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."

link,

Daoist Saifer, and the Fool in

of his duels played… this

those two famous as well?! What three strikes, I

an approaching headache and a bit of panic, Sunny scrolled through the feed, growing

were countless videos, captions, and discussions. Thousands of people were fervently debating his duels, his identity, and the hidden meaning of his words. It seemed as if they had somehow become convinced that he was some sort of a profound sage, going around

discussion boards dedicated to interpreting

"Oh, no…"

the cafe… was him! Come to think of it, many

this

He groaned.

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

was still to

was studying the mess he had made, new notifications started

"Mongrel returns!"

"Mongrel decimates the Colosseum!"

minutes: Lord Mongrel's shocking

Saint [REDACTED]'s

He closed his eyes.

is

link, he read in

#1 Sympathiser: "I was there, guys! It was incredible! He was like a natural disaster! So

"Did you hear what

gold!

the same thing when I tried to talk to

Sympathiser: "Wait. Shoe… are

their name to

Son: "Aren't we all

and

is worth more than a thousand

'Postneo… what?'

opened another

70 wins! You gasp

And another:

in styles. Styles only separate

And another:

Mongrel: a candid confession of a former

the communicator, he sat quietly for a while, and

"Oh, no!"

***

new recording of Mongrel's stunning performance in the Colosseum flew around the globe in no time at all. Starved for new

what

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