Lin Ye looked at the long-bearded old Strange entity, feeling the gazes of the other Strange entities around him, and then spoke, "Then I will announce the result of this chess game after I see it."
Wait until he comes back to announce the result?
This human, greatly cunning!
He didn't plan to let him off!
No, this was guarding against him giving false information!
"Young man, that..."
"What is it, grandpa? Could it be you want to tell me you spoke wrongly just now?"
Facing Lin Ye's smile, the long-bearded old Strange entity shook its head vigorously. "No, no, it's just... it's not good for this chess game to remain like this forever, right! The time is too long, we... can't afford to wait."
"Oh! Then let's make it six hours! If I haven't returned in six hours, this chess game ends here."
If he didn't pass within six hours, he would basically be trapped in this Strange Chiba Park unable to leave, or even dead.
Six hours was about right.
"Okay, okay, a good young man who respects the old. Good job, the future of our Great Japan is to be handed over to you."
Lin Ye fell silent.
"I, Xia Country person."
The long-bearded Strange entity fell silent.
Under the gazes of numerous old Strange entities, Lin Ye and Mai Sakurajima walked into the exit and disappeared at the end of the road.
After successfully leaving, Mai Sakurajima couldn't help but ask, "Student Lin, how did you do it?"
She hadn't learned Go, but she understood the basic rules and knew that patch of white pieces shouldn't have died.
"This is my secret. Does Senpai want to know?"
"If you are willing to say, I can keep it a secret."
"Senpai, exchange a secret for it."
Mai Sakurajima: ???
She had never seen a man like Lin Ye who proposed conditions so bluntly.
The men facing her basically all actively fawned over and curried favor with her.
"What do you want to know? Information like measurements, I won't tell you."
But she unexpectedly gave an answer and didn't refuse.
"Sigh, what a pity. What I happened to want to know most was your measurements, Senpai."
Lin Ye sighed repeatedly in regret.
He wouldn't tell Mai Sakurajima this secret; the secret exchange was just to find a reason to politely refuse.
As a big star, Mai Sakurajima had come into contact with quite a few people in the entertainment industry. She quickly analyzed and judged Lin Ye's purpose: this man simply didn't want to say.
"85, 60, 86."
Lin Ye: ???
You really said it!
Senpai,
Lin Ye took a few extra looks. She has substance!
This gaze made shyness emerge in Mai Sakurajima.
"Alright, I've already said it. Tell me your secret!"
She stared at Lin Ye with a firm attitude of 'If you don't say it, I'll bite you to death'.
"I have a skill that can swap the position of items."
Sleight of Hand was a skill, Time Stop was also a skill.
He wasn't wrong.
"For example..."
Lin Ye looked at Mai Sakurajima and pointed his finger at the girl's body. "If Senpai shakes hands with me, I can immediately obtain Senpai's underwear."
Mai Sakurajima: ???
What kind of obscene, shameless, hooligan skill is that!
But if it was like this, she could actually understand how Lin Ye changed the position of the chess pieces without batting an eyelid, causing the long-bearded Strange entity's white pieces to be killed cleanly.
"Want to try?"
Lin Ye extended his hand toward Mai Sakurajima, which made Mai Sakurajima hesitate.
If she agreed, she would very likely have to face the fact of her underwear being taken away by Lin Ye, but if she didn't agree, she could only accept the other party's explanation like this.
"This phone then. You take it away."
Mai Sakurajima took out a mobile phone.
"Okay, but let's experiment when we leave here, how about that? Of course, the success rate with Senpai's underwear is the highest; I can guarantee taking it away."
"..."
Mai Sakurajima didn't know if Lin Ye was joking or serious.
"Wait until we return to your apartment."
"Mn."
"Do you have other skills?"
"I do, but I won't tell Senpai the specifics. I hope Senpai understands."
You've already said this much, what method do I still have?
Mai Sakurajima sighed helplessly, only feeling she had made a huge loss. "I said everything, without a shred of false reporting."
"I haven't measured it either... I got it, Senpai. I will compensate you, is that alright!"
"That's more like it."
With compensation, she accepted it.
However, what compensation should she ask from Lin Ye!
Mai Sakurajima suddenly realized she didn't know what compensation to let Lin Ye give her either.
"Senpai, let's continue!"
Lin Ye looked toward the distance of the road.
This deep road was still endless at a glance.
"Have we not successfully resolved it yet?"
"Mn."
"We have to find the main body source of that voice."
Mai Sakurajima thought it would end once Lin Ye won the chess game, but now it seemed this was just the start, and they would encounter many dangers afterwards.
But with Lin Ye by her side, Mai Sakurajima felt at ease.
"Student Lin, if there is any place I can help, don't be embarrassed, tell me directly."
"Really?"
"Really, but you have to be serious, don't joke."
Mai Sakurajima reminded.
"I got it. When there is a need, I won't be polite with Senpai. And the one thing Senpai needs to do is believe me. No matter what I ask you to do, you must believe me."
He stared at the girl and continued, "For example, if I want Senpai to take a knife and stab me, don't have a shred of hesitation, immediately use the knife to stab me."
Hearing this hypothesis from Lin Ye, Mai Sakurajima pursed her lips and nodded heavily. "In this dangerous park, I will definitely listen to your instructions."
"Good. With these words from Senpai, I'm relieved. We will definitely leave here successfully."
He turned and walked away. Mai Sakurajima followed closely behind.
For the first time in her life, she was proactively this close to a member of the opposite sex.
In this lonely and dangerous Strange park, only by Lin Ye's side was it safer.
Following the road, the two walked for about a minute.
A burst of ethereal sound rang out once again.
This time,
When Lin Ye came back to his senses, he found that the time he was lost in thought was longer.
The longer the time, the deeper the degree of Strange erosion.
Find the owner of that voice as soon as possible.
Lin Ye woke Mai Sakurajima up again. Compared to him, Mai Sakurajima's condition was a bit worse.
The multiple lapses in concentration made her increasingly worried.
Losing consciousness and losing control of the body—no girl wanted to experience such a thing.
Tap tap tap...
Crisp footsteps continued to ring out.
These were not the footsteps of the two, but footsteps coming from the road ahead.
Lin Ye immediately used Perspective, penetrating layers of forest trees to see a figure appearing.
The black figure wore a tight top and shorts, and a pair of white sports shoes was especially obvious.
Night Jogging Youth.
Combining it with the old man Strange entity playing chess in the park earlier, Lin Ye associated the Strange entities active in Chiba Park with people who would appear in the reality park.
The types of Strange entities in this Strange Chiba Park probably wouldn't be few.
Thump thump thump...
The sports shoes stepped on the ground. In a short while, the figure of the sports youth Strange entity appeared. It ran toward the two with steady and orderly steps, ignoring the two and passing them.
The girl with long black hair hung her heart in suspense, finally breathing a sigh of relief with difficulty.
Obviously,
This Strange entity dressed in a sports outfit was just passing by, purely passing by.
Tap tap tap...
The jogging sound from the distance returned in a short while.
Mai Sakurajima looked out of the corner of her eye and saw the sports Strange entity running backwards. It was running in place, its pale eyes landing on Lin Ye and Mai Sakurajima.
At this distance,
Mai Sakurajima could even see the worms squirming on the ruined face of the Strange entity. It was very disgusting and hair-raising, but she endured it.
"Running..."
"Healthy."
It spoke.
"Running,"
It continued to speak, the pace of running in place getting faster.
Lin Ye keenly felt the change in the environmental aura. His heart rate was slowly accelerating, and his body seemed to have already suffered the influence of the sports Strange entity.
Illusion?
He took a glance at Mai Sakurajima beside him and noticed the girl's chaotic breathing and gradually flushing aura.
This was also a reaction to exercise.
"Can do,"
"Run, run..."
It prepared to run.
But Lin Ye immediately spoke a sentence, "We run this way."
He pointed to the direction the sports Strange entity came from.
This was the direction they wanted to head to; he couldn't return.
The sports Strange entity ran in place, nodded, turned around, and changed its orientation.
"Senpai, jog and follow."
"Mn."
Mai Sakurajima did fitness training and exercised daily. Jogging wasn't a big problem. As long as it wasn't a short-distance sprint or an ultra-long-distance run, she could persist.
At least, she wouldn't drag Lin Ye down now.
The sports Strange entity set off. Its vigorous posture took a step out. It didn't run particularly fast, but ran very steadily and rhythmically.
Lin Ye and Mai Sakurajima followed its body, running step by step.
He maintained the pace. Mai Sakurajima ran, maintaining an even speed with Lin Ye.
"You can do it."
She was a little nervous, worried about falling behind, but based on the current situation, she still felt she could do it.
Thump thump thump...
One in front, two behind; three figures were running.
Under the illumination of streetlights, the tree-lined path of the park constantly emitted crisp running sounds.
And this not-so-large tree-lined path seemed endless, extending infinitely.
One minute,
Two minutes,
The jogging continued.
The distance between the two sides didn't decrease; instead, it widened a tiny bit.
Lin Ye made a hand gesture to Mai Sakurajima beside him, signaling to speed up his pace and overtake the sports Strange entity in front.
She nodded.
The next moment, Lin Ye leaped out with large strides. The distance between the two sides was shortening constantly.
Lin Ye guessed that to resolve this sports Strange entity, one should overtake it during the jog and maintain it for a certain time.
But the problem lay in how to let him and Mai Sakurajima overtake the sports Strange entity together, and maintain a leading time?
Even if he borrowed Time Stop to take Mai Sakurajima past the sports Strange entity, given this Strange entity's physical quality, it could quickly overtake them back.
Da da da...
Lin Ye pondered the method.
Beat up the Strange entity?
He feared he would suffer a backlash first.
Finding a method was best.
Accelerate his and Mai Sakurajima's pace? Make the sports Strange entity run slower.
Lin Ye observed the sports Strange entity one meter in front of him, his line of sight moving gradually from top to bottom.
Two seconds later,
He saw something, suddenly thought of something, and immediately made a move, one hand touching the arm of the sports Strange entity.
The instant of contact,
Lin Ye immediately used the skill: Sleight of Hand.
Swish!
In a flash, an extra white sports shoe appeared in Lin Ye's hand.
That was the sports Strange entity's sports shoe.
In this instant,
The sports Strange entity's running became shaky, extremely unstable. The vigorous and steady figure swayed left and right, and the speed obviously slowed down.
"Senpai,"
Lin Ye shouted loudly.
Mai Sakurajima, who had been paying attention from behind, immediately quickened her pace.
The distance between the two sides became shorter and shorter.
In a short while, she ran to Lin Ye's side.
The sports Strange entity missing a shoe still wanted to struggle, still trying to run fast, but could only watch as Lin Ye pulled Mai Sakurajima's hand and ran in front of it with faster speed.
"Ao ao..."
It shouted unwillingly, its robust legs running with force. However, no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't run fast and couldn't keep up.
Finally,
It lifted its left foot and immediately threw away the sports shoe on its left foot with a crack.
The sports Strange entity chased barefoot.
"Senpai, hold on, we're speeding up."
Lin Ye accelerated further. Mai Sakurajima was pulled to accelerate passively.
At this time, she was panting heavily. The soreness coming from her thighs and the lung pressure brought by rapid breathing were intense, but she clenched her teeth and persisted.
Thirty seconds,
One minute,
In an instant,
The oppressive air dissipated.
The unchanging path also began to flow.
Lin Ye found that he and Mai Sakurajima had already broken away from that jogging movement stagnation space.
"Hoo..."
"Huff huff huff..."
Mai Sakurajima panted heavily. She supported herself with both hands on her knees, breathing in large mouthfuls.
A jog involving life, and finally sprinting to persist in speed; the pressure and burden on her were truly not small.
"Senpai, you are very amazing. Your physical quality is really good."
Lin Ye took out a tissue and handed it to the girl. Seeing the girl didn't take it, he proactively wiped the sweat on the girl's forehead.
The instant of touching, Mai Sakurajima looked up in astonishment, but after thinking about it, she accepted this intimacy from Lin Ye.
"As a star, one still has to exercise moderately, but with you..."
"I have consciously exercised, but if it went on for another five minutes, my stamina probably couldn't have held on either."
Competing in endurance with a Strange entity; the difficulty was still high.
At that time, when speed couldn't be maintained, he would have had to use the attribute points specially saved to increase Constitution.
This time, facing that ethereal voice Strange entity, Lin Ye felt Mental Power was more important.
That voice possessed too high a charm ability.
"Already better than many people."
She evaluated.
In Mai Sakurajima's eyes, Lin Ye was already a well-rounded high school boy.
"Thanks for the praise."
He looked at Mai Sakurajima. "Senpai after exercising is also very pleasing to the eye."
She glanced away. "Very good at coaxing girls' joy. Miss Hoshino was coaxed by you like this, right!"
"Ai-chan doesn't need coaxing at all. With that silly and cute nature of hers, she believes whatever I say. No need for me to coax at all."
"Then what about Student Yukinoshita!"
"Her? If she were that easily coaxed, she wouldn't still have no boyfriend to date until now."
Yukino Yukinoshita's rationality was very high.
But Lin Ye knew that once entering the girl's heart, one would be able to feel the gentle side peculiar to the cool young girl.
"You understand them very well."
Mai Sakurajima sighed a sentence.
Her sixth sense guaranteed that Lin Ye still had good feelings for Yukinoshita and still liked her, but probably because of Yukinoshita's multiple rejections, he wouldn't proactively open his mouth to confess again.
"Having spent quite some time together, I also understand Senpai quite well."
He looked at Mai Sakurajima.
"We haven't spent much time together."
"It's my one-sided understanding of Senpai."
Lin Ye smiled.
This made the girl with long black hair move her line of sight away.
"Continue advancing now?"
The front was still dark and profound, making one unable to see through how far it was to walk to the end.
Mai Sakurajima gazed into the distance. If it were just her alone, she felt she couldn't cope alone.
She couldn't pass the first chess game alone. And for the second sports Strange entity, if she worked hard, there was still a chance. But what would the next Strange entity be!
"If Senpai's stamina has recovered about enough, let's continue!"
Lin Ye's breathing had already recovered.
"Mn."
She nodded.
The two continued to walk forward along the small path.
What would be next?
Lin Ye was also very curious.
What else could appear in a park in reality.
Half a minute later,
Hee-hee ha-ha frolicking sounds came.
That was the voice of children.
Mai Sakurajima swallowed.
Historically,
In horror movies, child and woman ghosts were the most dangerous.
That burst of laughter instead pulled the worry in Mai Sakurajima's heart to the highest.
"It will be fine, Mai."
"Don't be afraid."
She reminded herself repeatedly.
The two walked leisurely.
Lin Ye saw three children playing on the lawn in the forest.
The little girl wore red clothes, especially obvious in the dim light. Her pale cheeks further highlighted the traces of diffusing terror.
The other two were little boys with dark skin. Their black figures merged into the gray background; at a glance, one really couldn't see the existence of the two.
In this moment, the moment Lin Ye and Mai Sakurajima arrived, the three children looked toward the two in unison.
"Big Brother..."
"Big Sister..."
"Play, let's play together..."
...
In the blink of an eye, the three children appeared beside the two, surrounding them.
Especially the little girl in red, who took a fancy to Mai Sakurajima, leaning close to Mai Sakurajima, raising her small head, and gazing cutely.
"Big Sister is so pretty..."
"Let's play a game!"
Her voice was sweet.
"If Big Sister loses..."
"Then give this pretty face to me!"
Mai Sakurajima, who just thought the little girl was very nice, almost wanted to cry.
Give the face?
This was wanting to disfigure her!
This was more unbearable than killing her.
Mai Sakurajima looked toward Lin Ye as if seeking help.
"Little friend, no can do!"
Lin Ye took a step and pulled Mai Sakurajima behind him.
"Big Sister is my friend. If Big Sister gives her face to you, what will Big Brother do?"
"Does Big Brother like Big Sister?"
"Like."
Without a shred of hesitation.
Making even Mai Sakurajima astonished.
"Then Big Brother play a game with me! If you lose, Big Brother stays here forever to play with us!"
The red-clothed girl laughed while speaking cold words.
"Play what game? Too hard won't do."
Lin Ye inquired. "Let's play guess the candy! Which hand is the candy in?"
He was good at this game; he got it right every time he played.
"No."
The little girl refused. "Not fun, and my little pals lost several times."
So she was an acquaintance with that little boy!
This circle was really small.
Lin Ye sighed.
"Let's play on the swings, Big Brother. Whoever swings higher wins."
How to play this?
Lin Ye thought about it and couldn't think of any advantage he had. His superpower and skills couldn't play any role safely.
This definitely wouldn't work.
"Other games! Something more fun, for example..."
Lin Ye suddenly thought of one. "Hide and seek, let's play hide and seek!"
Whether he was hiding or catching, he had nearly one hundred percent certainty.
"Hide and seek? Good, good. Big Sister too, let's everyone play hide and seek together."
The little girl in red looked and continued, "Big Sister must participate too; it's fun only with many people."
Mai Sakurajima didn't feel she had the ability to hide.
Clearly she wasn't observed by people in reality, so why would she be discovered by Strange entities here!
Unscientific.
She subconsciously looked toward Lin Ye, only to see Lin Ye nodding lightly.
Mai Sakurajima was instantly relieved.
With Lin Ye's guarantee, this was enough.
"I'll be with him."
Mai Sakurajima said.
"Okay. Big Brother and Big Sister hide. My little pals and I will look for Big Sister and Big Brother. If we find you, Big Sister and Big Brother must stay and play with us forever and ever."
The little girl in red said with a hehe.
The other two small Strange entities stared at Lin Ye and Mai Sakurajima, as if they wanted to swallow the two alive.
They liked this feeling of finding people and catching people very much.
"Okay. Find us within three minutes, count it as you winning. If you can't find us, then it's you little sisters losing."
"Big Brother is too cunning. Three minutes is too little, ten minutes!"
Finally, it was discussed to six minutes.
This time wasn't long but not short either.
But Lin Ye was still confident.
"Then Big Brother, Big Sister, giving you one hundred seconds of hiding time. I'm starting the countdown now."
"One hundred."
The little girl faced the big tree and closed her eyes.
The two little boy Strange entities also followed, facing the tree and closing their eyes, waiting.
On this point, they didn't have thoughts of cheating.
"Senpai, this way..."
Lin Ye pulled Mai Sakurajima and left.
Seemingly because of the hide and seek, the area available for activity became much larger, and hiding places also increased.
"Student Lin, where do we hide?"
Mai Sakurajima looked toward Lin Ye.
"Senpai, anywhere is fine. Just find a place with an open field of vision!"
"Mn?"
She slowly typed out a question mark.
Open field of vision? Wasn't that seeking death?
But Mai Sakurajima didn't have time to question.
Lin Ye took Mai Sakurajima for a circle, and finally stopped his steps in a place with an open field of vision.
Just here, they could clearly see the three Strange entities.
Shocked.
What was the situation.
How to hide just here.
"Hold my hand, absolutely cannot let go, and cannot make a sound. Watch your breathing."
Lin Ye leaned close to Mai Sakurajima and spoke in a low voice.
Mai Sakurajima nodded and held Lin Ye's hand.
The next second, she saw her and Lin Ye's bodies slowly turn transparent until they disappeared.
In this instant, she was dumbfounded.
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