Witch Special

Yan Qing's breathing behind him was becoming more and more rapid. Perhaps in the next second, 85 million bacteria would spray onto the food that was about to be served to the guests. At this critical moment, Lin Zhenxi had no time to carefully consider and choose a countermeasure.

The situation was urgent, so resolving the problem was the top priority. Since Yan Qing couldn't stop sneezing, they had to find a way to prevent her from spitting on the food.

Use something to block it? No, that wouldn't work. Some might still slip through the net. The best way is to take the plate away from Yan Qing. Without a target, she can sneeze however she wants. That's right, that's what we do.

If you're short on time, magic will do the trick. Powerful Iron Will, give me some attributes!

"Strong Iron Will" can change some physical conditions, and time magic allows Lin Zhenxi to interfere with the flow of time to a limited extent. These two seemingly unrelated magics can together create a magical magic effect, which is to allow Lin Zhenxi to enter bullet time.

As mentioned before, while Lin Zhenxi possessed a talent for both time and space magic, her abilities were not yet fully developed. She had the space magic of Apparition as a stepping stone, which could allow her to further develop long-distance teleportation magic. However, she was truly limited to time magic. After years of research, she had only been able to accelerate or decelerate time in a small area. This area was very small, almost confined to Lin Zhenxi's immediate surroundings, or more precisely, herself and the objects within her reach.

Within this area, Lin Zhenxi could alter the speed of time to a limited degree. She could make a cup take what she perceived as ten seconds to freely fall from a table to the floor, or she could drop herself to the ground in just 0.2 seconds. She accelerated her own body, but acceleration magic couldn't affect consciousness, and with Lin Zhenxi's inherent ability to manipulate her body, she couldn't control it.

Simply put, it is because the body cannot react in time. As soon as a thought comes into being, the body immediately moves, but the brain has not yet given the next instruction. As a result, the body loses command under the high flow of time, and it is normal to fall.

However, "Strong Iron Will" can force the body to push its limits. Since it can block certain senses, it can also naturally strengthen others, forcing the brain to be more active and increasing reaction ability, which is also a natural application of it.

Well, a rather dangerous way to apply it.

Under normal circumstances, using "Strong Iron Will" to accelerate consciousness only produces a slow-motion effect. For a moment, everything slows down, including the caster's own movements, while only the speed of thought remains normal. However, by accelerating consciousness while also accelerating one's own time, one can free oneself from the slow-motion effect, regaining the ability to move freely in a world that has slowed down according to one's own time, thus achieving an effect similar to bullet time.

"Strong Iron Will" and "Time Acceleration" both fall under the Second Law: Equivalent Exchange. There's no elemental radiance during their release, so using them doesn't require worrying about exposure. This is why Lin Zhenxi confidently uses them on stage. At most, her eyes might light up briefly when the magic activates, but such a small change wouldn't be noticeable under the bright stage lights.

Let "Strong Iron Will" increase his thinking speed, and use "Time Acceleration" to speed up the flow of time in his body. At the moment when the two magics took effect at the same time, Lin Zhenxi entered a world where everything was slow. The surrounding noises all turned into low muffled sounds with a lowered pitch, and everyone's movements became slow motion. Even the originally continuous lights showed obvious light and dark flickering.

If the surrounding colors were turned completely black and white, it would feel like time had stood still.

In reality, Lin Zhenxi didn't dare speed up her time too much. She was in the public eye, being watched by countless cameras. If she teleported or even had an afterimage on stage, the "company" would likely impose an internet blackout, and Lin Zhenxi would be penalized for publicly displaying supernatural powers. So, Lin Zhenxi sped up her movements to about three times her normal speed. With her now-expanded mental strength, controlling this level of accelerated consciousness shouldn't be too much of a burden.

With the bonus of triple speed, Lin Zhenxi held his tray with one hand, turned around and snatched the tray from Yan Qing's hand, placing both plates in front of himself.

The next moment, the effects of accelerated consciousness and time were eliminated at the same time, everything around returned to normal, and Yan Qing behind him finally covered her mouth and sneezed.

Lin Zhenxi stood where he was, welcoming the physical feedback of using the powerful iron will to accelerate his consciousness.

As she'd expected, the negative feedback this time was surprisingly mild, barely giving Lin Zhenxi a slight headache, similar to the feeling she'd get from staying up all night and having to get up at 6:30 the next day. This actually showed that even without the powerful iron will, Lin Zhenxi could maintain that accelerated state of consciousness. She just didn't know how to enter that state properly yet, so she could only use the powerful iron will to force herself.

After sneezing, Yan Qing meowed twice embarrassedly and took her tray from Lin Zhenxi.

"I'm sorry Maki, I just couldn't help it, nya," she whispered apologetically with tears in her eyes.

Lin Zhenxi nodded and took two quick steps to catch up with the curly-haired older sister. Now wasn't the time to discuss who was right or wrong; they needed to get through this hurdle quickly. Lin Zhenxi also needed to remove the powerful Iron Will's ability to block her sense of smell, and the negative feedback from that would be far more severe.

However, at this moment, thunderous applause broke out from the audience. Three girls in cheongsams carrying plates of food stopped and looked at the audience, who seemed to be suddenly excited for some unknown reason.

"What a wonderful rescue!!! It's so wonderful. Let us thank this beautiful lady for showing us the power of friendship." At this time, Teacher Mee Mee also raised her own microphone that was like a loudspeaker and shouted to join in the fun.

Lin Zhenxi then realized that his previous actions, with the added bonus of triple speed, seemed as cool as an acrobatic performance.

Or... to be more precise, like a martial arts master?

At this time, Liu Angxing also rushed over with a tray and apologized to Lin Zhenxi and Yan Qing, "I'm sorry, I forgot that the spicy taste of spicy tofu can make the nose uncomfortable for people who don't eat it often."

"It's nothing, it's okay." Lin Zhenxi said calmly.

Her sense of smell has been suppressed by herself. Not to mention the smell of spicy tofu, even if it is a plate of freshly fished out stinky braised stinky tofu, she can remain calm now.

After all, she couldn't smell anything now.

Although there were some minor incidents in the middle, the scene quickly returned to its original track. Under the leadership of Liu Angxing, Lin Zhenxi and the other three found a guest and placed the tray in front of the guest.

Liu Angxing was left to personally deal with the president. Lin Zhenxi's chosen guest was a well-known figure in society, a so-called "old man." The old man had a lush white beard and a full forehead, and looked kind and benevolent. However, Lin Zhenxi was a little worried that his food might get on his beard, as it was so long...

When Lin Zhenxi bent down to put the tray away, the old man said with a smile, "This girl is really good at Kung Fu. Which sect is she from?"

He seemed to be an insider? But his circle and Lin Zhenxi's circle probably had nothing to do with each other.

Lin Zhenxi didn't know how to answer. She couldn't say that this wasn't kung fu but magic, right? So she could only give an awkward but polite smile.

Fortunately, the old man didn't dwell on this question for too long. His attention was quickly drawn to the mapo tofu in front of him. After sniffing hard, the old man let out a long, intoxicated "Ah~".

"What authentic Sichuan hot! Numb, spicy, fresh, fragrant, and hot, all five flavors are present. What a great dish."

After saying that, the old man picked up the spoon and scooped a spoonful of steaming spicy tofu with red sauce into his mouth.

The next second, the old man's eyes widened to the size of copper bells, and his head seemed to have turned into a small coal-burning locomotive, with large amounts of white smoke coming out of his ears, nostrils, and head.

“So crisp! So good!”

After releasing the heat, the old man exclaimed in praise and began to eat the spicy-looking tofu in big mouthfuls. His face turned red at a visible speed, and his eyes began to shed tears from the spicy smell. But even so, his hands did not slow down at all. He even began to disregard his image and did not care about the red sauce on his white beard.

Honestly, this scene was a bit scary. Lin Zhenxi looked around and found that the four guests were almost all the same. No matter how reserved and stylish they had been before, they were now hunched over the table, spoons in hand, eating voraciously and sweating profusely.

Although the guests looked embarrassed, they had already scored points with their actions, and Liu Angxing's victory in the first round would be certain.

The next two rounds were audience ratings and peer reviews between the chefs. Waiters were no longer needed; the dishes would be served by robots and the chefs themselves, respectively. Seeing that Tang Niu's four plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum figures had already left the stage, Lin Zhenxi pulled Yan Qing and also walked off the stage, moving to a place where no one could see them.

Then, she lifted the effect of the powerful iron will, and a strong itchy feeling in the nasal cavity immediately rushed to her forehead, accompanied by itchy eyes and tears. Lin Zhenxi couldn't help but open her mouth and began to sneeze continuously.

"A-choo, a-choo, a-choo, a-choo, a-choo, a-choo..."

There is no sign of stopping at all.