CH 297

297: Little Bun Saves the World

“If you don’t want to see people suffer, why don’t you stop the demon commander from coming out?” A man in white appeared next to the black-haired man. The newcomer was as handsome as an immortal, with long dark hair that contrasted strikingly against his white robe. He looked like he had just stepped out of a painting. If you looked closely though you would see that his figure was vague, as though he wasn’t corporeal.

“This was the world consciousness’s decision. The only ones who can change it are those who are a part of this world’s consciousness.” An Shengyuan[notes] was calm.

White[notes] shook his head. “As the head of Xingguang Holy Academy, are you sure you don’t want to stop this? If you don’t interfere, I’m afraid the whole maritime world will shatter and many will die.”

Though the expression on his face was still compassionate, An Shengyuan shook his head. “Their fates can not be changed by me. You should know the reason I was able to stay in the human world back then was because I promised the upper boundaries I wouldn’t interfere and break the fixed trajectory of the human world.”

“But this time it’s the head of the twelve demon commanders, Mei the Exterminator. Are you sure the guys from your school can handle this?” White was confident in his little apprentice,[notes] but he wasn’t at all confident in the other guys.

“Are you forgetting your precious disciple is amongst them?” An Shengyuan said with a smile.

“Yes, but they are all your students and you are the head of the academy.” White also smiled.

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Meanwhile on Sanye island, Ink was holding Little Bun in his arms as he looked out to sea. Sanye island wasn’t as affected as Demon Wind island, but things were still rough. The sea had already claimed the houses by the shore and the fisherman had all taken refuge in the mountains. A cloud of mist clung to the island.

“What should we do? Senior Ming Xi and the others are safe right? Such heavy winds. The rain is dangerous too.” Ink walked around the cave uneasily.

Originally the group had stayed at a fisherman’s house, but the sudden heavy rain brought on by the thunder and lightning forced them to evacuate. They had been sheltering in the cave since.

The other fishermen and their families had also scattered and found shelter in various caves in the mountains as well. The only thing they could do was hide and wait for the storm to pass.

“Oleen, I hope nothing happens to my Oleen.” Milty moaned. “That bitch Yanran, if anything happens to my Oleen, I’ll kill her!” Milty gritted her teeth, her face bitter.

“I hope everyone is OK.” Leo silently prayed to the gods for everyone’s wellbeing.

Watching Milty only care about her fiancé, while everyone else was in danger, made Ink mad. He needed to vent. “What the hell is this?! You can only think of your Oleen?! If it weren’t for your begging, Senior Ming Xi, Jier and Xiao Wu wouldn’t have gone out in all that. If something happens to them, trust me, I won’t let you off the hook. You guys are nothing but trouble!”

Ink was fed up with Milty. She lamented about her fiancé’s safety every friggin day, but not a single word about the others passed through her lips. It was beyond selfish.

Milty blushed but she was unwilling to concede the point. “How can you blame Oleen and me? You should blame Yanran. If she hadn’t seduced my poor Oleen and forced him into helping, he wouldn’t have left the team without permission.”

Leaving the team without permission wasn’t a trivial matter. Once Ming Xi reported Yanran and Oleen’s unauthorized departure from the group, it would be difficult for the two to join another team in the future. No team would want pigheaded, undisciplined team members in their midst.

Milty wanted to beg Ming Xi not to report Oleen. That bitch Yanran should be the one responsible for all the blame. She wouldn’t let anyone pin the blame on her Oleen.

“You’re ridiculous. Yanran never pointed a sword at him and forced him into helping. He decided to leave of his own free will. If he hadn’t wanted to go with Yanran, do you think she could have forced him?”

Ink didn’t like Yanran, but he didn’t like Milty either. The woman was impossible to deal with whenever it had anything to do with her fiancé. It didn’t matter what Oleen did, it was always someone else’s fault. Her fiancé was never in the wrong.

Milty had gotten on Ink’s nerve for some time, and the bad weather only made his temper worse.

“You’re defending Yanran so much, you’re seduced by her too aren’t you?!” Milty yelled out. She couldn’t bear to listen to anyone defending Yanran.

“Unreasonable,” was all Ink said. He hugged Little Bun, too lazy to bother talking to the mad woman.

None of the three guys noticed the odd expression on Little Bun’s face.

Mom! Mom! Want Mom!

He was feeling annoyed with the outside world and he wanted his mother to hug and kiss. Don’t like it! Stinky! Loud!

The little guy waved his hands, struggling in Ink’s embrace. No one noticed a powerful energy force in his hand as he did so.

Don’t like the dark!

Don’t like water from sky!

Don’t like water splash!

Don’t like noisy outside! Rain too loud! Waves too loud! Wind, lightning, thunder, too much!

Little Bun angrily threw out the energy in his hand.

Ink and Milty were throwing glares at each other, while Leo was just standing off to the side. None of them noticed Little Bun’s movement, so unbeknownst to them, the little ball of energy flew all the way to Demon Wind island.

The ball of light kept getting brighter until it finally turned into a beam of light that penetrated the clouds and the sea. The volcano in the ocean floor calmed down, the tsunamis stopped and the rain gradually slowed until it finally dissipated entirely. The dark sky disappeared and the sun peeked out from the clouds again.

Calmness settled over everything. If it hadn’t been for Demon Wind island sinking a little, it would have felt like a dream -- or rather a nightmare.

“Strange. Why did it suddenly clear up?” Ink stared in surprise at the rainbow in the sky.

“Yeah, what happened?” Milty was just as confused.

“The rain finally stopped.” Leo breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe now his teammates would finally settle down and stop fighting so much.

Little Bun opened his mouth in a yawn. He kept blinking as his eyes kept drooping. So tired. . . Eventually his eyes refused to open and he fell asleep.

No one knew the story of how Little Bun saved the world.

After the storm passed, the fishermen prepared to move back to their homes, while most of the pirates, who were floating at sea, narrowly escaped with their lives.