Chapter 7: Push the Limits

Ladies and gentlemen, I want to be a marine animal.

If I could breathe freely in the water, I would be able to swim in the water to my heart's content. I could swim around my big sisters in swimsuits and even get under their legs. I would use my slimy, cold scales to cling to my big sister's white skin, and slowly move up their slender legs......

No, I became a girl, and it seems that I can fulfill this dream without being a marine animal.

All in all, I really want to have gills because I'm so completely encased in the sea that I can't breathe now.

Kiyomi held my hand tightly. It felt like her hand was jumping and jumping, so it couldn't be a cramp. It's scary to be in such a situation in the water. I carefully adjusted Kiyomi's body to the right angle, and then squinted and looked around. All around is turbid water, and there are rising white bubbles. Kiyomi and I sometimes surfaced, and sometimes we were hit to the bottom by the waves. The sea is rough at high tide and it is difficult for us to get in touch with the fresh air.

Help me, no matter who it is! Come and save me!

It would be nice to have a mobile phone. But now Kiyomi and I are both elementary school students, and the current technology has not yet developed to the extent that elementary school students can also play such high-end electronic facilities. In this case, you need to ask for help from an adult. The experiences I have accumulated through countless reincarnations are a constant reminder of myself. I'm just a little kid now, I'm a weak and helpless creature. So, why are the stupid parents gone at this time?

I really want to see something. A dark shadow floated slowly. When it got closer, I realized it was a humanoid. The man was wearing a striking red swimsuit and a swimming cap on his head, and he looked fully armed. It also appears to be carrying a red survival backpack on his shoulder. It immediately dawned on me that this was Mr. Lifeguard at Sea on duty on the beach. Although the water near the beach is shallow and not very dangerous, there are lifeguards on duty according to the law. I didn't know if Mr. Lifeguard would be able to see me, so I had to wave my hand and try to carry Kiyomi upstream. The already completely weakened body has been re-infused with strength, and sure enough, people can burst out with new potential at the moment of life and death! If I survive this catastrophe, why don't I go to swimming practice, join the diving department, and work hard in the direction of the national competition?

My words to myself seemed to be heard by Kiyomi, and she wanted to say something again and again. But it doesn't matter, now I have to let Mr. Lifeguard find us. Kiyomi and I are both delicate little girls, and we are the first people to be rescued by Mr. Lifeguard. I opened my mouth and shouted, the water that had buried my chest made me almost unable to make a sound.

"Brother Lifeguard!"

Men are fools who have no resistance to the title "brother". I know this best. I'm going to use my experience of countless previous reincarnations to benefit me for the rest of my life. When I think about it, I feel like a bad woman. Do you want to learn from Kiyomi's appearance, "Hmm, hahaha!" Haha! How about smiling and trying?

But Uncle Lifeguard didn't swim in the way I thought he would. He just floated slowly, and seemed to be very stiff. I have some impressions of this gesture.

"Kiyomi, the strap of your swimsuit has fallen off."

"Huh! Dislike! ”

Kiyomi was taken aback, and quickly lowered her head to look at her shoulder. I certainly won't miss this great gap. My right hand, which had been dormant for a long time, suddenly burst out of the sea and struck straight at my favorite sister's lovely face. My sister was drenched in the sea water on my right hand, and her eyes were eroded by the water. She covered her eyes and screamed. Oh no, my sister is so lovable even when she screams.

I left Kiyomi alone and swam over thinking about the lifeguard uncle. As I expected, the lifeguard was dead. His body was stiff and purple. However, the part that was submerged in the sea water was a little white. He was able to float up because of the survival pack behind his back. But Ji Daimei must not be allowed to see this scene, otherwise there will be a shadow on her young heart.

But now even adults can't be trusted. If the lifeguard uncle is unfortunately killed, then the others are also unlucky.

Suddenly, I noticed that his neck was starting to darken, and dark spots of pentagram were popping up one after another. Had he also been attacked by demons? What surprised me even more was that the lifeguard's head began to twitch. It's like a toy soldier who has been wound up and started moving.

"Damn, are you parasitized!"

I couldn't help but frown. The so-called parasitism is a worse situation than "pollution". Demons tend to impress creatures native to Earth in different ways. Sometimes creatures that come into contact with demons will be poisoned and then die a tragic death. It's like the unfortunate crab I met on the beach before. In this way, the dead creatures will be covered in black spots of pentagrams, and eventually become dust and scattered. But sometimes demons choose to "parasitize" a creature. Parasitic creatures can become extremely aggressive, and parasitic people can change their temperament. I don't know what kind of benchmark demons use to "parasitize" or "pollute", "parasitism" is obviously more troublesome than pollution. Demons can lurk in parasitic creatures, making it difficult to find disguised demons.

Mr. Lifeguard groaned and held out his hand towards me. No, it doesn't just seem to be a hand. He also took off the survival bag behind his back.

"Ah...... Ahhhh......h Ah......h

Mr. Lifeguard's mouth opened and closed, making a shriveled sound, as if a tire had been punctured by a fine needle. In normal times, such a strange uncle would look ridiculous, but now I can't laugh. I looked at him hesitantly.

"Do you want me to hold this?"

"Ah...... Ahhhh......h

I put down my survival backpack. This seems to be a standard professional product, and the whole body is fully airtight. Inside the backpack there is a float that can be inflated, which forms an airbag when inflated. The front bag has a 2L drinking bag and straw inside. The pouches on both sides of the backpack are equipped with paste-like food, an external laser flashlight, and a distress whistle. I would have liked to have a GPS tracker or a cell phone, but I only found a compass.

I took a closer look at the compass. The needle inside the compass rotated like an electric fan. It doesn't work at all. I repacked the contents of my backpack. In this way, I proved to Mr. Lifeguard that I was comfortable using this lifejacket.

Mr. Lifeguard's face slackened suddenly, and the corners of his mouth twitched as if to make a smile. However, the pentagram that had been hovering around his neck before had spread like an explosion to the vicinity of his eyelids. The lifeguard's entire face quickly turned black, and then his whole body slowly sank.

Mr. Lifeguard, what a nice guy. As I thought so, I added another hatred for the demon. Kiyomi finally recovered, and then slapped me hard. My sister's strength is good.,It looks like there's no problem with physical strength.。

After opening the backpack, Kiyomi and I were able to find a float that could keep us on the water. But even a survival kit doesn't give us access to fresh air all the time. Sometimes the waves as high as two or three stories will suddenly weigh on. The wisest way to do this is to get into the water immediately and not come into direct contact with the waves. Kiyomi and I struggled to grab the strap of the life jacket. The two of us are just kids, so the survival backpack designed for adults can also support the weight of the two of us.

Kiyomi was obediently silent and didn't ask me where this survival backpack came from. We were swept around by the waves, and we could occasionally see other people. It is not known whether these people are dead or alive. However, it always seems that we are not thinking about floating on the shore, but involuntarily come to the deep sea.

As it sinks from time to time, the water pressure around me is constantly changing, and I feel like an irrepressible strange sound echoes in my ears. I soon discovered that it didn't seem to be just due to water pressure. The black shadow I had seen before was not far away, and the sea around the black shadow was terrifyingly calm. We seem to have been taken to the demon who created this shipwreck.

I don't know if Kiyomi discovered this pitch-black waters. I pulled on my survival backpack and started swimming as best I could in the water, but the big waves around me were hindering my movements. Even though I was surrounded by endless waters, I still felt parched. If I get caught by that demon, I'll probably die like Mr. Lifeguard. What's even more terrifying is that it becomes a parasitic zombie, so I might as well just die and re-LOOP. No, I should have killed myself before I was caught by the devil, so that I could at least save the last of my dignity.

However, at least let Kiyomi survive. The child is innocent. Maybe I'm thinking about her again, and I seem to be putting on a sister's shelf again. But even if I hate me for the rest of my life, I still don't want Kiyomei's life to end here. This is my last willfulness.

I pulled Kiyomi and swam desperately towards the shore. As if noticing my unusual expression, Kiyomi also began to play with the sea water with her hands and feet. However, the water in the deep sea was unexpectedly cold, and Kiyomi did not conserve her strength, so she soon ran out of energy. Her little face was pale, and she was gasping for breath. Breathing is particularly difficult to breathe during the water exercise, and Kiyomi lacks such experience, so she is in a difficult situation. I let Kiyomi's hands wrap around my waist, and I swam forward with Kiyomi alone.

I felt my heart pounding, and my body was burning like a fever. I knew I was rapidly hypothermia, and if this didn't go away, I might die. The amount of energy stored in the human body is limited, and the efficiency of transformation has its own bottlenecks. If the energy I produce in my metabolism can't support my movements, and the heat energy taken away by the sea, I'll lose consciousness due to hypothermia. In this way, Kiyomi cannot be saved. But I didn't dare to exercise too much, because it would cause excessive breathing, which would cause symptoms such as secondary respiratory alkalosis.

The surrounding sea seemed to be a high wall that imprisoned Kiyomi and me. No matter how much I swam it, I couldn't escape the clutches of the demons. Maybe my sense of direction is out of tune, and I can't swim in a straight line. Come to think of it, the compass in the backpack that the lifeguard gave me before was also dripping and spinning. I wanted Kiyomi to show me the way, but I found that I couldn't open my mouth to say a complete sentence. I felt as if my limbs were about to melt into the water, but I couldn't stop.

It suddenly felt like a familiar scene. If memory serves, isn't this the moment when I met Naka Tanigawa? Tanigawa told me that she was researching ancient texts during her summer vacation and discovered that this area of the sea might be the site of the demon's resurrection. So I saved up my own money and went to the sea. Here, Naka Tanigawa happened to rescue me who was being chased by demons......

Although I forgot if Kiyomi was with me here, it obviously didn't matter. If this world is really the world I reincarnated in before, then Naka Tanigawa will definitely come!

I was re-energized and I could even feel my muscles cheering. It felt like I had suddenly crossed a certain limit, and my speed increased tenfold all at once. I've had this experience before when I've been working hard.

I usually call it "fork gas". Students often feel a lot of pain in their ribs before running long distances. This is the "fork gas". Although there are many causes of bifurcation, the types are also very different. But the most common is of course the fork caused by sudden strenuous exercise. Due to the inertness of the heart organs, which cannot quickly adapt to the rapid muscle work, the function of certain organs in the abdomen will be disordered, causing local pain. In this way, it can be relieved naturally by exercising for a long time. In the same way, human beings can also become inert when they go about their daily lives for too long. Humans who are inert feel extremely tired when a critical moment occurs, but in reality they are far from reaching their limits. If you can break through this phenomenon of "bifurcation", then you can exert several times the original strength of your body.

There is no doubt that I live in peace in this world. I have not experienced the threat of death, I have not faced fear, and my body has naturally fallen into deep inertia. But now I have naturally surpassed the fork qi, which is incredible, I obviously have not been trained in the system before. I thought about it for a long time, and finally found a suitable reason. Maybe it's because my experience of countless reincarnations has accelerated this process. Normally, I have to do many extreme sports, and I can only transcend the fork after repeatedly sinking between the boundaries between life and death.

I easily pulled Kiyomi and flew forward. The sea that had bothered me before was like a joke. Kiyomi's mouth was wide open, and she was so surprised that she couldn't say a complete sentence.

"Sister! Sister...... Swim...... Ocean wave! Fast! ”

I smiled wryly at Kiyomi's rarity and weirdness. What a cute little guy, are you surprised to see this speed? In the previous cycle, I had a lot of workouts, but I was able to race against Formula 4 cars.

Don't underestimate the possibilities of humanity.

However, the reality is still cruel. I just felt a numbness in my back, and my limbs lost their strength at random. I looked back and saw a pitch-black "something" hovering in the water. Kiyomi let out an uncontrollable scream, and I was also feeling cold sweat. I don't know when the black sea is close in front of me. I could clearly see that the noodles inside were intertwined like pasta. It was a pitch-black noodle that hit me in the back. To this day, I still feel numb.

"Damn!"

The noodles wriggled disgustingly in the sea, and the strange posture made me feel a wave of physical nausea. Seriously, it looks like a good friend of the magical girl in those weird cartoons. I didn't expect to challenge this thing when I first became a girl. Is Kiyomi and I going to be devoured by such a monster? In this reincarnation, even if I change everything, even if I become a girl, I still can't protect anything!

"Somebody help me!"

Suddenly, a white column of water flew from under me. The noodle monster let out a dull scream, and the waters below became even murkier. With the roar of machinery, something that looked like a submarine surfaced. It has a yellow livery and looks like a chubby, ellipsoidal object. Looking at this, a word popped up in my heart.

"Diving ...... Submarine? ”

"No, it's a cantaloupe."

A girl's voice came from inside the cantaloupe. It sounded like I was about my age.

The cantaloupe sank and floated in the water, and I knocked on the shell of the cantaloupe. The shell was dented and had a hard-sounding metallic sound.

It scared me to death, I almost thought it was a real cantaloupe.

I think there is a sound of wind behind my ears, and it must be another sneak attack by the noodle monster. Just now, I was bent on escaping with Kiyomi, and I didn't pay attention. But this time I found a black object that hit me. But before I could dodge, the yellow melon-like submarine fired. After the dark tube was filled, the white column of water shot out again. Kiyomi and I were almost swept away by the whirlpool of water columns. The noodle monster let out a scream again, feeling that it was subtly pitiful.

This is indeed a torpedo. It must be a torpedo, the kind of combat knife used against underwater targets. Why would something that looks stupid and cute in a livery suddenly shoot out such a brutal white jet of water?

"It's not a torpedo, it's a cantaloupe seed."

The top of the yellow cantaloupe suddenly opened, revealing a pitch-black hole.

"If you want to be saved, crawl in."

"Okay, okay!"

Great, I quickly dragged Kiyomi up to the hole and climbed in on my own. The space inside the cantaloupe was unexpectedly not small, and it was divided into a cargo compartment and a driver's compartment. Kiyomi and I hid in the cargo hold. Great, such a delicate schoolboy was finally saved. At the same time as the lid of the cantaloupe closed, it fired at the noodle monster one after another. The noodle monster was dizzy by this high-tech and reluctantly left the yellow cantaloupe.

"Ah...... Finally saved......"

Hearing my words, Kiyomi hurriedly ran to the nearby periscope to look at the surrounding scene. She looked at it for a few moments before she was sure the monster was gone. Kiyomi then looked at me with blank eyes.

"Why...... Sister can know that the monster is gone through the armor? ”

"What stupid are you talking about, Kiyomi." I smiled and shrugged my shoulders, "Anyone can notice that such a powerful and disgusting 'qi' has suddenly weakened." ”

"Sister, I think you've got a bad brain."

My sister looked at me with a very subtle look. But now it doesn't matter what my sister thinks of me. I hurriedly ran to the cockpit at the bow of the boat. Sure enough, sitting on the helm's seat was a girl with a golden double ponytail. She looked like she was just like me, but she was subtly taller than me. Oh, this is in line with what I imagined in my mind as "the image of Naka Tanigawa when she was a child".

Big eyes that look very energetic...... No, it seems that there are no eyes that seem to be awake. I have the impression that Naka Tanigawa is a young girl full of vitality who always shows a happy smile. However, the Tanigawa Naka of this world seems to be a little cold. At the same time, the silent silly hair on her head was fluttering. This is also something that has not been done before.

I'm a little unsure.

"You...... Is it Mingjia?! It's Tanigawa Nakama! ”

"Yes."

Tanigawa still put his hand on the lever and didn't even bother to turn back. It doesn't seem like a good impression on me, but it may be that you need to concentrate on operating the submarine...... No, cantaloupe. Although I know that it is not good to talk at this time, I still have to say my inner monologue.

Although it was only one reincarnation, I felt that I hadn't seen her for a century. Just like the spring and begonias after the baptism of winter, they bloom proudly under the baptism of the spring breeze. Just hearing Tanigawa's voice again, even though it was an indifferent version, I was still very excited. In the past countless reincarnations, I have said many ugly things to Tanigawa, but she has accepted me with her big heart. And Tanigawa also provided me with selfless help. I still have remorse in my heart, and I still couldn't save Tanigawa in the last reincarnation. All of a sudden, gratitude, remorse, excitement, joy, different feelings washed over my heart, and I couldn't help myself.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time! I've been looking forward to meeting you......" I couldn't help but shed tears, and then hugged me, "You saved me again, I don't know how to thank you!" ”

Naka Tanigawa pressed a button near the lever. With the sound of machinery running, a metal baffle emerged from Tanigawa's driver's seat. The baffle separates me from Tanigawa, like the Milky Way separating the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

"Don't get too close to me."

Tanigawa glanced at me coldly. Is she in a bad mood? This is no longer an indifferent Version, it is still a ruthless Version.

"Also, did you say you wanted to repay me?"

"That's right!"

"If you reciprocate, just give money."

"Hah!"

Not long after the image of my gentle and understanding sister was destroyed, Mika Tanigawa's image also collapsed.