556 Manipulator Personality
The sun is shining on the streets where last night's big battle took place, and the city of Kholomansk is in the morning.
The crematories and cleaners were efficient, and the corpses on the streets were now gone, and the smell of gunsmoke and blood was replaced by the pungent smell of disinfectant and perfume.
In addition to burning and cleaning up the bodies, workers did not forget to wash the streets with water, and those that were badly damaged were cordoned off in preparation for restoration.
Since they were working at night, there were some lapses in their handling, and in some places they could see mottled bloodstains, and even some broken hands and the like appeared on the side of the road.
However, the citizens of the capital of hell are also very cooperative, still pretending not to see anything, and walking on the streets with a smile on their faces to welcome a new day:
"Last night's TV series was so good!"
"Did you read it? It's so much fun! β
Passers-by walking on the street, wearing military coats that did not match the season, chatted with their companions with great interest, with stiff smiles on their faces, and coughed a few times from time to time.
The city, ruled by the Burning Machine, looks no different from yesterday. However, in the aftermath of the uprising, it is natural that the incineration mechanism would not let the rebels go so easily.
"Open the door and get checked!" The patrolmen roared loudly and knocked on the doors of the houses on the side of the road.
Heavily armed patrols cordoned off several areas where the fighting had been heaviest 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 scope of the lockdown.
"Lean ......"
Pulling back the curtains and looking at the patrols who were conducting a house-to-house search, Lin Chi asked the corpse demon angrily, "If there is no one in the house, will they go directly to search the next one?" β
As soon as his question was spoken, the patrolmen had used a door breaker to blow open the closed main entrance of a house on the west side of the street, forced their way inside, and began to search.
"Well, when I didn't ask." He sighed.
"Oh no......"
Realizing that the patrol had begun to search, the corpse demon, who was still reminiscing about the good times, immediately became nervous, and his voice began to tremble:
"A complete alienation will last at least twenty-four hours, and the incineration mechanism will search for the insurrectionists according to this, and if they find an alienated citizen in the house, they will immediately execute everyone inside, if they find me...... We are all certain to die! β
"Besides, there's a patrol in the basement that I kidnapped." Lin Chi clenched his fists and looked up at the narrow staircase leading to the second floor.
- The Incineration Agency is conducting a massive search of the neighborhood, and at this rate, it will take less than ten minutes to find this apartment, and if they find the corpse demon or the kidnapped patrolman, they will have to leave the scene with hatred!
The priority now is to find a way to get by. If Jane's superpowers are still there, it can obviously be easily solved. But......
He can't still use that personality, right?
Thinking of this, Lin Chi strode to the bedroom door, raised his hand and knocked on the closed wooden door, and asked, "Can you come out for a while?" β
"Is the zombie gone......" Jane's timid voice rang out in the room.
Hearing the other party's voice, Lin Chi immediately realized that Zhen was still using the same useless personality. After confirming this fact, his heart suddenly cooled in half.
However, there is no other way now.
"He's been killed by me." Lin Chi lied casually, and added: "Open the door quickly!" β
Hearing the news, Zhen finally opened the bedroom door a small crack, and before she could speak, she was roughly grabbed by Lin Chi's wrist and dragged down the stairs.
ββ¦β¦ What's wrong? β
The young man's voice was full of surprise, and when he went downstairs to see the corpse demon in the living room, his tone directly changed to horror, and he stammered and asked, "You, aren't you already dead?" β
"I'm dead now." The corpse nodded awkwardly.
"There's no time to talk about that right now." Lin Chi interrupted the awkward conversation between the two, pressed his hands on the young man's shoulders, and explained straightforwardly: "Do you remember those soldiers who shot and killed people in the street last night? β
"Remember......" Jane whispered.
"Now they're hunting us down, and we're coming here soon, and if they find out, we'll be dead." Lin Chi said.
Hearing this, the boy's already bad complexion became worse, and his voice sounded like he was about to cry: "Then what should I do?" β
"It's all up to you now." Lin Chi said seriously.
As soon as these words came out, not only Jane, but even the corpse demon was stunned, and a stunned voice came out of his dry mouth: "Huh? β
Lin Chi didn't have time to explain anything to the corpse demon at all, just continued to look at the young man, stared at the other party's beautiful green eyes, and said word by word:
"Recall that you actually have the special ability to move objects and even manipulate space with your mind."
"Are you crazy...... the boy looked at him in horror.
"If you don't believe me, you can give it a try." Lin Chi said and pointed to the radio on the cabinet in the living room: "Try to move that thing to your hand, you should be able to do it easily, right?" β
Although Jane's personality doesn't know that he has superpowers, he just doesn't know that the abilities that come with his body should not have disappeared.
As long as the teenager can be reminded of how to use superpowers, they will undoubtedly escape. After all, with the terrifying ability to manipulate space, which can be called cheating, it is easy to fool a few patrolmen!
"Oh."
The boy nodded suspiciously, and turned to focus his gaze on the gray-shelled radio. He stood there in silence for a few seconds, as if holding his breath.
And then - nothing happened.
"I don't think I have any superpowers, huh?" Zhen raised her head and stared at Lin Chi in confusion: "I wanted to transfer the radio as you said, but it didn't work......"
- It seems that Jane's superpowers are not simply "wishes come true", but what other conditions are needed to trigger them?
Seeing this personality, Jane can't use her original superpowers. Lin Chi walked quickly to the window, opened the corner of the curtain and peeked out, only to see that the patrolmen had already searched next door and were about to arrive at this room!
"It's over." He whispered.
In the case that Jane's faction is useless, it seems that it can only be combated.
The corpse demon can't appear in the sun, and Jane is completely ineffective, and now the only person she can fight in the apartment is herself. Lin Chi knew very well that it was a fantasy to deal with dozens of patrols on the street on his own.
But now...... There seems to be no other way.
Lin Chi took out his weapon from his backpack, strode to the door of the apartment, and when he passed by the kitchen door, he saw a pile of seasonings on the cabinet, but suddenly stopped.
"Perhaps, there is another way......"
Based on what he had observed before, Jane would cough every time she switched personalities.
During the massacre of patrols in the street yesterday, the teenager switched to the butcher's personality after coughing, and then switched back by coughing.
Except when she switched personalities, Jane never coughed.
Lin Chi didn't care much about this detail, but in the case of the urgency of the situation, he couldn't let go of any opportunity:
- It's unlikely, but it's possible that she switched personalities by coughing. As she prepares to kill the patrolman, Jane coughs first, and then immediately switches to the butcher's personality.
If that's the case, as long as you can force him to cough, you can make him switch to another personality. But......
"Is this really possible?"
Even Lin Chi himself, who came up with this solution, was deeply skeptical of this absurd idea. Adhering to the principle of "rushing to the doctor when sick", he still rushed into the kitchen quickly and returned to the living room with a wooden box full of various seasonings.
"What are you going to do, make us one last breakfast?" The corpses are already starting to despair.
Lin Chi didn't have time to pay attention to the corpse's nonsense, put the box on the coffee table, grabbed a handful of salt from it, rushed to Jane, and roughly stuffed the salt in his hand into his mouth.
"Uh......"
Zhen, who didn't expect Lin Chi to come to this time, was suddenly choked and coughed, and squatted down, as if he was in pain.
"You can't kill yourself with salt!" The corpse reminded.
"Less nonsense." Lin Chi interrupted the other party's nonsense, staring intently at the young man squatting on the ground, expecting a miracle to happen.
Then, there was a sharp knock in front of the apartment:
Knock knock!
"Incineration agency routine inspection!" A rough male voice rang out from the door of the apartment: "Open the door!" β
Hearing this, the corpse demon looked nervously at the metal door of the apartment, but Lin Chi seemed to ignore the patrol who was knocking on the door, and just focused his eyes on Zhen's body.
"If you want to come up with it, you'd better hurry, or you won't have a chance......" he said, clenching his fists.
"Anyone? Open the door! The patrolman standing in front of the door continued to slam on the door.
Jane, who was squatting on the ground, reached out and pressed her chest, her body suddenly twitched, and a trace of saliva flowed from the corner of her mouth.
"It seems that no one is ready to break the door!" The soldiers outside the door shouted.
"Fight with them!"
Just when the corpse demon was ready for battle, the young man finally stood up slowly, and looked up at the main entrance of the apartment without saying a word.
βBINGOοΌβ Lin Chi waved his fist excitedly.
Although the boy had not yet spoken, he had already noticed that the young man who appeared in the apartment now seemed to be a different person, although his appearance had not changed, his temperament had changed drastically.
The previous weakness and cowardice disappeared, replaced by calmness and tenacity, the young man's green eyes narrowed, he stared at the door with a slight frown, glanced back at Lin Chi, and asked in a deep voice:
"What are they doing?"
"Those people are hunting us down, just find a way to fool them." Lin Chi spoke very quickly.
"I see."
The boy's accent was still a crisp child's voice that had not changed yet, but there was a calmness in the tone that did not match his appearance and age, he strode to the door, raised his hand to open the security door, and asked several soldiers at the door who were preparing the door breaker: "What are you doing?" β
"Where did the little ones come from? We're going to go into the house and search! The soldier said impatiently, reaching out to push Jane away.
Then, several people in front of the door were suddenly stunned.
"What?" The corpse demon asked Lin Chi a question.
Lin Chi shook his head, saying that he didn't know what was going on, and continued to observe the situation at the door.
From this angle, the soldiers could clearly see the people in the living room, and it stands to reason that they should have shot when they saw the corpse demons. But the patrol soldiers did not do that, but all stared at the young man standing in front of the door, and their eyes began to drift, as if they had lost their souls.
"There's nothing here, let's get out." The young man said in a loud voice.
"Nothing."
"Check the next house!"
Like brainwashed dolls, the soldiers kept repeating a few words in their mouths, turned and left the front door of the apartment, and walked towards another building next door.
Seeing this scene, the young man closed the door of the apartment and looked back at Lin Chi, who was left in the living room, and the corpse demon next to him who was stunned and had a putrid breath wafting out of his mouth.
"Alright." He nodded calmly.
"You're also a personality of Jane?" Lin Chi asked curiously.
There is no doubt that the personality that appears this time is completely different from the previous ones, neither a cowardly child, nor a cruel butcher, nor the same person as the "queen" who rules the castle.
If he guessed correctly, what he woke up this time should be one of Jane's seven personalities that has not yet appeared!
"yes, I'm his doppelganger." The young man's expression was still very serious, and he didn't look like a child at all: "This is the first time I've met you, right?" I probably already know what's going on. β
"Thank you." Lin Chi said seriously.
"Don't thank me, you're taking care of this body, aren't you? I should thank you. The young man's voice was very calm: "If this body is destroyed, I will also be buried with me." I will leave this body to you to take care of. β
"I'll take care of him." Lin Chi said and asked again, "How did you do it just now?" β
If Jane's master personality had awakened, he would have deceived those soldiers by manipulating the space, but this personality did not do that, but used a method similar to hypnosis to deceive the patrol in front of the door.
- Could it be that Jane has other superpowers besides being able to manipulate space?
Hearing this question, the young man explained understatemently: "I control their consciousness. β
"Huh?" The corpse demon who had been standing in the room in a daze pointed to the young man in front of the door as if he was awake from a dream: "There is still this kind of operation?" β
"Yes, I'm Jane's doppelganger, and I don't have my own abilities, but I have other abilities." Speaking of this, the young man's voice suddenly deepened:
"Only those who are not strong-willed will be manipulated by me. The soldiers were not loyal to the organization they belonged to, and they felt guilty...... and intense fear. β