Chapter 6

Two days later, on Friday, a message arrived on my dedicated Anonymous phone. It was well past midnight.

The sender was "Black Dog."

Who is this?

I thought as I opened the message.

"Want to do a job tonight?

I don't think you know, but White Heat is coming too."

The message read like that.

In other words, I had been invited to a job.

In Anonymous, the general policy is to complete missions with a partner who you have good chemistry with, improving your teamwork to increase the success rate. However, there are times when you go on missions with members other than your partner.

Such an invitation is called a "Shade" in Anonymous.

Role had said that as a new member, I wouldn't be shaded because it would lower the success rate.

But what does this mean?

It's been five days since I joined Anonymous.

With the addition of "Death Sound" to the contact list of the work phone, my existence is probably already known within the organization.

There was also the incident on the ground.

And everyone should know that I'm struggling with my abilities.

No, that's part of it, but would they really shade me after just five days?

I haven't even done a one-off mission yet.

And at this hour?

I have a lot of questions.

Anyway, I'll send a message to Role and ask. He might be sleeping, though.

"I've been shaded."

I sent the message and took a deep breath.

I was sweating, so maybe I'll take a shower.

As I was thinking that, my phone vibrated. It hadn't been a minute since I sent the message.

I thought it was another message, but it was a call. Of course, it was from Role.

I answered the phone.

"Hello?"

A hoarse voice came through the phone. He was definitely sleeping.

"Hello. Sorry, did I wake you up?"

"Of course! What time do you think it is? It's one in the morning!

...But anyway, who shaded you? Probably someone from the Smoke area, right?"

He reacted so quickly even though he was sleeping. If I had contacted him on his personal phone, he might not have responded.

"No, it's someone called Black Dog."

"Ah, that person. So White Heat is coming too.

Refuse it. No, just ignore it."

I see. Well, I probably would just be a hindrance if I went. That makes sense. I thought he might say something like, "Why don't you go?"

"Got it. Thanks."

As I was about to hang up, Role continued.

"I didn't think you'd be shaded, but you shouldn't accept any shades. It's too early. It's dangerous.

You can only accept shades after you've completed a certain number of missions with me and built up your skills.

Until then, absolutely not."

So that's why I shouldn't go. He's looking out for me.

I should probably follow his advice.

I replied.

"Understood."

"Okay, good night."

The call ended.

Well, I should at least call Black Dog and politely decline the invitation since they took the time to invite me.

I searched for Black Dog in the contact list of my work phone and made the call.

I was a bit nervous.

Would he get mad if I declined?

The call rang, and after a while, it connected.

"Hey, what a night, Death Sound! Are you coming!? Are you coming!?"

The loud voice made me pull the phone away from my ear.

I don't think I need to hold the phone to my ear with this guy.

Still, I have to decline this...

"No, I have to decline today. I'm sorry for the invitation."

"Kaaa! Did you hear that, White Heat! He refused after all!"

"Sorry..."

I heard White Heat's voice on the other end. "Give me the phone."

"Hello, this is White Heat.

Tell me why you refused... or let me guess.

Role told you to, right? To refuse it."

"Yeah, well..."

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