Dwun's sudden leap to his feet and burst of excitement startled List.
Seeing Dwun like that, Roy's heart stirred. Could this game designer actually be his...
"You're Roy-sensei, the one who drew Dragon Ball, right?!" In front of List's stunned expression, Dwun was so excited he practically didn't know what to do with himself.
"Please, come in! Come in! Ah, look at this place, why is it such a mess? There's not even anywhere proper for you to stand... List, what's wrong with you? Why did you make such a disaster of this room? Boxed meals and instant noodles are thrown all over the floor!"
As Dwun righteousy lectured him, List pointed at himself with a dumbfounded look.
"Me... I made this mess?" He was the one dressed in neat formalwear, while Dwun was wearing a tank top and sporting stubble!
List felt like his brain had stopped working. He could not understand why Dwun had reacted so strongly all of a sudden, nor why he was shamelessly turning the blame around like this!
While List was still too stunned to react, Dwun eagerly cleared out part of the room, sweeping the garbage off to the side to make some space to stand.
"Come, come, please sit. I really never imagined Roy-sensei would actually come to Greed Island, and even find this place. But the most unbelievable part is that I can actually meet Roy-sensei and speak face-to-face with Roy-sama. This is too unreal. My heart is about to jump out of my chest."
Dwun clutched his chest with one hand, but the expression on his face was pure bliss.
Roy carefully studied his eyes. In those cloudy little eyes was excitement and fanaticism overflowing to the brim.
Yeah, one look was enough. This man was definitely one of his die-hard fans.
Roy glanced at the Dragon Ball tankōbon volumes and all kinds of game cartridges scattered across the floor.
And with his sharp eyes, Roy even thought he spotted, hidden away in a very remote corner, a deflated inflatable that looked suspiciously like Bulma...
Roy truly had not expected that even on Greed Island there would be one of his rabid fans. But since Dwun was his fan, things would be much easier.
Meanwhile, List was gradually recovering from his shock, and then he noticed Dwun bustling about with an ingratiating expression.
With his sharp eyes, List immediately saw what Dwun had taken out, and the corners of his eyes twitched violently.
That was tea from a rare tea tree that Ging had given Dwun back then, after going to quite a bit of trouble to find it in a ruin.
There was less than fifteen hundred grams of this tea in the entire world, and Dwun alone had five hundred grams of it.
Dwun treasured that tea like it was a priceless jewel. For more than ten years, he had used a special Nen tool made for preservation to keep it in perfect condition.
List had once tried to get a little from Dwun, even offering things even more precious in exchange, but Dwun had refused.
And Dwun himself could barely bear to drink it. In more than ten years, out of those five hundred grams, he had only used a hundred.
Yet today, just to receive this young man in front of him, Dwun had brewed two hundred grams of it!
Had Dwun gone mad? Or what kind of background did this young man actually have?!
Could it be that this young man had really been telling the truth when he said he knew Ging?
For a moment, List's pupils began trembling violently!
Meanwhile, Dwun was brewing the tea with a brilliant smile on his face as he said to Roy:
"Roy-sensei, my name is Dwun. As you can see, I'm your loyal fan. I really never imagined I'd be able to meet Roy-sensei here. I'm so excited. It all feels just like a dream."
"Dwun-san, you flatter me. I'm not some master. I just happened to draw a couple of manga that became fairly popular." Roy gave a slight sniff and caught a strange fragrance.
That scent seemed to have the effect of calming the mind and sharpening the spirit. Just from lightly breathing it in, Roy felt even the pores of his body relax a little.
"No, no, no." Dwun immediately waved his hands, stars shining in his eyes.
"If it were anyone else, then maybe I really would be flattering them. But you're different, Roy-sensei!!!"
Dwun grew more excited as he raised his fingers and started counting them off one by one.
Fist of the North Star, Sailor Moon, Gundam... I've played the games and watched the anime for all of them. One work might be luck, but when several of them are all classics among classics, that's something only Roy-sensei could do!"
Roy was speechless as he watched Dwun look so proud.
It was one thing for Kukuroo Mountain to have its own fan club, with Milluki as the president and Canary as the vice president. But who would have thought that even a place like Greed Island had its own fan club for him too, and that Dwun was actually the president? This really was...
Wait a second!
A fan club? A president?
Then who was the vice president? Among the game's creators still on this island, including the two in front of him, there were only five people in total!
And judging by List's expression, he clearly did not know anything about it.
Also, back in the game's initial login cabin, Eta had not shown any unusual reaction either.
As for Razor? That squinty-eyed muscular giant... squinty-eyed guys were all monsters anyway.
As if he had seen the strange look on Roy's face, Dwun burst into hearty laughter.
"Though we call it the Greed Island Fan Club, there are actually only two members in total. Just me, the president, and one vice president.
"The vice president is Elena. She's the younger sister of the lady who gave you the game explanation in the initial room when you entered the game."
Elena, huh? As soon as Dwun said it, Roy remembered. Elena was the guide who appeared when the game was cleared at the end, Eta's twin sister.
At that moment, Roy heard Dwun begin complaining:
"There are only five Greed Island staff members in total, counting me. One of them is responsible for guarding the island and likes sports, so he doesn't read manga at all. And as for Eta, I've brought her manga many times, but because she has to receive so many players, she simply has no time to read them."
(End of Chapter)
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