The Path to Godhood Begins from the Otherworld

"parallel world?"

"Well, the concept of parallel worlds doesn't seem accurate. It's more of a hypothesis. This hypothesis assumes that the universe is not unitary but pluralistic. In the multiverse, there must be several planets with life. These planets constitute the so-called world."

Luo Shu paused at this point and said, "If the multiverse is compared to a tree, it must have a trunk, and the branches that branch off from the trunk are independent universes, and the leaves that grow on the branches are worlds. Of course, the worlds mentioned here are not necessarily planets."

"Mr. Luo, are you trying to say that it's not surprising to see similar architectural styles in different worlds?"

"Yes, after all, you don't know whether the world you are in is the world where the main trunk is."

When Jinghe Ashaji heard this, countless possibilities suddenly came to her mind.

"That's off topic. Let's get down to business."

Chapter 56: The truth behind the seal of Aokigahara Forest

"Mr. Luo has come up with a solution?"

When Jinghe Ashaji heard Luo Shu suddenly change the subject, she immediately understood that Luo Shu probably didn't want to be too nervous.

After all, anyone who knows that they have left their original world and arrived in an unknown world will feel uneasy.

Could it be that Mr. Luo deliberately changed the subject because he was worried about me?

However, since the safety of her sister's life was involved, Jinghe Asaji quickly withdrew her thoughts.

"Of course." Luo Shu nodded slightly. "In the world where Princess Alice lives, there is no such race as nightmares. In fact, there are demigods in her world."

"A demigod?" Jinghe Ashaji sensed the key to Luo Shu's story. "Mr. Luo, are the demigods you're talking about similar to the eight million gods of Fusang?"

"Of course not. You've lived in Fusang for so long, don't you understand the eight million gods of that world's Fusang mythology?"

"But what does your statement about Princess Alice's world having demigod-level powerhouses have to do with the lack of the Incubus clan?"

"In a world where demigod-level powerful beings exist, the gap between dreams and reality is extremely difficult to carve."

Luo Shu pondered for a moment, "After all, the Dream Demon Clan's act of creating a gap between dreams and reality is essentially a threat to the balance between dreams and reality."

"balance?"

"Just imagine, a race that can invade dreams is a threat to intelligent life that can dream, isn't it?"

"Of course." Jinghe Ashaji answered without hesitation, "After all, dreams are a projection of one's subconscious mind."

"So, the Dream Demon Clan has always been hated by everyone." Luo Shu shrugged. "I originally didn't know why the Demon Realm allowed the Dream Demon Clan to exist, but when I thought about the Dream Demon Clan's allegiance to Nomad, and Nomad was founded by Edwin Black, one of the strongest people in the Demon Realm, the immortal vampire ancestor who was said to have no weaknesses, I suddenly understood that the Dream Demon Clan's allegiance was to prevent the Dream Demon Clan from being exterminated."

"So, behind the nightmare's rampant behavior in our world, there's some kind of game going on?"

"No, no, no, there's no game. In fact, the reason the demon world hasn't invaded our world on a large scale isn't because they don't want to, but because they can't."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you still remember the campaign launched by the Taimanin against the invading demon forces such as Nomad ten years ago?"

"Mr. Luo even knows about this."

"After all, Miss Jinghe's retirement is probably related to that great victory ten years ago."

"Indeed." Jinghe Asaki sighed softly after hearing this. "In fact, when I was recalled to the Taimanin Squadron to serve as the captain-general, I already realized that the victory ten years ago was too easy."

"Ms. Jinghe, if I say that the Demon Realm deliberately allowed the Taimanin to seal the Demon Realm passage, why do you think demon attacks have continued to increase in recent years?"

"Either the seal is failing, or the seal never existed in the first place."

Jinghe Asaji is not stupid. She came to her senses at this moment and realized that the Taimanin Squadron was a stray dog ​​that was driven out of the Demon Realm, and the reason for being driven out was the time and space channel that suddenly appeared in the Demon Realm half a century ago.

What is strange is that these predecessors of the Taimanin Squadron reached a cooperation with the Fuso government as soon as they arrived in the other world, and quickly formed the current Taimanin Squadron, and finally expelled the invading forces of the Demon World Nomad from the Fuso mainland ten years ago.

This development seems to be logical, but if you think about it carefully, the Fuso government cannot even control the Taimanin, so it is impossible for it to play much of a role in resisting the invasion of the demon world.

But reality is not like this.

"Ms. Jinghe, what if the seal was a lie from the beginning?"

Luo Shu suddenly proposed a possibility that Jinghe Ashaji was unwilling to believe.

"...Mr. Luo, are you saying that there's some kind of inevitable connection between the Taimanin Squadron's cooperation with the Fuso government and Nomad's withdrawal from Fuso ten years ago?"

"Ms. Jinghe, have you forgotten that half a century ago, not only did the Demon Realm open a space-time channel to our world, but a similar situation also occurred in another world?"

"Princess Alice's world?" Jinghe Asaki's eyes widened. "Mr. Luo, could it be that when Nomad withdrew from Fuso ten years ago, it wasn't because they were unable to defeat the demon ninja, but to avoid a direct confrontation with Princess Alice's world?"

"Yes," Luo Shu said, speaking nonsense. "The world Princess Alice lives in does have demigods, and it's different from the Demon Realm passage. According to Princess Alice's description, the otherworldly passage in Yunqu Mountain can support a demigod-level powerhouse to reach our world. Do you think Long's strength can reach demigod level?"

"Impossible. Even Long ten years ago was not my opponent."

"So, Ms. Jinghe, why did Nomad choose to send Oboro to launch the invasion even though he knew it would fail?"

"...Mr. Luo, are you trying to say that Long is the strongest cadre the Nomad forces in the Demon Realm can send?"

"Yes." Luo Shu answered affirmatively, "This is the biggest difference between the Demon Realm Passage and the Cloud-to-Mount Mountain Otherworld Passage."

"In other words, ten years ago, Oboro took the initiative to lead the remaining Nomad forces out of Fuso in order to avoid the demigod-level powerhouses sent by Princess Alice's world. He allowed the Taimanin in Aokigahara Forest to seal the Demon Realm Passage to prevent the truth of the demigod from being exposed by the Demon Realm Passage being impassable?"

Asaki Jinghe is worthy of being the strongest Taimanin. Now that her IQ has returned, she immediately understood that the success of the encirclement and suppression operation ten years ago and the smooth sealing of the Demon Realm Passage later were all just to show weakness to the enemy, so as to use the Taimanin Squadron to seal the Demon Realm Passage to prevent the relevant forces in Princess Alice's world from exploring the defect that the Demon Realm Passage is impassable to demigod-level strongmen.

"At least based on the information I've learned, this possibility is very high."

Luo Shu spoke as he pushed open the door to the City Lord's Mansion. "After all, you know that the Taimanin Headquarters in Aokigahara Forest has remained outside the control of the Fuso government for years, representing the official power of Fuso's mysterious side. It's fair to say that if it weren't for the two unexpected incidents of your fiancé being kidnapped and your sister receiving a strange transfer order, Princess Alice probably wouldn't have considered cooperating directly with the Fuso government."

"So, from the very beginning, the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees headquarters has been using its status as the official, mysterious force of Fuso as a shield to prevent the mysterious forces outside from exploring the passage to the Demon Realm?"

"Why do you think the Taimanin Headquarters in Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees has been unwilling to disclose its location for so many years?"

Luo Shu brought up a truth that Jinghe Ashaji couldn't refute, "Do you really think that the Taimanin Headquarters can bear the responsibility of sealing and maintaining the Demon Realm Passage alone?"

Chapter 57: Jinghe Ashaji began to hate her past self

Luo Shu's question was particularly irritating to Jinghe Ashaji at that moment.

However, the advice is hard to hear.

Jinghe Asaki was well aware that Luo Shu's words expressed doubts about the current strength of the Anti-Magic Ninja Squadron.

Especially when her fiancé and sister were kidnapped by Nomad one after another, and the Aokigahara Forest Headquarters, to which the Taimanin Squadron was now affiliated, was still unaware of her private actions, she could not fully trust the senior executives who had rehired her from retirement.

In short, Jinghe Asaji came to her senses at this time.

After all, when she was rehired as the captain of the Taimanin Squadron and discovered that her sister had already joined the Taimanin for a long time without telling her and had made a name for herself, she felt something was strange.

Later, Igawa Asaki talked about this matter with her sister and asked her why she rashly joined the Taimanin Squadron when her training was just about to end. Unexpectedly, Igawa Sakura just said that it was the master's instruction.

Originally, Jinghe Asaki thought that there was nothing wrong with her master's arrangement. When she was re-hired and returned to the Taimanin Squadron as the captain, she even felt very proud when she noticed that her sister's talent had begun to emerge. This also made her no longer resist resuming her identity as a Taimanin.

Looking back now, Jinghe Asaki felt more and more that her master had allowed her sister, who had not yet fully trained, to join the Taimanin Squadron without telling her. In a sense, there was a suspicion that her master was inducing her sister to repeat his own mistakes.

Because the reason why Asaki Igawa was able to retire successfully was because she got permission from her master, and after her retirement, the top management of the Taimanin headquarters in Aokigahara Tree Sea could not bypass her and her master and apply through her sister to join the Taimanin.

Asaki Jinghe believed that her master would agree to her retirement from the Taimanin Squadron, so she would naturally not rashly interfere with her sister's choice. She knew very well that her sister did not particularly care about becoming a Taimanin.

Therefore, after she retired, she actually secretly paid attention to her sister's movements. After a while, she found that her sister spent her time peacefully in school except for regularly practicing in the mountains, so she gradually relaxed her attention on her sister's whereabouts.

In addition, Jinghe Ashaji initially accepted her fiancé's confession at that time, and her attention gradually shifted to the relationship, and she gradually relaxed her regular checks on her sister's whereabouts.

It is estimated that it was during this period that Asaki Igawa's sister joined the Taimanin Squadron.

Thinking of this, she found it increasingly difficult to refute Luo Shu's two fatal questions.

"Mr. Luo, to be honest, I have never thought about the two questions you mentioned before."

"Ms. Jinghe noticed it?"

Luo Shu didn't expect Jinghe Asaki to react so calmly. "Or are you just saying you believe it, but deep down you still have unrealistic fantasies about the current Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees Taimanin Headquarters?"

"Mr. Luo, if nothing had happened to him and Sakura, perhaps I really wouldn't believe that there was a problem with the top management, let alone think that there were any doubts about the seal."

Jinghe Ashaji said this as she followed Luo Shu into the City Lord's Mansion.

"However, the accidents that happened to him and Sakura made me realize that by leaving the people I cherished in the care of others, I was actually indulging in the title of the strongest Taimanin, which led to arrogance and carelessness. I also misjudged the threat posed by Nomad and the demons."

Luo Shu felt somewhat relieved when he heard Jinghe Ashaji began to reflect on herself.

What he feared most was that after he had gone to great lengths to save the Jinghe sisters, Jinghe Ashaji still had expectations for the top management of the Taimanin headquarters in Aokigahara Forest.

As the saying goes, you can never wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.

If Jinghe Asaki still did not question the top brass of Taimanin Headquarters when her fiancé died tragically, her sister was kidnapped and was now unconscious, he probably would have no way to shake Jinghe Asaki's trust in the top brass of Taimanin Headquarters.

Fortunately, he now seems to have initially gained the trust of Jinghe Ashaji.

Although he knew very well that Jinghe Asaki might have spoken like this because she needed something from him, after all, her private actions today were concealed from the top management of Taimanin Headquarters.

"Ms. Jinghe, I'm not saying all this to alienate you from the top management of Taimanin Headquarters."

"I understand."

When Jinghe Asaji heard Luo Shu say this, she turned around and glanced at her unconscious sister lying on her shoulder, "It doesn't matter even if Mr. Luo went to great lengths to save Sakura and me and he really has other intentions.

After all, if Mr. Luo hadn't helped us repeatedly this time, Sakura and I would have become prisoners of Nomad by now.

It can be said that if it weren't for Mr. Luo, Sakura and I would have already fallen prey to Oboro's schemes."

Luo Shu didn't expect that after Jinghe Ashaji's IQ returned to normal, she would be able to understand this simple truth so clearly.

"Ms. Jinghe, what if I tell you that I have other intentions towards your sister?"

"Sakura and I are safe now, all thanks to Mr. Luo's help. If you really have other intentions towards us, to be honest, I can only feel fortunate."

"Lucky?"

"Yes, I'm lucky. I'm lucky that I can still live to repay Mr. Luo's kindness."

Jinghe Asaji had a bitter expression on her face, and she said in a bitter voice, "I am even more grateful that after so many accidents, my sister finally came back to me."

"Ms. Jinghe, if I fail to wake up your sister tonight..."

"Mr. Luo, even if you can't wake up Sakura tonight, I won't blame you. After all, it was me who acted on my own that caused her to be unconscious."

Jinghe Ashaji interrupted Luo Shu's speech. She looked at the tall and strong back of Luo Shu who was leading the way in front of her, and deep in her heart she felt complaining about why the person in front of her was not her fiancé.

However, she also knew that her fiancé was not the hero who would save her and her sister from dire straits tonight.

She was very clear that the sense of security brought to her by the background in front of her was something she had never experienced from her fiancé.

If, Kyousuke...

No, it wasn't his fault that Kyousuke was kidnapped, it was all Nomad's fault...

Isn't it because Kyousuke is dragging you down?

No, Kyousuke is just an ordinary person, I already knew that...

If you really knew, why didn't you become stronger?

That’s because I…

Admit it, Ashaji, you don't love that weak man as much as you think.

That's not the case, that's not the case, I...

Think about our sister, her feelings for Kyousuke, are you really not aware of it at all?

No, that's not right...

What's wrong, Ashaji, you are me, you have always been a woman who longs to submit to the strong.

no……

Jinghe Ashaji was caught in a dilemma.

The sense of security brought by Luo Shu made her experience for the first time the sense of security that she had never felt from her fiancé.

This made Jinghe Asaki begin to feel disgusted with her past self who had fallen in love with an ordinary person and was willing to give up her identity as a Taimanin...

Chapter 58: Jinghe Sakura feels despair

Luo Shu naturally didn't understand that Jinghe Ashaji was suffering in her heart at this time.

He heard the resentment hidden in Jinghe Ashaji's words.

However, after thinking it over again and again, he gave up the idea of ​​taking advantage of the situation to comfort him with words.

Now, only silence can be deafening.