Chapter 89: Penalties...
[Author’s note: One of my beta readers pointed out that Nolan must have also seen James play the game when he saw the memories of his past life. The answer is no, because it was like a fast forward flash of video clips, not a detailed movie of his entire life. Nolan only focused on important parts, and James just staring at a metal box with a weird grin didn’t seem important for him to pay attention.]
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’Nahh... hell nah!! What the actual fuck is this? This is too crazy!’ Johan’s mind went into genuine disbelief for a minute.
What was fate? The things that will happen to them in the future. Basically meaning Nolan could control the literal future in whatever way he wished. And this reward meant he would be able to do that with the past too—change someone’s entire life? Wasn’t this literally unbeatable?
This was definitely an ability on the level of Schrödinger’s Cat... or maybe even worse.
But, this actually made sense.
Nolan was a DLC character—either an important villain or ally, most likely depending on the ending you finished the game at.
But no matter what, to fight toe to toe with the endgame Leor, he had to be overpowered... no, even more than just overpowered.
’And... I can revive Alya with this too? But, maybe she’s already Vivi, that’s why the system said it this way.’ Johan’s mood soured a bit.
[Option 3: Stop all connections with Nolan, nod respectfully, and leave. Then never have any contact with him no matter what.]