Miss Player, please don't cast spells on me.

and so…

"Then I'll head back first tonight. If Rena-chan encounters any trouble, please contact me as soon as possible."

Although Sayaka answered with a smile, her eyebrows unconsciously rose slightly, revealing a smile that looked like she was crying.

After Takigami Rena gave a soft "hmm," Sayaka left her home.

Instead of going back immediately, Sayaka sat quietly in her car and waited.

Not long after, she saw Rena across the street. She called her private driver and had him drive off to some unknown place.

After Sayaka gave her personal driver the order to 'follow that car',

Sure enough, not long after...

Rena's car pulled up to the door of their producer, Sakai Iori's house.

That guy... who only met Rena once, is outside the door!

"That's enough for now. I'll get out of the car and wait for her myself," Sayaka said, preparing to push open the door and leave.

"Miss! At least take the umbrella. The weather forecast says there will be a heavy rain early this morning," her driver said with some concern.

"It's okay... I won't wait too long, she'll be out soon."

Sayaka closed the car door as she spoke, without knocking on the producer's door.

Instead, he stood in a secluded corner of the road, watching from afar as Rena Takigami walked into the producer's house.

Of course, Sayaka knew who her friend was looking for when she visited the producer's house so late at night.

But it's alright! That guy is just a lowly, insignificant deity.

Without the protection of the stage's power, it would be impossible to protect Takigami Rena and her followers from the overwhelming tide of players!

Rena-chan should know this very well too. That low-level deity has no power at all and cannot protect her followers!

Therefore, Sayaka believed that she wouldn't have to wait long before she saw a disappointed Rena-chan walk out of the house.

Just as Sayaka was thinking this, a drop of rain suddenly landed on the tip of her nose.

This made Sayaka look up at the sky. Although it was night, her superb night vision allowed her to see that the sky was covered with dark clouds.

It was about to rain, a heavy downpour, and she stood quietly waiting in the open space outside, without an umbrella.

Chapter 32 Yes, I kidnapped their female relatives.

Kiyono Gray never expected that this fox lady would visit him in the middle of the night.

The first thing Rena Takigami did after entering the room was to cast a sleep-related spell on Iori Sakai, who had been groggily awakened.

"I'm just making sure the producer doesn't bother us..."

As Takigami Rena spoke, she prepared to carry Sakai Iori upstairs.

"Let me do it."

Kiyono Hai knew that the conversation was likely to involve deities again.

If ordinary people heard this, it could endanger the life of the deity.

Kiyono Hai carried Sakai-sama upstairs to the second floor. After confirming that she was indeed fast asleep, he went downstairs and saw Takigami Rena sitting upright in the living room on the first floor.

She sat very upright, her eyes fixed intently on Kiyono Hai.

Completely unlike the lazy and lively demeanor she had when they first met, Kiyono Hui immediately understood when he saw the fox lady's serious expression... something must have happened to her.

“What I told you last time… has come to pass: the country where my followers live has once again been used as a stage for a performance.”

"So I came here hoping to hear your opinion, your opinion on this performance, and... is there any way to protect the souls of my followers from being completely killed by the players."

Rena took out the invitation letter that was burning with flames and pushed it directly in front of Kiyono Hai across the table.

Seeing the fox lady's serious expression, Kiyono Hai stopped joking for the time being, studied the contents of the invitation, and then asked Takigami Rena about it.

"And what about you, Takigami-senpai? I'd like to hear your own proposal first."

Kiyono felt it was necessary to diagnose the fox lady's condition before offering his treatment plan.

"Our own plan? It's to team up with my good friend Sayaka and kill any player who dares to step into the maze, leaving no survivors."

"Kill as many as you can during the performance, keep killing until the performance ends."

This fox lady also gave a very straightforward, hardcore solution: "Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!" She wanted to wipe out every player's entire family who dared to step into the maze.

"Uh... are you sure you have the strength and confidence to block the players at the city gate and kill them until the server shuts down?" Kiyono asked.

"I don't have the confidence or ability to do this on my own, but with Sayaka, it might be possible... As for Sayaka, you can look up a game called 'Dream City'."

"It was probably a version from three years ago, featuring a world boss called 'World Destroyer Witch,' which was the role that Sayaka played at the time."

Under Takigami Rena's guidance, Kiyono Hai immediately took out his laptop and started looking up the dark history of that Sayaka-senpai.

"Dream City" is an MMORPG that is still in operation today, although it is an MMORPG...

However, after three years of updates, the game has become more and more like BabyBus, meaning it's getting younger and more childish with each update.

This was, of course, a decision made by the official operators of the performance stage, because if you ask who earns the most from the power of faith in the world, it's definitely children!

Since the witch incident three years ago, "Dream City" has focused on the children's market, and all the updated content is stories that are "theoretically aimed at children," such as "magical girls" and "tokusatsu heroes."

Three years ago, "Dream City" was a hardcore MMORPG with considerable popularity among players.

"Is the reason that Senior Sayaka killed the players too ruthlessly?"

Qingye Hui searched for relevant news and posts at the time, but could not find the reason why "Dream City" transformed into BabyBus.

However, back then, there were still tons of posts and news reports from players who were fighting on the front lines of this game, complaining about being killed by the World-Destroying Witch.

"So? Isn't Sayaka hundreds of times stronger than you imagined?"

This foxy lady really can't keep a serious expression for long.

Even in this situation, she could still break character and reveal that expression typical of high school girls who want to show off their best friend.

But soon, Rena Takigami coughed lightly and resumed her serious and dignified demeanor as the goddess of fox spirits.

"Sayaka-senpai is indeed very strong, but Takigami-senpai... are you sure that the players of 'Dream City' really committed all their forces to annihilate Sayaka-senpai, who is the witch of world destruction?"

Kiyono Ash's words extinguished the fox lady's smug feeling of "Look how amazing my friend is!"

"This is a record of the events in the 'Dream City' version at that time. Besides the 'World-Destroying Witch Annihilation Battle,' there was also the 'Iron God's Challenge.' Is it possible that the players' forces were diverted by this Iron God at that time?"

It was inevitable that she would be eliminated, because although Sayaka was powerful, she was undoubtedly a weak boss to the players.

As a world lord, you have to face challenges from players across the entire server.

This led to Sayaka, as the world-destroying witch, unleashing an incredibly satisfying AOE spell at that time.

Three years ago, many player posts were reporting things like, "I was just doing a quest near the Witch Village, and this damn boss's AOE magic killed me."

"Someone powerful enough to subdue this deity! I'm really not some heretical inquisition; I just want to go to the witch village and chat with the witch ladies."

Sayaka's unreasonable strength has attracted many large-scale player guilds to challenge her.

However, the most skilled players were drawn to the Iron God of War dungeon challenge, which emphasized martial ethics.

斗争者茶会的成员们当时应该大多数都在和钢铁武神1V1又或者是1V5，1V30真男人大战，压根就没心情去陪什么魔女闹腾。

"So... even if we lose this small group of top players to fight, it won't make much of a difference, right? After all, the individual strength of players is far inferior to that of gods."

Rena Takigami still felt that even if a small group of top players ignored the world-destroying witch, it shouldn't have had any impact.

Kiyono Hai didn't give any examples to convince the fox lady, but simply asked about Takigami Rena.

"Are you... willing to bet?"

These four words instantly panicked Takigami Rena.

Because she dared not gamble at all, as it concerned the lives of her believers, she could not afford to take any chances.

The phrase "top player" carries significant weight.

They may just be ordinary mortals in reality.

However, the great achievements their game characters have made in all the worlds will be recorded in the form of the power of faith.

In many AINP interactive games in this world, an 'inheritance system' will be unlocked in the second or third playthrough, or when players have experienced most of the game content.

The inheritance system allows players to transfer accounts they've leveled up in other games to their current game.

Although the inheritance process requires players to consume various resources.

However, under this inheritance system, the upper limit of the strength that players can cultivate for their characters is terrifying.

Although the upper limit of hard power is like level attribute values, it becomes more and more difficult to improve as you progress.

However, the limits of a whole host of soft power, including tactical dimensions, can be expanded to an extremely terrifying extent.

Simply put, some top players might get tired of playing a fantasy RPG and, on their third playthrough, suddenly inherit a Gundam from another world and purify it.

"So, Takigami-senpai, if you really want to completely wipe out those players, you might need to take action against them in real life."

Kiyono Gray suggested a rather hellish solution.

No matter how powerful a player is in the game world, they might just be a corporate slave who has to clock in every day in real life.

"Doing that would only hasten our deaths." Takigami Rena knew this was Kiyono Hai joking.

Because in this world, whether you're a top player, a top scientist, a top actor, or a top craftsman...

In short, humans who possess a skill in any field are treasures that the gods must carefully cherish and nurture.

The reason, of course, is that they generate the most faith power.

This is not a kind of faith power output that can be generated simply by throwing money at it.

In short, they are a gold mine where the power of faith converges, and the gods, through performances, each rely on their own abilities to mine it together.

But someone wants to sabotage the business and destroy these gold mines?

That would mean facing relentless pursuit from all the gods in the world... until the one who broke the rules was utterly destroyed.

Perhaps Rena Takigami can't stop players from entering the ruins by killing their entire families in such a shocking way.

Kiyono Ash, however, used a different method with a similar effect to achieve this goal.