When Lin Sanjiu realized that it was Xie Feng, she thought of the pocket dimension Quan.
Lin Sanjiu had no grudge against Xie Feng. It was just that the Shark-type had altered her memory and made her obey orders. If that was the case, couldn't she just restore her memory? When Xie Feng realized that the organization she worked for had already altered her memory, how could she continue to make things difficult for Lin Sanjiu?
Furthermore, Quan had always kept everyone's true memory and was waiting for the day he could restore their memories. As long as he saw Xie Feng again, he would know what to do.
What Lin Sanjiu needed to do in this small and cramped office was very simple. She needed to throw Quan's pocket dimension out, let it land on the ground, and open it. The pocket dimension would instantly encompass the entire office, including Xie Feng, in an instant.
However, Lin Sanjiu didn't expect that she couldn't complete such a simple action today no matter how hard she tried.
She couldn't even hold the pocket dimension Quan in her hand and wait for an opportunity.
The result of holding the pocket dimension in her hand the last time was a deep cut along the knuckle of her left hand. If she had reacted any slower, her four fingers would have been cut off, and the pocket dimension Quan in her hand would have fallen into Xie Feng's hands.
Now, even though Lin Sanjiu was just testing Zhang Hehe's hand, the sharp pain in her cerebral cortex made Lin Sanjiu's face twitch. She had no choice but to stop immediately.
"You can still move? Don't tell me my nerves weren't severed? "
Xie Feng was half-squatting on the reception counter. One of her knees was on the counter, and she maintained a posture that allowed her to attack at any moment. She looked at Lin Sanjiu and said regretfully, "Uchiha told me to be careful of your combat ability, but I didn't take it to heart."
In the ten minutes after Stinger left, the two of them had fought a total of three times. Most of the time, they only exchanged blows for less than ten seconds.
Most of the time, the two of them were observing, weighing, and waiting. Their gazes wandered, their muscles contracting and relaxing as they probed with their movements. They were on full alert.
Lin Sanjiu had never met an opponent like Xie Feng. If Puppeteer was like an abyss that could make a person fall into pieces with a single slip, then Silvan was like an unstoppable tsunami that could devour the land, and Xie Feng was like a twisted and shattered dimension. If a person fell into it, they would be shredded into unrecognizable pieces by the sharp fragments.
She had seen many people with high combat strength, but only Xie Feng made her feel a sharp pain as if her skin was being cut. It was so clear that it was like the instinctive fear a person would feel when they saw a sharp weapon. It was so clear that people didn't even want to get close to Xie Feng.
However, every cell in Lin Sanjiu's body seemed to be trembling with excitement. How long had it been since she last met such a powerful opponent? Xie Feng was different from the old lady, who mainly relied on her special ability. Xie Feng had unleashed the other side of her that she usually hid. It made her want to fight back, to suppress, and to press her knee against her opponent's throat.
She was in a strange state right now. Every breath her opponent took, every stretch and contraction of her body, even the flow of blood under her skin and the rise and fall of her muscles were all clearly imprinted in Lin Sanjiu's mind. It was as if Lin Sanjiu had entered some kind of enlightenment.
When they fought for the third time, Lin Sanjiu tried to activate her [Defense Forcefield].
The [Defense Forcefield], which was usually reliable, seemed to have become something completely different in front of Xie Feng today. Xie Feng's Higher Consciousness, which had always been smooth and smooth, seemed to have found its "edge". It was as if Xie Feng grabbed the front and back of a shirt and tore it apart. Under Xie Feng's hands, the [Defense Forcefield], which was formed by her Higher Consciousness, was torn into two pieces.
After all, her opponent was different now.
Lin Sanjiu felt as if she was in a faraway place, watching quietly as the two of them clashed. She watched as the [Defense Forcefield] on her body broke apart in the blink of an eye. She was neither surprised nor resentful. This was the most natural law of the world. Since it had happened, she just accepted it. Like water flowing around a boulder, the splashing waves gathered again.
She calmly removed her [Defense Forcefield]. The next thing Lin Sanjiu realized was that time had suddenly slowed down and softened. Xie Feng didn't even notice that she was moving. She turned sideways and took a step forward as if she was being carried by a stream of water. She raised her palm and placed it on Xie Feng's forearm.
It was such a light strike that it was as if a bird's claw had shaken a twig.
Xie Feng's expression changed. The harder and sharper something was, the more afraid it was of breaking it. She was no exception. She reacted quickly and leaped backward. After she stabilized herself, she held onto her forearm as if she was still afraid that her forearm would break off from its joint and fly into the air.
Since then, neither of them had taken the initiative to attack each other.
"What kind of price did Shark pay to recruit you?" Lin Sanjiu smiled at her and asked, "What price did they pay to recruit you?"
"Of course, they gave me what I wanted," Xie Feng tilted her head and said.
Xie Feng was of average height and had a slender figure. She looked like she was in her early twenties. However, if she was nineteen when she evolved, it meant that Xie Feng had been a posthuman for at least ten years. It was no wonder that she could force Lin Sanjiu to the point where she couldn't even summon the Pocket Dimension. She had tried to summon Quan to the Pocket Dimension a few times, but once the Pocket Dimension left the card vault, Lin Sanjiu couldn't guarantee its safety even if she held it in her hand.
Since Quan's attention was completely focused on the Pocket Dimension, she couldn't summon anything else.
"You only want the Pocket Dimension?" Lin Sanjiu fixed her gaze on Xie Feng. "You don't want Peng Ping anymore?"
Xie Feng smiled. "Who do you think informed us that you were coming? He can protect himself. "
Judging from the time, Lin Sanjiu had been waiting for her ever since she came to Ramble Above the Clouds.
Lin Sanjiu should have been surprised by this. Peng Ping had been under strict surveillance, so she couldn't think of a time when he had the chance to inform Shark. However, when she was in this highly focused and clear state, she didn't feel surprised at all.
"What about you? Why are you so stubbornly refusing to give me the Pocket Dimension? It can't be because you are greedy. You don't look like that kind of person, "Xie Feng asked with a smile.
"Ah."
Perhaps it was because of her state, Lin Sanjiu suddenly had a flash of realization. So, the gladiator fight, the verbal exchange, and the probing were all waiting for this moment.
"I am willing to tell you the reason why I refuse to return Quan to you."
Both of them seemed to be chatting. Lin Sanjiu even seemed to have relaxed her body. "Are you willing to listen? Will you believe me? "
Xie Feng tilted her head. "Tell me."
Wasn't the reason obvious?
Quan was a person. His real name was Jiu Mingquan.
He injured his left leg while playing soccer. He fought with others to protect the girl he liked. He loved kung fu tea because he couldn't sleep at night because he had never had a chance to meet his sister.
Now, he could only sit in the same fruit stall forever, looking at the silent, dissected, and churning memories of others. He didn't have the right to make a decision for himself, and he didn't know where the end was.
"He is a person," Lin Sanjiu looked at Xie Feng and said word by word, "but he has no choice but to live as an object. If there is a chance, I want to save him from the fate of being an object. I want him to be his own person again … Don't you understand this feeling the most? "
Xie Feng looked at her blankly. Her lips parted slightly, but she didn't say a word.
This was the first time she showed such an expression ever since she entered the rental agency. She was puzzled, confused, and a little frightened. She was like a child who knew bad news was coming but didn't know what the bad news was.
"Xie Feng," Lin Sanjiu called her name for the first time. She shuddered.
"You know about me …?"
"Yes, I know your name, and I know about your past. Your hometown is called the City of Tears. It got its name because it looks like a teardrop falling into the sea, "Lin Sanjiu said softly as if she was comforting her.
Lin Sanjiu spoke softly as if she was trying to comfort her, "Or perhaps I should say, I know about your past that might have been deleted or altered. When you think about your past, have you noticed anything strange? Quan is a pocket dimension that can alter a person's memory … When you heard this description, didn't you have any doubts? "
Xie Feng stood stiffly in front of the reception desk. There was a smile on her face. "Oui Ichiliu warned me that you might say something like that to disturb my mind."
"Then, I will give you the pocket dimension of Quan."
Lin Sanjiu's voice sounded like she was comforting a child who was afraid of the dark. "I will summon it now. You can take it. You can use me as a target and activate the pocket dimension … Then, you will see Quan. You can ask him if there is a part of Xie Feng's memoir in his pocket dimension. "
This time, she raised her bloodied left hand again. When she opened her palm to Xie Feng, Xie Feng stared at her without moving. A card appeared in Lin Sanjiu's palm and quickly turned into a small square. When Lin Sanjiu saw that Xie Feng was attracted by the small square, she suddenly loosened her right hand.
The pocket dimension of Quan fell from her right hand to the ground.
Xie Feng only had time to widen her eyes slightly. When she realized that she had been tricked because of her momentary distraction, the pocket dimension had already engulfed the entire rental center, including her.
Quan had appeared between the two of them without them noticing.
Lin Sanjiu only heaved a sigh of relief when she saw him. She almost fell to the ground. That magical state of battle gradually faded away.
The moment she realized that it was Xie Feng, she immediately thought of the pocket dimension of Quan. At the same time, she also realized that Xie Feng might not let her release the pocket dimension smoothly.
Hence, every time she summoned the card, she would summon it with her left hand.
After the first two times, even though she knew that she wouldn't have a chance to release the pocket dimension, she still took the risk of summoning the card with her left hand. She did it until she almost lost four fingers. She did it for no other reason than to leave an impression in Xie Feng's mind: every time Lin Sanjiu summoned the card, the card would appear from her left hand.
However, even though she had left that impression, she couldn't find a chance to activate the pocket dimension for more than ten minutes. That was until Xie Feng's question reminded her and opened up a path for her.
There were always some things in life. Even if one's memory of them was erased, the reverberations and tremors they left in one's life would not disappear.
Lin Sanjiu did not forget about the token. When Xie Feng's mind was shaken, he believed her words and thought that she was going to summon the pocket dimension of Quan from her left hand.
While waiting, Lin Sanjiu pulled a chair from the rental shop and sat down. She took out a roll of bandage and carefully bandaged her injured left hand.
Xie Feng, who was trapped in the pocket dimension of Quan, maintained the same posture, except for a few small movements. The only thing that changed was her facial expression. She was angry, scared, and happy. Her eyelashes trembled non-stop. Occasionally, a few tears rolled down her cheeks, and occasionally, she laughed softly.
When Lin Sanjiu looked at the woman, she felt that she could even tell which part of Yu Yuan's story she was recuperating. She could even tell which part of Yu Yuan's story she was going through: the time when she was wandering the streets, the time when she looked at the mini-mart, the time when she was on the run, the time when she first met Dong Luorong … Of course, maybe these were just her imagination.
The time it took for Xie Feng to recover her memories was much longer than the time it took for Lin Sanjiu to recover her memories.
When she felt that it was almost the end, Lin Sanjiu stood up.
Even though she was severely injured, she didn't hate Xie Feng. Xie Feng was just a person who had her memories taken away and was used as a weapon. She didn't know what she was doing. When Xie Feng returned to her original self, Lin Sanjiu was willing to reach out to her and pull her out of the shark's control. She wanted to help her continue her life.
What Lin Sanjiu didn't expect was that the moment she put away Quan's pocket dimension, Xie Feng acted like a crazed beast. She used all her strength and charged straight at Lin Sanjiu. She didn't use any fancy moves and even forgot to dodge or defend herself. It was as if Lin Sanjiu was her biggest enemy. Xie Feng wanted nothing more than to crush Lin Sanjiu with her body.
However, before Lin Sanjiu could react, Xie Feng suddenly fell to the ground when he was halfway to his destination.
All her strength drained from her body. She curled up and pressed her forehead against the floor. Her body trembled and she let out a low, wolf-like whimper.
"Why?" she screamed, almost howling.
She was still lying on the floor, refusing to raise her head. It was as if she had completely forgotten that her back was exposed to Lin Sanjiu. When she screamed in her broken voice and whimper, it sounded as if something in her body had ruptured. "Why did you let me recover my memories?"
Lin Sanjiu stood rooted to the ground.
"It was me! I was the one who asked to delete that memory! I don't want to remember it ever again! " Xie Feng's body curled up tighter and tighter. She trembled violently, "Why did you let me recover my memories?"
"Wh … Why?" Lin Sanjiu could only think of these three words at that moment.
Xie Feng's whimper lasted for a minute or two, but she couldn't say anything.
Lin Sanjiu approached her slowly. She didn't even realize that she was trembling slightly. She extended her hand carefully and wanted to place it on Xie Feng's back, but she didn't dare to touch it.
"Xie Feng? Xie Feng, tell me, when Dong Luorong asked you not to turn her into an item … You didn't turn her into an item, right? "
"Yesterday, I skipped updating for a day because I was really stuck and gave up. I tried again today. Miraculously, I managed to write two days worth of updates in one go! Am I still human if I don't praise you? "
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