[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist":3,"chapter-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1393":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist",{"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},1533204,1991,"Chapter 1393 You Hate Betrayal So Much","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1393",1393,"\u003Cp>Rita tried to pause this timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, just like when she previously attempted to load L12185511, she failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the earlier notification had warned, the old master of this galaxy had begun awakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The portion of authority she had seized was no longer enough to contend against it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what about the other timelines?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet when she checked the others, the situation was exactly the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every small Order Clock and every Mechanoid had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had really dragged the final boss out early this time...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a grave expression, Rita returned to BS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she entered the palace, she sensed people inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The living room was packed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Shadow.Q, everyone B80 had named earlier was seated there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few people who had not been named had come too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke Tune, Pine Bloom, Quex, Fat Goose, Prayer...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Boiling Orange and Ashveil were there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them finally no longer needed to lurk in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did Rita realize something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When B80 had called everyone out earlier, it had even arranged their names alphabetically...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this some kind of BS virus it caught while connected to the BS network researching her past?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought almost made her laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the next second, B80’s accusations echoed in her mind again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those voices froze the smile before it could fully form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She found a sofa and sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’re all here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom glanced over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did you do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had everyone barely received three days to prepare before she managed to provoke the old order awake herself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one present doubted it was Rita’s doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only she had the ability to cause something like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was also why everyone had instinctively gathered at her home the moment things changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom knew the most, and she had noticed something wrong first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her brows furrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where’s B80?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita opened her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, she closed it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand thoughts condensed into a single sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"B80 is connected to the old order...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even she herself was still confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nivalis clung tightly to Rita’s shoulder and refused to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was reflecting deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all because she had spent too much time having fun recently that B80 found an opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine, revealing your true identity was one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why stir up discord too?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"3\" in 8017913...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it was the \"three\" in third wheel?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the room stared at Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fat Goose even grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell us. Hurry up and tell us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone here was intelligent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita also wanted their help analyzing things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she explained all the suspicions she and Deceitful Bloom had discussed previously, along with everything that happened today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she spoke, the wider everyone’s eyes became.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time she repeated B80’s line:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will prove to you that a perfect and eternal program is far more reliable than ever changing emotion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fat Goose had stopped eating sunflower seeds entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom snorted twice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knew this would happen sooner or later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foolishness asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did it learn this from you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom: \"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightchaser immediately stabbed in another hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Definitely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cinders added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probably born that way. It was already like this back in Moonlight Marsh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita pinched the bridge of her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her head hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that really the important part?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course,\" Mistblade said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re analyzing how far it’s willing to go for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And what it’s willing to give up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita’s gaze fell onto the open World Sigh in her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Onto the Scrap Heap illustration in the lower right corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said seriously,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t need it to do anything for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could not trust B80.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not need B80’s loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would never place her hopes on B80, or on any living being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was loyal to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she hoped every being around her would remain loyal to themselves too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight of her lowering her head made everyone quietly shift the topic back to the Mechanoids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How far back could the first Mechanoids be traced?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who had originally taught everyone about them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who established the rule that emotionally awakened Mechanoids must be discarded into the Scrap Heap?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And perhaps most importantly...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B80’s transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because it was the core of the order itself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or because some hidden program had activated after receiving enough stimulation, allowing it to instantly calculate and reclaim all scattered programs and components?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more people were called in as the discussion continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drummer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bitter Chalice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearthsmoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The discussion only began showing signs of ending around midnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita gently closed the World Sigh in her hands, signaling the discussion’s conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll organize the information we currently have and send it to all players.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow evening at six, I’ll begin the Adjudicator Game early.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re returning to the First Epoch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How?\" Deceitful Bloom asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’ve finally figured it out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Game invasion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does that mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll invade the First Epoch in the form of a game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just like how the game originally descended upon our world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Rita lay on the palace rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>World Sigh rested beneath her head like a pillow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was enjoying what might be the final peaceful night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You hate betrayal so much. Why don’t you want loyalty?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom’s voice sounded behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a form of restraint. I don’t like it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seems more like you’re afraid of losing control.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deceitful Bloom bent slightly at the waist with her hands behind her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face blocked Rita’s view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moonlight illuminated the silver hair falling beside her ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glowing silver strands made the dangerous smile on her lips especially clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because if everyone remains loyal to themselves, you can predict their behavior through their obsessions, circumstances, interests, personalities, and dreams.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if they become loyal to you, they become impossible to predict.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because the process of giving loyalty is filled with uncertainty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not that you don’t want loyalty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just don’t know how to deal with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Am I wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita forcefully brushed away the silver hair dangling near her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold smile curved her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a gentle voice, she replied,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just like Byme with you, isn’t it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them dissected each other while hurting each other in turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past hundred years, this had become a regular occurrence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing each other’s pasts meant they could never pretend not to understand one another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the more deeply they understood, the deeper and more precise the wounds they inflicted became.\u003C\u002Fp>",1107,"2026-06-06T06:15:33.929Z",1,"novelbin.me","235fd85aa99ea0d98e4afb1b6f0d1993e2fa9d408239637320cbbaed09b1c015","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1394","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1392",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]