Villain Ch 1768. Rewritten
Zoe shuddered. "That's comforting."
Vivian flipped her hair. "Great. So we're in ghost mode. Lovely."
Allen tilted his head slightly. "Meaning, if we die here, it won't trigger alerts, but... the attackers could still claim they did it."
"Right," Kafra said. "They could record it. Twist it. Spread it. Say they 'killed the top villains of the game' but the system didn't reward them because of a 'dev cover-up' or whatever."
"Sounds like influencer bait," Bella muttered.
Allen sighed. "We counter with the truth? Say they're cheating?"
"Sure," Kafra said, tone grim now. "But the second we announce it, it means someone has breached security… the whole world knows there's a hole in the game."
"And panic starts," Allen finished.
"Exactly."
He stopped walking.
Snow drifted softly around them, slow and quiet like it knew what they were about to do.
