With Wen Shiling in the ban position, the pressure on the Zeig fan group suddenly increased tremendously.
Though they didn't understand Zeig's intentions, the Zeig fans only knew one thing: unconditionally supporting Zeig was always right.
Since Zeig vehemently denied being a lunatic, they would do their utmost to help whitewash him.
As for... whether Zeig actually wanted the Aeon of Elation's power or not—that wasn't within their consideration.
"Okay everyone, next up is the material provided by Mr. Aha. I hope everyone will actively share their thoughts!" Asta still looked enthusiastically toward the big screen.
Suddenly, a piercing white light flashed on the screen.
"Swish—!!"
Everyone present felt their eyes sting instantly.
They immediately closed their eyes.
"Autobots, transform and roll out!" A familiar voice came from the screen.
Making the audience seats instantly realize what was being played.
Everyone: "..."
Very clearly, this was what Zeig did right after entering the Simulated Universe.
At the time, almost everyone was speechless because this behavior was truly incomprehensible.
Clearly, normal combat could eliminate the monsters—why go to such trouble?
"Boom—!!"
In everyone's vision, a massive mushroom cloud appeared again.
"Domain Expansion!"
"Henshin..."
Everyone: "..."
Some researchers in the audience seats couldn't bear to watch and lowered their heads to play on their phones.
"Is there even a need to watch this? It can already be concluded, right." Someone suddenly urged.
"Who in their right mind would solve problems in such weird ways? This is clearly unnecessary."
Without General Wen's performance, the Zeig fans' strength was greatly reduced.
At this moment, all the Zeig fans clenched their fists tightly. They wanted to refute, but couldn't find a suitable entry point.
The situation fell into passivity.
Could it be that their Zeig fan group was going to stop here?!
"Woof woof~ (Wait!)"
Suddenly, a barking sound rang out powerfully.
"Who? Who is speaking?!"
Everyone looked left and right. Even Aha and Zeig in the guest seats were puzzled.
Where was this voice coming from?
"Thud—!!"
A spotlight shone on the edge of the stage!
There was a small, snow-white canine, staring intently at the screen.
On its head, it wore a canine language translator along with a matching amplifier.
The entire white dog stood out like a brave warrior!
Everyone: "???"
Asta's eyes widened. Ignoring everyone's gazes, she stumbled over and picked up the snow-white dog.
Shocked, she said:
"Peppy? Wh-what are you doing?!"
The one who had spoken earlier was none other than Asta's beloved dog, Peppy.
Everyone: "???"
Aha looked at Zeig in shock:
"You—you even brought a dog?!"
Zeig calmly said:
"Peppy has always been taken care of by Arlan. What does it have to do with me, Zeig?"
Asta held Peppy, very puzzled as she looked at Arlan: "Arlan, why is Peppy here?"
"Uh..."
Feeling Asta's questioning, Arlan was a bit timid and stammered an explanation:
"Well, it's probably because Mr. Zeig often came to feed Peppy when he had nothing to do. We wouldn't let him feed it certain things, but he fed it almost everything—burgers, pizza... and such."
Hearing this, Asta's eyes widened. She turned to Zeig in the guest seats and said coquettishly:
"Zeig, how could you feed Peppy that kind of stuff?!"
Zeig innocently waved his hand:
"What? It wanted to eat it itself, so I shared some with it. After that, it came every day—I couldn't help it."
"You...!" Asta lightly bit her lower lip, not knowing what to say.
Just as the audience seats began whispering, Peppy suddenly barked "Woof woof~".
The amplifier transmitted the translated electronic voice: (Am I not qualified to participate?)
"Uh." Asta was stunned.
It seemed there was no rule against letting a dog speak.
"Peppy, a-are you serious?"
Asta hugged Peppy tightly, shrinking her neck and looking around.
Above was Herta, still lying on the table.
She was just there to show her face and didn't care about anything.
To the left were the guest seats with Aha and Zeig.
Those two were already amused.
Asta: "..."
To the right were the judges' seats. March 7th was stunned, while the others beside her remained calm.
"Woof woof~ Woof woof woof! (Master, I'm very serious!)"
"Alright then." Asta awkwardly put Peppy down from her arms, her heart unable to calm for a long time.
That guy Zeig—damn him.
"Hm? Wait."
Asta's eyes lit up. On Peppy's collar, she saw many stickers.
They were big headshots of Zeig, covering a full circle.
"Peppy, th-this... who put these on?" Asta asked tremblingly.
"Woof woof~ (Brother Arlan)."
Asta speechlessly glanced sideways at Arlan: "..."
"Uh." Arlan stepped back two steps, quickly waving his hands: "Miss, I-I didn't do it on purpose... It was when I was walking Peppy, someone happened to be selling stickers by the walkway. Peppy went over, and if I didn't buy them, it wouldn't leave, so I..."
Asta slightly furrowed her brows, instructing Arlan: "In the future... don't let Peppy run around anymore, and no more sticking strange things on it."
Arlan scratched his head sheepishly:
"G-Got it, Miss. I'll watch Peppy better from now on."
"Woof woof woof woof~ (I heard that)."
Asta and Arlan: "..."
The small, snow-white beast jumped to the center of the stage.
It looked at Zeig on the screen, frantically transforming, and refuted to the crowd:
"Woof~ Woof woof woof woof woof~ (What Younger Brother Zeig did isn't unacceptable!)"
"?" Asta put her hands on her hips, frowning, "Younger Brother Zeig?"
Peppy ignored Asta and continued barking on its own:
"Woof woof woof~ Woof woof~ Woof woof woof woof woof! (Just imagine—if any of you researchers entered this kind of virtual reality scenario, how many could resist doing things you normally can't do?)"
"Woof woof woof woof~ Woof~ Woof woof woof woof~ (This is just a normal human reaction. Besides, Younger Brother Zeig is different from many people. You all treat those monsters as enemies, but with Younger Brother Zeig's strength, he doesn't take them seriously at all, so he relaxes a lot. Doing fun things is perfectly normal, right?)"
Guided by Peppy, many people suddenly realized.
"Bang—!!"
Someone immediately stood up abruptly, enlightened:
"Yeah, Brother Zeig can even one-shot a Swarm True Sting—this virtual monster in the Simulated Universe could make him serious? If it were me, I'd play around too!"
"Peppy makes a lot of sense. We've always viewed this from our own perspective, but never factored in Brother Zeig's strength."
In the audience seats, everyone discussed:
"From our angle, if the enemies were a bunch of ants, how many of us would take them seriously? Wouldn't we just step on them or find a lighter to burn them?"
"Exactly." Another researcher raised his hand, "On my original planet, I liked pouring molten aluminum into ant nests!"
"See, that's it? Everyone has never thought from Brother Zeig's perspective!"
For a moment, the discussions in the audience seats grew even more heated, with varied opinions.
The snow-white Peppy sat in the center of the stage, tongue out, very happy.
"Swish—!!"
Zeig also suddenly stood up, excitedly cupping his hands toward Peppy: "General Peppy, what do you want to eat tonight? Just say the word—I, Zeig, will oblige without hesitation."
"Ptoo!" Asta immediately picked up Peppy, holding it tightly in her arms, warily saying to Zeig:
"Zeig, I warn you—stay away from Peppy!"
Zeig raised an eyebrow:
"Then what if General Peppy gets hungry? Miss Asta, are you trying to starve one of my great generals?"
Asta waved her hand in a shooing gesture, coquettishly saying:
"Get lost get lost get lost get lost..."
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