Two Little Brats (Continued)

Liu Bai looked at the two little devils in front of him and sighed softly.

"?"

"What are you looking around for, Kevin?"

"I feel like I heard something?" Kevin said uncertainly as he looked around.

"Is your head overheating from too much exercise?" Su said casually, sitting on the basketball.

Kevin is truly something else; even though he was at a certain distance and lowered his voice, he was still detected.

They're quite perceptive.

Well, in that case, it's time for me to make my appearance.

"Kevin ~ Brave young Kevin, can you hear me?"

Liu Bai imitated the charlatan's tone, half singing and half speaking.

Come to think of it, there's something interesting about talking like that. No wonder Shakespeare liked to quote a few lines of poetry all the time.

"Huh!? Who?"

The sudden sound startled Kevin so much that he stood up abruptly.

"?" Su tilted her head. "Kevin, what's wrong? Need to pee?"

"You're the one who needs to pee."

"Oh, so that's the big one, right?"

Su nodded, looking like she understood.

"No, it has absolutely nothing to do with that."

Kevin kicked the basketball off Sue's butt in annoyance.

Are you hard of hearing? Didn't you really hear what I just heard?

"... What was that sound?" Su asked, somewhat annoyed, as she plopped down on the ground.

"It's something like 'Kevin ~ Brave young Kevin, can you hear me?' The voice sounds like it's calling out to a ghost."

"..."

If you say that, I'm going to get angry.

"I didn't hear you at all." Su got up from the ground and glared at his best friend who had kicked away his "chair." "Brave boy? You? You get beaten up three times a day? Okay, from this perspective, you're pretty brave."

"You're the one who gets beaten up three times a day! You bastard Su!"

Kevin grinned and retorted, "But I definitely heard someone calling me just now!"

"Even though you say that, I didn't hear it at all—but since that voice is asking you 'Can you hear me?', why don't you just respond?"

"Only a fool would respond! What if it's a demon from a horror story who kills people with a single word?"

"... Isn't your brain working perfectly fine?"

"When did my brain stop working?"

Do you want to fight?

"It's not very useful when you're teaching."

Sue spread her hands, giving Kevin no face at all.

"But then again, I don't think there are any ghosts at this time of day, right? After all, even in horror stories, ghosts are supposed to be active at night."

"Hmm... that's true." Kevin pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

However, Kevin then remembered something else, and a worried look appeared on his face. "But what if the one who called my name isn't an ordinary ghost? There's an old saying that the early bird catches the worm, so it's not impossible that a ghost might come to work now."

"..."

Liu Bai was starting to lose his composure.

These two kids are really good at talking nonsense.

"If that's really the case..."

Su looked thoughtful. "I'll run away immediately and call the police."

"You bastard, are you even a brother?!"

Kevin looked at him with an expression that said he had misjudged him.

"Even if you say that, Kevin, it's a ghost! If you really do die... what would you like to eat?"

"...What?"

"What I mean is, if you want to eat something, just tell me now, and I'll send you some every year from now on."

"Keep it for yourself, you bastard Sue!" Kevin said angrily.

It's clear that these two guys are truly best friends and frenemy friends.

Hmm... but it seems kind of interesting?

Should we go along with their ideas and scare them a little?

... Forget it, Kevin is just a third-grade kid right now. He'll get into trouble if he's too frightened.

"... It seems that the voice has not reappeared."

Kevin suddenly realized that the voice hadn't sounded again when he was arguing with Sue.

"Maybe the ghost is already gone? Or should we just pretend nothing happened and go home?"

"No, I'm just watching the show—have you and your friends finished discussing it?"

"...?"

No, aren't you being a little too polite, you ghost?

"Oh, by the way, I'm not a ghost—at least not the kind of ghost you're thinking of—if your discussion is over, may I continue?"

Continue...

"You said..."

Although Kevin really wanted to say that he and Sue hadn't finished their discussion, Kevin still a little scared in the face of this seemingly ghostly being.

"Hmm... Let me think, what were the lines I prepared before? I forgot them after watching your performance. It's a pity you're not doing comedy sketches."

You're the one putting on an act! Your whole family is an act!

I'm really scared!

Kevin silently made a "shh" gesture to his best friend.

"Oh, I remember now, 'The chosen brave boy Kevin ~ The world is facing a crisis of destruction. Are you willing to step forward, become a hero, and save the world?' -- That's roughly the idea. I'm not very good at this kind of thing, so please understand."

"..."

Where should I begin to complain?

I feel like there are so many flaws in this statement that it would be impolite not to criticize it.

Finally, Kevin scratched his head with his little hands that were covered in dirt.

"Um... could you explain it to me in simpler terms?"

"..."

Your comprehension skills are driving me crazy!

"Even simpler? Okay, the world is about to be destroyed, and we need you to become a hero to save it. Are you in?"

"That sounds pretty cool, but how could this world possibly be destroyed?"

Kevin shook his head dismissively.

Liu Bai didn't explain much to Kevin, because Kevin was still too immature.

"One answer: Do it or don't?"

"I won't do it! You're too suspicious!"

Kevin immediately refused.

"Then there's nothing I can do but curse you... Hehehe."

"What the hell is that sinister laugh?! You didn't give me a multiple-choice question, did you?" Kevin jumped up immediately upon hearing this.

"This is the wickedness of the adult world, Kevin... hehehehe."

Liu Bai continued to let out a sinister laugh, just like an elder of the Soul Palace.

Su, who was standing next to her, felt something was very strange when she saw her best friend talking to thin air.

I didn't hear anything, but Kevin's conversation sounded very real.

What should we do? Should we run and find someone else to help? Or should we stay here?

Hmm... I guess I'll slip away now.

Anyway, idiots usually have better luck.

Bad friends are just for selling out!

"Hold Su down! Hold him down and I'll agree! Don't heroes always have teammates? He's the one!"

Kevin glared fiercely at Sue, who was preparing to run away.

Come on! Let's hurt each other!

"Kevin! You bastard! Don't drag me into this!"

"Same here! You bastard Su!"

"... You two really have a good relationship."

Seeing this scene of unwavering love before him, Liu Bai almost shed tears of emotion. He smiled as he held back Su, who was trying to escape.

The sensation of a hand on her shoulder confirmed to Su that ghosts might indeed exist in this world.

That's it, there's no escaping it now.

It's all your fault, Kevin!

"Don't worry, based on my intuition, this ghost doesn't seem to have any malicious intent."

Kevin gestured for his best friend to relax.

"If your feelings can become reality, then I can probably conclude that the news about the sow climbing a tree is true."

Su complained with a look of utter despair.

"... So you really do want to fight, huh?" Kevin smirked. "That's called sharing good things with friends!"

"... I don't think this looks like a good thing."

Liu Bai was now looking at the two boys in front of him with a happy smile.

The two future Flame-Chasers Moth Chasers to Fire are now just little rascals.

Sue looks quiet and reserved at first glance, but the fact that she can eat with Kevin shows that she was just like Kevin when they were kids.

At most, Sue's brain capacity is slightly larger than Kevin's.

Although Liu Bai generally tries to minimize his presence in simulations, Su is, after all, a future Flame-Chasers and a future simulation subject. So, with the idea that bringing one along is the same as bringing a whole bunch, Liu Bai is too lazy to hide himself from Su.

So, on the other hand, even if Kevin hadn't asked him to keep Sue, he would have kept Sue there anyway.

After all, being willing to expose oneself in front of Su and letting Su expose oneself in a big way are two completely different concepts.

The fewer people who know the truth about you, the less likely you are to trigger special actions from the system.

Kevin and his best friend Su bickered for a while, then turned to look at Liu Bai.

"So, this demon senior... although I agreed to become a hero, what exactly am I supposed to do?"

"What to do? Study, of course."

As Liu Bai spoke, he wrote words on the ground so that Su Ye could see them.

"Huh? Study? Are you kidding me? I'm already willing to be a hero, why would I need to study?" Kevin looked incomprehensible. "Besides, is it really appropriate for a ghost like you to be saying these things?"