If you are in quarantine, you can't survive. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

That's what the owner of the tavern I frequented said to me. The proprietor was about forty or fifty years old, with a scruffy beard and a round belly that was always on the tavern counter. Every time I went, I would order a beer, but the owner always brought me a glass of hot milk with a smile and looked at me with kind eyes. I can't stand that look, I really can't stand it.

"Boss, I said, I want beer. ”

"Ah, I just accidentally pulled out the best drink for you. The boss scratched his head and smiled.

“……”

"Ah, do you mean...... That, angry?" the boss said with a Japanese expression of indecision that is peculiar to Japanese people, "I'm sorry, I'll get you a beer next time." ”

I remember saying the same thing last time. Think I'm a fool fooling me? It doesn't look like it. Because this boss emits a kind of wreckage from the inside out. That wouldn't have the guts to fool me. Although I look younger, and I'm actually younger, I'm a "sneaker". It seems that it is simply because of the poor memory.

The boss stared at me with his spitty face, and watched me swallow the milk, which made people angry.

"I wouldn't come back a second time to a pub without beer. ”

"That's what you said last time. ”

Soul is light, isn't this rotten man's memory quite good?

“…… Do you want to underestimate me?"

I couldn't help but speak in a deep voice, and the words that squeezed out between my teeth were quite bold. In the quarantine zone, harmless kittens are only dominated by powerful maned dogs, and if you don't know how to look strong, even a roadside mantis will stop you. Therefore, even if it is pretentious, you must not show weakness. This is an important thing I learned in quarantine.

"No, no!" the tavern owner hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Xiaohui is very strong, I know." Because you're different from other infiltrators, you're a so-called lone ranger. Think about it carefully, the 'labyrinth area' that others dare to go to when they form a group, Xiaohui went alone. Isn't that remarkable?"

"Hmph, can you understand?"

I blushed involuntarily, so at this time I had to subtly stagger my head at an angle and show my chin proudly, so as not to expose myself to others with my weakness. This boss is so cunning, because he knows that I am a loner, so he also understands that I have no friends. Affectionately calling me by name like a friend, and then complimenting me like that without a hint - it's too cunning.

"I, ah, I know that Xiaohui is very strong. But from the side of my cheeks, I always feel a bit like my daughter. The cheeks are also similar. If Megumi laughs, like that wild girl, she will have beautiful dimples on her cheeks. Come on, Xiaohui, laugh a little ......"

"Why do I have to listen to you?"

I glared at him fiercely. This is the time not to let up, or my lone ranger, the infiltrator, and the powerful will lose face. But I always felt as if these things didn't exist in the first place, why could this boss be so unscrupulous to say such frivolous things to me? Do I look good at bullying?

"Ah...... That wild girl, like Xiaohui, is a sneaker. But she went to the 'Labyrinth Zone' one day and never came back...... I've been waiting for her here, I've been waiting for her to come back, I've been waiting for years. I'm not a capable person, and I don't understand the world of capable people, but I think it's better to wait here all the time. Xiaohui, do you think she can come back?"

“…… That kind of thing, I don't know. ”

"Some people say that if you are injured in the 'labyrinth area', as long as you don't die, the wound will heal automatically when you come back. In this way, as long as that wild girl is smarter and comes out of the maze area quickly, everything will be fine. ”

Stupid, stupid. It's been missing for a few years, and they're dead no matter how you think about it.

"Then you just wait...... "I gulped down the hot milk, "but first you have to find out if your daughter really went to the maze area that day." It's possible that someone was cocked in the back while walking on the road, and it was sold to that kind of place because of a little beauty. Or it was robbed by someone and cut directly to the side of the road. But I think there's another possibility......"

"What is possible?" the boss's eyes widened.

"Also, I'm tired of you, an old man like a tanuki, and I've eloped with the man I like. I shrugged, "Isn't that the most likely?"

The boss looked at me, stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing. But he smiled and wiped away tears. I really don't understand whether this person has a problem with his brain or a problem with his tear ducts. Cry if you want to cry, laugh if you want to laugh. Doesn't it look like I'm saying something strange?

"I, even if it's me, understand. That wild girl may never come back. But thank you, Megumi. ”

The boss's face showed a look of being comforted, fool, there was no one here to comfort him at all. Looking at it like a companion only makes me sick. Because I was so annoying, I had to bury my face in the cup of milk.

"Xiaohui, in the end, the lone ranger still can't be a long-term man. The boss said, "Isn't it dangerous if a person is injured in the labyrinth area and can't get out if no one helps him? Well, go join a team. ”

"No!

I frowned as if I had been bitten by a snake. The bonds between people are like chains, heavy, and useless. Between life and death, human beings only think about themselves. If there is an entanglement of interests, maybe it will become a disagreement between the six relatives. This is humanity, ugly humanity. In quarantine, I've seen so many things. All I would never let anyone come close to my life.

"But I've heard that...... Aren't you going to join that crusade and attack that 'Dragon of Despair' in the labyrinth area?"

“…… That's just because somebody has to go. ”

I shook my head with a bored look on my face, then put down my glass and money and walked out of the tavern.

I don't know why dangerous monsters have appeared in the labyrinth area. When it comes to danger, there is nothing in the labyrinth that is not dangerous. But this crisis is unprecedented and terrifying. In the streets of the labyrinth area, a huge dragon is running rampant. That size is a natural disaster for a weak ordinary person. However, if the capable person wants to destroy this dragon, there are many ways. Those with the ability to fire can unleash thousands of degrees of flame, burning the entire dragon to ashes. The air enables the use of a hurricane to cut the dragon into pieces. Even I could easily kill that creature.

Although, I thought, the reality is that all the people who came into contact with the dragon were dead. The guy who was looking at the dragon from afar survived and passed the news to the "judgement". No one knew what kind of abilities the dragon had, and no one knew what the cause of death was for those who died, so people called him the "Dragon of Despair". There were many stronger guys than me among the victims, so I don't think they were ordinary dragons. Either way, he's a monster that must be defeated. If you don't destroy this dragon, 90% of the infiltrators will be eaten by the dragon the moment they enter the labyrinth area.

Although I personally think this matter is very troublesome, I was asked by the "judgement (discipline committee member)", and I can't get rid of it. Speaking of which, the members of this raid are the main members of each powerful team, plus some people who are recognized as powerful abilities. The fact that I am among them means that my strength is recognized by everyone. Thinking about it, I can't help but acquiesce. After watching the person sent by the "judgement" return with a happy expression, I couldn't think of a reason to shirk it at all.

It's terrible.

With this in mind, I went back to my temporary place and slept for a while. The next day, I silently blended into the crowd of the raiders. Nearly a hundred people stood in the square, and everyone exuded a serious atmosphere. There was a young-looking man and a bearded uncle standing at the front of the line. The young man had some morale-boosting words to us, and he seemed to be a representative of the Institute. The other bearded man is the captain of the "judgement" - the leader of the whole "judgement." This time, it seems that he personally led the team to defeat the dragon of despair.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that you are already aware of the terrible ...... of that dragon," the bearded uncle casually threw the microphone handed over by the representative of the research institute in his hand, and opened his mouth to make a loud voice, "However, we will be stronger than that monster......!" We are human!"

What bullshit is this guy talking about?

"Because we're human, we're united, we can help each other!" the uncle continued, "and that monster, no matter how strong he is, is only one man." He can't defeat us humans who are united!"

I shuddered. Does this guy be honest against me? doesn't he know that I'm also a lone ranger, just like the dragon, a lonely person?

Look at what to see, and then look at killing you! And that faint beard, I wish you to be the first to be eaten by that dragon during the crusade!

But it seems that everyone was encouraged by the bearded man's words. If you look at universal values, the idea of beard seems to be the mainstream. Or, more specifically, "judgement" represents justice in the quarantine zone. While it seems to me that they are just some of the people who use their abilities to satisfy their own mental cleanliness, most of the people in quarantine feel that they maintain order.

Eh, am I a bad guy out of the mainstream?