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I lay on the ground, my body frozen and unresponsive.
Paralyzed. Helpless. My mind raced with a mixture of fear and confusion as Lucy Fer's laughter echoed in the room. She had introduced herself just moments ago, a seemingly innocent encounter that had taken a sinister turn.
'Lucy... Fer?!' There was no way I could forget that name.
When I first saw it, I found it bizarre, but there was another reason why I found it significant. It belonged to the 3rd highest-ranked person on the Leaderboard.
Lucy Fer was someone undoubtedly superior to me!
"You're an interesting guy, Sleepyhead," she said, her voice laced with amusement. "You didn't disappoint me by surviving the whole poisoning ordeal. I must say, I had my doubts."
I tried to respond, to ask her what she meant by doubts and disappointments, but my lips refused to move, my voice trapped within me.
