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At the boundary wall between Outer Gate 3999999 and Outer Gate 4000000, Fire Dragon Birth Festival operations headquarters.
In the center of a hall resembling a conference room, a group of people sat facing one another across a long rectangular table.
There were three Communities present.
—No Name.
—Salamandra.
—Grimm GimoireHameln.
The first Community was represented by Jin and Sakamaki Izayoi.
The second Community was represented by Sandra and Mandora.
The third Community was represented by Pest, Weser, and Latia.
The seven of them sat on opposite sides of the table, forming a standoff.
Meanwhile, Black Rabbit presided over the deliberation as its referee.
Due to the seating arrangements, Noah, Kudou Asuka, and Kasugabe Yō stood side by side against the wall beside the door.
Watching the three Communities confront each other amid the heavy atmosphere, Asuka lowered her voice and asked Noah, who was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, seemingly lost in thought.
"By the way, what exactly is a deliberation ruling?"
"It's one of the authorities granted to game judges who possess Judgment Authority." Noah answered directly without even opening his eyes.
"Using this authority, they can temporarily suspend a game and convene a meeting to determine whether a game created through Host Authority has any flaws in its rules."
"Flaws in the rules?" Yō moved closer to Noah and stood shoulder to shoulder with him, lowering her voice as well.
"You mean there might be flaws in this game?"
"That's precisely because we