"Cut the chatter and get the plane moving! If we don't leave now, we'll all burn to death!"
I glanced at the two of them, then turned around and woke Ning Jing.
The girl slowly sat up, one hand clutching her head. The way she looked around in confusion was unexpectedly kind of cute.
But if we didn't leave soon, she wouldn't be cute—she'd be out of her mind.
"Holy shit!"
"What is that?! A fire tornado?"
The pilot's startled voice came from up front. He spoke Mandarin with a hint of a Shaanxi accent, which somehow made it sound a little funny.
"Enough chatter. Take off, now. Do you hear me?"
I could fly, and I could lift the helicopter, but I couldn't carry it through the air.
"Oh, right... Okay!"
The pilot answered from up front. At the same time, Ning Jing came to her senses and looked me up and down,
as if she were staring at a monster.
Her gaze drew a helpless, bitter smile from me. But what could I do? I'd really gone all out to save them.
I was exhausted now, too, okay?
That look was getting on my nerves!
Forget it. Why should I get worked up over her?!
With that thought, I turned away and stopped looking at the woman. I sat by the window and watched the dozens of enormous fire tornadoes clashing with the lightning outside—a scene straight out of the apocalypse.
Wasn't this better than watching a blockbuster?
And it was real~
The helicopter's engine started. A moment later, the whirring rotor gradually drowned out the sounds around us. I felt the helicopter begin to rise again,
and at least that put me a little more at ease.
"Phew..."
I let out a long breath, picked up my