ASER - Chapter 44
Chapter 44: Eye Pulling Silk
A'Diao was extremely agile and immediately tried to dodge, but two hands had already fiercely gripped her neck. The strength was immense, definitely exceeding G1 level. In an instant, they seized her throat, robbing A'Diao of her ability to scream. Her throat was dry and painful, her eyes wide, watching as her throat could be crushed in the next second.
Little Fist Beats You to Death!
Bang!
A'Diao threw a punch towards the opponent's lower body.
Swoosh! The opponent dodged and chose to continue gripping her throat with one hand. However, A'Diao had already grabbed his wrist, preventing him from breaking her neck. But the opponent reacted quickly, using his other hand to grab her wrist in a reverse grip, slamming her body hard against the wall!
Too fierce, and with seasoned combat experience, he was likely using close-quarters combat jujutsu, entangling and choking her so tightly that A'Diao couldn't defend effectively.
Smack!
A'Diao raised her foot to brace against the wall, resisting the impact of her head hitting it. Simultaneously, she rapidly maxed out and upgraded her Little Fist skill, leveling it up to 10!
And she exchanged for the Eye Pulling Silk skill.
Exchange, use!
After a brief look at the skill description, A'Diao cursed inwardly.
What kind of damn instructions are these!
Eye Pulling Silk: As long as the opponent makes eye contact with you for more than one second, they will produce a mysterious pulling silk effect for you (If the user does not have their own pulling silk material, the default standard pulling silk material will be used.)
What the heck was this? She couldn't make heads or tails of it, but it looked like a soul-pulling skill. To save her life, A'Diao went all out and maxed it to level 10 in one go, spending ten thousand thought power points.
But she was currently restrained from behind by the opponent, how could she make eye contact?
A'Diao didn't have time to think much. She deliberately twisted her body and moved towards the mirror on the side. Their eyes met in the mirror, just for a second.
A'Diao seized the opportunity and activated both skills simultaneously.
Eye contact in a mirror is still eye contact.
The effect of the Eye Pulling Silk skill manifested... Mysterious and unpredictable yellow, solid, thread-like substances were pulled out from the opponent's eyeballs, biubiubiu.
At this moment, A'Diao also sensed her ability to control these threads...
But at that moment, she was: "!!!"
Why were they potato shreds?
The active attack skill she spent over ten thousand thought power points to exchange and max out was just this? Just these potato shreds?!
Marmot's furious roar: Ah!
Although A'Diao's spirit suffered a critical hit, she still activated Little Fist Beats You to Death (Level 10). Her muscles and bones felt as if they were filled with powerful pulse energy, and her strength increased significantly. Taking advantage of the blind spot created when the opponent's eyes were suddenly covered by potato shreds, she parried away the arm choking her throat and stomped on the toilet in front of her.
Bang!
The toilet lid was kicked flying by her forceful stomp. Then, with a sweeping kick, she sent the lid flying onto the glass of a nearby shower stall.
Upon impact, the entire glass panel shattered with a crash, even breaking the showerhead, causing water to spray out with a hissing sound.
The loud noise definitely alerted those outside. The opponent was indeed startled. Coupled with his eyes being blinded by the wildly shooting potato shreds, he had no choice but to flicker away...
A'Diao, feeling like her throat was about to break, only saw the dark figure instantly merge into the wall.
Merged, disappeared.
As if he had never been there.
Bang, bang, bang. Someone knocked on the door from outside, asking what was wrong.
There was no answer from inside. To prevent any accidents, they had to force the door open from the outside.
Outside the door, Rao Xueya and the restroom attendant she had called over only saw A'Diao leaning over the sink, dry heaving, and potato shreds scattered all over the floor.
???
Rao Xueya saw A'Diao vomiting again, but she looked at A'Diao, then at the potato shreds on the floor, and was even more horrified than last time.
Ate in the restroom and threw up?
"Wait, that's not right. What happened to your neck?" The attendant, an experienced older woman, saw the bruises and swelling on A'Diao's neck, with clear handprint marks from choking, and immediately knew something was wrong.
Rao Xueya's pupils trembled slightly. Could it be that Chen A'Diao had been attacked?
Five minutes later, A'Diao was in a room, having already received medical first aid.
"Her hyoid bone is damaged. We've used the best medicine, so she should be able to speak soon. But it was a close call; the opponent's finger strength was very strong."
The doctor in the white coat must also be formidable; anyway, Zhou Jiang was very polite to her. This beautiful woman gently massaged A'Diao's neck, a faint light emanating from her fingertips. A'Diao only felt a cool sensation permeate the area, and the severe pain in her throat, which felt like she was constantly coughing up blood, disappeared, and then it began to recover.
Huh? Is this a medical-type Spirit Power talent?
Jinling Academy is impressive; even the doctors are cultivators.
While A'Diao was surprised, the doctor made a report, and the investigators had also examined the restroom, finding... apart from potato shreds, no other obvious traces.
At least not on the surface.
"The opponent wasn't wearing shoes, so no footprints were left. Faint Spiritual Energy residue was found on the wall where Chen A'Diao indicated. The opponent has mastered the use of Spirit Power and can pass through walls, which is why we didn't detect them."
Zhou Jiang looked at the trace evidence report, his gaze sweeping over the investigation team members and A'Diao, finally asking A'Diao: "He didn't use any sharp weapons? He only wanted to crush your throat?"
Although the medicine was top-grade and it no longer hurt, A'Diao still couldn't speak well, so she nodded.
"Then he must have used a living body wall-phasing technique, which doesn't allow carrying any material; only the body itself can pass through. He might not even have been wearing clothes. After the failed attack and escape, he probably wouldn't dare to traverse the entire academy—so he must have a suitable place to change clothes in the cafeteria or buildings within the cafeteria area, and he has an identity that allows him appropriate access to these places."
What Zhou Jiang said was what A'Diao was thinking too. She wrote down the opponent's approximate height and build, and also that when the opponent fled, she heard the sound of their feet splashing in water.
Unfortunately, she never managed to force out the opponent's thought power; otherwise, she would have known their identity.
"He was completely dark?"
Zhou Jiang saw her writing and raised an eyebrow. "So this person also knows Shadow Lacquer Technique. He knows quite a lot, a talented individual. Chen A'Diao, do you have any suspects?"
Such a sudden assassination must have a reason.
Just because of her exam results?
A'Diao wrote down two words—Cui Clan.
She was very direct, but that was all. She was even less talkative than when she was usually provoking people.
This matter was not small, and the investigation was urgent; otherwise, the impact would be too severe.
Zhou Jiang, who was pressed for time, didn't detain her further, only telling her to be more careful from now on, try to stay with the teachers, and not be alone.
After A'Diao left, Zhou Jiang reported the matter to the principal's office.
The principal had actually already noticed the commotion in the cafeteria. After understanding the situation, his expression darkened: "She didn't say anything else?"
"No."
Zhou Jiang was indeed a bit puzzled. He had originally thought this little girl was a difficult person who would take advantage of the situation. After all, being assassinated at Jinling Academy was Jinling Academy's fault, yet she said nothing.
"She can control her temper and endure. No wonder she could score first in the illusionary realm. Take good care of this child. If anything happens again, you know the consequences."
"And this case, give me a result before the end of today."
The principal's tone was nonchalant, but Zhou Jiang detected the coldness within it.
A light cold sweat broke out on Zhou Jiang's forehead. Being in charge of this assessment brought great benefits, but also great responsibility. One assassination attempt was already a serious dereliction of duty. If something else happened... if A'Diao were to report it, he would be in deep trouble, and might even lose his position as head of security at Jinling Academy.
Under pressure, Zhou Jiang suddenly mentioned something, "Oh right, Principal, there were a lot of potato shreds on the floor of that restroom stall."
Principal: "?"
The Principal paused, then calmly asked: "Raw or cooked?"
Zhou Jiang: "They're raw."
To ensure his meticulousness and professionalism, Zhou Jiang personally took a bite at this moment. "Indeed, they're raw, and very fresh."
Principal: "..."
If he remembered correctly, those potato shreds were all on the restroom floor.
This man was really working hard to keep his position.
The steady and elegant old principal put down his pen, subconsciously reached for his coffee, wanting to suppress the nausea rising in his throat. He tapped his fingers on the table, thoughtfully saying: "Was it that child who did it?"
"She only said the attacker's eyes pulled out potato shreds, that it was very perverted, and scared her to death."
Principal: "Then it was probably her doing. But she doesn't trust you, so she won't admit it. Perhaps in her mind, you could also be the attacker in disguise."
Zhou Jiang: "..."
"Able to control Spirit Power already? It looks like it belongs to the control type's object displacement or the transformation type's object manifestation?" Zhou Jiang was somewhat surprised. Based on his observations, among the 500 examinees, not to mention their aptitude, their skill levels were all poor. No one should be able to control Spirit Power now, unless they had the help of a special Spiritual Vessel or a Forbidden Item.
According to his conjecture, that A'Diao indeed couldn't control Spirit Power, so it must be the latter possibility.
Zhou Jiang specifically mentioned Cui Yun's little tricks.
The principal had already pulled up A'Diao's file. His rank was high. After entering the official rank identity investigation code into the optical computer, he was stunned when he saw she was Chen Ran's child.
Chen Xun's younger sister? Could it be a Forbidden Item he gave her?
Investigating an assassin wouldn't require the principal to do it personally. Zhou Jiang wasn't incompetent to have reached his position. Among the things taken from that stall, besides the potato shreds, there were also footprints on the water-sprayed floor.
The footprints were naturally blurry and couldn't be used for forensic analysis, but—he picked up three test tubes and summoned three fat bees.
He had them deliver the samples to different departments for analysis.
One was the internal analysis department of Jinling Academy, one was the forensic department under the Jinling government, and one was the Jinling Research Institute.
Watching the fat bees fly away, Zhou Jiang gave a cold smile.
After A'Diao went out, Rao Xueya had already been instructed by the school.
"They told me not to spread this matter, probably because they're afraid of causing a commotion among the examinees. The school wants to investigate secretly."
"So, people outside probably don't know yet. Don't worry, I'll definitely keep my mouth shut. But that mark on your neck is so obvious, how will you explain it?"
A'Diao glanced at her and discussed an excellent plan. Rao Xueya strongly disapproved at first, but later agreed—because she also needed to make some reliable friends, and a super dark horse like A'Diao, who looked fierce, was a rare find.
A'Diao really thought people outside didn't know. When she went to the cafeteria, she found many people discussing it.
The restroom was suddenly sealed off, and school personnel came to investigate, apparently for some reason.
What happened?
I heard that some gluttonous examinee was scared to death by those internally selected academy students and didn't dare to eat in the cafeteria. But being greedy, they took a pot of potato shreds to the restroom to stir-fry and eat. As a result, it caught fire, triggered the fire suppression system, flooded the restroom, and almost caused a fire alarm, so the school teachers came to investigate.
I heard it was spicy potato shreds.
A'Diao: "..."
Damn it, who said that, WHO!!
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