Chapter 77 Arguing

Even after the shockwave subsided, the air still retained a bloody smell of the ocean, a mixture of rotting flesh and wild beasts, carried here by the wind from the distant sea.

Having lost their queen, the Naga people stationed in Summer Insect Town had no choice but to retreat to the seabed.

Biris was organizing his meager equipment in the Naga's seaweed greenhouse, oblivious to the scenery outside.

Mia noticed something different outside. Because of the openness and cleanliness, all dirt seemed to have disappeared, and a rainbow-like magic path appeared on the sea.

Mia smiled, a smile she rarely wore, unless she had an idea in mind. In any case, no more than two people in Billis's team knew what she was thinking.

Billis also had his own set of ideas, but his ideas were rather simple.

Find his wife and defeat Leviathan.

Mia leaned against the balance beam that held up the canopy, swaying unsteadily. Once she regained her balance, she couldn't help but break the long silence.

"Leviathan is like a warning from afar, telling us not to get close. What are your plans?"

With a tone of suppression and defeat for the enemy, Billis retorted, "Are you talking in your sleep? If it barks at me again, I'll crawl into its stomach and fire at its spleen and kidneys."

"You're still as adorable and naive as ever."

"So what do you think I should do?"

"Waiting for reinforcements, I've already contacted headquarters."

Instead of expressing gratitude, Billis said in an oppressive tone, "You stay in Summer Insect Town and wait for reinforcements. Aisha and I will set off tomorrow!"

The deep voices were particularly loud in the seaweed greenhouse, and the two partners started arguing face to face.

Once Billy starts talking, he won't stop, even though his voice sounds a little breathless.

Mia jumped off the balance beam, and from what she could see, Billis was completely overwhelmed by anxiety.

“Don’t make that chauvinistic mistake. You should listen to me. Waiting for reinforcements won’t hurt.” Mia put a hand on Biris’s shoulder.

Billy's face darkened, and he immediately shook off her hand: "I'm realizing for the first time that I'm talking to a talkative idiot. If you like staying here, I'll leave you here alone."

The argument quickly escalated.

Mia pressed herself against Billis, tucking his right arm under her armpit with her right arm, lowering her center of gravity, and with a burst of power from her legs, threw Billis, who was still organizing his equipment, off her shoulder.

Billy rolled a distance, and once he came to a stop, he reached for his gun.

But the gun ended up in Mia's hands.

Biris knew that Mia couldn't shoot, so if she lost her weapon, she could just grab whatever she could find to fight.

There was a quill pen less than two meters away. With a series of fluid movements, Billis picked up the pen and threw it at the outside of Mia's arm, deflecting the pistol.

To maintain his advantage, Billis used blocking, dodging, and crouching to constantly move to the sides of his opponent.

Mia, on the other hand, is adept at using her hands as a support, employing her legs, which offer greater accuracy and stability, to deliver a spinning kick to the right side of her body.

In a split second, Biris's neck was locked by Mia's thigh. His mistake was that after blocking the attack, he failed to control Mia's sense of direction, so he was turned around and thrown away again.

Mia pressed Billis's arm against her chest, then used her leg to press down on his head; if he resisted even slightly, his arm could break.

Billis was powerless to fight back and had no choice but to admit defeat.

Mia released her hands and legs at the same time and said, "Over-reliance on a double will cause you to lose your agent instincts. You can't even handle me, so how are you going to find Lisa?"

Biris was very resentful that he lost to Mia in hand-to-hand combat.

"If it weren't for the sneak attack from behind, I would have had the advantage."

"Your mind is full of other things. In this situation, even if you make the first move, you won't succeed."

Mia was right; Billis's judgment was always wrong. He was thinking about Lisa the whole time.

It seems he is unable to act independently.

The equipment bag was stuffed with a dozen magazines, flashbangs for deception, several bulky-looking steel spear sights, and a concentrated silicone human skin mask shaped like half an apple.

In addition, there are Lisa's favorite lipstick gun, earring launcher, and high-heeled dagger.

Although these espionage tools were useless against Leviathan, Billis insisted on carrying them.

Something was flashing and moving at the doorway, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if someone was eavesdropping outside the greenhouse.

Billis asked fiercely, "Elsa, have you seen enough?"

“Then I won’t watch it!” Elsa answered decisively this time, but she didn’t go inside.

A long silence remained between Billis and Mia, the breeze ruffling Mia's long hair like a babbling brook behind her head.

Just as Billis was about to speak, Mia preempted him.

“I’m sorry to have embarrassed you. I know you care about her a lot, but Lisa is better than any of us. Your worries are a bit unnecessary.”

To wake himself up, Billy slapped his face hard several times.

“She’s strong, I know that. I also know she often does stupid things, doesn’t listen to advice, and is unconventional. After the last mission, I guessed that she was going to deal with Leviathan alone, but I didn’t expect her to act so quickly without consulting me at all. As for me, I was sullen for several weeks because of this.”

Mia burst out laughing when she heard that.

"You two are quite alike: doing stupid things, ignoring advice, and being unconventional."

Billy's stomach clenched. In fact, many people said that the two of them were a perfect match, whether on Earth or in another world.

Mia took a deep breath, her chest expanding and contracting with each breath. Since returning from the forest, she seemed like a different person; her eyes, both in color and shape, were more beautiful than before.

Mia was not yet twenty-three years old. Her chest was out, and she looked like a horse with its legs raised. This elven girl, who had a keen sense of danger, tried to show a wild expression.

The more silent Mia tried to remain calm, the more her heart pounded in her chest.

Suddenly, Biris noticed a light-colored scar on Mia's body, extending from her neck to her chest.

He walked straight over and grabbed Mia's shoulder.

Mia didn't bother to figure out what the other person meant; blushing, she closed her eyes.

“I remember you didn’t have any wounds there before,” Billis asked.

Mia frowned: "Where are you looking?"

"Okay, I didn't see it on purpose. Next time we go on a mission together, you should wear more protective clothing."

"Fool!"

Mia turned around and left the greenhouse.

Outside the greenhouse, the collapsed wooden buildings resembled hats. Most of the town was frozen by Elsa's magic, making these buildings look like a weathered cliff standing amidst a sea of ​​white clouds.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that half of the building was naturally formed, while the other half was man-made.

The naturally formed parts were at least modified by some ancient civilization, while the artificial parts are clearly modern products of the Great Reboot.

Billy wanted to go out and get a better look, but as soon as he stepped out, he bumped into Aisha, who was hiding in the side shed.

Elsa reacted strongly, gripping the ball on the wooden beam with one hand as if she wanted to twist it off completely, while scratching her ear incessantly with the other.

"Elsa! You're still eavesdropping!" Billis roared. "Eavesdropping on adults is very impolite. This is the second lesson I'm going to teach you!"

Elsa, unconvinced, pouted and shouted in her childish voice, "I did nothing wrong!"

"That's right? You naive child! You've missed a chance to apologize to me."

"I did nothing wrong! You're the one who's wrong! Before she left, Master Lisa instructed me to keep a close eye on you. I saw you embracing that vixen inside! When Master Lisa returns, I'll have to tell her, hmph!"

"Ah! My dear lady, my dear Elsa, you have misunderstood the master's meaning! That was not an embrace, it was a contest! A contest between partners!"

"But I saw her sitting on you."

What have you learned on the computer?

"It's none of your business. I'll definitely tell Lisa later, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Play hide-and-seek with me!"

Elsa stuck her tongue out at Billy and ran away.

If anything can run faster than a lizard in the snow, it must be Elsa.

"She's still such a child! I need to be careful between these two women!"