Diavel Wanted to Seize Power While Heathcliff Was Away; Asuna Was Nearly in Tears

Akasaka stood where he was and waited for quite a while, but Heathcliff still showed no sign of reviving.

Heathcliff, meanwhile, had been scared stiff by Akasaka. He hid in the system space and refused to come out.

The two remained locked in a stalemate.

One was guarding the other's respawn point.

The other was inside the resurrection fountain, too afraid to come out.

Akasaka did not know whether Heathcliff could hear him, but he spoke to the empty space before him.

"Let's have a proper talk. The reason I'm so desperate to kill you is because my child in the outside world is about to be born."

"As the child's father, of course I want to be there when they're born. I don't want to miss it."

"If you can let me out, I might be willing to spare you."

Inside the system space, Heathcliff silently poked his head out of the void and asked Akasaka, "Really?"

"No." Akasaka expressionlessly used Kamui and blew Heathcliff's head apart.

Heathcliff felt like cursing his lungs out.

"Despicable! Shameless! You actually dared to trick a man in his thirties! You little brat!!!"

Heathcliff roared inwardly and no longer dared to come out.

Akasaka had traumatized him.

No matter what Akasaka said outside, he refused to believe a word of it.

If he believed him one more time, he would eat shit!

Sure enough, no matter how Akasaka coaxed and deceived him afterward, he could not trick Heathcliff into coming out again.

Akasaka also knew he had been blacklisted for bad credit. He had become someone with absolutely no credibility; no matter what he said, Heathcliff probably would not believe him...

Akasaka let out a helpless sigh. "Come out. Let's talk properly. This time, I really do want to talk."

Unfortunately, even after