Chapter 3

The concert ended.

Bathed in the gazes of envy, jealousy, and hatred from numerous audience members, Lin Ye waited on the spot for the surrounding audience to disperse and leave.

He saw the purple-haired girl wearing the beautiful red and black uniform come down from the left side of the stage and arrive in front of him with a faint smile on her face.

Hoshino Ai,

Gazing at the beautiful girl standing gracefully a meter away, Lin Ye felt a fleeting palpitation in his heart; he could even smell the sweet, pleasant scent emanating from the girl.

A girl of such goddess-level caliber was an existence he could look at but never reach in his past life, not even daring to think about it.

And now... he even had the superpower of Time Stop, what woman couldn't he have? Wouldn't they be easily captured?

Lin Ye's confidence was overflowing, almost spilling out.

"Thank you for your liking and confession, really... thank you very much."

Hoshino Ai expressed her thanks once again and bowed deeply, which triggered a burst of cheers for her gentleness and kindness from the fans who were still queuing to leave.

They also wanted to be treated like that.

"Your 'thank you' ≠ you don't hate me, I understand."

"Eh."

Hoshino Ai was stunned.

"Don't worry, I won't bother you again, nor will I become an extreme fan and stab you with a knife."

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Ai was subconsciously startled, and a bad feeling emerged in her heart.

This is... an implied threat, right!

It definitely is!

"Cough, cough, cough, alright, alright."

The manager, a blonde man in a suit, took out a Polaroid, and the lens was aimed at the two.

Hoshino Ai endured the discomfort in her heart and came to Lin Ye's side.

"Young man, smile, are you too nervous to take a photo with our Ai-chan? Hahaha..."

Hoshino Ai leaned closer, extended her right hand, and made a big 'yes' gesture.

'Click...'

The photo was taken.

Hoshino Ai took the photo, wrote the time and her name on it with a colored pen, and drew a few hearts.

"Here, I hope you can continue to support me in the future, Ai-chan looks forward to your support!"

She raised a sweet, cute, and playful smile.

"Support? In the next life!"

"Eh!"

Hoshino Ai was stunned, and the manager who had just walked two steps was also stunned.

"In this life, I'm going to support Mai, Mai must be better."

Hoshino Ai:???

Damn it, what's so good about Sakurajima Mai!

Hoshino Ai felt terrible, and her smile froze on her face.

And at this time,

Lin Ye was thinking about whether to use the Time Stop superpower to test its effect.

His gaze fell on Hoshino Ai, quickly sizing her up.

This made Hoshino Ai subconsciously feel that something was wrong.

"Ai, Ai, my Ai..."

Suddenly,

A low, suppressed man's voice came from the shadows not far away.

A man wearing a black hoodie walked over step by step with his head lowered, his low voice coming continuously.

"Ai-chan... is mine."

"For Ai-chan, I... have come back alive, I came back... alive from the Eerie Game."

"Ai-chan, I support... you."

"Tonight, Ai-chan... accompany me..."

……

Hoshino Ai looked at the black-clad man who was constantly approaching, and the feeling of panic in her heart became even more intense.

"Hey, stop, you kid... ah..."

The blonde manager suddenly let out a scream of terror as if he had seen something fearful, and his whole body 'thudded' to the ground.

"Mr. Saitou..."

Hoshino Ai shouted.

The man in black rushed over, chuckling to himself,

"Dare not to support Ai, die."

He turned sideways, staring directly at Lin Ye, his eyes seeming to release something, and a dagger appeared in his hand, reflecting a metallic luster under the dim light of the stage.

Lin Ye had wanted to keep a low profile and quietly watch what would happen next.

Now,

"No more pretending."

Time Stop activated.

'Zzz...'

The faint sound of electricity flashed and vanished.

The world seemed to have stopped at this moment.

The black-clad man waving the knife was still maintaining the posture of pouncing, Hoshino Ai's eyes were wide open in terror, and everything seemed to be frozen and fixed.

Lin Ye first snatched the dagger from the man, then subconsciously wanted to rub 【her】, but finally changed the target, came in front of Hoshino Ai, waved his hand, twisted the girl's cheeks, poked, and touched.

And from beginning to end, Hoshino Ai had no reaction at all.

"It really is Time Stop, I just don't know if the world has truly stopped, or if I have accelerated to ten million times the speed, making everything look as if it has stopped."

He walked toward the black-clad man and pulled off his hood.

Suddenly, Lin Ye was stunned.

He suddenly saw a pitch-black bead stuck to the man's forehead.

An ornament? A mutation?

Lin Ye felt that this world didn't seem to be that peaceful and quiet.

'Thud...'

Through the fabric, Lin Ye pried the pitch-black bead directly off, wrapped it in several layers of cloth, and stuffed it into his pocket.

Next...

'Thump, thump, thump...'

Lin Ye punched the black-clad man's abdomen one punch after another.

"Still want to kill me?"

"Extreme fan fanatic?"

"Without me, Hoshino Ai would probably be stabbed to death by you tonight."

Punch after punch hit the flesh, heavy blows landing like a storm on the black-clad man.

After a wild beating, Lin Ye thought about it and changed the black-clad man's posture and adjusted the position of the dagger; before this, he had cautiously wiped away his fingerprints.

He looked at Hoshino Ai beside him and finally twisted her cheeks one more time.

"This counts as payment; without me intervening, your fate today definitely wouldn't have been good."

Time Stop ended.

The world seemed to resume rotation in this instant.

'Die... woo... ow ow...'

The sound of the black-clad man waving his arms in pain rang out, and he stumbled two steps before falling heavily to the ground. ===== CHAPTER 4 =====