I didn't expect that person to be so skilled at dancing! Lizzie had been chasing him while he tried to escape for several minutes, but now he had performed an amazing dance with her!" said Loughart while sitting at one of the tables with the woman beside him.
"Lizzie is amazing too, don't you think?" asked the woman beside him, while Loughart focused on that strange young man in her eyes, whom Lizzie was holding by his coat as he tried to calm her down.
"Yes, she is!" Loughart said, feeling a strange sensation as he looked at that boy beside Lizzie. 'There's something about him! But I don't know what it is. Is he a power-bearer? No, that's impossible; I don't sense anything from him at all! And that other boy on that chair! I don't sense anything from him either!' At that moment, he shifted his gaze towards James, who in turn turned and saw Loughart and smiled at him.
"That whore is really good at hunting men!" muttered the person standing on the northern side, looking at Xiao Ping with angry expressions for no reason.
"Just wait! When I catch that serial killer and get a promotion from the commander, I'll teach you a lesson!" he said, looking at Lizzie with lustful expressions.
But he suddenly felt a powerful energy about 30 meters away, so he quickly disappeared and headed towards that energy.
…
Meanwhile, Steve was looking at Xiao Ping with cold expressions, the one who had asked him to leave earlier. But he felt a surge of intense hatred for a moment, then it vanished without a trace.
'There's really something strange about this boy!' he thought, allowing other people to pass. He had rejected Xiao Ping's offer to meet Lady Sharon earlier because of what he did on stage, which undoubtedly had a plan behind it from Steve's perspective. 'Also, that other boy definitely doesn't seem normal!' Steve thought to himself while looking at James.
….
Xiao Ping didn't care about the applause; he was looking at all the people who hadn't applauded earlier while on stage and found they also hadn't applauded this time, even for their colleague.
Xiao Ping saw that the muscular guard had allowed other people to meet the famous lady but hadn't allowed him.
'Hahahaha, now I know why he didn't let me meet the famous lady! It seems he was being cautious because of what James and I did earlier on stage!' Xiao Ping thought, while a suppressed fury and intense hatred ignited within him. At that moment, a woman's voice rang in his ear.
"Wait a minute! You know my name and I still don't know yours? That's not fair!" Lizzie stomped her heel on the ground, causing a slight tremor.
'Huh! She wants to know my name! Why? I know why… She wants to chase me everywhere because of this name; she might catch me again! I won't give it to you even if it kills me! And also, why doesn't she try to hide her powers? Even ordinary people will notice! Never mind that now; the important thing is to give her a fake name!' Xiao Ping thought while looking at the woman who was gripping his coat tightly, and said, "Ah, my name is Macroff!"
"Is your name Macroff? That's a very good name!" said Lizzie, showing joy on her face.
'Hahaha, yes yes, believe this fake name!' Xiao Ping laughed to himself.
"He's lying!" James's voice rang in Xiao Ping's and Lizzie's ears, making Xiao Ping sweat and turn to James with a frightened look.
'Yes yes! Show that expression! I'll pay you back for what you did this afternoon!' James spoke coldly to himself.
"What do you mean?" asked Lizzie while looking at James. Sweat poured even more profusely from Xiao Ping's forehead.
"As I said, he's lying! His name isn't Macroff! It's Xiao Ping!" said James while looking at Xiao Ping with strange expressions and a smiling face.
'Damn you!' Xiao Ping cursed James inwardly and looked at Lizzie, who was turning her face towards James.
"Xiao Ping!" Lizzie contemplated the name loudly before looking at Xiao Ping, who was showing strange sweat on his face. She said, "So your name is Ping!?" Lizzie asked while a small bead of sweat appeared on her beautiful forehead.
"No, that's not true!" Xiao Ping denied it and wiped the sweat from his face with his hand.
"No! Your name is Xiao… Ping! Don't deny it!" James looked sharply at Xiao Ping.
'I'll pay you back for this in the future! Just wait for it!' Xiao Ping said, using his telepathy skill to convey this clear threat to James.
'Oh, so you'll have to wait in line, because I have many people who've threatened me before!' James telepathed to Xiao Ping, returning the exact phrase Xiao Ping had used on him earlier, but with some modifications.
'Alright!' Xiao Ping replied in his mind, while looking at the angry Lizzie.
"And if that's true, what will you do about it?" Xiao Ping looked at her with eyes that unleashed a chilling coldness directed at… Lizzie's lively pink eyes.
'What's happening!? What is this feeling that overcomes me for a moment when I look into his eyes! That intense hatred for life, what happened to him for his eyes to remain so cold and for such hatred to burn within him!' Lizzie spoke while trembling slightly, but she gathered herself and said, "I won't do anything at all. It's just that your name is beautiful and suits this handsome face of yours!" Lizzie tried to reach out and touch Xiao Ping's face, but he stopped her and grabbed her hand forcefully.
"That's enough!" Xiao Ping shouted while gripping Lizzie's arm tightly and not letting go.
"Don't say that, Pingy!" said Lizzie, unbothered by Xiao Ping's strong grip, as if she felt no pain. Instead, she directed her lips towards him as if wanting a kiss from him.
"Hahahahaha, Pingy huh! I'll call you that name in your face every day until you die!" James laughed while getting up from that chair, having finished his second glass of wine for the day.
"If you don't move away from me now, I swear I'll have to use force!" Xiao Ping said, and he was about to use his power if not for James appearing in front of him and gently tapping his shoulder. But the moment James tapped his shoulder, he calmed down and didn't say anything else.
"Why did you stop him! Let him use his power on me!" said Lizzie, looking at James who was standing directly in front of Xiao Ping.
'Hah, this woman is crazier than Madeline, but she's strong at Level 3 in the second tier of the Constellation Bearer path! And it seems she doesn't care about hiding her power in front of ordinary civilians; instead, she uses it to restrain Ping! But it seems she's very arrogant about her power and doesn't know that Xiao Ping evolves every time he activates his energy. If he uses that technique on her, I'm afraid she might die from it! Even if she uses her ability to remove influencing factors around her, she won't be able to stop it, and even if someone intervenes to save her, she'll suffer severe injuries.
Xiao Ping's energy is truly terrifying, and that's what I've also noticed. The energy he was trying to release from his body now is much stronger than the energy he displayed at the fabric shop! Is this because of the Abyss Gun? But I also have the Silver Ray and these effects don't occur in my energy! It seems this is another secret Ping is hiding from me!' James thought while saying, "Sorry, ma'am, but my partner and I should be going!"
"Partner? That doesn't matter; he's my beloved!" said Lizzie while holding onto Xiao Ping's arm.
Xiao Ping looked at the situation James was creating and thought that he felt guilty seeing his partner suffer, had had enough of watching, and decided to intervene. But Xiao Ping was still angry with him.
"Your beloved? No, he's my partner, think about that now!" said James while grabbing Xiao Ping's other arm.
"You're just jealous! Because your beloved didn't come tonight!" Lizzie said while pulling Xiao Ping towards her.
James was stunned for a moment by her blunt words, but they were also honest words, and it wasn't like he was jealous of his partner. So he pulled Xiao Ping towards him, saying, "Whether I'm jealous or not doesn't matter, but I won't let my partner fall into the trap of your infatuation!"
'What are they doing! These two idiots? And why are they fighting over me?!' Xiao Ping said to himself as he was pulled left and right by James and Lizzie.
"This is none of your business!" Lizzie said to James while activating her power. She wanted to pull both Xiao Ping and James at the same time, but she suddenly heard a familiar voice…
'Lizzie, stop messing around! A strange energy flow has been detected on the northern side of White Raven Street! Guther has moved towards the north and is still there currently, and it seems he's in a terrible state!' Loughart's cold voice rang in Lizzie's mind.
'What's wrong with her?' James wondered to himself, surprised that Lizzie had stopped pulling Xiao Ping towards her.
'Why did she stop?' Xiao Ping said to himself when he felt a powerful energy from the right side that gave him chills.
'He's here,' James said while feeling the same powerful energy.
'No, they're here!' Suddenly, Xiao Ping's voice was heard in his mind.
'They're here? Don't tell me!' James replied, sensing many auras scattered in different places due to his spiritual sense.
But before Xiao Ping could respond, he heard Lizzie say, "Sorry, my beloved, this will hurt a little! Don't go anywhere because I'll be back!" She said it and moved her hand swiftly towards the back of his neck. Xiao Ping had foreseen the attack on the back of his neck in his vision, but he didn't react at all, and even James had seen her swift attack but did nothing, just like Xiao Ping. Lizzie struck… Xiao Ping and James on the back of their necks, knocking them unconscious. She caught them before they fell and gently placed them on one of the tables before disappearing.
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End of Chapter~ To be continued