Just after Cheng Yu and Miss Puppet settled on another way to unlock the game...
In the world beyond the door, inside a tower in Eternal Night City...
A dark figure sat on a throne, swaying his head as he remarked,
"No wonder you put some thought into this little guy, old Yog. He even figured that shit out. Pretty interesting."
Then the dark figure looked toward the middle-aged man sitting on a sofa beneath a spotlight, dressed in a black-and-purple suit.
"So... what do you want me to do? Take it seriously, or go easy on them?"
The middle-aged man leafed through a book that smelled of sulfur and said softly,
"Just follow this avatar's original plan."
The dark figure sounded a little dejected.
"Aww~~~ What's the fun in that? If we follow the original script, the winner's already decided, you know? That robot girl has already gone straight for the heart of it. Once face, eyes, mouth, lips, nose, and ears come together, it'll all be over. That's so boring!"
The middle-aged man, Yog, continued leafing through the book as he said,
"So that's why you secretly changed some of the original clues?"
The dark figure froze, then shrugged as though he had given up even trying to deny it.
"Yeah, I did. What are you gonna do about it?"
Yog tossed the sulfur-scented book into the dark figure's hands and said,
"Take a look. It's quite interesting."
The dark figure casually flipped through it, then blurted out,
"Holy shit! Now this is interesting! I..."
Before he could react, the book suddenly vanished from his hands and reappeared in Yog's.
Chuckling, the dark figure kneaded Yog's shoulders and said,
"Listen, old Yog, honestly, out of everyone in our crowd, if you asked who I admire most, it really