When Rin came to the upper level, there were no other enemies. Waiting for him here was a cheerful girl-looking nun who seemed lively and cheerful, with a confused state and a countenance, waiting for him at the top of the stairs.

The nun had short khaki hair and did not wear a nun headscarf. Instead, she wears a pair of windproof glasses and startles Rin when she appears around the corner when she walks up the stairs.

And Rin, when she was frightened, subconsciously summoned the Hypernetus spear blade and slashed at her with a sword. However, this attack was a missed attack, and she was deftly dodged by a side dodge.

"Oh yo yo ~ so dangerous...... Feed! What are you doing, you! I'm innocent! ”

The nun didn't want to fight, but motioned for Rin to lay down her weapon and talk to her, hoping that she could help her.

It was at this time that Rin could clearly see her appearance-

She has short earthy yellow hair, wears windproof glasses, and has an unremarkable appearance, cheerful and natural. Although she wears the standard nun uniform of the Arc Star Church, she is more like an adventurer who often comes back from outside adventures, and she doesn't look like a nun at all.

Seeing that Rin let down her guard, the nun began to take the initiative to introduce herself:

"My name is Jessica, the power of 'The Right to Tolerance - Justice', also known as the 'Jessica of Justice'...... This lost lamb came from outside, right? Oops~ How did you end up here? Is it lost? ”

As for her self-introduction, Rin began to ask her tentatively:

"You are tolerant of the 'justice' of the twenty-one nuns, right? It's not clear what you're thinking, but ...... As long as you dare to get in my way, you're welcome! ”

"Ouch yo ~ Look at what you said, say it in advance, I'm not here to fight with you, and besides, I know the purpose of your coming here, if you don't mind...... How about I can be your companion? ”

Rin hears her claim to be "Righteous Jessica" and remembers the information she got from her own mother. And among the high-ranking powers who tolerate the twenty-one nuns, Jessica's name is prominently listed.

As one of the "Sisters of Tolerance", Jessica wields the power of "justice".

According to the information provided by Angelica, its power ability is "strong luck". Although it seems to be ordinary, she does have a relatively "high-position" tolerant power, so you must be more careful with her.

Rin knew that he should not be reckless when encountering the enemy, but should notify the main battle force as soon as possible and be ready for their support to ensure the success of the battle plan.

Jessica looks natural and harmless, but Rin knows that this guy seems to be thinking about how to kill herself, so she has to be careful to watch out for her.

"Little brother, let's go, I'll show you the way."

"No need, since you don't want to fight, then you get out of the way, I'm going to go over for a while."

"Oops~ How can this work? If you don't have me, you'll get lost, don't you believe you can go over and try it yourself? ”

Rin didn't know how the so-called "Lucky" ability worked, so he had to keep Jessica away from him while he tried to walk up the stairs.

However, the moment he stepped onto the last step, the unexpected happened.

At this time, Rin suddenly began to slip under his feet, and rolled down from the top of the stairs with the whole person, and fell to the ground while he remained unsteady on his feet.

There was nothing under his feet, so why did he suddenly fall to the ground?

Rin noticed the smooth marble steps, and before he could notice anything, he had broken his knee from the fall on the stairs, and the sharp pain of broken bones came from his knee.

Jessica saw Rin fall, and quickly showed that she was worried about him, and hurriedly went down the steps, ready to help him up.

"Don't touch me! You must have done something! You're already 'attacking' me when I'm not looking! ”

"Hey, you~ Little brother, it's not a good behavior to suspect people so easily, you see, obviously I didn't do anything, you fell down the stairs by yourself, how can this be blamed on me?"

Rin noticed that he had never fallen down the stairs so easily in his previous missions. Moreover, when he fell down the stairs just now, he fell in an almost "flat fall" manner, and he didn't step on anything at all.

This kind of thing, which is almost against the laws of physics, will actually appear on his head, what is going on?

There is absolutely eccentricity in this "justice"! Either way, you must not let her approach you! If this continues, he will continue to suffer from the influence of her invisible abilities, and this kind of thing will continue to happen.

Standing up tremblingly, he looked at Jessica, who showed a "kind" look, and also scolded her not to continue to follow him, otherwise he would really kill her with a knife.

"Okay, okay, I won't follow you~ Little brother, you want to take a stroll here, right? Further up is the hall, I advise you not to go near there, that is where we usually meet. ”

"Hmph."

Rin continued to walk up the stairs angrily, and at this time he was very careful about his movements, for fear that something like that had just happened would happen.

The reason was simple, he didn't want to fall down the stairs again because of such bad luck.

However, just as he was about to approach the top steps, something strange happened again. The steps seemed to start to shake violently, as if there had been an earthquake, and he clung to the guardrail of the steps uncontrollably, trying to keep himself from falling down the stairs.

At this time, the other companions also felt the shaking of the ground, as if there was a real earthquake, and began to communicate with each other.

But, strangely, despite the call back, the communication just didn't seem to respond, as if it was broken.

When they took out their communicator, they found that the screen of this mobile phone-like communicator only showed four big words "energy exhausted", that is, the situation of running out of power, and it was in a state where it was impossible to call.

Rin realizes that this "righteous" Jessica's ability is indeed a "very difficult to deal with" mimic lawyer's ability. Moreover, her ability seems to be activated in the way of "I can't detect it" the moment it encounters herself, which is really impossible for her to prevent at all.

"There was an earthquake! Little brother! Follow me to a safe place! ”

Jessica also struggled up the stairs, grabbed Rin's hand and ran down the floor, trying to take him to a safer place to dodge.

Seeing this, Rin had no choice but to follow this inexplicable Jessica, and after Jessica pulled him to a storage room on the lower floor to hide, the earthquake stopped at this time.

"I'm ...... I thought we were all dead, didn't you? Little brother. ”

Seeing Jessica gasping for breath, Rin also wanted to let down his guard against Jessica, but he couldn't. Jessica in front of her is obviously an enemy, and she is the kind of enemy that is many times more difficult than other mimics.

She has strange abilities and a high level of power. Moreover, since she met herself just now, until now, this strange ability of hers has been activating and affecting herself.

"You did it! Stop acting! Don't try to stop me! ”

"I've said it all...... Phew, I didn't do it! It's just that our 'bad luck' today just caught up with an earthquake that hasn't happened for a few years, so don't be so wary of people! ”

"I'm fed up, you are obviously Jessica who has this 'justice' power, how can you not suspect that I am your enemy when you see me?!"

When Jessica saw Rin, who seemed to be a little angry, she showed a very innocent expression, looked at him and said:

"Do you think I'm that kind of person? Moreover, although I am a member of the Twenty-One Sisters of Tolerance, I am not the kind of person who will kill people casually~ I am a nun, how could I make such a 'blasphemy and tolerance of the Lord'? You say yes, brother? ”

Just after Jessica's series of "explanations", Rin seemed to remember the time when she was just startled by Jessica. Moreover, he also realized something at this time, and subconsciously thought about it.

His slash was not dodged by Jessica's sideways, but when he slashed out, Jessica "happened" to dodge sideways.

Jessica didn't deliberately dodge Rin's attack, but the moment she slashed over, Jessica dodged it "accidentally", which was completely a stroke of luck.

Although it was a small action, Rin sensed a clue from it. This Jessica, her ability to be "lucky" may not mean that she was lucky enough to dodge that attack, but that she seemed to have "borrowed" Rin's luck and made him happen to him one after another.

You have to stay away from Jessica, even if you want to attack her, and you have to keep her out of reach. Otherwise, not only him, but also his companions may have some unfortunate things, and the failure of his communicator is the best proof of this.

After deciding to do so, Rin told Jessica to stop following her, but Jessica asked him worriedly:

"Little brother~ Do you really want people to follow you? I really care about you......"

"Enough! Stop acting, if it weren't for the fact that you hadn't done it with me, I would have ...... a long time ago."

At the moment when Rin hurriedly ran out, he didn't know when there was an extra banana peel from under his feet, and he stepped on the banana peel with one foot, and fell to the ground face on the ground, his head hitting the door frame, and his head was bleeding.

"Oops~ little brother, I said it all...... Oops, you're hurt, come, don't move, I'll bandage you. ”

Rin realizes that this "Jessica" may be the most difficult enemy he's ever encountered, and there isn't one. Therefore, he had to endure the severe pain and asked Jessica to rip off the strips of cloth from his clothes and bandage him.

But just when he realized that something was wrong with Jessica, Jessica didn't make any moves to hurt him, and was really just bandaging his wounds.

"Okay, remember to pay attention to your feet, don't get hurt, you see you're quite badly injured...... Did you hit the door frame? Ouch, that's bad, wait for me, I'll go get some painkillers. ”

"No need."

I saw Rin drive the daytime carved technique and treat his wounds. This is the ability to "retrace" the injury, and it also allows him to return all the injuries he received just now because of "bad luck" to the appearance of healing from his injuries in an instant.

Seeing this, Jessica seemed to be thinking about something, so she cautiously moved away from him, showed a frightened expression, and asked him:

"You...... Are you really an 'enemy'? Mom, you're right, you're really our enemy! ”

Rin got up from the ground and realized it when she saw Jessica who was so "natural" in front of her. From just now to now, she really didn't realize that she was her enemy, and she really wanted to help herself, and she didn't take the initiative to hurt herself.

So the question is, why is there no enemy here, and only Jessica is here to stand in her way? Could it be ......

She did not "take the initiative to activate the ability", but that her ability would be "indiscriminately activated in her body".

The reason why there are no guards nearby is also because everyone knows that Jessica's ability will suck all their luck, so they choose to leave it unguarded here, so as not to affect all the companions in the vicinity.

Rin had judged all the current situation. If this is the case, then Jessica's ability is even more terrifying than that of a "lover", and because of this, her power can be regarded as a high-ranking existence among the power of tolerance.

At present, the first priority is to stay away from the range of Jessica's ability, just like when the "demon" Dedullan attacked everyone at that time, as long as you find her "blind spot", then you can dodge her attacks.

"Little brother...... Well, if it's okay, let's ...... first. Go out and fight again? ”

"I agree, but I can't get out of this troublesome ability of yours, so, I'm sorry! Nella, 'Assault Mode'! ”

Just after Nellai's "OK, ready", Rin took the blade of the Hypernetus gun in her hand. At this moment, he tried to cast the "Flame Lion Great Array" in this small storage room, attacking Jessica at a very close distance.

Jessica still made a "panicked so much that she didn't know what to do" expression and action, and when she saw the Yan Lion array attacking her, she had no choice but to curl up in the corner and close her eyes tightly.

"Huh? What's going on? No movement? ”

Just when the sword body was bursting with a warm flame light, Rin was just about to release the "Flame Lion Great Array", but at this time, he suddenly couldn't feel the flow of "Honkai Energy" in his body, and he also watched the fire on the sword body slowly extinguish, turning into a state of "dumb fire".

"Master, I don't know what's going on...... Nella seems to have a 'stomach ache'. ”

"Why do you have a stomachache too?! No way! Feed! ”

"I'm sorry, Niele...... Let's go to the toilet first. ”

"Do you have that premise?! Feed! Don't tease me, hey! ”

No matter how much he shouted at Nielai, Nielai also left Rin's Hypernetus Gun Blade on the grounds that he was "going to the bathroom". Although it was due to Dr. Mebius's transformation, Hypernetus' appearance was retained in the form of the spear blade in Rin's favorite "Assault Mode", and was removed from Assault Mode.

But if Nele is not there, his "Assault Mode" or "Shield Mode" will hardly be used.

"Little brother...... What's the matter, why don't you do it? ”

"Hush."

So, Rin decided that it was the safest solution to simply hack Jessica to death here without doing anything, so that her troublesome abilities would continue to affect her.

Moreover, Jessica's "justice" power ability is so powerful that she can actually let Nelle go to the "toilet", which has never happened before.

Could it be that this ability can also change the setting of others? Is it so exaggerated?

When Rin slashed at Jessica with another sword, he found that Jessica seemed to have changed her movements before he slashed at herself, and she opened her legs and dodged the attack.

This was not done "subconsciously", but something that happened "before he went under the knife".

If it goes on like this, let alone hurt Jessica. If he was completely sucked away by Jessica because of luck, he hurt himself before swinging the knife, and it is estimated that the gains outweigh the losses.

"Little brother...... What's that...... Can I change my pants first? ”

Seeing that Jessica seemed to be so frightened that she "peed her pants" because of the knife she had just made, Rin had no choice but to turn around angrily and ask Jessica to put on her new pants.

But the moment he turned his back, the wood on the cabinet closest to him in the storage room began to show signs of loosening, and it was falling uncontrollably towards the shelves.

Also, Rin noticed that there was a rusty iron nail on top of the "wood", which was also coming right at the door of his head.

Fortunately, he was quick and slashed the beam with a sword. Then, he also breathed a long sigh of relief, glad that he was not killed by the "unlucky" attack, otherwise he would really die here.

"Okay, little brother, it's okay......"

He turned his head to look at Jessica angrily, the ground under her feet was still "watery" at this time, and it seemed that she was really scared to pee, which also confirmed the fact that she had not mastered hand-to-hand combat skills at all.

Rin thought at this point that if Jessica didn't have the desire to take the initiative to attack, then he could try to talk to her, and maybe find a way to crack her ability and get rid of her.

So, he asked:

"Can you tell me the truth? As for your ability to be a 'law-mimic', I won't kill you. ”

"Oh, little brother, you're really joking~ Did you mean to scare me just now? I'll tell you in advance, I'm timid, even if I know you can't hit me, I'll be scared. ”

"You know I can't hit you? What do you mean? ”

"It's literal, I've never been hurt since I was a child, and ah, every time the people I'm with are basically 'in trouble', it seems like fate...... Well, I don't want anything to happen to you, don't guess. ”

Rin's expression at this time is not to mention how ugly it is, if the "power" that this Jessica has is an innate ability, then it means one thing-

It wasn't Bishop Sif who gave her the ability. Rather, this Jessica is a "born" mimetic lawmaker, and she is still a "true lawmaker", but she was additionally given the level of divine power by Sif, making her power level close to that of divine power.

If there are true lawgivers in the third world like the "Fourteen Lawyers", it is estimated that Jessica is undoubtedly a true lawyer, and even she knows the fact that she is a true lawyer.

He's going to be killed here by Jessica. Moreover, it is a way of almost "natural death", as long as you get close to Jessica, you will get close to yourself with all kinds of things that accidentally threaten your life, and then you will take your own life.

He had to get out, he had to get out of here, and if he got any closer to this reckless girl, his life would definitely be in danger.

The question is, how to get out of here? This incomprehensible ability to absorb the "good fortune" of others seems to be the ability to ignore the "cause and effect" of others and directly affect the "essence" of others, just like the "demons".

No, if you continue like this, not only yourself, but also your companions will be killed here by the peculiarity of Jessica's abilities.

"Little brother, what's wrong, what are you thinking? I'm just telling you the truth, since I was a child, I seemed to be the only lucky person, and everyone else didn't seem to be so lucky...... So, I'm sorry. ”

"Don't apologize to me, Jessica, can you tell me your story, I'm a little concerned...... What's going on with your 'good luck'? ”

"Oh, little brother, do you want to hear it? Then I'll just say it. ”

Rin knows that letting Jessica tell her story is also part of gathering "intelligence", and it can also help her break the game.

As long as he didn't move, he wouldn't be attacked, and besides, he was more aware of everything around him than before, afraid that something dangerous would suddenly fall.

Jessica tells her story, describing everything to Rin about her "abilities".

That's what she said to Rin—

I was born in a remote mountain village, and twelve years ago, I was about eight years old.

At that time, before the "trial of tolerance" happened, I was just thinking about living a good life and reducing the financial burden on my poor family.

Because my family background is not very good, I take a shotgun from time to time and go up the mountain to hunt, and the prey I bring back is also used to deal with it, ready to sell it at a good price in the market.

But...... One day, I found that the prey I brought back basically stinked and turned sour the next day, so I was also scolded by my family.

Obviously I took it and put it in the cellar to keep it? Moreover, no matter how much you put so many things in the cellar, why didn't it become sour and smelly?

As a result, from that day on, the contents of the cellar were not only spoiled, but ...... All kinds of cockroaches, rats, bed bugs, and everything that appeared in the cellar.

The family scolded me and went to inspect the cellar. It turned out that there seemed to be a passage leading to a rat hole near the cellar, and it seemed that it had also appeared due to the loosening of the stone bricks not long ago, and it was the first time that such a strange thing had happened in the house.

I thought it had nothing to do with me, or something, so my family didn't hold me accountable.

But after that, a lot of people around me had a similar bad luck. For example, "I hit the back of my head on a sharp stone when I fell backwards", "I accidentally encountered a flower pot falling from the windowsill upstairs while walking on the street", so everyone thought that I brought bad luck, and they didn't treat us very well.

Strangely enough, I haven't encountered anything bad since I was a child. Including when I went to buy lottery tickets myself, I won the first prize, not to mention how happy I was at that time.

But the people around me weren't so lucky. Once, when I was going up the mountain to pick fruit, two uncles who were traveling with me accidentally tripped over the root of the tree and fell forward.

Because the grass is very deep, I didn't notice it at the time, but he was really unlucky, and it happened that the opposite side of the grass was the slope, and that's it...... He fell off a cliff and died.

Gradually, everyone discovered something. As long as they walk with me, I will bring them "bad luck", as if I robbed them of their luck, and at first they rejected us and did not let us go up the mountain with them to pick fruits.

The family also disappeared one day inexplicably. According to the description of the neighbor's aunt, it seems that when they went up to the mountains to hunt, they encountered a blind bear, so they were killed by the blind bear.

I couldn't have been more uncomfortable at the time, I was only fifteen years old...... So after losing my parents, I left the village and prepared to go to the big city to earn a living, trying to find a job to support myself.

As a result, wherever I went, something happened to me.

When I walked to the coastal village, there was a tsunami over there, which washed away many people.

Walking to a normal city, there was another big earthquake and a lot of deaths.

It's just that, as usual, I survived the cataclysm. When we were buried in the house, we always seemed to find food and a way out in the ruins, so we survived.

I don't know how many years have passed, when Bishop Angelica came to us, he said something like "you are a special being" and asked me to follow her to the Arc Star Church and become a nun.

You said that we don't have any culture, so we can't do such a gentle job. So...... We eat and drink in the church, although it is also something that often causes bad luck to the people around us, and it is also something we are used to.

After the "Trial of Tolerance", Mistress Angelica doesn't know where to go, only Mistress Angelica's sister, Bishop Siff, is protecting us.

Once, the guy I often talked to was a male missionary, and he was a little handsome. However, it was because he was reckless and accidentally disturbed Sister Dedurand's sleep that he was killed by the Shadow Fiend.

Although we also have some reasons...... I also knew that no one who had been in contact with me would end well, and no one wanted to contact us, so I didn't care.

When I think of Bishop Shyph's words, I think she's joking. The power to say what is "justice" has been given to me since a very early age, and it is said that it is a matter of fate...... Anyway, we can't understand it.

Well, that's it, little brother, as you can see, although I am one of the "Tolerant Twenty-One Nuns", we don't have much real power, and we don't care too much about who is the enemy or whatever......

It's little brother, I think you're very special since I saw you, maybe you can help us solve this kind of thing, I can bring "bad luck" to others, you should have a way to help us solve it, right?

After saying this, Jessica didn't forget to make a "please" gesture, signaling Rin to think of a way to help her remove the power of "justice" and restore herself to the level of ordinary people.

And Rin has been attacked a lot while listening to Jessica's story. During this period, I was reluctant to solve unlucky things such as "being hit by a falling object", "turning my head and hitting an iron frame", and "sudden cramps in my hand".

If Jessica really isn't his enemy, and she's still a hidden high-level combat companion like Dedullan, then it's a good thing for her to join.

It's just that her abilities are more difficult to control than Diduran's. Moreover, when Jessica activates her ability, there are basically no special conditions, and the "aura" of absorbing luck seems to have been around her all the time, and if she gets a little closer, she will be hit.

Moreover, Jessica is also an "uneducated" village girl as she puts it, she doesn't know the restrictions on her ability to "justice", and she doesn't even know how to control it.

Because of this, Bishop Sif also knew that they were coming to "infiltrate" the Arc Star Church, and sent Jessica to stop him, wanting to kill himself indirectly through Jessica's ability.

"Well, how can the mimicry of the Third World be such a thing...... It's hard to deal with, and it has such a torturous ability. ”

At this time, he also subconsciously said this, and Jessica only smiled embarrassedly when she saw this, saying that she didn't mean to, trying to get Rin to forgive her.

Luckily, Rin had been keeping an eye on the situation in the locker. After he got rid of everything that seemed dangerous, he was able to stay here safely for a while.

At this time, looking at his mobile phone (communicator) that showed "energy exhaustion", he only sighed. Because of Jessica's strange ability, he can't contact his teammates, and he can't notify the main team members and his own mother to come to save him.

He misses his own mother very much, and if his own mother is there, it is estimated that he will not be trapped here by Jessica for so long.

"Or, little brother, let's tell you a joke...... Anyway, we can't get out now. ”

At this point, Rin noticed that if she thought "If only this guy could stay away from him", she might be able to get out of trouble, right?

Just as Rin said "You go upstairs and wait for me first", Jessica said that she had just peed her pants, so her legs were still weak, and she hoped that Rin could carry herself for a while.

"I care so much about you! X, I'm still angry! Hurry up and get me away, as far as you want! ”

"Huh...... Brother, can your attitude be better? ”

"I'll take care of you! How much trouble have you caused me yourself, don't you have a little bit of a comparison in your heart? You still want me to chase you away, don't you?! ”

Rin was really angry. His body, as well as his forehead, were all wounded by something inexplicable while listening to Jessica's story.

He kept swearing and trying to chase Jessica away. But Jessica just didn't want to leave, saying that she wanted to stay here to "compensate" Rin who was injured because of her ability, like chewing gum, and she couldn't get rid of it at all.

Rin was furious, picked up the matter and continued to slash at her. But he still couldn't hit Jessica, and slashed at the cabinet behind her, breaking the skeleton of the entire cabinet, and the things on the entire shelf fell uncontrollably towards him.

"Boom."

He was crushed under half of the metal shelf, and Jessica was also very flustered when she saw this, and wanted to lift the shelf and drag Rin out, but the shelf seemed to be too heavy to lift at all.

Rin didn't react in time because she was attacked by the shelf at this time. At this time, he was also pressed under half of the metal storage shelf, and with the weight of the goods, he couldn't move.

"Little brother! What's wrong with you! Little brother! ”

"Fuck ......"

Rin still had some strength, and after removing the metal shelf and heavy cargo from his body in a hurry, he continued to deal with his injuries.

However, just as he was about to drive the Holy Signet of Daylight to continue healing, he found that something seemed to be wrong at this time.

No matter how much I call it, it seems that it can't be used at all, as if it didn't react.

"Little brother, I know you must want to kill us now, but let me tell you, I've already come into contact with you, no matter how far we run, you will also be 'doomed'."

Rin dragged her injured body out of the cargo pile. If Jessica wasn't lying, it is estimated that her power is similar to that of the "demon", an ability that "as long as you target someone else, that person will definitely die".

Unless she can find a range that her ability can't capture, or even prevent her subconscious ability from activating, it is impossible for her to stop her attack on Rin by actively disarming her ability.

Why can't I use the holy inscription? Did it go to the toilet too? At this time, Rin only felt "hopeless" and "helpless".

Seeing this, Jessica also told him that she could leave Rin's side for a while. However, in the meantime, if something bad happens to Rin, she will come back to protect Rin.

Rin didn't say "go away" angrily, and got up, and after confirming that Jessica was gone, he began to try to get out of the door.

However, just as he was about to walk out the door, he only felt a sharp pain in his ankle. And the source of this sharp pain seems to be because of the injuries caused by the iron frame and the falling goods, which made him fall to the ground again.

He tried to try his holy inscription again, and called to Nerai to come and help him, but Nerai said to him in a feeble tone:

"I'm sorry, master...... Niele is going to call in sick, and Niele seems to be ...... I don't have the strength anymore. ”

"Please, think of a way, otherwise, we will really die here......"

"That's good...... Niele ...... Will figure it out. ”

I saw a faint glow from Hypernetus, and although there were no enemies here, Niele still wanted to show that he "should be okay" in this way.

Rin looked at Hypernetus in her hand, and just sighed that something like "that guy's ability is terrible", and asked her to rest for a while and wait for Jessica to come back before making plans.

Hearing a sound similar to a "heavy fall" in the storage room, Jessica also followed because she was worried. Rin also showed a very unhappy expression at this time, looking at this nun who had brought him pain and bad luck, and didn't know what to do.

"I'm sorry...... I heard you make such a big noise just now, so I came over to take a look. ”。

Jessica picks up the injured Rin and tries to carry him out of the locker.

At this moment, although Rin didn't want to act with this Jesica who could bring bad luck, he had no other choice at this time. You can only choose to let the doom linger and look for a chance to survive in a desperate situation.