[Billy thanked you for not repairing him due to your illness, which saved his life. Gratitude +288.]
The system prompt coming from Tenshi’s mind left her somewhat puzzled.
At that time, she was indeed too weak and uncomfortable, reaching the point where she couldn’t see things clearly even with glasses on, so she didn’t conveniently perform a repair for Billy.
But what on earth did thanking her illness mean?
entropy loss syndrome was definitely not something worth thanking, hey!
At this moment, Aria was holding Tenshi’s hand, running while glancing back.
“What’s wrong?” Tenshi asked.
“Nothing, it’s just… Tenshi, you’ve kept up with me. Has your illness gotten better recently, or did you secretly go work out?” Aria asked.
“I just rode a bicycle~” Tenshi said.
“Then will you be able to sing and dance with us afterwards?” Aria’s eyes blinked, shining like stars.
“Now… probably still not yet.” Tenshi thought for a moment and said.
“The Wishing Fairy said it’s right ahead.” Aria fell silent for a moment, then lowered her voice and spoke softly.
The two slowed down their pace, hugging the wall and moving forward slowly.
Perhaps because personnel had been dispatched earlier, the door leading to the rooftop was open at this moment.
After Tenshi and Aria crept over here, they bent down and, just like before, poked out half of their little heads like tiny potato mines to observe the situation above.
Several fully armed Rebels could be seen here.
A few of them were pressing guns against a pink-short-haired woman wearing a hoodie, forcing her to operate something using the equipment in front of her.
In a corner near the outdoor air conditioning unit, two more young girls could be seen.
Nangong Yu’s black hair with pink streaks was tied into two blooming sausage-like hairstyles, her orange-red eyes half-closed, and the halo above her head and wings behind her drooped gently downward.
She wore a white-toned short one-piece dress adorned with pink lace, exposing her shoulders, with the cuffs of her black sleeves feeling fluffy, and her lower body featured black knee-high socks and black-soled white-faced open-toe platform high heels.
She sat leaning against the outdoor air conditioning unit, lowering her head slightly, quietly sizing up the surrounding Rebels.
Beside Nangong Yu, another young girl was cowering, her body pressed closely against Nangong Yu, burying her head behind Nangong Yu’s shoulder.
Sunna’s tea-green hair was tied into a side ponytail with a halo hairpin, her green eyes carrying a panicky look and lingering with a hint of tears.
She wore a white shirt, pink detachable sleeves, and black fluffy culottes, with a pink leg garter tied around the base of her right thigh, and a pet machine stored in the pocket set there.
On Sunna’s lower body was a slightly torn white knee-high sock on her right leg, and on her feet were pink leg warmers paired with platform shoes of the same color mixed with sneaker styles.
Soon, Nangong Yu’s observing gaze paused as she noticed two little heads sticking out near the doorway.
Pink-purple and pink hair, along with their matching habitually half-closed wine-red eyes and star-studded green eyes—she was more than familiar with them.
Sunna also noticed the situation here, her tear-filled eyes widening slightly and flashing a glimmer of pleasant surprise.
Immediately afterward, Sunna closed her eyes tightly for a moment, her breathing turning a bit hurried, but she tried her best not to let out a surprised sound that would alert the enemy.
“Nangong and Sunna are both here.” Tenshi said, “We need to take care of them.”
With that, she prepared to reach into her backpack.
“But we need to plan first.” Aria said, “There are a bit too many enemies, and during the fight later, we have to protect Nangong and Sunna, as well as that older sister being held at gunpoint.”
“I can handle the gun-wielding ones and the surrounding guards.” Tenshi said, “Looking after Nangong and Sunna will be left to Aria.”
“Okay.” Aria nodded.
The two girls were formulating a raid plan when they suddenly saw Nangong, sitting over there, raise her head as if wanting to warn them about something.
“Nangong seems to want to say something, she—” Tenshi didn’t finish her sentence.
Suddenly, both Tenshi and Aria felt something cold pressed against the backs of their heads.
“Uh-oh.”
Ten-odd seconds later.
“Bang, bang!”
Accompanied by two muffled thuds, Tenshi and Aria’s bodies slammed onto the outdoor air conditioning unit.
They were also tied up and captured.
Aria’s expression didn’t change much, while Tenshi gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, enduring the pain coming from her back.
“I already warned you guys, jeez.” Nangong whispered, “Tenshi, are you okay?”
“Yeah, yeah, Tenshi.” Sunna also whispered, “You rarely went out before, and now you suddenly entered a Hollow…”
[Nangong and Sunna feel concerned about your physical condition. Concern +279.]
“Didn’t hear any footsteps.” Tenshi shook her head, not directly answering her friend’s question, but saying with some annoyance, “These guys walk without making a sound, even though they’re wearing tactical boots with such thick soles.”
Hearing Tenshi’s words, Nangong and Sunna’s expressions relaxed slightly.
It seemed Tenshi’s state was actually quite good right now.
“Now, what do we do now?” Sunna asked, “Even Tenshi and Aria got caught.”
Though worried, Sunna’s voice at this moment unexpectedly carried an inexplicable sense of confidence.
As if whenever the few of them were together, they would become a bit more confident.
“It’s fine, I still have Plan B.” Tenshi said.
“Still have a plan?” Aria tilted her head, looking at Tenshi, “Could you mean…?”
“That’s right.” Tenshi nodded.
Nangong and Sunna looked at their two friends in confusion, not knowing what kind of riddle Tenshi and Aria were speaking in.
Suddenly, Nangong seemed to have figured something out and said, “No way, no way… Is it what I’m thinking?”
“That’s right, just like you thought.” Tenshi nodded.
“W-What on earth is going on?” Sunna looked at her friends somewhat blankly, “Why are you guys speaking in some encrypted communication?”
“Hey! You four brats, quiet down!” the guarding rebel nearby scolded.
The four little ones immediately fell silent.
They could only hear that rebel muttering: “Whenever this group of brats gets together, it instantly gets noisy.”
“I’ve already finished according to your demands…” That pink-short-haired woman wearing a hoodie, meaning Rain, spoke up, “Can you now… Mph—”
Before Rain could finish her sentence, she was struck with a rifle butt by the rebel behind her, her whole body collapsing limply to the ground.
Subsequently, a rebel grabbed Rain’s clothes and dragged her up from the ground.
At this moment, a few more Rebels ran up and reported:
“Captain, people have come from downstairs, and we can’t quite hold them off.”
“Retreat.” The person holding Rain made a decisive judgment, “But before that…”
The Rebel captain dragged Rain to the edge of the rooftop, seeming to intend to dispose of her right away.
“W-Wait, Captain!” a team member said somewhat nervously, “Didn’t you say we need to find out how much information she leaked outward, and temporarily we can’t—”
“Didn’t you hear?” the captain retorted.
“People are coming from below, and we can’t hold them off. So right now, to preserve the team, the safest approach is to directly dispose of her and then we leave.”
With that said, the captain paused, turned his head to glance in the direction of the four little ones: “And them, dispose of them too.”
Two Rebels received the order and walked over in this direction.
At this moment, most of the Rebels’ attention was focused elsewhere, and Tenshi nodded at Aria.
Aria instantly understood tacitly, bent down, and approached Tenshi’s skirt hem.
“Hey! Don’t move around, what are you doing!” the ordered rebel noticed Aria’s action and immediately shouted in rebuke.
At this time, Aria raised her head, with a palm-sized little thing shaped like a Blastcrawler clamped in her mouth.
Sunna asked somewhat doubtfully: “A Blastcrawler model? Tenshi, why did you hide a Blastcrawler model under your skirt!?”
“What is it, it’s just a toy.”
Seeing the thing clamped in Aria’s mouth, the Rebels also relaxed their vigilance.
Then they muttered irritably:
“I really don’t know why dolls and toys shaped like Ethereals are so popular.”
“You four, come with m—”
Before the rebel could finish speaking, Aria suddenly spat the “Blastcrawler” over.
“Huh?” The rebel seemed angered by Aria’s behavior, raising a hand to swat at the “Blastcrawler”: “You little brats don’t think—”
“Boom!”
The exact moment the rebel’s palm touched the “Blastcrawler”, this model toy in his eyes exploded.
The bursting flames instantly engulfed the two approaching Rebels.
“Just what kind of things did you hide under your skirt!?” Sunna, who witnessed the “Blastcrawler” explosion with her own eyes, couldn’t help shouting.
[Sunna is shocked by your behavior of hiding thunder under your skirt. Shock +123.]
[The Rebels are shocked by your behavior of hiding thunder under your skirt. Shock +1283.]
“Well done, Aria, take advantage of now!” Nangong shouted.
Aria nodded.
The next second, taking advantage of the moment when the other Rebels’ attention was drawn and dazed by the explosion, Aria and Nangong rolled forward simultaneously.
Following closely…
“Snap!”
Accompanied by a crisp sound, Aria directly relied on her strength to break free from the ropes restraining her body.
Then, achieving the exact same thing was Nangong Yu.
[Aria and Nangong Yu affirm the opening you created. Gratitude +288. Excitement +213.]
“Go on, Aria!
They definitely didn’t expect this!” Sunna shouted, but quickly her voice went out of tune, “Eh eh eh?
How come Nangong also—?!”
“Nangong Yuanba.” Seeing this scene, Tenshi couldn’t help sighing with emotion, “Truly, a maiden in my family has grown up, her might can pull up mountains and her spirit covers the world!”
Finally, the Rebels snapped back from the shock of Tenshi hiding bombs under her skirt, but it was already too late.
Aria rushed toward the captain holding Rain in the very first moment, slamming a headbutt right into the opponent’s waist.
“Crack!”
As a Construct, Aria was a veritable iron-headed kid; at that instant, the leader of the Rebel squad felt as if he heard the lament of his own lumbar vertebrae.
“Mph!”
The Rebel captain let out a muffled groan, stumbled forward, and subconsciously released his grip.
“Ahhh!”
Rain and the Rebel captain let out screams together, and both tumbled down.