107 An Annoying Fly 2 (1/2)
Three hours quickly passed after the incident. Sofony had already wasted so many practice ammo. But the stares she received from the others made her conscious, thus halfway her afternoon practice, she snuck out and went back wearing a black dress, a bottle of iced coffee and biscuits were in her hand.
By the way, when she was still outside, she began asking the ever-so-sarcastic system about some things that could probably help in her current mission.
And while passing by a newsstand displayed outside of a bookstore, she learned about the sudden removal of every news and materials related to Clarissa on the internet and other media. Reckoning this was probably what occupied her enemy for the last two days, her heart became heavier and many gloomy sighs escaped from her lips.
Actually, the news did not shock her so long since she knew this kind of things was just normal for any host. It was just she still felt extremely annoyed and pressured.
In her heart, she complained about why the opponent was so difficult. She also questioned the system if her luck stats really became more than 20 because she just couldn't feel its effect on her life. She reasoned that if it's not bogus, then she would not have ended up in this situation where she had to constantly worry whether Clarissa was cooking up something life-threatening against her.
Unfortunately, all the system answered to her questions was deafening and mocking laughter.
Sofony was in the middle of thinking about her next countermeasures when she suddenly got startled by an unfamiliar voice.
”You are here!”
At this time, she was already back inside the shooting range and aiming again at the target from her stall.
Due to being distracted by it, the bullet she just fired did not even hit the seventh ring. Sofony gasped. Surprise showed on her face after she turned to the culprit who made her most recent shot miss.
Of course, her expression immediately turns sour when she saw that it was the same guy who caused her to pay for the food she didn't even manage to taste.
”What are you doing here?” she curtly asked. Reminded of his past actions, she decided this person was someone undeserving of even the minimum courtesy.
The man in grey turtleneck shirt ignored the gloom in her face and chuckled, ”Hi! And I'm a regular here so why can't I be here?”
Sofony's eyes narrowed as she remembered that he was supposed to be roaming outside wearing an embarrassing outfit. Wariness appeared on her face as she backed away a bit.
'...My hypnosis did not work on him?' she asked the system.
When it answered 'yes', she backed away more, thinking there could only be two reasons why someone would not be affected.
'...Another host...or someone related to a host?'
Before she heard the reply from the system, the man in front of her spoke,
”So what's your name, fair lady? Since you can come to this place, I'm sure you're someone who should not be appearing at a convenience store to buy cheap food. Also, is this your first day here? I didn't see you here last week.”
With knitted brows, she also asked, ”Who are you? Why are you harassing me? And how is it your business whether I eat street foods or not?”
The man was stunned for a second before laughing,
”Haha, it seems our encounter earlier left a bad impression on you. Why else will you become this defensive to a very handsome man like me?” he paused to shake his head. ”But actually, you're not wrong. I intentionally did that to get your attention!”
Then he started laughing as if he didn't see the look of anger and revulsion that came upon her face. He even did a gentleman vow and said, ”I'm Marc Goldwin. Admiring you for your beauty. And what you eat is my business because ---”
”Bang!”
The loud sound of a bullet breaking the upper part of the glass stand interrupted the man's introduction. It was followed by an equally thunderous voice which she knew had come from Claus.
”Oy, Dumb*ss Marc, just stop scaring the newbie! Can't you see she's uncomfortable around you? Just go to your private booth and stop terrorizing this part of the world!”
Sofony widened her eyes at the man who actually dodged that bullet with ease without any change in his face. With her mouth slightly open, her gaze robotically to her mentor who looked annoyed that the man evaded it.
When she also tried to check the reactions of the others, she saw them looking unfazed as though what these two did was just normal exchange of hi's and hellos.
”Claus, even if you're one of the best gunners here you should refrain showing it off in such a vulgar and unsightly manner. See, you're the one who really scared this pretty miss,” said the man who called himself Marc.
Claus glanced at her first before saying to the other, ”Stop bullsh*tting, man. Quit bothering this girl. She won't care about you. She already has that other demon, Gio.”