Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 117 - 114 VS Weirdo Maker 2

Chapter 117: 114 VS Weirdo Maker 2

The Weirdo Maker who appeared before us seemed to have already convinced himself of his victory.

Just like the Undying Monster and the Shadow Swapping Monster had described, amidst such a bizarre environment, facing three enemies restrained by his own hands, he carried himself with an ostentatious and composed manner, his tone affected and pompous, subtly revealing an air of arrogance.

However, this could all be an act. If anyone were fooled by such a superficial performance, mistaking him for a person with a façade of strength but weak inside, they would likely stumble in his presence. The real him, I surmised, was probably a person both calm and cautious.

It seemed he had anticipated our attack and had set an ambush for our own. On top of that, he was prepared for me. As soon as I began to gesture for Elementalization, he controlled my right hand very precisely, preventing me from igniting myself with a Fireball.

At this stage, there shouldn’t be many who knew of my Elementalization. Mazao and Zhu Shi wouldn’t reveal my information, and Lu Youxun had promised not to divulge my true abilities. The Undying Monster and Shadow Swapping Monster, who had witnessed my Elementalization, were already dead. So, from where did the Weirdo Maker learn about my Elementalization?

Even if we take a step back, the only people who should have known about our ambush here were those present. Lu Youxun could also be considered, as although he didn’t know we could find our way here tonight through clues, he at least knew of the possibility that we could.

So—could the information have leaked from him?

He was probably the least likely among us to collude secretly with the Weirdo Maker, but since both my Elementalization and our ambush strategy had been exposed, even the most unlikely possibilities had to be considered.

The Weirdo Maker seemed to have more to say. I didn’t wait for him to continue, instead reigniting the flames with a glance, instantly evaporating his body from the neck down.

His head fell to the ground once again.

I didn’t immediately let down my guard. Since the one who died last time wasn’t the real body, the chance that the one who approached us now also wasn’t the real deal was quite high, unless he was truly arrogant enough to be blindsided when the situation favored him.

Clearly, he wasn’t. Even with the head fallen, the surrounding black mist didn’t dissipate; it even began to transform. The black fog above the head suddenly contracted and expanded once more, spewing out a human silhouette from nowhere, as if a mouth—it was the man in the white suit, wearing a silver mask.

Was this another clone that had appeared? Or was his ability not "cloning" but "resurrection"?

"Really impatient, aren’t you?" the Weirdo Maker, facing me, smiled again, "I’d advise you not to waste your efforts; you can’t kill me. But if you overstrain yourself, I might just have to gouge out your eyes first. You are my precious test subjects, after all. I wouldn’t want to commit such a waste."

So he had only restrained us to turn us into subjects for his experiment, like he had done with Lu You. Additionally, it seemed he also knew that my recent flame attack had been initiated through my gaze. This was another suspicious point.

Despite only a brief exchange, I was utterly convinced that he was not the same weird person who had appeared in my dream four and a half years ago. Perhaps I had been worried for nothing from the beginning; the strange person from four and a half years ago might not even have been real.

I didn’t rush to break free from the chains binding me. Chains of such caliber were practically nonexistent to me, but if the enemy believed they were useful, they served a purpose. Zhu Shi was currently observing him closely, and as long as she could use "Buzhou Mountain" to decipher the secret of his continuous resurrection, it would direct the way I would resolve the issue.

Or perhaps, could I, like the Impermanence Zhu Shi described, simply rely on overwhelming power to crush the rules of his superpower?

I entertained the notion, but when I thought of the Shadow Swapping Monster, I suppressed the urge. When I met with the Shadow Swapping Monster, I could indeed have used my Flame Power to overpower his superpower, but like how difficult it is for a person to control the force used to step over an ant, I couldn’t precisely control what to leave unharmed. Using brute force to burn away the enemy would result in the destruction of the "spoils of war" as well.

Suddenly, Zhu Shi asked, "How did you do it?"

"Oh, you mean what exactly?" the Weirdo Maker didn’t seem to mind engaging further.

"The two that were killed earlier were your clones, right?" Zhu Shi said, "But if they were clones..."

"You mean to say, if they were clones summoned by superpowers, they wouldn’t be able to deceive your ’Buzhou Mountain’, right?" the Weirdo Maker laughed derisively, "That’s your flaw, Zhu Shi. You rely too much on your eyes."

Hearing him speak with a familiarity, Zhu Shi was momentarily stunned, "You..."

"I’ll tell you the truth. The two that were killed just now were indeed my clones, but they weren’t formed with superpowers. They were cloned bodies remotely controlled by me," said the Weirdo Maker, "Your ’Buzhou Mountain’ is a superpower born for combat, with the power to detect an enemy’s weaknesses. The stronger the enemy, the more you can find their weaknesses. If an enemy is so strong that they have no weaknesses, you can even forcibly discern flaws that should not exist."