I'm not a drama god

"Selling newspapers selling newspapers!!"

"Tianshu Jun used his body as a shield to knock Chixing away!!"

"Lord Xuanyu banished the disaster, and died on the battlefield still standing tall!"

"Lord Lingxu made a stunning move, sealing the disaster of delusion outside the realm! Lord Hongchen single-handedly repelled the disaster of turbidity!"

"Chen Ling, the world-destroying disaster, chased him across thousands of miles and finally slew him in the ruins of Aurora!"

"The human world-annihilating war has come to an end. Detailed information is compiled here, and you can preview photos from the scene! It's all in the Tianshu Newspaper!!"

"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers..."

On the busy street, a boy in a tattered coat carrying a large bag of newspapers ran past, shouting.

On both sides of the street, around the buildings under reconstruction, sweaty figures looked in the boy's direction at the same time. After a few brief exchanges, they pooled some change and gathered around him.

"Kid, how much is this newspaper?"

The boy looked at the men in dirty work clothes, shook his head, and took out a few newspapers and stuffed them into their hands.

"for free."

"what?"

"The government said that all workers involved in post-disaster reconstruction can receive the money for free."

Without waiting for the men to say anything, the boy waved his hand, carrying his bag and continued to run hurriedly towards the street ahead. His expression was serious and determined, like a snow-white carrier pigeon full of vitality flying over the ruins.

Seeing that he had left, the men gathered together and flipped through the newspapers, pointing at the headlines and photos of the scene, seeming extremely surprised.

"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers..."

"Give me one." The boy had just shouted halfway when a girl with red curly hair and a black dog waved to him on the street.

The boy glanced at the neatly dressed girl and said, "One copper coin per piece."

The red-haired girl didn't hesitate at all. She flicked out a copper coin with her fingertips and took the newspaper with her other hand.

The red-haired girl was flipping through the newspaper as she walked through the messy streets. Her eyes fell on the page about "Chen Ling killing Si Zai". She read it over and over again and couldn't help smacking her lips.

"Have these media outlets finally found their conscience? They actually revealed this incident truthfully..."

"Woof——" the black dog next to her barked.

"Indeed, the death of Sizai was a major event that shook the entire human realm. Even if we wanted to cover it up, we couldn't... But this article is much more objective than I expected. It didn't even throw mud at me." The red-haired girl rubbed her chin.

"Tell me, is this some kind of signal? Is our Twilight Society really going to be cleansed?"

"Wang Wang-"

While the man and the dog were talking, the red-haired girl had already arrived at the door of a shabby bar. After looking around and seeing that there was no one around, she pushed the door open and walked in.

Ding-dong-

The rusty bell at the door rang.

There were no customers in the bar at this time. There was only a figure who looked like the owner wiping the table. The red-haired girl sat down directly at the bar.

"I want to buy a ray of hope."

The boss seemed to be very familiar with the girl. After the two of them exchanged simple secret codes according to the procedure, they spoke helplessly:

"You've already come to my place ten times in the past two weeks... This is a secret base, not a real bar. Besides, can you really drink the crappy drinks I mix?"

"Who said I'm here to drink? I'm not that drunkard named Jack of Diamonds." The red-haired girl shrugged.

"…Oh, I'm talking to Spade."

The boss looked at the big black dog next to the 10 of Hearts. The dog's mouth was already drooling. It nudged its wine glass beside it, looking impatient.

“——Woof!!”

"He's here to drink, but I'm not." The red-haired girl rested her hands on the bar expectantly. "So what's going on? Does the new Red King have any instructions? As a new official, he should definitely lead us in some team-building, right? Even a meeting would be fine!"

"...What? Are you so curious about this new Red King?" The boss spoke slowly while mixing the cocktails.

"It's not just me, everyone is like this!" the red-haired girl said seriously.

"You mention the new Red King too. He's been in office for over half a month, and there's been no news at all... He hasn't issued any missions, hasn't met with anyone, and hasn't passed on any information to us..."

"Apart from tripling everyone's salary, it seems like nothing has been done!"

"Tell me, how can there be such a Red King?"

Faced with the red-haired girl's continuous questions, the boss didn't take it seriously:

"Isn't it normal for the Red King to be mysterious? Do you really think the Twilight Society is just an ordinary company, organizing team building right after the new leader takes office? He must have more important things to do."

"Then he should at least show his face... The Gray King's message didn't reveal his identity at all. Now no one even knows who their immediate superior is... Some people speculate that someone outside the Twilight Society took over as Red King, some speculate that the Gray King is now the Red King, and some speculate that someone within our organization was promoted to Red King... There's so much jumbled information flying around!"

The boss glanced at her and asked with interest:

"What about you? Who do you think...he is?"

The 10 of Hearts smiled mysteriously and threw the newspaper in his hand on the bar. It was the page where Chen Ling killed Si Zai.

"Oh? You guessed it was him?"

"It's not me, it's those JQ seniors." The red-haired girl's eyes lit up. "Tell me, besides this monster who can single-handedly kill an entire world, who else has the strength to take over the Red King's position? And he's the original Red King's disciple, so he's definitely connected!"

"Of course, the most important basis..."

"Triple everyone's salary, something like this is something only our God of Wealth can do!!"

“…” The boss was silent.

He silently put down the prepared wine and waved to the big black dog. The latter seemed to have no interest in the affairs of the New Red King. Instead, he was drooling over the wine glass in front of the boss. Without saying a word, he rushed forward and drank from the glass with his teeth.

"What if the Red King is really Chen Ling?" the boss asked Diamond 10.

The red-haired girl thought for a moment, "I did see him before in the Wuji Realm, but there were so many people around at the time that I didn't have a chance to talk. No... he might not even have noticed me..."

"But I think he's quite interesting. Besides, it's hard to find such a generous boss these days, right?"

"Your pursuit is not high." The boss couldn't help but smile.

"But don't forget, he is a world-destroying disaster."

"What's wrong with the world-destroying disaster?" The red-haired girl didn't care. She glanced at the Spade 10 who was drinking beside her. "It's not like we don't have disasters in our Dusk Society. Besides, he was originally our companion...

Besides, even if he is a world-destroying disaster, he is still more human than some humans."