The Female Ghost vanished, and Nick felt the pressure on his legs ease. Though a wave of weakness washed over him, he finally seemed able to move again. But before he could straighten up, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his chest, as though someone had seized his heart in a crushing grip.
The Female Ghost appeared again. Her already stunning face seemed to have received some sort of nourishment and was practically glowing, but the vicious expression she wore stood in stark contrast to her exquisite beauty.
Nick looked down. The five slender, pale fingers of the Female Ghost's right hand were slowly sinking into the left side of his chest. It looked just like clipping in a video game, without a drop of blood, yet the agony of having his heart and lungs torn out instantly swept through his entire body, from his toes to the tips of his hair.
"Aah!" Even Nick himself could no longer tell whether he was screaming in pain or roaring in anger. The P226 in his hand fired repeatedly. Just as before, the bullets met no resistance, passing through her as though through an illusion and punching hole after hole in the roof of the Ford Explorer.
This bullshit Mind over Matter skill had even given me psionics, so why wasn't it doing a damn thing? Even by the usual formula, shouldn't my yang energy have burned her by now, making her scream and disappear?
Why did she look like she'd just enjoyed a feast and was now planning to kill me to keep me quiet?
Seeing that the bullets had no effect whatsoever, while the psionics in his body circulated on their own without providing the slightest protection even as his heart was nearly crushed, Nick simply summoned the Magic Movie