Chapter 513: Try this

Lin's thoughts raced.

(Basement……only one exit……if he blocks the stairway I'm dead……)

(Must think of a way to create chaos……)

Her gaze fell on the nearby cardboard box.

Those cardboard boxes held some of Sakura's stored miscellaneous items—old books, clothes, and—

Lin's eyes lit up briefly.

She remembered Sakura saying that a few boxes inside contained leftover materials from past practice.

Although most had expired, but some of them……if mishandled……

(All in!)

She moved silently to the side of those boxes and gently opened one.

Using the faint light seeping in from the stairway, she saw inside indeed piled with various bottles and jars—dried herbs, strange-colored powders, and several bottles of liquid unknown how long they'd been sitting.

Lin carefully took out a few items and, following the knowledge passed down from the Tohsaka family, quickly began to mix them.

Footsteps grew closer.

Yan Feng had already walked to the center of the basement.

Lin held her breath, clutching the freshly mixed compound in her hand.

(A little closer……a little closer……)

Yan Feng stopped.

He stood there, silently gazing at the piles of junk stacked like mountains around him.

His eyes in the darkness were like two deep wells, unknown what he was thinking.

Then he turned and walked toward the direction where Lin was hiding.

Lin's heart leapt to her throat.

(Now!)

She sprang to her feet and hurled the mixture at Yan Feng with all her strength!

"Try this——!!!"

The mass exploded in midair!

But the explosion wasn't the mixture itself—it was the gem Lin had hidden inside it!

"Boom——!!!"

Flame and smoke instantly filled the entire basement!

The powders mixed in the mixture ignited, erupting in blinding light and a pungent odor!

Yan Feng instinctively stepped back!

Lin seized the opportunity and sprinted with all her might toward the stairway!

She took three steps at a time up the stairs, burst into the kitchen, dashed through the living room—

Then she heard footsteps behind her.

Yan Feng caught up!

Lin gritted her teeth, glanced at the gem in her hand—only two left.

(Can't just run like this……must find a way to block the stairway……)

Her gaze fell on the gas canister in the kitchen corner.

That was Sakura's spare gas canister for a portable stove, small but……

Lin's mouth twitched.

(The Tohsaka family……they wouldn't die from a gas explosion, would they?)

She had no time to think further.

Lin stuck the last gem onto the gas canister, then pushed it to the storage room doorway.

"Yan Feng Qili!" she shouted downstairs, "You aren't trying to kill me? Come on!"

Then she turned and ran!

She burst into the living room, rushed outside, found cover in the yard and crouched—

"Boom——!!!"

A deafening explosion came from inside the house!

The whole house trembled! Second-floor windows shattered, glass raining down like rain!

Rolling smoke and dust poured out from the first-floor doors and windows!

Lin covered her head, crouched behind cover, her heart pounding as if it would leap out of her throat.

(Heaven……please don't kill anyone……although that guy deserved to die……but causing a death would be troublesome……)

The smoke and dust gradually cleared.

Lin cautiously poked her head out—

The house's door had been blown off, the first-floor windows all shattered, and the walls cracked open in several places.

The kitchen area still smoked, the air reeking of gas and burnt odor.

But what about Yan Feng Qili?

Lin nervously stared at the dark doorway.

One second.

Two seconds.

A black shadow slowly emerged from the smoke.

Yan Feng Qili.

His black priest's robe was covered in ash, and his face bore several soot marks, but his eyes still had that expressionless look.

He looked at Lin, standing there in silence.

Lin's heart sank.

(Can't even hurt him like this?!)

Yan Feng raised his hand—

"Lin—!!!"

Lin felt a flash before his eyes.

Yan Feng Qili's expressionless face vanished.

In its place was a narrow alley, with dust‑covered junk boxes piled on both sides.

Sunlight slanted in from the alley mouth, casting long shadows on the ground.

"Hoo... Hoo... Hoo..."

Rapid breathing came from beside them.

Lin turned his head and saw San Yue Qi leaning against the wall, his chest heaving violently, a fine layer of sweat beading on his forehead.

His powder‑blue eyes were half‑closed, looking quite exhausted.

"San Yue Jie?!"

Lin hurried over, scanning her from head to toe.

San Yue Qi's clothes were dusted with ash, his hair a bit messy, but he seemed otherwise fine.

"Are you okay?!"

San Yue Qi waved his hand, gasped a few more breaths, then forced out a smile: "No, no problem... just a bit tired... that move just now was used too hastily..."

Lin only then realized—it was San Yue Qi who used Time Stop to pull her out from in front of Yan Feng.

From that position to here, at the very least there are two streets between.

"Thanks, Banana," Lin whispered.

San Yue Qi waved his hand, then looked at the wounds on Lin.

The cuts made by Black Key were still oozing blood, his school uniform had several holes, looking a mess.

"And you? Are you badly hurt?"

Lin lowered his head, glanced at himself, and moved his arms and legs.

Although his whole body ached, nothing seemed broken, and his organs were fine.

"Surface wound, Banana, nothing serious."

San Yue Qi exhaled, and his expression turned a bit guilty.

"Um... sorry, Lin."

Lin blinked: "What's up, Banana?"

San Yue Qi scratched his head, his voice growing softer: "The bags of food we bought earlier... they fell over there..."

Lin was momentarily stunned.

Then she couldn't help but laugh.

That's it?

"San Yue Jie."

Lin placed her hands on her hips, trying to adopt a serious expression, but the corners of her mouth wouldn't stay down, "You're telling me this now, Banana? Our lives are almost gone, who still cares about a few bags of food, Banana?"

"But you're starving..."

"Skipping a meal won't kill you, Banana!" Lin cut her off, then softened, "Besides, safety first, Banana. Food can be bought again, but if life is gone, nothing remains, Banana."

San Yue Qi looked at her, his eyes slightly watery.

"Lin..."

"Don't, don't look at me like that, Banana!" Lin turned her face away, her ears flushing, "I'm just speaking the truth, Banana!"

San Yue Qi couldn't help but laugh.

While laughing, she remembered the matter at hand.

"By the way, Lin, when you fought that Yan Feng just now, did you notice anything?"

Lin's expression grew serious.

She recalled the details of the recent battle, her brows furrowing tighter.

"That madman had a Command Spell, Banana."

San Yue Qi's eyes widened: "Command Spell? Is he a Master?"

Lin nodded: "A conspicuous red pattern on the back of his right hand, Banana. I only glanced at it, but I'm sure it's correct, Banana."

The image of that Weight Person flashed in San Yue Qi's mind.

"That Weight man..." she murmured, "must be his Servant."

"Weight man, Banana?"

"The one who blocked me just now."

San Yue Qi gestured, "Golden hair, dressed lavishly, tossing a golden weight in his hand. That aura... definitely of Command‑user rank!"

Lin's brows furrowed even tighter.

"Command‑user, Banana? What is that, Banana?"

"Uh... hard to explain."

San Yue Qi scratched his head, "In short, it's that especially powerful type. I saw him act in Rewind; the whole city was hammered into ruins by a rain of golden weights."

Lin sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.

"That guy is also a Servant banana?"

"Probably. He and Yan Feng are partners."

The two fell silent for a few seconds, both digesting this information.

Then Lin spoke, his voice trembling with uncontainable rage: "Yan Feng, that guy really still can't forget the Yuanban Family's banana! Ten years ago he betrayed my father, and ten years later he's come again to hunt down my banana!"