Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 1293 - 1289: "Yay.
Su Ming’an took a step back, staring at the blank space before him.
Kasadia tilted his head, staring at Su Ming’an: "Why aren’t you going? Do you want me to kick you down?"
"I think I won’t go." Su Ming’an said with a smile.
Their gazes met. Kasadia’s mask twitched, and the speed of the wriggling paint seemed to become faster. He lowered his voice: "Su Liujin has already gone over, are you still afraid that I will harm you?"
"Su Liujin indeed went over, and maybe by walking there, he indeed could reach Luo Washa, but... who said that I would reach the same place as him?" Su Ming’an raised his head, his eyes suddenly sharp, spreading his hands, slowly retreating:
"My father told me, to judge a person’s goodness or badness, you need to start from their goals."
"Kasadia, your goals are fun and Sique. But you sending me back to kick Sique away, this act neither brings you fun nor lets you see Sique."
"You have no reason to send me back. You and I have only met a few times, you can’t break Sique’s plan for me."
"I guess, it wasn’t Sique who asked you to pick me up, right? His speech was in full swing in the live broadcast room, with no intention of giving up the number, how could he let you pick me up?"
"You want me to disappear completely, so I can no longer log into Sique’s number, allowing Sique to always appear in Luo Washa."
"As for Su Liujin, he is the tool you used to lower my guard. This naive Jellyfish Emperor, walking ahead without any guile, easily tempted me to follow him in."
"——And you never contacted Sique, from beginning to end, Kasadia."
"All these actions, picking Su Liujin out, and now sending us back... are just your personal actions. You want to forcibly keep Sique in Luo Washa, at the cost of making me disappear."
"The blank space ahead, once I step in, something will happen, right?"
After Su Ming’an finished speaking, the air was very quiet.
Drop by drop, paint fell to the ground, tick-tock, tick-tock. Kasadia lowered his head, the colors of his whole body blurred into a mosaic, which seemed to reflect his depressed mood.
Then he softly spoke:
"...How can you be so clever."
"You are all the same Original, yet he is dumber than you, and ended up with that kind of outcome."
"If only... you walked in obediently by yourself. It would save me the trouble."
His colorful hand covered his face, revealing a half-curved blood-red lip, as if laughing. The paint trickled down his mask, wetting the ground.
Su Ming’an quickly glanced around, seeing only a few scattered player figures in the distance, this place was too remote, the buildings were all empty.
He had long noticed that Kasadia’s attitude was off, actually without any judging reason——just because the Fun Demon couldn’t be so serious and obediently help people with things.
"You want to act in the Main God World? Direct attacks are forbidden here." Su Ming’an said.
"It’s impossible to attack directly." Kasadia smiled, resting his face in his hand, drawing a circle in the air with his finger: "Just a trivial breeze."
In the next instant, Su Ming’an uncontrollably took a few steps forward, a strong wind blowing from behind.
He was not flustered, directly activating spatial displacement, instantaneously stretching a distance, yet the violent wind pursued closely, like an invisible large hand pulling at his legs, dragging him step by step towards the edge. Beside him, Kasadia stood with his hands lowered, his face masked, yet Su Ming’an seemed to see his deep gaze.
He was waiting for Su Ming’an’s mana points to run out, as long as Su Ming’an couldn’t leave this area, he would eventually be blown into the blank space.
"...Do you think Sique would be happy after getting rid of me?" Su Ming’an said lightly.
Kasadia’s voice no longer carried any joy: "At least, after you disappear, Sique would still be Sique, rather than a usurped vanisher. Luo Washa only needs one protagonist; if it’s him, it can’t be you. Otherwise, the radiance on someone else is bound to dim."
"[Luo Washa doesn’t need Sique Olivius as a supporting role]. Since your appearance in Luo Washa, he has faded from Luo Washa’s story, only appearing for a while in occasional segments. Even when he appeared, it was just conversations with you, hovering outside the main storyline, reduced to a story’s appendage——I can’t stand it."
"Vacate your position, let him shine brightly. The protagonist only needs one, Su Ming’an."
The boots scraped the edge of the blank space, drawing a long scratch, Su Ming’an once again activated spatial displacement, his mana points declining again.
He tried shouting for Boss Rabbit, but there was no response. Perhaps the remaining organizers have reached some agreement, no one interfered with Kasadia’s actions.
Kasadia watched quietly, he specifically chose such an extremely remote Main God World server, just to ensure no one could help Su Ming’an... Huh?
"Damn! Look over there—!"
An abrupt shout rang out.
In the distance, on a street with hardly anyone, some players noticed this side.
Kasadia was astonished... Impossible, this place was too far, why were those players looking this way...?
He looked up in confusion, suddenly seeing atop Su Ming’an’s head, a series of title lights glaring like bulbs—
[First in Tutorial, Number One Player, Plum Blossom Twice, Plum Blossom Three Strategies, Second Rank Pioneer, Peak Competition MVP, Grand Slam, Third Rank Pioneer, Fourth Rank Pioneer, Fifth Rank Pioneer, Star of Charm, God Slayer, link the fire]...
...So many people.
Rows of big letters lined up, the lights dazzling, bright enough to blind, visible from a kilometer away.
In the players’ eyes, these titles were like flares, they couldn’t read the words, but they could see the extremely bright light, and couldn’t help but swarm over.
...
[To this day, Su Ming’an still doesn’t know where he got exposed. Until he heard such an excited shout from afar:
"—Wow! That’s the Number One Player, it’s really obvious, with such a big piece on his head!"
Su Ming’an’s expression turned slightly stiff. He pulled up a system mirror, reflecting himself, slowly looking up.
...And then he saw, floating above his head, like an online game ID’s title:
——[Number One Player]
Bright, golden, larger than his head, right atop him, like a giant light bulb.]
...
In the past, Su Ming’an was burdened by this title, chased by ardent fans, and at his request, Boss Rabbit added an option to [hide titles].
This time, he cleverly utilized this setting, revealing the titles, instantly blinding Kasadia’s eyes with the series of titles above his head.
Kasadia never anticipated that Su Ming’an would come up with such a weird trick, completely inexplicable.
Meanwhile, those players finally saw clearly what was happening and exclaimed:
"What’s going on!?"
"Is someone fighting? Isn’t that the Fun Demon of Luo Washa, with all those colors?"
"Who’s the one beside... it’s so bright I can’t see clearly."
"Huh? Damn, did we stumble upon a major event? I’m going to record it and post it on the forum!"
Seeing more and more people gathering and Kasadia’s gaze deepening.
Kasadia could use these indirect methods against Su Ming’an because Su Ming’an’s current state was special, his game ip was still in Luo Washa, and by coincidence, Kasadia was a Luo Washa person, could exploit loopholes viewed as "internal struggles of Luo Washa instance" rather than "one of the organizers targeting a player". But these casual players were different, they were utterly pure-blood players, with no ties to Luo Washa, he couldn’t act against them.
Kasadia stared at Su Ming’an.
He knew what would happen next; if Su Ming’an lived, Sique would inevitably walk a path of sacrifice... that wasn’t fun, not funny at all.
The only way to stop Sique is to make Su Ming’an disappear, and Sique would have to continue living. As long as Sique lives, he would harvest more and more fun, and the path to promotion would be unobstructed.
Looking at Su Ming’an, who could hold on for a while longer, then at the players swarming in.
On one side, hope seemed within reach, on the other, an abyss.
No time, no, no, no.
Sique must not disappear.
He must do something.
"...I figured it out."
In that moment, a spark flashed in his mind, and his smile suddenly reappeared, as if he felt a genuine joy and delight.
"I know what to do now..."
He must...
...
[Kasadia, you are the character I am most satisfied with recently. We should get along well.]
[Oh? That depends on how much fun you can bring me, purple-haired Creator.]
[I know, your character is the deity of joy and delight. You want fun, don’t you? I can tell you a joke every day.]
[Ha, haha, hahahaha... Is that it? The thing Kasadia lacks the least is jokes. You probably selected the wrong dish, little Magpie. You’re also truly a boring person. Do you think simply telling jokes can satisfy a deity?]
[No, what I mean is...]
[Hm?]
[I am going to tell you an unfunny joke every day, Kasadia.]
[...You. Hmph hmph hahahaha... Interesting, amusing, I’m starting to feel delighted... You are indeed clever. Even just to see how unfunny these jokes are, I have to stay and listen, to admire you going all out to make up jokes. The less funny the joke is, the more amusing I find it—what a great source of fun!]
[As long as you’re happy.]
[However, the price of taming a deity is heavy... The moment you stop amusing me, the moment I find you have become a boring person, I will kill you instantly. Maybe one day while you’re asleep, your heart will end up in my hand.]
[But fun is eternal, Kasadia.]
[Fun is eternal! Haha, hahahaha...]
...
[Magpie, are you going to create the World Book?]
[Yes, Kasadia, doom will eventually arrive. Only by building Eden can we find peace.]
[...That’s not a funny joke, it actually makes me feel disappointed. I want to kill you.]
[You could use a method with a taste I prefer. Oh, and please leave me a heart, otherwise my meticulously built 8,800-square-meter great Si Que memorial would lack a centerpiece.]
[...]
[What’s wrong, Kasadia?]
[Madman... madman! How can you show such an expression, haha, hahahaha... You’re the craziest guy I’ve ever seen! So terrifying, so delightful! So interesting!]
[Really? I made you feel delighted again, that’s great.]
...
[Sique? Sique?]
[...]
[Where are you? Sique, where are you?]
[...]
[Why won’t you answer me? Why are you covered in blood?]
[...]
[Why are you lying there not speaking? Why have you closed your eyes, and why is your chest empty?]
[...]
[You’re making me laugh again, aren’t you?]
[...]
[Was it them? Those damn Royals... they ate my greatest fun!]
[...]
[But I don’t find it funny, you who was growing boring because of the World Book plan, I’ve been wanting to kill you for a long time... Luckily, you died first. Otherwise, I would have had to kill you myself.]
[...]
[But open your eyes and say a word.]
[...]
[Remember you still owe me a joke.]
...
Kasadia looked at Su Ming’an.
At this moment, under the night sky, Su Ming’an seemed to see Kasadia’s eyes through the colorful mask. His usually upturned bloody lips drooped, like a spider’s silk hanging from Hell.
Then he heard His laughter.
"Hehe... hahahaha..."
Chilling, terrifying, spine-tingling laughter.
Was He laughing?
The mask covered His expression, only His shaking shoulders were visible.
He suddenly stepped forward, stretched out His hand, touched Su Ming’an’s back, and pushed—
—Su Ming’an didn’t expect Kasadia to make such a move.
Because the wild wind wasn’t fast enough to blow Su Ming’an down, Kasadia moved against him directly.
This would be punished or even obliterated by the Rules of the World Game! Why would Kasadia do this?
Su Ming’an fell, looking up to see a white lightning strike above Kasadia’s head—players who violated the Rules have died because of it.
The white light struck, and that colorful body began to shatter, scatter, become transparent at this instant... His mask shattered and fell to the ground, revealing His grotesque face, but His expression was one of wild delight, clawing and cackling:
"That biggest and most interesting fun... must stay alive to be interesting."
"What? The Rules want to obliterate me? Haha—hahahahaha! The Fun Demon gets punished for seeking fun—this is—such fun!!!"
"Hahaha!!! Hahahahaha—! Sique Olivius!!!" He shouted madly into the air:
"You liar! Liar!! You never told me any truly amusing joke!!"
"But for you, this boring guy, I did these inexplicable things—which is—so hilarious! So ridiculous! Hahaha—!"
Colorful paint shattered on the ground, scattered and melted, stained with blood and tissue fluid.
The mask shone with a rainbow glow.
"Joy is eternal, fun is supreme."
"Joy is eternal, fun is supreme—! Hmph hmph hahahaha!!"
His shattered body fell down.
The white fell with him and His eyes.
