Chapter 81 - 80: The Truth[GTG]
While everyone in the room were contemplating there next course of actions.
Ryan was having a bit of his own problem.
His system... it stopped responding.
’System! Damn it! This can’t be happening, not now!’
He had carefully considered his situation. His mission in this world was simply to conquer the heroines – a task that gnawed at him with unspoken doubts. He’d been led to believe he was on a retribution mission, enduring some form of karmic punishment. Surely, that should entail something more severe than mere "torture"? Conquering these heroines, while undoubtedly difficult, didn’t feel like enough of a penance. Was this truly the sole reason he’d been yanked from his own world and deposited in this one? So many questions swirled in his mind, a tangled mess of confusion.
Pushing those doubts aside for the moment, he couldn’t help but consider the possibility that the mission might already be a success. After all, he had Lyra, Scarlet, and even Emily, whom he suspected to be a heroine as well, all seemingly under his wing. Shouldn’t the system have acknowledged some progress by now? Why hadn’t it made a single peep about the supposed conquest?
The silence gnawed at him, a chilling realization settling in his gut. Reaching out to the system for answers only yielded a terrifying truth. "It... no longer responded." A cold dread washed over him. Something was terribly wrong, far worse than he could have imagined.
Frustration bubbled up. ’Damn it, just respond, would you!’ he roared internally.
A voice, familiar and distinct from the system or Mel, echoed in his mind. [He won’t,] it rumbled.
He flicked his gaze towards the blue-haired girl, finding her returning his stare with a disconcerting smile.
’How can you be talking without "talking"?’ Ryan demanded in his mind, utterly bewildered.