Even Ashe had to admit the five of them made a perfect criminal team. With a few last-minute adjustments, they successfully lured Gerard away and created a gap wide enough to breach the Virtual Channel.0

The strategy itself was simple. First, Iger would randomly instill fear in someone within the crowd. Out of ten adventurers, nine were full of crap, and the last was literal crap. It took little effort for him to draw out their fear and make each target believe he was the pursuer. Panic would do the rest.0

Once the hunters gave chase, Harvey would link everyone's chips through necromancy, imposing restrictions that plunged the crowd into chaos. At the same time, Ronald would discreetly strike a few adventurers and graze Ashe and the others, allowing them to collapse naturally.1

The temporary recording devices Ashe had planted would activate on the substitute, while Iger's Mind-Class Miracle deepened fear and suspicion in the crowd. Driven by terror, the adventurers would surge toward the camp exit under the substitute's guidance.0

After Gerard was drawn away and the remaining adventurers fled, the supposedly injured victims on the ground would seize their chance, spring...0