novelraw Chapter 1914 - 850: Cat and Mouse, Death Approaches!
Chapter 1914 - 850: Cat and Mouse, Death Approaches!
The sound of a nursery rhyme outside wasn’t loud, but each word reached Lin Baici’s ears clearly, and the voice floated around, giving the feeling of seeing a floating ghost in the corridor.
Very creepy!
Lin Baici’s skin crawled with goosebumps.
Lin Baici immediately ran to Kim Myungjin’s side and tapped her shoulder.
"Hide!"
Lin Baici mouthed the words, motioning for the Goryeo sister to quickly hide under the bed.
Just as the two crawled underneath, while the bedsheet was still swaying, there was a click, and the Barbie doll turned the doorknob, pushed open the door, and came in.
It was still humming that eerie nursery rhyme.
Kim Myungjin tilted her head to peek outside but didn’t see any feet, causing her to pause in confusion.
What’s going on?
Didn’t the monster come in?
Lin Baici immediately realized that the nursery-rhyme-singing Barbie doll was likely floating in the air.
Suddenly,
Thud!
The bed above them shook with a thud, pressing down heavily.
For an ordinary six or seven-year-old girl, the weight would be too light to bend the bed board, but this was a monster.
With its leap, the board arched down directly onto Lin Baici.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The Barbie doll jumped like on a trampoline, continuing to bounce.
Kim Myungjin felt anxious and pained.
She saw Lin Baici not adjusting to lie flatter, clearly positioning himself as a support for her.
Lin Baici indeed aimed to protect the Goryeo sister, but this was not a sustainable solution. He could feel the force of the Barbie’s jumping increasing.
Moreover, who knew how long the monster would continue to jump?
Lin Baici quickly poked the Goryeo sister, mouthing and rapidly writing the word "snake" on her, indicating her to activate Snake Bone Soft Body.
Hopefully, the Goryeo sister would understand fast.
Kim Myungjin’s mind might not match Gu Qingqiu’s and San Miyairi’s, but she was considerably sharper than average people, and she was actively contemplating how to handle the situation.
Prompted by Lin Baici, the Goryeo sister suddenly realized.
Divine Grace Activation, Snake Bone Soft Body.
This Divine Grace allowed a person’s body to become as flexible as a snake, reminiscent of having no bones, breaking through the limits of human skeletons to assume any shape.
Even forming all 26 letters wouldn’t be an issue.
Seeing Kim Myngjin activate the Divine Grace, Lin Baici also instantly activated it, and in the next moment, he felt his body soften.
When the Barbie doll jumped again, slamming the bed board down, he no longer felt the uncomfortable pressure, instead bouncing softly like a sponge.
Not even a hair was harmed.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The Barbie doll jumped a few more times, then suddenly stopped, not singing the nursery rhyme anymore but issued a puzzled noise!
"Huh?"
The touch feels different!
Under the bed, Lin Baici was startled.
If the Barbie doll suddenly wasn’t jumping, he wouldn’t worry, but it stopping the nursery rhyme singing was clearly unusual.
It must have noticed something was wrong.
Where did it go wrong?
Lin Baici immediately thought of it, since he wasn’t supporting the bed board after softening, the Barbie must have noticed the different touch.
Too careless!
Didn’t expect the monster to be so sensitive!
Within seconds, it should inspect under the bed; what should they do now?
Sure enough!
A pair of round-toed black leather shoes fell from the air to the floor.
Lin Baici didn’t need to turn his head to see.
"Should I try mimicking a cat to scare it away, or should I attack directly?"
Lin Baici didn’t want to choose the latter, because the odds of winning weren’t high given the many dolls, but opting for the former could easily stir the monster.
What if it stops checking and attacks immediately; then what’s the plan?
Kim Myungjin rolled over, wanting to crawl out to divert the monster.
Swish!
Lin Baici, with quick reflexes, grabbed Kim Myungjin.
[Don’t mimic a cat, the Nursery Rhyme Princess will notice it’s fake!]
So we just have to hack through it, right?
Just as Lin Baici prepared to launch a sneak attack, explosions were heard again.
Boom! Boom!
Hearing the two blasts, the Nursery Rhyme Princess floated out of the room immediately, rushing to the scene.
Lin Baici waited a few seconds because, with the monster floating, there were no footsteps; he couldn’t hear if it left or not, though considering the monster’s intelligence, it shouldn’t try any tricks.
Otherwise, it would have just lifted the sheet and looked under the bed, which would reveal everything.
Lin Baici rolled five times sideways, crawled out from beneath the bed, popped up, flexed his waist, and sprang to his feet, striding to the door, and quickly glanced outside.
He saw the back of a Barbie doll in a red princess dress just floating into the stairway.
So fast!
"It’s gone!"
Lin Baici called to Kim Myungjin, quickly heading to another stairway, running upstairs.
Once upstairs, he felt a bit safer.
"You hide first!"
Lin Baici instructed the Goryeo sister, then went to check the cat-capturing canned traps.
No!
No!
No!
He checked eight rooms with no sign of the cans being eaten by a cat, not even touched by one.
Instead of despairing, Lin Baici devised a new cat-catching plan; however, before he could think it through, in the next room, there lay a white cat on the ground eating a can of fish.
Hearing the noise, the Persian Cat with pretty eyes looked up at Lin Baici and then stood as if to flee.
You think I’ll let you go?
Lin Baici teleported, reaching out!
Death’s Grip!