Alpha's Regret: The Seventh Time was Forever

Chapter 94

Chapter 94 - Dangerous, but I love it

Seraphine ignored the look in Ravyn’s eyes completely and focused on her presentation. "It’s a game designed not to distract people from their responsibilities, but to train their discipline."

A ripple of curiosity moved through the crowd.

Many of the people who had come to the gathering earlier with nothing but pleasure on their minds now leaned forward with genuine interest, because none of them had expected Seraphine to make it this far in the event.

The moment she proved she belonged there, however, the room’s attitude toward her had changed completely.

Respect had replaced skepticism.

"It sharpens the intellect while calming the mind," Seraphine explained as she moved her hand through the holographic interface to give them a feel of how the game is played.

"It offers a quiet space for people whose lives run at exhausting speeds, a place where the brain can breathe for a moment before jumping back into work."

The projection changed at her command, displaying a soft landscape filled with peaceful colors.

Puzzles unfolded across the screen in elegant patterns that looked almost like paper folding into intricate shapes, while gentle ambient music drifted through the room.

"But unlike most digital entertainment designed to trap people in endless cycles of dopamine," she added, "MindNest refuses to allow that kind of abuse."

She tapped the interface again, activating the demonstration.

"After fifteen minutes of gameplay, the system pauses and gives the user a polite reminder that says something like, ’It’s time to stop. Go learn something new, finish your work, or do something productive.’"

A few people in the audience chuckled quietly.

Gray leaned back in his seat with one eyebrow raised in curiosity while watching the demonstration.

For a moment he wondered whether all Lunas carried hidden brilliance like this, or whether Seraphine was simply someone born with an entirely different kind of mind.

"If the user ignores the reminder," Seraphine continued with calm amusement, "the system waits another fifteen minutes before trying again."

display flashed with the next example

reminder becomes more direct," she added with a small

’Dumbass, stop playing

the audience relaxed into the

the tension that

she continued while the

vanished from the

negotiations. No secret override codes,"

exist to function like a digital

voice carried quiet conviction when she finished the explanation. "It exists to function as a tool. A short break

room slowly while the weight of her words

who use it." Seraphine allowed a moment of silence

game," she said softly. "It is

words carried through the room with

"Play."

"Rest."

then return to your life with

the room became completely silent. Then

One clap.

somehow, in that moment, everything

that instantly drew every eye toward him as he rose

a wide grin, the single word carrying enough weight to reveal how deeply impressed he

well, his applause slower but just as

he admitted with a low chuckle, clearly entertained by

that, Zack Manchester rose to his feet, his tall frame straightening as he joined the growing applause, and the moment he spoke his voice carried across the entire room with unmistakable

invest in this new generation game,"

effect was immediate, and the murmurs spreading through the club carried a mixture of surprise, curiosity, and rising excitement as

noise, louder and far more commanding than the rest,

twenty billion," he declared without the slightest trace of

of stunned whispers ran across the crowd before Mark’s voice joined

"Thirty billion for me."

the numbers echoed in her ears, and although she maintained her composed posture, a

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