Chapter 42 Man are all Loli-cons
The ground in my sight was getting closer and closer. The few seconds it took felt like an eternity, stretching out endlessly.
All the pores on my body opened as if drenching myself in cold water. My body tensed uncontrollably, a chill spreading down my neck and my nose beginning to sting.
I gritted my teeth fiercely, my vision blurring slightly, unable to focus. Gazing down at everything in the world from this height, I felt a strange sense of reigning over the world.
Adrenaline might have still been at play.
I felt no fear at all. Normally, falling from a building would come with an instinctive sense of dread… Was it the sense of familiarity brought by déjà vu?
My thought processes were accelerating. Various thoughts and the tension brought about by my feelings surged in. Instead of a buzzing in my ears, I could clearly hear other sounds, like the howling wind, Lan’s calls, and Xiao An’s laughter.
This child actually had the mood to laugh. Well, I had no right to call her out on it, since I was laughing too.
I hadn’t reached the ground yet. It felt so long…
How much longer do I have to wait? Why is it so slow?
Ah, this… Thought Acceleration!
Why can I do it again now? My spiritual power had weakened to the point where it could no longer activate Thought Acceleration. Perhaps it was the tension of nearing death that caused my spiritual power to reach its peak value again.
Indeed, everything around me was slowing down. I alone entered this wonderful realm, feeling a sense of superiority…
*Cough.* I’m getting a little carried away lately.
Calm down. There’s nothing to be proud of.
But activating Thought Acceleration at such a moment was incredibly helpful, giving me enough time to think and prepare for landing.
I dared to jump because I had just learned that this world was not a parallel world, but a spiritual world.
After all, I was just a disembodied spirit. Even if I were to shatter into pieces, I probably wouldn’t be harmed. Just like Miss Akiko, who was a ghost, I could freely perform tricks like decapitation and dismemberment.
However, there was also a saying that ‘when you die in a dream, your real self will also die.’ Normally, when we have nightmares and dream of terrifying things, like being chased or falling from a building, we always wake up suddenly just before ‘death.’ This is the brain’s self-preservation mechanism.
If… I didn’t wake up until the very last moment, then dying in the dream would mean truly dying, likely from a heart attack or something similar. But my body had already been sacrificed to Xuan’er, so there was no such thing as physical death.
In other words, as long as I didn’t die on the spot and my consciousness didn’t vanish, I wouldn’t… I shouldn’t…
Perhaps some would argue that they had died in a dream before, but that was certainly ‘seeing their own death’ from a third-person perspective, not experiencing death firsthand from a first-person perspective.
It didn’t matter which case it was; arguing about it was useless. What I needed to do was prevent this situation from happening.
Relax my brain, slow down Thought Acceleration, let time flow slowly…
Try to control it.
Speaking of which, I had never tried to control Thought Acceleration before. Every time, I would let my thoughts accelerate to the limit, reaching a state infinitely close to time stopping, and then I would think of countermeasures.
And in that world of near stillness, I was completely unable to control my body, as if I were trapped in a cage called the flesh, struggling in vain to break free.
…Slowing down slightly, letting time flow again, just like entering a state of intuition during a sword fight, moving my body in the slowed-down time.
The world was no longer still, and my mental burden was reduced. Moreover, I could move my body!
Great! Continue like this. If I could achieve a five-point landing while holding Xiao An, there was still a chance of survival.
And the techniques that were previously only theoretical and could not be practiced in reality could now be realized thanks to Thought Acceleration.
Why didn’t I think of this before? Even if I couldn’t move in frozen time, moving in slowed-down time was already equivalent to being a superhero!
After the excitement, it was time to calmly deal with the situation. I only had one chance; failure was not an option. If I sustained a serious injury and couldn’t recover, Lan would catch up immediately.
…I need to adjust my breathing. In this ‘slow-motion’ world, even taking a breath is a long process.
At the same time, I focused on what was ahead: five meters from the ground, three meters, two meters, one…
I adjusted my posture, descending vertically, legs together, knees bent, and performing a side roll upon landing. The force of the fall would be converted from vertical to rolling, from my feet to my shins, thighs, hips, and finally my back to cushion the impact.
Of course, holding my head with my hands would be better, but I was holding Xiao An now, so I couldn’t protect my head.
I hope my neck can hold up, hahaha…
My toes touched the ground. Just as I was about to side-roll, the Magatama in Xiao An’s hand turned red again! Then, I saw a red light flashing in the direction my body was tilting, growing brighter. It was fire! It was burning!
Whoa! Xiao An, what are you doing! Are you trying to burn your dad to death!
…Although I couldn’t feel the heat yet, I felt like my skin would be burned was a foregone conclusion.
I guessed Xiao An probably wanted to help me lessen the force.
In any case, the speed of the side roll did indeed slow down. My task remained the same: a five-point landing. However, from my shins downward, I didn’t feel the ground, but rather landed on something like a sponge.
Moreover, the burning sensation didn’t come, and at that moment, I knew this flame wouldn’t cause me any harm.
Perhaps the crisis had been averted, and the effect of Thought Acceleration was slowly fading. Eventually, my consciousness rejoined normal time, and I landed on the burning flames.
Only my ankle hurt a bit; the rest of me was completely fine.
This was truly a miracle. Jumping from the top floor and landing safely without a single scratch!
“Hahahahaha~ Let’s go again!”
Compared to Xiao An’s cheerful, uplifted laughter, my laughter was forced. I never wanted to experience bungee jumping again without safety ropes or a water pool below.
“Good.”
I stood up, put Xiao An down, and looked up at the rooftop, rubbing my shoulders.
Lan was gone… I didn’t know why, but I had a feeling she wouldn’t chase after us.
Although Lan had acted as if she wanted to monopolize me these past few weeks, I felt like she was hiding something from me, and her true intentions had not yet been revealed.
Was it only to see me that she came to this spiritual world through Zihua? Although it was possible for Lan to act impulsively like that, was that really the case?
*Fm Xiao Wan*
“Then, shall we…”
…We can’t go back anymore.
If we went back now, although we would get help from Nana and the others, it would also mean they would be dragged into this matter.
Xiao An, who came to find me, had already become Lan’s target. Therefore, Xiao An had to stay with me, and the others had not yet become thorns in Lan’s eyes.
I couldn’t drag anyone else into this.
Furthermore, if that group of villains who had been coveting Xinran and Keling suddenly made a move at this time, things would develop in the worst possible direction.
So, where am I supposed to go now?
It had to be there… Sigh. Honestly, I really didn’t want to bring Xiao An there.
But there was no other way now.
There was no need to climb over the wall. We could enter the campus from the back door by going around the gymnasium and law school buildings.
It was nighttime now. Walking around the back mountain should prevent us from being discovered.
The journey was very smooth. When we finally reached the vicinity of the plaza in the middle of the dormitory area, I deliberately took the small paths towards the dormitory building where our rooms were located.
Next was tricking the dormitory supervisor… That was easy. Our dormitory supervisor was quite lazy and should be asleep at this time. Besides, Xiao An was small, so she could hide beside me and we could sneak in.
This time, my luck was indeed working. We weren’t seen by anyone along the way, a rather awkward situation, and we smoothly returned to my dormitory without any obstacles.
All three of my roommates were there. The first one to turn and see me was A’ji. He got up from his seat and asked me,
“Huh? Juncheng, where have you been all this time? We thought you were kidnapped!”
“This is outrageous! Do you know how difficult it was for us to cover for you? We were almost caught. Fortunately, A’Bing used your voice recorded during gaming to set up the attendance announcement, and thus we managed to deceive them. I also helped with the static part! Treat us to something! You jerk!”
“Oh, help…”
“Dad?”
…Although I had prepared to tell my roommates about Xiao An’s existence when I planned to return to school… still.
“Huh? Dad? Oh no, I’m so embarrassed. I just bought some oranges, would you like some…? Wait, why are you speaking in a Loli voice? Uh, Doctor? No, where did you kidnap such a cute Loli from?!”
As A’ji was confused, Boko walked over, patted my back, and adjusted his glasses, sighing.
“Juncheng, being a lolicons isn’t shameful, but kidnapping a Loli is inappropriate. If you surrender, your sentence might be reduced. Well, let me ask first, did you do anything heinous for a ‘death penalty is not a loss’ kind of stupid reason?”
“Who would do that!”
Let alone a ‘death penalty is not a loss’ kind of thing, I haven’t even done anything for a ‘three years of profit is very good’ excuse!
On the other side, A’Bing took off his headphones and looked over. The moment he saw Xiao An hiding behind me, his expression changed drastically. He rushed over in shock and shouted,
“Brother Cheng! You! You actually have a child already! Wow, the child is already this big. You scumbag, when did you even start living a H-game-like life!”
“Shh… Please don’t be so loud… Can you listen to my explanation first?”
The three of them looked at each other, then nodded in unison. They walked around me synchronously and approached Xiao An.
“What’s your name, little sister? Are you lost?”
“You really look like Doctor… and both have hair. Blonde hair seems natural, but her features don’t look like a foreigner’s. But, she’s so cute!”
“Why are you calling him Dad? I’ll be your Dad, no, your Brother, okay? Come, Brother has lots of snacks here.”
“”
You guys are the lolicons, you bastards!
