(From MC's Perspective)
Two days later,
I decided to pay a visit to Hansen campus. If I did not leave now, then I believe Uncle wouldn't even proceed to look for monster zones. Before exiting the house, I wore a black hoodie on top to prevent others from noticing me.
Then after bidding goodbye to granny park, I walked out of the house. Thankfully, I found no one suspicious near my house. I then headed straight towards the air car platform.
Walking down the street, I didn't fail to observe the pedestrians. Through perception, I monitor the area around me. I can easily find anyone with suspicious behavior once they entered my perception range.
Fortunately, that's not the case with my house. But I don't think Hansen campus will be peaceful like here. I have watched some videos. In that video some people are camping outside of our campus.
I believe they want to meet authorities. But with Elder Thornton's attitude, I think he didn't give any response so far. Thinking about it gives me a headache right now. Anyway I'm going to lock myself in combat training room. And I won't get out until evening.
A Few minutes later, I reached the air car platform. Then I spotted a familiar cab driver amongst the group of drivers. Everyone is waiting for customers to come in.
I walked up to the driver and greeted him with a smile. The old driver was surprised to see me and this guy knows my identity. So he clearly avoided others and led me towards his cab.
"I heard Red Stone City has become frenzy because of you," the old driver uttered in surprise.
Hearing that I chuckled and replied, "Let's go, we will talk on the way."
The driver nodded at me before he got inside. Seeing that I entered the cab and sat leisurely back in the window seat.
Next, the air car rose from the platform slowly. Then the driver drove the air car towards the destination. The air car flew past at good speed as there is no traffic in this morning time.
While looking at the ground, I asked the driver, " Are there any reporters who came here recently?"
"Reporters?" The driver said.
Then after contemplating for a moment, he answered,"I don't know but there are some new faces around the community recently."
Hearing that I furrowed my eyebrows in doubt. New faces huh? It's worth looking into it. Because this white stone city is small city full of residents and little shops. It's not a tourist destination at all.
Looks like I need to check my neighborhood. It's good to take precautionary measures.
"Zack, what happened? Are you worried that there might be reporters from red stone city? " The old cab driver asked casually.
I sighed and answered, "Probably, yes. These days people don't give damn about your privacy."
After saying that I added further, "Old man, if someone asks my whereabouts. Just act as if you never met me. Because some of them might be bad people."
The old driver pressed a sudden break in midair, the air car stopped abruptly, then the old man asked in worry, "Kid, what are you talking about?"
"He...He....He..."
"Why did you stop the car? I'm just telling it's okay to be careful," I said in a calm tone with a small smile on his face.
Hearing that, old man muttered to himself,"What careful? Young people these days acting like old ones." After saying he started the car and drove fast towards the destination.
Seeing the speed of the air car, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. He obviously wants to drop me down as soon as possible. Then I stopped reminding, I knew the old man is clever enough to understand the seriousness of the issue.
A Couple of minutes later, he dropped me at the station. I already booked a bunch of tickets previously, there is no need to go through the hassle of buying a ticket.
After walking past the crowd of passengers, I reached the familiar platform. I looked at the clock and realized the train to Red stone city would arrive in ten minutes.
I felt bored right now. So I started to observe people through perception. It's my favorite pastime. There are no high class people here like in Red stone city. These people are just normal workers who go to work in nearby cities.
I found a few warriors around me. I presume they are going to Red stone city as well. As time passed, I found nothing interesting. So I stopped looking around and quietly waited for my train.
Then a few minutes later, I heard the sound of train.
Seeing the coming train, I reliased the train has been strengthened further. It looks more fortified than before. I don't know how many metals they have spent on it.
When the train came to a complete halt, I proceeded to enter inside. A Couple of minutes later, I was sitting in the window seat. In order to avoid any disturbance, I take out new weapon from my storage ring.
It's the mask to cover up my face. I never thought I would use it again. I remembered, I have used this thing previously at Star tower competition.
Now I'm using it again. Then shaking my head helplessly, I wore the mask. With this hoodie and mask, I doubt anyone would recognize me. When the train began to depart, I decided to take some nap until the train reached Red stone city.
Two hours later,
The announcement woke me up from sleep. From looking at outside, I realised it's red stone city. Then quickly I stepped out of the train and headed to the exit.
After walking out, I found the air cav drive conversing at the platform. Instead of walking up to them, I quietly stood like a statue for a moment. I have this feeling that it's not wise to tell them about my destination.
Who knows these people might have come into contact with media people? If they knew my identity, there is a possibility that they would inform other people.
Then I took a deep breath. I felt I was overthinking the possibilities. So I directly walked up to then without hesitation. Once I walked closer, I overheard some conversation which shook me.
"Hey, did the guy from red bird pay you enough money?"
"ha....ha...ha .. "
"He paid me 500 credit points upfront"
"What? Seriously."
"Damn it, why don't I have such luck?"
"I just need to inform him once I see the kid named Zack."
"Wow, star tower kid."
"Yeah, that boy"
Hearing their conversations my heart skips a beat for a moment. Sure, I'm not being paranoid. These things were actually happening.
"Sir, where do you want to go?" A middle-aged driver walked up to me and inquired.
I replied,"huh, just drop me at red berry restaurant."
The red berry restaurant located right next to Hansen campus. I decided to observe the movements outside before going into campus.
I'm sure I'll find something interesting. If there is involvement of crimson hall again, I'll find some ways to inflict damage to them.
After getting inside, I avoided talking to the driver and sat back quietly.
Several minutes later, the air cab slowly landed in front of the red berry restaurant.
After paying the amount, I stepped outside of the car. Then I walked straight towards the restaurant. I never even looked at the campus direction.
I started to monitor through perception from that moment. After entering inside, I found some corner seat to sit and ordered fresh juice.
I casually looked around and there were not many people here. Some were starting to come in right now. Through perception, I began to observe a few people eating in the restaurant.
I started to look for sigh like company badges or logo. It's impossible to look for gadgets as they usually store them in their storage ring. So from badges I can identify which organization they belong to.
Time passes,
The waiter brought the fresh juice in time. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything concrete so far. Unless, I ask people's background openly. It's difficult to find they are media people or not. Then shaking my head in helplessness, I started to drink.
A Few minutes later, I walked out of the restaurant slowly. Then I headed towards the campus building. When I raised my head to see the group of people, I paused my movements for a moment.
"Damn, people were blocking the gate," I grumbled.
I saw five of them arguing with security for some reason. And few of them had gadgets in their hands, taking photographs boldly. "What is Elder doing right now?"
Clearly he can tell these people to walkaway. Then why is he being silent? Numerous questions come to mind. Suddenly, I saw one of them staring at my direction.
In order not to cause suspicion, I stared to walk. Due to my dressing, they couldn't identify me. So I easily walked past them and then I found opportunity to get inside while they were arguing.
"Phew," I took a deep breath after getting inside the campus.