The Path to Godhood Begins from the Otherworld

Kurumizaka Ruri logged into the official website of the Fuso Ministry of Education and Culture and saw that the announcement had disappeared. However, she did not panic. "Fortunately, I have taken a screenshot. Take a look."

Upon hearing this, Setsuna Sasaki and Reina Hamasaki immediately shifted their attention to the computer screen again and saw the content of the announcement.

The beautiful girl suddenly fell silent.

"Isn't it such a coincidence?"

Sasaki Setsuna didn't know what to say, she said with some emotion,

"This post and the announcement were published less than an hour apart. If you didn't see the discussion thread at the same time and regularly follow announcements on the Ministry of Education's official website, it would be difficult to connect the two."

"But even if that's the case, it doesn't prove that the person who posted it was the one fired by the Ministry of Education."

Reina Hamasaki also felt that just because the poster of this post claimed to be a staff member of the Ministry of Education, she attributed the reason for posting the post to the fact that he was caught secretly taking photos of a girl who looked like an elf from another world, and then linked it to the staff members who were fired by the Ministry of Education in the morning.

“The chain of evidence is incomplete.”

"Hey, Reina, you even know the chain of evidence."

Luo Shu didn't expect that such a professional term would pop out of Hamasaki Reina's mouth, but he did not deny the other party's inference.

"Indeed, it's far-fetched to try to prove that alien spirits secretly visited the Ministry of Education based on just this one photo, one post, and one announcement."

Luo Shu paused and expressed his thoughts.

"However, if we can find out that one of the staff members who were fired is indeed the one who posted the message, can we confirm the authenticity of this photo?"

"Of course. If Shu-kun needs it, I know a few highly skilled hackers."

Kurumizaka Ruri immediately understood what Luo Shu meant.

"That forum has several administrators and I have their contact information. It shouldn't be difficult to reverse-trace the poster's IP address and find their real-life identity."

"Not for now. I'm working with a private investigator on the dark web."

Luo Shu thought about it for a while, and decided not to let Kurumizaka Ruri act rashly.

"Liuli, don't rush to contact the administrator of that forum, otherwise I'm worried that it will alert the enemy."

Chapter 31: Second Contact with Alice (Fourth update, please subscribe first~)

"Dark web?" Sasaki Setsuna heard an unfamiliar term. "What is that?"

"Shu Jun, what do you want a private investigator for?"

This is the focus of Reina Hamasaki.

"Xuecai, you just need to know that the dark web is the deep layer of the internet. We usually use the surface layer of the internet."

Luo Shu did not explain what the dark web was, because his knowledge of it was very limited. He was able to sneak into the dark web because of the portability of the World Tree Terminal plug-in in deciphering information.

However, he still gave Setsuna Sasaki a brief explanation.

Then, Luo Shu put his arms around Hamasaki Reina's soft waist, gently stroked her not-so-smooth belly covered with mermaid waist lines, and said with a pretended deep look,

"I have my own reasons for hiring a private investigator, but I'm sorry I can't tell you right now."

"(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk～～" Hamasaki Reina curled her lips when she heard that, but she didn't continue to ask questions. Instead, she thought of a question, "That's not right, Shu-kun, is the private detective you found on the dark web really reliable?"

"I don't know if it's reliable or not, but the advantage is that I can get someone to do the job through the dark web, so I don't have to worry about anyone discovering my real identity."

Luo Shu certainly knew that it was unreliable to find someone to do things for him on the dark web, but who made him fabricate a legal identity for himself in this derivative world, that of a Chinese living in Japan?

His identity as a Chinese overseas in Japan made it quite difficult for him to do anything in Fuso.

"You forget that I'm a Chinese living in Japan. If I really want to do something in Fuso, it's actually not very convenient."

"Indeed, private detectives in Fuso generally don't accept commissions from foreigners."

Kurumizaka Ruri pondered for a moment and then expressed her opinion.

"If you start with the dark web, you don't have to worry about identity issues. As long as you're willing to pay a sufficient fee, it's safest to find someone to do the work on the dark web. The only risk is that the partners you find there may not be reliable."

"Yeah, so Liuli, your plan will be a backup for now." Luo Shu patted Hamasaki Reina's small buttocks and motioned her to get up. "Reina, get up. I'm going back to the bedroom to get my phone."

"Oh."

After hearing this, Reina Hamasaki had no choice but to do as she was told. She gave Luo Shu a deep kiss reluctantly before getting up from his thighs and leaving.

Luo Shu could naturally move the mobile phone that embodies the World Tree Terminal directly from the bedroom to the living room, but he did not want to expose the World Tree Terminal, his biggest trump card, for the time being.

In other words, he might never reveal any information about the World Tree Seed to anyone in his entire life.

Therefore, at present, Luo Shu still needs a mobile phone as the external disguise of the World Tree terminal.

After all, the mobile phone that embodies the World Tree Terminal can activate related functions such as [World Construction], [World Hacking], [Cross-Border Shuttle], and [Fantasy Exchange] when it is used.

If other people use it, it is no different from an ordinary mobile phone, and except for Luo Shu, no one can directly see the function icons of these special APPs on the phone through the phone.

Luo Shu chose APP to disguise these functions, more for a mobile phone usage habit, or a sense of ritual in his own life.

In short, except for Luo Shu himself, no one else using this phone would notice anything unusual, and it is even more impossible for anyone who gets this phone to connect to the World Tree Terminal with the same consciousness as him.

Luo Shu came back quickly and returned to the living room. He sat down between Sasaki Setsuna and Hamasaki Reina again and saw Kurumizaka Ruri sitting cross-legged on the floor playing with a laptop.

"I'll contact that private investigator now."

Luo Shu shook the phone in his hand and said to Kurumizaka Ruri,

"Liuli, if the private investigator I found refuses me, I'll have to ask you to investigate the poster."

"No problem." Kurumizaka Ruri replied without even turning around, "Shu-kun, would the occult knowledge on the internet be useful to me?

"It's useless." Luo Shu replied unhappily, "Compared to this, have you forgotten something?"

"Ah?" Kurumizaka Ruri was stunned when she heard this. Then she remembered that the problem of the logs had not been solved yet. She quickly stood up, picked up her phone and walked to the rooftop.

"I'll notify Uncle Yoshida right away and have him contact a reliable timber merchant to deliver the yew and osmanthus logs that Shu-kun needs."

"Then please."

Luo Shu naturally would not refuse Kurumizaka Ruri's kindness. He enjoyed the caress provided by Reina and Setsuna for a while, and after enjoying the hugs from both sides, he calmly turned on the mobile phone materialized by the World Tree terminal and started the second contact with the private detective who called herself Alice.

"Is it Alice?"

"Mr. Luo, if I remember correctly, there is still one day left until our trading day."

"Alice, I'm not calling you to rush you, but to ask if you're interested in taking on another investigation commission."

"A new investigation request?"

The synthesized voice Alice used with the voice changer made it difficult for Luo Shu to hear her true emotions, but he could feel that she was interested.

So, Luo Shu didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point. "It's about a request to investigate an online discussion thread that suddenly appeared and then disappeared this morning."

"It sounds like this commission has no connection with Mr. Luo's previous commission."

Alice is indeed the protagonist of "God's Chronicles" Yuko Shionji.

This talented NEET detective is extremely sensitive to information.

"There's indeed no correlation." Luo Shu didn't deny it. "I wonder if Detective Alice is interested in taking on this commission?"

Alice thought for a moment before slowly speaking, "How much is Mr. Luo willing to pay?"

"Alice, why don't you first ask about the specifics of the investigation request?"

"You get paid for something, no matter why. This is the unwritten rule of the dark web."

"Alice, do you have a work email address? Or just give me a social network account and I'll send you screenshots of the relevant online discussion posts."

"Okay, I'll send the relevant contact information to the email address Mr. Luo left."

Alice nodded slightly when she heard this. "Now, Mr. Luo can make an offer."

"Considering that the person I want to investigate this time has a much different social status than the person I was asked to investigate last time, I can only offer a price of 200,000 yen this time."

"make a deal."

Alice thought for a moment and chose to believe Luo Shu's words. "Mr. Luo, how long will it take to give the results of this new commission?"

"The sooner the better. After all, I don't think the difficulty of this new commission's investigation is worth spending too much of your time, Alice, given the relevant intelligence I can provide."

"Okay, I've sent the contact information to Mr. Luo's email."

When Alice heard Luo Shu say this, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and then she said softly, "Mr. Luo, do you have anything else to say?"

"No more, Alice, go and get busy."

Luo Shu didn't continue to waste each other's time. "Tomorrow, don't forget to send me your research results."

"of course."

Alice said something perfunctory and cut off the communication.

"Shu-kun, how's it going?" Kurumizaka Ruri had just finished a call on the balcony and returned to the living room. Seeing Luo Shu put down his phone, she asked curiously, "Is that private investigator you found on the dark web willing to take on this investigation?"

"Alice agreed."

Luo Shu breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up and walked to the low table where the laptop was placed, sat down cross-legged, logged into the email address he had left for contact on the dark web, and opened it.

As expected, he saw the contact information sent by Alice and said to Kurumizaka Ruri,

"Liuli, please send the screenshots of the discussion thread, the photo, and the screenshot of the deleted announcement from the Ministry of Education to this email address."

"Okay." When Kurumizaka Ruri heard what Luo Shu said, she did not refuse. Instead, she said, "Shu-kun, around 2 pm, Uncle Yoshida will send someone to deliver the prepared logs to Qianying Apartment."

"Thank you for your hard work. I will transfer the exact amount of money I spent to you later."

"Okay." When Kurumizaka Ruri heard Luo Shu wanted to pay, she opened her mouth, but ultimately chose to give up the idea of ​​helping for free. "I'll ask Uncle Yoshida for the bill when the time comes."

"Ah."

Luo Shu smiled upon hearing this. "Liuli, it's not like I haven't thought about asking you for free help, but even brothers should settle accounts. After all, no one's money comes from the wind."

"I know." Kurumizaka Ruri was not angry when she heard Luo Shu say that, but was very happy. "Shu Jun's style of doing things is consistent with the family motto of the Kurumizaka family."

"Friendship is friendship, and transaction is transaction?"

Luo Shu thought for a moment and repeated it, "Am I remembering it correctly?"

"No."

"Well, Liuli, thank you."

"That's corny." Kurumizaka Ruri rolled her eyes at Luo Shu, then sighed, "Shu-kun, didn't you just ask if we were determined to step into the world of the mysterious side?"

"Well, what's your answer?"

"To be honest, I was a little hesitant."

Kurumizaka Ruri changed the subject while busying herself on the computer keyboard, "Have you asked Setsuna and Reina? What did they say?"

"You two have been thinking about this for so long, it's time you gave me an answer."

When Luo Shu heard Kurumizaka Ruri ask this, he turned around and glanced at Sasaki Setsuna and Hamasaki Reina who were playing on their phones on the sofa, "Are you mentally prepared to step into the mysterious side world?"

"If Shu-kun really has a way for us to have super powers, I think I'd be willing to try."

Reina Hamasaki was the first to give a more accurate answer.

"I also want to see the scenery of the mysterious side world that Ashu mentioned."

Sasaki Setsuna watched a lot of anime in junior high school and was also obsessed with the occult for a while, so she finally gritted her teeth and decided to agree.

"After all, I don't want to become a stumbling block to Ash because of my inability to do anything in the future."

"Liuli, look, that's what they said."

Luo Shu nodded slightly when he heard this, then shifted his gaze to Kurumizaka Ruri.

He sat down cross-legged beside her, silently looking at her profile, and asked softly, "So, what's your answer?"

Chapter 32: Luo Shu's Test and the Mysterious System of the Derived World (Fifth Update, Please Subscribe~)

Kurumizaka Ruri paused her typing on the keyboard after hearing this. Then she glanced at Sasaki Setsuna and Hamasaki Reina, and found that her two best friends were looking at her with anticipation. Finally, she gritted her teeth and said,

"As the saying goes, high risk often means high reward. Since there are real people with super powers in this world, then whether for myself, my family and friends, my answer is, I do. No, I agree."

Kurumizaka Ruri realized that she almost said the wrong thing and stuck out her tongue embarrassedly.

"I see."

Luo Shu was silent for a while after hearing this, and then said to them, "Wait for me for a few minutes."