"You cowardly bastard!!!"
Ling's roar instantly echoed through Fang Ran's rented apartment!!
The Power Bank trembled violently with rage, faint silver light even flickering from it!
"I wasted all that breath, and this is the answer I get!?"
"It's not that, it's just that I really can't handle it, sis!" Fang Ran pleaded miserably. Going into Night Battle to fight and kill? This concubine truly could not do it!
"Looks like you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit?"
Ling's voice suddenly turned low and dangerous.
"Uh, what are you trying to do?!"
Fang Ran was so startled that he collapsed onto the floor, clutching his collar like a woman.
"Fang Ran, I'm officially warning you now. If you don't properly build up your strength in Night Battle and keep cowardly hiding like this, I'll call the police and tell them I found the whereabouts of a wanted antiquities criminal."
Ling floated high above him, looking down at Fang Ran from above.
Hearing Ling's words, Fang Ran's body immediately stiffened. He shakily pointed at Ling and accused her:
"Do you have to be this ruthless, this heartless?!"
"You forced me to do this."
Ling looked at Fang Ran with contempt and sneered coldly.
"Let me tell you, as a man with principles, even if you force me with such shameless methods, I..." Fang Ran said with a resolute expression, though this was merely his usual grandstanding. Given Fang Ran's personality, he had planned to surrender in his very next sentence.
"Good! You've got backbone! Then I'll contact the police right now—"
The words What's wrong with obediently listening? got stuck in Fang Ran's throat, while Ling had already begun speaking with unwavering determination. She had made up her mind: if she did not teach Fang Ran a lesson, this cowardly bastard was absolutely beyond saving!
"Let's see how you'll—when they come to investigate you—"
Ling smiled coldly and smugly, planning to enjoy Fang Ran's expression while dialing the police, but then—
She suddenly froze.
Fang Ran, who had originally been about to kneel and beg forgiveness before once again hugging her leg in fury, was also stunned when he saw Ling suddenly stop speaking.
Huh!?
They both realized something at the same time.
That was—
"Wahahahaha!!!!"
Fang Ran instantly sprang back to life at full health, flipping upright like a flopping salted fish and laughing wildly with his hands on his hips! He struck an incredibly chuunibyou pose, covering his right eye with his right hand while pointing his left hand directly at his Power Bank.
"Foolish Summoned Beast, don't forget that there is nothing in this room that can let you call the police!"
Ling: "..."
Damn it, she had forgotten that this guy was such a broke bastard that he did not even own a phone!
Damn! She had ended up in this mess because of that exact fixed mindset, so why had she still not learned her lesson!
"Wahahahaha~"
Fang Ran was still laughing like a Queen with his hands on his hips.
"Don't celebrate too soon. Even if there's no phone in this room, I only need to go next door to report you."
Ling ground her teeth and spoke viciously.
"Forget it! The two aunties in the rooms on either side are home twenty-four hours a day. Want to trespass into someone's home? Dream on!?"
Fang Ran changed poses again, pretending to push up nonexistent glasses as he struck a Conan pose and pinpointed the flaw!
Damn! Ling cursed inwardly. Middle-aged aunties should just go dance in the square! Why were they always cooped up at home, eating takeout!?
"Besides those two households, it's not like I have no other choices," Ling sneered unwillingly. Looking at Fang Ran's punchable face, she ground her little canine teeth as she thought dangerously.
If I still had my abilities, I'd definitely throw you into an anti-gravity space and spin you around for a while!
"Hehe~, if you don't mind a talking, flying Power Bank making the headlines, I don't mind either."
This time, Fang Ran struck Lelouch's signature pose, pressing a hand to his face as though he too wore a mask, and sneered.
Damn it!
Ling fell silent this time. Fang Ran had indeed hit her weak spot.
Damn it, he was only Fang Ran, yet he was acting this arrogantly!
And when had this idiot started reacting so quickly!?
One person and one Power Bank stared at each other. Ling did not know what she was thinking, while Fang Ran looked like a dead pig that feared no boiling water.
After three minutes of silence, Ling was ultimately the first to give in.
After holding it in for a long while, Ling finally threatened sullenly, "Keep slacking off like this, and you'll die sooner or later."
"Cough, cough." Fang Ran pretended to cough twice as well, smacked his lips, and took a step back. "I actually do want to get a little stronger."
"Oh~?"
"But safety comes first, of course!"
Facing Ling's questioning tone, Fang Ran quickly puffed out his chest and said.
"Tch~"
"How about this? I'll participate normally in those Night Battle scenarios. As long as I can keep myself safe, I'll listen to you."
Scratching his head, Fang Ran spoke as though somewhat embarrassed.
"There's nothing I can tell you!"
Ling still had the voice of a little girl, yet no matter how one listened, that angry sarcasm sounded oddly tsundere.
"Sigh." Fang Ran sighed and said again, "In return, if you help me, I'll help you too."
After a pause, Fang Ran added one more sentence.
"Within my capabilities."
Hearing this, Ling fell silent for a second, then sneered.
"Oh~, so you no longer think of me as your Summoned Beast?"
Fang Ran paused, then smiled. He rubbed his face with his hand, not letting Ling see his expression at that moment.
"Ha, well, I may just be an ordinary person without any particular strengths, but I'm not an idiot."
"Fine. I can't be bothered wasting words on anything else. There really is something I need you to reach B-rank to do for me. As long as you agree to help me, I'll naturally help you with matters concerning Night Battle."
"But let's make this clear first. What I need you to do won't be simple. If you're not careful, you might even lose your life. Have you thought it through?"
Ling's voice changed again. It was still a little girl's voice, but it carried an inexplicable undertone.
"Mm, it's a deal. If you help me, I'll help you too." Fang Ran smiled and agreed softly, like a promise made between friends. And this promise was also something Ling would only understand much later.
"Heh~, with your current trash-tier strength, it'll take at least several decades before you can help me!"
Seeing Fang Ran "obediently cooperate," Ling returned to her sharp-tongued Queen tone and spoke contemptuously.
"Your Majesty, I've only been dragged into that Night Battle thing for two days, okay? Isn't it normal for me to be trash-tier?" Fang Ran once again made a bitter face and grumbled.
"Don't call me Your Majesty!" Ling snapped! What kind of shitty title was that!?
"Okay, Your Majesty!" Fang Ran wore an expression that said, I didn't hear that.
"Call me that again, and believe it or not, I'll smash you in the face!"
Ling brought out her ultimate threat. Fang Ran confidently assessed the relative hardness of the Power Bank and his nose bridge, then decisively surrendered to avoid rolling around on the floor screaming.
"Then at least tell me what your name is?"
"Heh~ Why should I tell you?"
Fang Ran: "..."
"Then, Your Majesty—"
"Get lost! Don't call me that!"
"Then Xiaomi?"
"Xiaomi my ass!"
"Then Xiao Ke?"
"Do you think I'm that flying plush toy!?"
"Sigh, you're really hard to please. Oh, right, please turn off the lights at night from now on."
"Huh!? Why the hell should I turn off the lights for you?"
"Look, the Summoned Beasts in anime are all responsible for being cute and turning off the lights."
"What does that have to do with me!!!"
"Of course it has something to do with you. A Power Bank can't be cute, so turning off the lights is the only function you have left."
"Fang Ran! Do you believe I'll kill you right now!"
"I don't!"
"You—"
That was how their first agreement began.
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