The Arbiter shifted slightly from side to side and realized that guy was still staring at her. She immediately felt even more uncomfortable.
That guy's madness really did seem to be getting worse and worse. His stare made her skin crawl.
But the game had never said players were not allowed to look. As the referee, she was in no position to say much, so she could only pretend not to notice and look elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Perfect Life had not noticed anything wrong. After all, he had not paid attention to who Sin was looking at. All of his attention was fixed on Despair ahead.
He gently shook his head and said,
"You don't understand. His way of playing the game isn't meant to deal with me—it's meant to slaughter the other players..."
"You seem to be making excuses for yourself." Lu Ce interrupted with a smile, his dark blue face still wearing an expression as if everything were under his control.
"Why do I feel like you're very different today? You look weak and useless."
Perfect Life's face twitched. Faced with Sin's merciless mockery, he had nothing to say.
Because, in truth, he felt the same way!
He touched his neck. The needle mark there had long since healed, yet it still seemed to ache faintly.
Thinking back to the Illumination Society members he had killed a few hours ago, he could still see their bloodshot eyes and hear their savage words.
—"Perfect Life! Since we were able to create you, we naturally have means to counter you!"
His expression turned ugly. At a moment when humanity's survival was at stake, he had actually been sabotaged by humans from within...
"My condition really is a little off. Maybe I've been poisoned, but my power clearly hasn't weakened at all..."