novelraw Chapter 142 : Chapter 142
Chapter 142 : Chapter 142
Chapter 142 : if Extra
The black dragon, set to refresh, curled into a ball at the bottom of the sea: This group—too terrifying!
He made up his mind that no matter how noisy it was on the sea’s surface, he wouldn’t leave this sea area by even half a step.
In this cold world, only this sea was warm, quiet, and incomparably safe. Jue Hui Shen blinked his eyes, then rested his massive head on the warm bed at the sea’s bottom, closing his eyes.
“Jue Hui Shen, you dropped your pillow.”
A voice came from the sea’s surface.
The black dragon, who had wanted to sleep, slowly opened his eyes, a struggle flickering in his golden beast pupils.
He didn’t want to go out, but his pillow was in their hands, alas.
“You don’t want it? Then I’ll throw it away?” The voice continued, “Ten seconds. If you don’t come out, I’ll assume you don’t want it.”
Jue Hui Shen instantly recalled that life-or-death race, the awful memory of nearly dying at the sea’s bottom.
He was certain he hadn’t provoked anyone, but things always seemed to develop in a way that persecuted him.
What could he do? Charge up.
He couldn’t really abandon his pillow, could he?
On the other side, on the street, a black-haired girl walked in front, pushing up her sunglasses, her high-slit dress fluttering with her movements.
Her actions were fluid, her steps carrying a casual, carefree flair, a smile on her face, occasionally speaking to the person behind her, revealing sharp tiger teeth.
Just like a vampire count.
Behind her, a ‘girl’ in a wizard hat, with red hair, a short skirt, and black stockings, carried a paper bag, head slightly lowered to let the red bangs cover their face, taking small, quick steps, like a shy witch.
The oversized wizard hat just happened to cover the ‘2’ above the ‘witch’s’ head.
“See, perfect disguise.” Li Li flipped her wrist, turned her head, and snapped her fingers, smiling as she spoke.
Red Crane—An Heyu, so even if he cross-dressed, that ‘2’ would still float above his head.
He wouldn’t be eliminated like a scale.
He just wore a bigger hat to cover the number, but it made him look even stranger.
“It’s very effective.” An Heyu used the bag to cover his face, his voice somewhat dry, carrying a hint of regret for his earlier decisions. “But don’t you think it’s more eye-catching?”
Li City had settled into normal civilian life, becoming safer, and more people were out and about, including families with children.
He had already heard three comments of ‘Those two sisters are dressed so strangely.’
There were even people hitting on them, and not just one!
And every time that happened, the one who got hurt definitely wasn’t the thick-skinned Li Li, who would only flash a meaningful smile and push it onto An Heyu.
So, the one who suffered was always the thin-skinned An Heyu.
He felt this whole journey was pure torment.
“What are you afraid of? Don’t I have your back?” Li Li tilted her head, as if saying she was truly a considerate friend.
Though she was a woman herself, wearing a skirt was as natural as eating or drinking, and cross-dressing was as easy as coming home, completely stress-free.
An Heyu thought about it and felt there was some logic to it, yet something about it didn’t seem quite right.
“When will this end…” He sincerely longed for it.
Hearing his words, Li Li beside him gave a slight smile, and that smile became even more enigmatic.
On the other side of the city, the great melee had determined a victor.
Tang, An Huyu, Lin Ruye, Rao Yue, eliminated.
In the chaotic battle of several people, Dan, relying on his mad dog energy of taking down anyone he faced, successfully defeated the others, becoming the victor.
And in the moment of victory, he began searching for An Heyu’s location.
He was once a concept-type Bounty Hunter, having plundered many concept-type abilities, one of which could locate the position of any ability user of the four ability types.
Dan had previously used this ability to find Li Li, but because it was a plundered, incomplete ability, it had a long cooldown.
Now, it was just right to use it to find An Heyu.
The ability activated, and at this moment, the only domain-type ability user left in Li City was An Heyu.
The white-haired boy vanished from his spot the moment he confirmed the location, leaving behind an air still tinged with killing intent, causing a passing bald corgi to shiver.
Thus, in the blink of an eye for An Heyu, a familiar figure appeared before him.
Dan had found him, and it didn’t look like he came with good intentions.
“If I kill you, I can be second.” He said it in the same casual tone as if he were saying, ‘I want to drink milk tea.’
An Heyu turned his head, only to find that Li Li, who had just been beside him, had now vanished without a trace.
“Heige…?” He said in disbelief.
“Calling me Heige is useless.” Dan said fiercely, then pointed at An Heyu’s skirt with even more anger, “You actually look better in it than me!”
This battle was already unavoidable. An Heyu realized this.
Black crows circled in the air, arriving above the sea area of Jiao Huang City.
Here, a battle between two SS-ranks, three S-ranks, and one ordinary person had concluded, with Jue Hui Shen, determined to protect his pillow at all costs, dragging his opponents down with him, all eliminated.
Jue Hui Shen, Lin Ran, Sang Feiling, Sang Feiyuan, Yan Changxiao, Wuyu, eliminated.
Hua Yizhi, who had just come out of the restroom, realized he hadn’t done anything, yet the number above his head had gone from ‘16’ to ‘6’.
Boss Hua was utterly confused: “What did they all do?”
After a while, his ranking went from ‘6’ to ‘4’.
Dan, An Huyu, eliminated.
Hua Yizhi was still puzzled, and after another moment, the phantoms of white doves and crows returned to Li Li’s hands, tying her for first place, thus raising Hua Yizhi’s ranking again—
He inexplicably became second place.
A C-rank, standing out among a group of high-ranks, achieving the ‘second place’ he hadn’t even dared to dream of.
Hua Yizhi: …This world is wrong.
His narrow eyes blinked in confusion, then he turned around and was instantly startled.
All those who had been eliminated in the chaos surrounded him, staring at the shiny silver ‘2’ above his head.
“Wow, second place.” Yu Xiao, whose face was covered in salted fish drawings by Sang Feiling’s marker, said.
“Damn it, Little Flower snatched the win!” Sang Feiling lifted her soaked skirt, lamenting.
“…” Yiming, still processing, touched his head, while Tang and An Huyu nearby consoled, “Not bald, really not bald.”
The real corgi dog whimpered and ran to Li Li’s leg to act cute, only to be chased off by a dusty Dan.
An Heyu raised his hand, covering his eyes, refusing to look at his skirt, now irregularly cut by Dan, and his torn black stockings.
Over there, Lin Ruye, with orange hair chewed up like a dog’s, shouted at the soaked Lin Ran, who had just emerged from the sea, “Wife! How could you get eliminated!”
Lin Ran gathered her wet hair, retorting logically, “Ruye, weren’t you eliminated too?”
Here, the only one unscathed was Li Li, who had nothing above her head but was silently acknowledged as untouchable first place.
And second place stood at the restroom entrance, the only mid-rank ability user present, Hua Yizhi.
He felt as if he were surrounded by wolves and tigers, and the Prophet Yu Xiao, whom he once admired, had already taken out the scissors used to shave the corgi’s fur.
The sharp scissors gleamed silver under the sunlight, just like the massive ‘2’ above Hua Yizhi’s head.
“Impressive, Boss Hua.” Yan Changxiao walked over, patted Hua Yizhi’s shoulder, and gave him a thumbs-up.
Hua Yizhi opened his mouth, feeling like he was already on this group’s assassination list.
He suspected he wouldn’t survive the night.
So, he consciously raised his head, looking up.
“Can I forfeit?” He asked.
The next second, the death-calling ‘2’ above his head vanished.
Hua Yizhi, eliminated.
Relieved to have saved his life, Hua Yizhi let out a breath, while the group surrounding him dispersed sparsely, faint voices carrying over.
“As long as no one takes second, I won’t lose!”
“If I can’t have it, no one else can either!”
Hua Yizhi: Thank goodness I forfeited early!
Yishi joined Tide later on.
He was a reclusive SS-rank domain-type ability user, but also a self-proclaimed cowardly escapist.
But after joining Tide, he shone brightly in the organization, gradually stepping out of his past shadows.
Only because of his minor role, he was often forgotten by readers from other worlds, not even appearing on the popularity ranking list.
He was thoroughly forgotten.
Even the fact that he had gray hair in a braid was unknown to most.
On this day, as usual, he came to Tide’s meeting hall, but not a single person had arrived.
“Where did they go?” Yishi didn’t know, so he waited there for a while.
After a while, the meeting hall still had only him.
So Yishi spent the night there.
Thus, he didn’t know that his presence had suddenly spiked, landing him on the popularity ranking list.
Likewise, he didn’t notice the shiny silver ‘2’ that had appeared above his head, nor did he know that the others had played a ranking game behind his back.
And when he became second, those who had forgotten him pushed open the meeting hall’s door.
Yishi, who hadn’t slept all night, looked up and asked, “Where were you all yesterday?”
But he noticed that everyone uniformly raised their heads, looking at the top of his head, their movements perfectly synchronized, as if well-trained.
Yishi thought there was something on his head and puzzledly touched his head, but felt nothing.
The next second, everyone lowered their heads in unison, looking at him.
Then, with excitement, agitation, and a hunger like wolves pouncing on prey, they surged toward him.
“It’s ‘2’!”
Yishi, surrounded by the crowd: …?
Did anyone remember to give him some context?
…
The conflict began again.