The night after rejecting Dragon's Gate's offer, Rama couldn't sleep.
Something about that bodyguard's smile bothered him. The way Hendra had accepted rejection so easily. The phone call while watching them leave.
Too smooth. Too accepting. Hendra Wijaya didn't become Indonesia's second-ranked guild master by giving up after one rejection.
Beside him, Sekar slept peacefully, her arm draped possessively across his chest even in sleep. He smiled despite his concerns—even unconscious, she was territorial.
His phone buzzed. 2:47 AM. Message from Yanto.
Yanto: You awake? We have a problem.
Rama: What kind of problem?
Yanto: The kind where Dragon's Gate is spreading rumors. Check the hunter forums.
Rama carefully extracted himself from Sekar's grip—she mumbled something possessive in her sleep but didn't wake—and went to the living room.
He opened the hunter forums. The top trending thread made his blood run cold.
THREAD: "System Champion" Rama Kusuma - Fraud or Reality?
