The moon was hidden in the sky, stars dotted the firmament, and the waves of the stony beach surged.
On the beach, Mena, wearing a pure white bikini, bent her body from side to side to warm up: "One, two, one... Is it really necessary to train like this?"
Wade, wearing only boxers, had an AR15 and a Mossberg M599 shotgun slung over him. He was dismantling a magazine to load bullets: "Otherwise? What's your first reaction when you hear a gunshot?"
Bang! Bang! Bang! —
He fired a few test shots beside Mena, and in an instant, sand splattered everywhere.
"You bastard, you're scaring me again!" Mena screamed loudly, scrambling to hide behind a nearby reef.
"You didn't pee yourself again like last time, did you? Come out, quick!" Wade released the trigger and laughed loudly. "If you don't come out, I'm coming over there... You're still so cowardly even after taking the drug. How can I expect you to charge out of a hail of bullets at a military base?"
A few seconds later, a small golden-orange brown bear came charging out. Wade immediately flew into the air and strafed her frantically.
Da-da-da-da-da—
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The bullets hit the Golden-orange Mother Bear, sending sparks flying.
The Golden-orange Mother Bear lunged forward and rolled on the beach. Then, invisible ripples spread across her body, and she vanished instantly.
Wade smiled as he landed back on the ground, closing his eyes and shouting: "That's more like it... Again!"
Chih! Chih! Chih!
Hundreds of invisible claw blades appeared out of thin air, but they didn't even leave a white mark on him.
"Commendable courage." Wade didn't open his eyes. Relying on his perception, he dodged the following pounce and bite, his right leg whipping out like a lash. "But you're making too much noise."
Bang!
With a muffled thud, the invisible Golden-orange Mother Bear was kicked in the abdomen. The massive force forced her to reveal herself as she went flying, rolling several times on the sand.
Crash!
The sounds of a heavy object hitting the ground, sand flying, and rolling echoed one after another.
The subtle sound of sand being stepped on and depressed, the turbulence in the air from rapid movement, and the almost imperceptible breathing... all this information constructed a clear dynamic image in Wade's mind.
The AR15 and shotgun in his hands turned automatically, their muzzles spitting tongues of fire.
Da-da-da! Boom-boom-boom!
A three-round burst cut off her retreat to the left, followed by a short burst of continuous fire that pressured the space to the right.
The bullets seemed to have eyes, accurately predicting her trajectory. Under the continuous, massive impact, the Golden-orange Mother Bear was forced to fully reveal her original form.
"Ugh—it hurts!" A pained groan came as Mena stumbled, clutching her head and slumping to the ground.
Wade tossed the two empty guns onto the sand and crooked his finger toward where the sound had come from.
"Roar—! You little bastard, I'll teach you a lesson!"
Completely enraged, Mena gave up her advantage of invisibility and chose the most primitive and violent frontal assault of a brown bear.
Like an out-of-control heavy truck, she charged at Wade on all fours.
She plowed a deep trench in the beach behind her, her speed astonishingly fast.
Just as she was about to collide, the Golden-orange Mother Bear reared up on her hind legs. Using her forward momentum, her massive, cold-glinting paws struck down at Wade's head with terrifying force.
At the same time, she opened her bloody maw, revealing ivory fangs, and lunged for his neck, aiming for a lethal blow.
Facing this thunderous pounce, Wade didn't retreat but advanced. Just as the paws were about to land and the teeth were about to close, he slid to the side like a ghost.
Then, his arm shot out like a snake from its burrow, accurately wrapping around Mena's extended forelimb.
Using Mena's forward momentum, Wade lowered his body, braced his shoulder against her armpit, and locked her forelimb tightly with both hands, suddenly exerting force!
Thump!
With a heavy thud, the Golden-orange Mother Bear's massive body, weighing over several hundred kilograms, was slammed into the sand by a perfect shoulder throw.
The massive impact made the entire beach tremble, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Ugh... let go! You said you'd go easy on me!" Mena was dazed from the fall and instinctively struggled wildly.
Her paws swiped randomly, and her thick hind legs kicked frantically as she tried to roll over.
Wade gave her no chance at all. He shifted his position, using his weight and technique to pin her lower back with his knee.
One of his hands locked her only movable forelimb like an iron hoop, bending it backward; the other hand firmly pressed down on the back of her neck, pushing the bear's head into the sand.
"Ugh... guh..." Mena struggled desperately, her roar turning into a whimper as the sand beneath her kept collapsing.
But under Wade's suppression, the more she resisted, the more clearly she felt the soreness and suffocation.
A few minutes later, the exhausted Golden-orange Mother Bear transformed back into Mena, covered in sand with tears of humiliation in the corners of her eyes.
"This isn't fun at all!" She turned her head away, her voice tearful. "It's one thing that your physical stats are so high... but you even used grappling techniques to bully me."
Wade let go and crouched down, brushing the sand off her cheek. "Good performance! If it were an ordinary person, you would have succeeded just now... Remember the feeling of being suppressed. Anger will only leave you full of openings."
He reached out and pulled Mena up, then picked her up horizontally without a word: "Let's stop here for now." He flew toward the sea.
Above the surging waves, Wade swirled a gentle current of water like invisible tentacles, carefully washing the sand off both of them.
The cold seawater made Mena shiver, and her emotions gradually calmed.
Looking at the starry sky, she asked softly, "So, I should get ready to set off?"
"Yes, I'm tied up lately... let's say the day after tomorrow. " Wade helped scrub her hair. "Remember the core concept of our product: targeted temporary, safe and controllable."
"Mm!" Mena nodded heavily, then looked up at him. "And the name? We haven't given the product a collective name yet."
She counted on her fingers, her face full of excitement: "How about calling it the Giant God Potion? It sounds incredibly powerful... or the Aether Secret Medicine? Very mysterious... or even Titan's Blood would work, it's so domineering... mgh!"
"Those names... sound like something out of a third-rate sci-fi movie." Wade put a finger to her lips. "We need a professional, more credible name."
He pondered for a moment and let go: "Let's call it the Nexus Potion."
"Nexus?" Mena repeated the word, looking confused.
"Nexus, meaning connection or core. Our product is exactly where multiple superpower factors intersect and combine." Wade explained patiently while washing her hair with air current tentacles,
"When the time comes, you only need to emphasize one thing. We can create obedient superpower soldiers who can be replaced at any time—living weapons that can be 'turned off' after the mission... Those generals only need soldiers who follow orders and can be deployed at a moment's notice, not a Vought'superhero' they have to bow and scrape to and be on guard against."
"This is our advantage, and where Vought can't compete with us. It's the lever we'll use to break their long-standing... monopoly on the field of superpowers."
Mena smoothed her wet hair and nodded heavily: "Understood! I'll write all these concepts, advantages, and comparisons into a speech and memorize it until I know it by heart... On the day of the meeting, there won't be a single mistake!"
Wade cupped her cheeks and smiled: "Then I'll leave it to you, Madam President-to-be!"
Mena's ears turned red, and she pressed her forehead against his: "Just, just saying it isn't enough. What about... the compensation we agreed on?"
"Then let's go back now and finish early... I have a busy day tomorrow." Wade raised an eyebrow and was about to carry her into the air.
"No..." Mena reached out her arms, wrapped them around his neck, and pulled him down hard. "I want it right here!"
Splash—Crash!!
The two of them fell into the cold seawater together, kicking up a massive spray. A round air bubble enveloped them as they slowly sank to the seabed.
Amidst the gaze of bizarre and colorful fish, all words at this moment found their answer between the cold seawater and hot breath.
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