The Path to Godhood Begins from the Otherworld

The look he gave Yotsuba Maya was filled with undisguised affection and sadness.

Seeing the look in Luo Shu's eyes, Yotsuba Maya's heart almost broke.

Nissan, don't look at me with such sad eyes...

Yotsuba Maya's small hands clenched the hem of her clothes, her heart filled with grievances. She tried hard not to let her tears burst out, looking up like a homeless kitten, her voice trembling and hoarse, "Nissan, I really don't want to marry into the Nanakusa family, but I really can't..."

Luo Shu didn't expect that Yotsuba Maya would choose to take the initiative to express her true thoughts at this time, and he didn't expect that she was actually resisting the marriage with the Nanakusa family deep down in her heart.

This is such an unexpected surprise.

His mind raced, and he immediately understood what he should do.

Luo Shu said nothing, but walked forward gently, squatted down, and then hugged Yotsuba Maya's petite body tightly in his arms.

There's no way around it, since Luo Shu and Yotsuba Maya have a big height and age difference right now.

Luo Shu's action also announced that Yotsuba Maya's defenses were broken.

At the same time, the World Tree terminal also informed Luo Shu through the consciousness link feedback that the strategy for Yotsuba Maya had been completed.

When Luo Shu heard the good news, he subconsciously tightened his arms around Yotsuba Maya.

Because of Luo Shu's sudden hug, Yotsuba Maya's tear glands completely collapsed and tears welled up in her eyes. She buried her head in Luo Shu's neck. The grievances in her heart found an outlet at this moment, and she sobbed softly.

Luo Shu still said nothing.

Because at this moment, language is superfluous.

Unfortunately, Yotsuba Maya was only 12 years old at that time, which was really too young.

Therefore, even though Luo Shu learned through the World Tree Terminal that his strategy was successful, he was not too happy.

After all, popping champagne at halftime is not advisable.

Breaking through Yotsuba Maya's defenses was only the first successful step in his plan to summon the perfect Yotsuba Shinya.

Next, we should consider how to make the Yotsuba family at this time give up the political marriage between Yotsuba Maya and Nanakusa Koichi, the next generation heir of the Nanakusa family.

Luo Shu was doing two things at once, paying attention to Yotsuba Maya's condition while thinking about how to carry out his next plan.

I waited until Yotsuba Maya stopped sobbing and felt her breathing gradually calm down.

Luo Shu quickly collected his thoughts and temporarily focused his attention on calming Yotsuba Maya's emotions.

"Maya, are you feeling better?"

"Yeah." Yotsuba Maya still buried her head in Luo Shu's neck. Her voice was very soft at this time. "I made Nissan worried."

"Don't worry, I'm here. Even the Yotsuba family can't force you to do something you don't want to do."

"Father, he's also thinking about the future of the Yotsuba family."

At this time, Yotsuba Maya still subconsciously wanted to excuse her father.

After all, the influence of the extreme idea that the Yotsuba family has instilled in her for a long time, that "as the second daughter of the Yotsuba family, her greatest value in existence is to sacrifice herself when necessary for the interests of the Yotsuba family", cannot be eliminated overnight.

"Does the Yotsuba family's future have to be sacrificed by the Yotsuba family's head?"

Luo Shu's words undoubtedly shook the ideas that Yotsuba Maya had accepted since childhood.

And because Luo Shu was standing on her side to speak up for her, and because of the goodwill she had accumulated from the time when Luo Shu had saved her and her sister from desperate situations like a deus ex machina, she inevitably began to question the so-called "mission" that she had always believed in as the eldest daughter of the Yotsuba family.

"But, what can I do, Nissan?"

Yotsuba Maya was a little confused at this time. She said to Luo Shu insincerely, "After all, I am the second daughter of the Yotsuba family. There are some missions that I must bear since I was born."

When Luo Shu heard Yotsuba Maya say this, her tone was not firm, and he immediately realized that she was not being sincere.

After realizing this, he quickly considered his words and retorted, "What do you mean by the mission of the second daughter of the Yotsuba family? Or do you really think that obeying the Yotsuba family's arrangement of a political marriage with the Nanakusa family is your way of fulfilling your mission?"

"I……"

"Silly girl, let me ask you, why did the head of the Yotsuba family choose to marry into the Nanakusa family?"

When Yotsuba Maya heard what Luo Shu had heard, she answered without hesitation:

"Father wants to further strengthen the Yotsuba family's voice within the Fuso Ten Master Clans through a marriage with the Nanakusa family, thereby expanding the Yotsuba family's influence in the Fuso magic world."

"So, the Yotsuba family can only strengthen their voice within the Ten Master Clans through marriage?"

Luo Shu's question touched upon Yotsuba Maya's blind spot. She was stunned for a moment, then said uncertainly, "But, the Yotsuba family hasn't had a male heir in my generation. My father said that in order to prevent the Yotsuba family from falling into the hands of outsiders in the future, the greatest value of being the second daughter is..."

"Stop, my silly girl."

Luo Shu interrupted Yotsuba Maya's words, he turned her little face in front of him, looking at Yotsuba Maya who was crying like a little cat, his eyes were full of pity,

"You and Patriarch Yotsuba don't think that a political marriage with the Nanakusa family, who are also members of the Ten Master Clans, can prevent the Yotsuba family from falling into the hands of outsiders in the future, right? Could it be that you and Patriarch Yotsuba both think that the Nanakusa family are not outsiders?"

Luo Shu's question was intended to instill in Yotsuba Maya the idea that all the ten non-Yotsuba clans, including the Nanakusa clan, were always "outsiders" to the Yotsuba clan.

14. Planting the seeds of resistance to fate

Sure enough, upon hearing Luo Shu's sinister words, a look of confusion appeared on Yotsuba Maya's face.

After all, she was only 12 years old at this time. No matter how mature her mind was, it was impossible for her to perceive Luo Shu's true intentions.

Therefore, at this time, Yotsuba Maya already regarded Luo Shu as someone she could completely trust, and felt from the bottom of her heart that everything Luo Shu said was out of consideration for her own good.

Immediately, she thought of what Luo Shu had mentioned before, that he had used the magic of predicting the future two years ago to gain insight into the Yotsuba family and the Nanakusa family, which would cause an accident to happen to her and her sister when they were 12 years old.

"Nissan, did you foresee a future two years ago where the Yotsuba family would enter into a political marriage with the Nanakusa family?"

"Yes."

"Then why are you..."

Yotsuba Maya originally wanted to ask why Luo Shu only reached a verbal agreement with Yotsuba Motozo at that time, and did not persuade Yotsuba Motozo to give up the idea of ​​a political marriage with the Nanakusa family.

However, she only needed a moment's reflection to understand that Luo Shu had likely used his foresight magic, having discerned her father's pre-existing intentions of a political marriage with the Nanakusa family. Luo Shu saw through Yotsuba Maya's confusion. He feigned a sigh of resignation, his mood fading. He asked in a dull tone, "Maya, do you think I didn't try to convince the Yotsuba family head two years ago?"

Yotsuba Maya fell silent upon hearing this. She felt Luo Shu's depressed mood and blamed herself more and more. She said in a panic, "Nissan, I don't mean to blame you. Um, I..."

"Silly girl, of course I understand you don't blame me, but you should have seen it too."

Luo Shu paused here and sighed deeply, "Two years ago, I used the magic of predicting the future to spy on the future of the marriage between the Yotsuba family and the Nanakusa family because I had insight into the thoughts of the Yotsuba family head.

Before leaving your world, I specifically told the head of the Yotsuba family the information I had gained from foreseeing the future, and we reached a verbal agreement, asking him not to rush into your marriage until he was twelve years old. But what was the result?

When Yotsuba Maya heard Luo Shu say this, she realized that Luo Shu had tried to persuade her father two years ago.

However, she also knew how stubborn her father was.

She understood that Yotsuba Genzo would never change his original plan just because Luo Shu provided a so-called "prophecy".

At this moment, Yotsuba Maya finally understood why her father had asked her to apologize to Luo Shu on his behalf on the phone just now.

"Nisan, I understand why my father apologized to you."

"Will an apology be useful?" Luo Shu curled his lips in annoyance. "If I hadn't asked him to give those two wooden signs to you and Shen Ye in advance at the Simon Wright Hotel, I might have been caught off guard in that situation."

"Yeah, Nisan, you've worked hard." Yotsuba Maya looked at Luo Shu's moodiness, and she felt sweet in her heart. She subconsciously gave Luo Shu a light kiss on the cheek, "Mua~ Nisan, don't be angry."

Luo Shu was stunned by Yotsuba Maya's bold move. He pinched her delicate little face in annoyance and said, "Why should I be angry? What right do I have to be angry? After all, I am just an 'outsider' to the Yotsuba family."

"Nissan, you said you weren't angry..." When Yotsuba Maya heard Luo Shu say this, she just gently stretched out her little hand to hold Luo Shu's right hand that wanted to withdraw, and then said in a serious tone, "Luo Shu Nissan is not an outsider to the Yotsuba family."

"If he's not an outsider, then how could he be one of us?" Luo Shu jokingly said, "Come on, Zhenye, I'm not even from your world."

"Nisan, I'm serious."

"So?" Luo Shu looked at the serious Yotsuba Maya, his eyes full of teasing. "Maya, can you convince your father to give up on the marriage between you and the Nanakusa family?"

"I..." Until this moment, Yotsuba Maya had not yet made up her mind to rebel against her father, or rather, she had not yet made up her mind to resist the arrangements of the Yotsuba family. However, seeing the teasing in Luo Shu's eyes, she felt a slight pain in her heart.

"Okay, Mayo, we should get down to business."

Luo Shu understood the principle that too much is as bad as too little.

Only by letting Yotsuba Maya actively resist Yotsuba Genzo's arrangements can he avoid becoming the "culprit who destroyed the political marriage between the Yotsuba family and the Nanakusa family."

Therefore, when he saw that Yotsuba Maya had not yet made up her mind to resist the so-called "mission" given to her by the Yotsuba family as the eldest daughter of the Yotsuba family, he decisively changed the subject.

Since the seed of resistance to fate has been planted in Yotsuba Maya's heart, all he needs to do next is to wait patiently for the seed to break through the soil and sprout.

Therefore, he decisively changed the subject, "After these three days, I hope there are still some clues left about ParknShop Building."

Yotsuba Maya watched Luo Shu stand up again, and she couldn't help but regret her hesitation just now.

Especially when she saw Luo Shu pretending to be indifferent, she felt more and more guilty towards Luo Shu.

Luo Shu noticed that Yotsuba Maya lowered her head and stood there in a daze, but a trace of loss flashed in her eyes.

Isn't it a bit too despicable for me to plot against a little girl so deliberately?

No, no, no, I have to do this in order to summon the perfect Yotsuba Miyuki, and even completely eliminate the possibility of Shiba Tatsuya being born in the Demonic World.

No one can stop me from becoming stronger!

Luo Shu quickly suppressed the guilt that was rising in his heart and strengthened his determination again.

Thinking of this, Luo Shu quickly adjusted his mentality and spoke in a gentle tone, "Mayo, what are you thinking about?"

"Hmm..." Yotsuba Maya came back to her senses after hearing that. She raised her head and gave Luo Shu a somewhat forced smile, "Nissan, you're right. The most urgent thing is to focus on the investigation of the ParknShop Building first."

"Then let's split up?"

"No need. There aren't many places on the top floor of this building that can serve as sniper points."

At this moment, Yotsuba Maya's heart had already opened to Luo Shu. Naturally, she didn't want to act separately from him. She raised her head and looked around, and then she saw the water tower on the top of the ParknShop Building at a glance, "Nissan, look over there."

"Water tower?" Luo Shu looked in the direction of the voice. "Do you think there's something wrong with the water tower?"

"Well, I thought about it carefully. When I saw the flash, I saw the neon sign of the ParknShop Building, and the flash appeared right above the sign."

"Let's go up and take a look." As Luo Shu said this, he naturally picked up Yotsuba Maya by the waist in a princess hug. Then he sank his body slightly, and with the help of the demigod-level strong physical fitness given by [Natural Flesh (S)], and the explosive power of his legs alone, he quickly carried Yotsuba Maya to the top of the water tower.

Yotsuba Maya was startled by Luo Shu's behavior, but she just leaned her head gently in Luo Shu's arms, feeling Luo Shu's heartbeat, and a sense of security arose in her heart.

She didn't put up any struggle.

At this time, for Yotsuba Maya, being Nanakusa Koichi's fiancée was no longer enough of a shackle to bind her.

However, Luo Shu did not choose to hold Yotsuba Maya close to him all the time. After he reached the top of the water tower, he put her down and began to carefully check the area around the water tower.

Yotsuba Maya found that Luo Shu had let her go so easily. She was happy for Luo Shu's gentlemanliness, but she also began to question her own charm.

Is it because of my age now that Nissan is no longer attractive to me?

Yotsuba Maya looked at Luo Shu's tall and burly back, and a hint of anxiety flashed in her eyes.

I really want to grow up quickly.

Just as Yotsuba Maya was lost in thought, Luo Shu had already made a discovery. He said to Yotsuba Maya, "Maya, come here and take a look at this place."

Upon hearing this, Yotsuba Maya could only suppress her complicated thoughts, and then walked towards Luo Shu. She looked in the direction his finger pointed, and soon noticed the corner illuminated by the light from Luo Shu's mobile phone.

Chapter 15: Clues Revealed

"This is?"

Yotsuba Maya saw that the corner illuminated by the light of Luo Shu's mobile phone was covered with messy footprints.

"footprint?"

"Thanks to the fact that no one usually cleans the top of the water tower, and it just so happened that there was no rain in Taiwan this July, the water tower has accumulated a lot of dust."

Luo Shu hadn't expected the Kunlun Fangyuan, run by the remnants of the Daya and Southern factions, to be so crude. "Judging from these remaining footprints, this must be the sniper spot where you saw the flash. However, this alone doesn't seem to be enough to reveal the true identity of the person who attacked you three days ago."

"Nissan, since there is indeed a sniper position left by the attacker in the ParknShop Building, we just need to check the surveillance footage from inside the ParknShop Building leading to this top floor three days ago. We should be able to find clues about the sniper."

In the year 2062 in the world of magic, more than half a century has passed since the emergence of magic, and technology has ushered in rapid development.

"Then let's go." Luo Shu didn't expect Yotsuba Maya to find a breakthrough in the investigation so quickly. He thought for a moment, "After checking the surveillance, we should go back and reunite with the head of the Yotsuba family."

"Yeah." Yotsuba Maya nodded slightly when she heard that, then walked in front of Luo Shu, stretched out her hand, and sent out a signal that she wanted Luo Shu to hug her.

Luo Shu was stunned when he saw this, and quickly understood the meaning of Yotsuba Maya's action. He took a step forward and picked up the petite and lovely girl by the waist again in a princess hug, then took a step and jumped down from the top of the water tower.

Next, Luo Shu held Yotsuba Maya and quickly found the central control room for internal monitoring in the ParknShop Building.

Because Luo Shu and Yotsuba Maya are both magicians, they completed the investigation of the surveillance smoothly.

When the two turned the surveillance time back to three days ago, that is, at 1:00 p.m. on July 8, they finally saw a person carrying a guitar case walking into the ParknShop Building.

The man was dressed warmly and seemed to be deliberately avoiding the internal surveillance cameras of the ParknShop Building along the way.