Magic Giant Lungs

The instant Li Ziran finished speaking, Nicole flashed and appeared by Jon's mouth. With another flash, she slipped down that Neon-like forked tongue and into his throat.

Li Ziran turned around and saw only the blue belonging to the sky slowly closing, plunging the entire space into darkness.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Li Ziran could clearly hear Nicole's breathing. The sweat-laden air rushing at him carried the unique fragrance of a girl.

"Are you afraid?"

Li Ziran grasped Nicole's slightly limp hand and asked softly.

"Not afraid!" Nicole clung tightly to Li Ziran. Though she was the one teleporting at that moment, it seemed as if Li Ziran was the true leader of this operation.

"Why?" Li Ziran asked. He truly had not expected Nicole to teleport without the slightest hesitation the instant he finished speaking. Her teleportation had even been faster than Jon's tongue retracting.

Too resolute, too intense.

Especially since entering the Frog's mouth had only been a thought that flashed through Li Ziran's mind.

"Have you forgotten? You asked me before." Nicole smiled softly, her arms locked tightly around Li Ziran's waist. In the pitch-black surroundings, that proved she was still afraid.

Asked her before?

Li Ziran froze. When had he?

"Fool, you forgot." Nicole pressed close to Li Ziran's ear. "Two years ago, you looked at me like this and asked, 'Are you afraid?'"

Two years ago?

Li Ziran suddenly came back to himself. That must have been during the heart transplant. Back then, this little girl had been coming into contact with organ transplants for the first time. Especially after hearing that Li Ziran was a wizard and that she would have to cut open his chest, she had trembled in fear.

At the time, Li Ziran had taken her hand and asked softly, "Are you afraid?"