Su Han lay on the bed resting and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Black rain poured down from the sky.
"I've entered the dream again?"
"But this time, it seems much clearer."
"Hm? This is…"
Su Han looked around.
To his surprise,
this time, he could move freely.
He lowered his head. The clothes on his body seemed to be Inazuma samurai attire, and his expression became strange.
"So in my past life, I was a wandering samurai?"
Just as Su Han was in a daze,
a voice came from behind.
"Hey, idiot. Why are you standing in the rain again? Be careful not to catch a cold."
"Who?"
Su Han turned around.
At the cave entrance, a figure was waving at him.
The upper garment was white, and the lower half was a red skirt, a typical shrine maiden outfit.
When Su Han saw her face, his eyes were filled with disbelief.
Golden eyes.
White ears.
And that fluffy, large tail.
The fragmented dream.
As Su Han spoke, it rapidly began to piece itself together. Countless fragments of memory seemed to find an outlet.
In the past, Su Han had been injured and lying on the beach.
It was Guuji Kitsune who saw him while taking a walk, forming a bond between them.
After that, the two became familiar and grew close.
"Damn it, so that's how it is…"
Su Han was breathing heavily.
Just as he tried to run toward her, the space began to shatter into darkness.
"No, stop."
Overlapping figures vanished into the darkness.
At the moment the dream was about to break apart,
Su Han clearly saw the cave where she was, at the base of Mt. Yougou, near the sea.
It was also the place where he had lived in his past life.
In just an instant,
darkness swallowed him.
But a red thread pierced through the darkness and connected to Su Han's body.
"Wait, this is the Flame of Longing…"
"How is this possible…"
Su Han looked at the flickering red thread on his body, filled with shock.
Would his past life also possess such a thing?
No.
That was impossible.
There was no system in his past life, so how could he have this power?
Unless…
Su Han thought of another possibility.
He grabbed the red thread, and waves of negative emotions flowed from it.
Weakness.
Pain.
Coldness.
Torment.
Su Han increased his strength, trying to trace it back to its source.
But for some reason, the power of the red thread was so weak it was almost breaking. No matter how hard he tried, he could not trace it back.
At that moment, the words of Dongfang Yuechu appeared in his mind.
"The Flame of Longing is a power that resonates with your emotions. When longing is strong enough, it can pierce through anything."
At that moment, Su Han fully understood.
The dream had not yet shattered.
The originally faint red thread suddenly burst into blazing flames.
Grabbing the thread, Su Han said firmly, "I don't care how this bond between us was formed, but I will not let you die. Respond to me, Guuji Kitsune!"
What if she was tainted?
Her kindness.
Her beauty.
Her cunning.
Had already been deeply engraved into Su Han's heart.
How could he bear to watch such a beautiful fox spirit disappear?
Boom.
The blazing fire surged along with Su Han's emotions. The dim red thread regained its strength.
Konda Village.
At the bottom of a well.
A shrine maiden with an extremely weak body felt the pull of that power and slowly lowered her head.
A red thread descended from the void and connected to her body.
"This is him?"
Through the red thread,
Hanachirusato sensed that he was in Inazuma, but seemed to be injured.
Facing Su Han's request to meet,
the masked woman smiled gently and chose to refuse.
"What are you doing? I want to meet you."
The red thread trembled violently, as if expressing its master's dissatisfaction.
But it was mercilessly cut off by the shrine maiden.
Inside the Sangonomiya Shrine.
Su Han gritted his teeth.
But at the moment the red thread was cut, a gentle yet weak voice came through.
"If you want to meet, then recover properly first. Reckless little one, do you want me to take care of you again?"
The originally angry Su Han suddenly began to laugh foolishly upon hearing her response.
"She cares about me… hehe. It's not that she doesn't want to meet, she just doesn't want me to overexert myself."
Men were always this easy to comfort.
Su Han was no exception.
Mainly because her identity was so extraordinary.
The former Guuji.
A familiar of the Electro Archon.
A beautiful fox spirit.
Most importantly, his wife.
How could Su Han not be happy!!!
But after calming down, many questions surfaced.
Now it was certain.
Since it was not reincarnation, then he had time-traveled.
That meant everything in the dream would happen in the future.
"So my ending… was dying in that calamity?"
Su Han's expression gradually became serious.
He did not want to die, but how could he change the outcome?
And what about the sword he left behind?
There were still many mysteries.
More importantly, who injured him when he traveled five hundred years into the past?
That kind of injury could only come from fighting a god. With Su Han's current strength, almost no one could have injured him to that extent.
In the dream,
he had needed at least several months to recover.
Secondly, Guuji Kitsune's current state was most likely that her physical body had collapsed, leaving only her true spirit.
How to preserve her and give her a body again was also a problem.
Su Han scratched his head, feeling that each problem was more difficult than the last.
"What should I do?"
He began to think.
At present, the best method was undoubtedly selling manga.
After all, the more he sold, the more draws he could obtain.
Not to mention a remaining spirit, if he obtained something like Dragon Ball, he could revive all the gods on the spot.
After all, the world of Teyvat was not particularly strong.
The entire afternoon,
Su Han spent in thought.
Evening.
The door was pushed open.
Sangonomiya Kokomi walked in carrying medicine and food.
Compared to the fish and shrimp from earlier,
dinner was much more plentiful.
"Are you awake? I prepared food for you, come eat."
"Thank you."
Su Han tried to sit up, and it felt much better this time.
At least it did not hurt as much.
Although he really wanted to go to Konda Village, given her personality, he still had to listen.
Otherwise, if she truly refused to meet him,
there was nothing he could do.
The dinner Sangonomiya Kokomi prepared consisted of pork, rice, and some seasonal vegetables.
These were considered luxuries on Watatsumi Island.
Because Su Han was injured, Sangonomiya Kokomi personally fed him.
If it were before,
he might have had some thoughts.
But now, Su Han's mind was filled entirely with the white-haired fox. There was no room for any other woman.
He was even distracted while eating.
"Mr. Su, do you not like the food?"
"Huh?" Su Han snapped back to reality and quickly shook his head. "No, I was just thinking about something."
"That's good. Please don't dislike our food. This is already at the level of festival meals."
Hearing this, Su Han thought for a moment and suggested, "How about we exchange some supplies? Although Watatsumi Island is poor, it should have some specialties. I happen to have plenty of resources."
"Really?"
"Of course. Originally, I came to Inazuma to trade with Yae Miko, but something unexpected happened. Still, sharing some resources with you shouldn't be a problem."
Sangonomiya Kokomi was delighted.
They were currently lacking resources.
What perfect timing.
"But would the other side blame you? After all, we are at war."
"At war? Honestly, in my view, this is nothing more than child's play. It doesn't even count as war. The reason the issue hasn't been resolved is due to many factors."
Su Han's answer completely caught Sangonomiya Kokomi off guard.
This statement was too insulting.
Her expression immediately darkened as she said angrily, "I will not allow you to speak of those brave soldiers like that. Please stop."
"Insulting? No. I'm just stating facts. It may sound unpleasant to you, but what I'm saying is the truth."
Su Han put down his rice and drank a cup of light blue soup.
To his surprise,
it tasted quite good, so he finished it in one go.
Sangonomiya Kokomi frowned slightly and asked, "What do you mean?"
She felt there was something deeper in his words. Could there be some hidden truth behind this war?
Su Han placed the cup down and said calmly, "I'll give you the simplest example. What is the purpose of war?"
"They desecrated Lord Orobashi, launched a surprise attack on our camp, and even killed our people. These are all solid facts."
"Then have you ever considered the possibility that a third party intervened?"
With a single sentence,
Sangonomiya Kokomi was completely stunned.
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