WITH THE ANGST OUTTA THE WAY ONTO THE TICKLY HIGHJINKS-!
Just some context. A “Lee” is the person who receives tickles. A “Ler” is someone who gives tickles.
Jing is a Lee! He sometimes manages to get Nezha as a Ler, but most of the time poor Jing is on the receiving end of it. Why? Well, because the great progoda king, former general of heaven, the fearsome Li Jing… is extreamly sensitive when it comes to tickling.
It’s Macaque of all people who discovers this! They had been in the middle of watching Tang tease mk about being “a tickle bug” when he was younger, and Mac casually asks Jing if he’s ticklish. Jing denies and denies, but Mac playfully squeezes his side anyway. He doesn’t expect anything to happen, but it just so happens Jing isn’t wearing any armor that day… and gives a shriek that sounds like a chipmunk mixed with a small dog.
It stuns everyone, and Jing himself looked startled bc what the hell??? Was that???
After checking to make sure he didn’t accidentally hurt the king, macaque is immediantly put into evil teaser mode. And so begins the horrid Tickle war.