"Big Brother?"


    Shizu tilted her head, sounding a bit worried.


    ''Is Big Brother dissatisfied that I picked him up?''


    It was already well exposed to utz as to what had happened. There was no hiding it anymore. And ever since he had learned of it he was seemingly lost in a daze.


    "Do you not like me?"


    Her voice was what brought utz out of his daze. utz had never analyzed Shizu and her background much at all before this. After all, how could an elusive family that would be wiped out from the history of hell be of any importance to utz?


    But after today''s turn of events, he was bound to make changes to his approach… he had to reconsider.


    Indeed, she had a beautiful face that was devoid of any scars quite unlike the face of hell and her yukata that for some reason didn''t have any sort of waist band and. It was let loose and did a good job of hiding her features and curves.


    It seemed like even by her attire she was trying to hide something. But utz could only shrug it off for now.


    utz''s gaze shifted away from her as he scanned away his surroundings with creasing brows.


    "There aren''t that many…"


    It seemed that Shizu''s group was somewhat smaller in sizepared to the others.


    ''Being as influential as she is, isn''t this a bit weird? It wouldn''t have much of a big deal if she had equal numbers but to actually have less...''


    ''This should not be happening. It seems there are 50 or so of them…''


    The first few days would be just themander preparing the newbies and training them from the uing challenges. But the challenges that would being along would be best handled through group effort. And this was certainly true for someone like Shizu who was on the weaker sidepared to the others to begin with.


    Thus, having less members could be a handicap.


    utz red at Shizu who now spluttered under his intense gaze. Her cheeks were dyed in a tinge of red as she seemed to be too embarrassed for her follies and couldn''t word it out.


    "Ha, leave it."


    ''This isn''t even my business.''


    Battles and challenges fought in hell would always be different. The strength of numbers was no longer the sole de facto. Thus even though it was indeed an issue which utz didn''t even want to know how she brought upon herself. It wasn''t too much of a problem. It could be made up with other things like for example her money.


    ''A well trained group can make up for a group that isrge in numbers. But…''


    "Will you really be able to do it?"


    utz left eye flickers as if pointing to an ominous sign.


    Suddenly Shizu''s embarrassing side that was curling her fingers made a flip to her cheeky self. It was almost a miracle how she was flipping between the switches.


    "Hmph, of course! What do you take me for?"


    "Hmm, well that''s reassuring," utz held onto his chin, "Then, when are you nning to train your team today?"


    utz raised his brows waiting for a reply. But when it didn''te after long he could only crease them.


    ''There are certainly a lot of ces that we could go now that we have united into arger grouppared to the earlier groups of 5.''


    A lot of ces came to utz''s mind. But of course he only had information and had never physically visited them. So he was interested in where they were going today.


    "Ah that…," Shizu''s eyes flickered left and right. "Since its our first day and we would need some beginner experience we would go to the forest of roots!"


    She imed as ifpletely assured of her decision. But utz could only stumble in shock.


    "What...?"


    The [forest of roots], it was a ce that Shizu had been visiting from the very beginning along with Selena, while utz trained himself in multiple ces. Shizu had never changed her training spot ever since then and was somehow still attached to it. It was like all she did ever since she came to the camp was to go to that forest and gossip.


    utz pped his face as his eyes red at her unsure self. This girl was not serious about this at all.


    "Don''t tell me that you have no knowledge of the surrounding beast spawns…"


    "Ah… that."


    Shizu ducked her head as if being unable to deny utz''s im. utz could only sigh as he realized that nothing good was going toe out of her. It seemed that the [Forest of Roots] was the only ce she knew of, which utz highly doubted that it was something she only came to know aftering to the camp.


    "Shit, I thought that you are well versed in the surrounding topography considering that you know all of the tourist spots here!"


    It seemed that Shizu had onlye here for a vacation after all.


    It wasn''t just one or twice that Shizu had nagged him with an unusual invitation. Each time utz had but politely refused.


    She knew of all of the tourist spots around the area but she had no idea as to where the beasts spawned. It was quite a pity.


    utz was tricked into believing that she was well versed of the surroundings when she had invited him to for the tours before.


    ''Damn is this some kind of ce to be fooling around?'' Klutz thought as he gritted his teeth behind his hand.


    utz''s finger drooped down from his forehead to his chin. He could have done it himself instead and not relied on that girl at all, if not for the obstacles that stood in his way.


    ''It''s not like we would be alone.''


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