Si Xiaobei nodded, wisely refraining from speaking further, and squatted down next to Nanming.
He looked preoccupied.
"I have a feeling that a lot of things are going to happen today, and I'm really anxious. I'm worried that we might encounter some danger."
"No, it won't."
Looking up at the sky, Nanming answered resolutely, "Don't worry, even if the sky falls, I will protect you."
Instantly, Si Xiaobei's face flushed slightly, and she buried her head in her chest, speaking softly.
"Brother Nanming, I have a girlfriend..."
Nanming's body visibly trembled, and he gave an awkward smile.
That's not what I meant. I just meant because we've always had a good friendship as teammates.
Nanming scratched his face and turned his head away, not wanting Si Xiaobei to see his own blushing face.
Si Xiaobei kept his head buried in his chest. Although he didn't say it, he knew in his heart that Si Xiaobei had read similar novels before and understood everything he needed to know.
Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Nanming turned his head back and couldn't help but smile when he saw Si Xiaobei's shy and blushing face.
" Xiaobei," Nanming suddenly called out to Si Xiaobei.
"What's wrong..." Si Xiaobei peeked her flushed face out from her arms, looking shyly at Nanming.
Nanming leaned against the wall, as if recalling something, and slowly began, "Do you remember when you first came to the team?"
Si Xiaobei thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
"I remember I was very shy back then, and I was so nervous that I couldn't speak to anyone. Brother Xiaogang and Brother Feng Xuan were so enthusiastic that I felt very uncomfortable."
The captain wasn't much of a talker; he only felt truly at ease talking to Nanming.
Thinking back to the happy times when she first joined the team, a blissful smile appeared on Si Xiaobei's face.
A happy smile also appeared on Nanming's face.
"Actually, before you came, I hardly spoke to anyone. I was like an outsider, unable to integrate with them."
Upon hearing Nanming's words, Si Xiaobei was slightly taken aback. Nanming continued speaking.
"Because of some past experiences, I almost don't trust anyone, and I thought I would stay in the investigation team in this state forever."
But until you arrived.
Nanming looked at Si Xiaobei again, his eyes like the rising sun in the morning, casting a warm ray of sunlight on his face.
Si Xiaobei blushed again and buried her head in her arms once more.
"The first time I saw you, I felt you were like an innocent and carefree child, and I wondered why you would join this place."
But after spending more time with you, I realized you're not a child, but a little angel.
"Brother Nanming, please stop... I love my girlfriend very much... I would never betray her."
Nanming couldn't help but chuckle twice as he listened to his words.
"Okay, I won't say any more strange things."
Nanming shut his mouth and looked up at the sky, but after a moment of silence, he spoke again.
"Thank you, Xiaobei, for changing my view of humanity..."
"Um?"
Si Xiaobei looked up blankly, not understanding what he was talking about.
But the next moment, Si Xiaobei's pupils trembled violently, and he hurriedly looked in one direction, shouting in terror,
"Brother Nanming is in danger!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Nanming lunged forward and tackled Si Xiaobei to the ground. As a result, [ Night Kill ], which was grabbing at Si Xiaobei, missed its target and crashed into the wall.
The solid wall was smashed open, leaving a large hole.
Nanming stood up, shielding Si Xiaobei behind him, and drew his straight sword, watching the [ Night Kill ] in the pit warily.
"Damn it! It wasn't Hela after all!"
[ Night Kill ]'s furious voice came from the cave as she crawled out, her face contorted with rage.
However, upon seeing Nanming, the anger on his face vanished, replaced by a smug smile.
"Hehe, I didn't expect to bump into you like this, saves me the trouble of looking for you."
[ Night Kill ] stood up, looking at Si Xiaobei behind Nanming with a mocking expression.
"Oh, why are you protecting a human? Have you developed feelings for one?"
Nanming stared at her coldly, "What do you want?"
Nanming's words were full of hostility, while [ Night Kill ] laughed disdainfully.
"Don't you know what we're up to? We're just asking Lord Nanming, one of the core founders of our Light God Society, to return to the Light God Society."
Si Xiaobei's pupils dilated suddenly, and she looked at Nanming with a bewildered expression.
Nanming gritted his teeth, his eyes blazing with fury.
"There's no way I can go back! I'm already on the side of humanity! I could never betray humanity!"
[ Night Kill ] tilted his head, and the smile on his face slowly disappeared.
"You're just a failed [ Variant Human ]. Even if you're at the ' Ten Thousand Stars ' level, without the ability to use your powers, you can't possibly defeat me."
Nanming scoffed, "That's hard to say."
[ Night Kill ] slowly bent down, placed his hands on the ground, and assumed an attack stance.
"Then let's give it a try!"
The black figure pounced on the two like a wild beast.
Nanming shoved Si Xiaobei aside, turned the straight knife in his hand, pointed it at his heart, and stabbed it down hard.
Just as the blade was about to pierce the skin, [ Night Kill ]'s sharp tail suddenly lashed out.
Clang!
The straight sword was split in two, and Nanming's heart sank to the bottom the moment the sword broke.
[ Night Kill ] swiftly grabbed Nanming's head and slammed it against the wall beside him.
Bang!
With a loud crash, Nanming's body smashed through the thick wall and was then violently thrown towards the house next to him by [ Night Kill ].
With another loud crash, Nanming smashed through the wall of the house and collapsed inside.
A trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. Nanming gripped the broken straight knife and struggled to get up.
But a sharp, piercing pain suddenly came from my thigh.
"Ah!"
Nanming screamed and turned around.
Then [ Night Kill ] pulled a steel bar from the wall and stabbed it into Nanming's thigh, pinning him to the ground.
He looked at Nanming and revealed a cruel smile.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Nanming prepared to cut his own neck with half of his straight sword.
But the moment he moved his hand, [ Night Kill ]'s sharp tail lashed out like a whip.
A flower of blood exploded.
Nanming's right hand, which was holding the straight sword, was severed straight off.
A large amount of blood gushed from the wound like water from a tap.
Ignoring the pain, Nanming reached out with his other hand to take the straight knife.
But a beast-like foot suddenly pinned down Nanming's hand, the powerful force crushing it into a bloody mess.
"Well!"
Nanming's eyes were bloodshot from the intense pain.
[ Night Kill ] slowly picked up the broken straight knife and played with it in his hand.
"Oh dear, look at you now, you look so pathetic. Wouldn't Light God Society down and suffer here?"
Grabbing Nanming's hair, [ Night Kill ] forcibly lifted his head, making him look at her.
"Don't think I don't know. Unless you suffer a fatal injury, you can't become Variant. And I'm not afraid of your revenge after the Light God Society returns, because you'll just be used as [material] and die."
Just as she was making her sarcastic remarks, a straight knife flew from behind and slashed at [ Night Kill ]'s back.