Pirate: This Marine has two Rinnegan.

Yamcha was startled and broke out in a cold sweat. He remembered that his speed in manipulating the Ki Blast wasn't that fast!

He knew that if he had been hit by the gas cannon, he would definitely be lying on the ground right now.

While he was still in a daze, the ball of light suddenly turned into specks of light and disappeared, and what appeared next was Chiga smiling.

"Mr. Yamcha, the battle is over."

As she spoke, Chiga flicked her finger at Yamcha's forehead, and with a loud snap, Yamcha rolled her eyes and collapsed at Chiga's feet.

This happened so suddenly that Bulma and the others didn't even bother to go up and check on Yamcha; they were all staring intently at Chiga.

Number 18 cheered and rushed to Chiga's side, tiptoed and kissed her on the cheek. Chiga's face was red, whether from excitement or shyness, it was hard to tell.

"Chiga, you're amazing!"

Chiga smiled and patted Android 18's head, then turned to Bulma and said,

"Miss Bulma, Mr. Yamcha has fainted. Should we take him to the hospital?"

Bulma snapped out of her daze, gave Chiga a complicated look, then shook her head and said,

"No need, I'll send someone to take him to the hospital later. I really didn't expect Qianhe to be so capable."

Mrs. Brief exclaimed in amazement.

"Is Chiga really just a student? With such strength, I've never seen you participate in a martial arts tournament!"

Qianhe smiled slightly, put his black-rimmed glasses back on, and said,

"Hehe, I prefer learning to fighting. Knowledge changes destiny, after all!"

Chiga added another sentence in her mind.

"You agree, right, Gohan?"

Bulma, a genius female scientist, felt a surge of goodwill towards Chiga after hearing this. Just as she was about to say something, Android 18 grabbed Chiga's arm and said...

"Chika, it's getting late, we should head back!"

Number 18 gave Bulma a wary look, but she still politely said goodbye to Mrs. Brief, and then pulled Chiga away without saying another word.

Chiga looked helpless. He waved to Bulma and was then pulled away by Android 18.

After the two men left, Mrs. Brief asked Bulma,

"Bulma, aren't you going to check on Mr. Yamcha?"

Bulma glanced at Yamcha lying on the ground with some disdain and said irritably,

"No need. It's his own fault for not training properly. Qianhe only flicked him. Just have a few staff members take him inside to rest!"

......

On the way back, Number 18 kept staring intently at Chihiro's profile. Chihiro finally couldn't hold it in any longer and asked,

"What happened? Is my face all bruised?"

"Hmm... I just think you look so handsome today! Especially after you took off your glasses!"

"It's not like this is the first time you've seen me without my glasses, is it really that big of a deal?"

"The setting is different! But it's a good thing you're wearing glasses, otherwise..."

"What else is wrong?"

"nothing!"

Number 18 smoothed a few strands of golden hair from her forehead and thought to herself,

"Otherwise, who knows how many infatuated girls would have been attracted!"

Chiga had no idea about Number 18's little scheme. He adjusted his black-rimmed glasses and said,

"Actually, it doesn't really matter whether I wear these glasses or not. If you don't want to see, I won't wear them."

As Chiga was about to take off her glasses, Number 18 panicked and grabbed her hand, shouting...

"Don't pick it, don't pick it! I like you both!"

"Oh?"

Chiga paused, a playful expression appearing on her face, and asked,

"What did you just say you liked?"

"Uh......"

Number 18's pretty face instantly turned bright red. Although others thought the two were a couple, she herself thought so too.

However, neither she nor Qianhe has made it clear to each other yet.

What she blurted out in her haste was practically a confession of love.

Seeing that Number 18's face was so red, Chiga didn't continue to make things difficult for her and changed the subject.

"Speaking of your younger brother, Lapis..."

However, Number 18 suddenly raised his face, looked at Chiga seriously, and said,

"Chiga-kun, I like you!"

She's not the type to overthink things; in just a short while, she figured it out: if you like someone, you like them, there's no need to hide it.

Faced with No. 18's sudden confession, Qianhe was stunned for a moment, but after reacting, he didn't hesitate and pulled No. 18 into his arms, whispering,

"Then please take good care of me from now on, my classmate number 18."

"Um......"

After saying that sentence, Number 18 seemed to lose all her strength. If Chiga's hearing hadn't been exceptionally good, she might not have been able to hear that "hmm".

He gently patted Number 18's back a few times to help her calm her turbulent emotions. The two looked at each other and kissed in the afterglow of the setting sun.

After confirming their relationship, No. 18 became even bolder. She pressed herself against Chiga's arm, completely disregarding the stares of passersby, and returned to her front door.

She looked at her front door with some resentment, complaining in her heart about how short the road was.

When she saw the motorcycle parked at the door, she secretly made up her mind that she would definitely teach Lapis a lesson that night to vent her anger, since he was her younger brother.

Number 18 turned around, looking at Chiga with reluctance, and said,

"That's enough for now, I should go home. I'll come find you in class tomorrow!"

Chiga nodded and said with a smile,

"I'm really looking forward to tomorrow! See you tomorrow, the 18th!"

"Yeah! See you tomorrow!"

This time, Chiga didn't hold back anymore. With a flash, she disappeared from the spot.

Chapter 423 Attacked

After Chiga disappeared for a while, No. 18 turned around and went into the room.

But as soon as she entered the house, she noticed that something was off about it.

She clearly saw Lapis's motorcycle at the door, which meant that Lapis had returned home, but none of the lights in the house were on.

Lapis disliked the darkness, and he felt he had to turn on the lights as soon as it got dark.

Number 18 tentatively called out Lapis's name twice, but after waiting for a long time, there was still no response.

"Did you fall asleep?"

She turned on the light in the entryway and called out as she changed her shoes.

"Lapis! Wake up! It's time to eat!"

Seeing that no one responded, Number 18 shook her head helplessly. She went upstairs to Lapis's room and found that his door was not closed. After she entered, she immediately saw Lapis lying on the bed.

Number 18, balancing on her back, walked to Lapis's bedside, patted him hard, and said irritably,

"Hey! How long are you going to sleep? Get up now!"

No matter how much Ren No. 18 patted Lapis, there was no reaction. She finally realized something was wrong and quickly helped Lapis up. Lapis's head was drooping weakly, and it didn't look like it was asleep at all.

Number 18 panicked too, shaking Lapis violently and shouting,

"Little brother! What's wrong?!"

With her shaking, Lapis finally opened his eyes, and he spoke very weakly.

"Sister...run!"

Number 18 was taken aback and asked,

"Run? What on earth happened?"

boom!

Number 18 collapsed weakly onto the bed. Behind her, a woman with short purple hair and dressed in military uniform appeared out of nowhere.

There was a red ribbon pattern on the left breast of her dress, with two white letters "R" on it.

Lapis struggled to his feet to protect his sister, but the purple-haired woman snorted and delivered a chop to the neck, knocking Lapis unconscious once more.

Seeing that both siblings had fainted on the bed, she went over, grabbed one of them with each arm, kicked the glass and jumped out, disappearing into the night in a few flashes.

After an unknown amount of time, Number 18 groggily woke up. She tried to move her body, but found that she was tightly bound to a cold experimental table by several leather straps. Lying next to her was Lapis.

In front of the testing table stood the purple-haired woman who had knocked the two women unconscious. Standing opposite her was an old man in a white lab coat with a fierce-looking face.

The old man was none other than Dr. Gallo, who was speaking to the woman opposite him with a sinister grin.

"Well done, Colonel Violet! You've really done a great job this time!"

"Hehe, it's all as it should be. I should thank Dr. Gallo for giving me such great power. Now I prefer the name Number 12."

She was a remnant of the Red Ribbon Army, found by Dr. Gero and transformed into Android 12.

Of course, her model cannot be compared to any of the androids that appeared later, but it is definitely more advanced than any of the androids that appeared before.