Time in a collapsing world

"Please stand up, Li, I know your injuries are not that serious."

Looking at Li's humble figure huddled in the corner, Aponya also became a little ruthless, and his disguise was revealed in just one sentence.

"...I can't afford it without 20,000 yuan."

Li thinks that he needs to resist sometimes, otherwise he will easily give others the illusion that he is easily bullied. Although this is not an illusion, it is a fact.

After experiencing so much, Li finally discovered it. Mebius, Alicia, Sakura, Qianjie, and Aponya... any one of these guys can really take care of him. Let’s not talk about the ones with high force value. Mebius and Apponia, a weak scientist and an unarmed director of an ordinary orphanage, why does he need to be afraid? Without other factors, Li was extremely convinced that his overall ranking was higher than these two guys. Of course, if intelligence is included, he is not even as good as a hair on Mebius's head.

However, even taking into account the factor of intelligence, he believed that he could compete with Aponia. Hehe, if he hadn't been so modest, Li would have even said something like, "Aponia is nothing more than that." Isn't it just because of her difficult personality? At worst, he just used brute force to convince her, and Li didn't believe that her own strength could not compare to Aponya.

Thinking of this, Li felt like he was about to get up, and he could do it again! How could a mere Aponia suppress him for so long? Today he is going to stand up and become the master!

Li stood up abruptly, turned half a circle to face Aponya, his eyes were bright, like a rooster ready to fight.

"……Um?"

Aponya tilted her head and looked at Li who suddenly became nervous in confusion. Just like Li couldn't understand Aponya's words before, Aponya also has trouble understanding Li's brain circuits now.

This made her swallow back the sermon that had just reached her lips, wanting to see what tricks Li was going to do.

"Aponia, let's duel! Bet on the reputation of being at the bottom of the food chain!"

"The bottom of the food chain?"

"Uh... ahem, that's not the point, Aponya, don't change the subject! What you are facing now is my duel invitation, and your next answer can only be yes or no!"

Li blushed and tilted her head slightly. Damn it, when was he going to be reduced to competing with a girl for the second to last weakest position? !

"Okay, I accept."

"what?"

Hearing Aponya's voice that was almost close to her ears, Li suddenly realized something was wrong and wanted to look at Aponya again, but was stopped by a cold touch on her neck.

"Why, why do you still carry a knife with you? You obviously didn't have this habit before."

Li tried his best to tilt his head to the other side, fearing that Aponya would chop him off accidentally.

"I do not know either."

Although she was holding a knife against Li's neck, Aponya still looked calm. If a third party saw this scene, they would probably regard her as a murderous desperado, right?

"I just felt that carrying a knife today might help me solve a lot of trouble, so I brought it with me."

Okay, Aponya is preaching that inexplicable idealism to him again. She is truly worthy of being a nun, so dedicated.

Anyway, Li didn't listen at all. She just wanted to send Aponya away quickly and let her remove this dangerous little thing from her neck. I didn't expect, I didn't expect, that Aponya, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be so sinister, and carry out sneak attacks without martial ethics, although it was very useful... Speaking of which, was he killed instantly again just now, by Aponya?

Li fell into deep thinking again.

"Li, please don't mess around next time."

Fortunately, Aponya didn't have any boring and strange desire to win. She just wanted to use this method to make Li feel at ease. So after threatening him with a knife, Apponia took the dangerous item back.

Unlike Ri, Aponya is a true adult, both mentally and physically. Therefore, she can make the most rational and effective judgment based on the threads of fate she sees in her mind.

Aponya would not really hurt the people around him. Of course Li knew this, but with the knife pressed against his neck, no one dared to move or think about it, even if the knife had no trace of any Killing intent.

The danger was over, but Li collapsed on the spot, thinking about his mistakes. He really has no desire now, and being killed by Aponya instantly means that Li has definitely earned the title of the weakest. Although this was his own designation and others did not have this idea, Li did care. He cared inexplicably. Li always felt that they would definitely meet together in the future. Wouldn't he, who is the most easily bullied, have to meet him? Be the most eye-catching one?

Don't do that kind of thing...

"Li."

As if Aponya could see through Li's thoughts, a gentle smile appeared on her face that had remained unchanged for thousands of years. She knelt down, stretched out her hand and stroked Li's head gently, like a mother comforting her child. Same.

"Ang~?"

Unfortunately, because she was facing the ground, Li did not see Aponya's expression, but only felt that her head was being touched by her. Needless to say, it's quite comfortable, at least more comfortable than the powerful head-sliding set that Mebius gave him before.

"It makes me angry every time I see you so active."

Ah, of course, after all, every time I get active it's usually after I've done something.

Li thought so.

"But... I don't know why, sometimes I feel relaxed."

Well, it’s good if you don’t have high blood pressure, but you can actually relax because of him? Or is it that the pressure in life is just too great, even more stressful than facing yourself? Being an adult is really hard...

Li actually doesn't understand the adult world.

Hey, he is also an adult? Hey, do you understand the value of being mentally underage?

"...Do you want to take a few days off recently? I feel like there may be something wrong with your spirit."

Li sincerely suggested that he was really afraid that Aponya would exhaust his brain. As for her work...can't she just leave it to Qianjie? I believe he will be happy to contribute more to this welfare home~

Thinking of this, Li couldn't help but reveal a standard villain evil smile on his face.

"No, I'm fine and don't need any rest."

Unfortunately, Aponya rejected Li's proposal. She just shared her feelings with Li, and had no intention of being lazy. As the owner of the orphanage, Aponya does not want to put more work on the employees.

"However, I still hope that you and Qianjie can get along well and don't make him angry. Those children need the strength of the two of you."

When saying these words, Aponya held his hands on his chest in a praying posture. Paired with the nun's uniform, it really felt sacred.

"Since you said so... then okay."

Faced with Aponya's serious request, Li was too embarrassed to refuse, so she reluctantly agreed. It's just that he has made it a habit to fight against Qianjie. Now asking him to change it... can only be said to be difficult.