The Path to Godhood Begins from the Otherworld

"Last night's demon attack in Shinjuku, and the so-called emergency transfer order from the Taimanin headquarters in Aokigahara Forest to Sakura Igawa's residence, were undoubtedly orchestrated by someone, and their true purpose was to kidnap Ms. Igawa Asaki's fiancé, Sawaki Kyousuke."

"Alice, is this Sawaki Kyousuke important?"

Luo Shu asked knowingly, "You called me so early, you can't be lobbying for the Taimanin side, right?"

"Kyousuke Sawaki holds special significance for the Igawa sisters. I'm worried that they will be distraught by his disappearance, which could indirectly affect our subsequent investigation plans into Nomad."

Alice expressed her concerns, "I met with Ms. Jinghe Asaki last night, but I found that her reaction was unexpectedly calm, which made me very worried."

"Alice, do you suspect that Igawa Asaki already knows who kidnapped Sawaki Kyousuke last night?"

Luo Shu thought of the original work of Taimanin, where it seemed that Jinghe Asaki was the one who went to the tiger mountain despite knowing there was a tiger there, and was defeated by the traitorous ninja Oboro. Not only did Sawaki Kyousuke die, but he himself also fell victim to the evil hands of the demon. So he continued to speak,

"If that's the case, Ms. Igawa Asaki didn't proactively reveal the kidnapper's true identity because she was worried that Sawaki Kyousuke would meet with an unexpected disaster before they found him."

"Yeah, my sister and I think so too." Alice was delighted but also helpless when she heard Luo Shu's analysis, which coincided with her and her sisters' views. "Ms. Jinghe Asaki's reaction to learning about her fiancé's disappearance was too calm. This made my sister and I very worried."

"So, Alice is giving me this cute call because she wants me to secretly protect Ms. Jinghe Asaki?"

Luo Shu said jokingly, "Miss Alice seems to be very confident in my ability."

"It would be great if Luo Shu is willing to help," Alice said, then changed the subject. "But I'm calling this time to ask if Luo Shu wants to officially cooperate with the Taimanin next."

"Does Alice think I could use this opportunity to improve my cooperation with the Taimanin Squadron?"

Alice didn't mince words when she heard this, but spoke her mind directly.

"Yes, if Luo Shu wants to deal with Nomad, he can't do without the help of the Taimanin. After all, the Taimanin have been fighting demons for many years and have a lot of intelligence about the demon world. This will be of great help to us in carrying out various action plans against Nomad, right?"

Luo Shu heard the hidden meaning in Alice's words, and he had to admit that he was moved.

In the Demonic World, by controlling the Yotsuba family, he has experienced the feeling of controlling the Fuso government, and he is still quite nostalgic for the taste of power.

The Taimanin Squadron is one of the few mysterious special departments of the Fuso government in the derivative world. If it can be controlled, it is not impossible to use it to conquer the entire Fuso mysterious world.

Chapter 5: The opportunity to capture Ashaji appears

After all, according to the plot of the original Taimanin, Kyousuke Sawaki has most likely been transformed into a big meatball by the rebel ninja Oboro using the medical technology of the demon world, and Asaki Igawa will not be able to save Kyousuke Sawaki in time.

But he would not reveal this cruel truth in advance. After all, Sawaki Kyousuke's life and death had nothing to do with him. Instead, he could take this opportunity to win the favor of Igawa Asaki, and even take advantage of the opportunity to attack the most powerful woman among the Taimanin and take control of the entire Taimanin Squadron.

With this in mind, he thought for a moment and replied to Alice, "I have to admit, Alice, you've successfully convinced me."

"So, Luo Shu agreed?"

"Yes, when will the action begin?"

"Since Luo Shu has agreed, I will send you the address of Jinghe Mansion later."

Alice heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "With Luo Shu's help, my sister and I can focus on conducting our on-site investigation of the Taimanin headquarters in Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees."

"So, if I had rejected Alice's proposal just now, you and Isis might have split up?"

"Yes. After all, if there really is something wrong with the top brass at the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees headquarters, then some of the intelligence about the Ymir Kingdom might have already been known to the Nomads. If I don't investigate this, I won't be able to convince the Ymir Kingdom's Council of Elders. By then, I'm afraid we'll have no choice but to end our cooperation with the Taimanin early."

"Miss Alice, the concerns of the Elder Council of the Kingdom of Ymir are reasonable."

"I understand. That's why my sister and I thought of taking advantage of the so-called emergency transfer order that Igawa Sakura received last night, which led to Sawaki Kyousuke's disappearance, to personally go to the Taimanin headquarters in Aokigahara Forest to investigate the specific situation."

Alice paused for a moment,

"After all, Sawaki Kyousuke's disappearance last night is closely related to the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees headquarters last night."

"Could it be that you haven't actually visited the Taimanin headquarters in Aokigahara Forest before?"

"No. More than ten years ago, when the Fuso government agreed to the formation of the Taimanin Squadron, they maintained secrecy for the sake of maintaining confidentiality with the general public. Therefore, aside from a very small number of people within the Taimanin Squadron, such as the Igawa sisters, few knew the exact location of the Taimanin headquarters in the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees. The Elders' Council of the Kingdom of Ymir has long been critical of this practice of the Fuso government."

"No wonder the Elders Council of the Ymir Kingdom has begun to consider whether to end their cooperation with the Fuso Taimanin."

After hearing Alice's explanation, Luo Shu understood why the sisters Alice and Isis were willing to risk their lives. "But, will the Taimanin Headquarters in Aokigahara Forest agree to Alice's request to visit this time?"

"They had no choice but to agree this time because the emergency transfer order Jinghe Yinghua received last night has just been confirmed to be a deliberate forgery. This incident could potentially lead to Nomad obtaining intelligence on the Imir Kingdom from the traitor."

"So, there really is something wrong with the higher-ups at the Taimanin headquarters in Aokigahara Forest." Luo Shu was speechless upon hearing this. "It seems they won't be able to find any reason to stop Alice's visit this time, unless the Taimanin are willing to voluntarily abandon their partnership with the Ymir Kingdom."

"Yes, unfortunately, the Taimanin Headquarters in Aokigahara Forest is currently unable to bypass the Fuso government and decide on its own whether to maintain its cooperative relationship with the Ymir Kingdom."

"I guess those politicians in the Fuso government have long been dissatisfied with the so-called secrecy that the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees adheres to at the Manin Headquarters."

When Luo Shu heard Alice say this, he immediately understood. "After all, the politicians in the Fuso government will absolutely not tolerate the Taimanin, a special department targeting the mysterious side, being out of their control for a long time."

"Student Luo Shu is right. In fact, the Fuso government is unwilling to give up its cooperative relationship with the Ymir Kingdom. After all, if the Ymir Kingdom abandons its cooperation with the Taimanin at this time, it will definitely have a profound impact on the subsequent series of cooperation between the Ymir Kingdom and the Fuso government. I believe that the Taimanin headquarters in Aokigahara Forest are also well aware of this."

"In other words, it's impossible for the Taimanin Headquarters at Aokigahara Forest to prevent Alice from visiting on behalf of the Ymir Kingdom."

"Ah."

"It seems the Fuso government isn't that stupid," Luo Shu thought for a moment before asking, "I imagine the Fuso government might also be considering taking advantage of Alice's visit to the Taimanin headquarters in Aokigahara Forest to conduct a secret investigation into this special unit."

"Mr. Luo Shu, you've guessed right. The Fuso government has already requested that my sister and I bring along an investigation commissioner representing the Fuso government during our visit."

"This journey may be very dangerous. Are you sure?"

"If my sister and I were to act separately, I'd be completely confident. But with Luo Shu as an outsider to secretly coordinate with Jinghe Asaki, my sister and I are completely confident that we can perfectly carry out this on-site investigation of the Taimanin headquarters in Aokigahara Forest."

"That's good." Luo Shu estimated that if Alice and Isis acted together, the possibility of accidents would be small. What's more, he had already tied a teleportation anchor connected to the Sky Island World to the two sisters.

With this in mind, he pondered for a moment before proactively telling him about his findings from last night's visit to Boyman's residence. He primarily shared the information he'd discovered about the Dream Demon Clan's Dream Weaving rituals at Boyman's Dream Gate. "...I've already given Boyman a mental hint. From now on, he'll be sending me regular updates on Nomad Precision Manufacturing."

"That's great." After hearing the information provided by Luo Shu, Alice immediately understood why the Taimanin had not been able to interrogate much information even if they caught the demons for so many years.

"No wonder I was wondering why every time the Taimanin captured a demon and tried to interrogate it, they would fail because the demon's brain would suddenly self-destruct. It turns out that these demons had been marked in advance by the Dream Demon Clan using the Dream Weaving Technique."

"It's probably related to the Succubus clan, but I happen to have a countermeasure spell that can circumvent the Dreamweaver spell. If you need it, Alice, I can send you the information on it."

"Not for now, Luo Shu. Since you have mastered the countermeasures to crack the Dreamweaver spell, you should use it where you can maximize your own interests."

"Are you planning to use this countermeasure technique as a bargaining chip in a deal with the Taimanin?"

"Mr. Luo Shu, you don't really intend to help the Fuso government regain control of the Taimanin Squadron, do you?"

Alice asked meaningfully, "At least, the Ymir Kingdom and the Council of Elders that I represent don't want the Fuso government to regain control of the Taimanin Squadron. We simply can't trust those Fuso government politicians."

"Alice, it seems we have quite the same opinion."

"So, Mr. Luo Shu, instead of just sitting back and watching the Fuso government regain control of the Taimanin and use them as a political tool, why don't we work together and use this opportunity to win over and divide the Taimanin? After all, you don't want to waste time arguing with those Fuso government politicians when we launch our follow-up operations against Nomad."

Luo Shu hadn't expected that Alice, or rather, the Ymir Kingdom she represented, actually valued the value of Taimanin, but this was actually a good thing. "Since our interests are aligned, Alice, you may now tell me about your plan of action for the residence."

"Student Luo Shu, let's talk in detail after school this afternoon. I have already sent people to monitor Jinghe's residence. If you find any unusual movements from Jinghe Ashaji, it won't be too late for you to take action then."

"In that case, see you in class later."

"Well, see you later."

Luo Shu chatted with Alice for a few more words before ending the communication.

He looked up at the sky and found that the weather was a little gloomy today.

Look at the weather, it looks like a storm is coming...

However, Luo Shu's mood did not become bad because of the bad weather. On the contrary, he was in a good mood at this time.

Because the opportunity to capture Jinghe Ashaji suddenly appeared, which meant that he could plunder the origin of the world in the derived world again.

Chapter 6: Trip to Jinghe Residence

Luo Shu took out the World Tree terminal, wrote down the address information of Jinghe Mansion sent by Alice, and then searched the Internet for news about Shinjuku last night.

Soon, he found a related news report.

"Yesterday, approximately 20 unrecognizable bodies of men and women were found in Shinjuku-ku 3-chome. This is somehow connected to the serial murders that have occurred in various wards of Tokyo in recent months..."

After seeing the news report, Luo Shu found that it seemed to be quite consistent with the development of the original plot of Taimanin.

Because in the original work of Taimanin, after defeating the rebel ninja Oboro, Asaki Igawa retired from the Taimanin Squadron, and then she was able to get engaged to Kyousuke Sawaki.

Now, since Kyosuke Sawaki has disappeared just like in the original work, perhaps it means that the rebel ninja Oboro has already returned to Fuso.

And he remembered that the rebel ninja Oboro had a ring with hypnotic power in his hand.

"Hypnosis Ring, this thing can probably be exchanged for a lot of world origin."

Luo Shu rubbed his chin. "However, just to be on the safe side, before going to school, I'd better use the Imperial Tool [Shangri-La] to go to the Jinghe Mansion."

Although Princess Alice had said that she had sent people to monitor the Jinghe Mansion, Luo Shu was still not reassured in the end, considering that various hypnosis-related superpowers or props in the works of the other world often had BUG-level effects.

After all, in the original Taimanin, after the rebel ninja Oboro kidnapped Sawaki Kyousuke, he quickly launched a conspiracy against Igawa Asaki.

Luo Shu didn't think that the group of people Alice sent to monitor Jinghe's mansion would be a match for the rebel ninja Oboro who held the "hypnosis ring".

Because Princess Alice herself said that although the Taimanin have captured many demons over the years, the information they obtained about the demon world (demon world) from these demons is actually very little.

The uniqueness of the Dream Demon Clan's dream-weaving technique ensures that Nomad does not need to worry about the information being leaked after the demons under its jurisdiction are captured because these demons are affected by psychic powers.

The "Dream Weaving Technique" of the Dream Demon Clan is equivalent to adding a layer of early warning device to the demon's brain. The Dream Demon Clan also has a special racial talent of "dream sympathy". Once someone triggers the early warning mechanism of the Dream Weaving Technique, the Dream Demon Clan can immediately use "dream sympathy" to quickly destroy the dreams of these captured demons in the form of joint action of the clan, thereby achieving the purpose of destroying brain functions and causing their memory to collapse. In addition, the Dream Demon Clan can also notify the Nomad side in the first time to abandon these demons that may be captured by the enemy.

With this in mind, Luo Shu decided to go to Jinghe Mansion in advance. It would be best to tie a teleportation anchor to Jinghe Ashaji, so that if Jinghe Ashaji encountered any accident, he could rush to her side as soon as possible.

The one he wanted to capture was Asaki Igawa, whose body had not been transformed by the demon clan's medical technology and whose self-consciousness was well preserved, rather than the corrupted version of Asagi Igawa who had suffered a mental breakdown and whose body sensitivity had been increased three thousand times by the perverted ninja Oboro's tentacles and whose body was then filled with disgusting demons.

Luo Shugu is still a bit of a mysophobia person.

He has never been very interested in slutty heroines.

Luo Shu's personal virgin complex is actually quite serious.

Looking at the five beautiful girls he has conquered so far, after conquering them, their champagnes are all in their original unopened states without exception.

He only hoped that when he was trying to capture Asaki Igawa, her champagne had not yet been opened by Kyousuke Sawaki.

After all, Jinghe Asaki's situation is completely different from Miss Mira's.

In this derivative world, Miss Mira was married but divorced and gave birth to twins, but she did not adopt Tsubakihara Yuji like in the original work. It can be said that she has the special status of a divorced wife.

However, Igawa Asaki is currently only engaged to Sawaki Kyousuke. If her champagne has already been opened by Sawaki Kyousuke, Luo Shu's subsequent plans to conquer her will also be adjusted accordingly.

If Luo Shu is both emotionally and physically attracted to the five beautiful girls including Kurumizaka Ruri, and even emotionally and physically when trying to conquer Miss Mira, then once he finds out that Jinghe Asaki's champagne has been opened, he will most likely choose to be emotionally attracted first and then consider whether to be emotionally attracted later.

"I hope you, Sawaki Kyousuke, haven't opened Asaki Igawa's champagne before you die."

Luo Shu muttered something, then threw a mysterious sapphire into the imperial weapon [Shangri-La] in his hand, then activated the dimensional array and teleported to a room in the Jinghe mansion.

He found that the room was decorated in a classic Japanese style. The lights were on in the room, but there was no one in it.

Luo Shu discovered that the random teleportation mode of the Imperial Artifact [Shangri-La] seemed to automatically teleport the Imperial Artifact user to an uninhabited area near the corresponding location coordinates.

He looked around and soon felt that this place seemed not to be on the ground.

"Hmm? Could this be the underground secret room of Jinghe Mansion?"

Luo Shu walked to the window, pushed it open carefully, and found that there was indeed a corridor outside emitting a warm yellow light.

"It's indeed a secret underground room. Judging from the furnishings in this room, this is probably the room where Jinghe Asaji practices swordsmanship on a daily basis."

Looking at the corner of the room, there were several knife racks, and on them were several samurai swords of different sizes and shapes.

In addition to the knife rack, the room is also furnished with a hollow mahogany bookshelf. In addition to some scrolls and thread-bound books, the bookshelf also contains a large number of bamboo slips, as well as various hidden weapons used by ninjas such as shurikens and kunai.

After a brief inspection of the room, he formed a preliminary deduction about its purpose. Luo Shu then activated [Light and Shadow Phantom A] and [Soundproofing Spell A], carefully pushed open the door, and entered the underground corridor lit by a dim yellow light.

Thanks to the superhuman five senses given to Luo Shu by [Natural Physical Body S], he easily avoided the mechanisms and traps arranged throughout the corridors and successfully reached the entrance steps leading to the ground room of Jinghe Mansion.

At this moment, he heard a barely audible sound of footsteps coming from the top of the stairs.

"somebody is coming."

Luo Shu was suddenly startled and retracted his left foot that was on the stairs, then turned around silently and hid in the shadow at the corner.

After all, Taimanin is also a mysterious person from the derived world, mastering the mysterious skill inheritance known as "Taiman Ninjutsu" which is derived from the magic element system.

The Taimanin itself is good at assassination and intelligence gathering.

If the person coming was Asaki Igawa, an individual Taimanin with strength and good at swordsmanship, it would be okay. But if it was a Taimanin with a keen sense of smell, he estimated that it would be difficult for him to hide the truth from the other party.

He had developed a support technique specifically for smell, but this technique was not suitable for use in a closed and narrow room, because this ether technique called [Odor Confusion A] was essentially just to make Luo Shu emit a stronger smell of the air, thereby deceiving the sense of smell.

There were no incense sticks or anything else that could emit a noticeable smell in the underground corridor of the Jinghe Mansion. It could be said that there was no strong enough smell in the entire corridor.

Without strong enough odor information, the effect of [Odor Confusion A] will be very limited.

Fortunately, when Luo Shu saw the person clearly, he found that this person was a Taimanin wearing a purple tight leather jacket and half of his face was covered. By asking the World Tree terminal, he finally confirmed that the person was Jinghe Asaki.

However, Asaki Jinghe was not a Taimanin known for her keen sense of smell, which made him feel relieved.