Infinite Realm

"Hey kid, move away now while I still have the strength to talk to you." The lanky young representative spoke with an overbearing tone, leaving no chance for Sato to retort.

"Kid?" Sato stared funnily at the young man as if he was looking at a clown.

The young man was roughly the same age as he was, with only a difference of just 2 or so years between them. Despite that, he actually had the gall to call Sato a kid.

'Are monkeys falling from the sky today or what?'

"What about it?" The young man said with a ferocious expression. "Don't you know who I am? Leave now before things get dirty. I don't mind telling that if you don't, not only will your gaming career end, but I will make sure to deal with everyone close to you."

"Hey, look over there. Seems like something is about happen."

"Poor guy. That young man right there is the president of that current upstart club, Fierce Hounds. Even though they are new, they have been making rounds recently. He probably wants to put on a show and use that guy to increase his club's reputation."

"Ah. What a pity."

The trade-house wasn't a place that was off-limits to players and as there were already a bunch of players here before Blue Flame and the others' arrival, they were able to spot the commotion Sato's side. Truthfully, it was hard not to see it since Blue Flame's company were quite popular among players so everyone's eyes had been on them from the start.

"That guy should just relinquish his position." One player commented.

"While that sounds like the most reasonable move to make it would hurt him nonetheless. Everyone has their pride and I don't think any man would like to bow to a fellow man." Another player said in Sato's defence.

"True, but what else can he do? Go against them? Even if those guys aren't the leaders of top guilds they still have an army behind them. Anyone who goes against them without the backing of someone greater would just be digging their graves. And looking at that guy, while he does look handsome, he doesn't look like any popular gaming figure or like someone with the backing of a big guild. He should just suck it up and depart." The player who spoke before countered.

Back to the centre of everything, Sato's expression became cold after the young man had said those words. If there was one thing Sato hated to the bones, it was threats, and the young man had just uttered some.

"You took the words right out of my mouth." Sato glared at him. He was trying his best to suppress his anger lest a fight breaks out. Even if he won, which undoubtedly he would, the repercussions would be harsh.

Sato wasn't scared about any retaliation from them. Even if it were a super guild, he still wouldn't be afraid. The only problem was that the NPCs in the game wouldn't care about his feelings and would lock him up in jail. This would harm his progress in IR. If it were at normal times, Sato wouldn't be too bothered, but now was an extremely delicate period that could affect his plans severely; it wasn't worth getting into a fight right now.

But that didn't mean that Sato would sit still and get bullied!

"Get the hell out of my sight, before things get dirty."

Almost instantaneously, as those words had exited Sato's mouth, the temperature in the trade-house dropped as the multitude of players stared at Sato in shock while the young man was fuming in anger.

"You, you, what did you say?" The young man pointed his finger at Sato with rage.

"It's seems like the monkey isn't only stupid but deaf? Didn't you hear me? Get the hell out of my sight."

At this point, even Gon, Koko and Blue Flame started frowning.

Gon and Koko were racking their heads over the identity of the young man before them. In their minds, for Sato to retort against the lanky young man, it as either he had something to back him up or he was simply a mad man. While mad men weren't few, Sato didn't seem like one to them. Plus the overbearing aura he had made it seem like he was used to being in a high position. So it made them more cautious about this matter.

As for Blue Flame, he was annoyed that it was taking this long to handle such a simple matter and his impression of the lanky youth dropped.

"I thought you all were making noise about being such big figures but a small fish appears before and you can't even handle him properly. Such a shame." Blue Flame said with a bit of regret bit anyone could see that he was actually mocking them.

Immediately, the face of the lanky youth became heated as he felt embarrassed. He was about to make a move when a voice spoke out.

"Are you all done or what? Whoever's next please come." The NPC attendant by the counter said with a dissatisfied expression.

It was a young lady with brown hair who, though not an exotic beauty, was still above average in terms of looks.

NPCs in Infinite Realm had their individual personalities and emotions, and this was a fact that was constantly advertised by the game's developers. The NPC in front of the group was just as acclaimed.

She had originally been enjoying the 'show' but got bored since a fight hadn't broken out as she as expected. This led to her current dissatisfied expression as well as her comment that arrived at such a timely manner.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Sato apologised as he walked towards her.

'Hmm? Such an interesting young man.' The young clerk looked a bit surprised.

While she did display an attitude just then, it was actually wrong of her to do so after all, she was just a clerk. But not only was the young man before her not angered, but he even apologized to her

"What do you think you're doing? Where the hell are you going?" Blue Flame roared.

Sato ignored him and walked towards the counter.

"You..."

Suddenly, a hand stretched out and caught Sato.

"Are you fucking deaf or what?!"

It wasn't Blue Flame who stopped Sato but the lanky youth. He had realised that Blue Flame's impression of him had dropped and he tried to salvage it at this moment. Apart from that, he was also infuriated at how Sato had treated him.

He was the president of a gaming club roughly on par with 3rd tier guild. He had lots of people constantly flattering him and pleasing him, all in an effort to get on his good side. But here was a man who didn't give a sh*t about him and had constantly disrespected him. He didn't seem like someone with a background so this lanky youth had tried to bully him earlier but who knew that the young man wouldn't stand down. Anyone who had been in a position of power for long enough definitely couldn't stand this. Now it wasn't simply a matter of getting on Blue Flame's good side but also salvaging his pride.

"Let go, right now." Sato faced the lanky youth with a solemn look on his face.

"Or what?" The lanky youth retorted.