Chapter 161: Sparring

Xia Yufang's thoughts drifted back to the day her sister knocked down a guard.

After her sister had knocked down the sentry, a tense standoff had immediately ensued.

Although she felt her sister had already shown enough restraint, the Resistance members who rushed over did not seem to think so.

Crammed into a narrow space and facing so many guns, even she felt it was a bit tricky.

It was right then that the man appeared.

"Oh, oh, what happened to make two such lovely guests so angry?"

The man commanding the Resistance members pushed his subordinates aside with a frivolous tone and arrived on the scene.

For some reason, Yufang saw a glimmer of an emotion called pity in the gaze he directed at her and her sister once again.

Sure enough, it wasn't a mistake.

From the first time she followed Leonard to the Resistance command center, she had felt a similar emotion in the gaze of this man named Li Boyong.

Pity?

How ridiculous...

The man called Li Boyong checked the injured guard, and upon discovering that the guard lying on the ground was still alive and merely unconscious, he seemed to heave a sigh of relief. He then stood up and ordered, "Two of you, take this guy to the infirmary."

Once the injured guy was carried away, he smiled and asked again, "Alright, two lovely young ladies, can you tell me what happened now?"

His smile remained frivolous, even bordering on lecherous, reminding her of that pervert Gates.

Yet, Yufang could still see that trace of ridiculous pity in his eyes.

"I want to take a bath."

Her sister demanded firmly; she also seemed to have sensed that emotion in the man's eyes.

"A bath?" The man was stunned for a moment, then confirmed with his subordinates, "Didn't I say to satisfy the guests' requests as much as possible?"

"Well, there has been too little rainfall lately, and everyone has to save even drinking water, but they want to waste a large amount of water to bathe every day. Everyone really couldn't stand it, so we let them bathe once a week," the subordinate replied as such.

"Sigh, what troublesome little ones." Facing her sister's request, the man sighed, then scratched his head and explained, "Be good, this place is different from other places; water is a very precious thing. Just bear with it for this period of time."

That tone actually made Yufang think of her father, who had been dead for who knows how long.

Sure enough!

He was an infuriating man.

"I want to take a bath. If there is no water, then I'll use blood to wash."

Her sister seemed to have been provoked by that gaze and tone, rarely producing such intense emotional fluctuations.

Although there was still no expression on her sister's face, she could feel that anger.

"Sigh..." The man sighed, then said, "Yulan-chan, how about this: this place also believes that strength is king. If you can defeat me, I will use my authority to specially satisfy your request once."

"Very well."

"Wait, I didn't say it was a hand-to-hand fight." The man reached out to stop her sister, who was striking a combat pose, and pointed outside with his thumb. "Let's fight using AS. It just so happens that I changed to a new system recently and need an opponent. If you win, I'll let you bathe."

Then, the man started muttering to himself again, "It's all Wang Liumei's fault for pestering Shihe about the oil field recently... it's caused me to be unable to even perform combat tests..."

That self-talking appearance was exactly the same as when that pervert Gates had an episode.

"Tch, let's go quickly."

Yulan probably thought of the same thing as Yufang, and said while suppressing her disgust.

Poor Li Boyong did not know that his evaluation in the hearts of the two sisters had already fallen to the same level as that perverted blonde Mediterranean man from the Amalgam Death Squad.

He took Yulan to the AS training ground and had the mechanics swap the machines with training rounds and training short swords.

On the undulating training ground, Savage versus Savage, the machine her sister piloted was easily defeated by that man.

Yufang saw it very clearly; the maintenance state of her sister's machine was very good, and the other party did not play any dirty tricks.

The reason for the failure was being completely suppressed on both the technical and tactical levels.

The other party's shooting and positioning abilities were too outstanding; her sister, who was better at close-quarters combat, was shot with paintballs all over her machine during the exchange of fire, without even a chance to get close.

"How about it? If you're not convinced, you can come again. If you win, I'll still let you bathe."

The man's voice came from the loudspeaker, and her sister piloted the machine to start the battle again.

However, she was still shot with paintballs all over, without any chance.

"Haha, worthy of being the Boss, well done."

"The name Tiger of Ankra is not called for nothing."

"But bullying a little girl like this, the Boss is really mean-spirited."

"Isn't that so?"

"It must be because he was given the cold shoulder by Captain Shihe during this period."

"Haha, that's true."

The Resistance fighters watching the fun nearby started to shout and laugh wickedly.

Amidst the jeers of his subordinates, the man known as the Tiger of Ankra continued to use the loudspeaker: "The sister over there, come too. Just one doesn't seem to achieve the experimental effect. Little ones, prepare a training machine for her."

"Haha, okay Boss."

"Coming, coming, we'll start preparing immediately."

"It seems one girl isn't enough; the Boss has been very sexually frustrated lately."

"Isn't that so?"

"Hey, little girl over there, you get ready to go on stage too. The machine will be ready soon."

The subordinates who were watching the fun and didn't mind the chaos spewed foul language while nimbly putting Yufang into another Savage.

The battle started again, two against one.

Yufang and Yulan's two Savages started to coordinate, alternating cover while engaging in a shooting battle with Li Boyong, and approaching Li Boyong at the same time.

But even in a two-on-one shooting battle, Yufang discovered that their side was still at a disadvantage.

They couldn't even get close to melee range before the sisters' machines were "destroyed" one after another.

"Do you want to come again?" The man's annoying inquiry came.

"No need, we will honestly accept the punishment," Yufang answered honestly.

In the battle just now, she had already clearly felt the man's strength; it was a powerful strength not inferior to their teacher's. Continuing to fight would be meaningless.

Facing the strong, both she and her sister would become submissive.

"Forget about the punishment; after all, I was the one who asked you to help me test the new system," Li Boyong said inside the machine. "Besides, after beating you so miserably, the subordinates' resentment should be mostly dissipated."

"Go back and stay well, be honest this time."

The man lectured in a gentle tone.

He was becoming more and more like the father in Yufang's memory, but this time, she did not feel that irritable disgust.

Because he was strong enough.

"Understood," Yufang replied calmly.

She got out of the Savage and saw her sister and that man also getting out of their machines at the same time.

Drip.

A raindrop fell on her face, bringing a trace of coolness to her as she had just come out of the stuffy cockpit.

Looking up, more raindrops fell in a patter.

In the sky, at some unknown time, a light rain had started to fall.

"You are lucky; you can still bathe after losing the fight."

The man said as such, the pity in his gaze not fading.

Yufang nodded, a touch of awe in her expression. ===== CHAPTER 162 =====