Chapter 280: Takuto's hypothesis and the dark summoner's aim

Chapter 280: Takuto's hypothesis and the dark summoner's aim

I look around at everyone.

"I need to talk to you guys. This is a hypothesis I've been thinking about and I'd like your opinion on it. It has something to do with this duel"

"What is it? Takuto's hypothesis is a little scary..."

Everyone nodded. Isn't that too scary?

"It's about the flow of the game"

"You mean the scenario?"

Mel said, but I didn't know if I should say that. I decided to talk anyway.

"First of all, we met Gerbera Grow in the Young Tree Forest. I don't know what kind of seal he was guarding, but let's say it was Druj Nasu"

"Well, I think that's highly unlikely. So?"

It would certainly be unlikely, since Princess Sylphy's criminal was Druj Nasu. But I still don't know the relationship between the demons, so I made an assumption to make it easier to understand.

"The next thing I know, Ruin-san and I have met Nebiros. After that, we fought Astaroth in an event and among the rewards was a weapon that made it easier to defeat Gerbera Grow"

"After that, Gerbera Grow was defeated and the zombies showed up and we fought them off"

Mel told me. Then Rekka realized what I was trying to say.

"I see...so Takuto is saying that all the admin events and world events are made in the flow of the game's scenario"

"That's right"

Then Reppuu-san and Raiden-san spoke.

"Wait a minute. That's a bit of an exaggeration, don't you think?"

"It's true that the flow of the game is like that, but Gerbera Grow was defeated by the players, right?"

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"Aren't there several scenarios? Anyway, since the defeat of Gerbera Grow was set as a world event, it was definitely an event that had to be done at some point"

That's right, isn't it? Well, I guess it was a trend that Nebiros was planning something.

"Let's get back to the story. As I told everyone beforehand, various countries are putting pressure on Freetia because of my use of the magic sword and Ix in the event. The Reich Empire was one of them"

Ruin-san panicked.

"Wa, Wait, wait! You're not telling me, Takuto-kun...that this duel is"

"Yes. I think the Reich Empire caused this by targeting the magic sword and Ix"

"You're overthinking this"

"Wait a minute. They're after the magic sword and Lily-chan, aren't they?"

"Theyre not sure they can beat Ix. The rules of the duel prohibit changing weapons, but not the ones already equipped. Ix is an enemy that you never know what kind of equipment she will come equipped with. But there is one being who has the potential to defeat Ix"

"That's Lily-chan...so they're planning to have the frenzied Lily-chan and Ix-chan fight it out and then you're going to put a stop to it yourself?"

I nodded at Mel's reasoning. Then Mangetsu-san speaks.

"That's assuming they win, right?"

"Yes, it does. So I'm sure they'll come up with a way to win"

"Is there such a method?"

Yoichi-san asks. That's what it is, isn't it? The worst kind of evil move.

"There is. The worst way to win a sports game...is to cheat the referee"

!!?

Everyone is in a state of shock at this. Of course they were.

"This explains why they went to the trouble of specifying the Reich colosseum instead of a PK, because a PK risks a counterattack from me, but a referee's injustice guarantees victory. If I had to choose between the two, it would be the latter"

In hindsight, Druj Nasu's appearance and statement was probably staged to give me a hint. If I were to make a prediction based on this flow of events, there was a high possibility that Druj Nasu was the one who defeated Gerbera Grow and saved those who were captured.

More to the point, it's more likely that Druj Nasu is behind the dark jobs.

If there was any doubt, it was that in this case, they could win even against Ix. This makes me think that the dark summoners simply want Lily.

Then Rook said.

"Eh!? If that's the case, you really can't win!? What are you going to do!?"

Rook is right, we can't win if we continue like this. So I know what I have to do.

"Isn't it logical to counter a strategy with a strategy?"

"What are you going to do?"

Ruin-san asks me with real trepidation. I say dignifiedly.

"I'm going to make a deal with the Reich Empire"

Eeeh!?

Everyone was surprised by my statement. This is probably the only move I can make to win. We have the strongest trump card in the world in Ix. The deal is in our favor. Now it's up to us to make a proposal.

The condition for releasing the summoner's summoned beast is to defeat it in a duel or by PK. If I defeat the dark summoner, the summoned beasts will be released. But I don't intend to stop there.

They're the ones who started the fight. And they targeted Lily and the others. There's no way I can forgive them. If they don't know, I'll tell them again. I'm the kind of person who will go to any length to protect what's important to me.

I told everyone about my plan and even though they were disgusted, I couldn't leave them in the dark, so they all agreed to help me.