You will surrender to me.

Hisa considerately handed over a glass of water instead of explaining the situation directly to Naoto. She guessed that Naoto had fallen asleep here. Although she didn't know the reason, Naoto, who had just woken up, must not be conscious enough. Drinking a glass of cold water at this time could help him clear his mind.

"Oh, thank you."

Naoto sat up, took the cup of water and drank it all in one gulp. The cool feeling went down his esophagus and stimulated his brain, making him feel much more awake.

"Ah~~~I feel much better."

Naoto exhaled and then sorted out his confused mind.

"Oh, yes, I'm here to seek refuge. What time is it now?"

Naoto sorted out his thoughts, then suddenly turned to look at Hisa and asked.

"It's about seven forty. Do you need to go to dinner?"

Hisa answered and asked Naoto if he needed to go for dinner. Dinner time is usually around five or six o'clock, and those who finish dinner at seven o'clock are considered late. It is almost eight o'clock now, and Naoto is probably hungry. However, Hisa does not understand Naoto's habits, so it is not easy for him to make his own decision.

"No, I'm not in the mood to eat right now... Let's prepare some porridge, as long as it's not plain porridge. I might eat it later."

Naoto originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking carefully, although he didn't want to eat anything now, he might not want to eat that after he recovered, so he just told her to prepare some porridge.

"Ok."

Hisa nodded and stood aside. Seeing that Naoto didn't seem to be leaving, she took out her phone and prepared to make some arrangements. As a large company with good benefits, there was still a company cafeteria. Even if the food couldn't be made on the spot, she could ask people to go out and buy it. She was now in a position above tens of thousands, er, a thousand people. If she wanted to do something, she could just send a message.

Naoto, who was half-slouched on the bench, didn't want to move, but he felt his body was too soft and couldn't move. Moreover, the cold water just now only made him barely awake. In this state, he couldn't even summon the [World], let alone resist. Thinking of this, Naoto gave up. He wouldn't be able to deal with those guys if he went back, so he might as well lie down here. Besides, maybe the current situation was caused by that group of people.

If it is a blessing, it will not be a disaster. If it is a disaster, it cannot be avoided. I experienced it once in the morning, and I didn’t expect it to happen again in the evening. This feeling is really unpleasant.

Naoto felt his body weak and helpless. As expected, a piece of his memory of wandering in the park just now was missing. Naoto was at a loss now. The resistance ability attached to the [world] could only be used against situations where the resistance was not much higher than his own. The ability of the [world] that could bypass his own resistance and directly "modify" Naoto's soul meant that the other party's "mystery" was much higher than his own.

With my 20% progress, combined with my existing abilities and the assistance of the ring, all in all, just in terms of the amount of 'mystery', I can be called a qualified 'supernatural creature'. However, the other party can fiddle with me like a toy, so you can imagine how terrifying he is.

Wait, where's the 20% 'evolution' progress bar? Why is it gone?

Naoto felt his true self without any 'mystery' and his expression suddenly fell.

My 'mystery' is gone? Nothing is left, it's all been taken away?

Naoto felt it carefully again with a gloomy face, and finally accepted the fact that all his "mystery" was taken away by the guy who attacked him just now. It seems that the other party may have left something behind after attacking him last night, or he came to confirm his "mystery" and came to pick the "fruit" today.

Oh, forget it. It’s better to live a miserable life than to die. There will always be a chance to take revenge in the future.

Fortunately, Naoto's physical fitness is still there, but it has become a little distorted due to the loss of the "mystery". In layman's terms, Naoto's "strength" has been weakened. As for how weak he is, it is probably basically consistent with his appearance. A thin and delicate boy, you can't even carry anything with his shoulders or hands, commonly known as being powerless.

But his physical fitness is still there because his body's strength is still there. At least his ability to withstand blows, his ability to recover, and his various senses have not weakened. Instead, they have become stronger. The twisted thing is that he is completely unable to exert the strength he should have. So, let alone pushing girls, even a slender figure like Senior Sister Rina can ride on Naoto and swing to her heart's content as long as she is a little more determined.

As for the Ox Talisman and the Horse Talisman, let alone, these two things themselves are also the embodiment of "mystery". When these things come to this world, they must be modified according to the rules of this world, otherwise the different worlds will not be compatible at all. In this world, "mystery" is the basis for activating all idealistic abilities. Even Naoto, who has just arrived here, himself contains a faint "mystery".

Now Naoto's 'mystery' is really gone at all. It's a good thing that he didn't collapse. Fortunately, the horse talisman has been integrated. Even without the 'mystery', it still has some effect. Although he can't regenerate his broken limbs, he can still avoid minor injuries.

In addition, [World] may be an ability born from Naoto's soul, so it can still be used. However, due to the lack of the enhancement of "Mystery", it is much weaker. However, given the situation, it is fine as long as it can be used.

"Let's go back first."

After calming down a bit, Naoto stood up and spoke in a somewhat depressed tone.

"Ok."

Hisa answered obediently. Naoto was obviously in a bad mood, so it would be better not to say anything, otherwise he might get angry if he showed some concern.

Ah, this is so annoying. It seems I have to go to church for routine activities in a while. I might as well take a nap instead of that time.

Naoto suddenly remembered that there would be a church activity in a while. He was already upset, and now he became even more annoyed. He was the leader of the church and he absolutely could not be absent. That was fine, but he didn't know what to do. At that time, he would need Miss Itsuki to tell him what to do. He was like a riddle man, which was really troublesome.

Hisa who was behind him also noticed Naoto's mumbling. Although the sound was vague, she still heard a few words, such as church and founder. This made her very confused. She also checked some information about Naoto, but there was no information mentioning what church Naoto joined.

Is it a game or something?

Hisa thought so.

As for Naoto, he had no idea why he naturally thought that he was the founder of a certain religion, and he didn't even realize when he met this "Miss Itsuki"...

Chapter 195: Uncovering Part of the Truth, Succubus and Unknown Creatures

In the huge office, Naoto sat in the boss chair in front of his desk. On the desk in front of him was an exquisite pocket watch.

After coming back, Naoto reviewed his situation again. Overall, it wasn't all bad.

Although the "mystery" was taken away by others, the abilities gained by absorbing strange objects in the process are still there, and they did not disappear with the loss of the "mystery".

However, these abilities could not be used. After all, even the effects of the spells whose operating rules were only partially "localized" were weakened. The Ox Spell was directly useless because it was not "solidified".

[Golden Rule] involves a more advanced destiny, so it is estimated that it will not be affected. [Obtain] is also a very high-end thing. After all, destiny can be figured out, so it will definitely not be affected by this. More importantly, this thing is not black on Naoto's 'Personal Panel'.

Also, the ring on Naoto's finger was not taken away.

Logically speaking, this ring is the medium that led Naoto to the extraordinary path, so why didn't the other party take it away? Could it be that he wanted to take advantage of it later?

Naoto reached out and touched the magic eye ring on the middle finger of his left hand. He had a bad guess. If the other party was really like this, then he might not be able to develop slowly like this.

Speaking of which, when Naoto discovered that his abilities had not disappeared, he could start his extraordinary journey again by absorbing new exotic items. Moreover, the new exotic items would not cover the old abilities, nor would they be added to subsequent nodes. Instead, it was equivalent to opening another branch line, and the effect of this branch line was the same as the original one.

In other words, after the original line is destroyed, the ability is still retained. Although the original line cannot be reused, the second progress bar can be compatible with the nodes of the first progress bar and have its own nodes.

To put it simply, the 'experience bar' is reset to zero, but the 'skills' that have been learned are still retained and can be enhanced together.

Now Naoto wants to start his extraordinary journey again, and the only thing he can use is the pocket watch in front of him.

So, should we reopen now?

Naoto counted on his fingers, a little hesitant. Since the unknown creature could absorb his "mystery" once, it could come a second time, and his [world] could not resist, which meant that the other party was no longer stronger than him. To exaggerate, they were not even in the same dimension.

It is unclear why the other party, who is so powerful, wants to plunder Naoto's "mystery". However, since the other party did not plunder other people, it means that Naoto's "mystery" may be special and different from ordinary people, and it may be useful to that guy.

In addition, if there is a 90% chance that the other party will come again, they will definitely leave some "marks" on Naoto, such as a certain aura, or directly modify his soul, adding some memories without making him feel uncomfortable, or modifying the process of being plundered of the "mystery" into other memories.

Modified it so that I don't feel any abnormal memory...

"By the way, Hisa, you should still have the proof about the little black cat here, right? Bring it to me."

Although Naoto felt that there was a greater possibility that his memory had been modified, since the other party possessed such ability, it was impossible that there was no hypnosis spell that would prevent Naoto from detecting any abnormalities. Naoto currently had no way of finding any abnormalities, so he simply asked Hisa, who was waiting on the side, for the clues he had noticed before.

"Ok."

Hisa quickly walked to Naoto's left, opened a drawer, flipped through it twice, pulled out a folder, and placed it in front of Naoto.

Based on this file, perhaps I can find some clues about that guy. After all, he is too strong, and it is impossible for me to find anything wrong in my memory... No, that's not right. The other party can modify his memory, and hypnosis should be able to be added easily. Why would he leave such obvious clues?

Naoto's hands, which were flipping through the documents, slowly stopped. There must be something wrong with the logical chain.

In the morning, Naoto felt groggy and weak, as if he had been hollowed out. It took him a whole morning to recover, and his memory was a mess. In the evening, he felt dizzy as if he had slept too much. He could almost wake up after drinking a glass of cold water. Although his mind was a little confused, he was generally awake and could clearly sense that a piece of his memory was missing.

The effect before and after is very different. The former is like a novice, or the opponent may be as "mysterious" as oneself, so the effect is relatively poor, while the latter is too strong and there is no way to resist.

The latter is totally different from the former, they are not the same person or the same group of 'people', so the latter simply ignored the clue that might expose the former, because the former and the latter are not the same group of 'people' at all!

Well, let's speculate again. The former made him feel as if his body was hollowed out, and when he woke up in the morning, his pants were thrown on the bed and he was not wearing them. In addition, the former is an extraordinary creature, not just an ordinary person who was born with a little bit of "mystery" in this world, but a real extraordinary creature.

Secondly, the opponent's "mystery" is not very powerful. It can be used against ordinary people, but Naoto's "mystery" has multiple amplifications, basically reaching the level of ordinary sub-humans, but in front of professionals, it is just "false fat". Even if it reaches the level of ordinary extraordinary creatures, it is full of flaws.

In this situation, the other party still allowed himself to break free from certain conscious constraints and realized that something was wrong, which showed that the other party was indeed not that powerful.

In the other world, 'Mystery' is not that powerful. It is a supernatural creature that attacks at night, possesses psychic abilities, and can take off men's pants to obtain the 'essence of life'. Its identity is obvious. It is the 'succubus' that Naoto heard the girl Guang from Hyakkiya mentioned when he was in the demi-human area.

Although there were powerful succubi in Naoto's memories, the 'mystery' of this world was relatively thin, so it was expected that they were not very strong.

In this case, the first attacker can be basically confirmed to be a succubus, but we don't know whether it is one or multiple succubus. However, we don't need to worry about succubus now, as no hunter likes to share his specially 'captive' prey with others.

There are his mark or breath left on his body to remind others that Naoto has a master. Although it is not very good, according to Naoto's speculation, he should be one of the strongest people around. It is estimated that no one will come to attack Naoto. In this world where the strong are respected in secret, no one will touch the butt of the strong.

Chapter 196 The Church in the Dream

"Huh? Where is this? Didn't I sleep on the sofa in the office as I remember?"

Naoto clearly remembered that he had fallen asleep, but he felt that he was in good spirits and quite awake. He was not in the office now, but at a crossroads. Although it was dark, it was not so dark that he could not see anything.

The two sides of this intersection are endless, as if there is no end. There are walls on both sides of the road. There are clearly houses, but there are no gates. It is very strange.

Is it a dream?

About two hundred meters ahead of the road facing Naoto, there is a rather luxurious large iron gate. The gate is very wide and wide enough for two cars to run side by side when opened. On each side pillar of the gate hangs a lamp emitting soft yellow light. There is also a small door on the left, which looks like an ordinary single door.

As for what was inside, Naoto couldn't see it. It looked smaller from a distance, and the buildings inside were also blocked, so Naoto could only keep moving forward. At least for now, Naoto didn't see any dangerous places, and if this was a dream, he would wake up immediately if he was frightened.

As he got closer and closer to the big iron gate, Naoto felt his head becoming more and more confused, but the degree was not very serious, so it did not prevent Naoto from continuing to get closer.

The strange thing is that when Naoto felt a little dizzy at the beginning, he wanted to stop, but his body seemed to have a huge delay in the connection with his brain, and his body did not stop until he was only about 50 meters away from the iron gate. At this time, Naoto no longer had any idea that "feeling a little strange".

At this moment, Naoto looked very 'clear', as if he knew this place very well. In fact, Naoto had never been here before, but he had a strange sense of familiarity.

"So this is the church's headquarters. Well, it looks familiar, but I've never seen it before. Let's go in and take a look at the actual environment."

Naoto walked to the front of the gate, looking as if he had suddenly realized something, and muttered to himself, but his eyes were flickering, as if he was struggling.

crunch————

A voice sounded, and Naoto turned around with a look of no surprise and walked towards the small door next to him. The small door that was originally closed was now completely open, as if it was waiting for Naoto.

After entering through the small door, there is a large classical building that looks a bit like a shrine. There are also some other buildings around it. These buildings are not very tall, the tallest one is only two stories high. However, one thing is very obvious, that is, it must be very expensive. This religion must be very rich, or the believers must be very rich.

Such a thought flashed through Naoto's mind, but did not affect his actions.

Naoto walked straight towards the tall classical building that looked like a shrine. The reason why it was called "tall" was because it was a head taller than the surrounding buildings. It was very obvious that it did not have a second floor, but the bottom floor was thicker, so it was normal for it to be a head taller than other buildings.

Maybe it's the 'sacredness' of the shrine in religion?

'Naoto' walked up the steps, opened his hands and pulled open the partition door in front of him.

Naoto had a vague memory of what the inside of the gate looked like, so even though it was somewhat different from the interior of the shrine in Naoto's impression, he still "accepted" the difference under Naoto's guidance.

After opening the door, there is a very wide space inside, which is estimated to be enough to accommodate a hundred people. In the distance, there is a design similar to a curtain. A large curtain covers the back tightly, but it is not light-proof. If there is someone behind, the figure can probably be seen clearly, but there is no need to know more.

This is where church activities are held.

The 'straight man' has a corresponding explanation in his mind, and he is not sure where it came from, but the 'straight man' has no intention of pursuing it.

Naoto had no idea about the specific activities of the church, and he would not find out until Izuki Shima told him.

Who is Itsuki Shima? This question suddenly popped up in Naoto's mind, but it faded and disappeared at a very fast speed the moment it appeared.

She seems to be a priestess of the church, and the church guide second only to the Patriarch. She is responsible for all the complicated and trivial matters of the church, while the Patriarch is responsible for enlightening the devout believers, solving their ideological problems, and bringing them infinite happiness and joy.

However, inexplicably, a feeling of irritation rose from Naoto's heart, making him feel inexplicably resistant to everything here.

"Well......"

A feeling of familiarity and confidence emerged from Naoto's heart, as if he had performed many activities here before. That familiarity was different from the vague memories and feelings before, but it was very real, which made Naoto's irritability slowly disappear, and was replaced by calmness.

At the same time, the impression of this place in my mind became clearer and more specific, and I remembered what every place looked like, as if I had lived here for a very long time.

It will be one to two months before we can resume activities.

Naoto suddenly had this feeling. He didn't know where this feeling came from, but Naoto was inexplicably sure that this feeling was real.

Wait, that pattern, is it... um... yes, Izuki Shima told me that the name of our religion is... Feishen Religion!

Naoto's eyes flickered alternately between light pink and dark purple, and this happened dozens of times before they calmed down.

On Naoto's chest, the pendant that had been hung around his neck again at some point slowly began to take on color, changing from colorless and translucent to dark purple. In the very center of the pendant, an engraving that was exactly the same as the one Naoto had seen on the scroll on the wall slowly emerged.

......

Peng!

“Ha~ha~ha~ha~ha~ha~”

Naoto suddenly opened his eyes, sat up and breathed rapidly. An inexplicable feeling of palpitations lingered in Naoto's heart, making him a little flustered.

"I seem to have...had a nightmare?"

Naoto covered his head and tried hard to recall, but found that his mind was blank. This was not surprising. It was rare for dreams to be remembered clearly after waking up, but the general type could still be remembered with some feeling.

Naoto closed his eyes and laid back on the couch again, simply trying not to think about it anymore.

He had absorbed the [pocket watch] last night, and the "mystery" in his body was a little fuller, but Naoto didn't plan to make any "progress" at the moment, otherwise he would really be "raised like a pig". It happened that he would go back to the countryside later, and his grandfather should contact him by then, so he could ask for help from him then.

Chapter 197: The Coming Jinna Tsubakihara

"Zi'an, why do you look so tired? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Naoto didn't arrive at school until almost ten o'clock, and when he arrived he took a nap on an empty table in the student union, looking half asleep and half awake, which made others a little curious.