"You coward!!!"
Ling's roar suddenly resounded throughout Fang Ran's rental flat!
Ling was so furious that the power bank trembled violently, and even faintly flickered with a silver glow!
"After I spent such a long time persuading you, I just got an answer like this in return?!"
"It's not that, it's just that I really can't afford to play this game, big sister!" Fang Ran begged for mercy with a sour expression. 'To go fight and kill in Night Battles, this lowly one really can't do it!'
"Looks like you want to do this the hard way?"
Ling's voice suddenly became dangerously low.
"Um, what are you going to do?!"
Fang Ran instantly laid frozen on the ground in shock, grasping his neckline tightly like a woman.
"Fang Ran, I will formally warn you now, if you don't do your best to improve your abilities in Night Battles and continue to be a coward, I will call the police and report that I found traces of the wanted cultural relic criminal."
Ling floated high above and looked down at Fang Ran condescendingly.
Hearing Ling's words, Fang Ran's body immediately stiffened. Trembling as he pointed at Ling, he accused,
"Must you be so cruel, so heartless!"
"You forced me to do this."
Looking at Fang Ran in contempt, Ling sneered coldly.
"Let me tell you, I am a man with limits. Even if you use such despicable means to force me, I…" Fang Ran said resolutely, but in actuality, this was just a typical formal remark that he was used to saying. Based on Fang Ran's character, he would probably give in in his next sentence.
"Good! At least you have backbone! In that case, I will contact the police now,"
'Have no problem with being obedient' The rest of Fang Ran's sentence was lodged at the back of his throat. Ling had already spoken so firmly. She had already made up her mind that if she did not teach Fang Ran a lesson, this coward will definitely be hopeless!
"Let's see when the policemen come to investigate, what will you…"
Ling sneered triumphantly, intending to call the police while enjoying Fang Ran's expression, but…
She suddenly froze.
Fang Ran, who had originally intended to kowtow to admit his mistake and bootlick her once again, looked at Ling all of a sudden and stopped talking, his heart skipping a beat.
Eh?!
Both of them remembered something at the same time.
That is…
"Ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
Fang Ran immediately resurrected with full health points and was completely invigorated as he leapt to his feet and laughed hysterically with his arms akimbo! Adopting an extremely childish pose, he covered his right eye with his right hand while pointing at his power bank with his left index finger.
"Stupid summoned beast. Don't forget, there is nothing in this room that you can use to call the police!"
Ling was speechless.
'Damn it, I forgot that this guy is a pauper who doesn't even have a mobile phone!'
'F*ck! It was exactly because of this assumption that I ended up in this situation, why have I not learnt from that mistake!'
"Ha ha ha ha ha~"
Fang Ran was still laughing hysterically with his arms akimbo.
"Don't celebrate so early. Even if there is no mobile phone in this room, I just have to go next door to report you,"
Ling said harshly while gnashing her teeth.
"Stop that thought! In the two flats next to me, the two old ladies are at home 24 hours a day. You want to break into a private property? Don't even think about it!"
Fang Ran changed his pose again. Posing as Conan this time, he pretended to push up his non-existent glasses and sharply pointed out the flaw!
'F*ck!' Ling yelled in her heart. 'Middle-aged old women should just be good and go for public line dancing! Why stay at home all the time? To eat takeaway?!'
"Besides those two flats, it's not like I don't have any other choice," Ling sneered, still unwilling to give up. Seeing Fang Ran's expression that was asking for a beating, she gnashed her teeth in her mind and thought murderously,
'If I still had my powers, I will definitely throw you into anti-gravitational space and let you spin for a while!'
"Hehe, if you don't care about the news of a flying power bank making headlines, I don't care either."
This time, Fang Ran assumed Lelouch's signature pose. Pressing on one side of his face with one hand, he sneered.
'Damn it!'
Ling was silent this time. Fang Ran had indeed hit the nail on the head with her weakness.
'B*stard, it's clearly just Fang Ran, yet he's so arrogant!'
'Since when can this idiot react so quickly?!'
The human and the power bank looked at each other. Ling was thinking about something, while Fang Ran seemed like he was all, 'the situation is already so bad that to make it worse makes no real difference'.
After three minutes of silence, Ling was the first to give in.
After holding it in for a long time, Ling finally threatened dully, "With your idleness, you're bound to die sooner or later."
"Ahem," Fang Ran also pretended to cough twice. Pursing his lips, he also took a step back and said, "I actually do want to increase my strength a little."
"Oh~?"
"But of course, safety first!"
Confronting Ling's obvious surprise, Fang Ran swiftly puffed out his chest and said,
"Tut~"
"How about we do it this way - I will participate in those Night Battles and whatnot as per normal, and under the premise that my personal safety is guaranteed, I will listen to you."
Scratching his head, Fang Ran seemed a little embarrassed as he suggested this.
"There's nothing much that I can tell you!"
Ling said in her usual Loli voice. No matter how one heard it, this indignant sentence and sarcasm sounded like her pride talking.
"Hah," Fang Ran sighed and said again, "In return, if you help me, I will help you too."
After a pause, Fang Ran added on another line,
"Within my capabilities of course…"
Upon hearing this, Ling was silent for a second. Then, she smirked.
"Oh~ so you don't think I am your summoned beast anymore?"
Fang Ran paused for a moment. After that, he smiled and rubbed his face with his hands, not letting Ling see his current expression.
"Ha, that… Although I am just an ordinary person with no strengths, I am not stupid."
"Very well then, I can't be bothered to chit-chat with you. I actually do have something that I need you to do when you reach B-grade. As long as you promise to help me, I will naturally help you with the Night Battles."
"But I have to put this out there first, what I am asking you to do won't be easy, and if you're not focused, you may lose your life. Have you thought it through?"
Ling's voice changed again. It was still a Loli's voice, but it had a baffling undertone to it.
"Yep, so we agree that if you help me, I will help you too." Fang Ran smiled and softly agreed, as if he was making an agreement with a friend. With this agreement, it was also a long time later that Ling…
"Hmph! Based on your current rubbish strength, it will take at least a few decades for you to be able to help me!"
Seeing that Fang Ran was "obediently cooperating", Ling once again returned to being sharp-tongued, with the tone of a Queen as she said this in contempt.
"Your Royal Highness, it's only been two days since this lowly one was sucked into that Night Battle. Isn't it only normal to be rubbish?" Fang Ran's expression turned sour again as he grumbled and complained.
"Don't call me 'Your Royal Highness'!" Ling yelled angrily! 'What bullsh*t title is that!'
"Alright, Your Royal Highness!" Fang Ran's had an "I-did-not-hear-you" expression on his face.
"If you call me that again, do you believe that I will smack your face?!"
Ling pulled out her trump card and threatened. Fang Ran confidently assessed the hardness of the power bank and his nose bridge. In order to avoid screaming and rolling on the ground, he decisively yielded.
"In that case, tell me what your name is."
"Hmph! Why should I tell you?"
Fang Ran was speechless.
"In that case… Your Royal Highness…"
"Beat it! Don't call me that!"
"Then… Xiaomi?"
"F*ck you!"
"Then… Cerberus?"
"Do you take me for that flying puppet!"
"Hah, so hard to please. Oh, right! Please turn off the lights at night from now on."
"Huh?! Why the hell should I turn off the lights for you?"
"Look at the summoned beasts in anime, all of them are responsible for acting cute and turning off the lights."
"What does that have to do with me!!!"
"Of course it has something to do with you. A power bank can't act cute, so the only function you have left is to turn off the lights."
"Fang Ran! Do you believe that I will kill you now?!"
"I don't believe that!"
"You…"
…
…
This was the time when the two of them made their first agreement.