Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 744: Loose Lips, Humanity's Greatest Opportunity

[How did you know?]

Almost the instant that "Sin's" voice, deliberately trying to sound profound and mysterious, appeared, [Knowledge] threw everything else out of his mind. He didn't continue to argue about the other party unilaterally declaring victory, only asking subconsciously.

"Heh, guessed."

Lu Ce chuckled lightly, the corners of his mask's mouth curling up wildly. He hadn't expected his guess to actually be right.

Coming here all this time to play these little games with [Knowledge] served two purposes. On one hand, he was fishing, continuously raising the stakes for the final game.

On the other hand, he actually needed to learn more about his opponent.

Relying on absolute power for a head-on clash, without Agony's support, he was absolutely no match for a god. So, he needed to understand more about a god's characteristics and weaknesses.

Looking at it now, aside from arrogance, this [Knowledge] seemed to have a bit of a peculiar "simplicity" to him.

Perhaps due to excessive confidence in the information and knowledge he possessed, he didn't have any convoluted or scheming thoughts at all, somewhat like an existence with transparent thinking.

Lu Ce could easily bluff and obtain basically any information with little effort.[What are you laughing at?] "Knowledge" said, sounding somewhat displeased.

Lu Ce very naturally picked up the chessboard, tossed all the pieces off it, making his "victory" final and indisputable.

He originally thought that since he'd won a few too many times, he should engage in some psychological tug-of-war. He couldn't possibly win this kind of chess game; letting one go would be fine.

But now it seemed he had won again.

"Nothing much. It's just that seeing how confident you were before, I thought gods were truly so lofty and unattainable. But now it seems it's not just me; others can beat you too."

[Knowledge]: ......

Listening to the other's sarcasm, he was somewhat at a loss for words. In truth, he also found it hard to understand which waste of space could have actually lost.

Could it be on [War]'s side? He heard that this time, [War] didn't plan to act personally, instead letting the power he had previously separated out take action.

But that also seemed a bit fast...

Shaking his head, he said: [I don't know who is such a waste that they could actually lose...]

[However, you need not have any worries. I will, naturally, bestow upon you a death that leaves you utterly convinced and resigned.]

"Heh, is that so? But so far, you haven't beaten me yet."

[Knowledge]: ......

You call secretly removing half of your opponent's pieces 'you winning'?

"Besides, winning isn't a big deal. Maybe it's not an isolated case. It's quite possible my brother exerted some effort."

[Your brother?] "Knowledge" was taken aback, then suddenly understood. [You mean the Arbitrator? How is that possible!]

Hearing this, the corners of Lu Ce's mouth once again couldn't help but start to curl upwards.

It seemed Agony's rumor-mongering was quite effective. Even the gods' side had already defaulted to thinking this 'brother' referred to the Arbitrator.

Whether it was useful or not was another matter. He'd just keep saying it for now.

"Who knows, heh heh."

"Maybe there are other brothers of mine among you all. You've never been a monolithic bloc, have you?"

Hearing this, [Knowledge] instantly fell into silence.

Clearly, Lu Ce had guessed right again, and this guess wasn't actually hard to make.

The gods didn't have a particularly good relationship amongst themselves. They just had some common interests. And if, within those common interests, they could conveniently screw over another god, that was even better.

However, that still couldn't be a *human's* brother, could it? Could it be that Agony left some backup plan back in the day?

As he thought and thought, his proximity to Lu Ce grew closer and closer.

Lu Ce: ?

[Did Agony... tell you some hidden secrets?]

"That's hard to say."

In reality, he hadn't been told anything at all. Even up to now, he had never been able to make contact with [Agony] and had no idea if that guy even truly existed!

But since [Knowledge] was asking like this, it didn't stop him from talking nonsense. In short, matters concerning Agony were the greatest secrets. Even gods couldn't be sure, so couldn't he say whatever he wanted?

[Heh heh, you cheated again just now. Letting you win that game is naturally of no consequence.]

[However, we continue.]

"Of course." For this sort of thing, the more, the merrier.

[But if I lose, I can increase the stakes. What about if you lose? You originally wagered your life.]

Lu Ce: ......

What did this mean? Had the flavor changed!

Previously, playing this game was about testing whether I was qualified to engage in a real game match with you, wasn't it?

Judging by this tone, I'm already qualified, and you just purely want to keep playing, right?

[I demand that if you lose, you must tell me a piece of hidden information concerning Agony!]

"No problem!"

Hearing "Sin" agree so readily, [Knowledge] gave him a suspicious look but didn't dwell on it. He even, with remarkable magnanimity, temporarily stopped thinking about the matter of "a god losing."

[Very well, then our next game...]

......

[Aaaaaah!]

Within the space belonging to Nightmare, Nightmare, who had just lost a portion of his power, was now in a somewhat abnormal state. He appeared to be on the verge of a frenzied, maddened condition.

At this moment, however, [Pleasure] wore a look of satisfied smile, giving Xie Antong a very approving thumbs-up.

Having personally engineered a god losing to a human, even he hadn't expected the benefits to be this great, allowing his own power to grow considerably.

Xie Antong thought to herself that it actually had nothing to do with me!

But the next second, she instantly felt an intense terror envelop her, a sensation that made her want to go mad!

Yet, just as she was about to scream, that feeling instantly receded as if it had never happened.

When she regained her composure, she realized that must have been a brief clash between [Nightmare] and [Pleasure].

In the sky, black and multicolored light pressed against each other. But now, with one waning and the other waxing, [Nightmare] was already being suppressed and beaten.

[Pleasure! You actually choose to help humanity at a time like this!]

In the sky, [Nightmare]'s voice roared with a tone of tragic indignation.

[Help humanity? Heh heh, and what 'time' are you referring to?]

[Don't speak as if we are on the same side. How I choose to play is my own business.]

[For such a long time, we have always been enemies to each other. When have we ever been allies?]

[To harbor such a naive thought, it seems you are also not far from madness. How about... taking the road sooner?]

Xie Antong frowned deeply at this moment. Her ability to survive in a place like this was purely due to [Pleasure]'s protection.

But right now, in such close proximity, listening to the [Pleasure] beside her speak so freely and without restraint, her mind stirred under the high pressure.

She suddenly realized what humanity's greatest opportunity was!