My Arms Can Turn into Blades

Chapter 622: Chapter 71: The Beginning

Celestial Strategy Mansion Headquarters, the top floor.

Shanli and Ji Xin were also frozen in place, maintaining their last actions, stuck in their positions.

However, probably because both usually have expressionless faces, it wasn’t very noticeable at the moment.

At first glance.

One might just think they were daydreaming.

Yet, not far away, the beam of light projecting through a hole, completely motionless, still lent an unusual atmosphere to the whole space.

And suddenly.

Just moments ago, the completely motionless Ji Xin suddenly moved her hand slightly.

Following that, her movements became bigger and bigger.

The next second.

She even directly lifted her entire arm.

And as she raised her arm... it was as if she came back to life, becoming animated again, and took a deep breath suddenly.

"Shanli!"

Ji Xin, slightly panting, called out to her childhood friend the moment she came back to life.

But Shanli did not respond... or move.

Ji Xin immediately turned her head towards the door: "What on earth..."

But before she could finish speaking.

She suddenly realized something, her beautiful eyes widened abruptly, and she involuntarily turned her head back, then lowered her head again, panted for a while, and then lifted her hand again...

She directly repeated the actions she had just done.

At the same time.

In the lounge.

Chen Lusi was falling backward... maintaining the posture about to touch the ground, motionless, but her right arm was quickly switching between a blade form and a normal arm.

And finally, it stayed in the normal arm state.

Chen Lusi suddenly clenched her fist.

The next second.

As if a tilting camera was righted.

He instantly leaned forward, returning to the state of crouching in front of Lan.

And everything, in a flash, gathered... the window curtains were blown by the wind.

Light spilled through the windows, the dust on the floor was clearly visible, gently floating.

Water dripped from the bathroom tap, splattering into tiny water blossoms.

A member of the Celestial Strategy Mansion, having just washed their hands, strode out.

And the folder suspended in mid-air finally fell, the papers rustling.

Everything, in an instant, returned to normal.

And everyone... except for Ji Xin, seemed to be unaware that anything unusual had happened, as if the strange and brief ’pause’ had not occurred at all.

Chen Lusi crouched again in front of Lan, while Lan’s cool little hand was still pressed against his forehead.

"...What’s going on?"

Chen Lusi raised his right arm, slowly turned his head for a glance, and then looked at Lan’s delicate little face, starting to inquire.

At this moment.

The three demons behind her – the wheelchair, Clockwork Man, shadow... had already disappeared.

"This is your wish... not wanting you to die, created the Clockwork Man; hoping to follow behind you and witness your strength, created the shadow; wanting to forget painful memories and start over, created the wheelchair man."

"I survived because of your wishes."

"I grew by consuming the nourishment you provided, I matured by carrying your desires, I am the proof of your existence."

"My name is Lan."

A soft voice echoed.

Lan slowly lowered the hand pressed against Chen Lusi’s forehead, starting to speak.

And these words... she had said before.

Chen Lusi looked at the little girl who finally spoke again, remained silent for a moment, then gently held her shoulder, slowly slid down under her armpits, and suddenly stood up, lifting her up directly.

"..."

The little girl, her feet off the ground, her pretty little face expressionless, did not struggle or speak.

Just like that, being lifted, completely still.

There was an inexplicable sense of obedience.

Chen Lusi, holding the petite girl with both hands, looked at her delicate little face and said, "Is this what I wanted to ask? What I want to ask is, who exactly are you? And what’s this Authority Ability about?

I have regretted... deeply regretted, not stopping my parents from traveling, wishing to start over everything.

But why did this turn into an Authority Ability? And the one who said they didn’t want me to die, hoping to follow behind me, is that referring to Lin Ying and Lin Wan?

Furthermore, why wasn’t this Authority Ability available to me before? Why only now?"

The little girl, with a blank face, paused for a while: "...You were too weak before, and now you have enemies."

Chen Lusi: "So I asked a whole bunch... and you just answered two?"

"..."

Silence.

"..."

Chen Lusi stared at her little face, and after a long time realized she still didn’t intend to speak, sighed, and gently put her down, then reached out and ruffled her ponytail, messing it up completely.

"..."

The little girl stood quietly until she found her ponytail messed up, then she moved slightly, although not much, it seemed she slightly tilted her head to look at Chen Lusi.

Chen Lusi noticed, squatted down again, lifted his arms behind her, untied her long hair, and retied it, softly saying, "If you don’t want to answer the rest, it’s fine, anyway the doubts about you are already countless.

But there’s one thing I do care about, you said you gave everything back to me... returned all desires, and indeed yesterday, you looked like a porcelain doll devoid of any emotions.

I thought you came to say goodbye to me... although I let you stay by my side.

Because at that time, you seemed no different from the ’Kuwa Clan’ acting out of instinct, but today, why have you reappeared in front of me? ... Not only appearing before me but also actively speaking so much? Returning to how you used to be? Why?"