Chu Tianqiu felt that Earth-Chicken had indeed suffered a major blow, but what did killing “Heavenly-level” Zodiacs have to do with appearance?
“Wait… what’s this all about?” Earth-Monkey asked. “Why did you call me into this room? I need to find something.”
Earth-Chicken remained silent, and the people nearby also fell quiet.
Earth-Monkey helplessly pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it on his own. After exhaling a smoke ring, he murmured, “I’m exhausted. Looking for something without any leads is really troublesome.”
“Um…” The female Earth-Pig pointed at Earth-Monkey, then at the carpet laid out in the room. “Please don’t smoke in here.”
“Oh, how troublesome.” Earth-Monkey impatiently tossed the cigarette butt out of the room, then spat outside as well.
Seeing this scene, everyone fell silent. Chu Tianqiu looked at Earth-Chicken with slight sympathy.
“Forget it…”
After a while, Earth-Chicken seemed to have finished counseling herself and showed a resigned expression. “Fat Earth-Monkey it is… After all, that guy is a blockhead. I accept this arrangement. If it were anyone else, I’d definitely get angry…”
She turned back to pick up her coffee cup and took a sip, trying hard to suppress her emotions, as if drinking some potion of forgetfulness.
“What’s all this about, what are you accepting…” Earth-Monkey looked at her with a puzzled expression, then said to Qiao Jiajin and Chu Tianqiu, “By the way, have you guys seen a colorful quail?”
*Crack*.
Earth-Chicken’s anger, which had just subsided, was stirred up again, and the coffee cup in her hand was crushed to pieces.
“Hm…?” Earth-Monkey looked at Earth-Chicken, still completely puzzled. “What’s wrong with that Earth-Chicken?”
Earth-Chicken gently placed the fragments she was holding onto the table, turned around to look at Earth-Monkey, still with a smile on her face, except the bulging veins on her forehead were even more numerous than before.
He widened his eyes, and with a faint glow, looked at her, instantly understanding everything.
“Excuse me.” Earth-Chicken said with a smile. “I am that colorful quail. May I ask what you want, you old fat dirty monkey?”
Earth-Pig beside them was trembling violently all over, about to burst out laughing.
“Huh?” After hearing this, Earth-Monkey’s eyes widened like copper bells. “Wait… aren’t you Earth-Chicken? How did you become a quail?”
“How the hell should I know?!” Earth-Chicken shouted. “You people, one after another, all call me a quail. I was fine before I met you all!”
“Oh dear… I really didn’t know.” Earth-Monkey quickly stepped forward to grab Earth-Chicken’s hand and explain. “Damn, miss, they told me it was a quail when they mentioned it… don’t take it to heart.”
Seeing Earth-Monkey grab her, Earth-Chicken nervously pushed his hand away immediately.
“It’s very hard for me not to take it to heart.” Earth-Chicken said after coming to her senses. “I should have realized earlier that the ‘something’ you kept saying you were looking for was actually me. I should have slapped you a few times right away.”
“Hey, your words are getting pretty unpleasant. I said I didn’t know the situation.” Earth-Monkey also got a bit angry after hearing this. “You just called me ‘old fat dirty monkey,’ and I didn’t say anything, did I?”
“Isn’t that because you called me a quail first?”
The two’s words became tense in a short time. They might start fighting right here before even seeing Heavenly-Monkey and Heavenly-Chicken.
“Hey, no no no!” Qiao Jiajin quickly walked forward to hold back Earth-Chicken. “Everyone’s a good ‘Zodiac.’ You can talk, but don’t fight.”
Seeing Qiao Jiajin touch her, Earth-Chicken’s eyes became tense again. She once more quickly pushed away Qiao Jiajin’s hand, wanting to say something, but seemingly still angry, she ultimately swallowed her words.
“Let me tell you first!” Earth-Chicken pointed at Earth-Monkey’s nose and said, “The plan this time is for the two of us to kill Heavenly-Chicken and Heavenly-Monkey. You’d better not provoke me again from now on!”
“Same words back to you!” Earth-Monkey roared angrily. “You think I want to kill those two? I already have my own things to do!”
“Who cares about you?!” Earth-Chicken shouted. “When you’re ready, turn around and leave. Wait for me outside the door!”
“Fine, I’m going.”
Earth-Monkey forcefully pushed open the door and walked straight out of the room.
Earth-Chicken also took several deep breaths and came to Qiao Jiajin’s side. The veins on her face gradually subsided as she asked softly, “A’Jin, are you okay?”
Hearing Earth-Chicken’s question, Chu Tianqiu and Zhang Shan couldn’t help but turn their heads to look at Qiao Jiajin, only to find his state was indeed a bit strange.
At this moment, Qiao Jiajin was clenching his fists, his brows tightly furrowed, as if very angry.
“I…” Qiao Jiajin didn’t know why he suddenly became so angry. He paused and asked, “You know me too?”
“Relax, take deep breaths.” Earth-Chicken didn’t dare touch him, only guiding his state of mind. “Of course I know you. Come to think of it, you even died at my hands before.”
“What…?”
“But there was no choice at the time. I was following Qi Xia’s decision.” Earth-Chicken said. “Don’t worry, even if you died in my game, we’re still on the same side.”
After hearing this, Qiao Jiajin nodded as if half-understanding. At this moment, he felt his anger gradually dissipate.
“What just happened to me?”
“Oh, I’m ‘Enrage.’ It’s best not to touch me.” Earth-Chicken said lightly, once again greatly startling Earth-Pig beside her.
Earth-Monkey lit another cigarette and looked at Earth-Chicken from outside the door without showing any emotion, then continued puffing smoke as if nothing had happened.
“Since that’s the case, I’m leaving.” Earth-Chicken waved at the three of them. “You guys just rest here for a while. When the turmoil outside ends, you can leave.”
With that, she walked out the door, snorted coldly in front of Earth-Monkey, then walked forward.
Earth-Monkey also looked meaningfully at the three men inside the room, said “see you later,” and left the spot.
In the corridor, Earth-Monkey and Earth-Chicken maintained a very distant distance from each other, then he asked, “Is it okay to say it out loud like that?”
“What?” Earth-Chicken asked.
“Your ‘Enrage.'” Earth-Monkey said. “Is your relationship with that Earth-Pig so good? Good enough that you can openly reveal your ‘Echo’?”
“Who cares about her?” Earth-Chicken said with a laugh. “I don’t know her at all. First time meeting today. I just casually made up some gossip. Even if she wants to report me, she won’t necessarily know who I am. Moreover…”
“Moreover, no one can report us anymore.” Earth-Monkey interrupted Earth-Chicken. “Look.”
Earth-Chicken looked in the direction of Earth-Monkey’s gaze. In the distance, two “Heavenly-level Zodiacs” had stopped an “Earth-level.”
“Dying before achieving success.” Earth-Chicken smiled bitterly. “Now we have to walk past those two people and tell them we’re going to kill Heavenly-Monkey and Heavenly-Chicken?”
