Chapter 825: Elite Players

Chapter 825: Elite Players

Miss had appeared at the door at some point with a purposefully relaxed and natural smile.

Ting Ting immediately put down the food in her hand and tensed up, rigid.

Liao Liao, the experienced worker here, quickly responded, “Protector Miss is right, Ting Ting. I think you’re at the right weight now. Being chubby is cute.”

“Haha.” Miss walked into the room and looked around, his gaze quickly landing on Ting Ting’s lowered profile. “Do you have time tonight, Ting Ting?”

Like a student being singled out by a teacher to answer a question, Ting Ting hunched reflexively and tried her best to smile. “Um, that, I...”

“Why don’t we go to a movie?” Miss didn’t give her the chance to turn him down. “Slam Dunker’s movie is now screening. I remember you’ve always loved the anime.”

Ting Ting smiled with difficulty. “Yes, but I...”

“I bought the tickets.” Miss took out a ticket. “Let’s watch it tonight.”

“But...we can’t just go out.”

“It’s no problem. I’ll give you the permission.” Miss did have the authority to do so as a Protector. He shoved the ticket into Ting Ting’s hand. “Get back to your work. I’ll see you tonight.”

Miss turned to leave, closing the door behind him.

It took some time for the awkward atmosphere in the room to fade.

“You can’t drag this on any longer, Ting Ting...” Liao Liao pressed a hand to her forehead. “Miss is obviously pursuing you! Just reject him! Or he’s gonna continue to swing by every day and try his tricks on you. It’s getting really unbearable!”

“Agreed.” Cold Cicada smiled faintly.

Ting Ting sighed. “I don’t know what’s wrong with him. He never even spared me a glance before, but suddenly wouldn’t leave me alone. Seriously, I thought he wasn’t interested in women.”

“Same.” Liao Liao cackled. “What a feat, Ting Ting. You turn him straight.”

“Sister Liao Liao, don’t joke like that...” Ting Ting blushed.

Liao Liao frowned. “Hey, you...aren’t interested in Miss, too, are you?”

“Of course not!” Ting Ting was exasperated but also amused. “He looks like my dad!”

“Pfft—” Liao Liao couldn’t smother the laughter. “True. He does look older than he actually is.”

“There won’t be anything between us.” Ting Ting smiled bitterly. “But he never actually confesses, and I’ll seem like a narcissist if I reject him. Besides, he’s now A Protector. I can’t risk getting on his bad side. What if he abuses his power and has me assigned to his team? I don’t wanna get on the frontline. I want to live for a few more days and have a few more meals!”

Liao Liao got worried, too. “When you put it that way, it is a possibility.”

“Yes.” Ting Ting sighed ruefully. “It’s annoying. Why is it so hard to have a few days in peace?”

Liu Qingying smiled. “Still, the movie isn’t at fault here. It’s innocent, Ting Ting. Slam Dunker is your youth, isn’t it?”

Ting Ting wavered. “Yeah, I’ve always wanted to watch the movie. This is a good chance.”

“You should go,” Liu Qingying egged her on.

Six red wings with eyes shot out from her back. She looked like a butterfly that had just broken out of its chrysalis.

An indescribable pain was brought down from the sky.

“Ah...aghhhhh!!”

Nico’s frail body could not take it. He collapsed to the ground while holding his forehead with both hands, rolling around and spasming madly like a living fish dropped into boiling oil.

Hiss. About ten seconds later, Nico’s forehead split, splattering black blood. Then a red vertical eye emerged from between his brows.

Nico stopped screaming. The pain was suddenly silent.

Lying on the ground, he looked up with dazed eyes. The vertical eye on his forehead continued to gurgle blood, which drenched his pious and grateful old face.

“Heavenly Godbearer! This humble servant is grateful to you for the power granted!!”

“I saw it, I saw it... I know what to do. I will complete this mission!”

“Your will is going to be enforced on the world! Your divine grace is going to shine on the land! Your blessing is going to save all lives!”

...

“Ah!”

Nico shouted, waking up on the stage.

He suddenly had an episode while talking to Clear Mirror, and he quickly collapsed to the ground, foaming from the mouth.

This time, he stayed unconscious for a full hour before coming to.

“You’re finally awake.” Clear Mirror remained in his seat at the roundtable. He looked down at Nico quietly.

“The great and merciful Heavenly Godbearer! She, She forgave us...” Nico scrambled to his feet and rushed to Clear Mirror, grabbing his shoulders. “She had another instruction for us! She showed me...”

“Nico, take your time,” Clear Mirror assured him coolly.

“The future!” Nico couldn’t calm down. “She showed me the future! The future of us killing the Divine Scion! Clear Mirror! That will be our last chance! That will be our last salvation in this world!”

“What do I do?”

“Go back to Li City!” Nico let go of him and widened his arms. “Await the right time! Then, we will give our insignificant lives to fulfill Heavenly Godbearer’s mission for us.”

Clear Mirror’s deep melancholy eyes glinted with hesitance. “I will finish Her mission, but before that, I must seek revenge from the Ocean River Union...”

“Do not worry, Clear Mirror!” Nico exclaimed. “Nothing escapes Heavenly Godbearer’s holy vision! She had a plan! You will have your revenge as you finish your mission!”

“All...all is for the greatest conclusion to the play!!”

Swish, swish.

The dark red curtains at the front of the stage slowly drew close. Another boring stageplay with no audience came to an end.