Chapter 156: 156 - Face Turned Red
Although Shiori's fans were very angry at Nexus's overbearing behavior, their idol's wishes were more important.
"What are you looking at? Let's go."
With her face still red from anger, Shiori firmly said a few words before turning around. If she lost her temper now, it would be a complete failure. She had to hold it in at least until she found out the identities of the two of them.
"Compared to you, she's just a child. Why are you bullying her?"
Lailah was just talking nonsense, but it made Shiori freeze again. If Lailah's voice had not been so gentle, Shiori really would have lost her temper.
"How could someone as supreme as me bully a mortal? And what the hell do you mean by child? A mortal is a mortal, why bother making such a distinction?"
Of course, Nexus was not sorry at all. He even raised his voice as if to make sure Shiori heard him clearly.
"How old are you to call me a child?"
Shiori kept walking but asked as she walked. As long as she did not turn around, Nexus would not have a chance to pinch her mouth shut again.
"Do you think a mortal like you is worthy of knowing?"
Nexus's age was still a mystery because he himself had never cared about it. But his current age, if one was not too strict about it, could be said to be... one week old.
"You…"
Shiori panted angrily, so angry that she could not even speak. When had the little princess of the American Hunter Academy ever suffered such a loss?
Other than Nexus and Lailah, the only existences that truly did not care about her status were the monsters in the dungeon. But those things only knew how to kill and destroy, and did not know how to say things as unpleasantly as Nexus.
She had to take several deep breaths before Shiori's face finally stopped being red as she went down to the parking lot. The moment she saw her expensive supercar, she immediately came up with an idea to get back at Nexus.
"As you two can see, my car only has two seats. Which one of you two is going to sit in it?"
She thought she could make Nexus run by himself this time to vent her anger, but she never expected Nexus to act so unpredictably.
"I actually like it when both of us sit in the same seat."
The car door was clearly locked, but Nexus somehow opened it with ease. The alarm system did not make even a single sound, leaving Shiori dumbfounded.
This car was very expensive, and she took extremely good care of it, so there was naturally no way there could be some software or system malfunction. The only explanation was that Nexus's power was somehow special enough to do this.
"Hey! This seat can only fit one person. Neither of you is a child, so how are you supposed to squeeze in? I'm warning you: I drive really fast, so it's not safe."
Shiori talking about safety was actually hilarious. She was even wearing high heels and not wearing a seat belt while driving at over 200 mph, yet she still dared to talk about safety?
Could something like this trouble Nexus? Of course not. He even had a technique to enlarge and shrink things. Enlarging or shrinking the car could cause problems while driving, but if he only shrank Lailah, it was very simple. Shrinking himself was even simpler.
Even without using technique, there was no problem at all. Forget about a car accident; even if a spaceship exploded in an accident or a submarine was crushed under the pressure of the ocean floor, Nexus and Lailah would still be absolutely safe.
Nexus sat down on the seat first, and Lailah followed by sitting on top of Nexus and leaning against him. She rested her head on Nexus's shoulder. This position made Shiori's face turn red. Was her beloved supercar really a place for doing these 'indecent' things?
"What the hell are you two doing?!"
Shiori shouted straight at Nexus. Even though she was thirty years old, the 'little princess' was still single, so she did not like seeing scenes like this. More importantly, it was happening inside her beloved supercar.
"Lowly mortal with such ridiculous thoughts, you really are hopeless. With this level of intelligence, I suggest you go home and reflect on yourself to avoid ruining everything."
Seeing Shiori's face turn red, Nexus not only smirked but also put on the air of a senior and lectured her.
How could the head of security of the American Hunter Academy let a new student lecture her? Since Nexus and Lailah were being so stubborn, she could not be blamed.
"Hmph, since you're so stubborn, don't blame me."
Shiori snorted, then got into the car and immediately stepped on the gas to accelerate while she was still inside the not-so-spacious parking lot.
She was confident that she was A-rank, so even if there was an accident, it would not be a problem, and she wanted to drive at full speed to teach these two a lesson.
Shiori's head had been heated up from being provoked this whole time, so perhaps her ability to think had gotten much worse. She had even forgotten that Nexus could fall from an unknown height and land safely, restore damaged structures, and enter the academy grounds without making a sound.
The sudden increase in speed caused Lailah to lean closer against Nexus. But something seemed a little off, as the impact was much lighter than Lailah had expected.
"Don't worry. With me here, even if the earth exploded, you wouldn't be hurt."
Nexus gently patted Lailah's back a few times. The words sounded sweet, but his arrogant and overbearing tone made it obvious to anyone listening that he was not caring about Lailah, but showing off his own strength.
Shiori, who was sitting beside them, shuddered when she saw Lailah and Nexus hugging each other while saying such 'shocking' words.
Was this what people called romance? Even though she did not have a boyfriend, she was not stupid. No matter how she looked at it, it seemed like Nexus was deliberately trying to make her uncomfortable.
"Hmph, don't blame me if you get into an accident later because you refuse to sit properly."
As soon as she finished speaking, Shiori immediately performed a high-speed drift when entering a turn. The corner of her mouth curled up slightly because she thought the powerful centrifugal force would teach Nexus and Lailah a lesson.