Doomsday Wonderland - Chapter 359

Chapter 359: Destroying His Image Each Time

Boom . When Lin Sanjiu heard the loud explosive sound behind her, she forced open her skeletal wings despite the blast wave behind her . The strong blast wave swept through the shop . Countless grill racks flew into the air before falling noisily to the ground . Lin Sanjiu's wings whipped into action trying its best to block the broken shards of glass from the door behind her in a frenzy .

It was just like a tornado . Even with the protection of her wings, Lin Sanjiu was still covered with numerous abrasions after the explosion died down . She withdrew her wings and slowly stood up from the floor . The female store owner peeked at them from her hiding spot behind the cashier counter . Lin Sanjiu fixed her gaze on the store owner . For a moment, she couldn't bring herself to turn behind .

"You are the person who has been asking about me?"

An effeminate voice Lin Sanjiu had not heard in a long time rang out not far behind her .

Lin Sanjiu did not reply and did not move . In fact, her heart was pounding so hard and her throat was so tight that she probably couldn't even make a sound . All that mental preparation she had done beforehand suddenly seemed totally useless .

She did not hear the sound of any footsteps . She only heard a familiar soft and strange sound . Creak . Creak . She heard Puppeteer walking toward her from the door .

"I don't think I know you…" This time, the voice came from just behind her and Puppeteer almost sounded friendly, "Turn around . "

Even though each word he articulated sounded very amiable, for some unknown reason, there was a sort of sinister undertone in his voice which made it hard not to obey .

Without this turn of events, Lin Sanjiu knew she wouldn't end up in such a passive position . She cursed inwardly and finally turned to face Puppeteer .

The person who had been haunting her like a shadow and chasing her like a hunter for such a long time was now right before her . As the rays of sunlight shone through the damaged door, Puppeteer stood in the light looking very relaxed to the point he even looked carefree .

Just as before, he was wearing a pair of black leather pants and thigh-high boots . The large accessory he wore on his back was missing and his pale, slender upper body was naked . The only other accessory Lin Sanjiu noticed was the thick and black leather belt which had been wrapped a few times around his neck . The natural light in the store moved slightly . With the light behind Puppeteer's back, Lin Sanjiu couldn't really make out Puppeteer's expression for a second . She only noticed the red gold dust around the corner of his eyes and on his lips . They glittered slightly in the shadow .

Lin Sanjiu shifted her gaze behind him and she instantly understood what had happened . A man in a red hat was standing behind Puppeteer now . That was the man who had claimed to be a ticket seller . When the person looked at her, his listless expression was nowhere to be seen . He grinned with his wide lips as if to show his extreme satisfaction .

"You…" Puppeteer suddenly narrowed his eyes . It was obvious that he found Lin Sanjiu's appearance very familiar . However, Lin Sanjiu had changed quite a lot and he wasn't immediately sure .

Lin Sanjiu exhaled . She pulled her gaze away from the man in the red hat . There was another man and another woman beside him . She had never seen them before but knew without a doubt that they were also puppets . Lin Sanjiu took half a step back and stared at Puppeteer . She smiled nervously, "Don't you remember me? I am Lin Sanjiu . "

Puppeteer was slightly stunned after she said that . Though Lin Sanjiu didn't know if he reacted that way out of shock or something else . After a few seconds, he chuckled, "It's you . You're right . I couldn't recognize you . "

"Yes, it's me," Lin Sanjiu started quietly calculating the time she had spent interacting with Puppeteer . "I have a question . Where is my friend?" she questioned him, clenching her teeth .

Puppeteer lowered his chin to examine Lin Sanjiu . His face looked even sharper and skinnier . His wet black fringe slipped down . "I do hope you look a little more pleasing to the eye after you become a puppet," he said softly .

Before his voice even faded, Lin Sanjiu felt the alarm bells in her head ringing . She somersaulted backward, brought her wings to her front and shielded herself . Before she could even land properly, faint smoke suddenly rose from a few spots on her white skeletal wings without warning . She felt a piercing pain . She looked at her wings and discovered that a few small eyes had grown from the spots which were affected .

Puppeteer was wearing a pair of elbow-length leather gloves . From the moment he spoke to Lin Sanjiu, his arms had been firmly crossed . He had not even moved .

Lin Sanjiu did not dare to stand out in the open . She leaped away from him and crouched beside the cashier counter . Seeing that Lin Sanjiu had hidden from her sight, the female puppet standing at the door stopped her attack expressionlessly .

Snatching this short interlude, Lin Sanjiu waved her hand and withdrew her [Tape recorder] . As the recorder played Xueqin's voice, the female store owner spoke at the same time, "The lights you broke…" Lin Sanjiu missed listening to what Xueqin's said in the recording .

"Shut up!" Frustrated, Lin Sanjiu yelled at the woman . It was already too late when she turned her attention back to the recording . Xueqin spoke very fast and her description was very short . In the end, Lin Sanjiu only heard " . . . ability . "

"What ability is that?!" Just as Lin Sanjiu shouted loudly in her mind, the Pygmalion Choker under her bandage started growing warm . Regardless of what Xueqin had said, the ability had been activated . However, Lin Sanjiu had no idea what she could do . She didn't have the time to rewind the tape because the man in the red hat had jumped up and was now in mid-air . His shadow loomed over the cashier counter .

"Damn it!" Lin Sanjiu cussed angrily in her heart . She retracted her wings, bent forward and frog-leaped a table . She barely dodged Red Hat's attack . The three puppets that Puppeteer had with him appeared to have been posthumans once . According to the information Lin Sanjiu had gathered, each of the puppets probably retained their combat abilities and fighting instincts . Without knowing their abilities, Lin Sanjiu did not dare to attack them rashly .

The other reason why Lin Sanjiu restrained herself was because of Puppeteer . From the beginning, he had not even moved an inch . He simply stood in the middle of the store watching the three-against-one battle .

Lin Sanjiu was in her hypersensory state from the start . Before she landed, she eyed the door . She made a quick decision and immediately crouched down . A few eyes appeared on the wall behind her at almost the same time . The position of the eyes on the wall matched the position of Lin Sanjiu's heart just a split second ago . Just then, a few beams of lights suddenly shot out from the small eyes . The eyes had created holes within the walls that penetrated right through . That female puppet probably had a similar sniper ability like Chen Xiaoyuan . However, that puppet was even harder to deal with as she did not need to fire any sort of projectile . Just as the previous attack, if Lin Sanjiu did not spot that woman's action by chance, Lin Sanjiu would not even sense anything amiss .

Taking advantage of the situation, the puppet in the red hat lunged at her . Alarmed, Lin Sanjiu kicked the table in front of her and rushed toward the puppet . While the table blocked the puppet's view, Lin Sanjiu sprinted toward the door at full speed . She had already activated her [mosaic censorship] and both her hands were about to touch the male puppet who was blocking the door .

"You're running away?" Puppeteer said gently . He sounded amused .

"Swamp!" The burly male puppet suddenly shouted . Before Lin Sanjiu could react, she couldn't move her arms and legs . The air around her started to become viscous as if she was really in a swampland . She needed every ounce of strength just to move . Her hands were close to the male puppet but she just couldn't touch him .

The male puppet showed her a cruel smile . "Sink!" he yelled out .

Lin Sanjiu knew what was going to happen even without thinking . Lin Sanjiu's face turned red . Her body was sunk into the ground uncontrollably . She was losing the oxygen in her lungs at an incredible speed . However, just as she was struggling to search for a solution in her head, the male puppet suddenly let out a yelp . Following which, through her hypersensory state, she felt numerous eyes appearing in the viscous air current above her . The swamp suddenly loosened its grip on her .

Everything unfolded with the blink of an eye . Lin Sanjiu's body moved faster than her mind . She took the chance and escaped the [Swamp] ability . When she rushed out onto the "Pumpkin route", she finally realized how lucky she was . The male puppet and female puppet had attacked her consecutively . After the male puppet activated his [Swamp] ability, the female puppet's sniping ability shot through the modified atmospheric air he had created . This was the lucky break that Lin Sanjiu need to escape .

Based on her observations, Puppeteer could only give a general command to his puppets . He did not have full control over their actions . If that was the case, things were simpler!

Compared to that small and packed barbeque shop, fighting on the open streets of Pumpkin Route was easier and freer . When Lin Sanjiu heard the sound of wind behind her, she took out her [Tornado whip] without even feeling a bit anxious . Without turning her head, she released a max intensity tornado behind her . The puppet with the red hat quick retreated backward but he was still caught in the strong wind . With light shining from his hand, he tried his best to resist tornado .

[A poor man's high-speed blender]

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"If I get close to that sort of ability, that's going to kill!" Lin Sanjiu narrowed her eyes as she stared at the man in the red hat . She had already figured out his ability more or less . When she saw the two other puppets coming out from the shop, she immediately turned and ran .

Regardless of the hiccups, things were still moving according to Aker's plan . Even if it was a gamble, Lin Sanjiu was determined to make Puppeteer stay here as long as she could!

"You spare no pains escaping just like before . " Lin Sanjiu heard Puppeteer's faint voice from behind her . "If I didn't see you running away like that, I couldn't even be certain of your identity," he mocked . No matter how fast Lin Sanjiu ran, Puppeteer's voice followed behind her casually, constantly keeping the same distance between them .

Biting her lip, Lin Sanjiu suppressed the abrupt burst of anger she felt . She turned around suddenly . She made an unusual maneuver when she twisted her body . Using the momentum she got as she opened her wings, she slid backward and created a wider distance between herself and Puppeteer .

Puppeteer stopped . He pulled his wet fringe back with his finger . The red gold dust around his eyes slowly spread out forming an arc with his changing expression .

Lin Sanjiu took a quick look around . After confirming that what she prepared with still in the right spot, Lin Sanjiu stared back at the four people in front of her and smiled back at them .

"If I can escape, I consider that my luck . " Under the sun, a glint flashed across Lin Sanjiu's light amber eyes . Next, she made a gesture and shouted, "Now!"

Puppeteer's face immediately turned serious . Before he could tell who Lin Sanjiu was shouting to, he noticed a person standing up . There was a small stall with the signboard "Speed portrait, oil painting, 30/60 stamina points" . At that moment, a man whom Puppeteer had assumed was a staff of the amusement park stood up . The man spun his canvas around . Puppeteer suddenly felt a strong force pulling him toward the canvas . He lost his footing and flew toward the canvas in a blink of an eye .

His three puppets reacted quickly . They immediately held on to each other and formed a chain as one of them held on to Puppeteer's leg . They only stopped moving forward when the male puppet held on to a pumpkin decorated lamppost . Even though he had already activated his [Swamp] in front of him, he was unable to pull Puppeteer back . Puppeteer and his three puppets found themselves stuck in mid-air .

"Thank you, Xueqin!" Lin Sanjiu couldn't help blurt out as she laughed . Then, she even bent over to take a deep breath .

After considering the whole series of events and how she managed to trap Puppeteer so easily, she finally knew what ability Xueqin had given her . The words she missed out must have been, "You have the Lucky Star ability . "

"Hey," Lin Sanjiu wiped her face before walking toward Puppeteer and stopped and stopped a few cautious steps in front of him . Puppeteer's wet shoulder length hair was now floating straight in the air, pointing in the direction of the canvas . Even though Puppeteer's face was now horizontal, Lin Sanjiu could still tell them he was fuming because his face had turned extremely red .

"Isn't it strange? Every time you meet me, you end up looking kinda pathetic… I guess this is you failing at a simple task," Lin Sanjiu beamed . She looked at Puppeteer calmly and then at the artist . She made the artist take a few steps backward so that Puppeteer could not reach him . As the artist did that, the suction force grew stronger . "Now, tell me where are Reno and Rena now? If you answer me, I will think over whether I should let you be sucked into that painting . "