This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist-Chapter 1138 Divine Game: Quiet Mountain 21

Quiet Mountain Year 6798, Month 2, Day 21

She came looking for a fight again today.

She said she wanted to test whether her "Nightmare Cage" was stronger than my "Legacy of Pain."

She guessed my secret again.

The way I transform pain does indeed come from my demon relic.

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Quiet Mountain Year 6798, Month 4, Day 3

Even though I can transform my pain, I still can’t enter the game as frequently as she does.

We look at each other and think the other is fragile.

But when we look at ourselves, we both think it’s remarkable that we’ve made it this far.

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Quiet Mountain Year 6798, Month 5, Day 16

... QM Rita swapped my tobacco for Mistblade’s tail fur.

I even took a puff in front of Mistblade.

She chased me and tried to kill me the whole game.

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Quiet Mountain Year 6798, Month 5, Day 21

Cicada asked me why I don’t hate Rita.

Every time I betray her, I get double game rewards. Why would I hate her?

Sigh, she overheard me say that, now things are going to get messy.

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Quiet Mountain Year 6798, Month 9, Day 1

I heard she has insomnia?

Good for her.

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Quiet Mountain Year 6798, Month 11, Day 7

I asked her if she ever thought about what her demon name would be.

She said: "Empress."

How old is she?

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Quiet Mountain Year 6798, Month 12, Day 21

She said she thought of a way to possibly light her demon name — by killing her original self.

Is she so sure we can meet our original selves?

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This is the last page of the diary.

Just like Mistblade’s diary, at least half of it is about QM Rita.

People with such sharp and vivid personalities, whether liked or disliked, always draw people’s attention.

Rita has never met QM Rita, but after reading both diaries, the clearest image in her mind is that of QM Rita.

And the final sentence, with its implied threat, suppressed the pain that still haunted her when she faced herself.

Based on what she now knows about QM Rita, even if her guess about how to light her demon name is uncertain, she will definitely try.

What Rita doesn’t understand is why, despite being able to find herself, QM Rita hasn’t rushed to kill her. Is it to let her experience the pain of the Demon Game before dying?

The space in front of her suddenly tore open with a crack.

Two fingers holding a piece of paper extended toward her.

The style of this... Rita pursed her lips, reached out to take the paper, but the other party didn’t let go.

The paper was connected to two identical hands, as if there were an invisible mirror in the middle.

The standoff lasted for who knows how long before the other person finally let go and pulled their hand back.

This time, it was a letter personally delivered by them.

— "Continue entering the Demon Game or die today."

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The 7th day of the game.

[Isolated Isle Lightchaser]: I got my hands on an Order Badge.

[Isolated Isle Ash Cinders]: You’re not going to disappear for days too, are you?

[Tiger Ear Kessa]: Shouldn’t be a case of getting caught. If she was caught, she’d still be able to chat.

[Isolated Isle Lightchaser]: Don’t worry, I’ve already played it. When you enter the game, you’re listed as a tourist. After completing 10 Demon Games, you’ll activate your formal player status. After that, every 21 days you must play again, or you’ll be erased. She’ll probably appear after she’s used up her tourist game sessions.

[BS Mistblade]: When I went to the address you gave this morning at 6 AM, I heard the sound of the waves. I detected a time skill, but I couldn’t find her.

[BS Mistblade]: I tracked down a note. It said "Continue entering the Demon Game or die today."

[Isolated Isle Lightchaser]: She’s lost it.

[Isolated Isle Ash Cinders]: I’m going to find her.

[Lania Kaia Fat Goose]: ?

[Lania Kaia Maple Syrup]: Does the game only start exactly at 6:00?

[Isolated Isle Lightchaser]: Yes, there’s a 60-second window to enter the game. As long as it’s within that window, you can enter the game anytime.

[BS Mistblade]: "Complete 10 Demon Games", ah, she’s skipping this restriction by repeating the same Demon Game, isn’t she?

[Lania Kaia Maple Syrup]: So, you suspect she used time stop before each game entry?

For the first time since the game began, the chat group fell silent for such a long time.

[BS Crab]: That means she chose "or."

[TingoJE]: What does that mean?

[Isolated Isle Lightchaser]: QM Rita knows she’s selling game spots. She probably thought Rita was so afraid of the Demon Game that she wouldn’t dare enter again, so she sent a death threat. Being underestimated by another powerful version of herself, she must’ve lost it.

[DawnCicada]: Wasn’t she selling the spots because she’s scared of the Demon Game?

[Isolated Isle Lightchaser]: From what I understand of her childish nature, I think she just wants you to feel the pain of the Demon Game too, especially you and Winter Sea Frenzied Shark. As long as you two suffer, she’s fine with losing a bit of profit.

[Winter Sea Frenzied Shark]: It’s Winter Sea Frenzied Shark...

[Isolated Isle Lightchaser]: Like I’m rushing to Forest Sea right now, not for anything else, just to make Ash Cinders play the Demon Game.

[Isolated Isle Ash Cinders]: ??? Do friends and enemies get the same treatment?

[Isolated Isle Lightchaser]: I’ve played, so you have to play once too.

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After receiving that contemptuous note, Rita hadn’t felt this searing anger in a long time.

Whether she chose to "continue entering the Demon Game" as ordered by QM Rita or deliberately rebel by choosing "not to enter," neither would quell her anger, because both would mean she was obeying QM Rita’s orders.

How complex the emotions are when a copy looks at the original—how complex it must be for the original to look at the copy as well.

It’s still Rita, so why does QM Rita have the power to make all players who came to Quiet Mountain before her look up to her?

Here, Cicada fears her, Mistblade and Maple Syrup write diaries about her, constantly discussing and documenting her!

Even without writing her name, just the word "she" is enough for anyone to know who she is, because only she is worth being recorded!

Even though everyone entered the game late, why is there such a huge gap between them, as if she’s the inferior copy?

Do you think I’m afraid to play the Demon Game? Then I’ll play more than you!

When there’s only one path left, all Rita’s thoughts focus on how to achieve her goal.

The first time she played the Demon Game, she stayed for 7 hours, but when she left the game, only 10 minutes had passed in Quiet Mountain. The same 10 minutes passed for the Quiet Mountain player who also exited the game. QM Mistblade’s diary even mentioned that sometimes the Demon Game could last for months.

This means the Demon Game’s time and Quiet Mountain’s time are separate.

Stopping time in Quiet Mountain does not affect the Demon Game’s time...

And the condition to become a formal player is to "complete 10 Demon Games," so would the same game count multiple times?

Calming down, she activated time stop with 5 seconds left before 6:01 AM.

At this point, anyone who needed to enter the game should have already entered, and the best training target for her should be in the game—QM Rita!

The first time she left the Demon Game, Quiet Mountain’s time stop wasn’t interrupted, and her behavior of entering and leaving the game didn’t affect any players.

And when she reentered during time stop, the notification still appeared...

[Welcome Tourist Player SS Rita into the Demon Game. The number of Demon Games completed: 1]

This game’s rules are the same as the previous one...

This means, during her "Waste Guide," she could enter the Demon Game repeatedly, like being trapped in a time loop.