"Everyone! Don't get the wrong idea!" Kujo Jotaro quickly shouted to the heckling audience, "When I said impulsive, I just meant doing push-ups! Really!"
The audience burst into another round of laughter as the puppet's body felt the vibration caused by the laughter.
Just then, the building really began to shake.
The cinema fell dead silent in an instant.
Boom!
The building continued to sway.
"An earthquake?!"
"Ah!"
"Run!"
"Everyone, don't panic!" a cinema staff member came in, "Please follow the drill procedures and evacuate quickly and orderly!"
The audience calmed down a bit. It was just an earthquake; almost every Japanese had experienced it. However, in the enclosed space of the cinema, everyone was momentarily flustered.
The building continued to tremble incessantly, the lights flickering on and off, resembling the scene of a horror movie.
The voice actors also evacuated with the audience, Kujo Jotaro trailing behind, staring at "I Am the Storm's" box haircut.
In the cinema hall for the "Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Movie," staff also arrived to evacuate, and Li Changzhou and others had no choice but to shift their attention away from the puppet.
"The staff from 'Stone Sea' came just in time," Yang Qinglan said during the evacuation.
"Have we been discovered by the government?" Li Qianxia exclaimed.
"No," Turquoise Pool said gravely, "it's the target who has detected us and deliberately used their ability to make themselves sensed by the Barrier."
"It couldn't be because of me, right? I just touched that female voice actor's chest and abs!" Li Qianxia said.
"Not necessarily." Turquoise Pool said, "The target has Sharp-Hearing Ear, perhaps they heard us the moment we entered the building."
Even as powerful as they were, it was not possible for them to be conscious of every slightest direction of the wind at all times.
"You guys find a place to continue controlling the puppet and text us the address; Qing Lan and I will head there directly," Li Changzhou said, pulling Yang Qinglan and suddenly leaving the stream of evacuees.
The moment he left the crowd, a few people in the crowd exchanged glances, immediately cleared the crowd, and quickly followed him.
"Hey, what do we do now?" Kujo Jotaro whispered to the puppet in his arms.
Her chest was suddenly pulled, she covered her chest, looking in the direction it was pulled toward – the direction the Storm had disappeared.
She looked left and right and had no choice but to quickly follow.
Behind her, Kojo Jotaro pondered for a moment, then also left the group and followed.
Storm, government players, Kujo Jotaro, and Kojo Jotaro, one after another, winding through the nine floors of the cinema.
No one was in a rush to make a move, and no words were spoken, creating a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.
Turquoise Pool and Li Qianxia left the building, immediately got into a freshly stopped car, whose driver was one of Turquoise Pool's men.
Both closed their eyes and continued to manipulate the puppet, ensuring the Storm did not escape from their sight.
Li Qianxia held her phone, staying in touch with Li Changzhou, sharing the target's whereabouts.
Inside the building, as the Storm turned a corner, government players quickly caught up and surrounded the target, but by the time they met, the Storm had vanished.
"Where is he?"
They stared at a window cracked open.
"The Shikigami saw it, the target became the wind... heading towards Shibuya!" a female player said.
"Notify the players in Shibuya District!"
Footsteps became chaotic.
From their hiding spots, Kujo Jotaro and Kojo Jotaro, hidden even deeper, swiftly moved out of their spots.
Stepping outside, smelling the night air of November which carried a hint of chill, Kujo Jotaro opened his collar, whispering, "Hey, the enemy has disappeared, can you guys leave me now?"
The Turquoise Pool puppet jumped out from between the twin peaks.
On the glass beside Kujo Jotaro, text appeared.
'The target might be after you, for now we'll stay with you, our teammates will head to Shibuya.'
"What a hassle, fine, I'll go with you, I don't want to be a target forever."
"It's like a slingshot pulled tight, aimed at my face, now there are two annoying questions, 'Will he let go?' and 'When will he let go?'
Thus, I've decided to strike first, hand the opponent over to the police."
A while later, text finally appeared on the window beside him.
'Just go, why the fuss? Is this the time for metaphors?'
The previously verbose Kujo Jotaro, now suddenly silent, stretched out his hand into thin air, and like Spiderman, swung between the buildings, quickly catching up with the far-off Storm.
"Yo ho ho." Kojo Jotaro emerged from the shadows, a hat now mysteriously atop his head, "My daughter really knows how to find trouble, but I must save her, no reason, just like seeing a punching bag makes one subconsciously throw a punch."
After delivering the metaphor, Kojo Jotaro glanced at a utility pole.
The next moment, the utility pole snapped out of nowhere, and he jumped onto it.
As if held by someone, the pole slightly pulled back, then, with a bang, speared into the night sky like a javelin.
Standing on the utility pole, Kojo Jotaro, hands in his pockets and one leg forward, the upper body erect.