"Once I kill you, I can smash through space and get out all the same."
Android 18 stood before Chen Mo.
There was no warmth in her crimson eyes.
The two Eternal Furnaces inside her ran in sync, savage energy spilling from her body and scorching a ring of blackened marks into the pure white floor.
Chen Mo stood before her.
The blood at the corner of his mouth had yet to be wiped clean.
The backlash from the Thirtyfold King Kai Fist made even his organs tremble.
He couldn't beat her.
Nothing he said would matter.
Reason with her? Reason with a woman who had just put her brother's heart into her own chest?
Android 18 raised a hand.
Her five fingers spread open.
Blue energy gathered once more in her palm.
Chen Mo moved.
Not backward.
He took a step forward.
Android 18's brow furrowed slightly.
Chen Mo took another step.
Less than thirty centimeters remained between them.
The energy sphere in Android 18's palm was only a fist's distance from Chen Mo's face.
Blue light reflected in his pupils.
"You want to die?" Android 18 asked.
Chen Mo did not answer.
He raised both hands and gripped the wrist of the hand holding the energy sphere.
Android 18 lowered her gaze at it.
"You're..."
Before she could finish.
Chen Mo lowered his head.
His lips pressed directly against hers.
Android 18's pupils suddenly contracted.
This was the second time.
The first had been amid the ruins of West City.
Back then, his battle power had only been 5. He had used the Double Kaio-ken to steal a kiss, then run.
This time, he did not run.
The energy sphere in Android 18's palm fluctuated violently.
Chen Mo's lips remained against hers. He could feel that her lips