"Twenty minutes is neither long nor short. This really is a tricky problem. I didn't expect the drugs the enemy took to be so powerful," Ruri said with a smile as he slowly paced inside the Ring.
Just as Ruri had said, the enemy had taken two pills at once, increasing his strength considerably, and their effects lasted a long time as well. Still, their duration had been cut in half.
"Just recovering my stamina and stalling him really won't work now. I have to find a way to raise my strength further. If I'm still this strong when I try to stall the enemy in a bit, he could very well kill me in an instant," Ruri murmured with a frown, resting his chin on his hand.
Ring Butler Zero floated slowly beside Ruri. After hearing what Ruri had just said, he told him, "Oh, right. I almost forgot I have some good news for you."
After hearing what Ring Butler Zero had just said, Ruri turned to look at him in puzzlement, then said, "Good news! What good news? Is it something that can make me stronger?"
Ring Butler Zero nodded at Ruri's words, then said, "Yes. I have to say, you really are very clever. This good news can help you increase your strength. After all this time, you've accumulated so much experience that you should have made a breakthrough long ago. But because the current circumstances are rather unusual, and you haven't been entering the Ring often, I never mentioned it to you."
Ruri nodded slightly after hearing what Ring Butler Zero had just said, then replied, "So that's how it is. Couldn't you have told me through our mental connection?"
After hearing Ruri's words, Ring Butler Zero said apologetically, "I'm truly very sorry. Because of