The World’s Only Max-Level Lazy Introvert Accidentally Goes Viral After Helping a Famous Streamer Who Forgot to Turn off Her Dungeon Stream - 26

Chapter 26: The Lazy Introvert Receives a Rare Black Market Item That’s Not Available to the Public

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A few days ago, the school life where people had been ridiculing me as an introverted outcast had completely vanished without a trace.

“Ah… Oomomo-san…”

“So-Sorry…”

Wherever I walked by, the other students would hurriedly step aside to make way for me. 

“Ah! Oomomo-kun…!”

“Wo-Would you like to, umm… Have tea with the principal today?”

“There’s no way I would.”

Even the teachers were tiptoeing around me. I read on some news site that one teacher had gotten a divorce paper from their spouse because of the fallout from this whole scandal. Apparently their spouse had lost all their trust in the said teacher because the teacher had deliberately overlooked the harsh bullying undergoing at school. Not only that, the relationships between other students were also crumbling down. People started to lose their trust in each other and there were snippets of conversations they had with other students spread online. Of course, the conversations spread online were related to the bullying incident, mostly where they were ridiculing other students. The parents also scolded the students for getting involved with the bullying and although the students were clearly trying to curry favor with me, but all of their efforts would only be in vain. I had no intention to get all cozy with those who would flip their sides so easily like this when the situation became inconvenient for them. I somehow felt like a big boss of a crime organization because everyone at school was scared of me. That being said, with Onizuka gone, my school life had become much more peaceful. I didn’t need to face those unreasonable violence again and I could finally have my (more or less) ordinary life.

And then, school finally ended. 

“I’ve been waiting for you. You must be Rei Oomomo-sama.”

“…Huh?”

When I was about to leave through the school gate, I was greeted by an unfamiliar beautiful woman. With her long blonde hair, stunning figure and exposed prominent cleavage, she looked like a model. It was no surprise that the boys were staring at her. 

“Waiting for me? What are you talking about?”

“Well~”

The woman approached me and whispered in a voice low enough so the other students around us wouldn’t hear her. 

“I’m here because of the Boss. It seems he wants to make a statement or something so those useless students will stop bothering you…”

“Huh…?”

That stupid old man… What a pointless stunt.

There was an expensive-looking luxury car parked behind the beautiful woman. The beautiful woman and the luxury car combined… Not to mention how polite the woman was talking to me… This made me stand out even more instead. 

“Whoa…”

“Is that woman Oomomo-san’s girlfriend…?”

“And look at that car! So fancy… Wow. He’s really from a totally different world from us, huh?”

True enough, the students around us had already started murmuring amongst themselves. While this was better than having Jinba show up at school and practically exposed my family background, but the arrival of this woman was still going too far. 

“…What about the stuff from Jinba?”

“Yes. It’s all ready. Please, get in.”

“Ugh… Fine.”

Jinba wouldn’t go this far. Everything must be that old man’s doing, just like what the woman said. I would need to scold that man later.

By the way, I had told Shiori not to come to school this morning. It would be a huge problem if people started to correlate a famous streamer like her with the yakuza. 

With a heavy sigh, I gingerly got into the luxury car.

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“Umm… I take it you’re angry at me…?”

“Of course I am, you dumbass! What the hell do you think you’re doing, doing all those stupid stunts?!”

I was driven to the basement of a certain building by the beautiful woman. Right now, I was gripping Jinba by the collar, snarling at him. My face must have looked absolutely demonic right now since Jinba was sweating profusely.

“Don’t mess with me! You know I want to live a normal life! My peaceful ordinary life is already falling apart as it is! If you do something like this again, I will make you see hell!! I’m going to get really angry!!”

“M-My apologies! I’m sorry…! I also thought we shouldn’t go that far, but…”

Jinba apologized profusely with his hands flailing wildly to the side. 

“You need to take responsibility! No, for real, take responsibility for making my life a mess! My ordinary life is crumbling down before me! You better do something to fix it!!”

“Ye-Yes…! I’m deeply sorry… I will be sure to tell the Boss that this kind of thing must never happen again…”

It seemed my old man wasn’t here. Well, that was to be expected though. He was a busy man after all. I didn’t want to meet him directly either, but it seemed I had to talk with him in private so he would stop doing stupid stuff. 

“Haa… Haa.. Fine. I understand that this is all not your fault.”

“No,no,no… I should’ve done a better job in stopping the Boss…”

With a bitter smile on his hand, Jinba then handed me the bag from the side table. 

“A-Anyway, this is the streaming equipment for Yuria-san. If there’s anything that we missed, please tell me. I will prepare the missing equipment as soon as possible. Just give us your order and we will be sure to fulfill it.”

“Yeah..”

Taking the bag, I sighed again. I felt so exhausted even though it hadn’t been long since I arrived in this basement. 

“And then, the black market item that I mentioned before…”

“I knew it. I knew you’re going to bring that item nonetheless. But that item could only be used in dungeons, right? I won’t be able to use it outside the dungeon, so it won’t be of any use for me anyway.”

“No, not quite.”

“Huh..?”

Jinba said as he took a pitch-black gemstone from another bag. The gem suddenly emitted a dazzling light. I couldn’t quite put it into words, but I could feel the space around us had changed. The air around us grew significantly heavier. It was as if we were suddenly teleported to the deepest part of a dungeon. 

…No way. 

A hunch came at me and I immediately try to summon the status window, like I always did in dungeons. Status windows wouldn’t appear outside of dungeons. Items and status could only be accessed within a dungeon, so…

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Ren Oomomo 17 years old  Level 9999

Physical Attack: 99999

Physical Defense: 99999

Magic Attack: 99999

Magic Defense: 99999

Agility: 99999

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“Oi, oi….”

But then, the ever familiar status window appeared even though I wasn’t in a dungeon. 

“This is the black market item we’ve procured from the Dungeon Management Bureau. This item can turn the surrounding area into a ‘Dungeon Space’, effectively allowing you to use your valuable items and skills outside of dungeons. With this, we can also show the other black market items to Ren-sama. Let’s get started right away, shall we?”

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