—clearly, that’s not what she was asking.
This brute’s IQ fluctuated wildly; she honestly couldn’t tell what kind of person he was.
“Tokyo… didn’t you notice from the very beginning that something’s off about the people here?” Lu Ce replied, holding his forehead with one hand.
“I did notice, but if that’s the case, then what Sun said earlier should be basically a sure thing, right?”
“Why does it have to be Tokyo?”
Lu Ce didn’t answer directly. Instead, he looked at her and said:
“The last game—I asked what the purpose of the Chosen’s Paradise was. Remember that?”
“I remember.”
Sun, overhearing, looked confused and said, “What the hell are you two talking about?”
They ignored him. Lu Ce continued:
“So, what do you think the purpose of Chosen’s Paradise is?”
Xie Antong: ?
“Of course I don’t know.”
“Exactly, and that’s the answer. Whether it’s not knowing, or the fact that it didn’t give us an answer at the time—it all points to one thing: it definitely has a purpose.”
“So, if special game modes have a purpose, and the chosen players are selected with a purpose, and if the game isn’t just about playing but about achieving that purpose…”
“Then making Tokyo the Hunter can be seen as Chosen’s Paradise throwing down a challenge to the world.”
“With the strength of your entire city, plus the help from the game itself—can you handle the current players?”
“If not, then… Game > World. No issue, right?”
Slowly, it seemed like Xie Antong was starting to understand something. A chill ran down her spine—she had thought about something like this at the start of the game.
But after being inside it for so long, she had gradually forgotten.
Had the game’s impact on reality really reached this level?
“I’m even starting to think that this game—Tokyo Battle Royale—might be the most powerful one yet. The level of Tokyo as a city… it’s pretty much up there...”
At that moment, Sun chimed in as well.
“What a bunch of bulls**t. Conspiracies, provocations—whatever.”
“But going by what you’re saying, for this setup to work, the players would have to win! But it’s pretty obvious the support is heavier on the Hunter side—they’ve got the advantage.”
Xie Antong nodded and said:
“True. But that’s exactly the point. That’s how the game shows its power—how weak your real-world forces are in comparison to the players.”
Sun snapped back irritably:
“But what about military power and all that? Tokyo can’t even use it right now.”
“Right, but they’ve already given those divine-crafted Hunters plenty. Those things have more precise effects on smaller battlefields. You can’t just go throwing nukes around all the time.”
Sun: ……
He was momentarily speechless—it kind of made sense. But then he caught something off.
“Wait, wait, wait—hold on. All this depends on players being able to win!”
“Exactly.” Lu Ce finally spoke again, nodding. “That’s why they put me in this game!”
“What?” Sun couldn’t even process it.
“Because I’m here, the players are guaranteed to win.”
Sun: ?
His expression froze. For five whole seconds, he didn’t move a muscle—then he just burst out laughing.
“Hahaha! Are you seriously saying that just because you are in the game, that means the players are gonna win?!”
“Kid, you’re too f**king full of yourself!”
Xie Antong was a bit speechless too. But compared to the last game’s “Lust,” who was even more narcissistic, she was used to it.
“Then why not say, they brought me in to guarantee a win?”
“Simple. Because I’m stronger than you.” Lu Ce turned his head and said blandly.
“Besides, you didn’t even have the confidence to win. Just now, in the middle of this game, you were already thinking about the possibility of players losing.”
“You didn’t think you’d definitely win—so why would Chosen’s Paradise think so?”
Sun: …..
He was momentarily dumbstruck, body stiffening.
“But...” Xie Antong spoke up, “Are you sure that’s why they put you in this game? Couldn’t it just be a coincidence?”
“No.” Lu Ce shook his head.
“Why not?”
“Because you’re here!”