Participants ready: 16/16 Ding! All participants detected as ready. This Team Scenario will officially begin in three minutes.
"Heh, quite a few unfamiliar faces this time."
After being threatened with Thunderlight shoved right in his face by the flushed girl, the middle-aged man hurriedly coughed twice and pretended to seriously examine the other participants.
Qing Ning clicked her tongue, too lazy to argue with him. Seeing the Thunderlight vanish, the man finally let out a breath and sighed inwardly.
Sigh, this girl's been a little short-tempered lately. It must be because someone snatched the reward from that Special Instance a few days ago, right?
"Oh? Xiao Ning, you came too?"
Having temporarily ceased hostilities with Against the Current, Hua Ling looked at the girl and middle-aged man sitting nearby and smiled in surprise.
"Sister Hua Ling, long time no see."
Qing Ning nodded as well. Though they were companions in the Night Bureau, she did not attend school in Beijing, so she had not seen the others in a long time.
Yin Kui watched Hua Ling chatting and laughing with Qing Ning, his gaze unfriendly, but he did not act up. Turning away, he began talking with two people at the next table who looked equally unpleasant.
"Uh, bro, why does it seem like they all know each other!?"
Fang Ran had his hands clasped before him, staring solemnly out at the night beyond the window as though admiring the darkness's unfathomable depths.
"Mm, they're big shots, after all."
Meng Lang pinched his chin with one hand, wearing an equally serious expression as he gazed out the window, seemingly marveling at the brilliance of the lights.
Ling looked speechlessly at the two idiots putting on airs and explained blandly,
"There aren't many Night Battle Participants in the world.