american horror story

Sidestepping the chainsaw's downward chop, Roy then slid to avoid its horizontal slash.

By this time, Roy had already gotten behind the pig-headed mask killer. He then kicked out, sending the guy sprawling face-first onto the ground.

This fellow was much bigger than Roy, clearly a unit built for strength, but his agility was far inferior to Roy's.

That's the benefit of the "Water Bucket" build. Besides having exceptionally high constitution, Roy's other attributes were all quite balanced, without any obvious weaknesses.

Roy originally wanted to snatch the chainsaw from the pig-headed mask killer, but unexpectedly, the guy didn't cooperate, stubbornly holding onto the chainsaw and trying to fight back.

This infuriated Roy. Still dare to resist, huh?

He landed a punch on the back of the pig-headed mask killer's head. This would be a foul in a boxing match, and an ordinary person would be killed instantly by Roy's punch.

However, the pig-headed mask killer only bounced his head off the ground once, looking a bit dazed.

Immediately after, Roy twisted the pig-headed mask killer's arm, finally managing to snatch the chainsaw.

This series of actions made Briquette and the others start to wonder who the real maniac was.

"Go to hell!"

Roy skillfully started the chainsaw's motor and swung it downwards, but at this moment, the pig-headed mask killer lying on the ground suddenly vanished.

The chainsaw in Roy's hand also disappeared at the same time. If it weren't for the shredded remains of the couple's bodies in the restroom, it would have all seemed like a hallucination.

Briquette belatedly watched everything unfold.

"He... how did he disappear?"

"No idea."

Roy's expression was a bit grim. If this pig-headed mask killer could teleport, it would be quite troublesome.

Rachel snapped out of her daze.

"Forget about how that guy disappeared, let's quickly get out of here and call the police!"

The scene-kid with the spiky blonde hair was the first to run towards the movie theater exit. The others suddenly realized what to do and followed.

"Where's Sully?"

Reaching the movie theater's ticket hall, they realized that Sully was missing. What was worse was that the door seemed to be locked, and no matter how hard they pushed, it wouldn't open.

"Let me handle this!"

Roy stepped forward and punched the glass door. This punch not only failed to break the glass, but it didn't even cause the slightest vibration.

This was very wrong!

Roy had 33 points in strength. Even tempered glass could be shattered with one punch, let alone this glass door remaining completely still.

It was as if... as if the glass door was fixed to the space itself!

"We're trapped in an alternate dimension!"

Roy came to a conclusion, but not everyone believed him.

"What nonsense are you talking about? It must be that you guys aren't strong enough!"

Saying this, the raging middle-aged man picked up a nearby chair and started smashing it against the glass door with all his might, but the result was the same. The glass door didn't budge.

The raging middle-aged man also failed, causing fear to spread once again.

Josh couldn't help but take out his phone to dial 911, but as expected, there was no signal at all.

Rachel desperately tugged at her afro.

"Are we going to be trapped here forever?"

"It's not time to despair yet! Briquette, Rachel, are you familiar with Sully?"

Hearing Roy suddenly mention Sully surprised the two blonde girls.

"Not really. We're just regular colleagues. We only talk during work hours, and we basically have no contact after work. What's wrong?"

Briquette answered Roy.

"I have a feeling this guy is a bit off! Did he bring the copy of the movie that's playing now?"

Briquette shook her head. She didn't know the specifics, but Rachel knew some things.

"I think so! When I came to work yesterday morning, I saw Sully bringing the copy to the movie theater, saying they would re-release this movie today!"

Sure enough!

"There must be something wrong with the copy. Maybe it can change the current situation!"

Roy's words ignited hope in everyone's hearts, and they followed him towards the projection room.

Through the remaining film on the reel, it could be seen that the movie was already halfway through, but no one was in the mood to continue watching it now.

The impulsive raging middle-aged man picked up a folding stool next to him and smashed it against the projector. However, this action sent him flying backwards.

Things were indeed not that simple. The projector seemed to be protected by some mysterious force.

"Fuck! What the hell is going on!"

The raging middle-aged man cursed loudly, helped up by his girlfriend.

However, after experiencing the sudden disappearance of the pig-headed mask killer and the inability to open the door, this current situation didn't surprise everyone too much.

"What should we do?"

Everyone's eyes focused on Roy. His previous actions had earned their trust.

Roy stepped forward and reached out to test it. He found that the surface of the projector seemed to have some kind of invisible air wall, blocking his hand.

Immediately after, Roy threw a full-force punch.

A muffled sound came from the air, but the projector remained completely still. Roy, on the other hand, was knocked back a step.

"This is a bit interesting!"

Roy realized that the protective force on the projector was specifically targeting physical attacks.

Thinking about it, that made sense. Ordinary people could only resort to physical attacks. As long as that was defended against, basically 99% of the damage could be avoided.

But Roy still had a way.

"Heather, Penny, let me borrow your daggers!"

Besides the regular physical damage of daggers, the cursed twin daggers also possessed the power of curses.

Grasping the cursed dagger tightly, he stabbed towards the projector. Although the air wall was still blocking Roy, the power of the curse was slowly eroding the defensive force.

The speed was slow, but the effect was visible to the naked eye, giving Roy confidence.

So, Roy also grasped the other cursed dagger with his other hand and stabbed towards the projector. With two streams of cursed power eroding at the same time, the effect was much faster.

Subsequently, Sadako and Kayako appeared, each hugging one of Roy's arms from behind, lending him their strength.

With the help of the two female ghosts, Roy's progress doubled instantly, and he finally successfully pierced the projector.

Black liquid immediately flowed out of the projector.

More oil again?

Unfortunately, the oil didn't attract the mold. Instead, it brought out the pig-headed mask killer. This guy suddenly appeared next to Roy, swinging his chainsaw to try and kill him.

Fortunately, Roy reacted quickly and blocked with the cursed twin daggers, but this action also severely damaged the daggers.

Sadako and Kayako, sealed within the daggers, were also injured at the same time.

The two female ghosts let out silent screams and fell to the ground.

Roy was extremely angry. He kicked the pig-headed mask killer away and then turned around, fiercely stabbing the cursed twin daggers into the movie copy.

Instantly, a large amount of black liquid also spurted out of the copy, and at the same time, blood holes and black liquid appeared on the pig-headed mask killer who had fallen to the ground.

Sure enough, this copy was the pig-headed mask killer's true form.

After stabbing more than a dozen times, the pig-headed mask killer finally stopped moving, and Roy received a system notification.

\[Ding! Obtained the Pigman's Fate Treasure Chest! Open it?\]

"Is it over?"

The pig-headed mask killer lay motionless on the ground, making Briquette and the others feel a bit unbelievable.

"It's over!"

Roy frowned as he looked at the cursed twin daggers. Because he had used them to block the pig-headed mask killer's chainsaw, there were severe nicks on the daggers.

Moreover, Sadako and Kayako had also become weakened as a result.

Was there any way to repair the cursed twin daggers?

At this moment, Sadako pointed to the black liquid still gushing from the copy, as if reminding Roy.

Could it be that this black liquid could repair the cursed twin daggers?

Roy tried placing the cursed twin daggers on the black liquid. Sure enough, he found that the black liquid was decreasing, as if it was being absorbed by the cursed twin daggers.

Through this method, the cursed twin daggers began to slowly repair, and Sadako and Kayako's condition also improved somewhat.

Could it be that the cursed twin daggers could absorb the power of evil spirits to become stronger?

This was good news. The cursed twin daggers were quite versatile, and they could also be used to command Sadako and Kayako to do some work.

It was just that the strength of the cursed twin daggers was a bit lacking, making them unable to be used in some high-level situations. If they could continue to be strengthened, that would be great.

Roy simply inserted the cursed twin daggers into the copy, letting Sadako and Kayako absorb the black liquid to their heart's content.

During this period, Briquette and Rachel had both successfully called the police with their phones.

The restoration of the phone signal also indicated that the previous state of being in an alternate dimension had been broken, and everyone could leave this world.

The raging middle-aged man had long since had enough of this place. Without waiting for the police to arrive, he wanted to leave the movie theater directly.

Briquette and the others were more law-abiding, staying in the projection room to wait for the police to arrive.

Roy wasn't idle either, calling Saltana.

The current situation was not something the police could handle. Roy didn't want to spend the night at the police station.

"Hello, Sister Saltana!"

"Good heavens! Roy, did something happen on your end again? It's only been a day!"

Waking up in the middle of the night to a phone call, Saltana immediately realized that something had happened again.

This made Roy feel very awkward.

"Ahem! It should be more than a day, call it a day and a bit."

"It makes no difference! Tell me, what's the situation this time?"

Roy told Saltana in detail what had happened at the movie theater. The other end of the line was silent for a moment.

"That's a bit strange. It sounds like a man-made supernatural event!"

Agent Saltana's intuition told her that something was wrong.

"You think so too?"

Roy was very happy that Saltana had come to the same conclusion as him, but before he could continue analyzing with Saltana, he heard the scream of the raging middle-aged man.

"Waaah—"

Heather looked towards the direction of the sound in surprise. It seemed to be coming from the movie theater entrance.

"What happened?"

Roy guessed what might have happened and immediately spoke briefly to Saltana.

"Sister Saltana, it seems like something happened on my end! In short, have FEA come over quickly!"

"Roy, be careful! FEA will be there soon, and I'm in Los Angeles myself!"

Saltana was actually in Los Angeles?

This news stirred something in Roy's heart, but he still hung up the phone.

"Could there be other evil spirits?"

Briquette and the others were a bit scared, especially Josh. This guy was very timid and had already started hiding behind his girlfriend.

"I'll go take a look. You guys stay here."

Roy decided to go out and see for himself, but the others seemed to have different opinions.

"Wait, I think it's safer to stay by your side!"

Josh didn't want to let go of Roy, this thick thigh, and wanted to go out with him.

"You can come if you want, I don't care."

Roy gave Heather and Penny a look, telling the two girls to stay in the projection room.

The pig-headed mask killer's Fate Treasure Chest was already in hand, so it was actually safer here. Besides, the cursed twin daggers were also here.

Walking out of the projection room and into the hallway, as he approached the corner, Roy heard some faint footsteps.

Someone was there!

The people around the corner seemed to have also noticed Roy and the others. After all, people like Briquette wouldn't know how to sneak.

A round object was thrown from around the corner. Roy thought to himself that things were bad and immediately ducked down quickly.

Fortunately, the round object wasn't a grenade, but a flashbang.

Roy, who had ducked down facing away from the flashbang, wasn't blinded by the bright light, but Briquette and the others were unlucky, instantly having their eyes burned out.

"Ah—my eyes!"

Following that were the faint sounds of gunshots and the muffled thuds of bullets hitting human bodies.

There was more than one gun, and they had silencers!

The crime of carrying a silencer was much higher than the crime of carrying automatic weapons.

In fact, you couldn't even buy professional silencers on the black market. Most civilian silencers were DIY projects by the shooters themselves.

"Clear!"

Roy, because he was lying on the ground, was pressed underneath the fallen Josh and wasn't discovered by the newcomers immediately.

Taking advantage of the moment the newcomers relaxed, he suddenly turned around and drew two revolvers, firing left and right.

In front of him were eight fully armed mercenaries. Their reactions were very fast. Upon seeing Roy, they immediately wanted to pull their triggers.

But Roy's shooting speed was even faster. It proved that after increasing his agility, it could also slightly raise the upper limit of Bob Munden's shooting skills, although the increase was very minimal.

It was like sprinting. After reaching the world record, every 0.01-second improvement was extremely difficult.

Bang—

Twelve gunshots completely merged into one sound, knocking all eight mercenaries to the ground.

However, two mercenaries still managed to pull their triggers, but most of the bullets hit Josh, who was pressing down on Roy.

"Where did these mercenaries come from?"

Roy reloaded his two revolvers. At this moment, in the projection room not far away, Heather carefully poked her head out after hearing the gunshots.

"Roy, what happened?"

"Don't come out! Block the door and wait for me to come back!"

Heather had already seen the bodies all over the ground and immediately retracted her head, closing and locking the projection room door.

Roy first checked on Briquette and the others, finding that the mercenaries hadn't used lethal weapons. They had actually used tranquilizer guns.

Briquette and the others had all lost consciousness, especially Josh, who had taken two shots for Roy and would probably sleep for a while longer.

However, Roy didn't regret using his dual pistols to take out the mercenaries.

These guys came in without saying anything, throwing a flashbang and attacking with tranquilizer guns. They were clearly not good people either.

Who knew where they would have been taken after being tranquilized.

After checking the mercenaries, Roy found that their equipment was quite advanced, comparable to FEAR's equipment.

In the past few months, Roy had encountered quite a few well-organized teams, and the best-equipped were these mercenaries in front of him and FEAR.

Second was the Black Mesa Military Company that appeared at the Gospel Sanitarium.

As for the Dark Web mercenaries, their equipment and training were the worst.

After careful inspection, Roy found the same symbol on all of these mercenaries' clothes.