Chapter 1356: NO．260：Endgame Halt II：The End of a Flawless Plan Is Paranoia

NO．260：Endgame Halt II：The End of a Flawless Plan Is Paranoia

"Do we really not need to act?"

In the Boundary Gate District, in the Present Realm, sitting cross-legged on the head of the Joy-and-Sorrow Separation monster, the badger with hands braced behind looked up at the sky.

The phone showing the call fell to his hand, letting out Shijia's helpless answer.

Aomo hasn't sent a signal; he probably wouldn't like us acting on our own.

But I heard the commotion; it sounds like the situation isn't good.

A match? Something seems to have happened over there.

"I was talking about Aomo's side!!" I never expected Shijia to think of the badger from the Yama Kinen side, to the point of wanting to shout 'speechless' at everyone; even if she didn't understand this phrasing, her reaction was similar.

"Chen, look at him!"

"What's wrong?"

"What else... look at this guy, actually getting distracted to watch the match!"

"I'm watching too." Chen said lightly.

"The monster likes it too." He added another line.

"?" The badger was truly speechless, "You guys..."

"Hey, He, don't you trust Aomo?" Shijia suddenly asked.

"Uh... of course I trust him, you wouldn't say you trust him so you don't want to deal with that side, would you?"

"He told us to guard the battlefield, didn't he? Having Gui She and Miss Huo'erhaiya as helpers is enough."

"Gui She and that woman..." The badger looked speechlessly at the communication channel belonging to the Lintun Office.

At that moment, inside were all kinds of battle cries, wails, and screams; without a picture, listening felt like an intense offensive-defensive radio drama, with too many unfamiliar sounds, which actually made the badger a bit uneasy.

Feel... no, don't bother feeling; they are clearly under siege.

"Ahaha, I also know this combination is a bit delicate, but I think we should perhaps trust Gui She a bit more."

Especially this past month, after Gui She went to Luzhas's side, he has undergone many changes.

"Guawa!" As soon as the words fell, the device beside the badger's foot emitted such a frustrated sound, which sounded very familiar.

".........."

"Is this Gui She's voice?" In the midst of silence, the badger skeptically picked up the instrument.

"Yeah, maybe I misheard?" Shijia couldn't quite stand it.

"It's him." Chen affirmed.

"Ugh ah!!"

"It's definitely him!!" This time louder and clearer, making the badger widen his eyes, his fingers repeatedly tapping the instrument, "That guy's getting beaten!!"

"Mmm... Kuwa!! Damn it, you gzz, what the hell did you do?!"

"? Who is this again?"

"Heh, hehaha, what's up, isn't it obvious? I've totally gotten used to it! Eat my light coverage, you idiot!!"

"Well, it seems there's also a counterattack?"

The doubtful teammates, each looking at their phones, a bit uncertain, looked again.

——

The endgame is the decisive battlefield, especially the first half of the endgame.

For second- and third-year horse girls who have mastered the three-goddess system source energy, the first half of the endgame is the final track where they discard all tactics and tricks and run freely.

Even detrimental self-benefiting red skills mostly fade after lasting from the early to middle stages to this distance, gradually revealing everyone's true strength.

No matter your running style or strategy, at this stage it becomes a contest of strength and speed, the fastest and strongest showdown.

Release all releasable skills, drain all stamina; victory belongs to the fastest at this moment—but to achieve this, you cannot ignore all those tactics and tricks.

A match has always been a complete process; to truly win at the decisive point, what you must consider cannot be just the end, but to let every beginning contribute to the final distance.

Due to differences in running styles, remaining stamina, uneven source energy operation conditions, and even the road conditions caused by choosing inner or outer lanes...

It is precisely these variables that create an inconsistent endgame running foundation; although competitions always strive for fairness, in reality this 'unfairness' constantly resides at each stage based on the athletes' choices.

This 'unfairness' manifests in any and all competitive fields, even combat itself.

As an initiator, mobilizer, and commander, there is far more to think about than combat.

But no matter how much more thinking, in short it's still the two characters he knows best: display.

These two characters can be split into two equally familiar words: 'exposure' and 'concealment'.

And when combined, they form a particularly common tactic:

Show weakness to the enemy.

Exposing part of oneself while concealing more, to cause the opponent to misjudge, to make them confident, arrogant, even outrageously conceited.

Sounds simple, but it's hard to do, because the opponent is not an imperial-style autocracy but a parliamentary large group.

One person making a mistake hardly leads a group to err; moreover, there are plenty of cautious individuals like the Meifelasi aliens, and the reports from Huo'erhaiya and Gui She have given Aomo many examples of conservatives.

To lure such an organization into reckless advance would be of hellish difficulty; it's better to bluff, making them even more cautious, then, while they still dare not move en masse, boil the frog in warm water, craft a tight encirclement, and strike decisively—

——but that is actually even less realistic.

Because Aomo lacks that kind of public influence and speaking authority, he cannot launch an operation to command the three armies, nor can he ensure everything goes as he wishes.

In the end, Luzhas unleashed the first wave of attack, completely cutting off this path.

The organization's nature was originally cautious and conservative, but in executing the plan they ultimately showed extreme reckless madness; at this point the cost of bluffing had already become too high for Aomo to even contemplate.

Then it was obvious that only showing weakness to the enemy remained.

Only the techniques of 'exposure' and 'concealment' remained; for this he needed everyone's cooperation, and for this he even used the Five Emperor Kings as the initial sacrifice in that act.

Because it was just too fitting.

Only it has enough fame among the cosmic people.

And it is not like the other Demon King Beast Union.

——Either it can only give Ultraman Jack a scrub, and after a full combo it can't even break a shield, for example Demon King Evil Eye, Thunder Slayer, Pedanium Ultraman, King Galatron, Bemstar.

——Or it can directly give Ultraman Jack a first-encounter kill, blowing him up on the spot, for example Grimdo Ultraman, Heavenly Power Judgment.

By contrast, the independent card's variant Bahamut actually has quite some operational leeway.

The Ifrit-blessed Crimson Godzilla's Molten Core Dissolution Form, if it gets a chance to break the shield, can deliver a one-hit kill.

But none of these achieve the psychological effect that Aomo wants.

The result is that the Five Emperors are made to suffer.

Originally it should have been a top-five combat presence in Aomo's deck, but it is forced to go into battle in a non-top-tier form—without using other monster cards as equipment, BUFF, or skill cards, and without being given the Rayburno BUFF major enhancement.

What seemed to be a fully maxed-out smooth little combo, in the end only got the Ultraman Jack half-dead after being controlled by the combined Alien Baltan, but actually it was a performance where the operation and values were not truly maxed out.

Zero lives, no exclusive weapon, 1:06, ZZZ rules. jpg

By chance encountering the Human-Machine Annihilation Evil God, even a simple AI is as strong as a monster; giving it his all, he can only end up half-dead—his performance was so splendid! It even made half of Lucazus's cadres believe that Aomo's recent set was his all-out effort.

Although some people still hesitate.

But many more are eager for revenge, also eager to 'while Aomo hasn't yet gathered external forces, quickly inflict damage to capture', easily letting that vote pass with a majority.

As that overly obvious codename suggests, Aokill.

UltraDark-Killer/Ultraman Dark Killer, descending in an utterly obvious enhanced posture, immediately could not wait to unleash the 'Dark Evil Spirit·Killer Plasma' ability, which can both create dark Ultraman warriors through memory and directly seize the opponent's light energy to fabricate clones.

That is not something fished from the monster graveyard, but a means of copying monsters on the spot, and indeed it has broken free from the mere framework of Ultraman born from the grudges of various monsters and cosmic people defeated by the Ultraman Brothers.

But frankly, in Aomo's first glance, being able to copy a darkened version of him is not even the most dangerous.

The most dangerous are the two Razor Dimaagas that appear again beside him, and behind him, alternately appearing in different ways and special effects are the King Gultrant, Segug, etc., T0-tier value monsters.

They are obviously appearing together as some avengers' trump card, though it's still unknown whether they are genuine or fake, yet they completely possess an oppressive presence that is hard to ignore, making Aomo realize at a glance.

Time to shake up the crew, swap modules, swap training!

Compared to achieving tactical goals, his clearer feeling is——

A lineup slightly more luxurious than expected; if he performs even one second longer, he'll die here.

But fortunately, this is still within the plan. jpg