"Captain, should we go warn them?"
After being scolded by their captain earlier, all the members of Overlord Girls started to keep a cool head. From the perspective of onlookers, they noticed that Yun Che was indeed a calculating man. He figured out that Tao Cheng had a cranky temper and intentionally provoked Tao Cheng, trying to make him accept a fight with no boundaries. If nobody stopped Tao Cheng, he would be a dead man soon. They hadn't figured out what kind of method Yun Che would use to assist his space superfunction possessor in killing Tao Cheng, though.
"Well, if we come forward right now, it'll be telling the public that we're with them."
Feng Xinlan was in a dilemma. They only had a limited number of space superfunctions, and losing one would be a significant loss for them. Coming from the same legion with Doomsday Shura, she felt obligated to warn them when knowing Yun Che's agenda. However, if she came forward right now, it would be telling everyone that they were on the same team with Doomsday Shura. After today, Doomsday Shura and Peak Squad would be hating each other. If they exposed themselves, how were they supposed to get close to Peak Squad in the future?
"But Captain Luo…"
The members of Overlord Girls all looked at Luo Huai, who was hesitating, with concerns. There were another two squads watching this farce – Almighty Squad and Incense Squad. Despite their current short-term partnership, both squads would like to watch Peak Squad and Doomsday Shura fight each other to death. Therefore, they wished Luo Huai would accept the challenge immediately.
"Hey, bros of Doomsday Shura, are you guys scared?
"It's just a fight between two space superfunction possessors, and the space superfunction possessor of Peak Squad is just a skinny kid. What the hell are you afraid of?"
"Mighty Captain Yun! Mighty Peak Squad!"
"If you guys don't have guts, why don't you just admit it and apologize? The longer you wait, the more you'll be humiliating yourselves."
Noticing that they didn't respond after a while, Joy Squad, a team that had been obstructed by them during missions in the past few days started to mock them, echoed by other superfunction possessors who had been bullied by Doomsday Shura before and those who hadn't. The spot became noisy in an instant. Peak Squad remained calm, without urging the other party to make a decision, while every one of Doomsday Shura, on the other hand, was furious. Even Luo Huai, who was usually calm, was clenching his fists.
"Captain!"
Every member of Doomsday Shura turned to stare at their captain at the same time. It would be a humiliation for them if they didn't accept the challenge right now.
"Yo, everyone seems so exciting. What's going on?"
When Luo Huai gritted his teeth, about to accept the challenge, a female's voice sounded all of a sudden. Yun Che narrowed his eyes and fixed his gaze on Feng Xinlan, who just walked out of the crowd with her team members. For some unknown reason, he found her voice weird, as if…
"You must be Captain Yun of Peak Squad. I'm Feng Xinlan, captain of Overlord Girls. Nice to meet you."
When Feng Xinlan walked over, she didn't say Hi to Luo Huai but reached out her hand towards Yun Che with a bright smile.
"Nice to meet you."
Yun Che nodded, with no intention to shake her hand. Instead of feeling embarrassed like Luo Huai, Feng Xinlan reminded Yun Che in a joyful tone, "Let's shake hands."
Sure enough!
Watching his hand that had been reached out involuntarily, Yun Che realized that this woman was a sound superfunction possessor. Sound superfunction, a special superfunction with both offense and defense attributes, could be used to enchant, control, and attack people. He was surprised to come across an enemy with sound superfunction in this place.
"Well, both of your squads rank among the top three. There's no need to fight to the death for some quarrels. Please do me a favor and shake hands with each other."
Having confirmed that her superfunction could affect Yun Che, Feng Xinlan cut to the chase as she shifted her gaze between the two men.
"She's right. It's not a big deal. We all get impulsive sometimes. Having a quarrel isn't a big deal."
"Well, Captain Yun, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have said those things."
"See? Everything is fine now. Why wasting time fighting a match that has no rewards? It'll be wiser to spend the time on missions."
"Captain Feng is right. Captain Yun, Captain Luo, why don't you just shake hands and make peace with each other?"
Most of the people who heard her voice changed their stands immediately. Members of Peak Squad advised Yun Che to let it go, and members of Doomsday Shura took the initiative to apologize, and even the onlookers tried to convince the two captains to make peace. Those who didn't hear her voice clearly because they were standing at a long distance also fell into a daze. A few people who were not affected by her superfunction, such as Leng Yehan and Jiang Shang, were confused.
"Bang!"
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Let go of our captain!"
Yun Che suddenly struck out to grab Feng Xinlan's neck and pressed her against the mission panel. The LCD screen was cracked, and its light instantly went out. At the sight of that, the women of Overlord Girls rushed over immediately. Zhou Zeyu and his teammates, who had broken free from the sound control, stopped those women while blaming themselves for saying what they had just said. The smile had disappeared from Yun Che's face, and he looked at the women coldly before squeezing Feng Xinlan's neck harder. "Sound superfunction is indeed powerful in messing up with human minds. Captain Feng, if you want to be a peacemaker, I don't have any problem with that. But using your superfunction to compel others to echo you is out of line. Don't you think so?"
This was what had happened! All the superfunction possessors, who wondered why they had said those things, became furious, glaring at Feng Xinlan, whose face had turned purple because of the lack of oxygen. Nobody liked to be controlled, especially not in public. Feng Xinlan had offended these people by messing up with their minds, and the good image she had built over the past ten days collapsed instantly.
"I… I don't know…what you're talking about…"
Feng Xinlan grabbed his hand with both hands, trying to get it off her, but no matter how hard she struggled, she just couldn't break free. The air in her lung was running out, and her pretty face had become distorted. Yet, she still had the last bit of reason to know that she couldn't admit that she was controlling everyone with her sound superfunction before.
"Come on. You can drop the act. Do you think these people here are fools? I can't speak for the others, but my team would never change their attitudes for no reason. If you haven't used sound superfunction to enchant them, why would they have echoed you? Do you expect me to believe that you're so charming that even the female on my team has fallen in love with you in an instant?"
Sound superfunction had a scary power. If it got to someone, the person would be manipulated like a puppet, just like him at the beginning. However, it wasn't hard to fight against sound superfunction, as long as he could guard his mind. Feng Xinlan's mistake was that she tested him first. If she had cut to the chase and enchanted him the moment she started speaking, she would have got what she wanted now.
"Eh…"
Feng Xinlan could no longer make a sound, her face turning from purple to black, eyes pale and wet. If Yun Che squeezed a little bit harder, she would die immediately.
"Wait, let go of her. She was just trying to help. We accept your challenge."
Luo Huai knew there was no time for him to hesitate. He wanted to rush over but was stopped by Leng Yehan and others, so he just yelled through the human wall. If Feng Xinlan died here, there would be a hell of trouble.
"Don't make it sound like we force you to fight. I should remind you that your space superfunction possessor is the one picking the fight in the first place. Don't try to shift the blame onto me."
"Bang!"
With a sneer, Yun Che threw Feng Xinlan on the ground with a loud bang, showing no mercy to this woman.
"Captain!"
"Captain Feng!"
"Eh-hem…"
Overlord Girls and Doomsday Shura rushed up to her one after another. Feeling the itch and pain in her throat, Feng Xinlan couldn't stop coughing. After confirming that she was fine, Luo Huai rose to his feet quickly, "Regardless of who started it first, Captain Feng was just trying to help. A gentleman should never do this to a woman."
Luo Huai tried to set the fighting subject aside and held Yun Che responsible for hurting a woman. After Doomsday, women had dropped to the bottom of society, and most men didn't respect them. Nevertheless, beating a woman was always a despicable behavior, especially for a man as powerful as Yun Che.
"Help? Who would use this kind of despicable method to help others? You want me to be a gentleman? What about my dignity? Has she shown any respect to me? You must be kidding, Captain Luo! Sure, she was trying to help, trying to help you only. Your team and her team seem to know each other. You've colluded together, haven't you? One more thing, don't ever underestimate women. Sometimes, they're much more vicious than men."
Yun Che had spotted Luo Huai's trick. Luo Huai was trying to hold the moral high ground and incite the public to condemn him. Well, by no means would Yun Che let this man get what he wanted.
"Captain Yun, watch yourself! Overlord Girls is a team of women. You can't insult them like that."
Before the public could make any comments, Luo Huai retorted with a sullen look.
"How many times are you going to pull the same trick? I don't want to waste time talking to an idiot. Heiyu, it's your turn now."
Luo Huai kept emphasizing the fact that they were women. Sure, they were, but so what? There was no rule saying that he had to indulge those women just because they had a different gender from him. He didn't discriminate against women. On the contrary, he even respected women who had managed to get a foothold in this world, where men had been dominating, provided that they didn't use any dirty tricks on him. As long as they didn't mess with him, he would leave them alone even if they worked for Wang Army or Wei Army. However, Feng Xinlan tried to help her ally without blowing her cover, which was impossible. She shouldn't have been so greedy and overconfident.
"Are you kidding me, Master? I'm as intelligent as you! How am I supposed to communicate with this idiot? You know, stupidity can be contagious. If I get affected by his low IQ, who's going to help you make decisions in the future?"
Heiyu said with contempt, refusing to talk to that man, and his funny joke just eased the tense mood.
Without knowing how to respond, Yun Che turned to his team, who all stepped backwards, refusing to utter a word. This had pissed Luo Huai off, and there were anger flames in his eyes.
"You want a one-on-one fight, right? Let's do it! I'm not scared of you."
Tao Cheng rushed over to stand between them all of a sudden and said. Yun Che rolled his eyes back at the man, saying, "Don't you notice that your captain is trying to shift the blame onto us? If we accept your challenge and lose, that'll be fine. But what if my man wins and even kills you accidentally? There will be rumors smearing my name all over the base."
Under normal circumstances, people wouldn't say this out loud even if it's true. But Yun Che wanted to make sure that everyone knew what his enemy was trying to do. They were trying to set him up and smear his good name.