Chapter 196 Chase through the roofs
"Porter. Come back here in 2 hours, we\'ll have your new battle suit ready for you. Don\'t be late or else you won\'t know the capabilities of what you\'ll be wearing," he said before quickly leaving.
Atlan promised to return early and bid them goodbye. Although there was a bit of tension between him and the Operators, they didn\'t have any bad feelings about him.
They were shocked that he was allowed to enroll in the University, but they didn\'t oppose it. They just knew that this would cause divided opinions among other Operators, especially those who hated \'Knives\' with a passion.
This left Lizzie and Atlan alone just outside the administration building.
"Follow me," Lizzie said without turning back to face him.
Atlan followed behind her and noticed that her footsteps were faster than normal. It even looked like she was stomping the ground a little harder than usual.
She\'s mad, isn\'t she? Continue your journey with empire
Lizzie turned a corner onto an alleyway in the middle of two tall buildings. Atlan followed behind her and was surprised to see no sign of the curly-haired woman in the discreet alley.
It only took less than a second for her to disappear from Atlan\'s sight.
If it was any other novice, they would have completely lost sight of Lizzie. But Atlan was no ordinary novice.
He immediately activated his Thermal Vision and looked around. In the buildings full of lifeless and cold blue colors, he saw a distinct figure jumping through the tiles on top of the roof. She didn\'t even look back at Atlan and continued getting farther and farther away from him with each second.
He looked at the large gap between the walls and saw the thermal imprint of her small hands on each wall.
She jumped from wall to wall and used it to get up the building…
That maneuver not only took a lot of skill but also finesse. The fact that she disappeared within only a fraction of a second meant that she was extremely nimble, even more than him.
I can\'t do that, but I can jump.
Atlan squatted down and activated his Physique LifeSkill all over his body. Within a second, black flames enveloped his body and endowed him with tremendous physical power.
Atlan jumped, breaking the cement flooring below due to the intense force around his body.
He rose to 50 feet, easily going over the buildings surrounding him.
Lizzie looked behind her and saw Atlan\'s figure landing on the roof.
"Tsk," she muttered. She gathered more energy around her body and increased her speed even further, creating more distance between the two of them.
But as soon as Atlan landed on the roof, he accelerated towards her at an even faster speed, slowly closing the gap. Even when she had a couple of seconds of a head start, she still couldn\'t create a large enough gap for her to leave him behind completely.
She wanted to show him that he wasn\'t ready to take on this kind of mission, but the fact that he could catch up to her meant that he was more than ready.
Lizzie skillfully maneuvered her body around the roofs, even tumbling and squeezing herself through tight gaps as long as it was the fastest way around an obstacle.
She was not physically fast, but the fact that she used the environment around her to \'swim\' through the concrete jungle of the City allowed her to get to her destination a lot faster than running through the streets.
Meanwhile, Atlan bypassed all of the obstacles in the uneven roofings by jumping over them with speed and explosiveness. Her parkouring was not a match against his physical prowess.
It wasn\'t long before Atlan caught up right next to her.
"Why are you running away?" he asked her, but she didn\'t answer.
She continued to weave through the buildings to try and get away from Atlan as fast as possible.
But it was no use. Just as she jumped the gap between the two roofs, she suddenly saw Atlan\'s upper body hanging upside down right in front of her, ready to catch her body.
This caused her to lose her footing on one of the roof\'s loose tiles and almost made her plummet 50 feet down into the highway below.
Thankfully, Atlan caught her body just in time.
"You can\'t run away from me," Atlan said as he jumped down from the ceiling below and pushed Lizzie against the wall.
Lizzie\'s face turned red. "I\'m your senior! You can\'t treat me this way."
Atlan smiled. "I can, if you\'re acting like a kid. Why are you running away instead of talking to me?"
For some reason, seeing Lizzie so flustered like this made him excited. She always acted maturely towards him, like a teacher scolding her student.
He wanted to tease her more.
But unfortunately, Lizzie skillfully used her nimble body to wrestle her way out of Atlan\'s grasp. She walked to the edge and looked down at the bustling City below.
"I don\'t want you getting hurt," she muttered.
Atlan finally understood why. This was a test. If he couldn\'t even catch up to her, then he didn\'t have the skills necessary to go on this mission. She mentioned that the Remedium in Critical Points like the Church was much more dangerous than other Remediums. The Ifrit would be the least of his worries.
"I won\'t. I promise," he said.
There was a moment of silence between them. After a few seconds…
"Cough…I\'ll make sure of that." She turned around, with her usual stern and mature look. There was no longer any visible anxiety or worry on her face. "Follow me down. I have to teach you some lessons."