DreamersGN Chapter 596 You've wandered onto the wrong set!
Chapter 596 You've wandered onto the wrong set!
While Bronya and Amin were chatting, several monsters of various shapes and sizes were approaching them, following their auras and letting out roars.
Bronya's eyes narrowed, and a drone instantly took off, its blue detection network rapidly spreading out, revealing countless red dots in front of her.
"It seems we need to pause our conversation for now and find a relatively safe place before discussing your matter in more detail."
“No problem. I just happened to find a place that can be used as a temporary base while I was wandering around.”
Fu Ming shrugged, his gaze casually sweeping over the approaching monster in the distance. He took a half-step to Bronya's side, shielding her in front of him.
Bronya caught a glimpse of his little gesture and couldn't help but roll her eyes:
"...How can you have no gentlemanly manners at all? I really don't understand why Kiana☆ and Mei☆ would like you."
While complaining, she turned to look at the boy beside her, who looked conflicted and seemed to want to ask her something.
"By the way, special forces soldier, I still don't know your name."
The young man, clutching the divine fire in his hand, answered:
"Adam."
“So it was you.” A knowing glint flashed in Bronya’s eyes, her tone carrying an unexpected lightness: “You’re the only boy at St. Freya Academy.”
These words made Adam stare at Bronya with a resentful look, and he couldn't help but complain:
"Does everyone only see me as 'the only male at St. Freya'?" He clearly has outstanding grades and performance at St. Freya Academy, so why hasn't anyone mentioned it?
Bronya nodded slightly, but her tone left no room for argument as she changed the subject:
"Now is not the time to worry about what to call us. The monster will be at our location in thirty seconds."
"Fu Ming, you lead the way to the stronghold you mentioned; leave the monster clearing to me. Adam, you follow behind. Although we don't know why the Honkai energy erosion disappeared, don't use the Divine Fire Trial again until we figure it out."
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After Bronya cleared out the last wave of pursuing monsters, the three finally arrived at a secluded old garage.
Bronya looked around, then nodded in satisfaction:
"This place... well, it looks like we can make use of it. There's a hole in the second floor, which might pose a safety hazard, but now's not the time to be picky."
Then, she turned to Adam and spoke calmly:
"Alright, take off your clothes, Adam."
Kiana☆: "Hiss!"
Adam looked up abruptly, his eyes filled with astonishment, and he almost dropped the Divine Fire Trial in his hand.
(...?)
Bronya, oblivious to his stiffness, urged him on as he remained motionless:
"Huh? What are you standing there for? Hurry up!"
Faced with the domineering Bronya, Adam instinctively took a half step back.
Bronya frowned, thinking he was worried about the pain of the examination, and added:
"Don't worry, just let me take a look. Or... do you need some time to mentally prepare yourself?"
Adam hesitated, "If it were possible..."
"I didn't hear you, could you say it again?"
Bronya's sharp gaze was fixed on Adam as she leaned forward, getting closer to him.
Just then, Fu Ming closed the garage door and overheard this ambiguous conversation. He couldn't help but chuckle and walked over to tease him:
"Ahem, Big Duck, is it possible that you didn't explain things clearly and he misunderstood something? After all, who asks someone to take off their clothes right away?"
Bronya then realized how easily her words could be misunderstood, and immediately straightened her face:
"I just want to check if the lines on your body have really faded completely! You don't need to take them off now, just pull your collar open a little so I can take a look."
Adam breathed a sigh of relief and quickly pulled open his collar, revealing his neck, which had been covered in purple lines—now the skin there was smooth as ever, without a single mark.
"It's really gone."
Bronya frowned slightly, took out the detector and scanned Adam from head to toe. When she saw the "zero residue" data displayed, her brows furrowed even more.
"This is completely illogical... What method did you use to suppress the erosion of Honkai energy?"
Adam shook his head. He was also confused at the time and could only subconsciously turn his head to look at Fu Ming beside him—the only person he saw after waking up.
Bronya followed his gaze, instantly understanding, and turned to Fu Ming to confirm:
"You did it?"
“When I woke up, he was the only one beside me,” Adam added at the opportune moment.
Bronya nodded thoughtfully, then handed the Ring of the Moon to Adam and put it on him, briefly explaining its principle of stabilizing the energy in his body.
After doing all this, she turned to Fu Ming, her tone calm yet carrying an undeniable seriousness:
"Can we talk alone?"
"No." Fu Ming's refusal was crisp and decisive, leaving no room for negotiation.
Bronya was silent for a moment, then her eyes grew even colder: "...Refusal is invalid."
A muffled gasp escaped Fu Ming's throat, but he ultimately refuted it.
The garage door behind him slowly descended, the thick metal plate blocking Adam's curious view and locking in the lingering musty smell and dust of the old garage.
In the distance, the monster's faint roars, like shards of glass in the wind, occasionally brushed past my ears.
Bronya stopped first, and when she turned around, her gaze landed precisely on Fu Ming.
Fu Ming leaned against the mottled wall, his fingertips casually tracing the gaps in the peeling paint. Debris fell from his fingertips, his posture so relaxed as if he were just passing the time.
Bronya didn't speak immediately, but instead looked up into the distance—twilight had dyed the sky a somber dark red, and a hazy moon hung in the sky.
In that brief silence, Kiana☆ asked with a hint of barely perceptible hesitation, "Bronya... has she found me?"
After a long while, Bronya finally turned her gaze from the sky to his face:
"I know about the entanglement between you and them, and I know that you spent a wonderful time with them, which makes me very envious."
"Hmm, what next?"
Fu Ming's tone instantly reverted to its previous perfunctory manner, even carrying a hint of nonchalant casualness.
So annoying! How could Kiana and Mei like someone like that?!
Bronya stared at the dismissive man in front of her, her knuckles instantly clenching until they turned white.
Before the other party could react, she suddenly raised her leg, her heel slamming heavily against the wall next to Fu Ming's shoulder. The heel embedded itself into the wall, causing several cracks to appear.
"Get your attitude straight, you bastard!"
The cold, sharp rebuke shattered the previous tense silence.
Fu Ming stared at the swift and decisive "leg lock" before him, the nonchalance on his lips finally fading slightly. He coughed lightly twice, his posture softening for once.
"Ahem, please go ahead."
Why weren't you present in Bronya's childhood?
Bronya's voice had lost its previous sharpness, instead carrying a subtle, muffled quality, as if she were asking about something she had kept hidden for a long time.
Fu Ming's pupils contracted slightly, and he subconsciously took a step back, but there was nowhere left to retreat. The nonchalant expression on his face instantly shattered into confusion:
"??? No, I don't understand what you're saying?" What the heck?
Bronya's voice suddenly rose, her fingertips digging into her palms with force, but there was a barely perceptible obsession hidden in her eyes (crossed out), and she looked at trash with a disdainful gaze.
"You can appear in Mei☆ and Kiana☆'s world and bring them a ray of light, but my world isn't any better, yet you're nowhere to be found? Do you simply look down on Bronya?!"
(Kiana☆: You Bronya, no wonder you kept asking me about Amin, you also yearn for light!)
Ultraman Tiga: Cha!
Kiana: You've wandered onto the wrong set!
Fu Ming spread his hands, looking completely innocent, and said:
"You'll have to ask the author; there's nothing I can do if he doesn't write it."
Upon hearing Fu Ming's words, Bronya froze instantly, her fingers, which were gripping her palm, paused for half a second. She blinked, as if she hadn't understood his nonsensical words:
"What nonsense are you talking about?"