Chapter 18 Bouncing Back and Forth! (Part 2)

Feeling the icy touch of the cleaver's tip, the stunned overweight neighbor's face gradually turned from red to green, then from green to white.

"Big… big… big brother… you… you… how did you suddenly change…"

"Who changed."

Chen Yu closed the door with an icy expression, brandishing the knife to force the neighbor to step back: "Didn't you really think I'd let you go? Behave, or I'll stab you in and out with a clean knife and have your brains oozing out!"

As he spoke, Chen Yu picked up the rope from the ground and tied up his neighbor again.

"Make a statement." Sitting on the sofa with a leg crossed, he scraped his jaw with the cleaver: "How do you want to die?"

"Big brother… you… you're still going to kill me…" The fat neighbor started crying out of fear.

"How novel." Chen Yu clicked his tongue: "If I don't shark you, I'd be wasting time here playing games with you. Your ex-girlfriend downstairs, she's already been sharked by me."

Hearing this, the neighbor's face instantly turned back to green, trembling lips betraying his terror.

"Still daring to take my money, you really have no self-awareness." Taking the neighbor's phone, Chen Yu opened the payment app: "What's the payment password?"

The neighbor: "I… it… "

"Then let's start by breaking one of your fingers, to give you a taste." Chen Yu raised the cleaver.

"888888… 886543!" The overweight neighbor immediately screamed in terror: "It's 886543!"

"Ding!"

(Payment received: thirty thousand yuan from Alipay.)

"Mm." Satisfied after transferring the money, Chen Yu nodded and carelessly tossed the phone aside, approaching the neighbor with cleaver in hand, aiming at the back, neck, and other parts of the neighbor, gesturing: "Now, where should I start chopping? Or would you rather be stabbed or chopped?"

"Don't… don't, big brother! I was wrong, big brother! Please don't kill me!" The fat neighbor fell to the ground, crying hysterically.

Chen Yu glanced at the "title" above the other's head which hadn't changed, and while twirling the knife said, with more intensity: "You like to snitch so much, your tongue must be quite redundant. Let's cut off your tongue first."

"No! Ah! Mmm—" The neighbor quickly shut his mouth tight.

"Open your mouth." Chen Yu's tone grew colder: "Otherwise, I'll stab you clean in and out, right in the gonads!"

After he spoke, he mounted the neighbor, knife in hand, and aimed at his buttocks, counting down: "Counting down three seconds, three, two… one!"

"Ahhhh big brother, I was wrong! I'll open my mouth! I'll open my mouth!" The fat neighbor cried with snot and tears, fearfully sticking out his tongue.

It was at that moment that the "title" above his head began to fade rapidly.

"Good! Stick it out longer, I'm about to start cutting." Suppressing his excitement, Chen Yu waved the cleaver, continuing the intimidation.

Until ten seconds later, the fat neighbor's title of [Worthless Otaku] changed back to [Tremendously Terrified Worthless Otaku].

There were also several new text boxes that "burst forth" from his body.

[(F-grade) Nearsighted and astigmatic left eye: Night vision, dynamic visual ability, and Static World Ability 18% below average human race.]

[(F-grade) Inferior Achilles tendon: Obviously cannot jump very high.]

[(F-grade) Healthy heart: Heart index 3.23 L/(min m²), excellent heart rate, no signs of coronary thrombosis.]

[(F+-grade) Extraordinary durability that surpasses ordinary people: It is said that he could even forgive his girlfriend for cheating and seemed to revel in it.]

[(F+-grade) Superior Muscle Cells: Red muscle fiber contraction capabilities better than the average person's.]

"Nice!"

Chen Yu was ecstatic!

The abilities that had "emerged" from the neighbor this time were indeed completely different from the last.

It also confirmed his speculation.

As long as he kept changing the target's title, the target could keep "refreshing" to reveal more abilities.

No need to worry about not being able to "brush out" superpowers when "brushing" a superhuman in the future…

"Clang!"

Throwing down the cleaver, Chen Yu immediately gave the neighbor a big bear hug: "I bloody love you to death!"

In his terror, the neighbor was dumbfounded: "Big… big brother…"

"Bro, I didn't mean to scare you that much," Chen Yu said with a smile, kindly untying the neighbor: "I just couldn't resist teasing you. You're right, it's all just a joke."

"…" The fat neighbor was lost for words, his thoughts muddled for a time.

"Don't be afraid, be good." Chen Yu patted the neighbor's head and picked up the cleaver, enthusiastically stuffing it into his hand, "I was just 'again' making a joke. How could I kill you, that would be against the law!"

The chubby neighbor: "..."

Stepping back half a step and placing his hands on his hips, Chen Yu looked at the neighbor, who had the title [Extremely Frightened Waste Otaku] above his head, ready for the third round of experimentation.

The previous changes in "titles" were, strictly speaking, not complete.

Whether it's [Extremely Frightened], [Overjoyed], or "whatever else," it's ultimately still some descriptive qualifier within the larger title of [Waste Otaku].

That doesn't count as a "major change."

But what if the "title" was completely changed?

For example, if [Waste Otaku] became [Scientific Researcher], would it be possible to "refresh" and reveal more abilities at once?

Or perhaps better abilities?

With that thought in mind.

Driven by his passion for research, Chen Yu, without a moment's hesitation, embraced the stiff neighbor, took his phone, and transferred 50,000 yuan.

"Ding!"

(Alipay notification: 50,000 yuan received in full.)

"Bro, this is my sincerity!" Chen Yu patted his chest solemnly, "In fact, I've always wanted to be friends with you. True buddies."

The chubby neighbor: "..."

Chen Yu: "But you should also understand. Because of your report, I was in prison for so long. So I've become a bit bad at expressing friendliness."

The chubby neighbor: "..."

"I swear!" Chen Yu raised his hand and vowed, "From now on, I will treat you well. As long as you don't let me down, I will go through fire and water for you!"

Upon hearing the critical word "knife," the chubby neighbor's stiff thoughts slowly revived; he looked down at the cleaver that Chen Yu had shoved into his hand, then turned to look at Chen Yu's "loathsome" face, and a raging fire began to explode from his lungs and spread throughout his body...

'Uh-oh!'

Sensing the resentment and murderous intent in the neighbor's eyes, Chen Yu quickly performed an unarmed take down, snatching the cleaver away and holding it to the neighbor's neck.

The neighbor's rage vanished in an instant, and a flattering, forced smile reappeared on his chubby face.

"Bro, stay calm." Chen Yu then put the cleaver back into the neighbor's hand, "Let's not get physical."

Grasping the knife handle, the smile on the neighbor's face disappeared rapidly as the rage built up again.

Chen Yu hurried to snatch the knife.

The neighbor hastened to force a smile.

Chen Yu continued to offer the knife.

The neighbor continued to become enraged.

Snatch the knife.

Show a smile.

Offer the knife.

Anger rises.

Snatch the knife.

Show a smile.

Offer the knife.

Anger rises.

Snatch.

Smile.

Offer.

Anger...

"Eh? I seem to have found a perpetual motion machine, huh." Chen Yu exclaimed in delight.

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