As Lu Ce handed over Hell's Roar in his hand, Pleasure fell completely silent.
This world could truly invent another idiom—"Lu Ce offering a gun"—to describe the most vicious act of kicking someone when they're down.
"Sin's" vicious act of kicking someone when they're down.
Pleasure's power—well, one could say it was currently a bit speechless. It looked around, surveying the three people surrounding it.
These three fellows, each of them could laugh quite well now, like fucking devotees of Pleasure.
You know what? If it could turn all three of them into Divine Envoys of Pleasure, there would actually be some merit to it.
But it couldn't be done.
"Oh? Not coming to take it? Do you want me to deliver it to you personally?"
Seeing that no one was accepting the gun he offered, Lu Ce smiled as he spoke, casually raising the barrel slightly.
Of course no one was going to take Lu Ce's gun.
Besides... what decent person offers a hand cannon with the barrel pointed directly at someone?!
"Oh? Hehehe... It seems your conversation needs a little catalyst."
A exaggerated expression appeared on Lu Ce's pink face, followed by gunfire!
Third gear again, another shot!
Crack... crack!
The sound of explosion didn't occur; instead, the sound of space shattering resembled breaking glass, crackling and snapping—this was Pleasure's power striking out in contained fury.
Third gear Hell's Roar still didn't qualify to cause it actual damage.
However, the area of Xie Antong's facial expression under its control began diminishing again!
"Damn it!" Pleasure cursed inwardly. This couldn't continue.
Without being able to freely use its power, it was really quite passive.
"You should just answer my question quickly~." Xie Antong's teasing voice spoke up. "Don't you think letting everyone learn about the 'gods'' private lives would be quite pleasurable?"
"Surely you don't worry about consequences when seeking amusement? Concerned about offending the 'gods'?"
What nonsense!
Hearing Xie Antong's voice, Pleasure felt like cursing aloud.
Looking to die, are you? Offending all other "gods" just for some amusement? That's how Agony died back then!
The problem was this was a global broadcast—at least hundreds of millions of insects worldwide were watching.
Although insects couldn't accomplish anything, speaking recklessly still wasn't quite appropriate.
"You're wasting time," Pleasure said with clear annoyance in its voice.
"That 'Sin' over there could make a move at any moment. If you continue like this, I truly might not be able to protect your body."
Hearing this, Jealousy on the other side immediately knew it was his turn to speak and quickly said:
"Ohoho~ I'm in no hurry. Killing you all would just be incidental anyway."
"You've been holding out for so long—I'm genuinely quite curious now. No rush at all."
As he spoke, he casually sat cross-legged in mid-air, crossing his legs with a smile on his pink face, looking like an spectator enjoying the drama.
Pleasure: ?
Are you Pleasure or am I Pleasure? Weren't you from Agony's side?!
"Sin" had gained some notoriety at their level recently, especially after getting involved with Agony, so they'd all been paying some attention.
Nearby, Sun also chimed in, nodding as he said:
"Right, right, I'm in no hurry either."
Any player with sense knew how incredibly rare it was to obtain information from a "god's" perspective here in CHOSEN'S PARADISE!
In short, this benefited them all, so even Sun could restrain himself without any intention of making a move.
Pleasure remained silent for a moment before finally saying:
"Whether it's avatars, divided power, or Divine Envoys—each god has their own specialized methods of operation."
"All I can say is that since this game began, every god has had their own objectives and has been acting accordingly."
"That's all! You'd better not push your luck any further!"
Today must have been the unluckiest day of its eight lifetimes—to be forced into such a predicament by an ordinary player under these special circumstances!
Blank... it would remember this name!
"Fine, then here's the final condition." Xie Antong knew when to stop and quickly spoke again to prevent this additional condition from making Pleasure lose control completely.
"I demand that when my consciousness later submits to you, I retain partial control over myself."
"What!?" Pleasure nearly lost its composure instantly.
What kind of demand was this? Wouldn't that be exactly like the current situation?
It had been thinking earlier that it would temporarily yield, then once it formally took control, it would immediately erase this Blank consciousness and use the fully controlled vessel to deal with this "Sin."
Well, and incidentally kill this guy called Sun too.
"Of course, this is a reasonable demand and the foundation of our cooperation." Xie Antong said, "Otherwise, what if you're thinking of temporarily yielding now, then erasing me once you formally take control?"
Pleasure: ......
"I demand to retain autonomy for critical moments when I might choose suicide. If you exceed boundaries, I will immediately initiate self-destruction."
Wait, what?
Hearing this, Sun couldn't help but stand up. For the first time, his expression turned serious.
Blank, was she really going to choose this?
Was she truly going to... defect to the gods' side?
Although he'd never gotten along with "Sin," he'd always believed that when it came down to serious combat, the "gods" should be the top priority.
After all, he had the Blasphemer's Medal.
This...
Honestly, Blank's current choice somewhat exceeded both Sun's expectations and his understanding of her.
"Hehe..."
Jealousy didn't waste words. Having heard what he wanted to hear, he immediately manifested power belonging to Pleasure's chosen in his hand.
Instantly, a pillar of energy blasted forth!
"Fine, agreed!"
"Xie Antong" similarly unleashed her power while also "stimulating activation," and simultaneously, Pleasure's voice quickly agreed to Xie Antong's demand.
Suddenly, wind began to blow.
The pink light that had filled the entire haunted house instantly faded away, replaced by another peculiar sensation.
Xie Antong's body instantly straightened and floated into the air, suspended by the tremendous power within her.
In the center of the swirling energy vortex in the air, Xie Antong's face began rapidly shifting toward "Pleasure's" aspect.
Her eyes shone with brilliant light as she lifted her head and glanced at Lu Ce before her.
"Our game begins now!"