380 Wake me if I am Dreaming (1/2)

Shin walked out of Nathan's study room feeling a little dejected. ”Sigh~. I feel like this special mission is going to be a drag.”

”What's with the long face?” asked Arthur as he walked towards Shin.

Shin raised his head and looked at Arthur before saying. ”Oh~! You are finally out?”

Arthur chuckled for a moment before replying. ”At least, I am not like you who always stayed inside his room and played games aside from eating and doing some morning training.”

The corner of Shin's mouth suddenly twitched the moment he heard that. Then he suddenly glared at Arthur before saying. ”And whose fault do you think is that? You are the one that wants me to play this game, aren't you?”

”Alright, alright. I get you. Though, we are still different. You are only playing «Destiny's Fate» because I invited you. So, you are most like playing that game just for fun-…” said Arthur while putting his right arm around Shin's shoulder.

Then he continued with a prideful tone while tapping his chest with his other arm. ”But I have a goal in mind. And that is where the difference of our strengths come from.”

Hearing that, Shin suddenly looked at Arthur skeptically while asking. ”And that goal is?”

Arthur looked at Shin with a sneering face while answering. ”What else? Of course, it is to become the strongest player in the game. And once it happens, I am going to become the most famous player of the game!”

He paused for a moment before adding. ”And that is when a lot of girls are going to fight for my attention.”

Seeing that Arthur fell deeply inside his own fantasy, Shin couldn't help but shook his head helplessly while saying bitterly. ”Yeah, yeah. What a great motivation to achieve your dreams.”

After that, he patted Arthur's shoulder to bring him back to reality before saying. ”But before that, we should start preparing for our current mission.”

Then he started walking towards the room while saying, ”Start packing your stuff since we are going to the military headquarters later. And while you are at it. Tell Leo and that new girl about it too.”

”Tsk! Boring as always,” muttered Arthur bitterly before shaking his head and releasing a helplessly sigh. ”Sigh~, I still don't understand why a lot of good girls are chasing after this guy.”

After that, he scratched the back of his head before walking back to his room while saying. ”Hays~! I hope this mission can finally use your cool looks.”

...…

Few moments later, Shin met with Arthur, Leonard and Angela in their garage where a military vehicle was waiting.

”Tsk! We are not going to use our cars? This is not cool,” complained Arthur the moment he realized that he still couldn't show off his car on the road.

Shin was about to enter the military vehicle when he suddenly noticed Lorraine standing beside Leonard and seemingly planning to join them. He looked at her and asked. ”Why are you here?”

”I am tagging along!” replied by Lorraine almost instantly.

The corner of Shin's mouth suddenly twitched after hearing that and said. ”Tagging along? Do you understand where we are going? Do you think we are going on a field trip or something?”

”Of course, I know! And don't be too doubtful. I already asked Uncle Nathan's permission about it!” said Lorraine full with confidence.

”Huh~!?” Shin blankly stared at her for a moment before turning head towards Leonard, asking what was going on. And when he saw the latter just shrugged his shoulders, he turned his back to Lorraine before asking. ”You are fully aware how dangerous this is, right?”

Hearing that, Lorraine immediately nodded her head while saying with an even more confident tone. ”Do you think I will come with you if I don't understand the consequences? I naturally know where you are going, so stop worrying too much about it and let me join!”

She paused for a moment to open her bag, taking a pair of pistols from it before showing to Shin. ”What's more, I even brought my babies with me this time!”

From the looks of it, those pistols were a fully customized pair of guns which seemed to be specially created to deal against Martial-artist or even some Mentalist.

The corner of Shin's mouth suddenly twitched uncontrollably while thinking to himself. 'D*mn! I forgot that the Goldstein Family is a family of gunsmiths and are good gun handlers! They have a lot of strong gunslingers and snipers too.'

He then released a helpless sigh before turning his head at Leonard while giving him an eye signal, saying. – ”You better keep an eye on her.” –