Chapter 378 Unexpected Reaction
"That GHOST really knows how to pick his girls. I mean, you're too young for me, but I would've never been able to tell without reading your records."
Arit's glare hardened, and George chuckled. He was currently very relaxed, and normally, Arit would've used a chance like this to quickly attack him and try to catch him off guard, but she knew she couldn't do anything rash in front of this man.
Ever since she became an anima, Arit had become a lot better at telling how weak or strong a person was just by being near them. It was like a beast in the wild that could gauge another beast's strength with just a single glance. And from what Arit could see, she knew that this man was dangerous.
He wasn't even using anything to try and intimidate her, but Arit could just sense his pressure pressing down on her like a physical thing! Arit couldn't do anything reckless right now.
She had to get over to the other side and help Talia get away from here, but Arit also knew that George was just waiting for her to make a wrong move so he could capitalize on it and catch her off guard!
Greg and his wife had been put out of commission by the woman, and now Talia and James were alone! What could she do in a situation like this? Arit had to get to Talia and protect her! That was the only thing that mattered right now.
Arit had never been in a situation like this, facing off against enemies who were not only stronger than her but also willing to kill her. In response to the almost foreign situation, Arit reverted to the one thing she was most confident in: her ability to think.
Arit's mind tried to come up with a way to get past these two superhumans, but no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't think of any way for them to win here!
But suddenly, a voice shouted in her head!
'Duck!'
"!"
Arit's entire body vibrated as her instincts screamed at her about an incoming danger! Arit jumped forward into a roll just in time to avoid a long object that slashed across the hallway where she had been standing!
PHWOOSH!
The blade cut through the wall of the hotel like it was made of butter and split the hallway clean in half. Arit turned her head to look at George in surprise! If she had remained where she was, she would have lost an arm!
What was that? A blade!? Why did a blade suddenly appear from nowhere!? And where did it go? Is it his blessing that did it?
George didn't even seem to be paying attention to Arit as his right hand came up and he slashed two fingers through the air.
'Stop thinking, you foolish girl! Stop thinking and move!'
Arit's body suddenly jolted as a massive surge of adrenaline flowed through her veins! Arit's eyes changed to poison yellow and her fingernails grew as a purple color began to spread on her neck! George's eyes widened in surprise as he saw the transformation that was happening, and he couldn't stop himself from taking a step back to try and put some distance between him and Arit.
What the hell was that!?
Arit herself didn't know what was happening to her right now. Usually, whenever Arit transforms, she would be in control of it. Ever since she had the session with Jeanne that helped her to control the Queen, Arit has never transformed unless she was the one who consciously triggered it. But this time, it felt like Arit was not in control of her own body at all!
She could feel the Queen forcefully bringing itself out in desperation! Almost like it was doing everything possible in order to preserve its own life!
Arit dropped to the ground as a sharp object cut horizontally through the hallway, dividing the already split hallway into four parts!
Slash!
Stone and debris started to fall from the ceiling and Selina suddenly shouted from the other side of the hallway.
"What the hell are you doing, you idiot!? You'll ruin my clothes with your stupid tricks! Don't bring the building down on us, just capture her already!"
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George laughed and apologized while scratching the back of his head nervously. He knew he was currently just playing around like an idiot, but he had been trying to see just how strong Arit was so he wouldn't be caught off guard while capturing her. That transformation that she did just made him lash out unconsciously.
"You were right, Selina. She really is a superhuman. A strong one too. She avoided my slashes twice like some sort of ninja. Her instincts are off the charts."
George said this with a playful tone as he kept his eyes glued on Arit. The report that George and Selina got on Arit didn't say anything about her being a superhuman, but it did say that she was trapped with the Anima for some time before she was captured! Does that mean that she was experimented on and gained powers because of that!? That was actually fucking hilarious!
This meant that Arit was a walking science experiment! George felt like laughing his ass off right there but he just settled for snickering! He raised his hand and prepared for another attack. George was done trying to find out how strong Arit was!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
But before George could unleash his final attack, a loud sound suddenly echoed through the area repeatedly! George furrowed his brow in confusion as he could hear the sound getting closer! What the hell was that? Arit was also surprised by the sound as she tried to figure out what it was! It sounded like something was breaking through walls and running at them at very high speed! Was it an anima!?
If it's an anima, then maybe she could use this as a chance to escape!
Talia was glaring at Selina in anger while Arit was already preparing a plan in her head for how to get out of there. But Arit's eyes suddenly landed on Talia and she noticed something that she hadn't noticed since the beginning of this fight. Where was Teddy?
BOOM!
The inner wall of the hallway was suddenly broken to pieces as a large teddy bear slammed through it! George and Selina turned to look at what had happened in surprise and they couldn't believe their eyes as they saw the teddy bear running towards Selina at full speed!
No matter how strong or rational you are, anyone would be stunned if they saw a giant animated teddy bear suddenly appearing from nowhere and charging at them like a bull on steroids!
The only people who weren't surprised by the sudden appearance of the teddy bear were Talia and Arit! Arit managed to use the brief moment of distraction and charged straight for George in a desperate attempt to catch him off guard!
George caught Arit's movement from the corner of his eye and immediately turned around and brought his hand up to send another attack at her, but it was already too late as Arit slammed her entire body into his midsection, spearing him off his feet and onto the ground!
BOOM!