556 Manipulator Personality(1/2)
The sun shines on the streets where the war broke out last night, and the city of Hollomansk ushered in a new morning.
The cremator and cleaners were very efficient. All the corpses on the streets had disappeared at this time. The smell of smoke and blood was also replaced by the pungent smell of disinfectant water and fragrance.
In addition to burning and cleaning up the bodies, the workers did not forget to flush the streets with water. Those seriously damaged areas were cordoned up to prepare for repair.
Since they were working at night, some omissions in their handling were also found. In some places, mottled blood can be seen, and some things like broken hands even appeared on the roadside.
However, the citizens of Hell Capital were very cooperative, and they still pretended to see nothing, walked onto the street with a smile on their faces to welcome a brand new day:
“Last night’s TV series was so good!”
"Have you read that novel? It's very fun!"
The passers-by were wearing military coats that were not in line with the season, chatting with their companions around them with enthusiasm, with stiff smiles on their faces, and coughing from time to time.
This city ruled by the incineration organs looks no different from yesterday. However, after the uprising, the incineration organs naturally would not let the rebels go so easily.
"Open the door and accept the inspection!" The patrolmen roared loudly, knocking on the doors of roadside houses.
The fully armed patrol soldiers blocked the areas where the fiercest battle last night early in the morning and began to search from house to house.
Unfortunately, the neighborhood where Lin Chi's apartment is located is also within the blockade.
"Depend on……"
After opening the curtains and looking at the patrol soldiers who were searching from house to house, Lin Chi asked the corpse demon in anger: "If there is no one in the room, will they go and search for one directly?"
His question had just been revealed, but the patrolmen had already used a door-breaker to blow up the closed main door of a house on the west side of the street, forcibly entering the room and starting a search.
"Okay, I didn't ask." He sighed.
“Not good…”
Realizing that the patrol soldiers began to search, the corpse demon who was still recalling the good times immediately became nervous and his voice began to tremble:
"A complete alienation will last at least twenty-four hours. The incineration agency searches for the insurrectionists according to this. As long as they find out there are alienated citizens in the house, they will immediately execute everyone inside. If they find me... we will definitely die!"
"Stop talking, there is a patrol soldier who was kidnapped by me in the basement." Lin Chi clenched his fists and looked up at the narrow stairs leading to the second floor.
——The incineration agency is conducting a large-scale search of this block. At this speed, the apartment will be found in less than ten minutes. If they find a corpse demon or a kidnapped patrol soldier, they can only leave with regret!
The most urgent task now is to find a way to get away with it. If Zhen's superpower is still there, it can obviously be easily solved. But...
Could he still use that personality?
Thinking of this, Lin Chi rushed to the bedroom door, raised his hand to knock on the closed wooden door, and asked, "Can you come out?"
"Is that zombie gone..." Zhen's timid voice sounded in the room.
Hearing the other party's voice, Lin Chi immediately realized that Zhen was still using the ineffective personality. After confirming this fact, his heart suddenly became cold.
However, there is no other way now.
"He has been killed by me." Lin Chi lied casually and added: "Open the door quickly!"
Upon learning the news, Zhen finally opened a small gap in the bedroom door. Before she could speak, Lin Chi rudely grabbed her wrist and dragged her down the stairs.
“…What’s wrong?”
The boy's voice was full of surprise. When he went downstairs to see the corpse demon in the living room, his tone turned into horror again. He asked stutteringly: "Are you dead?"
"I'm indeed dead now." The corpse demon nodded awkwardly.
"There is no time to discuss this now." Lin Chi interrupted the awkward chat between the two, pressed his hands on the boy's shoulder, and explained bluntly: "Do you still remember the soldiers who shot and killed people in the street last night?"
"Remember..." Zhen whispered.
"Now they are searching for us and we are about to come here. As long as they discover it, we will die." Lin Chi said.
Upon hearing this, the boy's already bad face became worse, and his voice sounded like he was about to cry: "What should I do?"
"It's all up to you now." Lin Chi said seriously.
As soon as these words were said, not only Zhen, but even the corpse demon was stunned. A shocked voice came from his dry mouth: "Ah?"
Lin Chi had no time to explain anything to the corpse demon, but just continued to look at the boy, staring at the other party's beautiful green eyes, and said word by word:
"Recall that you actually have special abilities that can move objects or even manipulate space with your mind."
"Are you crazy..." The boy looked at him in horror.
"If you don't believe it, you can try it." Lin Chi said, pointing to the radio on the living room cabinet: "Try to move that thing to your hand, you should be able to do it easily, right?"
Although Zhen’s personality does not know that he has super powers, he just doesn’t know that his body’s own abilities should not have disappeared.
As long as the boy can recall the way he uses superpowers, they will undoubtedly escape. After all, with the terrifying ability of manipulating space, it is easy to deceive a few patrol soldiers!
"oh."
The boy nodded suspiciously, turned around and focused his eyes on the gray-shelled radio. He stood there silent for a few seconds, as if he was holding his breath.
And then—nothing happened.
"I don't seem to have any superpowers?" Zhen raised her head and stared at Lin Chi in confusion: "I focused on what you said and wanted to transfer the radio, but it didn't work..."
——It seems that Zhen’s superpower is not a simple “wishes come true”, but is it necessary to trigger it?
Seeing that this personality treasure could not use its original superpowers, Lin Chi quickly walked to the window, opened a corner of the curtain and peeked out, and saw that the patrol soldiers had already found the next door and were about to arrive in the room!
"It's over," he whispered.
When Zhen is not useful, it seems that he can only face the challenge.
The corpse demon could not appear in the sun, and Zhen had no combat power at all. Now the only one who could fight in the apartment was himself. Lin Chi knew very well that relying on himself to deal with dozens of patrol soldiers on the street was simply a fantasy.
But now... it seems that there is no other way.
Lin Chi took out his weapon from his backpack and strode towards the door of the apartment. When he passed by the kitchen door, he saw a pile of seasonings on the cabinet, but suddenly stopped.
"Maybe, there is another way..."
According to what he had observed before, Jane would cough every time she switched her personality.
Yesterday when the patrol soldiers were massacred on the street, the boy switched to the butcher's personality after coughing, and then switched back through coughing.
Except when changing personality, Zhen never coughed.
Lin Chi didn't care much about this detail, but in the urgency of the situation, he could no longer miss any opportunity:
——Although the possibility is very low, she may have switched her personality by coughing. When she was preparing to kill the patrolmen, Zhen also coughed first, and then immediately switched to the butcher's personality.
If this is true, as long as he can force him to cough, he can switch to another personality. But...
"Is this really possible?"
Even Lin Chi, who came up with this solution, was deeply suspicious of this ridiculous idea. Adhering to the principle of "sickness to seek medical treatment", he rushed into the kitchen quickly and returned to the living room with a wooden box filled with various seasonings.
"What are you going to do? Make us our last breakfast?" The corpse demon was already desperate.
Lin Chi had no time to pay attention to the nonsense of the body, put the box on the coffee table, grabbed a handful of salt from it, rushed to Zhen, and stuffed the salt in his hand into his mouth.
"Well……"
I didn't expect that Lin Chi would come to Zhen. He was choked and coughed continuously. He bent down and squatted down, as if in great pain.
"You can't commit suicide with salt!" the corpse demon reminded.
"Stop talking nonsense." Lin Chi interrupted the other party's nonsense, staring at the boy squatting on the ground, hoping that the miracle would happen.
Then, a rapid knock sounded in front of the apartment door:
Dongdongdongdongdongdong!
"Route inspection by the incineration agency!" A rough male voice rang out from the door of the apartment: "Open the door quickly!"
Hearing this, the corpse demon looked at the metal door of the apartment nervously, but Lin Chi seemed to ignore the patrolman who was knocking on the door, and just focused his eyes on Zhen.
"If you think it out, it's best to hurry up, otherwise there will be no chance..." He said, clenching his fists.
"Is anyone? Open the door!" The patrolman standing in front of the door continued to smash the door.
Zhen, who was squatting on the ground, reached out to hold his chest, his body suddenly twitched, and a trace of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"It seems that no one is ready to break the door!" the soldiers outside the door shouted.
"Fight with them!"
Just as the corpse demon was ready for the battle, the boy finally stood up slowly and looked up at the front door of the apartment without saying a word.
"BINGO!" Lin Chi waved his fist excitedly.
Although the boy had not spoken yet, he had already noticed that the boy who appeared in the apartment now seemed to have changed his personality. Although his appearance had not changed much, his temperament had undergone a drastic change.
The weakness and cowardice of the past disappeared, replaced by calmness and tenacity. The boy's green eyes narrowed, his brows frowned and stared at the door, looked back at Lin Chi, and asked in a deep voice:
"What are they doing?"
"Those people are searching for us, just find a way to deceive them." Lin Chi spoke very quickly.
"I see."
The boy's accent was still a crisp childish voice that had not changed yet, but the tone was calm that was inconsistent with his appearance. He took a big step to the door, raised his hand to open the security door, and asked several soldiers who were preparing to break the door at the door, "What are you doing?"
"Where did the kids come from? We want to go into the house to search!" The soldier said impatiently and was about to push Zhen away.
To be continued...