[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-foolish-game-of-the-gods":3,"chapter-foolish-game-of-the-gods-foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-251":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Foolish Game of the Gods",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},579522,829,"Chapter 251: This Position — It Should Rightfully Be Yours","foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-251",251,"\u003Cp>At the top of the stairway wasn't another stretch of Void — it was a magnificent golden palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bizarre didn't begin to describe it. At the terminus of the Chaos Steps stood a palace more grand and imposing than any structure in existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its gates rose to invisible heights. One glance was all it took for Cheng Shi to feel an endless oppressive force bearing down from every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time he'd ever felt truly small before a Deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the two different pairs of eyes belonging to [Void], or the colossal skull atop the torrent of white bones — though those Gods stood far above, they carried enough human quality that Cheng Shi felt only fear in their gaze, never the insignificance of humanity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Memory] went without saying — now whenever He was mentioned, all Cheng Shi's mind conjured was the image of his boss...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That feeling was like a nightmare that refused to go away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when he arrived outside [Chaos]'s temple and truly recognized the gulf between mortal and divine — that humans were nothing more than dust beneath a God's feet — his knees buckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both physically and mentally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Forget it. Sticking your neck out gets it cut. Hiding your neck gets it cut. Nothing to be scared of.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi gritted his teeth, puffed out his chest, lifted his head, and walked inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the moment he stepped into the hall — its divine inscriptions etched in graffiti-like scrawls — he didn't see any unbearable-to-behold God. Instead, he saw a person. Someone who shouldn't have been here — and yet somehow belonged here all the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Cheng Shi recognized the human face smiling and bowing to him from the side of the hall, his spine went rigid and he froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Ultraman. It's been a long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's you...\" Cheng Shi's eyes went wide, disbelief flooding his voice. \"You're actually... you're really... you're also His... envoy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven't had that honor, Lord Ultraman — because the position I've been standing in should rightfully belong to you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the one standing in this Chaos Temple and speaking with him was none other than Kataro — one of the [Chaos] seedling followers who had vanished from the [Prosperity]-protected Eternal Bloom Town. A junior of the Tower of Logic scholar Ardos, and a scholar who had likewise turned himself into a flesh puppet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chernosly had once told Cheng Shi that Kataro would prove Cheng Shi's innocence at the right moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after Cheng Shi returned to the inn, Kataro had disappeared. What's more, during the final stretch of that [Death] trial, Cheng Shi himself had impersonated Kataro to get thrown into jail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So encountering him here, in [Chaos]'s audience chamber, naturally made Cheng Shi suspect this wasn't really him — but rather Him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Belong to... me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi was lost again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truthfully, it wasn't that he didn't want the title of [Chaos] envoy — he was afraid he couldn't carry it. From start to finish, he'd only dared joke about it, never dared actually claim it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after learning it was an identity [Deceit] had bestowed upon him, without [Chaos]'s explicit confirmation, he still wouldn't make a move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, hearing what Kataro was saying...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was happening?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A new employee who just walked in the door gets promoted straight to the board without going through any process?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, hold on...\" Seeing only a human in the hall and no God, Cheng Shi's backbone somehow returned. He frowned, thinking and asking simultaneously: \"You're saying I am His envoy? Ultraman? He's confirmed it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kataro smiled and nodded firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You always have been. From the moment you struck [Chaos]'s very first note across the Land of Hope, your identity was sealed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why were you standing in my spot?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kataro was taken aback too. He hadn't expected the Lord Envoy's thoughts to be this erratic. But he didn't stay stunned for long — he immediately walked Cheng Shi over, placed him in the spot where he'd been standing, and positioned himself below the dais with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Hss—'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That doesn't seem fake!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I'm really the envoy now?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'That simple?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'He doesn't need to sign off?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Besides, I don't even feel [Chaos]'s divine power flowing through me.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi's beady eyes darted around the hall. Finding no second person — and no God — he leaned forward and whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's... your story? Didn't you turn yourself into a puppet? How are you here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in Eternal Bloom Town, when I returned to the inn, I couldn't find you anywhere...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi's question was laced with suspicion. Kataro didn't mind the bluntness and replied respectfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes — at that time, I was indeed a puppet. Per Chernosly's plan, I was supposed to commit another killing while you were in prison to clear your name. But it seemed you had a better plan, so I quietly slipped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought if you weren't in danger, there might still be a use for me later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What I didn't expect was that you were different from us. So... when you left that 'trial,' because you yourself were missing from history, [Memory] — following its aesthetic — automatically filled in that gap, patching the hole left by your disappearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I was the lucky one whom our patron woke and pushed onto the stage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Memory]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi's gaze sharpened. He hadn't anticipated this explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"[Memory] intervened too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn't truly Him — it was... I can't say more. You can understand it as the divine power He left behind within a certain Agreement!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Kataro finished speaking, a word surfaced in Cheng Shi's mind — a word that ordinary players shouldn't know: the Convention!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it was the [Memory] force within the Convention that had filled in the historical gap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out that historically, Ultraman had indeed always existed — just not as Cheng Shi himself, but as a substitute patching a hole in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Kataro who had been exercising the privileges of [Chaos]'s envoy on his behalf!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he was standing here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know about trials?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, right — we're not in a trial at the moment. Come to think of it, this is my first time meeting someone from the Land of Hope outside of a trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So... are you aware that the Land of Hope has already been destroyed in history?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kataro smiled. \"In the mortal dimension, it has indeed faded. But in Their eyes, the universe has never changed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk. You sound less like a scholar now and more like a con man.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah... different routes, same destination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed — different routes, same destination. Only these two roles approached their respective Deities through different means.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That single remark earned Cheng Shi's profound respect for Kataro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old acquaintance seemed to have achieved enlightenment. His level of faith had risen to a genuinely impressive height.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they chatted, Cheng Shi gradually relaxed. He surveyed the hall once more and asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is really His temple?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh... no disrespect intended — ahem, just curious — isn't it a bit too... orderly in here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kataro answered with an enigmatic smile:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, this 'order' you speak of — on what basis do you define it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheng Shi blinked, then gestured at everything around him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is this not orderly? I felt every kind of chaos on those divine steps below, but here...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Look — regular spaces, symmetrical pillars, complementary engravings. This is practically more orderly than the Grand Trib— ahem, it's definitely orderly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn't it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My Lord, if we go by humanity's understanding of order on the Land of Hope, then yes — you're absolutely right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"?\" The words hit Cheng Shi's brain like a thunderclap — \"Bzzzz—\" — and something clicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Kataro was already offering his explanation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, at the scale of the entire universe — or higher still, in the eyes of all the Gods — human order may hold no meaning whatsoever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just listen to that — the single most blasphemous statement ever uttered against [Order]!\u003C\u002Fp>",1356,"2026-05-30T16:17:59.408Z","2026-06-01T04:31:40.442Z",1,"novelbin.me","25b436728733b4840288046442cc259042509f797fabf3cb9ad01dbcc01f1ef6","foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-252","foolish-game-of-the-gods-chapter-200",1463,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffoolish-game-of-the-gods-cover.jpg"]