ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 494 Part 2
ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 494: Releasing What’s Forbidden Part 2
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It was now about the eighth time that I rang the intercom, and it was the eighth time that I ended up in a failure and disappointment.
However, even when I was looking around, there seemed to be no one in the vicinity. Not even a single security guard, which was even weirder if you stop and think about it. Needless to say, I could feel the waves of anxiety rising inside of me with every second. Could it be that human power was being replaced here with machines? It would certainly feel that way to me. Which would also mean that all of the procedures needed for entering the building where the TV station was located was also handled exclusively by machines.
I can feel no human warmth emanating from this place. Here there is only the cold and heartless blizzard of the machinery. For some reason, realizing that fact made me feel incredibly lonely and sad…… I would really want to talk to someone or at least feel the warmth of another human being. And needless to say, even the assistance of the map app that was sent to me was nothing that would come even remotely close to being able to ease that feeling of loneliness.
But anyways, now is not the time to stand in one place and despair at the state of the current practices in TV stations. Toilet, toilet, where is the toilet in a joint such as this……? Is it that way? Then you’ll have to excuse me for a moment out there.
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CREEK!
With a loud sound like that, the door to the restroom is opened.
The man that came into the restroom noticed me right away and looked at my face with a mixture of both shock and embarrassment painted all over his face. Of course, in a situation like that it was also my part to react in some sort of way, but I couldn’t think of anything that would be appropriate in a situation like that.
And so, the two of us roughly at the same time came up with the safest, but at the same time the lamest form of reaction that you could do in a situation like that.
「Ah, I’m sorry.」
「Eh? Ha? Ahh, umm…… No, I’m sorry as well.」
Yes, that’s right. In a situation quite like this one, one cannot possibly help it but to not feel suspicious. Which is to say, such a thing would never happen with a machine being involved. Because as long as you are satisfying certain conditions, a machine would never even bat an eye on you.
And if my memory serves me correctly, the works on AI programming went as far as people being able to program the AI to respond to simple and short voice commands, and I was even able to greet you in a tone of voice that seemed really similar to that one celebrity that got really famous recently. Yeah, machines can be both fascinating and scary at the same time. Thinking about things like that, I back away from the restroom as if nothing ever happened……
「Alright, off to the waiting room we go…… Hmm, it should be somewhere that way, perhaps?」
I wonder why it is the way it is? Why do I even need a freaking map in order to navigate inside of a building? It is said that actually we humans are our worst enemies when it comes to various things, but it is a philosophical issue that I am not even going to take a crack at at the current moment. Or anyway in the future, for that matter. I would just like to meet the one who thought of this idea and ask him or her one simple question: why?
Knowing full well that today’s event is going to be like I even woke up early and left home earlier than usual, not wanting to be late in case some sort of unforeseen accident or happening might have occurred. And somewhere deep down inside I was still hoping that today is going to be a great day where I get to play some video games and meet some new and nice people…… And I have been telling myself that ever since to put my mind at ease…… And right about now I’m walking all over the TV Station’s building dressed in an outfit that looks pretty much like a cosplay, looking for the assigned waiting room.
「…… Is this here? Is this the right place?」
Seriously, what the hell…… “No Face-sama’s Dressing Room”……? Just the sight of a naming plate like that is more than enough to make me not want to enter that room…… I get a feeling that if I enter this room, I am instantly going to regret doing that…… But god damn it all! Namu Amida Butsu and Full Steam Ahead……!!
「…… Really now, I don’t know why I expected the paparazzi to come out the moment I opened that door and start to take photos of me, but I’m glad that’s not what happened.」
Although this room is nothing in comparison to the hotel room that we stayed in during the time of the GGC, it certainly has that vibe of the TV station dressing room that you could sometimes see in those variety shows.
If I were to point out anything that is abnormal about this room, it would certainly have to be that there was a small refrigerator placed right in the middle of the room? What’s up with that?
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CLICK.
Oh, ooohhh…… It is filled to the brim with all types of Riot Blood that you can imagine…… Oh, how kind of them. Nor really necessary, but very kind nonetheless.
「Hm?」
There seems to be some sort of a card being placed in between the cans?
「Hmm…… “To No Face-sama. From the Gatling Drum’s Japanese Branch…… N—No, it’s certainly only because of the TV appearance, yeah.」
There was something in my mind that wanted to scream at this very moment, but I just closed my mouth and brushed it off, trying not to think about it too much. It’s all for the sake of my own sanity. It’s really nice and all from Riot Blood’s side, but I don’t want to get involved with them any more than necessary! What if they will force me one day to advertise some sort of inedible instant ramen!? But they are sponsors! I know that! I know that all too well, and yet……! And yet……!
「And I mean, there is no way in hell that I am going to drink all of that on my own……」
If you ingest more than three per day, the company won’t be held accountable for any sort of bodily harm that may happen to you. SO every gamer out there knows that it’s best to not go overboard with that stuff. If it’s only one or two there should be no problem, but…… No, I don’t want to risk harming my body, not even by a complete accident. But…… It’s the Number Two…… Number Two in the entire United States that I am going to be up against…… Ahh, screw the potential risk. I need all the power I can get if I’m hoping to get out of this predicament alive!
First, let’s mix up the Riot Blood Accel with a sports drink to capitalize on that instantaneous caffeine intake!
Now, let’s mix Riot Blood Resist with some coffee in order to minimize the negative side effects of energy drink consumption!
And now for the final touch! Let’s gulp down this Riot Blood that I don’t know the name of, but I do know that it has words such as “Yabe” or “Taboo” written all over the can! Let’s just hope here that it won’t cause my brain to go into a total meltdown right off the bat.
This concoction that I have created here…… Let’s call it “Joint”! This looks truly like something forbidden by the Heavens, a concoction ready to unleash unspeakable evil upon the world once consumed. It depends purely on the morals of the one wanting to drink it to either do it, or to chicken out.
「Oh, Great Riot Blood…… I invoke the dark forces of English ingredients that lie within you! Please, grant me the power that I desire!!!」
Alright! Down the hatch it goes! Namu Amida Butsu!!!
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「Ah, “No Face”-san, it’s about time…… Uwah!?」
「Aaahh…… Yeah, yeah, I know. Let’s go, we don’t want to be late. And we certainly don’t want to make everyone else wait for us.」
Energy Drinks are much like the RTA…… If you want to get the optimal results, you need to be very mindful of your time and the to-do chart.
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