However, Ling's roar was utterly useless. It didn't affect the two cowards who had already made up their minds to hide till the end in such a dangerous situation. She watched as the two cowards rushed like the wind up towards the roof of the building, whilst pathetically grabbing large packs of potato chips, coke and various snacks.
The infuriated power bank trembled!
After a long silence, Ling's voice viciously rang out through gritted teeth,
"Initially, I had planned to let you experience life and death later but now, I've changed my mind!!"
"You cowardly idiot! I'm going to let you experience dying a horrible death!"
After cursing Fang Ran, Ling floated up. Instead of following in their direction, she flew off in another direction.
…
On the roof of the building, two furtive figures appeared on the rooftop carrying packets of snacks of all sizes. Locking the only small door from the inside, Impetuous heaved a sigh of relief and flashed a thumbs up at Fang Ran while saying, "Younger brother, we're safe now!"
Then he saw that Fang Ran was already sitting by the railing and digging through his favorite potato chips.
"Hey, what the f*ck! Save me some!"
Impetuous hurriedly joined in and the both of them just sat on the steps next to the edge of the roof, watching the flourishing lights of the city at night.
"Older brother, when will the people down there be done?" Fang Ran asked while gnawing on a ham sausage.
"Hey, rest easy. This scenario is a rather rare reward scenario amongst the Night Battles. The duration is definitely not long. I estimate that the battle will end in less than an hour." Impetuous fished out a bottle of yogurt and poured it into his mouth.
"Oh, I see." Fang Ran looked at the dark shadows that appeared from time to time beneath the building, the lightning that was rampaging the street not far away from them, as well as the unknown number of people that were fighting at locations far away from them.
Just as the two of them were lying in hiding and watching the show, it seemed that the Night Battle didn't want them to be too comfortable. The lightning on the nearby street began to move. It seemed to be chasing to kill something. For some reason, it actually chased all the way to the plaza on the ground floor of the building where the two of them were.
"F*ck! Older brother, have we been spotted?"
"No! Calm down, younger brother. Look, the possessor of the lightning is clearly chasing and killing others," Impetuous said with a serious face. He then analyzed it with a serious expression, "Look, someone with this lightning power would definitely not be of a low grade. Furthermore, this power definitely belongs to a branch of technology-related powers. This light… F*ck!!!"
Halfway through his nonsensical analysis, the face of the person who could manipulate lightning with her hands appeared amidst her attracting and manoeuvring metal items away. After taking a clear look at the person's face, Impetuous nearly spurted out his yoghurt and cussed!
"F*ck! Older brother, you almost spat on me. What's wrong?!" Fang Ran was also taken aback. Before he could poke his head out to take a look, Impetuous hurriedly dragged him back and explained with a sour expression on his face,
"Don't stick your head out. Younger brother, that person below is the captain of 'Arbour'! B-grade ability!"
"Oh! Oh! Oh!" Fang Ran nodded even though he did not understand it, but it sounded awesome to him. He put on an expression as though he understood the key points in that. However, if he had been at the remains of the building previously, he would have known that this person was the person from the previous scenario!
Impetuous continued explaining with a sour expression, "Younger brother, you better not even think that she's not powerful. Compared to us E-grade scums, she can casually kill the two of us with a flash of lightning. But this is not the most important thing!"
"Then what's the most important thing?!" Fang Ran was filled with shock. 'How is this not important?'
"The most important thing…" Impetuous said with a sour expression intermingled with envy and jealousy,
"Have you not realised that her ability is electricity! The power of electricity! Think about it, electricity is used everywhere now. Even the nerve impulses of people involve positive and negative electrical charges! With this kind of power that has immense potential and is super awesome, do you have any idea how many forces are trying to recruit her and how many forces she is on good terms with?"
"Ahem, older brother…" Seeing the panic-stricken expression on his face, Fang Ran could not help but expose him, "Could it be that you've offended her before?"
"Uh…" As if his weakness had been spotted all of a sudden, Impetuous immediately froze. He then rubbed his hands together and said while laughing nervously, "This… how is that possible?"
"Hey!!! The captain of Ardour, Impetuous is… Off!"
Hearing Impetuous' denial, Fang Ran immediately opened his mouth and shouted. Impetuous was so scared that he immediately covered Fang Ran's mouth. Looking at Fang Ran's face that had "I'm so curious about it. If you don't tell me, I'll shout out loud" written all over it, he had no choice but to start talking.
'Sigh… I didn't expect this seemingly honest younger brother to turn out to have this kind of backstabbing personality.
"Actually, I just slightly… Slightly hindered her journey for love…" Impetuous explained coyly. However, in the next moment, he seemed full of righteousness again as he said, "Although I know what I did was not right, as a member of the FFF group, I had no choice but to do that!"
Fang Ran was speechless.
'Older brother, this rotten devoid-of-morals excuse of yours, makes me want to turn you in right now.'
"Hey! Look, the outcome of the fight below seems to be reached. That person obviously can't defeat her." Impetuous pointed to the battle beneath them and said, trying to shift the attention away from the awkwardness.
On the pavement of the plaza at the base of the building, lightning was meandering like a dragon, spreading viciously and slashing the ground along the entire way. The person who she was fighting with was not simple as well. That person's fists were shining with a gold glow, seemingly full of power as well. However, it was still impossible for the opponent to get close.
"Lightning!"
The captain of Ardour flicked her right hand and threw out a flash of lightning, which hurled towards the opponent like a whip. The man was shocked, but did not panic. He put strength into his leg and was about to jump back to dodge out of the way, when he suddenly realised in shock that he actually could not move!
"Magnetic field?!"
The man speculated in shock. After which, a circle of lightning appeared under his feet, and a large chain of lightning shot up towards the sky!
Sss!
A long streak of lightning flashed past, shooting up right in front of Fang Ran and Impetuous who were on the rooftop!
With stiff necks, Fang Ran and Impetuous exchanged a glance. Just now, they seemed to have detected the burnt smell of the billboards on the edge of the rooftop…
After eliminating her opponent, the captain of Ardour appeared rather bored. She didn't immediately go off to hunt down the E-grade enemies roaming nearby. Perhaps it was because the B-grade her, who was near the top of the food chain, did not care for them at all.
Impetuous and Fang Ran were still hiding on the roof of the building. Right now, they didn't even dare to eat their snacks, and quietly waited for that person below to leave.
'Older brother, what now? Why is she still not leaving? Fang Ran glanced at Impetuous with a forceful gaze.
'Wait a while more, she will definitely leave!' Impetuous shot him a glance in reply.
'Damn it, older brother, do we have to talk with our eyes? It seems stupid.' Fang Ran looked at Impetuous questioningly.
'Younger brother, be steady. People with B-grade powers are very sensitive and vigilant. We must not be discovered.Impetuous' eyes flashed with determination as he responded to Fang Ran.
…
Of course, the above dialogue was carried on in the imaginations of these two people. The reality of the situation was that these two cowards on the rooftop were terribly frightened by that move just now, and were looking at each other in consternation without moving.
However, it seemed that God was watching and didn't want to let these cowards hide till the end, or perhaps it was because life was unpredictable and you cannot always get what you want… Just as the both of them were motionless, something suddenly happened at the plaza down below!
A thick black fog emerged from the ground out of thin air, and it was getting denser and denser!
On the ground, the captain of Ardour, who was casually sitting on the platform to rest, mumbled an exclamation of surprise. Then the system's standard voice suddenly rang out in the ears of all the participants, including those of Fang Ran and Impetuous',
"Ding! The final target, E-49, has been released!"