Lin Sanjiu burped. A stream of air rushed up to her chest and rushed out of her windpipe, forming into a burp. Lin Sanjiu felt a burst of air in her chest, and it formed into a burp. Lin Sanjiu heard Mrs. Manas chuckle at the inappropriate timing. Then, she felt the energy that was draining out of her body gradually stop.
Under the dim light, she looked down and saw that half of her torso was wrapped in white. The bloodstains spread out bit by bit and then stopped. In the blink of an eye, the round roll of gauze had shrunk to half its original size. It was bobbing up and down in her hand. It seemed to be out of breath from the exertion just now.
"Xiaosha," Ryuji called out from a bush. His voice was trembling slightly, "Is... is Xiaosha still there?"
[Is "Xiaosha" referring to this roll of gauze?] What a carefree and adorable name …
Lin Sanjiu looked at the wheezing roll of gauze in her hand. She wondered if she should cut it off from her body. [This thing even has a name. Moreover, it is so tired that it is panting. If I cut it off, it might even scream...]
"Great, there is one more thing." When Ryuji saw the bandage in Lin Sanjiu's hand, the world-weariness on his face lessened as he heaved a sigh of relief, "Come, give it back to me! It will come off by itself. "
As if she had heard his words, she pulled the gauze back slightly, and the bandage broke off from her body. The bandage on her chest and abdomen quickly tied itself into a knot, and then there was no more sound, as if it had become the most ordinary gauze.
"But I can't give it back to you now," Lin Sanjiu said apologetically. Her voice was still weak, "Before I decipher the secret chamber, nothing can leave the pocket dimension."
Ryuji looked at the roll of bandage and took a deep breath. He rubbed his face. When he raised his head again, his expression suddenly froze. He immediately pointed a finger behind her. Without needing him to say anything, Lin Sanjiu tapped the ground with the tip of her foot and leaped to the side. She could almost feel the smell of decay brushing past her shoulder. Even though she was gripped by the pain in her chest and abdomen, she managed to escape unscathed.
Just like "Xiao Sha" in his hand, she was also panting heavily due to her heavy injuries.
The "fatal injury" that the corpse had transferred to her … was not something that could be easily deceived.
Lin Sanjiu turned the bandage into a card and turned to look at the communication device in the distance. When she was unconscious, she had summoned the grand prize out of her strong desire to contact her grand prize. Two minutes had passed, but her grand prize had not called her again.
Is it because he can't spare any time on his side?
Should she take the initiative to contact him? If he did not call back, it could mean that something was wrong on his side. What if he was in a tricky situation and was distracted by her call?
In the blink of an eye, the corpse with an empty shoulder charged toward her again. Its head was buried deep in the ground, and its limbs were swaying in the dark. It did not look like it was moving on its own. Instead, it looked like it was being pulled by an invisible rope. Based on her previous experience, the corpse would spit out that puff of decay again whenever it got close to her.
She suspected that the puff of decay was the cause of her injury.
"I can't keep running like this … No matter what, I have to get out of this pocket dimension first."
Lin Sanjiu took a deep breath and pressed on the wound on her abdomen. Then, she sprinted toward the [Ability Polishing Agent]. She had wandered around the warehouse many times, but she could not figure out how the murderer could leave this locked room after killing someone. She used to read a few detective novels to pass the time. Most of the time, the detective in the novel would reveal the answers without thinking. There was no point in torturing herself with puzzles.
She picked up the small silver bottle from the ground. With light in front of her eyes, she felt much better.
"Ryuji!" The only person who could help her now was the person who was sitting outside the pocket dimension blankly. "Think with me —" Lin Sanjiu paused and coughed violently. She wiped her mouth and asked, "What did the murderer do?"
Ryuji did not answer. When she ran past him again, she saw that Ryuji's eyebrows were tightly knitted together. He seemed to be deep in thought. Lin Sanjiu endured the pain and weakness in her body and did not disturb him. She sped up and left the corpse behind her.
If she continued to run like this with such a serious injury, she would die of exhaustion before dawn.
"If only I could mimic the grand prize … The mystery of this locked room would be nothing to him."
Lin Sanjiu had a feeling that the grand prize wanted to keep her in that universe forever, so she lost her ability to mimic him. She remembered clearly that when she was sitting in the middle of the sandstorm, for the first time, she was afraid of this child who had always been like her younger brother or sister.
Fear came from ignorance, and without understanding, she could not mimic.
"Are you conflicted? I care about him, I miss him, but I'm also a little afraid of him … "Lin Sanjiu let out a bitter laugh. When she passed by the communication device, she hesitated for half a second before running over.
"Why are you willing to answer his call, but you don't dare to contact him?" Mrs. Manas asked.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned by the question.
"Why …?"
The corpse behind her sped up again. Lin Sanjiu had no choice but to pick up her pace. She coughed up blood every few steps. However, Lin Sanjiu's mind seemed to be completely captivated by the name "Ji Shanqing". She mumbled, "I … I have a feeling that if he stretched out his hand to me, I would still be able to dodge his attack. But if I take the initiative to approach him … "
It was as if she would become a mosquito swallowed by a pitcher plant.
Of course, her life would not be in danger. What awaited her was only endless … love?
"You don't know him, so you don't dare to meet him," Mrs. Manas said softly. Her voice was more like a consciousness than ever before. "When you start to understand him, you will be able to meet him without worry, right?"
"But how can I understand him?" Lin Sanjiu laughed bitterly. "Because of his background, that child seemed to have been shaped into something stubborn, strong, twisted, and extremely gentle. He seemed to know that he would bring her into a situation that she would not like, so he had been restraining himself. Yet, because of this restraint, he was trembling in pain … The fence that was holding him back could collapse at any time …"
"Huh?"
Something suddenly moved slightly in her mind, as if it had broken through the dust-covered memories of the past, once again breaking out of the shell.
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