XG 93 - Because I'm thinking unnecessary things

Joy rushed past their tired limbs as they saw Hong Yan successfully cut off the big guy's leg. Their current joyful mood was the same as a frustrated soldier that finally encountered a small breakthrough after repeatedly failing to discover the enemy's weakness!

"Dude, cut the other one quickly!"

"Do you think it's as easy as you say?!" Hong Yan yelled and quickly rolled away when the big guy fell to the floor, unbalanced with only one leg left. His arms felt dead from the amount of force he needed to cut off the leg. He had no idea what this big guy was experimenting with to have such thick muscles.

There was no way a normal human would have such thick muscles!

"Please don't let it grow out another leg," Wong Xue Guo pleaded.

Vihaan quickly touched the chopped-off leg and eroded it completely. Even if the big guy might not be able to regrow a new leg, they must also not let it test if it could reattach the leg.

"Hold him down!" Beom Seok yelled.

It was a good opportunity as the big guy was out of sorts and Beom Seok's team quickly charged at the big guy. His remaining two men pressed down the big guy's arms and their sudden action brought back the big guy's attention.

"Hand bomb!" Beom Seok yelled as he wrapped his arm around the big guy's neck, holding him down.

Enraged from the restriction, the big guy roared and his entire body was straining to move. Even with three grown men pressing the big guy down, they had a hard time restraining him. Hong Yan jumped onto the big guy's remaining leg, using his entire weight to hold it still.

Chen Yibo ran with the intention to pass the hand bomb and noticed Wong Xue Guo also followed along. There was no time to tell her to stay away and think that he could still grab her after stuffing the bomb into the big guy's mouth, he did not waste time telling her to stay away.

He had no experience in handling a hand bomb and had only seen how it was done in the tutorial clip. Charles Wong had passed it to him, with no further explanation of how to use it. Chen Yibo has no plans to use it himself and had thought to give it to Kang Xunsu, but does not have the right opportunity other than now to mention the grenade.

"Just pull the safety pin before stuffing it in!" Kang Xunsu informed, with an inkling that the kids would not know how to use the grenade. He had already grabbed the sword from Hong Yan and was sawing away the big guy's other leg.

Vihaan finally had the opportunity to touch the big guy with everyone restraining his movement and touched the big guy's face with gleeful satisfaction. He touched the big guy's chin first, watching his face crumble away so that he could forcefully open the big guy's mouth for the grenade to be stuffed into his mouth.

Suddenly, after a rough jerk, the big guy stopped moving and everyone was puzzled. Not slacking off in holding down the big guy, they looked around and finally saw the source of the abnormality.

There was a sword impaled right into the big guy's chest, still continuing to sink deeper into the flesh. Small kitten-like whimpers accompany the struggle of the sword to make a great mess into the big guy's chest.

Wong Xue Guo moved and rotated her sword in a large jerky move, creating an even larger mess as blood generously spilled from the man-made hole. Chen Yibo was thankful he had not pulled the safety pin yet and quickly helped her out to destroy the heart completely.

Stopping the sawing action, Kang Xunsu burst out laughing, half relieved and half in surprise. He reached out to rub Wong Xue Guo's head fiercely, ruining her hairstyle. She slapped his hand away when his dirty fingers accidentally tugged her hair, pulling her scalp painfully.

Beom Seok also joined in the hearty laugh, rubbing his shaved head. His hat had fallen off somewhere during the fight. "Damn! Good job, miss! Let's clean this up!"

They dare not to slack off even if the big guy had stopped moving. It would be bad for everyone if the big guy could heal his heart and move again.

None of the men commented about the grenade anymore, as it was still shameful to let the little miss 'remind' them that there was a much easier way to kill the big guy. Before, they knew that even after the big guy swallowed the grenade, the impact might not be strong enough to blast off the heart too. They decided to leave what to do after feeding the big guy a grenade after they succeed, only to have the little miss solve their problem in one go.

"Are you okay?" Chen Yibo asked Wong Xue Guo after they were sure the big guy would not be revived. After all, Vihaan had crudely stuffed his hand into the hole made by the sword and corroded the heart into ashes. It would be a miracle if the big guy could reform his heart from ashes.

All of them were busy fighting and had no time to take inventory of their injury.

Wong Xue Guo does not dare to look at herself, as she also does not know where to start. Her whole body aches, sweaty even during winter, and she refused to even remove her winter jacket for fear of catching a cold. Although she was pretty sure she was not bleeding, however, she was not confident that she might not suffer internal injuries. So she could only say after going through a long thought process, "My hand hurts."

On the other hand, Team B members quickly took note of their own injury accurately.

"Shit. I think my rib bone cracked."

"My nose hurts and my ears are still ringing."

The big guy's attacks were rather simple, mostly attacking them with his fists that were packed with strong force.

"Haah... I used to keep aiming for the monster's heart, but his thick arms keep on blocking my bullets. So I aim for his head next and got distracted by the bomb plan!" Lee Sun Dong, the tallest and also thinnest of Team B members, grumbled. His hand mercilessly straightened his crooked nose, only letting out a tiny yelp of pain.

"Me too," The last member of five-member Team B, Changbin, echoed weakly, too exhausted to say more. He had disregarded the floor was dirty and plopped his ass down to rest.

"You saved us from fighting even longer. It would bring unnecessary danger to us," Chen Yibo said with a smile that had Wong Xue Guo's heart playing an uneven rhythm.

Wong Xue Guo swallowed, hiding her nervousness as she explained, "It just happens because I'm thinking unnecessary things instead of focusing on working together with the team..."

Kang Xunsu snorted in disbelief. "How is that an unnecessary thing? Whatever thought to bring down Frankenstein is necessary, 'kay?"

"Second that!" Cheerfully, Hong Yan waved his left arm that fared better than his right arm.

In the darkness where torchlight barely helped light up the place, only Vihaan had seen Wong Xue Guo's slightly red cheeks that betrayed her calm composure. She pulled out a clean mask and hid her red face under it. Today's fight was the most intense even if there was only one enemy and she had to discard her soaked mask when her breathing could not catch up.

Half of the Team B members now had a certain fondness for Wong Xue Guo, who was different from what they had originally thought. In the beginning, when they knew she was the daughter of one of the Musihada Laboratory's directors, they had prepared to see the wilfulness of a princess from her and would need them to protect her. But she smashed that expectation by training herself every day and joining a team to search for supplies from the town surrounded by zombies frequently.

She had proven herself and convinced many, but there were still some that thought she was just faking it and that her group members had to constantly protect her. But since they visited the 7th floor, Team B completely removed any hint of prejudice they had of her. They could see that her swordsmanship was decent and her stamina allowed her to keep up with them without much trouble.

Team A members did not withhold any effort to keep her safe, but she did not allow herself to be completely protected, again and again challenging the big guy with fierce determination. She could also remember to aim for the weak point from the start to the end, no matter how exhausted she was.

She was truly the spine-chilling Mr Charles's daughter!

"Shit, I forgot to pass Hyunjin my walkie-talkie." Beom Seok's expression was one that discovered he needed to work overtime.

"Captain..." Changbin looked as if he was about to cry. "Just for a bit longer? We can't hear anything so there should be no more zombies, right?"

If Changbin had not said that, Beom Seok would really want to procrastinate a bit longer. "Tsk, you idiot! You dare to say that! Stand up! We will meet up with the sub-team first and rest together!"

"Captain...!"

"When we go back, train your stamina!" Beom Seok scolded Changbin and yanked him up. "Captain Kang, you agree?"

"No problem." Kang Xunsu waved his hand. It would really kill their heart with guilt if the sub-team was in danger and waiting for them to rescue them.

Kang Xunsu returned Chen Yibo's sword, which was still fortunately intact after slicing off the big guy's legs. There was no sign of the big guy healing himself and looking very dead. As a precaution, Vihaan still used his ability to completely destroy the big guy's corpse from head to toe.

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