Out of all the three who just talked together in the building, Levin was definitely the most experienced one in a combat situation. Mira was still too young to get exposed in that kind of scene, and she was also a priest whose role was in the backline. Meanwhile, Chen Ze was a scientist, and even if people didn't know his occupation, they would've guessed already that he was not suitable for a combat situation. After all, he didn't look healthy, whatwith his thin body that looked like it would get blown away by the gentlest wind outside and his pale face as if he was the descendant of a Dracula.
That was why when an enemy suddenly snuck into the building out of nowhere, it was also Levin who reacted the quickest.
Right after he heard the voice that didn't come from those three, the instinct honed in the battlefield for so many years kicked in. First, he grabbed Mira who sat next to him, and he jumped immediately, grabbing the collar of Chen Ze's coat and kicking the laser gun next to him as far as possible. Before anyone could think of what happened, Levin was already on the other side of the room with both Mira and Chen Ze there and access to his weapon too.
*Cough!* "What the hell?! What is wrong with you?!" Chen Ze who got choked after being grabbed violently couldn't help but feel angry toward Levin. "This is the lair that I have built for a day! What if you destroyed some things here?!" He glared at the soldier fiercely. Mira also stared at Levin confusedly. She knew that the man wouldn't do anything that would hurt her deliberately, so she wondered what was going on here
However, Levin didn't even acknowledge their concern at all. No, instead of not acknowledging it deliberately, he had no time to do that. Right now, sweat rolled on his forehead as he stared at the teenager in front of him, his body felt tensed at the pressure radiated from the teen. "We have a guest here." He finally said.
That was when both Mira and Chen Ze realized there was suddenly one more person in the building, and blood drained instantly from their faces.
'I didn't know he was there!' That was the thought of the two players.
As for the teenager who came out of nowhere, he just sat on the spot where Levin sat previously, taking the cup of tea at the table casually before staring at the record on the laptop that was still playing. Levin didn't dare to take his eyes on the boy, knowing full well that despite the boy's nonchalant attitude, the pressure radiated from the boy was far greater than the fire magician and the illusionist he faced before.
"So, is this a transaction to target me? The thin one with the silver hair wants me, and the serious one is going to execute me, huh?" The boy said casually. However, right after the words came out of his mouth, the entire room was shaken by an unknown force, and even the oriental decoration hanging in the room – how in the hell did Chen Ze have something like that?! – fell violently to the ground. Mira gripped the corner of Levin's clothes violently, starting to feel afraid of the boy in front of her. "So, why do you want to kill me?" The boy asked Chen Ze.
There was no malicious intent behind the question as the boy was just curious about why he was being targeted. After all, the boy and Chen Ze had never met before, so there should be something special that caught the scientist's attention.
Levin felt all the danger senses he had screamed at him to fly away from the building. He knew that it only took one wrong word for the boy to go rampant and start killing them all, and even though Levin didn't know how capable the boy was, he could guess by the terrifying aura shrouding his body that the boy was capable of killing everyone here in a blink. Inwardly, he cursed Chen Ze for picking up the boy as the target to kill. In his mind, the boy was probably the second-worst enemy to make after the dude who could transform into a full-grown dragon.
However, it seemed that Chen Ze didn't have the same sense of crisis as the scientist just rebuked the boy's question immediately. "Killing you? Are you kidding me?! Your ability is so valuable! If you are killed, it would be a great loss to the science world!"
A pin-drop silence fell there as everyone stared at the scientist in disbelief. Levin himself had his mouth twitched, dumbfounded at what his new friend just said. He heard the rumor before that all the scientists in the world didn't have good emotional intelligence, and it seemed that the statement was true. After all, Chen Ze didn't even realize that he was just ten steps away from the death door, and everything he said would determine his fate next.
"Oh? My ability is valuable for a scientist like you? How so?" The boy asked, intrigued. It seemed that he was just like Mira, a curious soul who coincidentally possessed great power that made him lose his childhood.
"Well, your ability is related to gravity, right?" The boy nodded at the scientist's question. "If so, how do you do it? Is it related to your emotion or do you use any hand movement to trigger your ability? Also, have you ever noticed that your ability can manipulate time? What about something more astronomical like a black hole and neutron stars? Do you think your ability has some correlations with those objects? Oh, and what is the energy source of your ability?"
Levin felt his mouth twitch once again as he listened to the scientist start mumbling all the gravity-related questions that popped inside his head. He was right, he could recognize a madman when he saw one.
Even the boy was pretty much overwhelmed by the questions Chen Ze threw at him. The only one who wasn't surprised was Mira who just giggled merrily, finding everything amusing. The tension created by the boy before disappeared instantly, replaced by the awkwardness caused by the scientist in front of them.
"Urgh… Is there something wrong with my face?" Chen Ze finally stopped his mumbling after he realized that everyone was staring at him.
"No, Chen Ze, nothing," Levin said sarcastically. "There is nothing wrong here."
The teenager finally shook his head, snapping himself from the overwhelmed state and asked Chen Ze, "So, you want to approach me for a collaboration? Asking me to help you experiment with… My ability?" He asked once again for confirmation. When he saw the scientist nod eagerly, he barked out laughter, finding things far more amusing than he thought it would be. "You are so interesting, Uncle! But still… Do you think with how weak you are, you deserve to work together with me?"
Just right after that, the pressure was back, crushing everything and everyone inside the building, and that was when Levin realized that things seemed to go in the worst direction.