Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

"Bang~!!"

Compared to the strange feeling in the black mud state before, this swing was full of impact. Pixie, who was hit, flew out with a scream and hit the wall in the subway station.

However, although he had dealt a heavy blow to the enemy, Lan Ke was not happy at all. Instead, his face changed drastically because the distance between the two sides was widened.

As expected, before Lan Ke could rush forward, Pixie, who was smashed away by Lan Ke like a rag bag, raised his hands high, and then a flash of lightning shot straight towards Lan Ke from his hands.

The speed of lightning exceeded Lan Ke's reaction limit. He felt his whole body go limp and almost lost his grip on the water pipe.

Fortunately, this feeling came and went quickly. When the numbness disappeared, he only felt a slight numbness all over his body, with only bursts of tingling in the place where he was hit.

But strangely, this pain not only did not make Lan Ke feel afraid, but instead made his heart beat faster and faster, and even from an angle that he couldn't see, his expression became more and more wanton, as if the pain had awakened something.

Lan Ke, with a ferocious face, waved the steel water pipe and strode towards Pixie without hesitation.

Seeing the water pipe getting closer and closer to her, Pixie, who was awakened by Lan Ke's stick, seemed to finally react. She waved her hands and let out a sharp cry.

“Wait! Wait!!”

At this time, her eyes had returned to normal and she was no longer as hysterical as before. Of course, it was also possible that she had realized that both parties had noticed.

And a very familiar scene seemed to emerge in Lan Ke's mind.

'Give me strength/Do you have money/Props are the best'

Then his choice is self-evident!

"Do you have any money?"

"Ugh?!"

Pixie seemed to be stunned by Lan Ke for a moment, but when she saw the water pipe, which was almost as thick and long as her body and was about to hit her face, she nodded obediently.

Then the other party took out a few gold coins and handed them to Lan Ke.

But to the other party's surprise, Lan Ke did not accept it. Instead, he brought the water pipe closer again and asked the question again, which was enough to tremble the other party's soul.

"Any more?"

"?"

……

In the end, Pixie turned into a mask and attached itself to Lan Ke's face, but it was not known if it was Lan Ke's illusion, as he always felt that the other party had a helpless expression.

It was as if he was questioning Lan Ke—since the ultimate goal was his own body, why make things so complicated?

However, Lan Ke's attention was no longer on the other party.

At this moment, Lan Ke was holding the gold coins offered by the other party in his hand and did not even put them into his backpack immediately. He was constantly thinking about one thing in his mind.

He had clearly defeated the 'devil' and even turned it into a 'mask' and brought it under his command, so why hadn't he activated his own 'personality mask' yet?

Since the other party can transform into a mask, it means that he possesses the essential trait of the protagonist of the 'P series', 'unruly'.

Because only people with the "unruly" trait can switch "personalities" at will, but since I have the "unruly" trait, why don't I awaken my own personality mask?

Lan Ke fell into deep confusion.

But at this moment——————

"Ding~"

A strange sound suddenly rang out, and Lan Ke's face suddenly changed, because this strange sound made him think of a very special monster in the game, the 'Hunter', or more directly called the 'Grim Reaper'.

This is a special kind of monster that will appear in the game once you stay in the 'Impression Space (Subway Station)' for too long. It will constantly chase the protagonist and his party, and its strength is extremely terrifying. Even if you use the 'official cheat (tens of thousands of proverbs)', you will most likely die suddenly when you meet it in the early stage.

But the problem is that battle time shouldn't be counted in the game, right?

But thinking that he was in 'reality', he stopped worrying about it. He didn't know what the world had become. Who knew if the rules regarding the appearance of 'hunters' had changed?

Lan Ke, who didn't want to confront such a powerful monster head-on, decided to leave temporarily. Although he didn't awaken his own "personality mask", he at least caught a "Pixie" and experienced a "real battle", which was enough for him.

The next step is to continue to ask for information from your "assistant".

Without further delay, he stuffed the gold coins into his backpack and ran towards the stairs.

However, this apparently short distance seemed unusually long because of the strange noises that kept ringing in my ears.

Fortunately, the ambush location he chose was not far from the stairs.

It was not until he saw the stairs that he truly breathed a sigh of relief, but Lan Ke did not notice that almost at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief, the strange noise that had been echoing before seemed to disappear.

As he stepped onto the stairs and prepared to leave, he suddenly felt a strong pulling sensation on the bare left foot.

Without any time to think, he instinctively opened his arms to support his falling body, and then he felt a burning pain in the palms of his hands due to the friction with the ground.

But at this moment, Lan Ke no longer cared about those things. He just instinctively looked at his ankle, trying to determine who had attacked him.

⒏ⅰ 缌叔叔灵散企９母

Then he saw an extremely horrifying scene.

The 'person' who caught him was actually the puddle he had walked through before!

I saw a stream of water extending from the puddle like a tentacle, tightly tied to his ankle.

Suddenly, Lan Ke felt a chill rushing to his head.

It was because of the unknown attacker, but also because of the strange water tentacles.

"Why don't you go find a magical girl?!"

While making meaningless curses, Lan Ke tried to kick it away with his other foot.

God rewards those who work hard. After several consecutive kicks, the weapon made entirely of water was completely shattered. But before he could be happy, a low voice suddenly came.

"It's really ugly..."

Accompanied by a low and gloomy male voice, Lan Ke instinctively looked in the direction of the voice, and then suddenly widened his eyes.

Because he saw a 'Lan Ke' walking towards him.

That’s right, it was the ‘Lan Ke’ who had been with him for more than 30 years, not the ‘Ming Shang Lan’ who was less than 30 hours old today.

A taller but thinner body than the current 'Ming Shang Lan', with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his face that for some reason still reflected light in the dim space, a head of messy black short hair, a light green surgical gown under his white coat, flip-flops and glucose in his mouth. At this moment, 'Lan Ke' looked like a doctor who had just walked off the operating table.

He had seen the same look in the mirror countless times and should have been familiar with it, but Lan Ke instinctively felt a sharp pain in his waist and abdomen.

He knew it was just phantom pain, but he couldn't control the feeling at all. He could only keep reminding himself to calm down and try to analyze what was happening in front of him.

The other person should be his 'shadow', and the best evidence is the unfamiliar golden pupils above the familiar black circles under his eyes, which is something that 'he' does not have.

But the question arises again. Putting aside the question of whether he, who is "unruly", will have his own "shadow", even if it is really his own "shadow", should it stay in his own "hall"?

Why does it appear in the 'Impression Space'?

And although he didn't know why the other party showed up, seeing his face showing a twisted smile after at least 36 hours of sleep, Lan Ke's instinct told him that the other party was definitely not here to chat with him.

While staring at the other person, Lan Ke silently retreated, then turned around without any warning and rushed towards the stairs.

Above is the 'turnstile'. As long as you rush through it, you will be safe!

But as soon as he took one step, Lan Ke showed an expression of great surprise. He found himself as if he had stepped on a piece of soap and instantly lost his balance, and fell towards the stairs again.

"What the hell is going on?!"

Although the puddles all over the 'Impression Space' made his feet feel cold, they were only shallow puddles, and the ground was mostly cracked, not tiled, so why was it so slippery?

Fortunately, he had fallen once before and this time he instinctively stretched out his arms to control his body. But then his expression became extremely ugly because he finally knew why he fell flat on his face.

In the seemingly shallow puddles, countless streams are converging in one direction.

So what he just stepped into was not a puddle at all, but a river!!

"No! Now is not the time to analyze the enemy's abilities!"

The thought in his mind disappeared almost instantly. Without even standing up, Lan Ke used his hands and feet to crawl towards the gate, but at this moment a low and hoarse male voice sounded behind him.

"It's really ugly..."

Lan Ke's expression was extremely ugly, but he didn't care about that at all. He just tried his best to crawl towards the "exit".

At this moment, a voice came from behind Ke again, but this time the voice was full of disgust.

"Let me help you save face..."

Almost at the same time as the other party finished speaking, Lan Ke felt a cold light flash across his face, and then he felt a sharp pain in his palm.

He looked carefully and saw that a slender 'lancet' had pierced his palm and nailed it to the broken stone steps.

The pain was even more intense than the previous electric shock, making his expression instantly become hideous.

His body trembled slightly.

It was not just because of the pain, but also because some memories that he did not want to recall began to awaken along with the pain.

At this moment, he forgot where he was and who he was. Only a strong desire to survive kept pushing him forward.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lan Ke, with a ferocious expression, pulled out the 'lancet' on the back of his hand and thrust it fiercely into the 'stairs' in front of him. It was obvious that he was trying to use it as a 'climbing pliers' to climb the last few steps, but——————

"Ding~"

The crisp sound of metal collision reminded him that with his current strength, he was unable to penetrate the special ground of the "Impression Space".

Unfortunately, before he could swing the knife a second time, the familiar voice sounded from behind him.

Along with the sound, there was also a flip-flop that fell on the wound on his right hand.

“So, it’s really ugly…”

Accompanied by a sigh, the face he had seen countless times in the mirror came closer to him. Its golden eyes were dazzling, yet emotionless, as cold as if staring at something inorganic, forming a stark contrast to its sadistic behavior...

Chapter 10 I am you, you are me!!

Facing that extremely familiar face, Lan Ke not only did not feel the slightest sense of closeness, but was instead chilled by the indifference in the other's golden eyes.

Almost instinctively, he grabbed the scimitar with his left hand and swung it at the thick calf that was stepping on his right hand.

"Stab~"

It was a pity that the opponent seemed to have guessed Lan Ke's thoughts long ago and retracted his right foot in advance, causing Lan Ke's knife to only cut the opponent's white coat.

The attack missed, but fortunately Lan Ke took the opportunity to get up.

At this moment, he was holding the scimitar in one hand with a ferocious look on his face, but 'Lan Ke (Shadow)' on the other side seemed very calm.

"So, don't you think it's ugly? Why do you still resist when you know you can't do it?"

"This is really embarrassing. They've already received compensation, but they still have to do this. Who are you trying to show off to?"

The gossip that he thought he had long forgotten kept echoing in his ears, making Lan Ke's expression even more ferocious. He didn't even notice that his eyes were also emitting a faint golden halo.

"Who are you? This is not my palace. You can't be my shadow!!"

Faced with Lan Ke's questioning, the other party was stunned at first, and then he seemed to have heard a funny joke, covering his face with one hand and bursting into laughter.

It has to be said that Lan Ke felt uncomfortable all over when he saw "himself" making such a move. After all, he would never make such a move.

But soon the laughter became rapid due to lack of breath until it disappeared completely, and the other party looked at Lan Ke again.

"Shadow? No~no~ I'm not that kind of thing. I'm the 'real Lan Ke'!"

After saying that, the other party waved his hand suddenly, and then countless streams of water around him swept towards Lan Ke, and Lan Ke was not to be outdone.

"Pixie!!"

"What a powerful master~"

As Lan Ke roared, a petite figure emerged from behind him, and then waved his hands. Lan Ke felt his breathing become much heavier in an instant, but countless electric currents burst out in Pixie's palms.

"But I don't hate it~"

"Snapped!!!"

The scattered electric current may not be very lethal, but it is enough to stop the huge palm formed by water. As for Lan Ke, he took this opportunity to rush towards the "himself" in front of him without hesitation, holding the scimitar in both hands.

Different from the previous fight in the Kendo Club where he just stopped at the right point, this time Lan Ke, holding the 'lancet', aimed directly at the opponent's heart!

Do not!

A more accurate description is the area between the third and fourth ribs of Lan Ke (Ying)!

No one is more familiar with that body than him!

Facing the hysterical Lan Ke, the other party was not afraid at all and even showed a mocking smile, with countless streams of water surging around him.