Original God, if I am beaten by them, I will become stronger

Chapter 41: "Hostage" Linghua

The status of Narukami Taisha Shrine and Yaeguchi is unquestionable in the entire Inazuma. Without her consent, the samurai cannot even set foot in the shrine.

However, the samurai stayed outside the shrine obediently, and the son of God had no reason to drive them away. Therefore, with the mountain road blocked, they had no choice but to jump off the cliff.

According to Lin Qiu's physique, he basically won't die from jumping off the cliff. As for where he will land and whether he will be ambushed by the soldiers at the foot of the mountain after jumping off the cliff, these are still open to discussion.

In fact, Lin Qiu could even fight a protracted war with the samurai, living in the shrine to consume the samurai's patience until a gap appeared, but this would be a waste of time.

Lin Qiu finally decided to take a leap of faith and fly down directly, but now, the eldest lady snuggled into his arms and demonstrated the "hostage-taking" strategy with actions.

Lin Qiu reacted and immediately rejected Linghua's method, thinking it was too dangerous.

"No, there are too many unstable factors. What if I get hurt?" Lin Qiu removed his arm from Linghua's neck. "Besides, if I escape the pursuit, I will have to set off for Haiqi Island. The journey is long and difficult..."

"I'll go too." Princess Bai Lu turned around, straightened her body and looked at Lin Qiu, "I said that I would provide you with assistance as Kamisato Ayaka."

Their faces were very close to each other, and Lin Qiu could feel the girl's fragrance as well as her firm will.

She is serious!

If I think about it carefully, having her help on the journey to Haigi Island can indeed reduce a lot of problems and troubles.

After all, Lin Qiu is not very good at dealing with official situations. He is a gentle and elegant rough man who is better at talking than negotiating.

Coincidentally, Princess Bai Lu possesses an ability that Lin Qiu lacks, that is, how to communicate elegantly with upper-class people.

Negotiating with the Coral Palace and persuading Haigi Island to weigh the pros and cons, with Linghua's help a lot of trouble can be avoided and the progress of stopping the war can be slightly accelerated.

In addition, with her by his side, he can replenish dozens of tons of ice at any time and put it into the system warehouse for use as a surprise move.

It was a good thing for Lin Qiu, but for the young lady herself, it was a bit bad to leave her luxurious environment and follow the fugitive to avoid being hunted down.

Not to mention the reputation issue.

Lin Qiu said seriously: "As the White Egret Princess, running around with a wanted criminal, aren't you afraid of rumors? It might affect the reputation of the Kamisato family."

Linghua smiled firmly and replied, "I believe you can become Inazuma's hero. Then the reputation of the Kamisato family will not only not be damaged, but it will also become a good story among the people - Princess Shiraha who stopped the war together with the great hero."

Kamisato Ayaka thought a lot.

From a personal point of view, she was worried about Lin Qiu, who was covered in wounds, going to Kaigi Island alone. Linghua also knew that Lin Qiu needed a reliable personal assistant, an assistant who understood the political rules of Inazuma, so as to facilitate the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Coral Palace.

Therefore, she can feel at ease only by following Lin Qiu. In a sense, the two of them are friends for life and death (working together to kill stragglers), and their relationship is very delicate.

From the perspective of the community magistrate Kamizato family, if Hayashi Qiu succeeds, Kamizato family will definitely benefit a lot. Moreover, Ayaka trusts him very much and thinks that he will be able to successfully stop General Raiden and become a great hero of Inazuma.

This trust comes from Lin Qiu's ability to do many things that ordinary people cannot do: he can kill the Fatui executive officer, the Strange One, with a bang, he can have a hole in his chest but not die, and it is rumored that he successfully neutralized the general's ultimate moves yesterday...

Linghua’s idea is a bit like the children’s: extraordinary people can do extraordinary things.

Due to the combined effect of various factors, she placed all her hopes on Lin Qiu, so she made up her mind to go to Haigi Island together despite the danger.

Time goes back to the present. Lin Qiu pondered for a moment and still planned to reject Linghua's kindness.

He said with a serious expression: "I can't let you take so many risks. I'd better jump off the cliff to avoid being chased. Just tell the samurai that you were discussing with the chief priest all night at the shrine because of some official business of the shrine, and it has nothing to do with Lin Qiu."

It is one thing that the journey becomes easier with Kamisato Ayaka, but Ayaka may encounter danger and get hurt, which are things Lin Qiu does not want to see, and this has happened before.

He could clearly see that there was a shocking scar of a sharp weapon on the palm of the eldest lady's slender white right hand.

It was caused when she removed the seal of the magic spear, and it might even stay with her for the rest of her life...

Being caught by stragglers in the wild was an inevitable event, but now that there is a chance to keep Linghua away from danger, Lin Qiu will certainly not let her take the risk.

Princess Bai Lu pouted slightly and was about to say something in rebuttal when the Son of God, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

"You two can talk if you want to, but what are you trying to do by staying so close to each other, um~~" Shen Zi stretched out his hand to separate the two, letting Linghua lean on his arms, took out a Mora and said, "How about this, let fate decide whether the young lady will follow."

Similar to most coins, the Mora has two sides, one with patterns and the other smooth and flat. Throwing the Mora when in doubt is a common method used by the people of Teyvat.

It is also the most basic divination.

Lin Qiu knew that although Linghua looked quiet and gentle on the surface, she was actually strong on the inside. Once she made up her mind, she would stick to it to the end and was not so easy to convince.

It would be better to accept the Son of God's suggestion. This way, there is still a 1 in 2 chance that the young lady who lost the coin toss will be away from danger and stay in Kamisato's house waiting for her triumphant return.

"Ayaka-chan, you choose." Lin Qiu said.

"Okay, I choose the flower face." Linghua replied.

The Son of God threw the Mora in his hand, and the coin fell on the tatami, choosing a few circles before tipping over.

Flower face.

Lin Qiu thought: Bad luck in gambling...

He didn't say what was in his mind. At this point, Linghua would definitely follow him.

Looking up at the eldest lady who was held in the arms of the Son of God, Princess Bai Lu's face showed a look of relief and joy at this moment, but she quickly hid the joy and forced out an expression that said "I'm prepared."

Lin Qiu had no choice: Then take her with you.

Before leaving the cabin, he spent 10 raw stones and took out an item from the system warehouse. It was a Death Thorn Spear with gun butts at both ends.

He had drawn a purple item before - 10 wholesale Death Thorn Spears - but he found that one of them was a defective product, with only the butt instead of the tip.

Damn system, is the quality control so poor?

When Lin Qiu said goodbye to Shen Zi, he gave her this red rod-shaped object and said, "I won't be coming to the shrine for a while, Miss Fox. This thing is for you as a souvenir. If you miss me, take it out and play with it."

"Hmm~~Just tell me clearly how you want me to play~~" the Son of God asked jokingly.

"Play however you want." Lin Qiu walked out of the house, followed by Linghua. He waved to the Son of God, "Wait for my triumphant return, Son of God."

"I wish you good luck in military affairs." The Son of God holding the gun said with a rare serious expression.

……

The shadow is at the foot of the mountain.

The elite warriors blocked the mountain road. Without the consent of the shrine priest, they could only surround the entrances and exits and could not go up the mountain to the shrine to arrest people.

The main road down the mountain was guarded by the most soldiers, but they were the most relaxed. After all, they believed that Lin Qiu could not escape by taking the main road.

The reality was beyond their expectation. Lin Qiu walked down the mountain from the main road in broad daylight, and he was holding the beautiful and noble Princess Bai Lu hostage.

The soldiers who were slacking off were frightened and quickly set up a defense line. However, due to the noble status of the hostages, the soldiers found it difficult to launch an attack, and could not even block the enemy's way. They were forced to retreat by Lin Qiu.

Chapter 42 Kamisato Ayato

Kujo Sara believed that Lin Qiu would definitely leave through the path on the side of the mountain, so she stationed her elite troops there and prepared props such as lassoes and chain nets.

She thought that since Lin Qiu was fast and had a strong body endurance, conventional attacks could not hit him and even if they did, it would be difficult to break his defense, so she would use equipment that restricted his movements to capture him.

However, Sara was stationed there for most of the day and did not even see the shadow of Lin Qiu. Instead, she heard the noisy sounds of warriors on the road that she had neglected the most.

Nani?

This is not right! Logically, Lin Qiu should have taken the small path, why did he take the main road? !

Sara had no time to be surprised. She was worried that it was a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain, so she left her soldiers to continue guarding the place and went to the main road to check the situation.

When they reached the main road, Sara was silent.

In front of Lin Qiu, there was the noble Princess Egret, who was captured from somewhere.

He strangled her slender neck with his left arm and held the end of the Death Thorn Spear, which was close to the tail of the spear, with his right hand. He pressed the round tail of the Death Thorn Spear against Linghua's soft cheek, and the tail of the spear pressed Linghua's face into a pouting expression.

Holding the gun in reverse was, of course, to avoid accidentally hurting Linghua. Lin Qiu would never point the tip of the gun at his companions, but in the eyes of the warriors, this action seemed quite dangerous.

They had heard about the terrifying speed of Ronin Lin Qiu, and guessed that he was holding the gun upside down in order to provoke Tianling Bugxing who was present: If you make any move, I can still be one step faster than you and turn the gun tip around to attack the hostages!

Or to put it even more exaggeratedly, his spear skills were so good that he could hurt others with the butt of the spear...

The special nature of the hostages and the legend of Lin Qiu made the warriors defending the main road more and more afraid. Before their superiors arrived, they did not dare to act rashly to carry out rescue operations.

If anything happened to Princess Bailu, She Bugeng might not be able to control Tianling Bugeng, but it would be easy to mess with those warriors who lacked background.

Lin Qiu ignored the defense line set up by the warriors as a human wall and walked forward on his own. The soldiers had no choice but to keep withdrawing their defense line, as if they were being forced to retreat by Lin Qiu.

Standing behind the human wall defense line, Sa Luo stared at the Death Thorn Spear in Lin Qiu's hand in surprise, and asked the adjutant beside him: "I remember that this weapon has been embedded in the stone statue of the Great Imperial Palace. Why is he still holding it?"

The adjutant was also confused: "I don't know!"

The reason is actually very simple. Lin Qiu drew the purple item and bought the Death Thorn Spear wholesale. He now has nine Death Thorns in his hand - one of which was a defective product and was given to the Son of God.

"Stop, everyone. Don't move!" Kujo Sara stopped the human wall defense line from retreating further.

With the general giving orders, the soldiers of Tianling Fengxing felt much more confident: it was Lord Kujo who stopped us from retreating, so it’s not our fault if something happened to the hostages!

Seeing that the soldiers would no longer retreat and hearing Kujo Sara's order, Lin Qiu also stopped moving forward.

At this time, the human wall was about 20 meters away from the forest hill.

Sara walked up to the human wall of soldiers and tried to communicate with Lin Qiu, but was silenced by Lin Qiu before he could even say a word.

Lin Qiu shouted loudly: "I refuse to talk to General Jiujo. I am worried that this conversation will hurt our precious friendship. Send others to negotiate with me!"

Lin Qiu blocked out his animal friends.

Kujo Sara complained in his heart: What friendship are we still talking about at this point? You just don’t want to talk to me because you’re afraid that I’ll find your gaps and flaws. Damn it!

This is indeed the true situation. In order to prevent the Kamisato family from getting into trouble, Lin Qiu tried his best to pretend that Linghua was kidnapped by him. However, Sara is too sensitive, and talking to her too much might expose his intentions or she might get hold of some evidence.

Although the Kamisato family secretly sent ninjas to retrieve Hayashi's "body", and there were folk rumors that Princess Shirasagi and Hayashi had an ambiguous relationship, whether it was the Kamisato family records or other official documents, Hayashi was just a temporary worker recruited by the club's magistrate.

Breaking into the duel scene in front of the emperor without permission was just his personal behavior, and there is no evidence related to the social practice.

Moreover, Lin Qiu heard from the Son of God that according to the information brought by the familiar, the Tenryo Buggyo surrounded the Narugami Taisha Shrine because when Lin Qiu was riding in a carriage to Yingxiangshan, he was seen by nearby villagers who were walking at night, and the villagers reported the clues to the Tenryo Buggyo.

Although the samurai followed the wheel tracks, the ninja driving the carriage had already dealt with the evidence in advance.

Therefore, the samurai could only confirm that Lin Qiu was here, but could not be sure whether he was related to the Kamisato family.

Because of this, as long as Sara doesn't notice anything, the Kamisato family will not be in trouble.

As for those rumors, it doesn’t matter.

If rumors can be used as evidence, how do we explain the rumor that Lin Qiu is actually an ancient monster and has an affair with General Lei Dian?

At this moment, the kidnapped Linghua spoke, she raised her voice and shouted:

"Master Kujo, please leave me alone and let the samurai attack and capture this rude rebel. I am willing to sacrifice myself to capture the disobedient."

The rudiments of a person's acting skills are mostly developed from doing bad things in childhood, such as secretly eating snacks and then covering it up with acting, or playing for an afternoon but saying that you are studying hard. These behaviors gradually accumulate into disguise skills.

But Linghua has been a good child since she was young. She is consistent in her appearance and heart, and will honestly admit it even if she does something bad, so she has no acting skills at all.

All in all, the performance was very awkward.

Lin Qiu was worried that the young lady would be exposed, but it was inconvenient for him to remind her, so he had to continue to use the round butt of the gun to hit her face, forcing her to pout and unable to continue speaking.

On the other side, after being "silenced" by Lin Qiu, Sha Luo returned to the human wall defense line and discussed with his adjutant how to solve the problem. They successfully captured Lin Qiu and rescued Princess Bai Lu.

The adjutant thought for a long time and suggested: "How about sending a sharpshooter to snipe him?"

"Do you think there is any archer here who is more accurate than me?" Kujo Sara said calmly.

The adjutant answered honestly, "Lord Sara's archery is the most stable one in Tianling."

"Even if I shoot him in the eye, it won't cause any harm. On the contrary, it might anger him and put the hostage in danger."

"We can only negotiate terms," ​​said the adjutant.

"This is the only way." Sara was helpless.

Jiujo Sara came to the human wall again and suggested: "Lin Qiu, calm down first and don't hurt Princess Bai Lu. We are willing to negotiate with you."

"What did you say? I can't hear you because I refuse to talk to Kujo Sara!"

Veins bulged on the female Tengu's face, but the other party had hostages, so the shogunate general dared not say anything.

Lin Qiu continued to threaten: "I'll give you 30 seconds to think. If you don't back off after 30 seconds, you can't imagine what I will do to Princess Bai Lu!"

I would draw a little turtle on her forehead!

Just then, an elegant young man with light blue hair slowly walked to the front line.

The young man chuckled coldly and said, "Haha, since you don't want to negotiate with General Kujo, then why don't you negotiate with me, Mr. Lin?"

The shrine maiden who reported the situation said that this encirclement and suppression operation was carried out in cooperation with the Tenryo Bugyo and Shrine Bugyo samurai, but Lin Qiu did not expect that "he" would come too.

The head of the Kamisato family and the elder brother of Kamisato Ayaka - Kamisato Ayato.

It’s my uncle!