Chapter 30: Finding A Solution to Trouble Only to Be The Trouble
"Wait... you’re really going? Bro?!"
Hannah and the others watched as Riley calmly walked away from the raised platform that suddenly emerged from the ground. Hannah was about to step off and follow him—
Until she heard something that made her blood boil.
"I just found out from someone that your brother’s a retard. Guess it runs in the family, huh?"
Bella, Pauline, and Gary stiffened at Steph’s words. Their eyes slowly turned toward Hannah, and without needing to say a word, they all started backing away. The air around her had started to sizzle, shimmering with heat and distorting the space just above her skin. Her clenched fists trembled, and even the platform beneath her feet seemed to groan.
She didn’t say anything. Not a word. She just raised her ID, tapped the holographic display, and officially accepted the duel.
Gary, who had no clue what Hannah was fully capable of, still followed Bella and Pauline’s lead and stepped down the platform. Steph’s friends, however, remained at the edge of the platform—smirking, completely oblivious to what they’d just unleashed.
"...And I thought those NovelFire scenes were exaggerated," Gary mumbled as he eyed Steph’s group, "Wait—what if we’re actually in one right now... and I’m the main character?!"
"Brother," Bella sighed, not even looking at him, "You’re not the one up there."
"I could be," Gary replied confidently, pointing at one of Steph’s friends—who didn’t even bother giving him a single glance. Still, he grinned, undeterred.
"After Hannah Banana beats the crap out of Common Thug number 1, it’ll be the Dragon Monarch’s turn to—"