"Oh, what a pain in the ass," Nathan's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, "Why be so cautious? Can't you just peacefully die without noticing like that old pervert Hannibal!?"
"You…" Veins were popping out on Maria's forehead, "So it was you who killed my Xiao Ni!"
"So what if it was!"
Nathan was now out of options. His only choice was to fight a battle to the death with Maria!
Since the gloves were off, Nathan didn't need to hold back anymore. He let all the thoughts he had been suppressing in his heart flood out at this moment.
"And what do you mean 'my Xiao Ni'? Aren't you disgusted with yourself! You stinking woman! That old pervert never cared about you at all! To be so delusional, it's just pathetic."
"...You!"
Maria's rationality completely shattered at that moment, and with a roar of fury, a powerful blast of wind blew the entire kitchen inside out!
"Wow~~~" Xiao Yi was naturally sent flying as well, tumbling to a spot ten meters away.
"I… will make you pay for Xiao Ni's death!" she declared.
"Come on, do you really think I'm afraid of you?"
There was no hesitation or fear in Nathan's eyes. His expression hardened, and the ground beneath his feet suddenly turned into a pool of black mud, writhing as if boiling.
In the next moment, a black shark the size of a truck, capable of freely swimming through the land, appeared beside him.
"..." Maria was taken aback by Nathan's bold move, "It seems you really don't care anymore, do you?"
"Do you even have the rationality left to think about that?" Nathan scoffed, "Are you that afraid of her? Well, I'm not. Because of a moment of impulsiveness, I've already failed and I'm sure to die… but before that, I at least need to have my revenge on you, you stinking woman!"
"...!"
...
"Hisss… what happened?"
Xiao Yi got up from the ground, but the scene before his eyes left him stunned.
The massive Western-style mansion was now in ruins, wrecked beyond repair.
And in the sky above, the shadows of two people were interweaving back and forth.
With each crossing, they generated deafening sonic booms and powerful waves, scattering the debris of the mansion all around.
"...Ah?" Xiao Yi stared in shock.
Not just Xiao Yi, all the viewers in the live stream were stunned by the sight beyond common sense.
"This… this is too exaggerated! That last hit, it flattened several nearby hills!"
"Any random member of this family could be a Blast City Level powerhouse! Is that even fair?"
"Is this the true strength of an abnormality under the highest level of difficulty? It can't be solved with strength, only with intelligence, who could defeat them other than themselves?"
"Hannibal may have died right from the start, but his value just keeps on rising! I don't even know how the game would have played out if Hannibal were still alive."
"Thank goodness the objective is to survive until dawn, otherwise this instance wouldn't be meant to be cleared at all!"
"To be honest, this is way more thrilling than those popcorn flicks from the Lighthouse Country!"
The unfolding events finally made Xiao Yi realize that the two people before him were no ordinary humans.
"So that's how it is, these aren't things normal people can do. It seems this family is far from ordinary," Xiao Yi said, nodding slightly.
Chat: "OMG! He finally got it!"
"Then, they must have been scientifically modified to be so powerful, just like in those movies. Plus, with the Professor around, it makes sense there would be modifications, though I have no idea what the Professor's job is."
Xiao Yi nodded with renewed certainty.
Comments: "Ah? Even now they're still trying to forcefully connect it to science, the crap superhero movies from Lighthouse Country really do some serious damage!"
Comments: "I guess in Brother Xiao Yi's mind, science is probably similar to what we consider religious superstition."
"Ah... Speaking of which, just before I left, the person on the phone had told me, if they started arguing, they hoped I would step in and mediate."
Xiao Yi said this, glancing at the two who were fighting so intensely that even the great way seemed to be wearing thin, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
Nathan and Maria, even amid their fierce battle, did not forget to continue their verbal exchange.
"That's why I say! The stuff you make tastes like death! And you forced me to eat it for so many years! Do you have any idea how miserable I've been!?"
"Shut up! Don't you dare say my cooking tastes bad! I've been working really hard on the recipes!"
Although the content of their words sounded like a typical family quarrel, the scene was anything but ordinary.
"There's no way I can mediate this, right?" Xiao Yi immediately gave up on the idea.
He was well aware of his own capabilities.
Apart from just watching, Xiao Yi didn't think there was anything else he could do.
At that moment, Maria's red fog transformed into a blade that seemed to pierce heaven and earth, slashing towards Nathan.
Unsurprisingly, Nathan dodged it.
But to everyone's surprise, the Professor's body was somehow directly below it. Following that, his body was cut in half at the waist, the middle section cleanly sliced away.
"Ah!" Maria cried out in pain: "Xiao Ni! I didn't mean to!"
Nathan, however, burst into laughter: "Hahaha! Serves you right!"
Watching this unfold, Xiao Yi shook his head, unable to stop sighing.
"Professor, you were such a kind person, but even in death, you can't rest in peace. A family that kind should be living together harmoniously, loving each other—why has it come to this?"
Comments: "How can you still think about kindness when it's almost over? Brother Xiao Yi still hasn't figured out the situation at all."
The two of them could never completely get rid of each other, since both were immortal.
Finally, after an unknown duration of fighting, both of them collapsed on the ground, completely drained.
Seeing that the two had finally calmed down, Xiao Yi approached them.
The one closest to Xiao Yi was Nathan. He walked up to Nathan, who was slumped on the ground, gasping for air, and crouched down to ask:
"Is the mother-son argument finally over?"
Xiao Yi was just asking casually, but he didn't expect Nathan's response to leave him, as well as everyone in the live stream, stunned.
Nathan said: "...Huh? What are you babbling about, she's not our mother!"
"...Eh? What did you say?"
All along, Xiao Yi and the live stream audience believed Maria to be the mother of the family.
The audience even thought that the ultimate boss of this instance was the mother, Maria.
This was also confirmed by Aviya.
But unexpectedly, Nathan said Maria wasn't his mother! What was going on here? Then who was the true mother?
"Hm? By the looks of it, did that woman not tell you anything?"
Nathan caught his breath and explained to Xiao Yi:
"That woman is not the mother. She only gave birth to me, that's all. In fact, she, just like that old pervert Hannibal, was brought into this world through the power of the mother."