Chapter 372: 372: The Start (3)

Chapter 372: 372: The Start (3)

Chapter 372: The Start (3)

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It was the same bustling metropolis, a cityscape of steel, glass, and concrete that stretched toward the heavens. Inside the medical sanctuary, in the high-class room where Neji was strapped with medical gear, he began to stir on his spot.

"N-Neji? Do you need something?"

The blonde girl sweated even under the air conditioner, she was nervous about what to do.

"I will go call the doctor, can you stay still for a bit?"

"No thanks."

Neji coughed and replied. The girl was touching him, helping him move even as she told him to stay still. Anybody could see she was a delicate girl, easy to order around.

Neji got off the bed. In his blue hospital fit, his feet touched the floor. The girl quickly ran around the bed to stand by his side, in case he fell, while he began to take off his medical gear.

"N-Neji! C'mon, listen to me! You just woke up, the potion may have had side effects, we need to check you first – stop taking them off."

Neji continued taking his straps off. Jerking out the needles connected to his forearms, his oxygen mask, and the other things on his body. He gave her a narrow-eyed look when he heard the word "potion" for the second time during this conversation, though he didn't stop.

"Potion?"

His voice was ghastly. As if he hadn't talked for months. He tried to clear his throat, but there was no change.

"Uh... it's a long story."

A long story, she said. Neji frowned. As far as he knew, his first world was not magical. Unless there were hidden magic societies. Regardless, was it the potion that saved his life?

Neji stepped closer to her. With his usual height, he would have dwarfed this girl who looked to be around 5"8' feet. However, currently, he was barely any better than herself.

'Right. I am 15 in this body.'

He looked down on his body. His muscles... were gone. He was quite anorexic. Which didn't look good on an albino person. Looking at the window nearby, he realized he was an exception from that even here. His looks were unharmed as usual.

Neji turned back to look the girl in the eye. Their blue eyes clashed, and the girl – Lucille – backed off.

"Tell me what happened, make it short. I am in a hurry."

If there was a way in, there must be a way out. No matter if this was a world created based on his first life, or if this was the real deal, he had to escape. He had no lingering feeling here, he needed to return to where he belonged.

Lucille stared at him, hesitating. In the end, as she saw him standing fine, with no signs of uncomfortableness, she grumbled and frowned.

"N-no. I won't say it... Not until you are with me and see the doctor first. We need to report."

Neji frowned. This wasn't the time for this. He didn't even like this girl, back then he only picked her because she was rich. He was a bastard then, but even now he couldn't build feelings for her.

Neji tried to use the Mind Control properties from the Sharingan add-ons of his Jogan.

His blue eyes shone, making the girl blink.

Then, he hissed and held his head, as pain spread through his body. Right, the Goddess had sent him here while sealing all his Gnome Powers. Worst of all, his System was inaccessible too. Was he entirely powerless here?

"Neji! I-I told you to be careful!"

It had been nearly a year and a half since the [Gate] thing began. There may be some dragon dungeons present here. That could be of help to him.

Lucille blinked hearing him, then she chewed her lips.

"Dragons... One of the first few dungeons, ones that raged destruction upon the world, was a Dragon Dungeon. It was cleared by my father and a group of other people, though. After that, no Dragon Dungeon appeared. Though yes, there had been Dungeons where the Boss was a "Dragon". Mostly Lizard or Snake-type Dungeons. All cleared, though."

"I see."

That was unfortunate. Because if he had Dragons here, he could have asked them for help. In the end, even if his Gnome Abilities and System weren't here, he noticed that there were two things that came with him.

His race, Draconic High Human.

His class, the Voidmancer.

With the help of these two alone, he was invisible in this world. Now he knew why Eurynome Celestine prepared this sort of magical theme in this world. So that she could suppress him with the Hunters if he tried to escape.

Meaning there was a way out.

"Iraq."

"Huh?"

"Google Iraq. Show me the latest news."

Neji told the air-headed blonde girl who quickly took out her phone and began typing.

The ancient city of Uruk was located in present-day Iraq, on an abandoned channel of the Euphrates River. As he confronted Celestine in Uruk, and that's where his entire existence was currently, the way back must be there too.

"...! Neji, look!"

Half a minute later, Lucille's eyes widened and she gasped. She must have seen some interesting news. Neji leaned over to see the phone, and slowly a smile crept on his face.

[Breaking News – A new SSS-Rank Gate has been spotted in Iraq. The world may be facing a danger equal to the Dragon Dungeon from a year ago. Breaking News.]

With the thumbnail of a dark red gate, the breaking news was filling the entire feed.

That right there.

It was his way out.

Neji clenched his fist, enraged and frustrated. Even if he was no match for that woman, he promised himself to land a jaw-wrenching punch on her pretty face. No matter the cost.

First, he had to find a way to Iraq. That country's situation had worsened compared to what he remembered.

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