A Guide for Background Characters to Survive in a Manga - Chapter 341 : Chapter 341

Chapter 341

During the period of his travels, the manga naturally hadn’t been idle; the plot updated at a flying pace. Su Bei didn’t care much unless it was the grand finale, focusing on researching his own Ability.

If I were to wait until my Ability recovered to research a new one, it would definitely be too late. To develop a powerful new ability in just one or two months without any cheats was something even the strongest Ability user might not be able to do.

I had to think ahead about which direction to research, what the specific details were, so that I could be like a fish in water when my Ability was unsealed.

However, Su Bei wasn’t particularly anxious. While it was true that for him, not progressing was regressing, compared to the main character group that had to participate in the plot at all times, it didn’t matter even if he made little progress.

So, along the way, I only pondered how to improve when I returned to the hotel or was on the bus. For the rest of the time spent visiting attractions, Su Bei focused on admiring them, letting his mind and body relax.

The next destination was the North Pole. The moment I got off the plane, I shivered and immediately used a warming item. The North Pole was even colder than I had imagined; the biting wind directly froze my cheeks. Honestly, if it weren’t for the items, no matter how beautiful the scenery of the North Pole was, I wouldn’t have come here to suffer.

“I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?” Just as Su Bei was about to take a car to the pre-booked hotel, the “Manga Consciousness” suddenly spoke.

A bad premonition rose in Su Bei’s heart. “What’s the bad news?”

Compared to sweet then bitter, I was indeed more willing to have it bitter then sweet.

“The bad news is, an acquaintance of yours is coming here soon.” Without waiting for Su Bei to react, it immediately explained, “I just found out too, I didn’t deliberately not remind you.”

Su Bei waved his hand, a little speechless, signaling it to tell him the good news.

When it came to the good news, the “Manga Consciousness” sounded a bit more confident. “The good news is that it’s not the main character group.”

That was indeed good news. If the main character group was here, no matter who it was, it would indicate that there was definitely a plot here. But if it wasn’t the main character group, there might not be a plot. My acquaintances weren’t just the students from Class S.

Hearing this, Su Bei immediately became curious. “Then who’s coming?”

“It’s Elvis, Ian, and Tiffany from ‘Alpha Ability Academy’.” Because of its minor mistake, the “Manga Consciousness” added a little more information. “They’re coming to the North Pole this time just to complete a mission to eliminate a High-Level Nightmare Beast. On the top of that snow-capped mountain over there. Yes, in the direction your finger is pointing. As long as you don’t go over there, you’ll be fine.”

Hearing that there was a High-Level Nightmare Beast here, Su Bei frowned. The reason I had specifically chosen the North Pole as the last stop of my journey was because I thought no Nightmare Beasts would appear here. When other places outside were about to fall into chaos, coming here to loaf around was the safest choice.

As it turned out, a High-Level Nightmare Beast was hidden here, and it had even attracted his acquaintances. This made me wonder if I had made the wrong choice.

“Is there a plot here?” After thinking for a moment, I asked the question I was most concerned about.

When it came to the manga plot, the “Manga Consciousness” hesitated for a moment before answering, “There is, but not much. This is a pre-plot to the main manga plot.”

Having said that, it didn’t continue, clearly not intending to reveal the manga’s plot. This meant that Su Bei had already detached from the main plotline; he wasn’t even at the academy. But if he wanted to, he could still easily influence the plot’s development. To prevent him from taking any actions outside the plot, it was better not to say some things.

Su Bei didn’t mind the “Manga Consciousness”’s concealment. If it was just a pre-plot, the crisis this time would most likely not be too widespread, so I could totally continue to laze around here.

Wait…… “Suddenly, I remembered something, a vigilant look appearing on my face. “The pre-plot you’re talking about isn’t something like a city massacre, is it?”

Don’t mangas often have this kind of plot? The protagonist arrives in an empty city that was once or has just been massacred to investigate, and then discovers some sensational secret.

“No, no.” The “Manga Consciousness” hurriedly denied it. “There are still important supporting characters, after all.”

That was true. The possibility of the three of them—Elvis, Ian, and Tiffany—dying here together was indeed slim.

Then it was fine. Su Bei walked into the hotel, entered the room he got with a fake ID, tidied up his luggage briefly, and then lay down on the large bed. Only after a sigh did he say, “I hope it doesn’t affect this place.”

“Are you going to meet them?” the “Manga Consciousness” asked curiously.

Su Bei knew the “them” it was referring to were Elvis’ trio. I shook my head. “No need.”

Elvis and his group were different from Jiang Tianming and his group. There wasn’t such a deep bond between them, and the death of an Ability user was actually very common. So even if they learned of my death, they would at most be sad for a short period of time.

The students of Class S, on the other hand, were different. They were easily affected by my death. At the same time, they bore the important mission of saving the world. Su Bei couldn’t just stand by and let them sink into unnecessary emotions.

Today, I had been on a plane all morning and had lunch on the plane as well. With my Mental Energy sealed, my stamina was now even worse than an ordinary person’s. I slept like a log and didn’t wake up until evening.

My stomach was empty, so Su Bei went downstairs to eat at the restaurant. Just as I walked out of the elevator, I saw three familiar figures.

Su Bei: “Oh ho?”

“Manga Consciousness”: “Oh ho!”

Su Bei subconsciously sidestepped back into the elevator, hastily pressed the button for his floor, and went back up. After the elevator doors closed, I asked doubtfully in my mind, “Why are they here? Did the Author arrange this?”

The location of the High-Level Nightmare Beast that the “Manga Consciousness” had pointed out earlier seemed very close and could be seen directly. But in reality, as the saying goes, a mountain may look close but it’s a long ride to get there. That mountain was actually very far from their location.

Logically, there should have been other hotels closer to that mountain. How could Elvis and his group coincidentally appear in the same hotel I was in?

This was clearly not within the “Manga Consciousness”’s expectations either. It quickly said, “I’ll go check. I don’t know what’s going on either.”

As the will of the world, it could check things very quickly. It returned after a short while. “It’s an accident, an accident, not deliberately arranged by the Author. First, there are no hotels around that mountain. Second, because they were worried that the surrounding hotels would be affected when they eliminated the High-Level Nightmare Beast, damaging their luggage, they specifically found a hotel further away. As for why it’s this hotel, I can only say you’re unlucky.”

Su Bei: “……”

I had forgotten that I had a debuff called “unlucky.” After staying in the same class as Jiang Tianming for so long, I almost thought my previous bad luck was brought by him. Only now did I remember that my luck wasn’t that great from the beginning either.

Su Bei took out his phone to check other hotels nearby, then decisively gave up the idea of checking out. Not to mention that checking out now wouldn’t get a refund, the mere fact that the next closest hotel was a long way away directly extinguished his desire.

Anyway, on this trip, I wore the “Transformation Mask (Fake)” almost the entire time, using the appearance of Yan Nan that I had used before. Elvis and the others had never seen this appearance, so I didn’t have to worry about being recognized even if I walked past them.

With that thought, Su Bei openly went downstairs for a meal again.

The hotel’s restaurant was on the first floor, and Elvis’ trio was also eating inside. Su Bei didn’t look at them, went to order a bowl of noodles for myself, and then quietly found a place to sit and eat.

Just as I expected, they indeed didn’t recognize me. But what Su Bei hadn’t anticipated was that even though they didn’t recognize me, they still walked over, led by Ian.

“Hello?” Ian tilted his head, looking expectant.

An absolute E-person was like this; just because Su Bei and he were boys of similar age, he could bravely come up and strike up a conversation, even though they weren’t from the same country and Su Bei might not even understand his words.

Su Bei wasn’t flustered. I calmly nodded and replied fluently in a foreign language, “Hello.”

Seeing that they could communicate smoothly, Ian was even happier. “Can we sit here? We’re peers, and we’re peers who can travel during the school year. There must be a lot of topics to talk about.”

Su Bei looked up at Elvis and Tiffany standing on his left and right like guardians and couldn’t help but show an amused expression. “But it seems to me that your companions aren’t too keen on sharing a table?”

“They’re not unwilling, they’re very happy too.” Ian said with a straight face, lying through his teeth, completely ignoring the identical indifference on the other two’s faces.

However, Tiffany and Elvis didn’t seem to want to embarrass Ian either, so they obediently sat down opposite Su Bei. It was clear they got along well, already having the vibe of a main character squad.

“Are you an Ability user?” Their respective meals hadn’t arrived yet, so Ian asked curiously. Then he immediately added, “After all, normal students should be in school at this time. Only Ability users would be out on missions.”

Hearing this, Su Bei suddenly understood. I had originally thought Ian came to chat just because he was overly extroverted, but now it seemed he probably intended to probe me.

But that made sense. They had come to such a remote place for a mission, so they must have inquired about the surrounding situation. There definitely weren’t many Nightmare Beasts in the North Pole; otherwise, the “Manga Consciousness” would have stopped me when I came.

Coming to such a remote place for a mission certainly wasn’t for some small fry. In their eyes, the only High-Level Nightmare Beast here was already their mission target. So what was Su Bei here for?

Combined with the recent endless stream of human betrayals and collaborations with Nightmare Beasts, it was hard for them not to be suspicious.