Volume 2 Chapter 53: The Strongest Competition Substitute in the World
This is such a scam!
The girl couldn’t hold it in anymore. She almost did the classic anime move, rolling up the drawing paper and slamming it hard on the desk.
But after that, she forced herself to calm down.
Spirit channeling, huh…
What kind of nonsense item is this? It costs more than ten thousand popularity points. Even if it were free, someone like Lin Lin, who is just a tiny bit timid, would never dare to choose it.
What if she summoned… summoned something like Sadako, or some angry ghost? What would she do then?
She couldn’t possibly fail to draw the Mona Lisa and then just give up and summon Sadako to wipe out everyone in the room, right?
Ahem…
What would that even be called?
Losing the competition, so you just eliminate all the other contestants and advance automatically?
Wow, such a simple and violent solution.
No, no, no.
But…
Following that strange line of thought, the girl slowly started thinking deeper.
Huh?
Now that she thought about it…
Maybe this thing could actually be useful?
Lin Lin fell silent. After a moment, with a bit of wishful thinking, she quietly opened the detailed description page of the item in the system shop.
【Path of Spirit Channeling: After purchase and use, the host can choose the soul consciousness of one deceased person and let it temporarily possess their body to complete a designated task. After the task is done, or after one hour, the possession will automatically end.】
Gasp—
This effect wasn’t quite what she had imagined.
So it was… possession?
Lin Lin slapped her thigh.
Oh my god, I’ve got it!
If that’s the case, couldn’t she summon an art master to possess her body and easily win this competition?
Yes! Let’s do it!
The girl grabbed onto this last lifeline with all her strength. She decided she wouldn’t let go, even if it meant dying. She immediately exchanged for the item.
Luckily, she had saved up enough popularity points before. Otherwise, today would really have been hopeless.
After the exchange was done, Lin Lin immediately started preparing for the spirit channeling. She didn’t care at all about side effects or possible risks.
First, she set the task, which was to finish the Mona Lisa sketch.
Then came the person to summon.
Hmm…
She hesitated. There were too many choices. Lin Lin thought about it. Since this thing didn’t need any special ritual items, then…
Just pick one randomly?
When it came to painters, especially ones related to competitions, the first person that came to her mind was—
Uh…
Some unknown Austrian guy with a small mustache.
Ahem…
Summoning that guy would definitely cause trouble, right? Would he suddenly start giving a speech?
Better pick someone normal.
Lin Lin thought for a moment. Since the subject was the Mona Lisa, then why not…
Just summon the original artist himself!
Ahem, yes—Da Vinci! Please lend me your power!
Unleash myself!
Ah~
Walk the path of Da Vinci!
………………
“A-ba a-ba a-ba a-ba…”
All of a sudden, the girl’s body in the competition room started twitching. Her eyes rolled back, and she froze for several seconds, unable even to stand steadily.
Several competition supervisors saw what was happening and panicked. They quickly ran over one by one and shouted,
“Student, student, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”
Gao Liang was startled by the shouting. He hurriedly looked into the classroom and saw that Lin Lin’s eyes had gone dark, and her whole body was about to fall to the floor.
He took a sharp breath and thought, This is bad, then rushed over at once.
“Lin… student! Teacher, what’s wrong with her?!”
Gao Liang ran into the classroom and went to Lin Lin’s side. Together with the supervisors, he helped hold her up. Everyone else in the competition room also turned their heads to look.
What on earth just happened?
“This student might be feeling unwell. Her body suddenly started shaking. We—we should quickly take her to the ambulance!”
A supervisor shouted loudly. Gao Liang nodded and volunteered right away. He picked the girl up in a princess carry and prepared to take her out of the competition room.
Han Kui, who was still drawing over there, almost couldn’t hold it together when she saw this scene.
Wow, Lin Lin, that’s it?
She got so nervous during the competition that she fainted? Is that really all?
Looks like all my preparation was for nothing, haha—pfft, hahaha!
Even though seeing Gao Liang carry Lin Lin away made Han Kui feel a little uncomfortable deep down, watching Lin Lin being carried out of the classroom still made her happy enough to laugh.
“That student over there! This is a competition venue. No talking!”
One supervisor immediately shouted at Han Kui seriously. Han Kui looked annoyed, but she didn’t dare say anything more.
Another supervisor followed Gao Liang to send Lin Lin to the ambulance. The two hurried toward the door, one in front and one behind, when suddenly!
Lin Lin slowly opened her eyes. A strange, confused look appeared in them.
When Gao Liang saw that Lin Lin had opened her eyes, he finally relaxed a bit. But in his panic, he still called out loudly,
“Lin Lin, what’s wrong? Did something happen? Are you okay now?”
Lin Lin blinked in confusion but didn’t say anything. Gao Liang became anxious and shouted again,
“Lin Lin, say something!”
“Lasciami andare!” (Let me go)
The girl suddenly shouted. Gao Liang froze. He had no idea what she just said.
Wait… was that even Chinese?
Then the girl shouted again,
“Ho una missione!”
Now Gao Liang was completely confused, along with the supervisors and all the other contestants in the competition room.
What language was that? It was definitely not Mandarin, right?
Anyway, after struggling for a moment, Gao Liang had no choice but to let go. Everyone watched as the girl ran back to her seat and continued drawing as if nothing had happened.
Uh…
This situation…
The supervisors at the scene had no idea what to do. But judging from it, it didn’t seem to break any rules?
Ahem. So in the end, the whole thing was treated as just a ridiculous incident.
Gao Liang looked at Lin Lin, who had returned to her seat and was now drawing wildly, moving her brush up and down like she was possessed. He scratched his head in confusion.
This…
What’s going on with Lin Lin?
At the same time, the real Lin Lin was standing there in shock, staring at everything in front of her.
Gao Liang, hey—don’t look at me like that!
She didn’t refuse to answer him earlier. She simply couldn’t answer. Her body was out of control, and her soul felt like it was floating in the air.
And the “her” that was drawing right now was probably… probably the effect of spirit possession?
Hiss—
She quickly glanced at the finished drawing. This skill, this level?
Well… it is the original artist, after all.
So… does this count as the strongest competition cheating in history?
Ahem.
Soon, the competition ended. The supervisors began collecting the papers.
Han Kui wanted to take a look at Lin Lin’s paper, but she couldn’t see it clearly. Still, she felt there was no need anyway.
After all, she was already fully prepared~