Chapter 593

Losing consciousness and losing control of one's body—no girl would ever want to experience such a thing.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

The crisp sound of footsteps continued to ring out.

These were not the footsteps of the two of them, but rather footsteps coming from the path ahead.

Lin Ye immediately used his Clairvoyance, peering through the layers of trees to see a figure appearing.

The black figure was wearing a tight-fitting top and shorts, with a pair of white sneakers being particularly conspicuous.

A night-running youth.

Combining this with the previous Eerie of the old man playing chess in the park, Lin Ye associated the Eeries active in Chiba Park with the people who would appear in the real park.

The variety of Eeries in this Chiba Park is likely not small.

'Thump, thump, thump...'

The sneakers stepped onto the ground, and before long, the figure of the running youth Eerie appeared; it ran toward the two of them in a steady, orderly fashion, ignoring them as it passed by.

The long-haired girl was terrified, and only after much difficulty did she let out a sigh of relief.

Apparently,

this Eerie dressed in sportswear was just passing by, simply passing by.

'Tap, tap, tap...'

The sound of jogging from afar returned before long.

Sakurajima Mai glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw the running Eerie jogging backward, returning to them; it ran in place, its pale eyes fixed on Lin Ye and Sakurajima Mai.

At this distance,

Sakurajima Mai could even see the insects wriggling on the Eerie's tattered face; it was disgusting and hair-raising, but he held back.

"Running..."

"Healthy."

It spoke.

"Running,"

it continued, its running-in-place pace quickening.

Lin Ye keenly sensed the change in the environment's aura; his heart rate was slowly accelerating, and his body seemed to have already been affected by the running Eerie.

An illusion?

He glanced at Sakurajima Mai beside him, noticing the girl's disordered breathing and her gradually reddening face.

This was also a reaction to exercise.

"Can,"

"run, run..."

It was preparing to start running.

But Lin Ye immediately said, "We're running this way."

He pointed in the direction the running Eerie had come from.

This was the direction they needed to go; he could not turn back.

The running Eerie ran in place, nodded, and turned to change its orientation.

"Senior, keep up with the jog."

"Mm."

Sakurajima Mai worked out and exercised daily, so jogging was not a big problem; as long as it wasn't a short-distance sprint or an ultra-long-distance run, she could persist.

At the very least, she wouldn't hold Lin Ye back right now.

The running Eerie set off, its vigorous figure taking a step forward; it didn't run particularly fast, but it ran steadily and with great rhythm.

Lin Ye and Sakurajima Mai followed behind it, running step by step.

He maintained his pace, and Sakurajima Mai ran, keeping a steady speed with Lin Ye.

"You can do it."

She was a bit nervous, worried about falling behind, but given the current situation, she still felt she could do it.

'Thump, thump, thump...'

One in front, two behind, three figures were running.

Under the streetlights, the park's tree-lined path constantly emitted crisp running sounds.

And this small tree-lined path seemed endless, extending infinitely.

One minute,

two minutes,

the jogging continued,

the distance between the two sides did not decrease, but rather widened slightly.

Lin Ye made a gesture to Sakurajima Mai beside him, signaling that he was going to quicken his pace to overtake the running Eerie in front.

She nodded.

The next moment, Lin Ye leaped forward with long strides, the distance between them constantly shortening.

Lin Ye guessed that to solve this running Eerie, one should probably overtake it while jogging and maintain the lead for a certain amount of time.

But the problem was how to get both him and Sakurajima Mai to overtake the running Eerie and maintain a certain lead time?

Even if he used Time Stop to take Sakurajima Mai past the running Eerie, given the Eerie's physical fitness, it would quickly overtake them again.

'Da, da, da...'

Lin Ye pondered a method.

Beat the Eerie up?

He feared he would suffer the backlash first.

Finding a method was best.

Increase his and Sakurajima Mai's pace? Make the running Eerie run slower.

Lin Ye observed the running Eerie one meter in front of him, his gaze moving gradually from top to bottom.

Two seconds later,

he saw something, suddenly thought of something, and immediately took action, reaching out one hand to touch the running Eerie's arm.

The moment of contact,

Lin Ye immediately used the skill Petty Theft.

'Swish!'

In an instant, a white sneaker appeared in Lin Ye's hand.

That was the running Eerie's sneaker.

At this moment,

the running Eerie's running became wobbly and very unstable; its vigorous and steady figure swayed left and right, and its speed slowed down significantly.

"Senior,"

Lin Ye shouted loudly.

Sakurajima Mai, who had been paying attention from behind, immediately quickened her pace.

The distance between the two sides became shorter and shorter.

Before long, she ran to Lin Ye's side.

The running Eerie, missing a shoe, still wanted to struggle and tried to run fast, but it could only watch as Lin Ye, holding Sakurajima Mai's hand, ran in front of it at a faster speed.

"Awoo, awoo..."

It shouted in frustration, its strong legs running hard, but no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't run fast anymore and couldn't keep up.

Finally,

it lifted its left foot and immediately threw off the sneaker on its left foot with a slap.

The running Eerie chased after them barefoot.

"Senior, hold on, we're picking up the pace."

Lin Ye accelerated further, and Sakurajima Mai was pulled along, passively accelerating.

At this moment, she was panting, the soreness in her thighs and the pressure on her lungs from rapid breathing were intense, but she gritted her teeth and persisted.

Thirty seconds,

one minute,