Unrestrained Tongue, Humanity's Greatest Opportunity

How did you know?

The instant Sin's deliberately mysterious voice appeared, Knowledge threw everything else to the back of its mind. It no longer dwelled on Sin unilaterally declaring himself the winner and simply asked instinctively.

"Hehe, I guessed."

Lu Ce chuckled softly, the corners of the mouth on his mask curling wildly upward. He had not expected to actually guess right.

He had kept coming here to play these little games with Knowledge for one reason: to bait it, continuously raising the stakes for the final game.

On the other hand, he also needed to understand it better.

If he relied on absolute power and fought head-on, he would never be a match for a god without Pain's support. He needed to learn more about the gods' traits and weaknesses.

Now, it seemed that aside from being arrogant, this Knowledge was somewhat unusually "pure."

Perhaps it was overly confident in the information and knowledge it possessed. It had no convoluted schemes whatsoever, more like a being with transparent thoughts.

He could casually bluff it, and information would practically fall into his hands.

What are you laughing at? Knowledge said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

Lu Ce naturally picked up the chessboard and tossed all the pieces away, conclusively sealing his "victory."

He had originally thought that since he had won a few too many times, he should tug at its psyche a little. There was no way he could win this kind of chess match, so losing one round was fine.

But now, it seemed that he had still won.

"Nothing. I just saw how confident you were before and thought gods were truly so unreachable. But now it seems that not only I—even others can beat you."

Knowledge: ...

Listening to the mockery, it had nothing to say. In truth, it