A mysterious notification

I asked Manager Sai for what reason she wanted to send me and Lena to the Military Camp.

She leaned closer as if wanted to whisper something. "Before that, I want you to promise that you won't tell anyone," the tone of her voice was very serious when she said that, so I immediately nodded and prepared my ears for whatever she had to say. It seems very important based on what she said.

Seeing my nod, she whispered, "You will understand when you get there."

I gawked.

"….."

I was speechless but wanted to flip the desk in front of her. I was expecting a very serious reply from her but it looked like she was pranking me.

After a while, she said, "Do you think I'm joking? Don't be silly. This is an important task. Just follow my orders."

I didn't know if she was joking or not, but thinking about it now, Manager Sai wasn't the type of person to spout pranks and jokes, so I nodded.

"A-alright."

I still have one more question.

"May I know why you chose me to go with Lena Wyte?"

It's not that I don't want to, in fact, I'm excited to see Lena even though I know our meeting will be awkward because of what happened that day behind the school building.

I waited for Manager Sai's reply.

In my mind, if the reason for our going there is really an important thing, then I can't find in myself the reason why Manager Sai chose me to accompany Lena.

"You can contribute a lot this time," she told me.

"And what could that be? Or in what way?"

"I want you to use that thing, the result of your patient study of the codes, to immediately send the news to me and also so that I can quickly give you two subsequent instructions without the other people knowing."

"What? So I will be made a communication device?"

She ignored my disagreement and continued saying, "In this way, we don't need to worry that someone will know what important information we are sharing. But if any information leaks, you will take responsibility, and expect a harsh punishment."

I just scratched my head. But what she said made sense. My System, although it cannot actually send messages, it is capable of receiving and sending coordinates.

Those coordinates can be transformed into codes.

In the past few days, I have been studying these coordinates carefully, so that I can translate them into codes of messages.

That way, we can send highly encrypted messages to each other without fear of leaking important information.

I see. Now it was very clear what my role was during our visit to the Military Camp. That is to be a source of communication between the Manager and Lena.

Before I knew it, I suddenly deduced to spaghetti and a smartphone.

I don't know whether to pity myself or be happy because my system can finally be useful.

"Uhm, just a last question."

"What is it?"

"Why not send Kyzer? Like me, Kyzer also has it, right?"

"He didn't learn the codes and he had other assignments prepared for him."

"I see. So when will we be going there?"

"When Lena arrives here."

"Okay."

An hour later, Lena arrived. She looked more pretty than usual. Most of the time, she was in her school uniform, but this time, she wore a dark blue and white blazer which paired with a skirt of the same color. The suit insinuated her curvy figure which gave off a calm, young mature aura.

When our eyes met accidentally, I smiled amiably, pretending not to be affected by anything. But in reality, my heart was about to leap a thousand feet from where I was sitting.

However, she averted her gaze suddenly.

"….."

I kept my cool and pretended nothing happened, returning my gaze to Manager Sai who said to us, "You two, must be more careful."

"Alright."

"Okay."

We replied at the same time.

Internally, I wondered what was there to be careful about. Aren't we just going to collect some information from the Military Camp?

Although the Military Camp was slightly far from the SGS Headquarters, and the road towards there can be dangerous because it was located outside the shelter, I was with one of the strongest Awakeners after all.

With Lena, who was a Rank S Awakener, those ordinary zombies were nothing but fodder for her. Still, no matter how strong a person is, when faced with multiple opponents he or she can still be vulnerable. Naturally, I understand. But the thing is, the number of zombies on the road leading from the shelter to the Military Camp was thinned out due to unceasing operations in that area by the joined forces of the military and the awakener squads.

That was what I heard.

Before leaving, Manager Sai told Lena, "Lena, this guy has no clue what was happening, so I leave it to you to fill him in."

Lena glanced at me before she nodded at Manager Sai. "Okay, leave it to me." Her reply was brief and clear, giving the vibe of a professional co-worker.

Her expression was stoic. I can't help feeling that I'm nothing but a stranger in her eyes. I wondered if she had already forgotten what happened back then. I think that's better. Needless to say, we don't need to feel awkward with each other.

Moreover, why would she care about me who's not even an awakener?

But wasn't she smiling in my direction at that time in the appraisal venue? Maybe that was only me giving false meaning to things. I don't even know whether that smile meant for me. Honestly, I thought she smiled in my direction because she was glad that I accepted right away that her confession wasn't meant for me.

Let's just forget about it and focus to the present.

While I was mulling, I heard Lena say, "We'll go now, big sis."

Wait, what?

That shocked me. Did she call Manager Sai a big sis?

I was about to ask them about it but something interrupted my vision.

Ding!

[Congratulations, the Gods' Asylum held its one hundred thousandth anniversary and you have been granted a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime reward.]

Accept or decline?

What the hell is this?

A mysterious notification appeared in my vision.

I gawked.