Saiyan stowaways on the Ark

"Hit me."

Perhaps from this moment on, Skadi understood the real reason why Tomat had hesitated to fight.

She didn't want to comfort herself with the self-deceptive notion of "special techniques" by saying, "The other party was just using some underhanded tricks."

However, it did not fully acknowledge that "the gap between you and me is unimaginably large."

That's why Skadi stubbornly continues this seemingly ridiculous "battle".

Skadi will determine what it is through her actions.

“‘I’ve never heard of such a strange request,’ that’s something you said before.”

Tomat realized that the other person was also a stubborn one, but before the other person got hurt because of her stubbornness, Tomat still tried to persuade the conflicted Agor girl.

If you don't hit them, they'll keep an eye on you.

Hitting someone would hurt their self-esteem.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Are you even a man?!"

With a series of cracking sounds, Skadi skillfully reattached her arm. Although it still hung limply at her sides, her sudden burst of fury was more impactful to Tomath than the punch he had just received.

"You got beaten up and you still have this attitude? Are you trying to kill yourself?"

"I'll let you hit me! Anywhere! Don't hold back!"

Skadi raised her other arm, pointing to her seemingly weak but actually robust body.

But the firm tone left no room for others to refuse.

"You said that?"

"That's right! Stop whining..."

"boom!"

After a familiar, dull thud, only Tomat stood on the beach.

He kept his fist clenched, with hot smoke rising from it, and in front of him was a deep pit shaped like a human.

Skadi was lying face down at the bottom of the pit.

The point of impact was the hardest part of the human skull.

"Um, are you still awake?"

He bent down and looked at Skadi, who was facing away from him—she was still breathing, so it should only be a concussion... or so it should be.

In short, we need to dig her out first, otherwise even if she's still alive, she might suffocate like a stranded whale.

"boom!!!"

But in the next instant, a heavy force struck the back of his head, and Tomat, along with Skadi, lost consciousness.

Before he lost consciousness, some familiar voices rang in his ears.

"You bastard, didn't you say you hated bullying the weak?!"

Thomas felt someone lift him up, and when he opened his eyes again, it was already the next day.

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[Main Text] Siesta's Hottest Holiday: Chapter Thirty-Five - A Heavyweight Bombshell

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"Does this swelling on my head really not need any medication?"

"...Need not."

Skadi pulled the sun hat over her head, ignored the medical staff's questions, and walked out of the Siesta First Hospital.

She wore glasses and looked up at the bright sun—it was probably around seven or eight in the morning.

Then he looked down at his right hand, which was wrapped in bandages, and sorted through his memories of last night.

What happened?

She, who had always approached life with a calm and composed attitude, couldn't help but have such doubts.

All I remember is eating watermelon on the shore...

Then I don't remember anything.

Could it be that the Blood Demon put sleeping pills in the watermelon?

Why is there a lump on my head that even the Deepsea Hunter's regenerative abilities can't quickly heal?

Why do I now need bandages to immobilize my arm so I can move it?

And why are all the patients here wearing black suits?

"Ouch... my head hurts so much..."

Another person staggered out of the hospital. This was Tomat, whose head was swollen and symmetrical to Skadi's, except he didn't have a hat or anything to cover it up.

Upon noticing each other, the two instinctively took a step back, leaning slightly backward.

Then, in perfect unison, they raised their hands, pointed at each other, and said:

"Didn't we meet last night...?"

The moment they saw each other, it seemed as if a little bit of their memories returned—however, the scattered images were not enough for them to piece together a complete fragment in their minds.

But Tomat remembered other things besides meeting Skadi last night.

"Did you see Frostnova? And why am I in the hospital?"

Tomat's memory probably stopped at the time when he was preparing to take Frostnova to rest.

However, his amnesia made him forget where he had sent Frostnova.

How should I know...

Skadi, who had no memory of last night, naturally couldn't answer his question. However, Tomat thought for a moment—"Who could knock me out?" was a question that practically slapped the answer right in my face.

Of course it's Bardock, but why would he hit himself?

Bardak's aura was still nearby, and Tomat was also preparing to find him to get some answers and, incidentally, confirm Frostnova's whereabouts.

That is, if he knew.

"I'm going to find Frostnova..."

Subconsciously using flight to levitate, although there weren't many people near the hospital, it still made these people from all over Terra mistakenly think it was some rare Originium Arts and focus their attention here.

Tomat paid little attention to the gazes of these people, instead sensing the location of Bardock's aura and preparing to move.

"I'm going to find Grani and the others... huh?"

It's not unusual for someone to mention their own itinerary when they leave and state where they're going; most people do the same thing in their daily lives.

But after responding, Skadi realized the incongruity of her behavior.

Why are you talking to him about this? Usually, he just ignores you and walks away.

As a qualified deep-sea hunter, Skadi should pay attention to any changes that occur in her—especially in her mindset.

At this moment, she was even more focused on her mental state than on her physical injuries that were slow to heal.

Before Skadi could think any further, the people hurrying past on the road in front of the hospital distracted her with other things.

"I heard there's an ice sculpture festival at the hotel!"

"An ice sculpture festival? An ice sculpture festival can be held in Siesta? Is it some new snowmaking machine?"

"I don't know, but there's so much ice and snow, the whole hotel is blocked off, everyone's having fun there! It's the place where they had a beer festival yesterday. Yesterday's show was Chainsaw Massacre vs. Black Suit, and today it's Katniss Snow Witch vs. Hot-Blooded Film!"

Tomat overheard these conversations.

Although he didn't know what the beer festival and the chainsaw killer were, judging from their accounts, the so-called ice sculpture festival was definitely Frostnova's doing.

"Let's go check that out first..."

Tomat, who had originally planned to ask Bardak about the situation, turned his attention to the direction the passersby were heading after hearing their conversation.

There seemed to be a hotel over there, though he himself didn't know why he had this impression.

Skadi, based on the fact that he was a "chainsaw killer," probably guessed that the person was Bob.

If Bob is there, Grani should be too.

"You can actually fly? It doesn't seem like Originium Arts, and you didn't use any tools."

Skadi, seeing that Tomat was about to leave first, took the initiative to start a conversation again:

"I think we're heading to the same destination."

"Um...do you want me to show you around?"

Tomat clearly misinterpreted Skadi's words as a desire to hitch a ride.

"You can't carry me...wait?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his feet left the ground. Tomat's arms passed under Skadi's armpits, like the boom of a crane, and with his arms parallel to the ground, he lifted Skadi up, sending her soaring hundreds of meters into the sky in an instant.

"Good heavens... what did you eat? Why are you so heavy?"

Perhaps because he hadn't forgotten his conversation with Frostnova last night, Tomat is now much more decisive and straightforward in his actions and interactions with others, no longer deliberately avoiding behaviors that might lead to too much interaction with others, as he used to.

But he couldn't help but complain about Skadi's unusual weight.

"...long-winded."

Skadi moved a few symbolically, like a fish struggling in an unfamiliar environment after being brought ashore.

However, this feeling was quite novel for Skadi.

After all, apart from childhood, I've never experienced being "lifted up high."

The sense of freedom that comes from being underwater can never compare to the feeling of being suspended in the air, completely adrift.