This villain is too popular.

Chapter 69 No matter where I hide, that guy will definitely find me.
Inside a resort hotel next to the bioluminescent beach.

Although the current Association Star Envoy, Ghosn, has trapped Chen Kong and the others, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry to capture Isabel.

As a professional at beating noobs.

Ghosn is full of confidence in his ability to dominate weaker opponents!
Everything is under control.

He shook his head, which was covered by a husky mask, and twirled the yellow card in his hand as he walked straight to the center of the hotel lobby.

Although he appeared completely unguarded at this moment, his entire body was full of openings.

It was as if they could succeed simply by launching a sneak attack on him.

In reality, Chen Kong and the others knew very well that this was nothing more than a trap set by Ghosn.

Because once they make a move, the result will be the same as what happened to Dust Star just now.

The game hadn't even started when he received a yellow card.

And through Dust Star's personal experience.

This makes Chen Kong and the others very wary of the 'yellow cards' in Ghosn's hands.

After all, just one yellow card can reduce Dust Star's overall attributes by a third.

If a few more of these were taken, they might not even have the strength to stand up.

Seeing that Chen Kong and the others had figured out his 'method of crushing noobs', they stopped foolishly attacking him.

Ghosn understood that his 'yellow card tactic' had temporarily failed.

However, he didn't pay too much attention to it.

Because it caused Ye Huo Chen Xing, who was the strongest on paper among the three, to receive a 'yellow card'.

He has achieved his goal.

[Referee - Yellow Card: For each yellow card received, the 'athlete' will lose one-third of all their attributes. After accumulating four yellow cards, they will be sent off the field.]

"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems you now understand the seriousness of maliciously attacking the referee during the match."

"In that case, let me explain the upcoming match content and the entire match process to you."

Snapped!
Ghosn snapped his fingers, and instantly all the lights in the hotel lobby went out.

The next second, a dazzling spotlight suddenly appeared and shone on Ghosn in the center of the hall.

At that moment, Ghosn pulled out a microphone from somewhere and began his pre-match speech with an excited expression.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, I am your most trusted professional referee from Deep Blue Metropolis, Ghosn Bruce!!!"

"Welcome everyone to this dodgeball tournament! Now, let's give a warm welcome to the players from both the red and blue teams as they enter the arena!"

As Ghosn finished speaking.

The spotlight in the hall suddenly shifted its focus, fixing on Dust Star of the Red Team.

Meanwhile, in the center of the hall, Ghosn held a microphone in one hand and excitedly pointed to Dust Star, giving a grand introduction to the audience who were not actually around him.

"First up is the Red Team's strongest ace, Inferno Star!!!"

"Don't let her young age fool you, she's only twelve years old, her strength is not to be underestimated."

"Its Star Source, Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire, is a top-tier natural star source, even within the entire Star Envoy world."

"The title of the Red Team's strongest ace is well-deserved!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ghosn put down the microphone and exaggeratedly raised his hands to both sides, signaling the audience not to stand there and to clap.

What's amusing is that Isabelle was the only audience member present.

This resulted in her being defined as an 'audience' even though she was extremely unwilling.

My body still clapped uncontrollably, overwhelmed by shame.

After the applause ended, Ghosn began to introduce the next two, Dust and Caroline.

"The second member of the Red Team to appear is the genius girl of the Mecha type, Quantum Ghost Caroline!"

"And the last member of the Red Team is an ordinary boy with special abilities, the Dreamer Chen Kong!"

Hearing that Ghosn could so accurately pinpoint the star source of the three of them...

Caroline, standing by the field, began to analyze the situation.

It should be noted that the three of them had been in the Deep Blue Metropolis for some time.

However, they have never revealed their Star Source in public.

They also did not register their information with the Star Envoy Association.

Ghosn shouldn't know that their star source is the one.

But Ghosn said it precisely.

Could it be that this guy's Star Source has a similar information gathering function?
Just as Caroline was thinking this, she suddenly noticed that Ghosn in the arena was looking at her.

That ambiguous smile in his eyes clearly indicated that he had guessed what Caroline was thinking.

That's right, Ghosn's Star Source Referee really does have an effect similar to 'Detection Technique'.

The principle behind it is not complicated; it is simply pre-match testing.

[Referee Pre-Match Check: After selecting athletes, you can view their Star Source type, basic Star Energy value, and various basic physical attributes.]

When a lion fights a rabbit, he also uses all his strength.

Why is Ghosn one of the few members of the Star Envoy Association to maintain a 100% mission completion rate?
Firstly, because he is shameless enough.

He clearly has the strength to break through to level three, but he insists on staying at level two and refuses to break through no matter what.

After all, breaking through to level three would give Ghosn even greater power.

However, once the Star Envoys of the Association reach level three, the difficulty of the missions they receive increases dramatically.

Furthermore, the enemies and opponents encountered will become more powerful and complex.

Ghosn's Star Source can only be used to crush weaker opponents.

As a result, even though he had just entered the third level, his actual combat strength might not be comparable to some outstanding second-level talents.

Therefore, no matter how much the higher-ups tried to persuade him, Ghosn stubbornly insisted that he lacked the talent and could not break through no matter what he did.

Its main selling point is the shameless attitude that as long as I don't have a dream, no one can force me to have one.

He swam happily in his most comfortable fishpond, Level Two.

The second reason Ghosn was able to maintain a 100% mission completion rate was that he was extremely cautious.

That's right, don't be fooled by Ghosn's flamboyant behavior and unreliable personality.

However, before accepting each task, he would do as much preparation as possible to determine whether or not to accept the task.

This naturally includes the things he did for money.

Therefore, it's not that Ghosn can complete a task 100% simply by doing it.

Instead, he only does tasks that he is 100% certain of completing.

No one knows better than Ghosn how to dominate weaker opponents.

Because when it comes to crushing weaker opponents, Ghosn is the real expert!
While Caroline was constantly observing and gathering as much information as possible...

Ghosn had already begun announcing the game schedule. "Alright, now that we've introduced all the members of the Red Team, let's take a look at what today's game is about!"

Ghosn snapped his fingers.

A huge projection screen suddenly appeared behind him.

On the screen, Chen Kong and the others appeared as animated little figures.

"Today's competition is a 1V1 dodgeball tournament, with the rules being a best-of-three format. The first team to win two rounds will be the final winner."

"At the start of each game, each side, red and blue, will send out one player to engage in a dodgeball round with the opposing team's player, who will be either dodging or attacking."

"Rule 1: If the defender is unable to catch the ball from the attacker, the attacker retains possession of the ball; otherwise, possession is switched between the two sides."

"Rule 2: If a player is hit three times in a single round, or leaves the designated playing area before the end of the round, the player in that round shall be deemed to have lost."

"Rule 3: During the match, it is forbidden to attack the referee in any form. Violators will receive a yellow card. If they accumulate three yellow cards, they will be suspended from the match and their team will be declared the loser."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I hereby announce the start of the competition..."

"Wait a moment."

Before Ghosn could announce the start of the match, Caroline suddenly interrupted him.

Ghosn's eyes narrowed slightly as he watched Caroline walk out of the group.

Because he felt he had underestimated this robotic cat.

"Referee, I think we should be able to ask questions about the match before it starts, right?"

"And as the referee, you also have an obligation to inform us truthfully."

"After all, if this were a real competition, then everything I just said would be real."

"Tch, you actually found out."

Ghosn curled his lip in disdain, then said with obvious annoyance, "Ask away, ask away. As long as it's related to the game, I can answer you truthfully. As for anything unrelated to the game, sorry, I have no comment."

Caroline nodded and then said, "My first question is, is there a limit to the number of times a player can only play in a single round of this match?"

Ghosn was taken aback because he didn't expect Caroline to realize his 'hidden rule' in the very first match.

According to common sense, in a best-of-three match, Caroline's team, with three players, would subconsciously feel that they should only be able to field one player per match and not allow any player to play twice.

The reason Ghosn was able to play consecutively was because he was the only player on the Blue Team. In order for the smooth progress of the game, he was able to break the single-round personnel restriction.

In reality, the rule that a person can only go once never existed in the first place.

Because if such a rule truly existed, Ghosn would have mentioned it in the very beginning of the 'public rules'.

The reason he concealed this fact was that he had no obligation to inform others.

Secondly, he wanted to exploit the subconscious of Caroline and others to create some hidden advantages for himself.

Although he was reluctant to tell Caroline the truth, he had no choice but to give her the truth due to the limitations of his own Star Source.

"Yes, a player can play multiple times, and even three times in a row if the rest of you agree."

"However, if this person has a yellow card, the yellow card will not be removed when her game ends, but will remain until the end of the entire game."

After receiving the answer to this question, Caroline suddenly pointed to a clock in the hall and said, "My second question is, is the match time in real time, or... the time in some special subspace?"

"..."

Silence, dead silence.

Ghosn looked at Caroline as if he were getting to know her all over again.

After a moment, Ghosn dropped his previous flamboyant expression and asked in a serious, deep voice, "When did you find out?"

Caroline said calmly, "I noticed it from the moment you slowly explained the rules to us."

"why?"

When faced with this question, Caroline suddenly laughed.

"Because I believe that some idiot won't let you drag this out for that long."

"If there's no problem on his end, then the only ones who must be having problems are us, since he hasn't shown up for so long."

"Either he can't find us, or we're in different time flows."

"But the former is impossible, and if we eliminate all impossibilities, then the remaining answer, no matter how absurd, must be the truth."

"Considering the fact that the hotel is currently empty, the only reasonable explanation I can think of for this situation is a subspace that exists between the virtual and the real world."

Upon hearing this, Ghosn couldn't help but retort, "How could it be impossible not to find you? That guy may be strong, but he's only a level one, while I'm a noble level two."

When faced with this question, Caroline gave an answer that Ghosn had never considered.

Because Caroline, as an android, actually abandoned all objectivity and rationality and gave a very idealistic answer.

"Because I firmly believe that no matter where I hide, that guy will definitely find me, just as I firmly believe that no matter where that guy runs, I will definitely find him."

"..."

Ghosn sighed, then said, somewhat speechlessly, "You seem more like a human than an omnic to me."

"It is only human beings who incorporate subjective ideas into objective intelligence analysis and use them as a basis to completely ignore all other practical factors and real evidence."

To this, Caroline laughed and replied, "Really? Then it seems I did a good job. After all, that idiot once told me that he thought it would be more fun for me to be a human than an android."

"If that's the case, then the guy you're talking about is definitely an idiot, because once a machine has its own thoughts, it's not so useful anymore."

"I think so too, but..."

Caroline looked at Ghosn and said softly, "...That's part of his charm, isn't it?"

"After all, it is because of him that I feel like I am truly living in this world."

"At the same time, it is because of him that I have the idea of ​​continuing to live as a human being."

"."

Ghosn stared at Caroline speechlessly for a long time before finally saying, "To be able to fool someone as rational and calm as you like this, the guy you're talking about is really quite the smooth talker."

After thinking for a moment, Caroline said, "That guy is indeed quite eloquent, and I don't know how he thinks. He always manages to say things that are impossible to understand."

"But you can't just talk me into doing this."

"After all, we omnics value actual, objective actions more than potentially deceptive words."

"And in this respect, that guy has always done a great job."

Ghosn couldn't help but say, "What if he's lying to you about everything he does? You know, there's no shortage of guys in this world who lie even about their actions."

"Yes, if that's the case."

After a moment's thought, Caroline gave her answer without hesitation.

"Then let him lie to me for the rest of his life."

"..."

Depend on! ! !
I deserve to die! I shouldn't have asked that one more question!

P.S.: You might not believe it, but yesterday, while I was writing, the power went out, forcing me to go to bed. When I woke up, the power still hadn't come back on, so I was writing late. I'll post the remaining two chapters together at 8 PM tonight. I'll try to write as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)