I'm Really Not the Lord of the Abyss - Chapter 30

“…In any case, this is the exchange student sent by the headquarters.”

In the branch hall, a group of people gathered around the table.

Sikes closed the file in his hand, which contained the resume, and introduced the identity of the blond man to them.

What a headache…Sikes frowned secretly.

He didn’t really want to recruit people of unknown origin into the branch, especially since the information showed that there seemed to be some big figure from the headquarters standing behind this person.

In this way, the act of assigning him to their small branch seemed meaningful. Could it be the enemy that the president had made in the headquarters before? …I’ll ask later.

Sikes gathered his thoughts, rearranged his expression, and looked up, only to find that the atmosphere at the table seemed a bit strange.

“This one, Hosen — right?” Gaudi said with a forced smile, “Welcome to our branch.”

Hosen looked at Gaudi strangely. If he remembered correctly, it was the latter who said he needed help that’s why he was sent here. Why does it seem like he has some hostility towards him now?

However, Hosen’s mood was also very nervous at the moment, and he had unspeakable things in his heart, so he didn’t have the mood to delve into Gaudi’s weirdness.

“I haven’t asked yet…” Hosen took a deep breath to calm his intense heartbeat, his gaze unconsciously focused on the quiet silver-eyed youth next to him, and he immediately looked uneasy again, “You, cough, what’s your name?”

The silver-eyed youth looked up indifferently and said lightly, “Lu Mi.”

…Too similar.

No matter how you look at it, it’s very similar, the more you look, the more similar!

Hosen would never forget the scene underground not long ago, the silver-blue light and shadow at that time, that power, was still vivid in his mind.

Although just now at the branch door, the silver-eyed youth casually denied his identity that he blurted out in excitement, but…could he really have remembered it wrong?

Just as Hosen was falling into deep self-doubt, a man who seemed strangely familiar to him walked in, following a polite knock on the door.

“Excuse me.” A remarkably handsome butler walked in and put down the food tray he was carrying.

First, he placed the black tea in front of Lu Mi, then the butler distributed the remaining cups one by one.

The warm and rich aroma of tea quickly filled the living room. After putting down the last cup, the butler calmly picked up the tray, gracefully bowed to everyone, and then retreated to the side to wait.

“Oh, Alonfus, you came just in time, I was just thirsty!” Donald, who was drowsy, gulped down his drink, exhaled comfortably, and gave a thumbs up, “Ever since you came, our quality of life has really gone straight up — it’s still as delicious as ever!”

When Donald put down his teacup contentedly, he saw the blond man with a stunned expression.

“Is there a problem?” Donald scratched his head, thinking this person was really strange, he had been staring at Lu Mi since he walked in, and now he looked like he had seen a ghost.

However, he didn’t know that at this moment, Hosen was shocked and confused!

There was no mistake, even though he no longer had horns and wings — but this person was definitely one of those who had followed the god back then!

Hosen finally completely confirmed that everything was not a coincidence, these were the two beings he had seen underground, perhaps the other few were also here, just not yet revealed!

Suddenly, this small K8 branch underwent a drastic change in Hosen’s eyes.

This place was not some remote and rundown household, it was clearly where the gods dwelled —

Looking at Lu Mi’s unusually calm expression, it seemed to become meaningful at this time. Even Donald, who originally looked silly in his eyes, inexplicably became unfathomable…..How could ordinary people be so calm in front of a god!

Perhaps everything here was a disguise, just like the gods in the legends often deliberately turned into scavengers, turned the golden palace into a broken hut, and turned gold into stone. Everything might not be what he sees now, everything was just a test or a joke of the gods.

Hosen, who felt he had seen through the “truth”, suddenly had a dry mouth, and dared not touch the tea on the table that was given by the gods, and fine sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

“You seem nervous.” At this time, Lu Mi suddenly spoke, his tone emotionless, and his gaze seemed to glance at Alonfus on the side.

Hosen shivered in response, wiped his sweat awkwardly, and stammered, “No, I dare not…”

Lu Mi didn’t say anything, but turned to look at the other file in Sikes’ hand, “It seems you have something else to say.”

“Yes.” Sikes looked strangely at Hosen, who was behaving oddly, then nodded at Lu Mi, “Since he is an exchange student from the headquarters, naturally we have to fulfill the ‘exchange’.”

“You mean, we have a chance to go to the headquarters…!” Donald was the first to jump up, his face flushed with excitement.

No wonder he was so excited, one should know, the headquarters of the Extraordinaries Guild — that was almost the place all extraordinaries dreamed of going, it meant more and stronger peers, more top-notch abilities, more advanced equipment technology…

For many extraordinaries who aim higher and farther, stepping onto the stage of the headquarters was the real beginning of their magnificent life.

Even if they failed to stay and work in the headquarters, this experience would be enough to give them a boost, and they would be fought over by various branches after they returned.

However, Sikes had to pour cold water on him, “Unfortunately, this time the top specifically asked for newcomers, and only Lu Mi in our branch meets the requirements.”

“How can this be —!” Donald banged on the table, beat his chest and stomped his feet, making a frustrated groan.

Sikes shook his head speechlessly, then said to Lu Mi, “This exchange lasts for half a month, theoretically it is an exchange review between the headquarters and the excellent seedlings in the local area, but if you perform well this time, there is not necessarily no possibility of staying in the headquarters for development.”

Saying this, Sikes paused, seemingly hoping to see an excited expression on the face of the silver-eyed youth. However, this expectation ultimately fell through, the youth’s face did not change, he just raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise.

Lu Mi: “There are more than our branch participating in this exchange, right?”

Sikes had to answer helplessly, “Of course, there are also two other branches in the K Sector that each got a quota, as for places like the A Sector, C Sector, D Sector… those particularly prosperous places, there are countless excellent people, there will be more quotas, you may meet these people then…”

Speaking of this, Sikes couldn’t help but show a trace of worry, those people might not be easy to get along with.

Just as Sikes was worried that his own child might suffer when he went out, Lu Mi tilted his head and stood up, “I understand, I will consider it.”

After saying that, the silver-eyed youth left the table directly, seeming to plan to return to the archive room to work.

Donald, who was buried in the table, kicked his legs, raised his head, and said incredulously, “…He said, consider?”

Sikes nodded solemnly, “Yes, consider.”

Donald: Although…so cool!! When could he also have such calmness—!

……….

Not long after the meeting was dismissed, Hosen finally got rid of the enthusiastic Donald and the slightly guarded Sikes, and hurriedly knocked on Gaudi’s door.

He urgently needed to know what was going on here.

However, when the door opened, what appeared in front of him was a scene like a three-court trial. And his comrade Gaudi, whom he had been thinking about, was next to the silver-eyed youth in the center, serving tea and water.

Seeing him appear, Gaudi gave him an unsatisfied look, “Why are you here now, you made the lord wait for a long time.”

Hosen: I don’t know why…I’m not surprised at all!

If everything is as he thought, if the identity of the youth is true, then Gaudi’s “betrayal” is really expected, even he himself now…!

Hosen glared at Gaudi, took a deep breath, and slowly walked to the silver-eyed youth.

“I think, you should know everything.” Lu Mi looked at the blond man in front of him calmly, “So there is no need to hide it anymore.”

“I’ll ask directly, on whose command did you come here?” The silver-eyed youth looked down at him, and there seemed to be no emotion in his eyes.

This scene made Hosen return to that day again, recalling the shock when he first saw the other party.

“….…”

His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and after a few seconds of silence, Hosen lowered his head, “It is —” as if it was squeezed out from between his teeth, “…is [Golden Clock].”

Golden Clock?

Lu Mi didn’t expect to hear this answer.

He was not unfamiliar with this name, or to say, almost all extraordinaries were not unfamiliar with this team.

In the information in the archive room, it was recorded as common knowledge —

The current Extraordinaries Guild headquarters, with the president having the highest position, and the auxiliary political groups under him jointly manage all the extraordinaries branches in the world.

And under the president, there were three successors. If nothing unexpected happened, the next president would be born from these three people.

These three people each have their own areas and forces to manage, one of which was a special action team called “Golden Clock”.

“Are you a member of the Golden Clock?”

“No,” in response to Lu Mi’s question, Hosen hurriedly answered, “I was just given a task by them, I am a special informant for them, when there is no task, I act as a regular information dealer…compared to me, Gaudi has a closer connection with them, and has cooperated more times.”

Lu Mi glanced at the bewildered Gaudi: Oh, it’s okay, he has lost his memory.

No matter what, given the current situation, the actions of this Golden Clock — just the attempt to overthrow the Blue Steel Empire alone, is enough to make people vigilant.

Especially since its master is also a candidate for the next president, what exactly does he want to do?

If it’s just ordinary political struggle, Lu Mi would not be interested in getting involved, he’s just afraid…

He slightly settled his mind, slowly looked at the blond man, “It seems you have made a decision.” Otherwise, he wouldn’t tell him these things.

“Yes, I…” A blush appeared on Hosen’s face, not knowing whether it was shyness or excitement, his voice was hoarse, “I have joined the Black Abyss Sect.”

Lu Mi: “…”

Why didn’t you say that earlier?

…….

“Ah ——” Donald lay on the table and sighed long, “The first day Lu Mi left, I miss him!”

After talking with Hosen, Lu Mi finally decided to go to the Extraordinaries Guild headquarters to take a look.

It must be said that the headquarters’ unified recruitment was commendable, all the affiliated countries in the world were exceptionally cooperative, and even opened up a special fast transportation channel for these exchange personnel.

At this moment, even the most remote sector aircraft, like a speed-up, carried personnel from all sides towards the Santvanto Empire where the headquarters was located.

These special spacecraft would stop at the notified stations and bring the exchange students from each star area they pass along the way.

Nearly more than thirty extraordinaries have gathered on the spacecraft that Lu Mi was riding.

However, everyone was not familiar with each other, at most, those from the same sector gathered in groups of three or two. Only a few people with active minds have already met everyone, and organized exchanges and introductions among most people.

Anbo was one of these people who met everyone. He came from a branch that ranked among the top, his talent was not bad, and his family background was also a bit famous.

At this moment, Anbo sat in his seat and suddenly asked a person he had just met, “As far as I know, the strongest here should be the sixth-level extraordinary from the C7 Sector, right?”

“Isn’t it?” That person leaned over, looked far ahead of the spacecraft, and the topic was a tall male who was surrounded by a group of people in the center, “This talent as a newcomer, even in the headquarters, is enough to top, I guess it will be seen by some big person in the headquarters…” The words were full of envy.

However, Anbo fiddled with the Rota card in his hand and frowned slightly.

…No, the key card with the inverted white star, it predicts that he will meet an important person in his life on this trip, but that person is not the one he currently thinks of, the obvious one.

“That person is too strange, isn’t he…” At this moment, a person sitting in front murmured softly, “Which of us isn’t so excited, he actually has the mind to sleep soundly?”

Anbo’s attention was suddenly attracted by this sentence, and he subconsciously looked at the farthest corner —

There sat a youth who got on the aircraft earlier than all of them, which meant that he came from the very beginning of the route, one of those particularly remote sectors.

What’s more important was that since he got on the aircraft, he had been sleeping with a book he casually picked up, which made the people who wanted to strike up a conversation have to stop.

Anbo looked at the card in his hand, looked at the resting youth with a frown, and then fell into deep thought.

At this moment in the K8 branch, Donald was still guessing where Lu Mi would go for his internship.

“I don’t know which department he will be assigned to, the General Science Academy? The General Medical Department?” Donald’s eyes were getting brighter and brighter, “Or the Assault Troop!?”

“None of them.” Sikes raised his head from the pile of files, adjusted his glasses, and said with an indistinguishable worry, “It’s the most troublesome place in the world, where the most accidents have happened in recent years —”

“!” Donald seemed to realize something, his mouth suddenly stiffened, and he turned his head little by little, “It, it won’t be…”

On the other end, as the aircraft slowly stopped, Lu Mi finally woke up from his half-sleep.

It’s not his fault, as long as he stayed on such shaky transportation, whether it’s a boat or a spacecraft, he would particularly want to sleep, and the quality of sleep would be greatly improved.

The book on his face “slipped” down, Lu Mi noticed that there was a strong presence of sight falling on him, but he didn’t care, and turned to look out the window —

Outside the window appeared a huge and unprecedented building.

The high copper walls and iron walls required him to deliberately look up, and he couldn’t see the top at all.

What’s even stranger was that this entire group of buildings was hung in mid-air by countless thick black chains, placed on a cliff of ten thousand feet. There were countless small and fierce demon-style buildings around, presenting an inverted pyramid shape as a whole.

In the cliff, one could vaguely see the elevator going up and down to the building, but it looked so small in the boundless high cliff and mountain stream.

There were exclamations around, these proud sons of heaven from various branches, as if they were also shocked by this rugged and cold style.

At the same time, the cabin door slowly opened, and the electronic sound came from the top —

[This flight has reached its destination. The current time: New Calendar, 14:22, weather, clear.]

[Hello, exchange extraordinaries from various sectors.]

[—Welcome to Tartarus Prison.]