Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 164: Painful Intimidation, The Hunt Begins

No? You can kill me, but you can't humiliate me!

What does that even mean? I've never heard that "Sin" has this kind of kink?!

How did I even get caught up in this... Mom, I don't want to play this game anymore.

The bald guy looked at the bare-chested "Sin", tears almost falling from his eyes, thinking how cursed his fate really was.

But the spectators watching the show had their attention elsewhere.

【: So white, does the strongest player have such good skin?】

【: I wanna suck.】

【: Already recording, can't wait to see what happens.】

"Don't be nervous, it's just a little disguise." Greed was eating away at Lu Ce — he could hardly wait anymore, seizing any chance to rack up some Pain Points.

"I guess by now, you must really hate me deep down, huh? Wanna take revenge on me, don’t you?"The bald guy's shiny head shook like a rattle drum, terrified he'd be too slow.

"No, no! Honestly, bro, you’ve been my idol since I was a kid!"

"Wait no, I mean I’ve been your fan since I was a kid! Ah no, anyway, I absolutely have no problem with you!"

The bald guy babbled incoherently — the other guy's current state was just insane.

"Cut the cr*p..." The Blue Mask slowly raised his head. "A game should be played with the right attitude."

"Come on, stab me."

Bald guy: ?

Huh?

He wondered if he'd heard wrong, staring blankly at the big shot in front of him.

"Hurry up, we're on a schedule. Don’t waste time. It's boring if I have to do it myself."

"Come on, stab me!"

Then Lu Ce lifted his head a little with disdain, looking at the Japanese yakuza in front of him.

"You shave your head, get tattoos, think that makes you a gangster? Never even cut someone before? Don't know how to use a knife?"

The bald guy’s head started rattling again. Of course he had cut people before — the problem was, he’d never cut the World Number One...

His brain was spinning — wasn’t there something in the game rules about if you hurt a player, the player could retaliate or something?

But obviously, he didn’t know for sure, and there’s no way he could understand what Lu Ce was trying to do here.

"Hurry up!"

In the end, under "Sin"'s threat, the bald guy, trembling with unwillingness, picked up the knife and stabbed forward with a horrified face.

He aimed for the pecs, not daring to use much force, but Lu Ce hadn't defended at all. When the bright red blood started flowing, the bald guy felt like even his brain had shriveled up a bit.

"Did you not eat? Put some strength into it." Lu Ce said casually, like the stab hadn't even touched him.

At that moment, the bald guy finally looked up and clearly saw the scene in front of him.

The knife was in his own hand, stabbed into the other man's left chest — just five centimeters ahead, was the heart of the World Number One.

—The heart of the World Number One!

He didn’t know why, but his breathing instantly grew heavier.

"Hehe..."

Suddenly, a chilling laugh brushed past his ears, like a bell tolling, snapping him awake.

"How's it feel? You sense it now?" From under the Blue Mask, a suppressed, crazy whisper oozed out.

"When unprecedented profit is right in front of a person, no matter the cost, everyone wants to take a shot..."

"What if you succeed, right?"

"Sin" still stood there defenseless, blood flowing from his chest like he was on the brink of death.

But those bewitching words poured over the bald guy like a bucket of cold water, freezing him to the bone.

His whole body lost all strength in an instant, and he nearly collapsed to the ground, hands utterly limp — he no longer had the courage to push the knife even a tiny bit deeper.

"Pathetic. Trash."

Lu Ce grabbed the knife back, feeling bored. This little stunt only earned a tiny bit of Pain Points — utterly useless.

So, he sliced a long, deep wound across his own chest.

Then, under the bald guy’s terrified gaze, he slowly stuffed the Marker into his own body.

"Mm, with this, the safety measures should be enough..."

"This thing’s diameter is pretty insane, I wonder if anyone could swallow it whole..."

Pressing his hand to the horrifying wound on his chest, Lu Ce looked at his work with satisfaction, then put on his Mysterious Cloak.

After intimidating him over and over, the yakuza driver in the front seat had grown numb — in his mind, this man was definitely a psychotic lunatic.

He prayed desperately for this hellish scene to end soon.

"Alright, that's enough. Time to settle things between us."

Lu Ce spoke, the corners of his mouth on the mask stretching all the way to his ears, and with one hand he broke off the front seat, flattening the space inside the car.

"Don't!..... Ah! No, wait......"

......

After a burst of shrill screams — extremely fitting for the Japanese — echoed through the small alley, the taxi trembled for a moment, and Lu Ce stepped out.

Black Knight!

A metal sphere in the air expanded against the wind, and a giant, terrifying black motorcycle appeared out of thin air.

"Haha! Uncle finally gets to come out and play!" Black Knight’s voice was sharp and grating.

Lu Ce grabbed the handlebars with one hand — it was like a connection instantly formed between him and the bike. Their bodies twisted and jerked midair before he climbed on in a totally unbalanced posture.

Then, like a rocket launch, he shot out of the alley almost instantly, speeding down the streets of Tokyo.

He didn’t care about keeping a low profile — it didn’t matter to him if any Hunters spotted him.

Behind him, the bald brute sat in the car, staring blankly, looking like he had lost everything.

......

Racing through the streets, Lu Ce wasn’t even driving himself — everything was handed over to Black Knight’s auto-pilot.

Meanwhile, he was focused on his Game Panel, where something new had popped up.

It was an optical map, showing a hundred light dots — not players, but the bald-headed types responsible for transporting the players.

Even if the players had already finished their tasks and gotten out of the cars, there would definitely still be player activity nearby!

And right now, Lu Ce was driving the legendary Black Knight at full speed toward a place where the crowd was thicker!

"Heh, if any of you are a bit smarter, you should be thinking the same thing..."

"Surely none of you got tricked by just a few words from an escort, right..."

"Come on, downtown! Who wants to play hide-and-seek!"

The hunt begins!