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Jiang Zhao VS Garbage, Round 3

"That golem gave me such a fright, I couldn't see it behind me and I thought all these spectators had finally turned on us! I just dived for you like I dived for the pillar, I thought you'd protect me. I'm sorry Mr. Conductor."

"LAOWAI! NOT ONLY WERE YOU EXPLOITING MY TRUST BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE NERVE TO MAKE UP SOME 马粪 ABOUT PROTECTING YOU! DO YOU HONESTLY THINK I WILL TRUST YOU AGAIN THIS SOON, NONG?!"

Who does she think she is, anyway? Thought he'd protect her! Pah! She was clearly trying to reach for his Phylactery! He silently wondered what to do from this point on, making sure to shut out her voice out while he was plotting his next turn. Every time the main melody of the techno piece repeated, the ground rumbled for a second.

Meanwhile, Garbage was once again slowly inching towards the Dragon, who was now hiding behind a wall. She was practically back to square one at this point, she had to do this all over again, and she was, admittedly, a little bit annoyed by his stubbornness after she heard him yell out that untranslatable insult..."Nong"...What did it mean anyway? What does..."law-why" mean?
...
Her mind snapped into action! Of course! Just spark up a conversation by asking him what those words mean! That way he'll forget about what I did, let that wall down, and once I'm close enough I could just snatch it off of him and book it out of here!
A few seconds passed as she scripted out her lines before she sighed in preparation. Here goes nothing.

"You know, I've always been very fond of learning new things. Especially the small, insignificant facts that I'll probably never really use for anything relevant...Did you know that people actually really really hated the Eiffel Tower when it was built? You know Guy de Maupassant? He hated it so much he ate lunch at its restaurant every day because it was the only place the Tower wasn't visible.", she began, taking a silent step forward with each pause. "Did you know that high heels were originally worn by-"

"Get ON with it! What do you WANT this time?! Either state your point or FIGHT!", Jiang interrupted. As he shouted the last word, he summoned a single burst of flame from the ground in front of her with the next beat drop of the music he was currently playing. Garbage shut her eyes and braced for any possible shockwave that could blow her backwards. Tiny chunks of concrete flew past her and some bounced off her. She waved off the dust that was left by the blast.

"SPEAK UP!"

"I'd like to ask - what do those words mean?"

"What words?"

"I think it was...L-la...Lawai?"

"Laowai."

"Lao-wai.", she slowly repeated.

"It means foreigner. Someone like you. 傻子.

"Really? You're really making it sound like an insult. Do you hate foreigners that much?"

Zhao remained silent, continuing to plan out his strategy.

A few moments of silence between the two. All that could be heard was the loud electronic music blasting away, keeping the walls up, and the rumble it caused every time the main melody began. Garbage kept closing in, step by step. She was around 1.5 meters away from the steel wall by that time.

"Mr. Conductor, don't you think it'd be more polite if you put the wall down when we speak?"

1 meter away.

"Mr. Conductor?"

80 centimeters away. Zhao was silent.

She coughed in an attempt to get his attention back. "I really was trying to get your protection. You wouldn't want to besmirch your good name by hurting a young woman such as me, now, would you? Please, I beg of you..." 50 centimeters. "We're both humans, okay? You did take a good look at the other people on the podiums, right? Look around you now. It's a wasteland out here. Do you think you can easily find good food and water in this place?" 30 centimeters. "I'm warning you, you'll start wishing that blob with teeth ate you whole." She decided to stop at a 10 centimeter distance. "I'm offering a genuine, peaceful truce here, Mr. Conductor...Come on, man! For the sake of our survival! Think about it!"

By the time she had finished her monologue, the loud music reached its end. The steel barricade began to lower itself back into whatever dark abyss below the earth it had appeared from with a very heavy rumble, revealing the Conductor with both of his arms raised and ready to direct another piece from his repertoire. His piercing glare was fixated onto the pleading face of the girl. He was, admittedly, affected by whatever power she had, and once again actually considered accepting the offer for a moment. She had a good point.

Not good enough for me. She's trying to steal the necklace again!"

"You are NOT stealing my SOUL!", he said, then his arms sprung into action.

A short cascade of guitar strings began playing, and then a trumpet stung the air, which caused an explosion of fire at Garbage's feet and about three meters around Jiang. Once again, she was blown backwards to the starting square - this time with singes and burns all over her body. A bit of her hair was burning.
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