Chapter 1989

Hector replied, "Not necessarily. The officials hadn't explicitly stated that participants must rely on theft to complete the task." The three methods were merely the official rules revealed through the process of searching for the items. The so-called need to "steal" was simply a reasonable assumption based on the difficulty of redeeming the items. That said, those three rules weren't the ultimate ones. Hector turned to the senior who had just asked the question and replied, "Can you guess why there is a rule in Phantom Market that allows trading only between the vendors?" This rule existed only because it was permitted by the organizer. However, they never explicitly stated that all the rules had to be explored. The rule allowing free exchanges between vendors in Phantom Market was designed to offer participants an alternative way to redeem their items without relying on the act of seizing them. What Shannon did, however, wasn't just have the participants seek out vendors to ne