Awakening: Part 3

On the other side, Nisse quickly rolled her body, just in time dodging a black crystal coming her way. She hid in the corner and fiddled with her watch to activate the Sober Gemstone program.

"What is it?" Lin Xiao had plunged into a state of dark awakening, and a massive dark force poured into her body, turning the dark side of her out.

She was not Lin Xiao now but should be called Dark Lin Xiao—the dark side of her. Earlier, she was coming down the stairs as the rascals of her neighbors tried to sneak up to her. They exuded an energy that made her feel uncomfortable. One of them even hurled something at her.

"You two little bugs! What do you want to do?" As she lifted her hand and gently tapped it, the dark force that was awakened in the surroundings gathered around her, part of it shielding her front, part of it moving toward Hanyu in the air.