Collecting Titles In The Apocalypse

In that white room, he found himself tied to a chair in the middle.

Looking back at that time, he realized he was in a pretty bad situation.

A thought came to his mind at that moment. He wondered if they would torture him till his hair turned to white.

If possible, he didn't want to suffer hellish pain just to force him to awaken.

'Wait, this is a serious matter, so let's put fantasy aside first,' he reminded himself.

He forced himself to calm down by stabilizing his breathing, and then started pondering for what reason they abducted him.

The first to come to his mind at that moment was that they were after his organ. Aside from that, he couldn't think of anything else.

Ransom money?

It was a bit disappointing, but his family wasn't a well-off one. If they wanted to ask for ransom money, they would get disappointed.

As he was anxious about his situation, and of the reason why he was abducted, the door on the right suddenly opened. Then three people in black suits and black sunglasses entered the room.

His chest began pounding harder when he saw them.

When he looked at the person in the middle, he discovered she was a woman because of her slim curvy figure. And she has long dark brown hair that was tied in a ponytail.

They approached him. Upon seeing his face, the woman's mouth curved down. "Wait…" the woman spoke in a perplexed tone. A second later, she grumbled. "Dimwits! That is not Kyzer Jones, fvcking idiots!" After a loud yell, she sent a hard slap to her two companions.

Pow! Pow!

Dante looked stunned. Even more stunned when he heard that familiar name again.

K-Kyzer?

The other two seemed as stunned as him as well as they looked in his direction in disbelief, looking bewildered by the woman's words.

Although they didn't say anything, their bewildered faces were shouting: "What?! Not Kyzer Jones!? But was that something have to do with us?"

Actually, they were not part of those who came to abduct him if he remembered correctly. He didn't remember seeing two people in that van with such a towering and robust build as them. Those people who came to abduct him all have average builds only.

The two robust men did not raise any complaint even after being harshly slapped. They remained silent and stood still after a short shock.

He wondered if they were twins as they looked very alike.

But that wasn't the issue. Judging from what she said, it seems they mistook him for someone.

He discovered later that he was not the one who was their target. Their target was Kyzer. That Kyzer again. Just how bad was his luck that day to be mistaken as that person not only once but twice in a row?

He wanted to cry.

After slapping the two companions, she swallowed a mouthful of air and sighed. She adjusted her sunglasses with her finger. And after adjusting her sunglasses, she continued approaching Dante. The other two remained on their feet.

Her heels against the white tiled floors produced clunking noises.

When the woman arrived in front of him, Dante quickly raised a complaint of his own and asked her.

"Mhm— mmm— hmn— mmm— mmn— mmbb?!"

He said, "Who the hell are you people?!" But his mouth was covered by something, so only unrecognizable muffled sounds came out of it.

Noticing his reflection in her sunglasses, he discovered his mouth was covered by tape.

"So who are you?" She asked while placing her hands on her hips. As she leaned closer while asking that, hers and Dante's face were in front of each other. He could smell her expensive sweet aroma. Not that he knew which perfume she was using.

Her tone when she asked his name was clearly annoyed.

"Mmn— nmmn— mn— mmnh— mmnsh—!" He replied, but… Only inaudible muffled voices came out of his mouth once again.

Realizing he couldn't speak properly, the woman looked at his mouth. She probably just realized that something was covering it. She massaged her temple before letting out a disgruntled groan.

"Ah, damn!"

She mercilessly snapped away the tape.

—Blerp!

AWWWWW!

A naughty howl came out of Dante's mouth because of the sudden pain.

'Damn, witch!'

"What?" She asked sternly upon noticing his piercing gaze.

"C-Can't you be more gentle, Maam?!" Dante complained with teary eyes. He could feel his skin peeling off. He was afraid to look like a colossal titan because of that.

"Uh, my bad," she said that in a flat tone.

'Fvcking wench!' Dante grumbled.

There was no change in her expression. Surely, she wasn't reflecting at all.

Geez.

She straightened her back and gazed down at him while crossing her arms and hugging the rectangular dark gadget against her stomach. She opened her mouth again, "So?" She persistently wanted to know his name.

He sighed.

Assuming that they were an organization with enough manpower to gather some intel, he believe they have a way to figure out his real identity later. Sparing them the trouble of wasting their precious time learning his identity, he told her his real name.

He saw her fiddling with the tablet after that. He didn't know what she was checking there, but a couple of seconds later, she looked at him again.

"I see. So your name is Dante Kimetsu. A second-year student of Noble High School. Wait, despite looking average, you're actually admitted to that school? Amazing…"

Kufft~

He almost choke with his own saliva upon hearing that. Her tone as she said that was that of someone who couldn't believe what she discovered.

"Are you looking down on me?"

"Well, that's school is known for its highest-standard. Only student from the elite family could hope to admit there…"

There was a meaningful look in her eyes as she paused for a moment and looked at him. However, after noticing his cold stare, the woman sneered and said, "Don't give me that disgusting look of yours, I knew you're a virgin."

'What?! She even knew that information?' He thought worriedly.

"Nevermind. I'm surprised that you didn't lie with your name," she said.

Ah, it turned out he was right to give his full name though.

'Dammit! Who are these people?! They're very dangerous!'

Being inexperienced up to this point was understandable for his current age. He was still very young after all with many more years ahead of him. His only concern was that his goddess was in love with someone else!

'The pain.'

That's why he could see his future walking along the sage path. It was unavoidable unless his mind and heart change in the future. But he thought he needed to die first for that to happen.

"Heh~" he snorted. "As if I am in a position where I can aggravate you. If you want my name you can have it. You can even name your pet after it."

He saw her twitching her brows.

Although he sounded calm, he was actually terrified by his situation. And more so to the woman in front of him who could furiously slap those twin giants behind her.

"Haha…" she laughed drily. "No thanks. I don't want my dog to become a slayer."

'Nani?'

His otaku accent was leaking.

"Well, atleast you're bright enough to not aggravate us," she added.

After saying that, she took her smartphone and dialed a number. When the call connected, she suddenly let out a roar.

"Fvcking Max! You're an idiot! You brought the wrong person!"

[What?! W-What do you mean? That's impossible!]

"Fvck you! You brought him without making sure it was him!?"

The woman looked furious. He could see veins on her face surfacing in a cross shape.

Later on, he discovered that because of the tiger costume, they thought he was Kyzer.

'Hella fvck! That costume is bad luck.'

"Uhm… since I am not the person you meant to abduct, can you let me go? I promise I won't tell the police about it. I don't even recognize your faces. Also, I'm pretty sure that even if I tell the police about this, they will not believe me. My reputation is not good really. Either in school or outside," he added.

He felt the woman's gaze upon him, looking at him with a sympathetic look. That gave him a positive feeling, but why did he feel insulted at the same time? Did he really look like a someone who have bad reputation that she didn't need to check whether he was telling the truth or not?

A-anyway… he was hoping she would agree to release him.

However, her reply froze him.

"Sorry, but that's not happening. We can't release you after knowing of our existence."

"Wha—!"

Tip tap tip tap…

Heavy footsteps coming closer. When he looked past the woman, he saw one of the twins approaching. Then from inside his suit, he noticed him taking out an object that looked like… a pistol?!

Seeing that, his heartbeat quicken, running wilder than before as though trying to carve a hole in his chest to escape on its own.

Heartless!