Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 219: The Most Ruthless One—Dragon Division

"Not bad at all..."

After saying that, the elder with the gruff voice let out a heartfelt sigh.

Beside him, another elder commented:

"Oh? What, now you think it's not bad?"

"Back then, you were the one saying his intentions weren’t right."

...

"Hmph." The man grunted in irritation. "A knife is always a knife. Whether it kills or protects depends on how it's used."

"Honestly, I think with his personality, the place wouldn’t have made a difference. But still, this time... he really nailed it."

"Thinking back now, I get the feeling... it was when he kept using his powers nonstop to drive people mad, right?"

"Just not sure if that was intentional..."Someone immediately spoke up to refute:

"If he dared to say those things, it sure as hell wasn’t a coincidence."

"The question is, when did he come up with the idea? He really doesn’t seem like someone new to the Game."

"But if he were around before... that doesn’t seem likely either."

Everyone nodded in silence. Then, the one who looked to be the most respected among them opened his mouth:

"Decisive. Ruthless. Obsessive and insane about power. He already has what it takes to be a top-tier powerhouse."

"I really hope he’d join us—become one of us..."

"But someone like that... in my opinion, we shouldn’t try to recruit him. We shouldn’t waste resources looking for him. And we definitely shouldn’t interfere."

Everyone turned their heads, looking at him in surprise.

The highest-ranking elder continued:

"Because we are the failures. We’ve failed before."

"And the lessons of failures... usually don’t mean much. Not repeating a failure doesn’t mean you’ll succeed either. Who even knows why we failed."

"If he has that kind of mindset and power, then let him walk his path. We’ll walk ours."

"Whether he succeeds or not, at least... in him, I see the potential for a 'variable.'"

Everyone was stunned. They’d never seen such high praise come from him.

Even the gruff elder looked a bit shocked, and finally said hesitantly:

"But the guy clearly has a pretty extreme personality."

"If no one guides him, with his power and character, he could just as easily bring disaster."

"Who's going to guide him? You?!" The most respected elder’s voice suddenly turned furious, even a little deranged, like he was about to explode.

All the elders took a step back, watching the center warily as if something terrifying had just appeared.

But quickly, the elder calmed down again. Breathing heavily, he said:

"What do you even mean by guidance? In this world now, who knows what’s right and what’s wrong?"

"What’s the standard? Even if one day he becomes a mass murderer, can you really say he’s wrong? What standard?! The consensus of human society over thousands of years has long stopped applying."

"Everyone should... just find their own possible way forward."

After he finished, silence fell over the Elder Council, and the discussion came to a halt.

"Excuse me..." the messenger said cautiously, "So, are we still going ahead with the public announcement of the organization?"

"Proceed as planned!"

...

Across the globe, few people knew that Huaguo had such a secret organization, or that the Game and the world had once shared hidden ties.

That day, everyone repeatedly watched "Sin’s" feat in the Tokyo Battle Royale.

They all understood—this was a terrifying feat of turning the tide against all odds.

And this man’s decisiveness and ruthlessness sent chills down their spines.

Since the moment “Sin” entered the Game, he had never actively attacked civilians. He looked like a good guy.

In contrast, Sun had gone on a chaotic rampage—destroying facilities, roads, and even accidentally killing some ordinary people.

But those in power across the world could tell—within the Game, the most ruthless player, without question, was “Sin.”

His cold-bloodedness and viciousness were terrifying.

"This guy... he's something else."

"Huaguo has produced another incredible figure."

"One brutal bastard. This guy alone is already a threat."

"Pretty bold, huh? Looks like he’s throwing down with the Game."

Those who could understand the deeper implications were all discussing this man—“Sin.”

As for ordinary people, they didn’t think much of it. To them, it was just a Game bug, and the next start time announcement got delayed by two days.

Even Lu Ce himself didn’t pay much attention—he just glanced at the Tokyo news and felt his goal was more or less achieved.

That was enough. After all, he was already back at school.

At school, classes had resumed after a long break—but not regular lessons.

Instead, it was a special announcement session. Public institutions were rolling out a major news bulletin.

—Huaguo’s first publicly recognized player organization: Dragon Division!

Dragon Division’s official name was something like “Special Bureau” or whatever—it was the same organization as Show-Off Guy’s team, which Lu Ce had seen on his business card.

He didn’t know why the name had changed to Dragon Division.

Maybe it was just to sound cooler or more edgy.

Dragon Division would handle all domestic affairs related to the Chosen’s Paradise Game, and they laid out a set of loose regulations.

Chosen Players could voluntarily register. If they did, they could help each other out and access in-game info and strategy guides.

If you didn’t want to register, no one would force you—but committing crimes in the real world as a player would bring down the full force of the state, with severe punishment.

The public could form their own groups too, but they had to register. Unregistered groups would be considered illegal.

In short, a whole set of related rules was being rolled out.

Lu Ce turned to glance back and saw Xie Antong sitting dazedly on her seat, eyes unfocused, lost in thought.

...

She kept thinking about one sentence.

Something "Sin" had said—not the line that caught the attention of world leaders.

But the line he said to her during Overload—one where both the voice and tone were drastically different from “Sin’s.”

It was like... he had become a different person.

So strange...