Vicious elbow strikes, knee strikes, and poison-coated daggers.
Zhao Bai neutralized them all, then answered with a storm of slaps.
"You dare hit me?"
"Not even my mother has ever hit me!"
"So what if I hit you?"
Zhao Bai taught her many lessons about being a person as he beat her. Of course, it was far more effective than mere verbal sparring, but that was not the main reason she was convinced. Her Sin Eye had been fixed on Zhao Bai the entire time. He had actually stepped back from the edge of crime, becoming pure and untainted. Whatever he had been like before, at this moment, Zhao Bai had cast aside every criminal thought and only wanted to educate someone.
An had never met anyone like him.
With the most violent manner imaginable, he affirmed her identity as a human being instead of simply calling her a monster.
An's heart ached, yet she was happy.
"Get up. Live properly, like a human being."
Zhao Bai helped An to her feet. Seeing that she seemed to have trouble walking, he naturally slung her over his shoulder.
"We're inside a Judgment-class Honkai Beast. If it awakens, it will bring disaster upon the whole world. We need to kill it before it wakes up. Can you help me?"
"..."
An asked doubtfully, "H-how can I help?"
"If you just watch quietly and don't cause trouble on the side, that'll be the greatest help."
PS: Sure enough, Grandpa An only felt better after getting beaten up... But I think Zhao Bai's method could be used on all those chuunibyou youngsters who have gone down the wrong path. Beat them up first, then reason with them once they've been beaten into submission.
I'll post the bounty notice this afternoon.
Bounty Notice!!!
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