Perhaps it was because Scrooge McDuck's wealth was too dazzling that Lin Sanjiu had forgotten that he had another identity.
Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but let out a few gurgling sounds. Her face turned red, and she grabbed her neck reflexively. She was already trying her best to breathe. Every breath she took required all her strength. However, the amount of oxygen that she sucked into her lungs was depleting at an alarming rate.
Lin Sanjiu took two quick steps towards Scrooge. As the white duck backed away in panic, Lin Sanjiu finally sensed that the air around her seemed to be avoiding her. The air around her seemed to be moving away from her.
This feeling was not only indescribable but also incomprehensible. Even Lin Sanjiu, who was in the middle of it, couldn't help but be stunned for half a second.
In just half a second, she could no longer breathe any oxygen.
It was as if she had been thrown into an atmosphere of outer space. Lin Sanjiu tried her best to open her mouth, but there was no air flowing in and no sound coming out of her mouth.
There was nothing in the space around her head, but somehow, a vacuum zone was formed. No matter how Lin Sanjiu twisted and turned, the invisible "vacuum helmet" on her head followed her movements. Lin Sanjiu, who was already suffering from a lack of oxygen, immediately felt dizzy after she stopped running after a short sprint.
Scrooge McDuck, who was not far from her, opened his mouth to say something. However, Lin Sanjiu couldn't hear anything as there was no air transmission. In fact, other than the sound of her teeth grinding and her blood flowing, the world around her was so quiet that it felt like death.
"Hey, don't just stand there," just as Lin Sanjiu placed her hands on her knees and tried to calm her racing heart, a head popped out from behind a dilapidated building. "What are you doing? It's right there. Hit it! "
That person had long black hair and a fair face. It was none other than Snow White.
"Hit me?" Scrooge McDuck laughed when he heard Snow White's words. He patted his belly, which was hidden under his coat. "I'm afraid she can't even take care of herself now … After all, she's the president. I have issued a new rule. All the air must be immediately removed from the space around the tourists' heads. As compensation for the demolition, I have offered a high price of 25 Stamina Points per unit of air … Now, the life of your helper has entered the countdown. "
Snow White did not understand at all. She could only stare blankly at the duck. Even though she had no idea what had happened, she knew that Lin Sanjiu was in a terrible situation. Snow White stupidly looked at the tall woman in the field. Her lips trembled as she turned to her father and whispered, "Father, why don't we run first?"
Even though Lin Sanjiu did not hear the conversation with her own ears, she could more or less understand that this was a new usage of Scrooge McDuck's ability.
Even though it wasn't difficult for posthumans to hold their breaths for a few minutes, as the "vacuum" came too abruptly, Lin Sanjiu couldn't even hold the last bit of air in her lungs. She was so suffocated that her blood rushed to her head. Lin Sanjiu bit her lower lip and lowered her head. A vicious smile appeared on her half-red, half-white face.
"If I can't breathe anymore, I just need to defeat Scrooge McDuck before I can't hold my breath anymore."
Before she could finish her thought, Lin Sanjiu's body had already dashed forward. This time, she did not dare to hold back. She reached her maximum speed in an instant. Her figure soared into the air, leaving only a faint afterimage in the blink of an eye.
"Protect —" Scrooge McDuck only had time to call out before countless white shadows came down from the sky like a rainstorm. The sharp and ferocious white shadows instantly covered the place where Scrooge McDuck was. They were so densely packed that he didn't even have a chance to escape.
However, when all the skeletal wings pierced down and gathered at a single point, Lin Sanjiu knew that she had missed again. Lin Sanjiu knew that she had missed again.
With Scrooge McDuck's skills, it was impossible for him to dodge her attack. However, a second before Lin Sanjiu could touch him, the ground beneath his feet suddenly collapsed like sand or a swamp. Scrooge McDuck fell heavily into a large hole in the ground.
Needless to say, the one who made the deal with him this time was the earth.
Since Lin Sanjiu couldn't breathe, she didn't dare to waste even a second. Just when she raised her skeletal wings and was about to jump into the hole to finish off Scrooge McDuck, the ground beneath her feet suddenly moved. It didn't even shake. Without any warning, the ground suddenly split into a few pieces. The piece of ground Lin Sanjiu was standing on flipped over like a part of a machine. Before she could react, it was already too late. She rolled into the ground as well.
"Aiya," Scrooge McDuck jumped out of the hole, "That scared me … It has been more than a minute, how can she still be so energetic?"
Still in shock, the duck wobbled his buttocks as he ran for quite a distance. It was as if he was afraid that Lin Sanjiu would rush out to kill him. However, perhaps the deal with the earth was particularly successful this time, as she was almost half-buried in the soil. After some time, Lin Sanjiu struggled to climb out of the hole. Her face was red from the suffocation.
After such a long struggle, Lin Sanjiu's stamina had been greatly depleted. Every action and every thought became more and more difficult.
Scrooge McDuck folded his wings and observed her cautiously from afar for two seconds. Then, a smile slowly appeared on his face.
"Phew," he exhaled and said softly, "It seems like you only have a few minutes left."
Even though Lin Sanjiu didn't understand what he said, she had a bad feeling in her heart.
She was no stranger to holding her breath, but this was the first time she had encountered an opponent like Scrooge McDuck. If the whole world was your opponent's friend, and you couldn't even get close to him, how could you fight this battle?
However, if she couldn't defeat Scrooge McDuck now, Lin Sanjiu would die of suffocation.
"I have three to four minutes left," she thought to herself. That was the longest she could hold her breath. However, the last half a minute was worse than death, let alone fighting. In other words, she only had a little more than two minutes left.
Lin Sanjiu's mind spun quickly. However, none of the Special Items that came to her mind could help her. Not only did they not help her, they might even be bribed like the [Vibroblade].
He seemed to have noticed Lin Sanjiu's helplessness. The pair of eyes behind Scrooge McDuck's lenses grew brighter and brighter. He flapped his wings and even boldly took a few steps forward.
"I was kind enough to remind you," Scrooge couldn't help smiling even though he knew that Lin Sanjiu couldn't hear him. "You look like a young man with a lot of potential. You shouldn't have gone against me. What a pity … After you die, your body, your ability, and everything you have will become a resource of this world and fall into my hands. I have to thank you properly … "
Lin Sanjiu frowned. Her face gradually turned from red to green. Her veins popped up on the surface of her skin like rugged tree roots, thirsting for oxygen. However, Lin Sanjiu still had no idea how to get close to the duck.
She looked back at the abandoned house in the distance. Snow White was long gone. She didn't know if she had run away when she saw the situation was not good. Lin Sanjiu decided to hide behind the wall.
She gritted her teeth as if she had made up her mind. When Scrooge McDuck took two steps back in alarm, Lin Sanjiu suddenly summoned her [Vibroblade]. With a wave of her hand, she tossed it at the duck's feet. Clang! Clang! Clang!
Scrooge McDuck looked at the knife and then at Lin Sanjiu. He raised one of his eyebrows.
The woman in front of him wasn't done yet. She waved her fingers and more strange objects appeared in the air. There were a few rectangular objects, a hairdryer, an alarm clock, a clumsy brass gun … In the blink of an eye, all these objects appeared. Scrooge McDuck already had a small pile of objects at his feet.
He looked up from behind his lenses and saw that the woman in front of him was gesturing at him. She quickly drew a circle next to her head.
After thinking carefully, Scrooge McDuck understood what was going on. A flat smile appeared on his face. "… Aiya, could it be that you're planning to lay down your gun and surrender?"
His bright eyes moved from Lin Sanjiu to the small pile of objects at his feet. His smile widened. Lin Sanjiu couldn't hear what it was muttering to itself since there was no air to transmit it, so she had no idea what it was talking about. "Once she dies, everything will belong to me, maybe even more." With that thought in mind, Scrooge McDuck patted his belly contentedly. He had come up with a brilliant delaying tactic.
"That's not enough." It waved its wings at the things on the ground and pretended to bargain. It purposely moved its mouth slowly to form a human's mouth shape. "Take out your best things in exchange for your life."
This time, Lin Sanjiu's face twitched a little. "The first thing I take out is definitely the one with the lowest value. It would be the least painful to give up." Scrooge McDuck looked at Lin Sanjiu with satisfaction. He waved his hand and threw a book on the ground reluctantly.
Scrooge McDuck looked at it and shook his head again.
With the help of Lin Sanjiu, he could now rank the value of the objects. He didn't expect that this poor looking woman would have so many things on her.
Lin Sanjiu didn't know if it was because of the lack of oxygen or because she felt sorry for Lin Sanjiu. She hesitated a few times and a murderous glint flashed in her eyes. In the end, she took out the last item.
It was an inconspicuous object. It looked like an ordinary flat box. However, the moment it was placed on the ground, Scrooge McDuck became alert. He sniffed the air.
After dealing with all kinds of precious objects for years, Scrooge McDuck's instincts had been trained to be very sensitive. Even though he didn't know what it was, the moment he saw the small wooden box, he immediately knew that it was very valuable.
"Fine, fine, fine. I want this," Scrooge McDuck stared at the box. He couldn't wait to keep it in his arms. His patience for Lin Sanjiu to suffocate had completely vanished. "Let me tell you, run in that direction immediately. Once you are ten miles away, you will be out of my range … Then, you will be able to breathe again."
Lin Sanjiu narrowed her eyes and read his lips. Without wasting a second, she jumped up and ran toward the east. In the blink of an eye, she had disappeared.
"This is good, this is good," Scrooge McDuck didn't even care about the pile of Special Items around him. He caressed the small wooden box with the tip of his wing. He was so excited that he blinked his eyes, "Come, come, come to daddy …"
The box wasn't locked. With a flick of his wing, he opened it, revealing an empty bottom.
"Huh? It's empty? "Scrooge McDuck squatted on the ground and touched the box lightly. "What is this treasure used for …"
Before Scrooge McDuck could finish his sentence, the short feathers on his cheeks suddenly fluttered.
Scrooge McDuck was still unaware of what was going on. He was mumbling something under his breath. The moment he stretched out his wings, a strong force kicked him from behind. Scrooge McDuck did not even have the time to scream in pain before he fell forward. Then, the lid of the wooden box was closed by someone, and the person who had done it was the tip of his wing. "Pak!" Someone closed the lid of the box, and the person who had done it was the tip of his wing.
Only then did Scrooge McDuck let out a "quack". As he didn't want to squash the precious wooden box, he pushed himself against the floor with his plump belly and tried his best to leave the box empty. However, a hand reached down from above and snatched the wooden box away.
"Thank you for being so careful with it," a familiar female voice rang out from above. It sounded like a smile, but at the same time, it sounded like anger. "Then, I won't stand on ceremony."
"How … How did I hear her voice?" Scrooge McDuck turned his head around in a daze. Half of his glasses slid down his face.
Lin Sanjiu's face was still red from the lack of oxygen. She gave Scrooge McDuck a wicked smile and reached her hand into the box.
"Let me introduce this to you. This is called [Rob the Poor to Help the Rich Box]. However, this name doesn't really suit you."
Under Scrooge McDuck's dumbstruck gaze, a ray of light appeared from the gap of the box. A small ball of light quickly melted into Lin Sanjiu's skin. It was so fast that Scrooge McDuck thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.
"[Scrooge
Ah … "Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath. An indescribable glint flashed in her amber eyes. "Then I'll accept it without hesitation." (To be continued.)
PS:
It should be fine for me to send out the thank you list today, right?
As expected, the first Heshibi in February was given to me by you, Sinful Dream. Thank you for your tips and the two monthly tickets! It's almost Chinese New Year, and I'm embarrassed to owe so much … Why don't I work hard to pay back my updates and give it to you as a New Year's gift!
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