Departing for Sendai Colony!

"Eh, me?"

Jie Jian pointed at himself in surprise. He had not expected Hajime Kashimo to ask that.

"Is there anyone else here?" Hajime Kashimo shot Jie Jian an irritated look.

He bluntly asked,

"Why would a sorcerer like you join the Culling Game?"

The Culling Game was extremely dangerous. Any sorcerer risked dying.

In Hajime Kashimo's view, aside from the unlucky fools Kenjaku had marked in advance and forced into the Culling Game, no one would willingly join it.

And he could tell that Jie Jian was not a sorcerer modified by Kenjaku. He was a genuine, wild-born sorcerer.

Given the intelligence network Jie Jian had displayed, he was definitely not some clueless novice.

He was not an unlucky fool who had stumbled into a colony. He had entered the colony of his own accord to participate in the Culling Game.

Hajime Kashimo truly could not understand it. Jie Jian was not even a battle maniac, so why had he joined the Culling Game?

Having his lack of strength pointed out so bluntly by Hajime Kashimo, Jie Jian scratched his head awkwardly.

"Ahahaha, well... it's complicated."

Jie Jian did not know how to explain it. He could not exactly say that he had posted a comment online and then been forcibly dragged here to fight Sukuna, could he?

After thinking for a long time, Jie Jian could only say,

"I have a reason I absolutely must challenge Sukuna."

"Challenge Sukuna? You?"

Hajime Kashimo felt like he had heard something hilarious. Unable to hold it in, he burst out laughing.

"Hey!"

Jie Jian shouted, his face flushing red as veins bulged across his forehead while he argued.

"A challenge isn't just about strength... There are plenty of ways for sorcerers to fight."

What followed was even harder to understand: things like "information warfare is still warfare," and "throwing a shuriken from eight hundred miles away still counts as a challenge."

That made Hajime Kashimo laugh even harder, and the air was instantly filled with merriment.

Time flew by, and night soon fell over the Culling Game colony.

After another afternoon of searching, Hajime Kashimo finally gathered one hundred points after running into a group of three sorcerers traveling together.

Looking at the 106 points on the score panel, Hajime Kashimo smiled expectantly.

"Gold Beetle."

"I'm here."

Having received the command, Gold Beetle immediately appeared and circled beside Hajime Kashimo, waiting for his orders.

"I want to add a rule. Spend one hundred points to allow all players to freely enter and leave every Culling Game colony!"

"Understood. Verifying the new rule... The new rule does not conflict with the existing rules. Addition approved."

The next moment, every player within the Culling Game colonies received a broadcast from the little golden bug.

[Ding dong, ding dong! A player has added a new rule to the Culling Game.

Rule 9: All players may freely enter and leave all Culling Game colonies.]

Every player wore a shocked expression.

Adding a rule required one hundred points!

That meant killing twenty sorcerers. It was only the first day of the Culling Game, yet someone had already gathered enough. How could they not be stunned?

At that moment, Kenjaku, who was hiding somewhere as he oversaw the Culling Game, raised his head in surprise and looked into the distance.

"A new rule was added? Who gathered one hundred points so quickly?"

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Kenjaku had not expected a player to gather the one hundred points required to add a rule on the very first day.

Although Kenjaku had initiated the Culling Game, he did not have complete control over it. At most, he was an administrator.

In the original plot, Hajime Kashimo had spent one hundred points to add a rule making every player's name and score public.

But this time, Hajime Kashimo had not added that rule, so Kenjaku had no way to find out who had added the rule by checking everyone's scores.

"Forget it. It doesn't matter."

The corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Since he could not figure it out, he simply would not think about it. In any case, this rule would not harm his plan.

Besides, perhaps adding this rule would lead to something interesting.

Tokyo No. 2 Colony.

After a busy day, Master Kashimo looked at the newly added rule and nodded in satisfaction.

The sky was already dark. He planned to rest for the night, then officially set out tomorrow for Sendai Colony to challenge the Sendai Four Jie Jian had mentioned.

Jie Jian, on the other hand, was also eagerly anticipating that moment.

He had previously read plenty of online posts evaluating Hajime Kashimo's combat strength.

There had been no shortage of analyses over whether Hajime Kashimo could defeat the Sendai Four.

But tomorrow, all those discussions would finally have an answer!

And he, Jie Jian, would be the witness!

Just thinking about watching Hajime Kashimo fight the Sendai Four made Jie Jian feel incredibly excited.

It was rare to witness a battle between powerful fighters with his own eyes.

Even if he died this time, it would still be worth the price of admission!

However, just as Jie Jian was filled with anticipation, he suddenly thought of a problem.

In the original plot, the abilities of the Sendai Four had a certain restraining relationship with one another, ultimately creating a four-way deadlock where none of them could do anything to the others.

By the time the rule allowing all players to freely enter and leave colonies was added, Yuta Okkotsu, the God of Pure Love, had already plowed through the Sendai Four!

Dhruv Lakdawalla had been instantly killed like a speed bump, Kurourushi had been exorcised, Ryu Ishigori had gotten his fill after fighting Yuta Okkotsu, and Takako Uro had behaved herself after being taught a lesson.

So after the rule allowing players to freely enter and leave was added, Ryu Ishigori and Takako Uro had no reason to insist on leaving.

But things were different now!

Ryu Ishigori was currently looking everywhere for someone to fight, Takako Uro only wanted to find a safe place to live for herself, and Kurourushi had been beaten so badly by Dhruv Lakdawalla's technique that it could only hibernate to avoid battle.

Once the colony's restrictions on players disappeared, the first two were hard to say, but Kurourushi would most likely flee immediately!

Right now, the only thing restricting the two humans and one cursed spirit was the Culling Game rule: "If a player's score remains unchanged for nineteen days after participating or scoring, their cursed technique will be removed and they will die."

But with their abilities, they had surely scored long ago.

Without that rule binding them, they could leave the colony and go anywhere they wanted!

The change in Jie Jian's expression caught Hajime Kashimo's attention.

Just as he was preparing to rest, he turned toward Jie Jian. "What is it? Why has your expression become so strange?"

Jie Jian stiffly looked at Hajime Kashimo, forcing an awkward yet polite smile onto his face.

"Um... Kashimo, there's something I might need to tell you?"

"What is it?"

Hajime Kashimo asked with a frown. Jie Jian calling him Kashimo made a bad feeling rise in his heart.

"You added a new rule, right? That rule applies to everyone.

The Sendai Four might not necessarily stay in Sendai Colony. They might run away."

"What did you say!"

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