Ai Bei’s reply shattered #2’s final hopes. 

So every thing that occurred on this world, and each act of kindness in direction of him was simply an act? His intestine emotions had been proper, the digital world had by no means as soon as confused her, she had all the time managed to distinguish this from actuality.

In contrast to him, he had been completely deluded. 

#2’s eyes grew to become bloodshot. He needed to stroll over to the glass hallway, to hurry over to the place she was and chain her down. 

He wasn’t going to let her win, he wasn’t going to let her go so simply!

His phobia of heights nonetheless made it appear as if his legs had been crammed with lead, and his foot had been nailed to the bottom; regardless of how a lot he needed to, he couldn’t take an extra step ahead. 

This phobia that he had been born with was not one thing he might overcome in a matter of minutes. 

Even when he might now not see how excessive they had been up within the air, nor the restaurant — the environment had completely dissipated into nothing however a meaningless backdrop. The one factor that he might see now was her. Even so, he couldn’t deliver himself to maneuver ahead. 

And he was unresigned about it, he was terribly disgruntled by what had performed out—

Abruptly, he appeared to have observed that the individual that had deserted him was just a little nearer to him than she was a second earlier than. He appeared to listen to her sigh, and her silhouette slowly closed in…

#2 was dazed, his eyes widened as he watched her stroll her approach again.

She was as if the lacking color that had as soon as once more entered his paleing, delicate, and trembling world. 

The second she crossed again to strong floor, he caught her along with his quivering fingers, and introduced her into the tightest of embrace, so forcefully and tightly he would possibly simply break her ribcage, as if a drowning particular person latching on to a floating piece of wooden. He buried his head in her neck, his fingers wrapped round her wrist trembling.

“You, you fucking…” Profanities jammed in his throat; heat tears oozed from his eyes earlier than he even realised it himself. 

They nonetheless had time really, he’d already grasped her in his fingers, all that’s left was to say the three phrases, and he’d have gained.

But it surely’s additionally precisely due to this, that’s why he didn’t perceive. His feelings had been in a turmoil. He clenched his enamel: “How dare you—”

Abruptly, he felt her hand, it was lighting caressing his spiky hair. ♢ CHART TOPPER QUEEN, CHAPTER 13 is hosted at ZHANLANN.COM ♢ 

Simply this easy motion was sufficient for him to let his guard crumble as soon as once more, dissipating along with it was his hatred and the vengeful ideas that had been racing via his head only a second in the past. 

He heard her reply: “Neglect it.”

*

The development of the plot performed out in essentially the most shocking and surprising method. By the point the 2 of them returned to the coaching room, the whole room was silent.

The remainder of the contributors checked out Ai Bei completely different now.

Frankly talking, the shortage of restrictions gave them liberty, however on the similar time, they grew to become extra relaxed. Everybody had spent appreciable effort in their very own, single missions in an try to win the opponent. Nobody had even considered making any groundwork to foreshadow the upcoming rounds.

In the event that they had been to scrutinise how issues labored out, #5 had already began laying the bricks for what was to return the second she entered the digital actuality, hadn’t she?

Overturning the malicious mission she obtained at first was spectacular sufficient, however nobody anticipated that this was solely one of many jigsaw items of the whole puzzle that she’d mounted.

And this was solely simply the elims…

#3 joined with the considered giving it a shot. Although she’d began to take issues fairly severely and even received just a little aggressive, she was a far throw from Ai Bei’s capacity to govern the plot and other people — the latter was actually scary. 

#2’s mission failed ultimately, and was elimiated. The 5 factors deducted from him was given to Ai Bei.

She checked out #2, “the way in which she handled you within the mission, and also you’re not…”

#2 glanced at her coldly, “I’d relatively spend the time attempting once more in one other planet than waste my breathe speaking to you.”

“You possibly can undergo the elims at one other planet once more?”

“Sure. TITR doesn’t restricted the variety of tries. The time zones are additionally completely different throughout the planets. You possibly can attempt once more, so long as you may afford the inter-planet flights.” #1 all of the sudden replied. He had lastly returned to earth after witnessing Ai Bei’s efficiency. He checked out #4 and opened her mouth, however didn’t find yourself saying something.

Expectedly, #4 didn’t handle to proceed to the subsequent spherical.

It was solely now did he realise that #5 had meant to complete everybody off and stroll away to all of the factors. #4 was the fish that she saved well-fed. She’d left #4 to earn factors. Maybe that was as a result of #4 was the weakest amongst everybody in her opinion. The factors on #4 was equal to storing the factors away safely within the financial institution. As soon as the remaining are out of the sport, #5 can retrieve #4’s factors any time.

#1 hadn’t lied when he spoke to Ai Bei at first — he did have insider data. Whereas it appeared just like the elimination spherical was wholly managed by the system, there have been nonetheless invigilators current. Any excellent gamers would positively be a magnet for these invigilators, and these excellent playyers might even acquire an “elevator move” the place they might skip the next two rounds of elims and head straight into the subsequent stage.

Although he knew such data, there have been too many unsure variables. Having such insider data was nearly as good as not having any.

So, the place precisely did this monster of a #5 come out from?

*

TITR backend, the invigilators had certainly caught discover of this spectacular flip of occasions.

The supervisor had his eyes peeled from the jail break all the way in which to the dilemma of the rose-decorated glass hallway. It was solely till the top did his frown loosen. Even he himself didn’t discover that he was now sweaty from the tense flip of occasions.

“How was it!” The editor was very excited, “as soon as we roll this out, I promise we’ll overload the server as soon as the primary episode of the competitors is aired.”

“Enh, it’s good, besides the final half, delete the scene the place they hug, and finish it at ‘this can be a competitors’”. 

The editor paused, “then…”

Gained’t #5 be cancelled by the viewers?

“It is a trailer.”

Damaging feelings had been extra more likely to get the viewers to take discover of this competitors, that’s simply the way it labored.

Persuaded by the impassive supervisor, the editor proceeded to make additional edits to the clip.

On the opposite aspect, the supervisor pulled over a higher-ranked invigilator, “this participant, hold a watch on her. If wanted, we may give her some related help within the following rounds. Don’t let her get eradicated too simply.”

Invigilator: “You imply?”

“She has potential, she would possibly simply find yourself going to the Capitol Planet.”

TRANSLATOR & EDITOR: WYNNE.

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oh my my my Ai Bei actually performed #5 onerous… (covers face) the idiom that involves thoughts is 打个巴掌再给个甜枣吃 (a slap within the face adopted by a candy date) but it surely’s not so simple as that… #2 is admittedly only a 工具人 (software) right here, solely for the viewers’ impact; 

if it had been a way more sophisticated mission that he couldn’t full, or if she’d simply let him full the hand-holding-confession mission with out the glass hallway drama, she wouldn’t have left such an impression (each in #2 and within the viewers), and he or she needed to give you all this forward of time, and work out how you can channel his soft-heartedness (in order that he wouldn’t take revenge ultimately)…

rattling, i like this arc TTwTT, additionally ideas fellow readers on what #5 stated, will he seem once more within the later rounds…???