Childhood Friend of the Zenith

"What did you just say?"@@novelbin@@

I abruptly rose from my seat at the words spoken by the man sitting behind me.

Crash—!

A loud noise rang out as I shot up from my seat, drawing the attention of everyone around me.

Ignoring their stares, I strode toward the man who had just spoken.

“Huh?”

The man looked flustered as I suddenly approached him, but before he could react further, I grabbed him by the collar.

“What did you just say?”

“Ugh!? What’s wrong with you!?”

“I asked, what did you just say!?”

“W-Wait, hold on! At least let go of me first...!”

He struggled, but he couldn’t break free from my grip.

I fixed him with a piercing glare, my eyes burning with intensity, and asked again.

“Say it again. Repeat what you just said.”

“What do you mean…?”

“The words you just spoke.”

“…The Azure Dragon Division?”

“And after that?”

“…Vice Commander?”

“Yeah. That one.”

“What’s the big deal about Divine Dragon becoming the Vice Commander…!?”

The man spoke as if he had been wronged. Hearing that, my face twisted, and I asked again.

“The Vice Commander of the Azure Dragon Division. Divine Dragon is from Shanxi? Is that true?”

“Ghh… Y-Yeah… It’s common knowledge…!”

“What the hell…”

Of all things to be well-known…

The absurdity of it made my grip loosen involuntarily.

Thud!

The man I had been holding dropped to the ground, collapsing into a seated position.

Cough! Cough!