The World’s Only Max-Level Lazy Introvert Accidentally Goes Viral After Helping a Famous Streamer Who Forgot to Turn off Her Dungeon Stream - 29

Chapter 29: The Lazy Introvert Catches the Attention of a High-Ranking Government Official

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“First, there’s something I want to know. Ren-kun, what is your current level?”

“…”

To be honest, I didn’t have any qualms in answering his question. It was just… No one had ever asked me that question before since I was practically an outcast at school. I didn’t have any desire to seek other people out first either. The only thing that was bugging me… Revealing the truth might push my wish of living an ordinary life further out of my reach, but…

“Oh, there’s no need to worry. Your secret is safe within this room.”

As if he already knew what I was thinking about, Ijimia said so with a smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes. 

“I’m sure you’re familiar with the Anti-Organized Crime Law, right? As you may know, I’m not supposed to have anything to do with people of your… Background. At least, not officially. Hence why, any information that escapes this room would be detrimental to my own position too. I would practically beheading myself if I were to spread your secret.”

“….”

What he said actually made sense. Iijima seemed to be the kind of a guy who knew how to avoid trouble. He knew how to choose his fight efficiently and besides, the secret to my level wouldn’t be worth the risk. Not worth risking his whole career at least.

“…I understand. However, I think it would be quicker to just show you my status window rather than telling you my level straight out. Would that be alright with you?”

“Oh! Yes, that would be wonderful!”

The room was still functioning as if it were a dungeon because of the gemstone. I glanced at Jinba and after he nodded, I went ahead and displayed my status window just like usual. Of course, summoning my status window wouldn’t make it visible to other people. To share my status window with the other, I had to select the Visualization Mode option. This was a feature that an outcast like me almost never used. 

After making the status window visible to other people, I showed it to Iijima. 

“Here you go. This is my status window.”

“Let me see….”

With his eyes gleaming with curiosity, Iijima leaned closer to read my status window. Within a few seconds of reading, his whole body suddenly became stiff. 

“Wha-….?! Thi-This is…!!”

“Hm?”

Jinba, who was standing beside me, was equally surprised to see such a strong reaction from Iijima. 

“Ren-sama, may I take a look as well?”

“Yeah, sure thing. But remember, I will kill you if you tell anyone.”

“Yes, of course. Now, excuse me…”

After a small nod, Jinba leaned down to peer at the status window I had displayed. And then…

“Wha-?! I-Impossible…!!”

Jinba’s eyes also widened in shock. The room fell into a stunned silence that lasted for about a minute. Of course, I didn’t show them the names of my skills, as there was no benefit in doing so. I just showed them my level and my status points. Unless you were a streamer or someone in that occupation, it was rare for people to show their status window. After all, incidents similar to what Onizuka had done to me could happen. It was best to reveal your status window only to people that you really trust, as a logical means to ensure your own safety. This was the common sense of this world, where dungeons had become a part of our life. That being said, even though I didn’t show them my skill names, it seemed Iijima was already more than satisfied. 

“Hahaha… No wonder you could take down the Death Devil Ogre that easily.”

Now that he knew how high my status points were, the way Iijima looked at me had changed. Simply put, now he saw me as someone worth associating with.

“Now that I think about it… I’ve heard of an incident where a large number of Orichalcum Slimes were recently hunted on the lowest floor of the Nishizakura Dungeon. Was that your doing?”

“Hm? Who knows~”

“Fufufu… I see, I see…”

Iijima’s eyes sparkled even more upon hearing my answer. He then turned his attention to Jinba before he said… 

“I must admit, I’m truly surprised. I never imagined there would be someone of this caliber and he’s still a high school student no less…”

“No, no, no. I was just as surprised. Indeed. Ren-sama has always been extraordinary, but I also didn’t expect he would be this amazing…”

“I heard from the Boss that Ren-kun has a great talent for combat. However, as he grew older, he became more interested in gaming instead. It seemed those two interests meshed perfectly.”

“I find it hard to believe too. I’ve worked hard to get to my current position and I do admit, I have talent in fighting too, but when I was Ren-sama’s age, I was nowhere near his level.”

“…Haah.”

The two of them kept talking with each other as if I didn’t exist. To be fair, they were only talking positively about me, but this conversation made my back uncomfortably itchy. To be honest, hunting monsters in the dungeon was much more enjoyable than meeting a high-ranking government official like this. 

“Anyway, Iijima-san…”

I said to change the topic since it seemed the two of them were getting derailed. I wanted Iijima to get straight to the topic already. 

“I’m sorry for interrupting your merry conversation with Jinba, but I will say it straight. I have no interest in working for the country or anything like that. Not only does it sound way too troublesome, but just the mere thought of it is making me uncomfortable.”

“Oh, right, right… I apologize for getting carried away. The two of us were getting too excited. Well, you have to forgive me. I’m already quite old after all.”

Iijima said while giving his head a few light taps before he switched his expression to a more serious one.

“Of course, I have no intention of asking a high school student such as yourself to do anything like that… I just have something to tell you.”

“Something to tell me…?”

“Yes. I guess you can consider this as an update of the incident when you were attacked by members of a gang under the Kamisuyama group?”

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T/N: Jinba be like : AHHH I ALREADY TOLD YOU IT’S NOT FROM OUR GROUPPP. A SISTER GROUP, OK?? SISTER GROUPPPP ٩(๑`^´๑)۶