Shadow Slave

Chapter 408

Sunny crawled out of the simulation pod and lay on the cold floor for a while, breathing heavily.

'How come an illusory arena is so exhausting?'

The designers of the Dreamscape were really weird. The people who frequented the Colosseum were even weirder, though. Sunny couldn't even begin to understand the quirks of their behavior.

'That's how subcultures are, I guess?'

After a while, he stood up and went upstairs to make himself some food and replenish all the energy he had spent during this intense and taxing hour.

Sunny made himself a light dinner, devoured it with wolfish hunger, and then relaxed in a chair while drinking a cup of delicious tea.

As he rested, his communicator buzzed.

He took a sip of tea, then opened the message Effie had sent him.

"Hey doofus! Have you seen this? I think I found a new boyfriend for your girlfriend!"

The message ended with a winking emote and an attached video link.

Perplexed, Sunny clicked on the link… and spit out all of his tea.

Forgetting to wipe his chin, he stared at the holographic screen in front of him with wide eyes.

"What… what the hell is this?!"

The video was… of him.

Of his duel in the Dreamscape, to be precise.

***

Caught in stunning quality, the recording of his short duel against the young man in azure armor was playing on a loop, set to menacing and epic music. The caption read "Mongrel Victorious". Sunny stared at it for a while, then slowly lowered his gaze and looked at the view count beneath the video.

'S—seven… seven zeroes?!'

Was that Leo Striker guy someone famous?

Sunny only came to his senses because of the pressure of his Flaw. Gritting his teeth, he sent Effie a short message:

"I have not seen this."

'What the hell is happening?'

Feeling apprehensive, he went on the network and typed "Mongrel, Dreamscape" in the search bar. Immediately, thousands upon thousands of results showed, all featuring the fearsome image of Weaver's Mask.

Sunny gulped.

"Oh, no. Oh, no."

first link,

Striker, Daoist Saifer, and the Fool in three

a bunch of his

as well?! What

Sunny scrolled through the feed, growing paler and paler with each

of his words. It

discussion boards dedicated to

"Oh, no…"

head, realizing that the buffoon he had heard being discussed in the cafe… was him! Come to think of

this

He groaned.

any idea about who Mongrel was. His efforts to obfuscate his

the worst was still

had made, new notifications started appearing in the

"Mongrel returns!"

"Mongrel decimates the Colosseum!"

minutes: Lord Mongrel's shocking

Saint [REDACTED]'s

He closed his eyes.

is

random link, he read

"I was there, guys! It was

"Did you hear what he

are worthless, silence is gold! So profound. My whole

Shoe: "Wow, my dad used to say me the same thing when I

#1 Sympathiser: "Wait. Shoe… are you

changed their

Son: "Aren't we

and went

than a thousand words: an in-depth analysis of the postneonihilist philosophy of

'Postneo… what?'

opened

70 wins!

And another:

not believe in

And another:

spent a night with Mongrel: a candid confession of a former

quietly for a while, and then

"Oh, no!"

***

around the globe in no time at all. Starved for new information about the mysterious demonic fighter, people became

were not disappointed by what they saw, to say the

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