"This...?!"
Staring at the spot where Lin and Iwanaga Kotoko had vanished, holding that business card in her hand, Yumihara Saki's eyes went wide.
She was dumbfounded, finding it hard to believe.
"Am I dreaming?"
As this thought surfaced in her mind, she couldn't help but pinch herself.
"Hiss, that hurts!"
She knitted her brows tightly and sucked in a breath of cold air; the corners of her eyes even grew a little moist. She had accidentally used too much force. She almost pinched herself to tears.
Since it hurt this much, it meant it wasn't a hallucination.
"Everything was actually real..."
Looking at the silver, gold-edged business card in her hand that bore only a phone number, Yumihara Saki stood dazed in place for a moment.
Suddenly, a wisp of cold wind caressed her neck.
"Nn!!??"
She snapped back to reality instantly. Her heartbeat accelerated involuntarily as she jerked her head to look around. Fortunately, this time she was just scaring herself.
With various thoughts swirling in her heart, she took a deep breath, tried hard to remain calm, picked up the bag she had dropped on the ground earlier, and walked quickly toward her residence.
She was a bit paranoid along the way. Clearly, it was a case of 'once bitten, twice shy'.
Fortunately, nothing happened during the journey.
After returning to her residence, Yumihara Saki breathed a sigh of relief, feeling an inexplicable sense of security in her heart. Perhaps it was because it was home. Even if she was the only one there, she still felt a bit more at ease.
Once she calmed down, she began to reflect on the experiences she had before coming home.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Time rewound to twenty minutes ago.
Using spiritual perception to lock onto the invisible force formed by the vanishing Tetsujin Nanase, Lin locked onto Sakuragawa Rikka's position.
Inside a detached house ten thousand meters away.
A short-haired young woman with a slightly slender figure and pale skin was frowning gently as she looked at a trembling small black stone. Her deep golden eyes flickered slightly.
Then, she took out a sharp short knife and, without hesitation, stabbed it directly toward the position of her own heart.
The short knife pierced directly into her chest.
Death began to descend.
A faint light shimmered in her eyes. Her chest began to heal rapidly, squeezing out the sharp knife that had pierced her heart.
"Nothing??!!"
A trace of astonishment appeared on her face. Her ability to predict the future had actually failed to predict anything this time. This was the first time this had happened.
She involuntarily picked up the short knife that had fallen onto her lap. This time, she slashed viciously at her own neck, and fresh blood spurted out.
Death descended once again.
Yet, there was still nothing.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
Feeling somewhat incredulous inside, she held the short knife and killed herself time and time again, wanting to predict something.
After she had died a full thirty times, two blurry figures, a man and a woman, finally surfaced in her mind.
Especially that man. His figure was incredibly blurry, close to transparent, giving a feeling of non-existence.
She had a faint feeling in her heart: the other party was coming for her.
However, what she didn't know was that the man and woman surfacing in her mind had actually arrived in her vicinity by her third death.
Silently, without being detected by anyone.
Relying on concealment power, Lin and Iwanaga Kotoko watched her use the short knife to kill herself over and over again. There was also soundproofing power enveloping them.
Watching the opponent kill herself again and again, with fresh blood flying wildly, Iwanaga Kotoko couldn't help but frown. She hadn't expected that the opponent actually couldn't die.
"Lin, what is she doing?"
Confused and curious about the other party's behavior, she looked at Lin. She felt that Lin definitely knew.
Lin glanced at Iwanaga Kotoko, then looked at Sakuragawa Rikka and said, "She is predicting the future."
"Predicting the future?!"
Iwanaga Kotoko was somewhat stunned. It was one thing that the opponent couldn't be killed, but to think she could also predict the future. This was a bit impressive!
Sensing Iwanaga Kotoko's shock, Lin smiled and explained, "Her family's constitution is very special. They can obtain the abilities of yokai by eating their meat."
"As long as their body can withstand it."
"The one before your eyes is an existence who gained two types of yokai abilities by eating the meat of mermaids and kappas."
"The mermaid meat makes her unaging and undying, unable to be killed by conventional forces; she will only die when her lifespan is naturally exhausted."
"The kappa meat gives her the ability to briefly predict the future at the cost of death. The two abilities synergize perfectly."
"However, because the effects of the mermaid and kappa meat neutralize each other, although she is undying, she has lost the unaging ability."
"So that's how it is."
After listening to Lin's account, a look of realization appeared on Iwanaga Kotoko's face. Truly, it takes all sorts to make a world. She hadn't expected such a special existence to be in her territory. Moreover, the opponent had even created this imagination monster, Tetsujin Nanase.
Comparing this, it made her, the God of Wisdom for yokai, seem a bit dull.
"She seems ready to run."
At this moment, Lin, who had been observing Sakuragawa Rikka, took in the changes in her expression and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"She predicted us?!"
Iwanaga Kotoko was surprised upon hearing this.
Dispelling the concealment and soundproofing powers, Lin wore a smile on his lips and spoke to Sakuragawa Rikka, who had stood up and was planning to pack her luggage to shift her base.
"Good evening."
"Who???"
Sakuragawa Rikka's expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly turned around to look behind her. Lin and Iwanaga Kotoko came into view.
The first moment she saw the two of them, a sudden realization instantly emerged. These were the people she had just spied through her prediction.
When did they come in? And how did they come in?
Multiple questions arose in her heart. Although she didn't know how Lin and Iwanaga Kotoko had entered, she wasn't worried about being in danger. Or rather, having her life in danger would be even better.
...
Lin put his hands in his pockets and smiled. "We are the existence you want to try to create."
"You are... Gods?!"
Sakuragawa Rikka's expression shifted slightly, and a look of disbelief surfaced in her eyes.
What did she want to create? Of course, it was to artificially create a God. She had once searched for real Gods. However, she found nothing. Some so-called Gods were actually just powerful yokai.
Since there were no real Gods in the world, in order to achieve her goal, she decided to attempt the God Creation Plan.
But now, a man and a woman had unknowingly appeared in her residence, and the man actually claimed they were so-called Gods. This made her feel it was unbelievable.
"Creating a God..."
After hearing the exchange between Lin and Sakuragawa Rikka, Iwanaga Kotoko's gaze involuntarily narrowed, and astonishment appeared in her eyes. The opponent was actually vainly attempting to create a God!
Looking at Sakuragawa Rikka, Lin smiled faintly. "Correct."
"We came to find you this time not only because of the Tetsujin Nanase matter but more because I am somewhat interested in you."
"Interested in me?"
Sakuragawa Rikka frowned slightly upon hearing this, guessing what kind of interest Lin had developed in her.
Iwanaga Kotoko also furrowed her brows slightly when she heard Lin say this.
At this moment, Lin smiled and said, "Accurately speaking, I am interested in your method of attempting to create a God."
"Using the method of imagination to gather people's faith—it is impossible to create a true God."
"Do you mind talking about your plan? Your ability to successfully create Tetsujin Nanase should have a certain relationship with that small black stone on the table."
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