[{"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-216":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},687800,922,"Chapter 216: All Sides Are Shaken, the Dark Clouds Over Tokyo","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-216",216,"\u003Cp>The members of the Chiyo family fell silent as they stared at that sentence, finding it hard to comment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Logically, such an obvious madman's ravings should’ve been dismissed, but given “Sin”’s previous performance, they began to doubt themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What exactly is the source of his confidence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did he do something extra behind the scenes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry. Losing this game is my fault.\" After Chiyo Eine finished reviewing the match, she couldn't help feeling ashamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that this game had no chance of victory—her misjudgments and suppression-induced errors were a big part of the loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t be upset, sis. He’s that strong, it makes sense you couldn’t beat him,\" Chiyo Ji chimed in to comfort her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyo Eine: ......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know why, but she suddenly felt the urge to hit someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyo Eine’s voice was low. She wasn’t in a good mood—it reminded others of the side effects Xie Antong had experienced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyo Ji was clearly dissatisfied and spoke up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? What does this have to do with the world? I still don’t get it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn’t it just that a game descended on the world, and the player won but the people in the real world didn’t? Isn’t that normal?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s all just part of the game’s design. We’re still within the game, and it’s not like we sent out huge armies or armed forces or anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others ignored him, a quiet atmosphere settling over them. Just as Chiyo Eine was about to scold him, a hoarse, aged voice echoed in the palace-like room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s because you don’t understand this game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sound of the voice, the Chiyo family members were all startled. They bowed respectfully in the direction it came from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ancestor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyo Ji really wanted to say, \"The game just started, how could you understand it?\" But he held back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chiyo Ancestor continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I say today must not be spread.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This game is connected to our world. You can think of it as not being a rigid system, but a ‘living’ one that adapts and evolves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And its adjustments aren’t random. They’re tied to the players and the state of our world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyo Ji had a moment of clarity and said, “Oh~ I get it, deep neural networks, feedback-regulated parameters—what kind of algorithm is it using?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyo Eine gave him a hard slap on the head and scolded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up in a situation like this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyo Ji: (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)。\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancestor: ......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the interruption, he continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In any case, this was the first time the game entered the real world. An event this big will certainly shift directions based on the outcome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think the number of Chosen Players is low because the game doesn’t want everyone to join?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not. It’s just that it couldn’t—until now. But now it has a reason—or rather, authorization—to change.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can think of it like this: winning this kind of game makes everyone long to join, and because of that, the game's permissions will loosen. A huge number of people may become Chosen Ones. Maybe even everyone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is interaction. As the world changes, the game changes too. It’s not random—it’s constrained too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haven’t you noticed? Even the abilities each of you obtained are related to your original circumstances.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you buy a weapon that doesn’t suit you, you can’t use it to its full potential.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eine has studied our family’s secret arts since childhood. Her talent is top-tier, and her starting Spiritual Intuition was the highest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So her ability, Fallen Black Pool, is just an enhanced expression of that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All the top players now—look closely. Their abilities and identities are all tied to who they were before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, the Chiyo Ancestor sighed and started coughing violently, his body trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ancestor! Please stop—these matters...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several confidants rushed forward to support his swaying figure. Chiyo Eine's eyes were filled with concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ancestor of theirs had always kept some secrets from the younger generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was because he didn’t want to—or couldn’t—they didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, the family had always been open to these matters. After all, they had their own inherited secret arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyo Ji was learning all of this for the first time and stood there dumbfounded. Then he looked back up at the screen displaying “Sin.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes began to grow distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pointing at Lu Ce’s face—now painted Greed-blue—he asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... what’s his deal? In his everyday life, what kind of state or ability does he have?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A... split-personality, explosively strong, highly intelligent mental patient?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Chiyo Ji said that, the entire Chiyo family fell silent, as if they were standing in a morgue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one could respond—not even the Chiyo Ancestor, who suddenly froze up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancestor: ......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we follow that line of reasoning, that’s exactly what he is!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly, none of it made sense. Should such a person even exist in this world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, the world’s a strange place, but to have all that rolled into one person felt utterly absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chiyo family was dumbfounded. One by one, they opened their mouths to speak but then stopped, sinking into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who the h*ll knows where this guy even came from?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That question had been haunting the minds of global leaders countless times—and now, it loomed over the heads of the entire Chiyo family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, that sentence he said...\" Chiyo Ji, realizing he’d just made things super awkward, quickly changed the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just pretend it never happened!\" the Chiyo Ancestor coughed out. \"Forget what he said.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need to prepare anything either. Whatever happens next... we can’t predict it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll say it again—our Chiyo family will conserve our strength and wait and see!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the Ancestor was helped out of the conference room by the clan members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>......\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chiyo Eine stood alone on the rooftop, gazing out at bustling Tokyo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew that after this game, countless corners of the world and various factions were surely having similar conversations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she couldn’t shake the feeling of a strange, invisible pressure weighing on her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After such a dramatic upheaval from a single game, Tokyo was still Tokyo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But was it really still the same Tokyo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t help feeling as if the whole city was now shrouded beneath a veil of dark clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet when she looked up—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was perfectly clear.\u003C\u002Fp>",1060,"2026-06-02T09:03:27.233Z",1,"novelbin.me","f2398bbeab9735388d453a1c5e252e48b8ae6ec46d635418517378059797a63d","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-217","pain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-chapter-215",867,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fpain-immunity-worried-the-villains-aren-t-twiste-cover.jpg"]