Chapter 28: The Reversal of the White Dream Day (3)
“The timelines I’ve experienced don’t have this… your sudden interference is quite troublesome.”
Zi Hua – I changed her expression from serious to playful as she descended from the wall, dusting herself off, showing no intention of forgiving Miss Shirley just yet.
Miss Yan Yang, the Ponytail Maid, realizing her dereliction of duty, quickly retrieved her blade and was about to restrain Zi Hua once more when Ji Lianbing stopped her.
Miss Shirley slowly raised her head, her posture upright and composed, and gave her answer with complete self-assurance.
“You are placing the cart before the horse. If it weren’t for an anomaly like you inserting yourself into this event, I wouldn’t have gotten involved either. …Hoo hoo, to think the Head Maid would go so far as to become entangled in karma to deal with me, I’m quite honored~”
“You flatter me. In terms of total Destiny Power, you are superior to me.”
“But I don’t possess nearly as many abilities as you do, Miss Shirley.”
“These abilities were merely inherited; I simply took on new names.”
“My Destiny Power was also borrowed from others, so Miss Shirley, you are the truly formidable one.”
“Let’s dispense with the pleasantries. I believe you understand your current predicament.”
“I don’t understand?”
Zi Hua provocatively raised her hand, coalescing a large amount of water around her. The water dampened Zi Hua’s own clothes, and the soaked fabric clung uncomfortably to her figure, highlighting her beautiful form.
Immediately, the water flowed away from her body, only carrying dust from her clothes and hair, and Zi Hua returned to a dry state. With the ability to perform such a subtle operation, Zi Hua was merely using the act of cleaning herself to convey to those present that she was not incapable of resisting.
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“It seems you intend to resist until the end… Servant Yao Chun.”
“Yes.”
The red-haired maid removed her blindfold, gazing at Zi Hua, preparing to use the ability that could isolate space.
‘Zeno’s Paradox.’
The moment the space was about to form, Zi Hua manipulated the surrounding water to create an opaque water wall in front of her, completely obscuring her figure.
“I’ve seen this ability before! The prerequisite for forming a paradoxical space is to see me first!”
It turned out that the act of cleansing herself earlier wasn’t just a display of defiance; it was preparation for this very moment! Even without the ability to reverse time, Zi Hua possessed information far beyond our imagination, allowing her to foresee events.
The turbid water continued to morph into sharp spikes, thrusting forward like a hedgehog’s quills, with the primary target being the red-haired maid’s eyes! If the red-haired maid could be blinded, the only ability capable of trapping Zi Hua’s movements would be unusable.
“Heh heh heh, too naive! Even if you are water, I am ice!”
An icy aura spread throughout the surroundings. As the Witch of Calamity, Ji Lianbing possessed formidable Netherworld power. Those ghosts were practically natural freezing devices, stopping the water spikes mid-air and continuing to spread, freezing the other water as well.
“……”
Zi Hua clicked her tongue but shifted her gaze to me, a cold smile playing on her lips. I suddenly felt a chill down my spine, a hateful feeling surging in my heart. Knowing I was about to be in trouble, without a second thought, I tugged at the tail of the cat-eared girl hiding behind me, pulling her in front of me as a shield.
“Meow!”
However, under Zi Hua’s control, the water flow, like a snake, flexibly pierced through the maid’s skirt, bypassed the cat-eared girl’s thighs, and then pierced my lower abdomen…
Aiming for the womb is too lowclass. If I hadn’t reached the final step with Juncheng, making pregnancy impossible, I would have fought you to the death for such a venomous act of murdering my child in the womb…
I coughed up a mouthful of blood, and my abdomen began to heat up. By then, I understood Zi Hua’s intention. She wasn’t resorting to mutually assured destruction out of desperation; she was simply exploiting the characteristics of the body I was currently using. That’s right, after being injured, this body emitted unusual heat as it regenerated. Zi Hua merely wanted to use this heat to melt the water frozen by Ji Lianbing!
Indeed, when the temperature reached a certain point, due to the immense heat, the water Zi Hua had thrust into my abdomen was instantly vaporized, expelling large amounts of steam, making the passageway hazy with mist, but not enough to be used as cover.
At this moment, I felt a suction from my abdomen, my whole body convulsed, and my consciousness began to fade, but my body temperature did not decrease…
Was she drawing my blood?
“Th-that’s too much…”
After piercing my womb, she’s going to drain my blood too?
My blood was almost indistinguishable from lava at this point. By merging with the water controlled by Zi Hua, it became something Zi Hua could control. Blood and water mingled, and the heat was conducted to the vicinity of the ice, melting it into water vapor that instantly became high-temperature steam.
The touch of such steam would cause burns, forcing Ji Lianbing and the other maids to retreat. Zi Hua seized this opportunity to break through the maids’ encirclement, protecting herself with water, and charged towards me.
However, just as everyone thought Zi Hua was about to break free, Miss Yan Yang, the Ponytail Maid, actually charged directly into the steam! I could imagine the horrific sight of Miss Yan Yang’s skin peeling off from the heat! Yet, Miss Yan Yang emerged from the steam unharmed. Although her maid outfit and the tie for her ponytail had been damaged by the high temperature, her body was intact.
Miss Yan Yang held her chest with one hand and, with the other, wielded her blade in reverse, holding it against Zi Hua’s neck.
“I feel like my clothes always get damaged easily lately…”
“Combat Maid Yan Yang. Speaking of which, I haven’t actually seen you use your abilities… it seems to be related to gases.”
“‘Maxwell’s Demon,’ the Maxwell’s demon is a powerful ability that can manipulate molecules. However, since I can’t use this ability well, and I believe that over-reliance on abilities only weakens oneself, I usually don’t use it.”
“…The ability to manipulate molecules… there’s really nothing I can do now~ Alright, I surrender, I surrender~”
Zi Hua, realizing she had no chance of winning, promptly raised her hands in surrender.
“Hmph, you should have done that earlier; it was a waste of time. Yao Chun, keep an eye on her and don’t let her escape.”
“Yes, Young Miss.”
Yes, at Ji Lianbing’s signal, the red-haired maid once again used her ability to try and seal Zi Hua. At the last moment, Zi Hua tilted her chin up, leaned back, turned her face to the side, and looked back at everyone with a meaningful gaze, saying:
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“Hoo… don’t you dare blink? I won’t miss even a single opportunity.”
In the next second, a peculiar space formed at an infinitely distant point from the center, and Zi Hua enveloped herself in blood-water.
“Heh, try it if you can?”
Ji Lianbing flicked her hair, walked in front of me, and extended her hand.
“No need. The heat hasn’t dissipated yet; if you hold me, you’ll get burned.”
“Unnecessary concern; this amount of heat can’t hurt me.”
With that said, she still took my hand, and with a sizzling sound, Ji Lianbing’s hand was indeed burned by the heat.
“I told you so…”
“It’s nothing compared to the injuries you sustained.”
“…Doing this is useless, you know? Firstly, I’m not Rei Ayanami, my affection won’t increase just because of something like this, and secondly, after everything is over, I, the imposter, must return to where I belong.”
But Ji Lianbing, this woman, just faced me with her usual smile, unwavering.
“I want to. What business is it of yours?”
Indeed, a proud Young Miss doesn’t need to consider others’ feelings for what she wants to do. Even a simple ‘You worked hard’ is expressed in such a roundabout way. So, what expression should I wear at this moment?
Need I say more? The same as her.
Just smile.
