As the projector rattled, the black-and-white film on the screen flickered. Every now and then, black spots would appear on the screen. The screen showed a street in Kyoto. The street was empty and the few samurai who were walking in the city with their swords had disappeared from the screen. Their bodies were still in the gloomy black and white color of the film. They stood at the other end of the projection room with gloomy expressions on their faces as they strode towards Lin Sanjiu.
Lin Sanjiu heard them and turned around. She couldn't help cursing in her heart.
Ever since the samurai came out from the screen, she had run around the screening room a few times. Most of the chairs had been flipped over by them. She was in a perilous situation. There were a few times when she was surrounded by the samurai from the front and the back of the room. Fortunately, even though her body was no longer that of a normal person, her combat instinct was still there. Lin Sanjiu managed to create an opportunity for herself with her body full of cuts. She dashed toward the screen and tried to pull the screen with all her might.
However, the screen was very sturdy. As an unevolved person, she couldn't pull it off no matter how hard she tried. However, her attempt wasn't completely useless. Every time Lin Sanjiu pulled the screen, the samurai's projection would shake a few times as if they were affected. However, after shaking a few times, the screen remained firmly on the wall. The samurai seemed to have been provoked.
Seeing that they were about to charge at her again, Lin Sanjiu made a prompt decision. She let go of the screen and dashed toward a bespectacled male in the first row.
"Move!" Lin Sanjiu shouted at the dumbfounded man. She pushed him aside and picked up the foldable chair behind him. She wanted to take the chair and dodge, but she didn't expect that the samurai would start to attack her. Lin Sanjiu didn't have time to think. She twisted her body and swung the chair horizontally to create some space for herself.
Then, she heard the sound of metal being cut. The leading samurai's long sword had already cut through the foldable chair with a string of sparks. The samurai continued to slash downward. Lin Sanjiu couldn't dodge in time and her hand was cut. The force of the sword was blocked by the chair, so it wasn't a heavy blow. However, a second flash of saber light flashed from the side and was the fatal blow. It immediately cut off her arm from the shoulder.
Lin Sanjiu sucked in a breath of cold air. She covered her shoulder with her hand and kicked the broken folding chair at the samurai. Her kick hit one of the samurai's ankles. While the warrior was stunned, Gu Xijiu held back the cold sweat on her forehead and turned around to run.
As soon as she turned around, she almost bumped into the person behind her.
"Almost," the man sighed as he took off his glasses. Behind the lenses, a pair of brown eyes appeared. Her face darkened and she sneered, "... I can finally get my Potential Growth Value back."
Before her voice died away, the warriors and the audience all disappeared into thin air like bubbles. A surge of Higher Consciousness surged toward Lin Sanjiu, just like how she extracted Potential Growth Value from Syphilis' body. However, the next second, Bohemia staggered a few steps back. Her face paled, "You cheated!" "You!
Lin Sanjiu shook her shoulder, and the severed arm immediately reattached itself to her shoulder. Bohemia had regained her Higher Consciousness form. Even though she had used this trick once in prison, Bohemia had never seen it before. Now that she used it again, Bohemia fell for it.
Bohemia raised her head and looked at the screen as if she was going to summon the samurai again. Lin Sanjiu didn't have time to say anything. She leaped onto the screen and pushed Bohemia to the ground. The screen behind them flickered a few times, but none of the characters from the movie crawled out from the screen.
Bohemia fell hard on the ground, and she screamed in pain. She used all her limbs to kick Lin Sanjiu, but she couldn't get Lin Sanjiu off her body. After both of them struggled for a while, Lin Sanjiu heaved a sigh of relief. She had guessed it right. Bohemia was also an unevolved human being in the possession of Lin Sanjiu.
If the premise of "becoming an ordinary human" didn't work on her, she wouldn't have to go around in circles and summon the Japanese samurai.
"Let go of me!" Bohemia was not in her best physical condition. She was already panting in less than half a minute. "How did you know to pretend to be injured?"
"Of course," Lin Sanjiu's physical condition was better than most girls before she evolved. She flipped over and rode on Bohemia's back. She pinned Bohemia's wrists to the ground with both of her hands and let Bohemia kick her back. "Didn't you show up in the house after I finished my fight with Syphilis? You wanted to take advantage of the situation, didn't you? Even an idiot would know that if you didn't show up, you wouldn't be able to take away my Potential Growth Value — "
Bohemia grumbled under Lin Sanjiu's pressure. She didn't say anything but continued to fight with all her might.
"You even placed so many people here. Combining the two incidents, I'm guessing that you must be hiding among the audience. You're waiting for me to be injured and weak so that you can take advantage of me." It wasn't hard to come up with such a conclusion. After all, Bohemia had used her conditions once before. Basically, other than the addition of a group of thugs, the projection room was not much different from the previous one.
"What do you want then?" Bohemia raised her eyebrows when she realized that she couldn't get rid of Lin Sanjiu no matter how hard she struggled. "You're just a woman. Why are you so heavy?"
Actually, Bohemia's higher consciousness form wasn't that heavy. It was just that Lin Sanjiu was stronger than her, so she couldn't get up. However, Bohemia was still angry, so she refused to admit it. She just kept yelling, "You don't know how to lose weight!"
Lin Sanjiu snorted. She didn't take Bohemia's words to heart, "Cut the crap. You can't take away my Potential Growth Value. Hurry up and remove your conditions!"
"I won't!" Bohemia's temper flared up. She simply lay on the ground without moving, "If you have the guts, you can hold me down like this for the rest of my life. Otherwise, I will summon the samurai the moment I get up … In the end, you still have to give me back my Potential Growth Value!"
Lin Sanjiu almost laughed out of anger. However, she didn't know what to do after Bohemia threw a tantrum. Right now, Lin Sanjiu could barely hold Bohemia down. She still had to watch out for Bohemia's sudden resistance from time to time. She didn't have the strength to beat Bohemia to death, nor could she stand up and leave.
"You can't even take away my Potential Growth Value. What's the point of you staying here?" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help snorting. "If we spend the rest of our lives here, we will both suffer!"
"You were so weak last time, but you could still take away my Potential Growth Value. Why can't I take it back now?" Bohemia sneered. Without warning, she began to struggle and twist her body. Seeing that Lin Sanjiu was still sitting firmly on her back, Bohemia spat, "I don't care. You can give it back to me yourself."
Lin Sanjiu didn't know whether she should be angry or amused at the same time. She quickly tightened her grip on Bohemia's wrist. Just when Bohemia let out a cry of pain, both of them fell silent at the same time.
"... What is your attachment condition?" asked Bohemia softly after half a second.
Lin Sanjiu didn't want to tell her the truth, so she answered softly, "It's not a human form."
"That means..." Bohemia exhaled softly. "This is no longer your attachment condition."
Lin Sanjiu knew what Bohemia was referring to. The tip of the pair of black leather shoes was standing right in front of their palms. Lin Sanjiu had no idea when it appeared.
Meanwhile, Bohemia had already retracted her audience.
"When I was flying here, I suddenly couldn't fly anymore. I thought you were the one who made the first move, so I …" Bohemia murmured. Suddenly, she screamed, "Let go of me! Now!" "What are you waiting for?
Lin Sanjiu didn't loosen her grip. She raised her head —
Standing in front of them was an old man. His face was flat and wide, and it was covered with wrinkles. He looked like a toad. When he opened his mouth, Lin Sanjiu suddenly remembered that she had heard his voice before. She immediately let go of Bohemia's hands and jumped to her feet.
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