"It's you!"
Lutheran was somewhat taken aback.
He had not noticed when the other party had appeared there at all. More importantly, the other party seemed to have recognized him.
"Interesting. How did you recognize me?"
Since he had already been recognized, Lutheran saw no need to keep hiding. He directly removed his helmet, revealing his true face.
"Instinct. I only wanted to bluff you—I didn't expect you to actually fall for it!"
Ye Yunchuan spouted nonsense with a straight face.
"..."
Lutheran was speechless. He had not expected a brat to bluff him out so easily.
"No matter. Even if you didn't know my identity, I would have dealt with you anyway."
As he spoke, he drew the longsword in his hand.
"Wait a minute! I'm curious. Aren't you the vice principal of Midgar Academy? Why would you do something like this?"
Ye Yunchuan asked with feigned confusion.
"Well, that goes back to my younger days. I was also a Bushin Festival champion in my youth. I once stood at the very pinnacle, but later, I fell ill and began to tumble from that peak."
Perhaps because he believed victory was already in his grasp, Lutheran began seriously recounting his life story...
"In order to return to the top, I began searching for every possible way to cure myself, until I found the ancient artifact, the Eye of Greed.
"However, deciphering how to use the artifact was extremely difficult, so I sought out Sherry's mother.
"I gave her a great deal of funding to support her research, but that stupid woman said the Eye of Greed was too dangerous and wanted to hand it over to the state.
"So I killed her. I stabbed her from head to toe with my sword, then finally used it to shred her