Martin and the others were practically tearing their hair out!
We just wanted to know how those dozen or so people up ahead were doing!
Had Jiang Nan hit Charles so hard that his brain had short-circuited?
He'd already been hit, so why was he asking to get hit again? Had he been knocked so senseless that he'd lost his memory?
Brother Leopard and the Muscle Guy didn't say a word. They went straight to find Charles!
Martin's face twisted into a grimace: (ʘ益ʘꐦ)!
"Jiang Nan! You little punk, you're playing dirty! Didn't we agree that everyone would get one hit?"
"You already hit him! Why are you hitting him again?"
Jiang Nan: (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)☞
"Hey, don't be unreasonable! Did I say I wouldn't hit Charles?"
"No, right? Charles insisted that I hit him again. I was only reluctantly fulfilling his request!"
"I was just showing off my noble qualities—easygoing and always willing to help!"
Martin's face flushed red and green by turns!
Charles, you absolute idiot! You had the whole situation under control, and you had to go and mess it up!
"You... Did you use some kind of black magic on him? Otherwise, why would Charles let you hit him a second time?"
Jiang Nan: (*°᷄ٹ°᷅) "Don't make things up!"
"Maybe he hadn't built up enough energy beans from the first slap. He needed another one to fill his energy bar and trigger a full-power burst!"
"That's why he asked me to hit him again. I was helping him!"
Martin's eyes nearly popped out of his head!
(ଵ益ଵꐦ) "Bullshit! What the hell are energy beans? Are you playing Street Fighter with me or something?"
But no matter what he said, he couldn't argue with Jiang Nan. Everyone had seen it: Charles had been the one to ask for a