The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 457

"Well, look at that! What happened, animal? Did you want to shoot me, aiming for my knees to force me down? Too bad the choice of your weapon was flawed. You picked a faulty gun.

Now look, you tried to shoot at me, and just when you pulled the trigger, that Desert Eagle backfired! It exploded and now your left hand is gone, hahahaha..."

As Daniel was clearly relishing the moment, Beauty couldn't help but reach out and pinch him. There was something oddly satisfying about the squishiness of his flesh. To cover up her true intentions after the pinch, she retorted sharply, "Jerk!"

Daniel was thoroughly bewildered by her action.

"Beauty, I was just dealing with the Japanese guy, why are you calling me a jerk? Whose side are you on? Aren't you an American?"

"Of course, I'm American! I'm on your side when you're taking down the Japanese guy, but that doesn’t stop me from calling you a jerk! Wait, that’s not an insult, that's a compliment! Because I quite enjoy watching that jerk side of yours."

"Beauty, do you really just enjoy watching?" Daniel teased.

"What else could I be doing?" Beauty asked with a mischievous smile.

"There's no use just watching; you should get involved."

"Get involved? Involved in what?"

"In doing things that you like, things that make both of us happy afterward."

"Get lost!"

Beauty rolled her eyes at Daniel and scolded without a hint of humor, "Die, you idiot!"

As their playful banter continued, Kojima, with his entirely ruined left hand and a barely functioning swollen right hand, suddenly pulled out a grenade and lobbed it towards Daniel, prepared to blow them both to smithereens in his desperation to kill Daniel.