Volume Six: What She Lost, What I Gained - Chapter 553: Clever, Adorable Julia's Physics Class

"Crystal Blade Storm!"

Blood and blood crystals burst forth from my entire body, forming a Crystal Blade Tornado with an offensive and defensive radius of over ten meters. It pulverized everything in its path like a giant meat grinder, however—

"Jingle, jingle, jingle~ What is this? A large, realistic wind chime? Wow~~~~ lame!"

That guy just walked in like that, without taking any precautions, and went straight into the Crystal Blade Storm's domain.

Numerous extremely sharp crystal blades struck her directly, producing a piercing, teeth-grinding sound. However, she herself was completely unharmed; at most, her artificial skin had a few scratches.

If there's at least one instance of "direct violence" in the Extra Weapon, then it's definitely her.

With her power suppressed, she and I are simply beings from different dimensions.

"Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, don't you feel really unwilling? Well, oh well, I understand, I understand--!"

A blinding light erupted from something resembling propellers on her back, and before I could react, a cold mechanical hand gripped my face tightly, like an alien face-grabbing worm.

"'I used to be incredibly powerful! I could rival the higher-ups! If my strength hadn't been limited by Yu He, I wouldn't have lost to you!' -- Have you ever thought about things like that? You must have! You definitely have!"

Glug glug glug!

The hand that was gripping my face opened up, seemingly creating a small opening. Something cold yet resilient forced my mouth open; it was hard, and seemed to carry a faint electric current, feeling like... a stripped cable?

"But that's just an excuse! No matter how strong you were before, no matter how badly you could beat me, you're now so weak you're not even as good as a poorly filtered glitchy signal! You know that, right? You know that, right? You definitely know that!"

"Gulp... no... uh uh uh..."

"Smart and adorable Julia's science mini-lecture is about to begin! Now let's experiment and see what happens when we stick electrodes into a person's brain? What interesting areas will be stimulated?"

"Waaaaah! Ughhhhhh!!!"

What the hell?! The wire that was forcibly inserted into my mouth is starting to move upwards! My palate! The sharp tip is scraping against my palate! The tender flesh inside my mouth is being torn apart, and even my gums are being shredded. The metallic taste of blood and wire spread in my mouth at the same time, making me want to vomit but I can't!

"Huh? If you struggle, the wire won't reach your brain. But... oh well, it's okay! It's all electrified anyway, so giving your head a good shock would feel amazing! What if too much voltage just explodes your head? Then it'll be a feast of flying, burnt flesh! By the way, kids shouldn't eat burnt food!"

(Ugh... Don't... joke with me!!!)

A chilling sharpness spread from the depths of my body to my exterior, converging into a single entity in my hand— the Void Greatsword! Since acquiring the Blood Flame, I haven't had many opportunities to use it, and with my strength now limited, the Void Greatsword is my strongest equipment!

With a snap, the sound of metal tearing, the immense force gripping my face finally disappeared. I immediately pulled away from her as fast as I could, simultaneously grabbing the mechanical hand still attached to my face and ripping it off forcefully. The wires piercing through the walls of my mouth rubbed against the torn flesh, their many barbs occasionally tearing off small pieces of meat. The intense pain made me wince. By the time it was finally completely separated from my face, blood was gushing from my mouth like a waterfall.

I thought she would rush up and confront me immediately, but instead she examined the severed section of my arm with great interest. The section was not flesh and blood, of course; beneath the artificial skin were countless densely packed parts, making one dizzy from looking at them.

Daughter of Fiaz... truly deserving of the name.

"Wow~~Wow~~I didn't know you had a substance that could cut through superalloys! That's quite interesting! Let me see it? Please let me see it! You'll definitely let me see it, right? If you lend it to me so I can take it back and study it, I'll definitely be super~~~thank you!"

"Sorry, this item is not for sale..."

"Hey~~~ How stingy! But it's okay, I'll just dismember you and take you back—oh, that won't do either!"

Julia's scarlet eyes suddenly turned back to a bright green, as if she were seriously troubled.

"Tsk tsk, this is troublesome... Although I really want to separate you from your organs, put you in a culture medium, and take you back for research, Boss Yu specifically requested that you be alive and well... /annoyed."

"...?"

Why was I specifically asked to live?

I remember his contract also stated that if we lost, "Miss Ye, the representative of Party B, must dedicate everything she has, including her body, mind, soul, and strength, to Party A."

Why is Yu He so fixated on me?

Why me?

I believe this isn't some melodramatic "domineering President falls in love with me" story. Yu He is a very pragmatic person—or rather, he only cares about tangible benefits, a fact known to all. If he wants me, it must be for something directly related to his interests. But what could it be? Could it be that, like Huang Huo, Jili for a long time and wants to rebel, and I'm just someone he wants to recruit?

There are many possibilities, but it's impossible to be certain at this point... not to mention now is not the time to think about these things.

"I just wanted to have some fun with you... Oh, it's such a shame. I wish I could fight you when you're at your best. How about I give you all my money? But then I'd be the one who loses. /Sigh"

So--

"Let's just be friendly with you!! Anyway, you can revive, right? Then it's fine! If I play with you until you're completely turned inside out, will your screams summon Urushihara or Tartaglia? I'm really looking forward to it!"

Her emerald green eyes turned scarlet again the instant she reached out her hand to me—

"Crystal barrier!"

Countless Crystal Spike erupted from the ground, forming a blood crystal domain that obscured vision, but she tore them all apart in the next instant! The Blood Crystal Barrage raining down on her was blocked by a defense that resembled an AT field, and the wildly flying Blood Blade were precisely destroyed by the Floating Cannon. Even if they could touch her body, they could hardly cause any damage!

"Data retrieval -- Arm -- Beam cutting -- Construction --"

She emitted a series of mechanical chirps, and the severed arm immediately crackled with blinding lightning! At the same time, countless tiny parts disintegrated from the massive mechanical wings on her back, automatically assembling in mid-air to form a larger component. Every arc of electricity emitted from the severed arm was connected to these components, and the entire process took less than a second. Julia had a new arm!

This arm was completely devoid of artificial skin, consisting entirely of bare metal and wiring, possessing both the grotesque ferocity of a murder weapon and the refined beauty unique to precision objects. The fingers were no longer their original form; they were Laser Cutter, each half a meter long, gleaming with a soft blue light.

Click!... Uh...

... half a meter long?

Which idiot said it's only half a meter long?

A huge, shimmering blue fan-shaped structure unfolded above my head, while distant buildings appeared to be cleaved in two.

Its imposing presence is no less impressive than that of the Sick Spider from back then.

... Well?

Why can I see it so clearly?

The nerves, which had been paralyzed by the electric current, finally began to feel pain.

A large, mechanical hand pierced my abdomen.

While I was busy dodging the Laser Cutter, it pushed me dozens of meters into the air.

"Uh... ugh... ugh?"

Seem,

"How... wait... giggle ahhhhhhh..."

It also grabbed my intestines.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Wait! Wait! Wait! This can't be fair! Aa..."

Fortunately, I'm no longer the person who couldn't bear the pain of having Payne kidneys removed by Pain. My pain tolerance is vastly different now. I immediately mustered all my willpower to isolate myself from the pain! Reinforce! Blood Crystal Reinforcement! Protect my internal organs, the sooner the better.

"Gentlemen--"

Her shrill electronic voice came from below me, and the mechanical arm that shot out continued to push me into the air, while the part that reached into my abdominal cavity gripped my intestines even tighter!

"--Welcome to the clever and lovely Julia's physics class--"

Ugh! It's pulling! It's not just grabbing my intestines, it's pulling them downwards!

"--Today's experiment is--"

Aaaaaaahhhhhh! It's out! It's out! A robotic arm ripped my intestines out from tens of meters in the air!

"--Circular motion!!!!"

Yoyo

In that instant, the name of the world's second oldest toy flashed through my mind. (Author's note: The oldest toy is a doll.)

Then the robotic arm ripped my intestines completely out of my body and swung me around! I was the wheel, my abdomen was the bearing, and the pulled-out intestines were the sling! The pain of my internal organs being torn from my body almost made me faint, the gushing of vital fluids from my abdomen made me feel like I was in an ice cellar, and the sudden acceleration pushed me to my limit—

"Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate! The formula for centripetal force in uniform circular motion is Fn=mω^2, from which we can derive the formula for variable-speed circular motion! Eager learners must remember this!"

Faster and faster! Faster and faster! Faster and faster! Faster and faster! Faster and faster! Faster and faster! Faster and faster! It's going to break! It's going to break! It's going to break! Even the most flexible intestines must break!

The moment--

"--Then, it's time for the stimulating freefall experiment! Oh my god!!!!"

Fall!!!!

The spinning trajectory was suddenly and forcibly altered; the sudden sense of disconnection told me my intestines had been ripped apart! The cool night breeze brushed against my face, and Mother Earth was earnestly pulling me into her embrace with gravity—yes, I myself was plummeting downwards with astonishing initial velocity—

"Then it's Julia-chan's homework time! Today's homework is: At a racetrack with a gravitational acceleration of g=9.79m/s², at a height of H=83.26m, Ye Jiang, weighing 54.78kg, falls to the ground with an initial velocity of v0=26.49m/s and an angle of α=6.15° from the vertical. The air resistance coefficient C is 0.44, and the air density ρ is 1.293g/l. How long will it take her to smash to pieces on the ground? Students who answer correctly—"

Falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, falling--!!!

"--You can get the biggest piece of internal organs that Ye Jiang spilled as a reward! Stewing it with ginseng and deer antler is incredibly nourishing, haha ..."

Boom--Splat!!!

It broke.

Something broke into pieces, making a sticky, slippery sound.

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