In the cold and biting prison, two cells apart, there was a brief silence between Ranch and Adams.

In the darkness, only the sporadic sound of water droplets freezing and the distant murmur of the wind blowing through the narrow walkway could be heard.

"What do I have to lie to you?"

Ranch's voice looked disappointed.

He was just frozen so hard that even his wrists were stiff, and his movements out of the shadow world were quite slow.

“……”

Although Adams knew that Lanch was lying, he wondered for a moment if he had misunderstood Lanch.

His acting skills are so real that it sounds like he is disappointed because he is not trusted.

But maybe it was because the plan failed to succeed and felt that it was born, and this emotion catalyzed the already strong line skills.

"Lanqi, I know what you are best at is using strategy and psychological warfare, so there is nothing despicable or despicable, I will only talk to you about victory and defeat today, and if you continue to deceive me with this trick, it will only look stupid and ridiculous."

After thinking for a while, Adams said coldly with full conviction.

He will not condemn Ranchi again, after all, the terms and conditions of this gambling battle have long been agreed by both sides, soldiers are not tired of deceit, and victory is the truth.

As long as whatever Lanchi says next, it doesn't fall into Lanchi's logic.

This is also Ranch's biggest weakness.

If the opponent does not communicate effectively with him, none of his tricks will work.

As long as this principle is carried out to the end, he will win this gambling battle, and Ranch will lose!

Lan Qi in the next cell didn't reply.

He walked slowly back into the cell and threw all the hoarded supplies out of the bars.

Hearing the crisp crash, Adams looked out with some confusion.

He could see the materials on the inclined side corridor through the iron bar, and Lan Qi really didn't want to play anymore and gave up all the resources!

"What are you doing?"

Adams asked, surprised.

"Lest you be said that I am lying to you, I am really gone, and there must be more trust between people."

With that, any sound in Lanch's prison suddenly disappeared.

“……”

Adams stared at the supplies on the ground through the bar, lost in thought.

Could it be that he really misunderstood Ranchi?

If Ranch really has good intentions.

And he lives the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and he will never believe him.

Doesn't that make you look very lacking?

……

At this time, on the Jera Memorial Square.

The stone floor rippled in the rain, but this did not dampen the enthusiasm, and the huge open-air screen in the square even attracted many passing students to stop and watch.

People hold colorful umbrellas in their hands, forming small flower bushes, and the rain slides from the tip of the umbrella and hits the ground, making a crisp sound of "ticking and ticking".

The voice was almost drowned out by the buzz of discussion in the square.

"This one is starting to fool Adams again!"

"Don't believe it, Adams!"

For some reason, it was the students of Ichrite House who began to fuel Adams.

Ranch is clearly playing with psychology again.

Now this abandonment of materials is undoubtedly a big gamble, wanting to speed up the progress of the game in order to achieve the ultimate confusion.

First of all, it is possible to deceive the opponent's conscience and withdraw directly from the film world.

Second, it allows opponents to misjudge their own resource abundance.

Because many people who are familiar with Ranchi have already guessed -

Ranch must have a way to get the supplies back in the hallway!

The scene of the Echrita students shouting at Adams made the several Aloran students who were watching in the square a little uncomfortable.

Isn't this the home of Ecritic Academy?

On a giant screen in the open air.

The more Adams thought about it, the more entangled he became.

His conscience was indeed aching, and he feared that he had misunderstood Lanchi.

It didn't take long for Adams' brow to stretch again, and a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Lanchi, don't pretend, no matter how much you shake my mind or what kind of plan you have, I won't believe you again until this movie world is over!"

Adams once again carried out his will, and shouted to Lanch next door with an extremely firm voice!

The more Ranch communicates with him, the more ghostly he becomes.

As long as you eliminate the emotional factor and think rationally, you can get around Lanch's trap.

Ranch will always only play mind games with you!

……

And yet next.

The Jera Memorial Square, which had just been arguing in the rain and was full of people, seemed to be cut off by some invisible force at a certain moment.

The sound of raindrops on the umbrella and the ground, and the laughter of the students all disappeared, leaving only a strong silence.

Everyone couldn't make a sound easily, and they stared at each other in disbelief at the giant open-air screen.

Except for the continuous rain, there didn't seem to be anything unusual around.

It's just that in the picture from the viewer's point of view -

Ranch is really gone.

This means that Ranch has withdrawn from the Shadow World.

He threw in the towel.

"Ranch, is he crazy?!"

"How should he explain to Dean Loren!"

The square was instantly chaotic.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the rain hit the ground one after another, forming splashes one after another, and the original silence was broken and replaced by a variety of noisy sounds.

They never thought that Ranch would play so big and then simply surrender!

Even if some people guessed that Lanch couldn't win against Adams, they didn't think that Lanch would lose like this.

"That's not right......"

Until a long period of noise passed, a student hesitated and said-

"Have you noticed that Adams is desperate, he is probably as steel now, and he firmly believes that Ranch will play psychological warfare with him to the end......"

Many of the students looked up, only to see Adams still struggling in the dimly lit cold iron prison.

From time to time, he taunted the empty cell next door:

"Lanchi, don't hold back your voice, your acting skills are too clumsy!"

"If you keep doing it, it looks like you're stupid."

"Your psychological warfare can deal with the Saintess of Destruction, but it can't deal with me who can carry out my faith."

“……”

The students in the square fell silent again.

Ranch lost easily, but Adams won strongly.

He was deceived by Ranch so badly.

It is estimated that he will never come out if he does not hold on to the limit, and Adams does not believe in anything now.

This [Desperate Bone Cage] artificial shadow world, if you want to survive to the point of breaking the record, you will be tortured to the point that life is worse than death.

It was a challenge beyond the limits of human willpower.

After the challenge, I had to go to the hospital for a few days.

It's hard to imagine what kind of mental state it would be when Adams came out and found that Lanch had really abandoned the game early, and he had been battling wits with the air......

"No, it's not that simple......"

Immediately, another student who knew about Ranch found out.

Adams was on the second level, they saw the third layer, but Ranch's plot wasn't that simple.

……

Learning & Education Building, 7th floor atrium.

This special space is surrounded by a soaring glass curtain wall, which remains bright despite the rain outside.

The world outside the window became hazy, and the rain constantly washed over the glass, making them blurry at times and clear at other times.

The senior students of the Sage Academy in the atrium all sat quietly, their eyes focused on the huge magic screen on the wall.

When the Lanchi on the screen disappeared from prison, they couldn't believe that Lanchi, who had high hopes from their Sage's House, had conceded defeat to Adams like this!

It wasn't until Lan Qi actually walked out of the Void Gate where the Artificial Shadow World activated the terminal that he smiled ashamedly, as if he had failed everyone's high expectations because he was not good at learning.

But this smile makes everyone understand.

This guy cliff is on purpose!

Teacher Teresa trotted to Ranch's side in amazement.

"Why did you throw in the towel, what should you do next?! Tomorrow Dean Loren will be back! ”

Teresa asked anxiously as she stopped Lanch.

She never thought that Lanch would lose so easily!

Lanchi, on the other hand, stopped calmly.

"You say, shouldn't Dean Loren go and apologize to Knight Captain Juliana?"

He smiled and looked back at Adams, who was still in prison, and asked Teresa.

The dark and desperate frost cage was like a link between hell and heaven compared to the seven-story atrium, which remained warm and bright even in the heavy rain, with Addams on that side and Lanch on the other.

“……”

Teresa looked at the screen and felt like she was stuck in her throat.

It really doesn't matter if you win or lose.

Even if Ranch doesn't mention the bet.

He tortured Adams like this.

I'm afraid that Dean Loren will have to go to Knight Captain Juliana to make a reparation.

Wait a minute.

Teresa lowered her head and pinched her fingers to calculate.

First, Adams got his wish and won against Ranch.

Then Dean Loren also apologized for the fact that "Juliana's students were tortured too badly......

Knight Juliana will receive a sincere reparation from Dean Loren.

Ranch's promise to Adams was a successful one.

And then next.

According to the previous agreement between Ranchi and Juliana, the third is that if you can forgive him, he hopes to invite you to visit the royal capital and tell you many important things he wants to say. 】

Once Juliana accidentally forgave the sincere Loren.

Then the conditions for "forgiving Loren" have been met.

Ranch would then bring this clause up to Juliana, asking her to fulfill her promise to date Loren.

At that point, Dean Loren will be forced to complete a series of chain conditions and then go straight to dating!

The upright Knight Captain Juliana will never fall on his bills.

It's just what she thinks when she's on this coercive date.

That's hard to say.

Teresa has to admit that Ranch is a genius, and he can indeed provide solutions to everyone's needs, but he can also make people feel as uncomfortable as eating flies every time.

This thing has survived until now because of his excellent skills.

"Ahh......h I have to take a day off today, my cat is sick and I want to take it to the doctor. ”

Teresa said to herself, put her hands in her pockets, and quickly bowed her head and left.

Slipped away.

She left work early today, and it's none of her business.

I hope Dean Loren will be okay when he comes back tomorrow.

And the cat boss on the ground seems to be gradually understanding the current situation and falling into the cat thinking universe.

“？？”

Its cat brain is a bit overloaded.

(End of chapter)