On the other hand…

In the Temporal Domain, atop the Millennium Disc.

The five members of the Warring States Team had all been transported to this place.

This was undoubtedly the Time Lord's domain.

Moreover, it was a piece of private territory belonging solely to the Time Lord, a place even the Time Officials rarely had the opportunity to visit.

From a distance, the "Millennium Disc" resembled a white disc. It covered an area the size of an island, and around this island flowed the "River of Time."

The River of Time was naturally not a river composed of liquid; it was formed by an intangible, hyperdimensional substance. Even the Time Lord himself did not dare to casually touch the "time streams"... if any creature fell into the time streams, the result would be unimaginable.

"To actually teleport all five of us in here..." After the teleportation was complete, Akechi Nobunaga immediately looked at his teammates and said, "Could this be a special rule for the finals?"

"I don't think so..." Takeda Tomo shrugged in response, "Not notifying us before the match is one thing, but not mentioning it during the loading process... what kind of rule is that?"

"Yeah..." Uesugi Jin also nodded, "There's no script synopsis either, it's really strange."

"What's so strange about it?" Oda Ai seemed unconcerned, "I think it's perfectly normal... the so-called finals are just a deathmatch where the winner takes all, right? Kill all the members of the other teams... eliminate all the guys blocking our way... that's the only rule, isn't it?"

"Seeing how motivated you are, I feel so much pressure." At this moment, Sasaki Mei, the substitute member who had unexpectedly entered the script, was already squatting on the ground, hugging his knees, looking at the floor with a funeral-like expression.

He was just that kind of person—someone who would feel incredibly nervous and depressed whenever he encountered even the slightest unplanned event.

However, even with such obvious personality flaws, Sasaki Mei was still able to secure a place on the studio's first team, which was enough to show that his strength was extraordinary...

"Stop whining!" At this moment, Oda Ai was standing directly behind Sasaki Mei, and seeing his appearance, she almost instinctively kicked him in the butt.

Unexpectedly…

"Ouch—" Sasaki Mei was actually kicked over, and he fell flat on his face.

"Hmm?" In the next second, the entire Warring States Team... realized something.

Although Oda Ai's kick wasn't that hard, it was about the same force as a friendly nudge, but... in theory, such an action should not have been possible.

According to the normal system limits, in the script world, excluding situations involving "indiscriminate damage skills," the "damage-like" actions that teammates could perform on each other... were at most a light tap on the head or arm; moreover, when performing such actions, the person doing it could not have any intention of causing harm.

In simple terms... those actions that could potentially cause more than 1% (including 1%) of survival value loss, regardless of the intention, could not be performed on teammates.

However, Oda Ai's kick just now had clearly exceeded that limit...

"What's going on?" Akechi Nobunaga's expression turned serious as he looked at Oda Ai and asked, "How did you do that?"

"Even if you ask me..." Oda Ai was equally confused, "I just did it because I wanted to, I didn't expect that I could really kick him."

"Hmm..." Takeda Tomo, the team's strategist, pondered for a moment before proposing a very constructive suggestion, "Let's try beating Sasaki up."

"Hey—" Sasaki was shocked at that moment, "Why me? If you want to do this kind of experiment, why not attack each other, why are you ganging up on me! Ah—"

Before he could finish speaking, he was simultaneously attacked from four directions, giving him no room to dodge, and he was soundly beaten.

"Ah... you guys..." Sasaki Mei lay on the ground, his funeral face looking even more sorrowful, "I feel so much pressure..."

"Sure enough, we can attack teammates now."

"The rules of this script are really strange."

"In any case, everyone needs to be careful in battle..."

After beating up the person, the four of them completely ignored Sasaki and started discussing serious matters on their own...

…………

At the same moment, the Court of Truth.

This place had already become a desolate ruin.

Like an abandoned haunted house in a horror movie, the entire space was shrouded in a depressing, deathly atmosphere.

However, at this very moment, there were still people in this court.

The tattered jury box was filled with twelve figures.

Even the gallery was packed.

When the Devouring Ghost General (Tun Tian Gui Xiao) regained his mobility after the darkness of teleportation, he found that... he was already standing at the defendant's seat in the court.

He had no teammates or other players by his side.

He had been teleported here alone, to this dreaded place in the main universe.

Whoosh—whoosh—

Just as Ghost General was scanning the surroundings, a sound like the wind passing through a gap came.

Looking in the direction of the sound, Ghost General saw a creature wrapped in a black cloak "floating" up to the judge's seat.

Thud!

Two seconds later, a clerk located below the judge's seat struck the gavel in his hand and shouted loudly, "All rise."

Before he could finish speaking, all the NPCs in the entire courtroom stood up.

"The first trial for the Devouring Ghost General is now in session."

After he said this, the black cloak on the judge's seat continued in a voice that sounded like Voldemort with terminal tuberculosis: "Everyone... please be seated."

Faced with this scene, Ghost General in the defendant's seat chose to remain silent and observe. He focused ninety percent of his attention on the black-cloaked judge, and he didn't pay much attention to the shadows in the jury box or the nearly one hundred NPCs listening behind him.

After a brief silence, the judge said, "Prosecutor, please step forward and present the case."

"Yes." A loud response rang out from the lawyer's seat to the left of Ghost General, and a figure stood up accordingly.

Ghost General glanced over and found that the prosecutor was a humanoid creature wearing a black corset suit with light tan skin.

"Honorable Judge, esteemed jurors..." The prosecutor nodded to the two groups of people respectively, "Please allow me to begin the presentation."

With that, he picked up a paper document from the table and placed it in front of his eyes.

Ghost General had excellent eyesight, and he could clearly see the words on the manuscript, but unfortunately... he couldn't understand the meaning of the words.

"Defendant, Devouring Ghost General, successively murdered eleven Time Officials between the years of Shenli 492 and 501, with clear motives, cruel methods, and conclusive evidence..."

The content presented by the prosecutor did not surprise Ghost General.

Because... he was telling the truth.

"Looks like... after this plot is over, there's going to be a fierce battle." Ghost General wasn't interested in this case presentation; at this moment, he was seizing the time to observe and think—if a fight broke out in a while, how he could get out of this courtroom unscathed.