Yeah, No One Said Anyone Would Die

Fang Ran's legs went weak, and he stumbled back a step, letting out a 'heaven-shattering scream'! Si Ai looked at him speechlessly as he yelled:

"Calm down, look closely, I'm a person."

Fang Ran's mouth hung open in silence, staring blankly at Si Ai, who was eating a bowl of 'Master Kong Shrimp and Fish Flavored Noodles'.

Fang Ran, who was in a state of chaotic struggle, immediately reverted to his usual goofy, complaining self.

"Big Brother Ai, you're not dead..."

Fang Ran pointed at Si Ai, trembling, feeling like his tongue was tied in knots.

And this was clearly a high-end place selling diamond rings,

Where did you get that damn Master Kong Shrimp and Fish Flavored Noodles?!

At the peak of his nervousness and helplessness, he couldn't help but utter such a sharp complaint in his heart.

Si Ai looked at him strangely for a moment, then said casually without much thought:

"Huh? What are you talking about? Night Battles generally don't kill people, it's just that this scenario is special, eliminating people in the form of corpses."

What?!

Night Battles generally don't kill people!!??

Fang Ran had a look on his face that screamed 'Are you kidding me?'.

How come I didn't know about this!!!!

Fang Ran stood rooted to the spot, then stiffly recalled the system's words when he was hastily dragged out of the female locker room.

Participants win by eliminating others while monsters roam

It did seem to say eliminate.

Holy crap, no way...

"Hey, little brother, if you're interested, you can go find the camera where you 'died', and see how you 'died', heh."

Si Ai spread his hands and chuckled, then walked over to Fang Ran again, patting the shoulders of the dazed, wide-mouthed Fang Ran vigorously.

He subconsciously assumed that Fang Ran must have been hiding somewhere and was finally killed - oh, no, eliminated - by those people.

"Putting that aside, little brother, hahaha! You know what? After I was taken out, it seems an outsider came in and messed things up, taking out all those guys who were trying to screw me over!!!"

"Hahahaha!! It's truly satisfying! To dare to offend the Official, Against the Current, and maybe several other different forces all at once, I, your big brother, only have one word! Impressed!"

Si Ai was still laughing loudly! But he didn't notice that upon hearing this, Fang Ran's body had already begun to tremble.

He shakily raised his equally shaky hand and slowly covered his face.

"Debts must be paid, murder... must be repaid!!"

"You! None of you will escape!!"

"Ordinary people! Can go crazy too!!!!"

He kept recalling the memories from the past few hours, the dramatic internal monologues, and the incredibly chuunibyou-sounding words he had shouted, which now seemed utterly cringeworthy...

Fang Ran wished he could just reincarnate and start over.

Not only that, but he had shamelessly used various sneak attacks, deceptions, tricks, and relied on his 'magical girl's bizarre magic' to take down everyone else.

And now they were all alive, and behind them were probably various forces...

He, on the other hand, had used all sorts of methods to kill them off once, instantly offending everyone...

Fang Ran only felt his vision go black, and the world spun.

What the hell had he done?

Covering his face with all his might, unable to accept this reality, Fang Ran could only watch Si Ai and roar loudly in his heart,

And you, you bastard! Why didn't you make such an important thing clear!!

Give me back my sadness and passion, you son of a bitch!!!

"Hahaha!!!"

Meanwhile, Si Ai was still laughing heartily, patting Fang Ran's shoulder like a big brother, pointing at the interface in front of him:

"Look at how pissed off these stupid idiots are after being taken down!!"

"Tsk tsk, I just don't know who that person is, how they got in, and why they were so ruthless?"

Si Ai said, stroking his chin curiously.

It's all because of you!!!

Do you believe I'll stab you to death with this cool enhanced belt right now, you son of a bitch!!!

Fang Ran stared at Si Ai with 'immense resentment', then also tremblingly opened that interface. Ling had told him that after the scene ended and the settlement was made, there would be a period for participants to communicate.

Or rather, to say harsh words.

Although normally, hardly anyone would do such a childish thing.

The light blue interface unfolded.

"Who are you!?"

"What kind of person are you!?"

"Who are you?"

It was obvious that these were the D-rank participants Fang Ran had sneak-attacked and killed, all of them questioning his identity.

His mouth twitched, and Fang Ran tremblingly scrolled down.

"'Against the Current' remembers this."

The voice of the woman in professional attire carried a hint of anger. This guy had actually used the appearance of her loved one to make her hesitate.

"You won't win so easily next time."

Finally, a simple sentence. The Official personnel were as concise as ever.

Every time he finished reading one, Fang Ran's mouth twitched, especially when he finished reading the records of the last two.

I feel like I've suddenly gained two opposing forces straight out of a novel trope.

"Big Brother Ai, Against the Current, and Official... are?"

Fang Ran's trembling voice ended with a glimmer of hope as he asked Si Ai.

Si Ai, who had gone back to eat his noodles, heard him and looked up, explaining casually:

"Oh, those are the names of two participant forces. Official is a special organization that stands on the country's side, while Against the Current is Huaxia's... well, you can think of it as the largest civilian organization."

"How should I put it, these two organizations are quite complex from historical origins and various aspects, and they don't get along."

"Hey, little brother, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, just my legs are weak."

Hearing Si Ai's explanation, Fang Ran felt his vision go black, his brain lacking blood supply, and he leaned against the wall, his legs weak.

He looked at the strong and powerful 'threats' on the message board and felt like he had suddenly gotten into big trouble.

[Ding! Do you accept the reward?]

At this moment, the system prompt suddenly popped up. Fang Ran, with a look of despair, casually clicked yes, his pale and weak eyes not even looking at the interface.

[Based on your performance, Night Artifact - 'Night Crow' has been issued.]

Hearing the system prompt, Fang Ran, with an expression of having seen through the mundane world and wanting to die, turned his head to look at the Night Artifact he had obtained by offending several large forces with his crazy and chuunibyou actions.

"Night Crow..."

What a weird name, sigh, Fang Ran sighed in his heart, not realizing that his message board interface was still open.

Then a strange message appeared below the pile of threatening words.

"Ding ding... ding... ding... ding... ding... ding...!!!!"

Suddenly, Fang Ran found that the message board was giving prompts like it had taken aphrodisiacs. Before he could even look, Si Ai's surprised voice rang out.

"Little brother, look quickly, wow, that guy actually dared to leave his name?! Is that person called Night Crow?"

Fang Ran jolted, then looked at the message board with a shocked 'Holy crap, no way' expression.

"Night Crow"

"I've remembered you."

"I won't forget that you ambushed me with illusion."

"You actually dared to leave your name, good, I look forward to meeting you next time."

Fang Ran: "..."

Wait a minute, good sirs...

That's not what I meant.

Fang Ran looked at his message board with a look of despair, his mind filled with only one thought.

It's over, it's completely over this time.

Those people must think I'm provoking them, that I'm utterly fearless.

Damn, this isn't right!

The normal script should be that I first offend a rich second generation who's easy to deal with, then show off and beat them up, and finally win the beauty, right!!??

System, you're screwing me over again!

"Little brother, what's wrong? You've been acting strange since just now."

"Lushan! Rising Dragon Fist!!!!!"

"Whoa, little brother, what are you doing?"

"Don't move, let me punch you!"

"Huh? Why?"

"Lushan Rising Dragon Fist!!!"

"Sigh, little brother, give up. I'm B-rank, you can't hit me."

"I won't listen!!! Die! Lushan Rising Dragon Fist!!!"

On the helipad of the International Building, Su Qun stood in his spot, letting the night wind blow on him. He carefully recalled every move from his fight with Night Crow,

and as he was thinking about what exactly happened in the end, he suddenly saw something on the spot where Night Crow had stood in front of him.

He walked over and picked up the item. Something of Night Crow's?

After picking it up, Su Qun was stunned.

An unopened piece of women's underwear.

Looking at the unchanged work page and discussion area, the young author couldn't help but lose his dreams.