What?! My anime figurines have all come true!

Overwhelmed with shock and rage, the hooded man's murderous intent surged to its peak!

Then, he suddenly opened his eyes, which were watering from the bright light, and his arm muscles bulged as he was about to crush Chen Xiao's throat with all his might!

puff!

A crisp tearing sound rang out.

There was no violent collision, no clanging of metal, just like a red-hot knife cutting through solidified butter.

The hooded man felt a brief, cold numbness in his wrist.

Then, he saw a familiar hand...

It was spinning in mid-air, carrying a cloud of dark red blood mist that was also somewhat illusory under the white light, before flying out of his sight and landing on the muddy ground not far away, its fingers still clenched in a spasm-like position.

The fracture surface is as smooth as a mirror.

Then, a belated, excruciating pain swept through the hooded man's brain like a tsunami!

"Aaaaaaahh ...

A bloodcurdling scream, so piercing it was inhuman, erupted from the hooded man's ripped throat. He staggered backward, his left hand clutching his bleeding, severed right wrist, the madness in his eyes completely replaced by boundless fear and agony.

"Ugh...cough cough! Cough cough cough..."

Chen Xiao, who had almost lost consciousness, was put down. He coughed violently, clutching his neck, and the light around him disappeared. Fortunately, the stinging sensation from the stone floor after he fell heavily to the ground brought him back to his senses.

"...Are you...saved?"

Chen Xiao struggled to lift his head, while the hooded man opposite him also suppressed his pain, his face contorted as he looked ahead.

The object that had severed the hooded man's hand was now standing between the two men.

It was a long, jet-black sword.

This was clearly not the superpower of the bug he had almost strangled to death. You know, the activation of superpowers is generally related to a person's consciousness. Given that Chen Xiao was almost driven to mental death by his own strangulation, it was impossible for him to activate it!

In other words...

There is a third party in this space besides them!

"Who? Who could it be... How could anyone... Cough cough! How could anyone break in here! Ugh cough cough... This is my territory!"

The excruciating pain from his severed hand made the hooded man's speech somewhat incoherent.

After all, if it were a spiritual entity, he could withstand it and get through it, just like when Chen Xiao punched him and made him bite off his tongue.

But now he is his original body entering the dream!

Having your hand cut off is a double torment, both mentally and physically!

However, no matter how much the hooded man shouted, no one appeared around him.

Immediately afterwards, the two, who were struggling to breathe, suddenly fell silent, trying to hear the strange sound they were vaguely hearing.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh————！！！！

That was the sound of the wind whipping the trench coat around!

"Up there!"

The two of them, realizing what was happening, both looked up.

A pale and slender figure plummeted vertically from the sky in a spread-eagle position, the sound as dramatic as an entrance theme music emanating from her long black trench coat.

Immediately, the two felt a gust of wind, carrying a chilling cold, descend from the sky, dispersing the pervasive smell of blood.

The girl landed in a classic superhero pose, separating Chen Xiao from the hooded man. The moment she looked up, the azure flames in her eyes bloomed like flowers.

"black Rock Shooter?"

Chapter Nine: Physicalization Level Improvement

"black Rock Shooter?"

Chen Xiao naturally recognized this character, who was based on a certain world's number one princess, and he had listened to her TV theme song countless times.

But the problem is coming.

While it's true that Black Rock Shooter, as a symbol of 'mind', appears in a dream, how did she materialize from a figure, given that she's a being with power exceeding that of ordinary humans?

Even though the time all the figurines spend in physical form is so short, it only takes a few minutes to materialize a few ordinary people and that takes up almost all the time.

"What exactly is this...?"

Before Chen Xiao could figure it out, Black Rock Shooter slowly turned around, placed her hand on his shoulder without saying a word, and then the same azure flames as those in Black Rock Shooter's eyes ignited on Chen Xiao's body.

"Even if cremation is necessary, there's no need to rush it."

Perhaps because Black Rock provided a strong sense of security, Chen Xiao not only remained calm in the face of the strange changes happening to him, but also muttered a complaint under his breath.

Soon his body in the dream was burned to ashes.

At the same time, a scene unfolded in Chen Xiao's consciousness...

Is that Black Rock's memory?

—Let's rewind a few minutes—

"Young Master?"

Alice was the first to realize something was wrong.

As a meticulous and attentive maid who always pays attention to Chen Xiao's physical condition, she almost instantly materialized from her figurine form and appeared by the bedside.

When she noticed Chen Xiao's pained expression after being attacked by the hooded man, her usual elegance and composure vanished from her face.

"Young Master! What's wrong?! Do you have a fever? Or are you feeling unwell somewhere?"

Alice placed her palm on Chen Xiao's forehead and tried to gently pat his cheeks to wake him up, but to no avail.

"No... Young Master needs a doctor."

Alice's gaze quickly swept over the huge display case of figurines next to her, locking onto a figurine with an enviable figure and a naturally languid expression.

"Miss Juchuan, please help me."

A faint light flashed, and Shizuka Marikawa, dressed in an office lady outfit, appeared by the bedside, her magnificent breasts swaying slightly with her movements.

The beautiful school nurse from Highschool of the Dead rubbed her sleepy eyes, as if she had just been woken up from her rest.

"Huh? Alice-chan? What's wrong... Ah! Akira!"

Shizuka Marikawa tilted her head in confusion at first, then looked at Chen Xiao, who was lying on the bed with a face full of pain, and her face showed a mixture of confusion and heartache.

"I didn't know, that's why I asked Miss Juchuan to come and take a look."

Alice quickly moved aside.

"Okay, I understand. Let my older sister see!"

Shizuka Marikawa bent down, extended her slender white fingers, first touched Chen Xiao's forehead, then lifted his eyelids to look at his pupils, and then pressed her ear against his chest to listen to his heartbeat...

Although these actions look like Shizuka Marikawa groping Chen Xiao because of her voluptuous figure, the current situation is very dangerous, and some of the figurines don't even have time to breathe on them.

However, after a series of examinations, Shizuka Marikawa's eyes were filled with confusion.

"Ugh... That's strange... My temperature is a little high, and my heart is beating fast... but..."

Shizuka Marikawa pondered the medical knowledge she had been given.

"No external injury, no obvious inflammatory reaction... It doesn't look like a cold, nor does it look like poisoning... Could it be neurasthenia caused by too much stress? Or was it just a nightmare?"

Finally, she scratched her long blonde hair in distress.

"In this situation... I... I'm a little unsure... I'm sorry..."

Alice's heart sank. Shizuka Marikawa was the closest thing to a doctor among the characters they could materialize so far.

Even someone like Shinobu Kocho, who is no different from an ordinary person when she doesn't use breathing techniques, would take up two-thirds of her time just to materialize, let alone get to Chen Xiao's bedside to examine his condition!

Thinking of this, Alice looked again at the figurine display case not far away.

In the display case labeled [To Love], there is a stunningly beautiful female figure with a mature demeanor and a figure that is in no way inferior to Shizuka Marikawa, wearing a white lab coat...

The character is Ryoko Mikado, a doctor with the universe's best healing technology.

If only she could be materialized...

"Hey……"

However, that was impossible; they simply couldn't afford the energy required for Ryoko Mikado to materialize.

Are we just supposed to watch the young master suffer like this?

Just as Alice and Shizuka Marikawa stood there helplessly, their anxiety reaching its peak...

"Idiots! A bunch of idiots! That one isn't sick!"

A clear, childlike voice, like a pebble thrown into calm water, suddenly rang out in the quiet room.

Alice and Shizuka Marikawa suddenly turned their heads to look at a corner of the display case.

There was a petite figure that was faintly glowing with a pinkish-purple light. It had short, purplish-red hair, green eyes with jet-black pupils, and tiny, pointed ears like a fairy peeking out from between its hat and purplish-red hair.

He was wearing a black cropped combat suit, shorts, and stockings with a closed-eye pattern on his clothes, and a protective sleeve on his right arm.

She is none other than Mary, the female protagonist of "Mary the Dream Eater"!

At that moment, Mary stood with her hands on her hips, her cute little face filled with a look of disgust that said, "How could you guys be so stupid?"

"That doesn't look like illness at all! Ah Xiao was attacked by a superhuman!"

Alice and Shizuka Marikawa were startled upon hearing this.

"Attacked by superhumans!?"

How could they not have thought of that?!

The two then recalled the news about superpowered crimes they had seen a few days ago. They thought the perpetrator would behave himself for a while under the pursuit of the authorities, but they did not expect him to reappear so quickly and even target Chen Xiao, who had no intention of enrolling in school!

"Yes, Xiao's dream was invaded by that superhuman. That disgusting worm broke into his dream and attacked his mind! That's why Xiao is in so much pain!"

After saying that, Mary couldn't help but glare fiercely at the other directions in the display case.

And you all!

The 'big shots' in the display case!

Aren't they quite capable in terms of their individual settings?

Heroic spirits, ship girls, and even gods... They claim they can destroy a planet with a single punch!

You can feel the disgusting aura of that intruder now, right?

You're probably bursting with anger, aren't you?

The results of it?

After sensing that Chen Xiao was not in mortal danger, they took no further action!

Even if they desperately wanted to tear the intruder apart, they still held back!

They're still calculating consumption!

Are you afraid that if you expend even a little more power now, you'll be one step behind others in materialization in the future and miss the opportunity to showcase your numerical value?

They even went so far as to call it: giving other figurines a chance...

What a bunch of selfish bastards! Idiots! Cowards!

They even made me act as a mouthpiece! It's infuriating!

The figurines in those areas seemed to 'hear' Mary's thoughts, their bodies trembling slightly, as if they remembered Mary.

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