Chapter 14

Josh who noticed Kakashi coming close raised his guard since he also knew about the assassins.

It's not noticeable since his face didn't change that much but those high ranking people that he often works with noticed the difference in his eyes.

"Is he a problem?" one of them asked while looking at Kakashi.

"Not him, he's here to protect me" Josh replied

"Protect you? We are with you so he's not needed, one of his eyes was even blocked..how can he fight properly." Another one said

"My father hired him, they also have an important Identity so don't look down on him" Josh warned them.

"Don't worry, we won't cause trouble..just the fact you let them protect you speaks of their Identity."

They waited for Kakashi to arrive then Josh asked him.

"Any Problem?" he asked, it might sound rude but that's the way he is and everyone knows that even the Infinity Mercenaries were briefed about his attitude.

"Lurking around, be careful," Kakashi replied shortly in a voice that only Josh heard while the 2 beside him just heard the word careful.

Josh just nodded then Kakashi sat close to him and started reading again which baffled the 2 beside Josh.

'You are saying to be careful yet here you are reading.' they said in their mind

Ash is having fun watching their interactions, although he can't hear them..he can guess what had transpired.

(in Ash's Head)

'Kakashi probably gave a warning about the assassins and those 2 military men heard it, they got on guard then suddenly seeing the one who warned them started reading a book that suddenly appeared out of nowhere..their thoughts must be hilarious'

Suddenly, someone tapped our MC's shoulder.

He turned around and saw a man in his '20s, average, tall and looking dumb.

"hmm?" Ash hummed with a smile but his eyes are not, as if saying 'What is it? you're disturbing me.

"I noticed that you're having fun, care to share it?" He asked

Ash asked the system first if this man is an assassin.

{It is not, he's here purely by curiosity and he's also strong..you can keep him around you for a while since there is an assassin 3 meters from you.}

'With?! Why didn't you tell me sooner, here I am having fun when an assassin is so close to me.'

{This one doesn't seem to know that you're here, he's there just to scout so I didn't bother disturbing your fun}

'I didn't expect an assassin here, after all..even if this place is good to scout the hall, it's also dangerous for them since most strong people are here, they like a place where they can see the whole surrounding while some just like looking down on people..literally or maybe they followed someone here to gain connections since this space can be called a place for powerhouses, but anyway doesn't he have access to the tracker on me? or he just doesn't look at it? well, at least I'm not the target but just in case...'

"This is a good place to see everything, I can also see my friends have fun so I'm happy" Ash whispered a half-assed answer in his ear, trying to get him to stay beside him without asking directly.

Weirdly enough, this man didn't flinch nor blush when Ash got close.

This one might be one of those naive and simple-minded people, this is hard yet easy at the same time.

Ash can't use his beauty to let him stay but Ash can think of an interesting subject for him to stay willingly, He just needs to treat this fool like a kid.

"I see, I just followed my cousin up here," the fool said with a smile.

"where's your cousin?" Ash asked feigning interest.

"There!" The fool pointed at a man with a slightly above average look getting surrounded by beauties, a Harem Master I see.

"I'm Ash by the way" Our MC introduced and started asking the fool, named Derek about his cousin since it seems he has a lot to say about him.

Ash listened half-heartedly, occasionally nodding while watching the show of the Infinity members getting Nervous... since the mission said that no harm may be done to the protection targets..a slight mistake can cause a failure.

Derek keeps on talking about Lin Fan, his cousin whose life picked Ash's interest.

This Lin Fan guy is supposedly official trash, bullied by everyone. Lin Fan's mother died giving birth to him while his father died protecting Derek so Derek swore to protect his cousin.

Derek is a genius in cultivation yet he didn't abandon or mistreat Lin Fan despite how everyone bullies Lin Fan, one of the reasons he didn't abandon him is that he is Simple Minded and a loyal person.

Then suddenly..one day, Lin Fan changed for the better..he suddenly became a genius, he awaken a dragon bloodline after accidentally stumbling on a hidden tomb where he found a Bloodline Awakening Pill and a powerful Cultivation Technique that only works for those humans with a dragon bloodline.

This story was widely spread since along with the bloodline awakening, It seems like the prideful character of the dragon was also inherited by Lin Fan.

Despite Lin Fan's change, Derek didn't change how he treated Lin Fan and Lin Fan also didn't forget about Derek and helped him in cultivation where Derek's talent as a body cultivator was fully exhibited with various precious Resources Lin Fan got from the rise of his Status.

Derek Idolised Lin Fan so much that if Ash didn't stop him, Derek might talk about Lin Fan all day.

"I smell something familiar in him" Ash whispered which Derek heard.

"Lin Fan smells like a Lily, it must be it that you're smelling," He said, Lily? the hell?

"Hmm, yeah sure..dumbie," Ash said whispering the last word to himself.

Ash's POV

Hmmm, I smell a protagonist aura here.

'Does he have a system? or maybe a transmigrator? A reincarnation who awakened his memory?'

{Analyzing...Lin Fan doesn't have a system, also not a Transmigrator or a reincarnation but he is the son of heaven, he is the protagonist of this world.}

'I see, even his name is different from the others. There's Justine, Josh, and Derek but they are Lin Fan. Derek seems to be the sidekick of the Protagonist, A dumb loyal person who follows the protagonist's every word.'