[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-three-towers-game":3,"chapter-three-towers-game-three-towers-game-chapter-629":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Three Towers Game",{"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},1097816,1431,"Chapter 629: Revised - 184 The Path to Breaking Stalemates through Intelligence","three-towers-game-chapter-629",629,"\u003Cp>The chat log was not over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Promises sometimes are beautiful, but reality is often cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until March 25th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiyama Sachi kept communicating with Morioka Hitomi, but it was limited to just that - communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiyama Sachi kept asking when Morioka Hitomi would arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morioka Hitomi kept asking his brother Morioka, when he could go find Xiaoxing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon learning of Xiaoxing’s misery, Morioka did nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because rescuing Xiaoxing would mean offending a group of dignitaries. Morioka Immortal’s rise began by aiding the people of District 19 to attain happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once he attained fame, when he finally could see the same scenery as those dignitaries...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people Morioka Immortal helped had turned into rich merchants, legislators, doctors, and bankers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who could already attain happiness, became happier. Those who weren’t lacking money, became wealthier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Xiaoxing, what significance is there in such a person attaining happiness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morioka would always bring many people he had packaged as \"unfortunate\" and tell Morioka Hitomi:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dearest brother, I promise you, this is the last time. I’ve already started contacting Xiaoxing, but today, could you help your brother complete the ritual first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sentence seemed to have some sort of magic power; no matter how many times it was said, Morioka Hitomi always believed him. He always thought that next time, his brother would take him away from here, to find Xiaoxing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Akiyama Sachi never got to see Morioka Hitomi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet she seemed to understand this as well, she kept reminding them of their promise, kept reminding Morioka Hitomi—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m still waiting for you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chat log finally ended; Wenren Mirror and Wen Xishu had already figured out the whole story, the causes and consequences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a city like Hujiang, the two most humane existences had already turned inhumane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the chat log, it was impossible to see \"Happiness’s\" thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu and Wenren Mirror could not yet obtain the complete story of Morioka Hitomi and Akiyama Sachi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But both of them had strong association-building abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By relying on the conversations between Morioka Hitomi and Akiyama Sachi, combined with the details of Deceit Tower—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu was almost able to draw a conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiyama Sachi was kept captive by someone. Akiyama Sachi was the aptitude holder of District 20. She was the source that triggered the rules of Pain Currency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was very interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aptitude holder of the 60th floor of Deceit Tower being kept captive, this was truly filled with misfortune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to know, even with a disruptor causing trouble, Wen Xishu had experienced the scenarios of disruptors being enslaved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon further thought—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only ones who could keep Akiyama Sachi captive were disruptors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Morioka, everything fitted Wen Xishu’s initial guesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I was playing the role of Morioka, in the human pit, from the perspective of Morioka, there was no sign of a younger brother... In other words, for Morioka, having a younger brother, Morioka Hitomi, was one of the misfortunes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Morioka Hitomi himself did not know. He always lived within the lies of Morioka.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And in District 20... the curator bears the pain of everyone, but still gives. I was also thinking, why is the curator so special.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tragedies of the two children had been strung together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One lived within deception, thinking himself happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One lived within despair, lowering his own self-esteem step by step, starting to give up being \"human\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For such two people, it was hard to say who lived more sorrowfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu and Wenren Mirror exchanged a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s leave here first,\" Wenren Mirror said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaotong, would you be willing to leave with us? I’ll take you to find Xiaoxing. She’s still waiting for you,\" Wen Xishu extended an invitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, it was also a test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, the result of the test was very sad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some struggle, Morioka Hitomi shook his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry... I can’t go, I promised my brother. He will take me there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu further tested:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, we are Xiaoxing’s friends. Do you believe us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morioka Hitomi said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can feel... it seems that you have no ill intent, but I can’t go with you, my brother promised me, he will take me to find Xiaoxing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the dialog from their chat log.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last dialogues were almost cyclic conversations like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiyama Sachi:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m really about to leave... your brother is very busy, why don’t you come find me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morioka Hitomi:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soon! My brother promised me, he’ll go find you soon! I can’t leave the cellar... He already promised me, he won’t lie to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiyama Sachi:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you completely believe him? Have you ever thought... that he might be lying to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morioka Hitomi:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, absolutely not, my brother loves me very much, and I love my brother very much too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When seeing this part of the text record...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu and Wenren Mirror had actually already guessed a certain possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also understood one thing: unless violence was used, there was no way to take Morioka Hitomi away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, the two decided to leave here before Morioka returned, and think of another way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xishu smiled and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaotong, hypothetically, I’m just saying hypothetically, if she came to find you, but your brother didn’t allow you to rescue her, what would you do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morioka Hitomi seemed to struggle with this kind of question, he shook his head:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My brother and I are of one heart, my brother’s wishes are my wishes... why would he not allow it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenren Mirror instantly touched Morioka Hitomi, extracting the anxiety and negative emotions from Morioka Hitomi’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morioka Hitomi suddenly calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Wenren Mirror’s stunning face, it was as if he saw a blooming sea of flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wenren Mirror smiled and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one can stop you from rescuing Xiaoxing, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",979,"2026-06-03T11:12:52.529Z","2026-06-03T11:12:57.702Z",1,"novelbin.me","6a7750a0028d0aca67b69905af978c980310a53b903e0360e12aba514920d3e7","three-towers-game-chapter-630","three-towers-game-chapter-628",1179,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthree-towers-game-cover.jpg"]