The World’s Only Max-Level Lazy Introvert Accidentally Goes Viral After Helping a Famous Streamer Who Forgot to Turn off Her Dungeon Stream - 41

Chapter 41: An Introvert Always Wants to Be an Introvert

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And so, Jinba started driving the car toward Shiori’s house. Though I never specifically asked her to stay with me, but the fact still remained that he had always been by my side this whole time. I deemed that fact alone was enough to make her become an easy target of the police or the yakuza. Hence why, I decided to pick her up just to be safe. True enough, there were several yakuza members surrounding Shiori’s house…

“Here we go…!”

But thanks to my timely arrival, I was able to rescue her just in the nick of time. 

“Re-Ren-kun…!’

Shiori immediately clung to me, looking clearly frightened. 

“Thank you…! These people… They suddenly broke the window… I thought I should be used to this, but I couldn’t help it. I was really surprised when I saw them trying to enter my house…!”

“Don’t fret about it. It’s only normal for you to be surprised. Anyone would be confused if they were in your position.”

“Ren-kun, Ren-kun…!”

Shiori, who was usually so cheerful, was actually this terrified this time. I silently hugged her back as she clung to me. Tears were streaming down her face. 

“Thank you. If you hadn’t been here, I… I…”

“…”

That being said, this situation was getting outrageous. Just by sensing my surroundings, I could tell new assailants were coming to get us. I wanted to calm Shiori down first, but it seemed we didn’t have the luxury of time for that. 

No, in fact…

“Tch…!”

I tightly held Shiori in my arms and jumped forward to the floor. 

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! 

In less than a second, rain of bullets began parading down on us, shattering the window completely. This kind of fire rate wasn’t something you could do from a  mere handgun. They must have had a small machine gun used by the special forces—an SMG.

“W-What…?! Wh-What is this…?!”

“We’ll talk later! Jinba is waiting outside! We need to prioritize getting in the car for now!!”

I said while dodging the SAT’s attack and carrying Shiori simultaneously. Somehow, we managed to get back to Jinba’s car. 

A few dozen minutes later. We arrived safely at the location specified by Iijima as I was explaining the situation to Shiori. Iijima was waiting in the garden that stretched out on both sides of the National Diet Building. It seemed not all of the police had been brainwashed. The security personnel guarding Iijima still had their rationality and so far, I didn’t see any signs of unusual behavior from them. In fact, the police in the Kasumigaseki area were still engaged in a gunfire fight against the brainwashed police. The police seemed to be trying desperately to protect this place at least. 

“Ooh…! You all made it here safe and sound!”

“Yeah. We have Ren-sama with us after all. There’s no way anything could go wrong.”

Jinba said confidently with a smile to Iijima, who came to welcome us. As expected from someone who had survived many fights, none of them showed any sign of panic despite the unusual situation. 

“So, where is it? The government exclusive dungeon?”

“Right.”

Iijima nodded in response to Shiori’s question.

“Actually, just before the police went on a rampage, something unusual occurred inside the dungeon… Well… I guess it’s faster to see for yourself.”

Then, Iijima pulled something that looked like a jewel from his pocket. The jewel glimmered with a faint purple hue as it gradually emitted soft light…A few seconds later, a pitch-black gate appeared right in front of us. There was no doubt about it. This gate would lead us to the government exclusive dungeon.

But then—

“…!!”

A sudden, intense pain shot through my chest, and I crouched down on the spot.

“R-Ren-kun…! What’s wrong?”

“No… Don’t worry about it. It’s nothing.”

“N-Nothing, you say…? But..!”

Shiori looked at me with concern, but to be honest, I didn’t understand what had just happened to me either. If I had to describe it, it felt like some kind of image was flashing briefly in my mind. However, I had no idea what image it was or how it was related to me. 

“…”

Iijima stared at me for a few seconds before he turned his attention to the gate and said. 

“According to the reports we’ve received, it seems a strange miasma has started to appear from this dungeon just a moment ago and right after that, the yakuza began to exhibit unusual behavior.”

“What…?!”

In response to Iijima’s words, Jinba’s eyes widened in shock.

“So in other words, this whole thing was caused by this dungeon?”

“So it seems, but when the miasma started to appear, I immediately closed the gate. Therefore, I can’t be certain yet if this dungeon is the trigger or not, but well… The chance is high that this dungeon might be the reason.”

I see….The reason why I was called here wasn’t because the government exclusive dungeon was a safe haven. They wanted me to investigate the dungeon because of this unusual situation. Iijima had seen my status the other day. He had seen that all of my status points were already at max. This conclusion of his definitely made sense.

“Haa… I don’t have any other choice, do I?”

To be honest, this kind of thing wasn’t my style at all. Saving the world was supposed to be the duty of a ‘hero’. As someone born as the son of a yakuza leader, I had lived my whole life in the shadows… At least, until now. Someone like me didn’t have the right to stand in the spotlight like this. I just wanted to keep on living as an ordinary high school student, but I had witnessed it all with my own eyes. The students who repented and recklessly confronted the yakuza and police despite the danger. They knew the risk, but they still took it on to make amends. And then… A woman who accepted me even after knowing I was the son of a yakuza boss. If someone as worthless as me was given a reason to fight… Then I had to give it my all.

“…Iijima-san, before I go into the dungeon, I have one request.”

“Hm? What is it?”

“Please make Shiori to be known as the hero who conquered this dungeon, not me. I don’t want to be put in the spotlight if I can help it.”

“…Humph.”

Upon hearing my words, Iijima broke into a gentle smile. Not just me. Jinba and Shiro were staring at me with gentle expressions on their faces too. 

“Very well, I will grant that request. Now, Ren-kun. Please save us from this disaster.”

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T/N: The author revived this novel from the dead because this novel has just received a webtoon adaptation in LINE Japan ❀.(*´◡`*)❀