Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
Holy sh*t! Hearing the voice coming from right next to him, Fang Ran suddenly froze in terror. Stiffly, he turned his head and looked at the patch of grass next to him.
When he saw the person next to him clearly, Fang Ran was instantly stunned!
He realized that the guy next to him was a far better coward than he could ever be. The guy had a wreath around his head and a dark green backpack that perfectly blended with the grass. He also used a pair of binoculars to vigilantly be on the alert against any signs of danger in his surroundings. If a fight broke out in the vicinity, Fang Ran had no doubt that this guy would run away immediately.
Moreover, speaking of this guy, wasn’t he that Moko Ancient Monk who sat next to Fang Ran?!
Hearing the words of this Moko Ancient Monk, Fang Ran’s eyes immediately lit up!
“From what you’re saying, are you also hiding here, buddy?”
“Of course, how do you win if you don’t hide!”
The Moko Ancient Monk’ said in a tone filled with dignity, as if he was taking an oath.
“My friend!”
Fang Ran lamented emotionally, before quickly joining him. Similarly, he hid flawlessly in the grass, completely motionless as he helped the ‘Moko Ancient Monk’ to stand on guard in the direction behind him.
Both of them reached a mutual understanding to be on a unified battlefront.
“Buddy, you hide really well!”
Seeing Fang Ran’s professional cowardly action, the ‘Moko Ancient Monk’ exclaimed in admiration.
“Thank you, thank you! After all, I’ve hid in hundreds of games.”
Fang Ran had a smug look on his face but feigned humbleness, while regretting not having met the ‘Moko Ancient Monk’ earlier. Then with mutual understanding, they monitored their surroundings from the grass, hiding together.
Ling was speechless.
‘There is actually someone who is also a cowardly weirdo like Fang Ran?
Upon entering a scenario, they weren’t thinking about how to hunt and kill targets to increase their strength. Instead, they immediately found a path of grass to hide in and planned to hide till the end of time. This…
‘They’re f*cking hopeless, right?’
“By the way, where are you from, younger brother? How did you come here?” The ‘Moko Ancient Monk’ was very sociable, not forgetting to make conversation with Fang Ran as his binoculars continued to sweep across the area.
“I’m from Los Angeles, I was absurdly thrown in. Plus, how can a peace-loving person like me fight and kill? Safety is my number one priority!” Fang Ran said as if it was a fact. Feeling rather insecure simply hiding like that, he grabbed quite a number of branches and covered his head, completely unbothered by all the greenery on his head.
“That’s right, I am of the mindset too. This damn Night Battle is so scary. It is a life-and-death crisis at every turn. It’s a battlefield with arms and legs being flung around at the drop of a hat. Why can’t that gang of hot-blooded Night Battle participants consider the feelings of peace lovers like us?”
The ‘Moko Ancient Monk’ puffed out his chest, seemingly righteously questioning the world in torment.
“That’s right, that’s right!” Fang Ran nodded furiously like a chick pecking at its rice.
The two of them were on the same wavelength in a mind-boggling topic.
Ling was speechless.
“Eh? Older brother? Why aren’t there any monsters around?” Fang Ran stealthily made a peephole in the grass and did his best to look outside.
“I was also finding it strange. I heard that there are a lot of monsters in this scenario?” the ‘Moke Ancient Monk’ said with a puzzled expression on his face.
“This scenario will not release targets in the first hour.”
Suddenly, a power bank floated above the two of them and a Loli’s voice rang out lightly.
The patch of grass went silent for a second.
Then two figures immediately jumped out from the grass. Pretending that nothing had happened, they looked around at the surroundings.
“Hah, seriously, it’s just that they haven’t been released yet. Otherwise, with my ability, I would hang them up and whack them.” The Moko monk crossed his arms, appearing extremely confident. He would be even more convincing if he removed the wreath from his head.
“That’s right. I think that with my cool ability, there should be no problem with dealing with those E-grade scums.” Embarrassedly removing the branches and leaves from the top of his head, Fang Ran declared with his chest puffed out.
Then the two of them looked at each other and smiled, both feeling that they got along well with each other.
Ling looked at the two idiots without saying a word. She watched these two E-grade good-for-nothings pretending to be cool.
“Forgive me, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Impetuous.”
“It’s okay, older brother. There’s nothing impetuous about a late introduction. My name is Fang Ran.” Unbothered by it, Fang Ran replied with a thumbs up.
“Ahem.”
Buddy Moko scratched his head and said, “I meant my name is really Impetuous.”
“Uh…” Fang Ran was embarrassed for a second, but he immediately gave a thumbs up and said, “Great name!”
Impetuous took off his hood. Under the jet black robe were a simple T-shirt and pants, just as casual as Fang Ran. One-upping Fang Ran, there was a SpongeBob character printed on his T-shirt.
By the way, are you two children? How old are you to be wearing this kind of clothes!
Speechless, Ling looked at the two t-shirts, one was Crayon Shin-chan and the other was SpongeBob SquarePants. It seemed particularly abnormal in the darkness of night in the Night Battle, and was exceptionally polluting to the eyes.
“Wait a minute. Fang Ran, that thing next to you…” Impetuous was freaked out when he saw the floating power bank.
‘God, Am I so out-of-touch with society that I hadn’t realized they had already created a flying power bank?’
‘Has Xiaomi developed to the point of inventing an artificial intelligence power bank that can fly?’
“Uh, to tell you the truth, this is my summoned beast,” Fang Ran sighed and said solemnly.
Smack!
Ling directly smacked Fang Ran’s face.
“Your mother, I am not your summoned beast!”
“Pfft! But you clearly said…” Fang Ran said aggrievedly. Then…
Smack!
He was smacked again.
It would have been fine if he did not mention it. The moment Fang Ran mentioned it, anger welled up inside Ling again. Recalling the time when she had just entered the power bank and how she had casually made up this excuse with the intention of gaining his trust first, Ling really regretted it.
Seeing the metal power bank violently smacking Fang Ran’s face, Impetuous gulped nervously.
‘Holy Mother of God, the AI in the power bank must be really advanced. It even refers to herself as mother?’
‘But… the voice sounds quite cute when it’s being feisty. Hehe,’
Impetuous thought to himself with a perverse expression on his face. If Ling knew about his thoughts, his nose bridge would probably not be safe either.
“If you don’t want to experience being killed in this scenario, then hurry up and occupy a better location!”
Ling’s roar resounded in the ears of Fang Ran and Impetuous, intimidating the two of them till they obediently rushed towards the city center of their own accord.
…
Looking at Fang Ran, who was leading the way with much confidence, Impetuous could not help but ask, “By the way younger brother, for such apocalyptic scenarios, shouldn’t we go to a place like the police station to get our hands on two pistols to dominate the area?”
“Older brother, calm down. Who are we?” Fang Ran asked rhetorically. Then he increased the volume of his voice and said confidently, “We are Night Battle participants! Why would we need something so useless like a pistol.”
“You are so right. Younger brother, what you said makes sense.” Impetuous nodded in total seriousness.
Ling was floating behind them. When she heard what Fang Ran said, she humphed and gave a slight nod. ‘At least you have some self-awareness.’
Then she heard Fang Ran’s next sentence.
“The actual reason is that there is no one in this city now! No one! Can you resist the temptation to go to the supermarket and get anything you want?!”
“Dang!”
Impetuous was astonished. ‘That’s right, why didn’t I think of that!’
Ling felt a tightness in her chest. She had really overestimated this idiot just a moment ago.
“Besides, I’m sure that the other Night Battle participants will not have not thought of going to the supermarket,” Fang Ran said with utmost confidence as he scrutinised the map at the bus station. Shen City? He set his sights on the largest supermarket in the city!
‘That’s true, none of the other Night Battle participants are a penniless loser like you.’
“Damn! In the future, you must call me along whenever you plan to do this again.” Impetuous looked expectant, his eyes beginning to light up like Fang Ran’s.
‘Hah, fine, there’s one more here.’
Ten minutes later.
“F*ck you! Older brother, this bottle of Milk Deluxe is mine!”
“F*ck you! I let you drink all the previous ones. No matter what, this bottle should be left for me!”
As soon as they entered the entrance of the supermarket building, the poor losers were instantly drawn to the Deluxe Milk, which they usually could not afford to drink. After washing their face with milk with their hands against their hips, which was something that otakus like them had always wanted to try, the two of them began to fight for the last few boxes of Deluxe Milk. The ugliness of human nature was undoubtedly exposed.
“Hey, over there there’s still…” Ling let out a helpless sigh, feeling embarrassed for these two poverty-stricken losers.
“Older brother, you are already middle-aged, you should take this bottle of Deluxe Milk to nourish yourself.”
“No, no. Younger brother, you look thin and weak. You should be the one to drink it to supplement your calcium. Also, I’m only 25 years old. I’m still far from being middle-aged.”
Ling sighed. She suddenly felt that bringing this idiot, Fang Ran, into this scenario was a terrible mistake.