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

Chapter 43: Drinking a bucket of milk tea to calm your nerves

When Lin Qiu found out that it was Kamisato Ayato who came out to negotiate, he immediately moved the Death Thorn Spear away and no longer pressed it against Ayahua's cheek.

After all, it always feels weird to use a stick to stick against your sister's mouth in front of her brother.

"Let's start negotiating, Lord Kamisato!" Lin Qiu shouted unceremoniously, "First, I need you to get out of the way and stop chasing me. Second, I want a fast horse that can carry two people and supplies!"

"No problem. As long as you don't hurt Ayaka, I agree to all your requests." Kamisato Ayato agreed without any bargaining, and then ordered the samurai beside him to make arrangements, "Bring the best horse to him."

Lin Qiu continued to shout: "I also need a few bags of food, sufficient dry food."

"Okay, I'll send someone to prepare it." Ayato still didn't bargain and agreed.

"After I prepare what I want, please ask your colleagues and the warriors of Tianling to make way for me to leave smoothly." Lin Qiu made his final request, "When I reach a safe place, I will put the young lady down and leave alone. I will not hurt her!"

"Okay, I will find a way to communicate with Tianling Bugyo and ask them to step back." Ayato said.

In this way, no matter what request Lin Qiu made, the head of the community would quickly agree to it.

It seemed that the negotiations were going very smoothly, but Kujo Sara, who was listening, could no longer help but say: This was not a negotiation with the hijackers, it was simply a unilateral subsidy.

She even suspected that Kamisato Ayato wanted to let Lin Qiu go on purpose, but she couldn't find any evidence.

Sara walked up to Ayato and whispered, "Shrine Commissioner, your negotiation style is too passive. You are simply giving aid to the hostage-taker!"

"I understand that the Tenryo Bugyo is anxious to capture the criminal, but my sister is still in her hands. I cannot ignore her safety and anger the kidnapper - this is my consideration as a brother." Kamisato Ayato said seriously, "And from the perspective of the head of the Society Bugyo, Princess Shirasagi is deeply loved by the people. If she encounters an accident, it will surely cause dissatisfaction among the people of Inazuma Castle."

It was very logical both in public and in private, and Kujo Sara could not think of any words to refute it.

Due to the many impacts of the war on the front line, even the residents of the relatively stable Inazuma City have been under a lot of pressure recently, and everyone is trying hard to stay alive.

Kamisato Ayaka often attends festivals and is a beautiful existence in the eyes of the residents. She is also one of the anchors that stabilize people's hearts and cannot be harmed in any way.

Therefore, Sara countered from another angle: "How can you be sure that if you agree to this guy's request, he will really let Princess Bai Lu go? Besides, I have another question, why was your sister kidnapped by criminals in the shrine late at night?"

Kamisato Ayato thought quickly, and when he was about to answer, Yae Shinko appeared from nowhere, walked in front of Sara and answered these questions with ease.

"Let me answer your doubts. Princess Bai Lu came to Ying Xiang Mountain tonight to discuss the festival with me. She was really responsible and the discussion lasted until late at night. However, she didn't expect to be kidnapped by a cunning villain on the way back."

Then, the Son of God took out something like a scroll and explained slowly.

"Since this happened near the shrine, I'll do you a small favor. This scroll of mine is a Yin-Yang contract. As long as you sign your name, you won't have to worry about breaking the contract."

Content of the contract: As long as Kamisato Ayato agrees to Lin Qiu's request, Lin Qiu must not harm Ayahua, otherwise he will be punished by lightning for three minutes.

"Yae-miyaji is really thoughtful. This way, we don't have to worry about him going back on his word." Kamisato Ayato praised, "If he dares to hurt my sister again, the Tenryo Bugyo can follow the lightning to capture him and give my sister justice."

At first glance, Sara thought there was nothing wrong with the contract. In fact, she was deceived by the fox and was clearly arranged.

The reason is simple: information asymmetry.

The contract did not state "let Linghua go" but "do not harm Linghua". Sara did not notice the discrepancy in this regard. After all, in her opinion, it would be useless for Lin Qiu to take the young lady away and instead he would be a burden.

Little did he know that he was going to take Linghua to Haigi Island to negotiate with the Coral Palace. He had no intention of harming Linghua, so it didn't matter whether the contract was signed or not.

At the same time, Shen Zi was still showing off his acting skills: "Alas, this guy often goes to Yingxiang Mountain to help clean up the monsters around. I thought he was a good person, but I didn't expect him to disobey Ming Shen and take the girl hostage. Don't judge a person by his appearance, don't judge a person by his appearance!"

In the end, under the deception of Ayato and the fox, Kujo Sara had to compromise and let Lin Qiu go in order to ensure the personal safety of Princess Shiraha.

So, after witnessing Lin Qiu signing the contract and the Son of God confirming that the contract was correct, Tianling Fengxing made way for him to leave.

Thomas, who followed Ayato to the scene, brought a tall horse to Linqiu. There were bags hanging on both sides of the horse, which were the dry food promised to Linqiu.

Lin Qiu jumped onto the horse first, grabbed Linghua by the collar as if grabbing a kitten's neck, pulled her up and placed her in front of him.

In fact, Lin Qiu doesn't know how to ride at all.

But he didn't intend to rely on this horse at first. He only needed to rely on it to temporarily escape the sight and pursuit of Tianling Fengxing, and its mission would be accomplished.

Lin Qiu waved the reins and drove the horse into the distance.

Tianling Fengxing followed the agreement and did not pursue until Lin Qiu disappeared from sight.

……

About 10 minutes after Lin Qiu left, Kujo Sara was organizing the soldiers surrounding the mountain. It was very windy at night, so Ayato and Toma came to a big rock to shelter from the wind.

"I hope the young lady is okay..." Thomas said with a worried look on his face, praying in a low voice, "I hope he can follow the agreement and let the young lady go back after he escapes from the pursuit."

"You may be disappointed, Thomas." Kamisato Ayato smiled, "Ayaka, she won't be back for a while. My sister is going to do something great."

"Huh?!" shocked Thomas.

"Just before I went to negotiate, the ninja who drove Linghua tonight came to report the details to me." Kamisato Ayato explained, "It included Mr. Lin's intention to stop the war, and Linghua's firm idea to follow him."

Thomas continued to be in shock. After a long silence, he said, "Excuse me, even if the young lady wanted to do such a dangerous thing, the head of the family should have stopped her!"

"Well, logically speaking, I should have stopped Linghua, but she is no longer a child and has reached the age of marriage..." Lingren said while looking at the starry sky, "I believe in her judgment, her vision of people, and Lin Qiu's ability, so I let them go."

Kamisato Ayato was busy with various official duties and had only met Lin Qiu a few times.

But he could clearly feel from folk rumors, from Linghua's description, from Lin Qiu's attitude towards the society's practices, and from the incident with the counterfeit that Lin Qiu was a good and capable person, and that was enough.

So, he believed in Linghua's judgment.

"I will definitely not be able to find Linghua tonight. The next time I see her will probably be when the war ends and Inazuma restores peace." Lingren began to think about how to deal with the aftermath. "Let's announce it to the public. Princess Shiraha is frightened by the kidnapping incident and cannot appear in public for the time being."

"Okay." Thomas could only accept the reality.

"But even so, it's still a bit surprising that my sister, who has always been well-behaved, suddenly 'ran away from home.'" Kamisato Ayato rubbed his temples. "Drink some dango milk to calm your nerves. The right amount of sugar helps the brain think and relieves stress."

"I'll prepare it right away." Thomas said dutifully, "Master, how much do you want to drink?"

Kamisato Ayato thought for a moment and said:

"Reward yourself tonight and drink a little more. Five liters should be enough."

Chapter 44 Pick up Linghua and run

Kujo Sara abided by the agreement. At least in the first 30 minutes after Lin Qiu's escape, she did not send anyone to chase him, but instead reorganized the soldiers who surrounded Ying Xiangshan.

Half an hour later, Sara guessed that Lin Qiu had almost let the young lady run away, so he asked the soldiers to search for Kamisato Ayaka and track Lin Qiu's whereabouts at the same time.

They soon found the clue.

Because Lin Qiu escaped on horseback, although horses have certain off-road capabilities, they are not suitable for galloping in complex terrain. After all, horses' legs are easily injured in complex terrain. Even for military horses, once a fracture is broken, it is equivalent to the end of their career.

In order to escape faster, Lin Qiu would definitely take a slightly flatter road. With this reasoning in mind, Kujo Sara quickly sent people to investigate the flat path.

They successfully found fresh horse hoof prints, which were similar to those of the big horse that Shefengxing rode. The tracks continued all the way to the west. Sha Luo guessed that Lin Qiu wanted to go to the outlying island.

The female Tengu thought: The outlying island is Inazuma's largest port. Could it be that this guy wants to sneak away from Inazuma by boat?

She followed the trail relentlessly.

The final result left Kujo Sara dumbfounded.

She and her subordinates followed the horse hoof prints all the way to the northwest of Ming Shen Island, where they saw the horse borrowed by Lin Qiu standing by the roadside, eating grass alone.

The food and supplies on it were still there, but there was a note attached with Lin Qiu's message:

"Ms. Sara, do you think I will run away from Inazuma? Wrong, I want to do something big, I won't go into details. Although you fell into the trap, don't be sad, all these dry food are given to you, use them to relieve your depression, eat slowly and don't choke - your friend, Lin Qiu."

"Damn it!" Kujo Sara drew his sword.

The guards around her thought that General Kujo was going to chop the horse with a sword to vent her anger, but they didn't expect her to cut open the bag of food, take out a piece of coarse grain food similar to compressed biscuits, stuff it into her mouth and chew it depressedly to vent her dissatisfaction.

……

At the same time, in the wilderness west of Narukami Island.

Lin Qiu carried Linghua in a princess-like posture and ran wildly through the most rugged terrain, heading towards Haigi Island without looking back, at a speed so fast that it seemed like a colored wind.

He estimated as he ran: The time is almost up, that honest female Tengu should have realized that she has been tricked. I hope she doesn't sulk on an empty stomach.

When asking the Kamisato family for horses, Lin Qiu planned the next escape route.

Lin Qiu pretended to flee on horseback towards the island, giving Kujo Sara the illusion that he was going to leave Inazuma by boat. When they reached a certain point, he and Linghua dismounted, patted the horses' butts and let them go on alone to confuse the audience.

As for Lin Qiu, of course he picked up Linghua and ran away.

He turned on double speed and continued running towards the target direction, trying to escape the search range of the Narukami Island soldiers tonight.

With warrior-level speed, he is faster than any vehicle or mount of Inazuma's, and with heroic-level endurance and warrior-level strength, his endurance is unmatched by animals - no matter what aspect of endurance, he is far superior to monsters and beasts.

He could have run away by himself, but he borrowed the horse just to use it to delay Sara.

Compared to ordinary animal mounts, Linqiu can go off-road, cross uneven terrain, and even run all night without sleeping. It is not easy to leave traces. It consumes one meal for a hundred kilometers. Its efficiency can be said to be impeccable.

In fact, rather than running with the young lady in his arms, Lin Qiu wanted to see the Son of God reveal his true form, turn into an extra-large pink fox, and lead them to Kaigi Island.

Unfortunately, I can’t, Miss Fox is also very busy.

Lin Qiu stopped daydreaming and continued running seriously. He also looked down at Princess Egret in his arms.

At this moment, Linghua was quiet, with her eyes and mouth tightly closed. She didn't speak or look around, curled up like a small silver animal.

The reason was simple. It was not that she was afraid of such a fast speed, but that Lin Qiu was now riding the equivalent of a motorcycle with the accelerator turned to the bottom, and without a windshield.

Once ordinary people open their eyes and mouths, they will show very artistic expressions due to the strong wind pressure, but Linghua certainly doesn't want to do that.

Because she is a reserved young lady. If it were Master Hu of the Wangsheng Hall, he would surely open his eyes and mouth wide, letting the strong wind make his eyelids flip up and his mouth twitch, showing an exaggerated and wonderful facial expression.

Estimating that Tianling Bugxing would not be able to catch up with him, Lin Qiu turned off the inherent time control and continued to jog, which would make Linghua more comfortable.

He had already planned to run away at night, dig three and fill one during the day, and hide and sleep with the eldest lady.

When we reach the strait between the islands, we ask Linghua to help us condense ice to cross the sea, which is very safe.

Although the dry food was given to Sara to relieve his boredom, Linqiu had no shortage of food and water.

When he was fighting the general before, he was attacked by Wuxiang with one sword and obtained a large amount of raw stones. He drew more than 70 shots in total, including some fresh and delicious food and drinks.

He planned to leave Ming Shen Island tonight, and hide near the Kujo Jinya by digging three holes and filling one hole during the day - the most dangerous place is the safest place.

Then, based on the movements of the surrounding shogunate soldiers, he made a plan, passed through Kamnozuka and Nashii Beach, and finally arrived at the dangerous Yae Island to look for the Umijima soldiers and Kokomi.

And now, even when he was jogging, his speed was extraordinary. Although he did not see the shogunate soldiers, he passed by many Kairanki camps and the Fatui's temporary camps. At that time, he would activate the inherent time control again and pass by quickly.

These people were completely unaware of Lin Qiu's arrival; they just felt a strong breeze blowing past.

Even those with better dynamic vision could see that before they could draw their weapons, Lin Qiu had already slightly accelerated and ran away with Linghua in his arms.

……

At daybreak, they, who had traveled all night, had arrived at the island where the nine formation houses were located.

Let’s not talk about whether Sha Luo noticed that Lin Qiu was running to the west. Even if she realized the problem at the first time and sent a carrier pigeon to the Jiujo Formation House, the pigeon could not fly as fast as Lin Qiu.

After arriving at the remote area, Lin Qiu found a relatively small natural pit in front of a large mound.

After making sure that the soil was not easy to collapse, he used the deaththorn spear as a shovel and expanded the hole to a size that could fit two people.

The eldest lady looked on curiously.

"Ayaka-chan, to ensure that we are not discovered, I have to inconvenience you." Lin Qiu explained, "We are traveling at night, so we must get enough rest during the day."

Linghua finally understood what this was for. Instead of being disgusted, she felt a little happy and gladly accepted the simple living room that was built with three parts dug out and one part filled in.

"When I swore to follow Mr. Lin, I was ready to give up my noble honor. Besides, I have never slept in a place like this in my life!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Kamisato Ayaka, with a look of excitement and curiosity on her face, crawled into the hole dug by Lin Qiu.

Lin Qiu also crawled in face first, using his back as a door panel to block the entrance. The dust rune he had placed at the entrance beforehand began to work, releasing a large amount of dust to cover his back, forming a camouflage to prevent being discovered by others.

There is no need to worry about suffocating due to lack of air circulation. The hole on Lin Qiu’s chest has not fully recovered yet and can be used as a ventilation hole to ensure that the temporary living room is well ventilated.

"Good night, Miss Linghua."

Even though it's broad daylight now.

"Good night, Mr. Lin."

Chapter 45 Melee Mage

Lin Qiu came to Lei Dianzhen's space again. When he woke up, he found himself lying under the sacred cherry tree, feeling the lap pillow provided by Miss M's soft thighs.

"Welcome back." Lei Dianzhen smiled.

Lin Qiu slowly stood up and looked around. This time the environment did not change. He estimated that this bright blue tone was the final form of the space.

"Well, let's continue the class. It's been a while since I taught you anything." Raiden Zhen also stood up from the ground. She raised her index finger to emphasize, "But let me make it clear first, this is all I can teach you about long-pole weapons. Or, as a human being, this is all you can learn."