Chapter Sixteen
On the first day of the Neohero Summit, I stood in the Hero Hall, where hundreds of heroes from all over the world were gathered. Hero Hall was a massive hall located in the NHA headquarters, usually used for big events like this. It was a wide-open space, with dozens of tables on the edges of the room with food, drinks, and other refreshments for the visitors and attendees. Banners from the NHA and INJ hung along the walls, while the sounds of dozens of different languages being spoken crashed together to create a confused cacophony of noise that made it impossible for me to hear anyone in particular, not helped by the fact that peoples' shoes were scraping against the floor and glasses and plates tinkled together.
At the far end of the room was a platform upon which sto
