It was one climax after another. A series of events happened in a split moment.
From the four people confidently holding their trump cards at the beginning, to the young lady trapping them, to Ling's trap accidentally getting activated, and finally to the two cowards successfully falling from the building.
A series of 'exciting', 'premeditated' dramas happened and ended in a short span of time.
Fang Ran looked up blankly and realized that he was in a huge pit, totally safe and sound.
Instantly, he burst into tears.
Thank God, I'm still alive.
Fang Ran couldn't believe that he was still alive. In his mind, he basically could have the skill of "staying safe and sound even when buildings collapse".
"Older brother?! Are you still alive?!"
Fang Ran yelled hesitantly. Just now, he was desperately clutching the railing as his body leaned forward and plummeted. In his final moments, he seemed to have caught sight of the lightning of that young lady?
'Uh, after that it seemed like she was eliminated by a bright light?!'
"Pfft! Cough cough! I'm alive! Younger brother, over here! Give me a hand!"
A pathetic-sounding voice rang out from somewhere nearby. Fang Ran turned his head and saw Impetuous stuck in a pit. He swiftly rushed over and hauled him out like he was harvesting a carrot.
Then the two of them laid on the ruins like brothers in hardship, panting loudly. After a long time, Fang Ran asked hesitantly,
"Older brother, so does this count as us staying hidden?"
"Um, I guess it does?"
Impetuous was also staring at the collapsed building in a daze. Just a moment ago, the two of them were still eating free snacks inside and taking whatever they wanted.
Yet now, it just collapsed all of a sudden?!
Isn't that very strange?
Did someone intervene?
Impetuous shook his head and decided not to bother about all that. Then he slapped Fang Ran's shoulder, and with an expression that said 'see, isn't this older brother reliable', he said,
"Younger brother! We are safe!"
Then he noticed that Fang Ran's expression was a little stiff. Just when he was feeling puzzled, Fang Ran pointed to his back and uttered with difficulty,
"Older brother, take a look behind you first."
"No! This older brother doesn't want to look!"
Impetuous replied without any hesitation.
"You have to take a look even if you don't want to! I can't shoulder this kind of despair on my own!"
Fang Ran yelled furiously before forcibly turning Impetuous' head. Then Impetuous saw…
A pitch-black monster the size of a small dinosaur pushing away the rubble of the ruins and catching sight of both of them.
The three of them looked at each other for a second.
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
"Roar!"
The two humans and one monster cried out at the same time!
However, before the petrified Fang Ran could kneel down and admit his mistake.
The system's voice suddenly rang out.
[Ding! You have successfully killed target E-49.]
[Ding! You have received a special reward.]
Fang Ran looked at the interface in front of him and froze in shock. To their astonishment, they saw that E-49, whose lower body was still buried in the ruins, suddenly seemed to be completely drained of energy and turned weak as it slowly vanished into a cloud of black air.
Fang Ran, "…the f*ck?"
Impetuous, "…What the f*ck?!"
Suddenly, at that moment, the debris next to them rumbled. A streak of silver light shone creeped out and immediately spotted the two of them.
"You two cowards are actually still alive?!"
The Loli's voice said in surprise as it looked at Fang Ran. Ling was a little shocked. Ling's original plan had been to kill him. But with this f*cking building already collapsed, how else could she kill him?
"What kind of question is that!" Fang Ran's face fell immediately as d he said solemnly and calmly, "How can chicken-dinner elites like us die that easily?"
"That's right!" Impetuous nodded solemnly. Crossing his arms across his chest, he said arrogantly and confidently, "We were just looking for opportunities before we strike. You see, hasn't the final target been killed by us already?"
Ling stared straight at the two cowardly idiots. Taking a glance at the place where the target had been directly crushed by the building with some black gas still left behind, Ling was silent.
These cowards actually succeeded?!
With her super high IQ, Ling managed to more or less figure out what had happened. Although she did not know who had triggered the fuse she had set up, the collapsed building just so happened to crush E-49 to death.
Then because of her special relationship with Fang Ran right now, by default, the system considered it as Fang Ran killing the target.
…F*ck!
Seeing Fang Ran with an expression of 'I really want to show off, but no, I have to be calm', Ling really wanted to smack his face.
Forcibly suppressing this urge, Ling reined her temper in and asked,
"How did you survive the collapse of the building?"
"Oh… Well, that's because at the last minute, Impetuous older brother shouted an incantation… Uh… wait… F*ck!!!"
As Fang Ran was talking, he suddenly recalled something. All of a sudden, he turned his head and stared at Impetuous!
"Um… Younger brother, why are you looking at me?"
Impetuous suddenly became nervous and clutched his cloak tightly.
Ling was also baffled but continued to watch on as Fang Ran scanned Impetuous' whole body for some reason.
Both of them were quiet for a while. Then Fang Ran suddenly said,
"Older brother, do you dare to take off your cloak?"
"I dare not!"
Faced with Fang Ran's question that popped out of nowhere, Impetuous responded immediately!
Then as if he had confirmed his suspicion, Fang Ran pointed at Impetuous with a trembling finger and said in a voice that was also trembling,
"Could it be… Older brother, you…"
"Don't ask, younger brother. Don't ask anything!"
Covering his entire body with the cloak, Impetuous knelt down and covered his face, too ashamed to face Fang Ran.
The whole scene was like "The cheating girlfriend was naked and covering herself with the sheets, unable to face the interrogation of the boyfriend who came rushing over"!
A terrible eyesore!
Ling speechlessly watched these two men doing God-knows-what. All of a sudden, she spotted something falling out of Impetuous' long black cloak due to him squatting down.
Hmm? This shape…. Where have I seen it before?
Emmm~~~
"Eh?!"
Ling gasped in shock when she matched it to something in the database in her mind!
"Older brother, sure enough, what you are wearing now… is… a sailor outfit…?"
Fang Ran said, completely shaken up. The situation was so critical just now that he did not think of anything when he heard the phrase "In the name of the moon". But when Ling mentioned it right now, coupled with the brilliant ray that eliminated lightning girl, Fang Ran immediately matched it to something in his own memory!
Sailor Moon?!
Moon Prism Power, Make Up?!
What the f*ck!
"Younger brother… I…"
Impetuous fell to his knees, feeling like he could not live on anymore. 'Damn it, I must really have had a brain fart just now to actually use that power! Why didn't I use something else!'
'Too used to dealing with old codgers who don't know the world of anime at all.'
'I forgot that this guy is an otaku!'
"It's okay, older brother,"
Fang Ran suddenly comforted him in a calm voice.
"Don't comfort me, you have no idea how hopeless I feel!"
Clutching his robe tightly, Impetuous was scowling as he thumped the ground and shouted!
"I know, older brother."
"No! You don't know! Can you imagine it! Suddenly being in a desperate situation! Suddenly telling me that I have superpowers, and then just when I am excited…"
"All of a sudden, it is Sailor Moon!! The last straw that I could clutch at was the power of Sailor Moon!"
Crack! Crack! Impetuous heard the sound of his heart shattering.
"I can understand."
"You can't!"
"I really can!!!"
Fang Ran suddenly said in an extremely firm tone. Then with trembling hands, he fished out a card from his pocket. Under Meng Lang's shocked and incredulous expression, Fang Ran was unable to look him in the eye as he covered his own face and said,
"Because mine is f*cking the same!"
"Suddenly becoming a magical girl"
The sword card appeared in Fang Ran's hand, exactly the same as the one seen on TV.
Meng Lang was startled and froze. He and Fang Ran looked each other in the eye for a long time, as if they were going to do this till the end of time!
"My family!!!"
"My best friend!!!"
The two of them suddenly hugged each other, weeping bitter tears!
Finally! Finally!
Finally, there was someone who could understand the despair that they each felt when they found themselves becoming a magical girl upon suddenly falling into a life-and-death crisis and clutching onto the last straw to live on!
"Older brother!"
"Younger brother!"
"I feel like I have the motivation to live on!"
"Older brother, let's form a team!"
"In order to keep our secrets, let's live on by supporting each other!"
"Okay!"
The two of them vigorously patted each other on the back, feeling as if they had found someone to lean on in their lives. They then started sobbing again!
Only Ling was speechless as she watched this touching yet extremely eyesore of a scene.