Itvasme shuts her eyes tight as she braces for the potential pain, the potential impact.
Various scenes flash before her eyes... All the times she struggled and survived to this day.
Her family… her brother… The Dark Rizzard Alliance… Zhang Lu… Bob?!
Then! -There is a strange sensation... of sudden emptiness, as if there is a Vacuum in Life itself.
Itvasme winces, as she braces herself...
...
...
Huh...?
There was no pain. No... anything.
"Am I... dead?"
"What just happened? Did I just get isekai-ed?! …Don't tell me I made it into a spin-off?!"
(Un)Fortunately, this was not the Chapter 1 of yet another one of those Webnovels... ! 🤭
Itvasme checks the chapter count: 321. Surely Author would not be so shameless to start an isekai at this point in the story?!?! Then again… 👀✨
[Backstory of Itvasme Spin-off could actually be interesting, but will depend on reader interest and Powerstones, I will leave it here as an idea for now before I forget...!!! 🤭]
Silence.
Sudden Stillness.
Frozen. Everything is still, as if in suspended animation.
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Dear host, Congratulations! Due to your tragic backstory, and mysterious circumstances where the Author left your outcome open-ended, You have been given a Second Chance at Life, as well as the Dark Rizzard's System!!! Use it to become the greatest Dark Rizzard the World has ever seen!!!
Wow, really?!?!
*Itvasme then notices the date. April 1st… *
"…"
"Author!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Meanwhile, Bob is simply stunned by Sally's skilful intervention. Wow!!! Sally is... amazing!!! He is impressed, and not just because Author wrote that sentence or because of the Plot 🤭.
…It feels like Sally has read and understood him, his [Intention], better than he even knows himself…
And She Chose to Act, in a way that perfectly *connects* with what he also believes in - the Preservation of Human Life, and with it, Possibility!!!
Bob of course with his staggering stats, including his Level 397 Empathy, is Aware of Sally's Amazing application of "Absolute Zero".
At the same time, still in his [Zone State], and with his Level 176 [Flawless Perception, Flawless Judgement] Ability still active, Bob swiftly surveys the sudden shift in [Field] and the overall situation.
Itvasme had been in danger, and striving for Life. And Sally had chosen to save her using her [Absolute Zero], in a way that had not seemed possible! There had been no guarantees. Bob was human after all. Despite his training, he knew that in the real world, despite the best Intentions, He couldn't always save everyone. But somehow, in that moment of meeting Sally's eyes, a Miracle had occurred, and a tragedy, a loss of Human life, had been averted!
Even so. It was clear that the danger was not yet over. Whilst Sally had created this supernatural stasis and saved Itvasme from immediate danger, this, ultimately, would be only temporary…
Meanwhile, Itvasme currently seemed to be somewhat in shock, not actually comprehending what had just happened.
Had.. Sally… just… saved her?!?!
Was she awake, or… dreaming?!?!
What…?! W-Why?!?!
Bob could feel all of these factors unfurling, even during this fantastical freeze-frame.
He could feel the weight, the beauty and the bravery behind Sally's decision to Preserve, aware and accepting of the consequences it might involve…
He could feel Itvasme's surprise and shock, even as he felt her will to Survive, and to Live.
And then. This… was when things… *clicked* into place.
Hectic, dramatic music softly, wordlessly begins to play, an undercurrent of swirling potential energetic flow, punctuated and interspersed with sudden prominent stabs from the interweaving strings, brass, and electric guitars… The wind whirls up, blowing and billowing Bob's clothes as he alights - *ignites!* - and his eyes glow - with a Heavenly Rizz Aura!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This… was a Chance. Bob's preferred plan was, in general, to seek Win-Wins. With his open-minded approach to life, he wanted to understand more about the Dark Rizzards, to consider if there was a possibility for collaboration, for connection, and for an outcome that could be beneficial for everyone.
But... How...?!?!
This has been the key question, the puzzle that his Subconscious has been seeking to Solve…
...And of course. This was when a masked, Dark, and Mysterious figure… suddenly appeared 👀✨.
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