Taxes? I Took It Fair and Square-Why Should I Pay Taxes?!

Jin's liquid-metal body was boiling violently, like a pot of overcooked golden soup.

His once-glossy metal skin was now covered in dull, decayed rust. The Law of Causality was stripping away the foundation of his existence.

He had lost.

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He had lost completely.

But what truly made his soul tremble was not death itself, but the most vicious hidden clause the Debt Collector had revealed only at the very end.

That gray Causality Law mark was now deeply branded into his Core Code.

"Not just my wealth..."

Jin's voice became twisted and shrill.

Like a broken radio playing its final burst of static.

"This body of mine... my consciousness data... even my backups in the Imperial Mainframe..."

"They're all... collateral?!"

If he failed to repay that astronomical debt—

His entire self.

Along with his soul.

Would become Yang Yu's private property!

Even if he died—

His soul fragments would still have to work under Yang Yu's rules to repay the debt.

Never to be reincarnated for all eternity!

One of Jin's Electronic Eyes exploded outright.

Black engine oil flowed from it.

"You... devil!!"

Jin broke down.

His lofty noble pride—

Was utterly crushed at this moment by the reality known as Life-long Slavery.

"I'll destroy everything!"

"I won't leave any of it for you!!"

Jin let out a shrill electronic howl.

The reactor in his chest flashed wildly.

Its frequency accelerated to the limit.

"Activate the Maximum Self-Destruct Program, the Great Depression Directive!!"

"Let this entire starfield be buried with me!!"

Rumble—!!

The power furnaces of the entire 347th Cruiser Fleet—

More than a thousand warships—lit up with an eerie red glow at the same time.