Lv Shu, Eni, Hubert, Mizushima Kawa Sora, Avril, Alauddin... People of various nationalities and skin colors stood together on the sa stage, dressed in different occupational equipnt. tal-jointed battle armor, modern-looking chs, and magic robes embroidered with mysterious patterns... Since this was the first self-organized gathering of players since entering the ga world and it was held in the territory of the top players’ First Guild, the event looked incredibly formal.
Yu Ruohuo knew they were the strongest players, but she was constantly looking for one particular figure.
...Just three hours ago, the presidency of the Lighthouse Guild had suddenly been transferred to that person by Lv Shu.
And just two hours before that, third-ranked Mizushima Kawa Sora seed to have had a fierce argunt with that person, even issuing a challenge letter that shocked the world.
Everyone was paying attention to this incident, everyone was waiting for his response... but there was none.
He seed to have abruptly disappeared, with no activity at all, his post count remaining a re zero.
"—Welco to the First Guild, and thank you all for coming here,"
The first to speak was Eni. Although he had been defeated by Su Ming’an in the First World, after the trials of the Second World, he had regained people’s trust. As the vice president of the guild, there was no issue with him giving the speech:
"—The World ga, which disrupted all of human planning, has passed through two worlds. It cannot be denied that it was a disaster, but it was also an opportunity for humanity to glimpse the unknown future and break through personal limits..."
His words were official, yet his tone was confident, carrying a unique orator’s charisma. After all, being a forr heir to a Fortune 500 company, public speaking was naturally no problem for him.
Many players below had already started livestreaming; internal speeches of the First Guild were naturally still very much in the focus of other players.
Yu Ruohuo, who had interacted with Su Ming’an for not a short amount of ti, was exceptionally recruited by the Lighthouse Guild even if she didn’t et the strength criteria. She was livestreaming and recording Eni’s speech while responding to the viewers.
[Here he cos, co check out my dear Eni! He really looks different now, could this be what they an by breaking and then reconstructing?]
[Oh, I think Eni’s "vice president" should just be "president". Su Ming’an is totally not qualified to be our Number One Player!]
[I saw Miss Mizushima Kawa’s condemnation, and she is really cool, she should speak out boldly. Whether it’s Master Eni or Miss Mizushima Kawa, they are better suited to be leaders than Su Ming’an, who started as a re student!]
[How do your thoughts change so easily, yet there are still so many people who liked Ming’an in the Second World...]
[It’s funny how many flip-floppers there are, not even realizing they’re being led by the nose in these public forums.]
[I read Mizushima Kawa’s condemnation post, it reeks of moral coercion, are people actually into that???]
[But, standing in that position as Number One Player and looking down on us spectators is really too much! He should at least pretend to care... I really hate his inexplicable confidence.]
[...What does Miss Yu Ruohuo think? You seem to have had quite a long interaction with Su Ming’an, right?]
The players seed to have been holding back for a long ti, fully venting their frustrations, and now the World forums are inundated with such tidal conversations. The Lighthouse faction and opposition were bickering ferociously, with Mizushima Kawa’s post as the battlefield, turning the forum into a smoggy chaos.
So said it would be better if there weren’t players like Su Ming’an, otherwise the World forums wouldn’t be constantly arguing over him, with every topic opened daily being about his controversies, nearly turning the forums into a "Ming’an Forum", which was just headache-inducing to look at.
So said players with such strangely aligned morals and characters like Su Ming’an should not receive so much support; such players were too ruthless, only twisting the spiritual wills of those who followed him.
So even believed that Su Ming’an was an undercover agent sent by the ga organizers, as his foresight and predictive-like mind often puzzled people, as if he knew in advance all the developnts of the instances.
Yu Ruohuo silently listened to Eni’s official and impassioned speech on stage, watching the forum posts and floating comnts, unsure of what to say.
In fact, she should be considered the first player to have contact with Su Ming’an. It was because of this connection that her livestream had far more popularity than other ordinary players, with people often coming over to ask her what the original Su Ming’an was like, which she patiently described.
"He actually started out... quite gentle."
Seeing the comnts starting to argue again, she continued, "I was with him from the beginning. He turned on the lights in a lab, helping get out of danger, and even gave a flashlight, not at all afraid that I might turn on him... In the end, he also protected throughout the Apocalypse instance until its end. I taught him how to shoot, and he really just seed like a student. He actually, actually..."
But then she couldn’t continue.
...It was indeed very normal at the beginning.
But when she saw his behavior afterward, she found that he had changed at so point.
It was as if he carried so much on his shoulders, burdening him until he gradually beca more reticent; or as if he had gathered too many eyes on him, preventing him from freely expressing his thoughts.
...What exactly changed him?
It seed that ever since Yuanyuan’s death, he had changed.
No... perhaps even earlier than that...
...
After Eni’s speech ended, Eni seed to want Lv Shu to say a few words. When he turned around, he found that Lv Shu had already slipped away to the edge of the stage.
"I will say a few words." Mizushima Kawa Sora took over the microphone.
Eni originally didn’t want her to speak, thinking the current setting of the First Guild’s first speech wasn’t appropriate for her to express forum-like inflammatory remarks, but considering the duel was about to start, he let her be.
"Mind your words," Eni whispered.
"Check, check." Mizushima Kawa Sora tapped the microphone, tested the sound, and then facing the tangible gazes of over ten thousand people and countless more through the live stream, straightened her back.
"...I believe that as a strongest person... or at least as seen by everyone as the strongest, the one granted the title of Number One Player, need not act with utmost justice and propriety, but should at least be stable, safe," she slowly said, her voice flowing delightfully yet her diction clear and bright, standing unflinchingly on the stage, "I’ve already stated everything on the forum, so no need to repeat here. I want to defeat him before the eyes of millions, to prove that he is not fit to be seen as the Number One Player by everyone—co on up, Su Ming’an."
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