Demolish?!
Rebuild?
What a pleasant answer.
As expected, when Chen Yu was meditating on the elements just now, he seemed to hear magpies chirping, reporting good news to him.
A sense of contentment filled him.
A breeze blew in from the alley.
Carrying surprise.
And also a trace of magical attack.
"Barbara!"
Sona's surprised cry suddenly sounded. Following the sound, they saw Barbara's eyes were vacant, her star-like eyes dim like dust.
Her eyes were lost and unfocused, staring ahead.
Her gaze was scattered.
Her entire body was as if her soul had been sucked out, or as if she had been petrified by Medusa, stiff and motionless, staring into the distance.
Sona, who had cried out in alarm, shook her shoulders.
Even so, Barbara showed no reaction. She was like a puppet, allowing Sona to shake her, while her own body slowly lifted, as if hearing a demonic call, and began to shuffle forward.
"Wake up~"
"Hey, dear, don't cross that river!"
Sona, grabbing Barbara's arm, seemed to use all her strength, squatting down to try and hold Barbara back.
But unexpectedly—
Barbara, with her slender figure and no flesh on her chest, seemed to hear nothing Sona said. She ignored the pulling of her arm, her eyes fixed only on the path ahead.
One step.
Another step!
Sona, being dragged, left long marks on the ground.
"Chen Yu, stop her quickly, Barbara is possessed!" Sona cried out in distress. Hearing this, Chen Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, then walked over with a hint of a smile in his eyes.
*Duang*~
Even though Chen Yu stood right in front of Barbara, she seemed to have no trace of him in her eyes, continuing to walk forward resolutely.
Even when she bumped into Chen Yu's embrace, she still pushed forward.
"Huh?"
Feeling the push in his arms, Chen Yu was surprised.
She had quite some strength.
No wonder she could drag Sona so far. If he hadn't felt it himself, he would have thought Sona and Barbara were putting on a performance together.
"Hey, that's enough."
Chen Yu pressed his chest against Barbara's small head.
"What kind of person are you?"
No reaction.
Barbara completely ignored Chen Yu's words, stubbornly charging forward.
"Still acting?!" Chen Yu lowered his eyebrows and muttered. Sona, who was dragging Barbara, whispered, "Barbara might be possessed. She can't hear us right now."
"Huh?!"
Possessed.
Sona had mentioned it earlier, but Chen Yu had thought she was joking, or perhaps using it as a way to cover up awkwardness, like outside the caves.
It was normal, right?
If someone did something incredibly embarrassing, wouldn't they do something to cover up their mortifying actions?
Barbara's current behavior was somewhat similar.
But unexpectedly, Sona mentioned possession twice, which made Chen Yu a bit aghast.
Hiss!
It didn't seem impossible.
In this cave-dwelling place, any supernatural event could happen. Even if her soul was extracted and she lost her spirit, falling into a mental demon wasn't surprising.
"So, what should we do now?"
Chen Yu raised his eyebrows.
"The simplest way is to resolve her mental demon," Sona whispered, desperately pulling Barbara. "If I'm not mistaken, the mental demon is related to our bet."
Sona pursed her lips.
This was the only thing she could think of, and indeed, it was the only thing that could make Barbara act like this. Just now, Barbara had become possessed after hearing Kailin's answer.
"The bet?"
Chen Yu frowned slightly and said.
"Do you want me to say the bet is void?"
Suddenly, Barbara, who had been charging forward, seemed to pause her movements, as if a trigger point had been hit to break her possessed state.
But—
She only paused for a moment before continuing to push forward with her head down.
"Yes," Sona blinked and said. "I actually think the bet isn't important. It depends on your decision. If you..."
"Impossible."
Without the slightest hesitation.
Chen Yu refused outright.
Barbara, pushing against Chen Yu, seemed to pause again, but not significantly, and continued to push forward. Her strength also increased slightly.
The bet.
It was absolutely impossible to give up.
If they gave up the bet just because she was possessed, and Barbara became possessed with any slight inconvenience in the future, would they always give up the bet to restore her clarity?
Such a precedent should never be set.
Many things are like this. If there is a first time, there will be a second. Over time, it becomes commonplace.
On the contrary, not continuing to do so would be wrong.
Since they were betting, they should fulfill the bet and determine the outcome.
"Chen Yu, Barbara, she..." Sona started to say but stopped. Chen Yu remained unmoved. "It is absolutely impossible to break the bet, but we can actually choose other ways to help her."
"Ah!?"
Sona was stunned.
Other ways?
The most important thing about possession is to break the mental demon. If the mental demon is not resolved, the state of possession will never disappear.
This was the only way.
Yet Chen Yu said he wanted to help her in other ways.
Thinking about it, Chen Yu had already broken through the incantations for elemental casting, so perhaps he really had a way to break the conventions.
"What are you going to do?"
"Hiss!" Chen Yu took a slight breath. "Specifically, I don't have a good plan yet. I'm still thinking about it."
The bet could not be abandoned, and Chen Yu could not abandon Barbara.
No matter what, he couldn't just let Barbara keep walking forward. Who knew where she would stop? Right now, she was bumping into his chest.
But what if she bumped into a wall?
Hey?
A wall?
Thinking of this, Chen Yu clapped his hands and showed a smile in his eyes as he looked at Sona.
"I have an idea."
*Thump thump thump*.
Four wooden stakes were driven into the ground.
These four posts were arranged in a triangular pattern and sunk into the ground. Chen Yu gently took Barbara's small hand and placed her two arms between the gaps of two posts, her shoulders against the other two, leaving only an opening for her head to stick out.
"Done."
Chen Yu clapped his hands, seemingly satisfied with his creation.
"You... this?" Sona blinked in confusion. Chen Yu shrugged and said, "She's possessed, isn't she? She wants to keep walking forward, so I'll just trap her here. Look at these four posts I made, they are very sturdy, and I hammered them in very deep. Barbara definitely can't push through. Also, you two probably don't need to eat, right~"
"Uh..."
Sona blinked again and pondered for a moment.
"Perhaps, after condensing her true form, she needs to replenish some energy."
"Even better!" Chen Yu immediately clapped his hands. "As the saying goes, people are iron, rice is their king. If you don't eat for a meal, you'll get hungry! We'll let Barbara walk here. When she gets hungry, maybe she'll wake up from hunger, don't you think."
"Ah, this~"
"Trust me, it's right."
Chen Yu raised his eyebrows with conviction, then suddenly ran to the front of Barbara, raised his wristband, and smiled.
"Look at the camera, give life a 'V' sign!"