[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste":3,"chapter-pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-144":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},687928,922,"Chapter 144: Dark Card, do you want to win that badly?","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-144",144,"\u003Cp>At this moment, the audience watching the standoff between the two naturally made up the largest part of the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that since the two were now in Duel Mode, the audience’s in-game chat had been automatically muted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Wait, what? Didn’t I already read the rules before? What’s going on here, it’s like both sides are playing with their cards face-up. Do they both have X-ray vision or something?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: I’ve been bouncing back and forth between their livestreams—yeah, in their own perspectives, they really can’t see their own cards at all.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Then how can they just say what they want to play and actually play it? I don’t get it, can someone explain?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, it was totally normal for the audience not to understand what was going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, no one could’ve imagined that just from the first round of questions, the two had already basically reached open-hand play! They already had a rough idea of the distribution of cards in their own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe they didn’t know every single card precisely, but at the very least, Xie Antong knew her card types, and Lu Ce definitely knew where the scissors were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So yeah, no wonder everyone was watching in confusion, thinking it was straight-up godlike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Huh? Blank’s playing again?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: Last time they were teammates, and now they’re matched straight into a life-and-death duel? Isn’t that a bit too cruel...】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【: It’s Hell Mode, after all. But judging from their expressions, it looks like they have zero emotional connection from before. Upper-tier players really are cold-blooded...】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they couldn’t make sense of it anymore, the audience had started chatting idly, just waiting to see the final outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Scissors?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Xie Antong reacted in shock when she saw Lu Ce throw out a Scissors card, choosing a draw with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t believe “Sin” couldn’t even find a single Rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Scissors play of hers had been planned...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If “Sin” wanted to play it balanced, he would’ve had to play Paper, but that would mean voluntarily losing, which was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between Scissors and Rock, whichever one you played would break the balance first—so might as well just go Rock and win. Why choose Scissors for a draw?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha! Didn’t see that coming, huh? That’s the whole point. I played Scissors just to see that confused look on your face.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce looked at her baffled expression and instantly lit up like he’d already won, laughing so hard he bent over, fingers tapping the table even faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Antong: ......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only respond with silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with both of them having pretty much guessed all the cards in front of them, the game continued—tedious as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After three rounds, the game was bound to get dull, since it was basically just them playing Rock-Paper-Scissors with open cards, taking turns to go first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, whoever played first would lose...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the end of six rounds, they’d each won two, lost two, and tied two—three rounds left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the cards left on their sides: Xie Antong had “Paper,” “Paper,” and “Rock.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce, on the other hand, had “Rock,” “Rock,” and “Scissors.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beads of sweat were forming on Xie Antong’s forehead. She didn’t know why this was taking such a toll. She spoke up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At this point, it’s basically open-hand, right? We both probably know exactly which card is which in front of us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So really, there’s no point in continuing this game.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After she finished speaking, she turned to the Slime and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not going to suddenly change the rules now, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ah, no no, definitely not.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【As for how to handle a draw, ummm, let’s talk about that later.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s pretty much guaranteed to end in a draw anyway.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Antong picked one of her Paper cards and threw it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, Lu Ce would definitely find that Scissors card and win this round. Then the remaining two rounds would be one draw, one loss again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, logically speaking, that’s how it should go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile on Lu Ce’s Lust Mask grew wider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out to grab the final “Scissors” card in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he was about to touch it, he suddenly looked up at Xie Antong and said playfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You really, really want me to pick this card, don’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You want to win that badly?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Putting in so much effort, huh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Controlling your heartbeat, your emotions, your blood flow, your expressions—even brainwashing yourself—just to make me think, from the signals I get off you, that this one’s the Scissors, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But actually, it’s Rock. Am I right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Ce tapped the card lightly with his finger, a mischievous smile spreading across his face like a prankster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Antong’s expression changed almost instantly—from mildly sweating to fatigued and drained, the color drained from her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you talking about, it’s just a card. Didn’t you already guess what it is?” Xie Antong’s voice was hoarse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, so now you’re not admitting it? Afraid I’m bluffing you.” Lu Ce shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, this started from the very first round. When I asked about Scissors, on the surface you didn’t want to give away any info—but deep down, you were already playing counter-strategy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You deliberately controlled all your biological instincts, brainwashed yourself, and in your own mind, swapped the position of a Scissors and a Rock.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To be honest, I really did fall for it. You’re incredible in that regard. From now on, no lie detector or mind-reading device in the world will ever work on you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But like I said, I’m the ultimate, all-powerful, never-defeated, strongest player ever, so naturally I have my ways. Jiejiejie~~~.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the end, Lu Ce was totally letting loose, even throwing in the classic villain laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And that third round—you deliberately played Scissors in that situation, just to bait me into playing Rock.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because that way, there would only be one Rock card left to swap positions with, and your mental strain would ease up a bit. The more stressed you are, the more likely you are to slip up, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I didn’t play Rock. Rock was my best choice at that time, but I skipped it. Even though I wasn’t sure then... now I am.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly brilliant strategy. Honestly, I wasn’t completely sure—until now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You almost beat me. Almost. But sadly, I’m just way too strong. Still, you’ve definitely earned the right to sit across from me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Burning that much physical and mental energy just to ‘beat’ me... you were ruthless with yourself just to fool me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thanks to your all-out effort, this otherwise meaningless game actually turned out to be kind of fun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And I’d say it made full use of your legendary weapon too. Not bad at all.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1134,"2026-06-02T09:03:27.233Z",1,"novelbin.me","54a3b54d55ec708218685f22260b5ff47dff6cfe052ab18d796869618568056a","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-145","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-143",867,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-cover.jpg"]