Chapter 91: Reporters Are Scary!
(Noah's Pov)
Have you ever thought how stupid the world is? One might think that to consider the world stupid is a haughty act or arrogant and stuff but the sad truth is, the world is filled with fucking stupid people.
Even adults are fucking dumbasses.
The cruel truth is just because you age you don't become smart, you will still be your dumb self.
Anyway, the point is the world is filled with dumb people.
And right now, I am looking at the dumb people surrounding me.
"This! This is it! This news will definitely save my job!"
There was a reporter who seemed giddy with what was about to go down and I had to agree with her.
This scoop will definitely save her ass if she is really facing the threat of losing her job.
"We have finally gotten the intel related to these damn Vipers. They have been a thorn in our side for too damn long. It's time we put an end to this but we need to be careful, they are dangerous, and they have some S- rankers on their side too. We will split into different teams and attack from different routes. No room for error."
Then there was this guy talking about their plan with his group.
Who are these people?
They are the guys who deal with criminal activities happening in the dungeon.
They are named True Heroes or something. Kinda cringe name but okay.
I never planned to involve these guys but Alfred ended up involving them.
My plan was simple, to stumble into their territory, fight them, and get captured coz honestly Alfred can't possibly win against them, not all of them.
As for me? Duh, I was planning to run away.
Alfred would get captured as a fucking slave and well, I will just go and do what I came to do. Go to the hidden dungeon, challenge it, come back to the dungeon, get out of the dungeon, and tell Laura how I had somehow managed to escape while Alfred got captured well, more accurately, Alfred sacrificed himself to help me escape.
And well, that was it.
But since, Brandon, the bad guy showed himself up without running away and confessed everything up, we can no longer just go and stumble upon the place anymore. Alfred unfortunately isn't that dumb.
At any rate, he contacted the True Heroes party that exists in the dungeon. Yes, they have a fucking base inside the dungeon floors.
And well, here we are now.
My plan has been absurdly changed and at this point, I am not even surprised. Everything's been going wrong.
Currently, we are on floor 80th.
True Heroes bases are situated on every tenth floor, starting from the 0th floor and continuing sequentially thereafter.
Basically, they are the patrol police inside the dungeon to keep watch over stuff and of course, they also have the full military type of shit going on too when huge problems are involved.
And this happens to be one such problem.
?
I looked at the person rubbing her face on my arm.
It was none other than the girl whom I had met moments prior, apparently, she goes by the name of Crimson Phantom in the dungeon.
...
Imma just ignore this girl.
"Um! Excuse me but could you give me a little of your time"
"No"
"So, I wanted- wait what!?"
The reporter girl shouted and I looked at her.
She is also a fucking character in the novel whose name I don't remember but yeah, she becomes someone who keeps writing everything about what the main cast does.
...And with time she also learns about the inhuman and illegal activities by which Aqua's and Alyssa's facility trained them, exposing both the government and Eldis organization, shaking the public's trust, and leading to widespread disillusionment, skepticism, and social unrest. Even the diplomatic relations with other countries were impacted.
Yes, this girl single-handedly caused everything to flip upside down.
Reporters are scary, freaking scary.
You gotta be always away from them. Never trust these fuckers and never confide in them either. A moment you are telling them your secret and the next they are telling the world about your situation.
I remember being in a relationship with a reporter and telling her about my problems, fucking hell, the next day everything was on the news.
Just trying to go anywhere became difficult.
And the biggest problem was, she had said it was for my good!
Bitch, not it wasn't!
People do bad things without even realizing they are doing bad things and believing they are doing something good, breaking other people's trust in the name of I am doing it for you.
As I said people are fucking dumb and their dumbness is sometimes the scariest shit you had ever encountered.
At any rate, while the incident I went through is of the past, a past too long ago, I still don't wanna associate with the reporters if I can help it.
"P-please! Just a few minutes! No! Just a minute! A minute is all I need!"
"Girl, lady, woman, whoever you are, fuck off please," I said as I looked away from her. It seemed like she wasn't willing to back down.
But before she could say anything else, the girl, Crimson Phantom, swung her whittled sword.
"Stop"
I said those words as fast as I could and the sword's tip now rested on the reporter's throat.
Holy shit.
Somewhat safe.
"Uh?..Eh..Ah.." The reporter's eyes were wide open, her face confused and scared, her body trembling all the while Crimson phantom was looking at me, tilting her head as if asking what she should do.
I waved my hand in a dismissal manner and she understood the gesture, lowering her sword. The reporter fell on her butt, her hands sweeping through her throat, checking herself, her breathing somewhat rough.
"What the hell do you think you are doing!?" A shout entered my ear, great. Let me make a correction, lovestruck people are also dumb.
He came rushing and checked over the reporter's condition.
Yes, he is another named character that I don't remember the name of. If you are wondering how the fuck a reporter was able to climb this far in the tower then the answer's simple, she came along with him.
You see, these guys stay in the dungeon for days. I mean if they do leave then they will have to start over with the 0th floor.
So, they change shifts sometimes in weeks, sometimes in almost a month.
And they come along with rations to sustain themselves for days and all that.
Anyway, the point is, that this squad is the new squad that has just recently changed with another.
So, yeah, that's how the reporter got here.
"Tell her to stop bothering us instead of shouting at us. This ain't some picnic spot that you brought your partner for fun" I replied.
"S-she isn't my partner! Also, that's a rude way of speaking and you are fucking wrong if you think that it's okay to pull a sword over someone just because they annoy you, brat!"
...?
They were already in a relationship in the novel when they were introduced as the characters, I guess there's still some time before it happens?
Well, they were introduced when the main cast entered in the 2nd year, guess what, a lotta things can happen in a year, huh.
Ignoring the man, I started to walk away along with the Cri-
"You know, Imma assign you a new name"
I said and she looked at me tilting her head while the guy in the back was shouting something which I don't know anything about.
I pointed my finger at her figure and spoke
"Luna"
I don't know, I just kinda feel like this name's good.
I repeated my words.
"Lu-na"
My finger pointed at her.
She tilted her head and with her right hand pointed at herself.
"...L-u-n-a?"
...You can speak?
Hell yeah!
"Luna"
I said it once more and then she spoke her name after me.
Actually, she began chanting her name while breaking into a small smile as she hopped while following me.
Alrigh-
"What the hell were you thinking you were doing!?" I didn't even need to look back to see who the voice belonged to, it was Alfred.
"I didn't do anything, it was her and I think you already know she has kinda screw loose" I replied.
Yup, I didn't do anything. Nothing at all.
I am innocent.
Alfred stared at me before heaving out a sigh as he rubbed his temples.
"Look, she is listening to you and only you, I am leaving her in your hands so she is your responsibility"
Naw, hell nah.
"I don't like responsibilities though"
"The situation has changed that's why I can throw you out of the dungeon and send you back to the academy without having to worry about anything"
Well, fuck.
He wasn't wrong. I am basically involving myself with these True Heroes and also planning on joining their raid.
The situation has changed until now if Alfred tried to intervene I could have simply complained to Laura, I had complete control until now but it's different now, it was different the moment we got involved with the organization, Viper.
Damn it.
I need to join the raid.
I mean that's literally the place I had to go where the exit portal from the dungeon exists, the portal that would take me near to the place where the hidden dungeon portal is!
"I will try"
"Good." Saying so, he turned towards Luna
"She looks better than before now... actually I have no idea how she looks this fine but anyway. Also, I would rather not involve her in this situation but she won't stay behind since you are coming with us, can't you just stay behind?"
Well, once we reached the base, she was given healing potions and provided with new clothes and a shower, and once she had worn her new clothes I secretly gave her one of the high uncommon grade potions, one I had gotten as a reward for clearing the hidden dungeon.
And it did wonders, unlike the potions that are available to people in this world which have its limitations, the one I have doesn't have such problems.
What I am saying is, damn she isn't scrawny like before where it was easily evident that she isn't having proper meals.
She looks like a perfectly normal 15-year-old teenager.
"I wanna join the raid though. Those guys disturbed my dungeon climbing, gotta get the payback"
I replied as if I am a dumbass while Alfred sighed once more.
But still...
It's kinda weird how they are agreeing to let me join the raid.
Done with this conversation, I walked way along with Luna since it was Alfred who was doing all the talk and crap.
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