Chapter 402: Parting Ways
"The current situation is that there is an onmyoji who knows that Master Fujii once obtained a painting sealed with a powerful Shikima, and in order to get this painting, he killed your family's nanny and created a spirit to scare Sayuri and her companions away. Now that we're here, we can keep the three of them safe for the time being, and we've found the painting. The problem now is that Master Fujii doesn't want you to get this painting, and you're just ordinary people now, and you may not be able to protect yourself from the prying eyes of the greedy Onmyoji, so you need to make a decision. β
On the other end of the phone, Fujii's father was silent for a long time, and finally sighed and said, "It's been many years, when I was a child, I heard my father mention this. My father has always listened to my grandfather, and since my grandfather forbade him to engage in the onmyoji industry, he no longer studied magic, but left a bunch of books on theoretical research. In his early years, my father always thought that my grandfather's death was related to the painting, so he wanted to solve the secret of the painting by reading books. When I was growing up, my father had given up and didn't talk much about it. Until one time, when my career was at a low point, I happened to think of that painting, and I thought that no matter what, it must be an antique, and if I can find it, I will definitely be able to sell it for a lot of money and solve the problems of my career. So I began to study the books while rummaging through the house, but unfortunately I was not able to do so, and my father acquiesced at first, until he noticed that I was beginning to show signs of madness, so he reprimanded me and did not allow me to track down the painting any longer. β
After a pause, Fujii's father said, "Now that our Fujii family has completely withdrawn from the circle of onmyoji, even if we get this painting, it will be useless. Now my career is not bad, and I don't need to sell this painting for money, so, if you can, I hope you can destroy it. I don't want my children and grandchildren to one day pin their hopes on this nothingness like I did, which shouldn't exist at all. β
Luo Han was silent for a moment and said, "I have to emphasize that we have not yet received a payment for helping Sayuri solve this incident. If you're going to destroy this painting, then we're going to need a lot of money as our reward. But actually, we're not short of money, so if you can give us this painting, we can get paid no other money. β
Fujii's father hesitated for a moment and said, "I can't make a decision yet, but before tonight, I'll come back and understand what happened before making a decision." β
"Okay, we'll wait for you."
Hanging up the phone, Luo Han looked at Qi Tao: "Put it away first, we can't use this thing directly, it's not valuable, wait for him to come back and see him decide." Let's go and see how much Qingwei's token has been made. β
At sea, Qin Hu and his entourage sailed along the waterway, and continued to find clues suspected to be left by Risa Kitajima along the way. In Tokyo, after the teams gathered, they found that the whereabouts of the two teams of Huaxia and Japan were unknown, and only after contacting them did they know that they had gone to Hokkaido, which was very dissatisfied, but helpless.
Luo Han and Qi Tao put the ceramic tube by their side and looked after it. The three girls didn't know how to talk to Luo Han and Qi Tao, so they wanted to talk to Xingtong, who looked about the same age, but Xingtong was obviously not interested in their topic and couldn't talk anymore. The three girls had to run to the next room to talk about their own affairs.
Luo Han suddenly asked, "Xingtong, you don't seem to have much energy today?" β
"Really?" Xingtong replied casually, sitting on the side with his chin propped up in a daze.
Luo Han was a little puzzled, although he was busy looking for paintings today, he didn't pay much attention to the state of the star pupil, but with his understanding of the star pupil, he shouldn't be talking to himself with this attitude.
Luo Han suddenly released his spiritual power, and directly issued an order through the spiritual imprint: "Xingtong, go and pour me a glass of water." β
Xingtong's body trembled, and he stood up, but his brows were furrowed, and he walked towards the water cooler with a somewhat stiff step.
"Star Queen!" Luo Han shouted without warning.
Xingtong turned his head suddenly, his eyes looked directly at Luo Han, but his body was still walking towards the water dispenser.
Luo Han knew in his heart: "Come back, Star Queen." When did you take control of Hodomi's body? β
Xingtong walked over, sat opposite Luo Han, was silent for a while, and said with a wry smile: "You already knew?" β
"It was just speculation before, but I just saw your reaction to confirm it."
Xingtong's expression changed, the original childishness had disappeared, replaced by a noble and arrogant queen's temperament, she thought about it and said: "When I woke up this morning, I found that I could suppress Xingtong's consciousness, I originally planned to leave, but once I put it into practice, Xingtong's consciousness will struggle violently and fight back, she is very dependent on you and doesn't want to leave you." β
Luo Han stared into her eyes and said, "Tell me about your current situation." Don't lie, my spiritual imprint can recognize your lies. β
Xingtong sighed and said, "I know, now I and Xingtong are actually one, and your spiritual imprint is also rooted in my spirit, otherwise I wouldn't want to leave, but kill you." β
Luo Han was unmoved: "You couldn't kill me before, and now you can't do it." β
Xingtong didn't refute either: "At the beginning, you suddenly entered that terrifying state, I realized that I might not be your opponent, plus my body has been destroyed, even if I barely escape, I will be greatly injured." Moreover, I ...... from someone else It was the trialists who knew about the trial ground from their memories, and as a high queen, I hoped to break free from the fate imposed by the trial ground, so I had an idea at that time, and chose to enter the egg, devour the original consciousness in it, and take the opportunity to leave that world. It was only after devouring the original consciousness in the eggs that I myself fell into a deep sleep due to the severe trauma. When I woke up, I found that a new consciousness had been born in this body, which was the star pupil. Moreover, there is an imprint in my spirit that makes it impossible for me to resist your orders. So I've never dared to make any moves, for fear of being discovered by you. Although Xingtong inherited my inheritance memory, her IQ was still too naΓ―ve after all, so I secretly influenced her, so that she could mature her body in just a few months, absorb enough energy to restore me, and make it easier for me to find an opportunity to control this body. After entering this world, she frequently used mental power, causing her own mental power to decrease in strength, so I found an opportunity to lay it out little by little, weakening her control over this body, until this morning, I realized that the time was ripe, so I launched an attack, suppressed her consciousness, and obtained complete control of this body. β
Luo Han said in a deep voice: "How is Xingtong now?" β
Xingtong shook her head: "She was only temporarily suppressed by me, deprived of body control, and did not suffer any harm. β
Luo Han secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "So what are your plans now?" β
Star Pupil thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, if it weren't for that imprint, I could completely devour Star Pupil's consciousness and be reborn with the help of this body. But I know that if I do that, you won't spare me. So, make a deal, I and Xingtong take turns using this body, you can't instruct me to do what I don't want to do, I don't hurt Xingtong, and I can even help her improve her strength. I can help you fight when you need to. Putting aside the difference between the strength of my spiritual power and that of the Star Pupil, in terms of the use of spiritual power alone, I am also far above the Star Pupil. β
Luo Han fell into deep thought, although he had control over the Star Pupil, he did not have the ability to help the Star Pupil eliminate the consciousness of the Star Queen, at most, let the Star Pupil and the Star Queen die together, which was not what he wanted to see, and the strength of the Star Queen was indeed what Luo Han needed.
"I want to talk to Xingtong, this needs her consent, otherwise I'd rather let you bury Xingtong."
"Okay." After a moment's thought, Xingtong agreed. Soon, Xingtong's temperament changed, and he suddenly fell into Luo Han's arms, and sobbed: "Dad, Xingtong thought that he could no longer talk to you, Xingtong was so sad." β
Luo Han stroked Xingtong's back and said lovingly: "Xingtong, don't be afraid, there is a father here, if she dares to hurt you, Dad will definitely make her worse than death." β
"Well, Daddy is the best."
"Do you know what just happened?"
"Xingtong knows everything, but he can't control his body."
"So, would you like to share the same body with the Star Queen and take turns controlling it?"
Xingtong nodded: "As long as I can be with my father, Xingtong is willing to do anything." β
As soon as the words fell, the tone of Xing Tong's mouth changed: "You heard it, she has agreed." β
"Xingtong is willing, but you can't hurt Dad and his friends." This became the tone of the star pupil again.
"Fool, even if I want to hurt them, I have to be able to do it, and the only thing I can hurt is you, a little fool."
"Xingtong is not a little fool, Xingtong is just young."
"Okay, I'm going to talk to him, do you go down by yourself or do I suppress you?"
The expression on Xingtong's face changed, and after a moment, he said, "Cold Wind, we can talk now." β
Luo Han nodded: "One person for a day, no one suffers." β
Xingtong shook his head: "I am no longer the queen of the Zerg now, and the meaningful thing for me is to travel to different worlds, and one day is too short." Three days, in the trial scene, I will be three days and one day, and when I return to your planet, I can not show up. β
Luo Han thought about it and said, "Three days is too long, I'm worried that you will secretly devour her and pretend to be her." After all, you are one, and it's hard to tell. Unless ......"
"Unless what?"
"Unless you allow me to reach into your spirit world every time you exchange control and confirm your status."
The Star Queen hesitated, once she allowed Luo Han to penetrate their spirit world, he could attack her spirit, due to the existence of the brand, she didn't even have the ability to fight back, she could only defend passively. Don't look at Luo Han's usual mental power, but she knows that once Luo Han opens the third-order potential lock and his spiritual power is completely released, she can't stop it.
After thinking for a long time, the Star Queen spoke: "I have one condition. β
"You say."
"I'll suppress Star Pupil's consciousness while you check our mental state, and I'll destroy her as soon as you try to attack me."
"Yes, but I also have one condition. After three days, you must return to me on time, no matter where you go. β
"No problem."
"Okay, today is a gift, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow belongs to you, before twelve o'clock at midnight the day after tomorrow, you must come back, you can sense my location."
The Star Queen nodded: "As long as you urge the brand, I will know your location." Before leaving, I asked her to say goodbye to you. β
"Dad, Star Pupil will miss you, you have to take care."
"Well, Star Pupil is good. If she does anything too much with your body, come back and tell Daddy, and Daddy will teach her a good lesson. β
"Hmm."
Immediately, Xing Tong changed his expression and said coldly: "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of woman who doesn't love herself. Besides, after all, this body is also my daughter's, and I won't cherish it. β
Luo said coldly: "It's good to do it yourself." β
The Star Queen snorted and strode out of the room.
Qi Tao, who had never made a sound, smiled bitterly: "Captain, you just let her go?" β
Luo Han said helplessly: "If there is a chance, of course I want to erase her." It's just that my brand can only control her body movements, no matter who controls the body, they can't do anything against my orders, but I can't do anything about their mental competition. If I push her too hard, she'll definitely die with the star pupils. β
Qi Tao shook his head: "Actually, she is also very aggrieved, the queen of a planet, but she wants to call you Dad." β
Luo Han glanced at Qi Tao: "Which side are you?" This is her dove occupying the magpie's nest, and I didn't force her. β
Qi Tao said: "But if she hadn't entered the eggs, you wouldn't have been able to take the eggs out of the scene." β
"We've lost a mission." Luo Han argued, and then shook his head: "I just hope she will be honest and don't do anything unfavorable to Xingtong, otherwise it's a big deal that I will hurt Xingtong together, and I won't be able to make her feel better." β
Qi Tao didn't say anything more, he knew that Luo Han had feelings for the Star Pupil, if there was such a day, Luo Han would be very heartbroken, but Luo Han had to do this, the kindness of the woman would only make the Star Queen fearless.
"My lord, the token of Lord Shadow is ready." Han Qingwei came out of the room, looked left and right, and said in surprise: "Why is the star pupil missing?" β
Luo Han shook his head: "Leave her alone." You used to be a priest, come and see this thing. β
Han Qingwei's eyes fell on the ceramic tube, and he said in surprise: "This is a very high-level magic sealing charm, and it must be a great demon king in it." Where did you get this, my lord? β
"This is the painting that Master Fujii hid. It is said that it is sealed with a Shikima that can easily turn against its owner. We're waiting for Mr. Fujii to come back and discuss what to do with this thing. βγ
Han Qingwei thought for a while and said, "If it's a Shikamo, this painting should be its dependent." But it is now ownerless, and if it is not subdued by a powerful onmyoji, it is no different from an evil spirit. It's useless for us to hold this stuff. β
Luo Han nodded: "I think so too, otherwise I would have left with my things a long time ago." β