200 – 200. Sisters of Ice and Fire
-Quaaa…….
Burning flames and cold ice walls. Ahn Su-ho and Jung Ji-min were stunned by the scene where the two contrasting elements harmonized and swirled together.
“…… It’s still a crude flame. You can’t concentrate your firepower, so it just spreads in all directions like that, and there’s no real momentum.”
However, her sister’s pursuit of perfection in everything she did was still disapproving of her younger sister. The older sister, who had the ability to freeze, which was unbefitting of the subject she was named Summer, threw a brusque scolding at her younger sister, who also had her firepower, despite the fact that she was given the name Winter.
-Tuhwaahak!!
At that moment, a whitish figure popped out of the burning flame.
“Kheuheouk!!”
It was a cube that was caught up in waves of flame and ice a moment ago. His whole body was covered in white frost like snowfields. Seeing that, Han Yeo-reum snorted and said.
“Look at that. You couldn’t even melt that thin frost, let alone defeat the enemy.
Midwinter did not respond to that criticism. Instead of answering, she put her hands together into a pistol shape and aimed the ends at the cube.
– Spa Ah!!
A white straight line drawn in the air immediately after.
The flame compressed to the limit seemed to be nothing but light, and it flew as fast as its appearance and landed on the cube’s shoulder.
-f*ck!
As if it had a physical substance rather than an intangible flame, it passed through his shoulder and extended far away. The sticky smell of flesh that could not burn and evaporated stimulated the tip of Cube’s nose.
“Quaaa!!!”
Not even a drop of blood flowed from the hole the size of a 10 won coin pierced in his shoulder. Because all the blood vessels that were supposed to bleed had melted and hardened.
However, the sharp pain was sure to run along Cube’s nerves and shook his brainstem. With his pained look on his face, he identified his enemies, the two red-haired sisters, and created energy bullets in both hands.
-Kiyiing!! PABABABABABANG!!!
The cube-shaped energy body split into a lattice, and hundreds of small cube-shaped bullets flew away.
Faced with the bombardment of those bullets, Midgeoreum let go of his tightly clenched hands and straightened his four fingers, excluding his thumbs, outstretched toward the bullets.
-PABABABABABANG!!!
Immediately after that, countless fireballs were ejected along her fingers.
-Perong! Pop! Perbung! Buff!! Pop! Puffer bun!!
Energy bullets and fireworks bullets. The two types of bullets met at the midpoint of each other and collided in the air, causing a series of explosions. The noise reminiscent of a battlefield echoes all over the place.
Cube fired energy bullets with all his might, but they couldn’t push away the midwinter’s flames. Cube’s outstretched arms trembled.
“… ….”
On the other hand, Midgyeol showed a relaxed expression even though he was struggling with an outstanding superman named Cube. She calls the power in her eyes! Flames rose from the tips of her toes as a runner.
Immediately after that, the length of the flame that stretched like a snake crawling on the ground reached the feet of the cube in an instant.
“Oh my gosh-“
-Quaaa!!
A huge pillar of fire spewed out from the ground in a vertical direction, like a volcano erupting. At that unknowing blow, Cube had no choice but to stop the energy bullet he was shooting like a raging sword, and Midwinter did not miss the opportunity.
-Kwaaang!! aaang!! aaa!!
Red flames exploded again and again without a break. When he swung his arms, waves of flame raged, and when he stepped on the ground, flames gushed out like a dragon ascending to heaven. Midwinter scattered the flames without giving Cube time to react, but he compressed and compressed the flames with only his right arm hidden behind his back.
And finally, the moment when the temperature of the compressed flame reached a critical point.
-Paaa!!!
A wave of flashes that could only be described as pure white radiated from her right arm.
“Hmm.”
At the same time, Midsummer, who had been watching from her side, stepped on the ground. Then, the ice that spread before the flash formed a huge circular wall around the cube. And the flash of midwinter was sucked right into the middle of the cylinder.
-Quagagagagagagagagang!!!!!!
Soon, with a roar that shook the ground, a pillar of fire of an unprecedented scale soared into the sky.
“Oh no… ….”
Midsummer looked at the scene with delight.
If it weren’t for her ice wall, the flames would have spread in all directions and burned the surrounding forest and land. However, the fact that he fired such fireworks without hesitation meant that Midwinter expected Midsummer to turn out like this.
In midsummer, it hurts my pride a little.
“Well, you’ve gotten a little stronger.”
“…… Joy.”
However, Midsummer focused more on her sister’s remarkable growth than on her shorn ego. Midwinter avoided her gaze because of the small compliment her sister gave her.
-Rest. Tadak. Tadadak.
In the meantime, the pillar of fire that had risen to burn the world calmed down, and soon a cube appeared in the middle of the scorched earth. Cube managed to stand in the fading embers, but that’s all. The scorching heat applied to his whole body certainly rendered the superman called Cube incapable of combat.
– Plopped.
Cube’s knees bent, barely standing, and his body collapsed on the ground. Only the faint moaning through his parched lips and the subtle rise and fall of his back plainly indicated that he had not reached death.
‘This crazy.’
And Ahn Su-ho couldn’t accept the result at all.
All Ahn Soo-ho knows about Cube is that he is on the assassination team. However, that fact alone allowed Ahn Su-ho to guess that he was a tough man.
Right now, when Ryu Tae-hyun was fighting Cube in Neverland, he couldn’t win easily and sluggishly led the battle.
However, midwinter pushed that very cube to the point where even the word unilateral was insufficient. Of course, Cube was not in perfect condition. His body, as he hurriedly pursued An Su-ho, clearly had injuries sustained in the battle on the highway.
However, can such a one-sided result be produced?
‘How much did you get stronger in just one month?’
Suddenly, the message of midwinter passed by in Suho Ahn’s mind.
‘They said they would definitely win this time.’
Have never once spoken a lie in mid-winter, but Ahn Su-ho wondered if that word would be kept this time. If it was the middle of winter now, if it was the dance she showed a moment ago, wouldn’t even Ryu Tae-hyun, whose talent has no end in sight, give it a try?
-Geeeing.
At that time, the door on the outer wall of the laboratory opened, and dozens of heavily armed soldiers burst out. These were the self-guards of the 3rd Containment Research Institute, as Jung Ji-min said.
A few of them headed towards the fallen Cube. However, most of them surrounded Ahn Su-ho, who was standing awkwardly, in a semicircle and began to point their brutal-looking muzzles at him.
“All three of you please stay away from him!”
Daewon’s shouts were directed toward Midwinter and Midsummer, and Jeong Ji-Min, who were by Ahn Soo-Ho’s side. However, unlike Jung Ji-min, who immediately backed away, the Han sisters did not move at all with their feet firmly planted on the ground.
“…… How is this now, sister? Why are the guards pointing their guns at him?”
“Well? I’m not sure either. I thought it was well-spoken and easy to understand.”
“Please! Both of you please stay away from him!”
The two sisters did not move despite repeated requests from the crew. Midwinter was purely because she did not like those who were hostile to An Suho, and Midsummer was well aware of her own position in this place, so she deliberately stood still.
At the sharp eyes of the two sisters, the member who shouted from the front broke into a cold sweat.
At that time.
“Mr. Midsummer. And Mr. Midwinter. Please follow the commanding officer’s words.”
The one who said that was the head of the research lab who had talked to Han Yeo-reum a while ago. At his appearance, Midsummer glared at him as if asking what had happened.
“I know very well that you two have doubts about this situation. But we just did it according to the manual. The object, which would normally have been transported in a convoy with restraints, appeared unrestrained on the back seat of a motorcycle. You don’t know what will happen. …… There are many eyes to see, so please cooperate.”
There are many eyes to see. At those words, Midsummer noticed that the current situation was a kind of show. In response, as she obediently backed away, Midwinter, who grasped her situation a beat late, followed her and avoided her seat.
“Ahn Soo-ho. Redemption ball.”
Ahn Soo-ho, who was looking at the heavy handcuffs being pushed by the crew, held out his wrists without saying anything. Ahn Su-ho spoke with a clap.
“…… But what are you two students doing here?”
Although his wrists were handcuffed just now, An Su-ho asked the two sisters as if he was okay. Because he also knew that the current situation was part of an unavoidable process.
“I came to see the doctor I used to know. Meeting you is purely by chance. Coincidence. Is it winter?”
“… ….”
“It’s a coincidence, if you say so, I’ll understand. It was nice to see you both after a long time.”
The crew headed to the left side of the outer wall with restraints. Ahn Soo-ho was treated as a semi-dangerous item here, so I couldn’t go in through the main gate where people came and went.
“Hey… !”
At that time, Midwinter, who hesitated, followed Ahn Soo-ho belatedly. Her squad members lined up around her to stop her, and her Ahn Soo-ho looked back at her.
“What is it? Midwinter student.”
“That, that, that. Because tomorrow is my last ranking match this semester, right? The opponent is Ryu Tae-hyun. Ha, the semester rankings have already been decided, but it’s the last game anyway, so, so ah…….”
Midwinter was bewildered by the sudden surge of tension. She couldn’t understand why her voice was quivering, even though she had no place to be nervous.
“I told you the other day. I’m sure I’ll win this time. I listened to what you said and worked really hard. Originally, I was going to ask you to come to the stadium and intuition, but it will be difficult because things have turned out like this…….”
Please cheer me on even from far away. If you encourage me again, if you cheer me on, I think I can really beat Ryu Tae-hyun this time.
Midwinter hung her throat with her strange request, which had no logic or grounds, and she licked her stretched lips and blurted out her words. Even thinking about it herself, it was an embarrassing and out of the blue request.
“So, that… ….”
When I see myself unable to speak due to tension, my cheeks in the middle of winter gradually start to turn red.
“…… It’s a ranking match. I was going to go see it when things went well, but in the end it turned out like this. It’s a pity that I can’t see it in person, but I will cheer you on even from afar.”
Ahn Suho said that as if he had seen through her thoughts.
“Do you remember what we said back then? I also wanted to see Ryu Tae-hyun lose at least once. With the skills that winter student showed me just now, I’m sure I can beat him this time. It’s a pity that I can’t see the scene in person…… I wish you good results. As for the results, the winter student will tell you later.”
Amid Suho Ahn’s encouragement, the midwinter hardened like ice. Ahn Su-ho turned her steps back, leaving her behind.
Midwinter’s lips parted belatedly as he followed his back with his eyes as he walked away with the crew.
“……………… Yes.”
It was too late for a reply. No matter how much Ahn Soo-ho was a superman, it would not have been until this distance that he could not hear it.
However, Midwinter didn’t have the spirit left to care about such trivial matters.