Faced with Cheng Shuang's insistence, Lin Yu stopped arguing and nodded.
"Fine. Since you put it that way, Sister Frost, I'll wait outside," Lin Yu said with a smile as he looked at Cheng Shuang. "After all... you're the authority when it comes to Authority-related matters. I'll listen to you."
After saying that, Lin Yu really did stay where he was, putting on an act of waiting outside.
Cheng Shuang did not linger any longer.
"I'll be back as soon as possible. In any case, protect yourself as much as you can while you're outside, and then wait for my signal."
As she spoke, Cheng Shuang turned and walked straight into the Movie Theater.
The pitch-black entrance looked like the gaping maw of some enormous beast. When one peered inside, an invisible force blocked their vision, making it impossible to see the interior layout of the Movie Theater from outside.
When Cheng Shuang entered, she crossed what seemed to be some sort of barrier at the entrance and instantly vanished from Lin Yu's sight, as if she had never existed.
But considering that there was likely an Authority inside that had already begun to "influence its surroundings," this degree of "strangeness" was perfectly reasonable.
After watching Cheng Shuang's figure disappear completely...
Lin Yu, who had been "waiting" where he was, immediately headed toward the Movie Theater as well.
After all...
He couldn't really not go just because of what Cheng Shuang had said, could he?
Still, he had promised Cheng Shuang, and it was far too early to fall out with her...
Therefore, as Lin Yu approached the Movie Theater, he lightened his steps and used Mental Power to disguise himself, entering a state of stealth.
He chose to sneak inside.
As Lin Yu drew closer to the theater entrance...