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"It seems that the ending of Watanabe and Naoko is not good, right?"

Ling Wuji just spoke evasively.

"So you want to have a happy ending with Fujino?"

"That depends on how the happy ending itself is defined."

Ling Wuji's words were certainly well thought out, but they also revealed that he didn't want to take this relationship any further for the time being, just like what Awashima Seri had said about the central air conditioner. Naomi knew in her heart that if she continued to ask, Ling Wuji would either continue to be vague or he would completely draw a line between himself and Asagami Fujino. Although Naomi thought there was nothing wrong with that, but...

She glanced at Fujino, who was holding onto her clothes with an uneasy look in her eyes, and sighed secretly in her heart.

After all, she is not Fujino and cannot make decisions for her.

Although she only saw Fujino tasting bitterness, loss and worry from the boy, but in places she couldn't see, was there also unforgettable sweetness and sweetness? Maybe some people would be willing to immerse themselves in sorrow for a long time just to wait for that moment of joy?

So for a moment, the four of them suddenly fell silent.

"So, what's the situation now? Everyone goes back to their own homes and looks for their own..."

"Lingjun, the teacher gave me four tickets to the amusement park. If you don't have any plans next," Asagami Fujino interrupted the boy, took out four tickets from her pocket, looked around at the other three people, and said, "Can you go with me?"

"That guy Aozaki always does things like this."

Ling Wuji complained casually.

But Naomi had no reason to refuse, and Huang Lingyin nodded in agreement. Ling Wuji didn't want to stay out of it, so he went with them. Then the four of them intentionally or unintentionally divided into two groups. When Ling Wuji and Asagami Fujino got off the Ferris wheel, Huang Lingyin and the girl who was dressed very visually had already started to talk about all the weird people and things they had encountered in middle school.

Ling Wuji was confused for a moment, but he was not the kind of person who could handle everything, and he was not good at inexplicably bringing people closer or farther away from each other. He just thought that this was a good thing, right?

So when we finally came out of the amusement park, it was hard to tell who was saying goodbye to whom.

But in the end, the visual girl pulled Huang Lingyin over, saying that they still had something to say, and asked Ling Wuzhi to send Asagami Fujino back.

Ling Wuji bought an ice cream for Asagami Fujino nearby, because she was learning Chinese recently, and told her an old joke, but Ling Wuji didn't know whether she understood it or not. The girl just finished the ice cream in silence, and then smiled brightly at the boy: "Thank you, Lingjun, I had a great time today."

"Well, you're welcome?"

To be honest, Ling Wuji didn’t feel that happy.

In his opinion, it is impossible that someone with a family background like Asagami Fujino has never been to an amusement park. There is a saying that goes, "You can't imagine how happy rich people are," and the tickets to the amusement park don't cost much. Although if Ling Wuji wanted to, he could use his mysterious methods to make a profit, but Ling Wuji himself didn't have many desires that needed to be satisfied. But when he thought about it, if happiness was just the satisfaction of desires, maybe Asagami Fujino at that time might not really have a way to feel happiness?

Because her greatest desire at that time should be to regain the feeling of pain.

When Ling Wuji hesitated, the girl said:

"This is the first time that I can feel the thrill of the wind blowing in my face on a roller coaster so vividly. I can experience feelings that I could never experience before in various facilities. I can truly feel alive in this noisy and impetuous world. I can connect everything I hear, see, and touch. All of this is brought to me by Lingjun, so..."

Asagami Fujino was not wearing the nun-like school uniform at this time. Instead, she changed her outfit into a white shirt and a purple knee-length skirt. Her hair was tied up. Her slender figure was elongated by the setting sun, and the city behind her seemed to disappear in the light and shadow of the sunset. So that clear voice came closer to Ling Wuji's heart than ever before, and it was as if he was awakened -

Arisa Kouboin's grandfather's comment on Ling Wuji that "the clear path seems obscure" may be correct in a sense.

Although that has nothing to do with "Tao", Ling Wuji essentially just feels that there is some kind of gap between himself and the real world, or even that he deliberately created this gap. His mind is always immersed in a world far away from reality, and he is just observing the real world through a hole in a daze.

In a sense, he and this girl might be two completely different people.

Because she pursues the sense of being alive.

Ling Wuji had almost forgotten that feeling. He lived in a dream every day, subconsciously ignoring all familiar feelings. He habitually collected information, summarized it and made decisions every day. Sometimes he felt that he was just a machine that made decisions according to a fixed procedure. Only in rare cases, when he had his own motivations, would he wake up from that dazed state.

But why do I suddenly feel that the world has become real now?

"So, I have always wanted to thank you, Lord Ling."

He heard the girl say.

"I just discovered that fact by accident," Ling Wuji said, "Even without me, maybe one day, you will be able to feel pain again?"

Ling Wu Ji was not quite sure.

He actually didn't quite understand Araya Soren's overall plan, but Asagami Fujino in her previous state was obviously unable to awaken the origin of Ryougi Shiki. So, if Araya Soren's plan could really go smoothly, and Asagami Fujino wanted the chess piece to play a practical role and be placed on the altar, Araya Soren would probably need to do something, right?

"But all the happiness I have now is because of you. This world has become bright and warm to me again. It is all the miracle you created for me. So, I also want to convey this joy and happiness to you..."

Ling Wuji's mind seemed to have retreated back to that world that was alienated from reality. He just thought carelessly:

Revealing one's true feelings and telling others, this could perhaps be called a confession, right?

Although Asagami Fujino did not say that out loud, Ling Wuzhi could more or less understand the meaning. However, he covered his heart and looked directly into the girl's bright and gentle eyes, but he could not hear the sound of his rational strings being burned, which made his heart beat faster and he agreed desperately.

Volume 2: Yitian Wanli Needs Long Sword: Chapter 16: Prototype

Although from a rational point of view, Asagami Fujino might be a good candidate for a partner. Her bug-like magic eyes are sometimes even more useful than Ling Wuji's "North Star Soul-Injecting Death Technique", and she has been slowly adapting to the mysterious side recently. But if everything has to be done from a rational point of view, why did Ling Wuji choose to say that sentence when he knew it would offend Luo Hao?

Although Ling Wuji was briefly moved.

And if he chooses to accept Asagami Fujino's confession, maybe he can finally pull him out of that confused state?

But Ling Wu Ji does not feel any dissatisfaction with the current situation.

So he just subconsciously chose to maintain the status quo.

Of course, Asagami Fujino couldn’t read minds and couldn’t see Ling Wuji’s mental journey. She just simply wanted to share her feelings with Ling Wuji and didn’t even expect Ling Wuji to respond to her.

Because in her impression, Ling Wuji was just that kind of person.

So everything that happened today was just a bright and sunny holiday to her. She didn't see at all that someone had unknowingly taken a big step forward on the mental journey towards central air conditioning.

……

Ling Wuji feels that his ego comes from the willful motives that pop up from time to time, while his first believer, Arisa Koufuin, feels that her ego comes from other people's expectations of her. However, that expectation must have a certain limit. Once that expectation exceeds her ability, she will collapse and turn to her god for help.

Actually, the students in the school only expected her to be a good student council president and the eldest daughter of the family. She could do that with her family background and abilities, but she was somewhat unable to meet her grandfather's expectations.

But Ling Wuji is essentially a proletarian, and he has not received the elite education of aristocratic capitalists. Although he can call the shots in the mysterious side, his means of solving problems are generally violent. It is like looking for fish in a tree for Arisa of the Shrine to throw her problems to him, so for all the problems she raises, Ling Wuji always wants to find a way to eliminate his physical body first.

Anyway, the big capitalists' opponents are also big capitalists, so helping the Japanese people to hang the capitalists on the street lamps can be considered as helping others, right?

Fortunately, Ling Wuzhi’s second believer was Awashima Seri.

Although Ling Wu Ji didn't understand why his sister wanted to become his believer, he wanted to do an experiment to see if the clan members could also be planted with the seeds of faith, so he branded her with the seeds of faith. As a result, the stone slab system did not show any resistance, so Awashima Seri naturally became Ling Wu Ji's believer.

Awashima Seri is indeed an elite with outstanding abilities.

If it weren't for the hijacking incident that brought the three of them together, causing her to be noticed by Reiji Munakata and then become his clan member and adjutant, the normal life path for a prestigious university student like Awashima Seri would most likely be to either enter a large company and become an elite female white-collar worker, or to take the civil service exam and go into politics. Her life would actually be much more exciting than that of a fool like Ling Wuzhi, and she also had the ability to make her life colorful.

Moreover, after working at Scepter 4 for half a year, Awashima Seri's abilities have been fully exercised, so she can propose a practical solution to the problem of Arisa in the Shrine. As a result, Ling Wu Ji used the "Taixujian" to establish a two-way dialogue network for the two of them. At the same time, he couldn't help thinking that if his own sect was really established in the future, he would let Awashima Seri be its Pope.

However, Awashima Seri did not gain any benefits from becoming Ling Wuzhi's follower.

From Ling Wuji's perspective, she actually caused herself a lot of trouble.

Although Ling Wuji was of the mindset of never paying if he could get something for free, he felt a little guilty after a long time. However, looking at Tanjima Seri's appearance, she was a workaholic and Scepter 4 paid her a lot, but she didn't seem to have much entertainment in her daily life. So Ling Wuji couldn't think of how to compensate her. Maybe according to her idea, she wanted to experiment whether the clan members could use this method to "see ghosts"?

Therefore, Ling Wuji planned to conduct research and development on the divine arts related to the Shinto system.

However, the faith or willpower he can mobilize now is quite limited.

He could use his Yin Shen to bless Awashima Shiri, but to put it bluntly, that was basically "descending a spirit". Although Wu Ji could use the seed of faith imprinted in her heart to cross the distance of space and appear in front of her in an instant, this technique could only work on one person at a time, which definitely did not meet her expectations.

Besides, Awashima Seri doesn't really believe in Ling Wu Chi.

The power of vows transmitted from the seed of faith in her is basically equivalent to a few tenths of that of Arisa of the Shrine.

Faced with this situation, Ling Wuji could only sigh that religion is indeed the sustenance of the weak. How did the Internationale come about? "There has never been a savior, nor do we rely on gods or emperors. To create happiness for mankind, we can only rely on ourselves"!

Although from a realistic perspective, Ling Wuji is beyond the scope of ordinary humans, he is still a human in essence. Arisa of the Shrine Temple regards him as some kind of transcendent creature that goes beyond the scope of humans as defined by her. That is why she worships him as a god and has all kinds of imaginations and wishes for him.

And Ling Wuzhi also fulfilled her wish through Awashima Seri.

Then her faith became stronger.

But she didn't think about it. If she interacted with people normally, intentionally made friends with capable classmates like Awashima Seri, and then discussed things with them, even if those classmates' abilities were inferior to Awashima Seri's, in the end even if she didn't come up with a plan that would satisfy her grandfather, she would definitely be able to pass.

Because her grandfather never thought that she could achieve success overnight, he just wanted her to show the corresponding attitude.

But she placed her hopes on Ling Wu Ji, and then Ling Wu Ji also gave an answer that satisfied her grandfather through some means, but at the same time indirectly raised her grandfather's standards, so she had to deepen her dependence on Awashima Seri or Ling Wu Ji, and this dependence was constantly elevating her perception of Ling Wu Ji's image, making him gradually become an omniscient image in her perception.

If she was just a pure believer, it would be a good thing for Ling Wuji.

But the problem is that Ling Wu Ji exposed his true identity from the very beginning, so the distance between the two of them was too close.

Volume 2: The Long Sword is the Key to Relying on the Heaven: Chapter 17: Theory of Weapons

Let’s not talk about what kind of problems this situation will cause when a God who has not yet fully evolved is too close to his believers and God almost always responds to the believers’ requests.

Ling Wu Ji just felt that he was stuck in a quagmire in a sense, because in order to solve a problem, he had to do something else, and while doing that thing, he kept encountering new problems, so he had to do more other things. Although there is a saying that "problems encountered in development must be solved through development", this process repeats itself over and over again, and his goal is still out of reach, so Ling Wu Ji is somewhat discouraged.

But although Ling Wuji felt that he had accomplished nothing, outsiders did not think so.

Instead, the outside world thinks that he is ambitious now.

Because no matter how you look at it, he is beginning to cultivate his wings on the secular side. A closer look at the identities of the other three people on the date will make it clear: Asagami Fujino and Naomi are both eldest daughters of prominent families, and even though Huang Lingyin has an ordinary background, her identity as an IS pilot itself has a certain specialness.

Therefore, the sudden behavior of the young man who had always lived a reclusive life and kept to himself was undoubtedly sending a certain message to the outside world. Although the fact that the people he chose were all women was quite speechless, it also indirectly proved Ling Wuji's immature mentality and his inexplicable confidence in competing with Lu Yinghua for cooperation partners.

So some people, such as the old man in the temple who didn't know that his granddaughter had become Ling Wuji's believer, began to get inexplicably excited. After all, in his opinion, if Ling Wuji wanted to find a secular partner, who could be more suitable than their family in the temple?

So he brought his granddaughter to visit Ling Wuji again.

After all, he had secretly seduced the other person's granddaughter to an unknown extent, so Ling Wuji didn't give him any cold face. However, the other party thought that Ling Wuji didn't clearly express his refusal, and then the old man and the young man kept talking nonsense, and gradually brought the topic to IS. Finally, the old man showed his true colors:

"I heard that your Excellency has been commissioned by the Official History Compilation Committee to join the IS Academy to help provide guidance?"

Ling Wuji and Lu Yinghua were deliberately competing with each other. Their original intention was to make a big fuss about this matter among the mysterious side. So even if people from the secular side like Gongshengyuan Weng knew about it, he was not surprised and just nodded.

"So, do you want to meet the IS developer Xiao Zhizhi Shu? To be honest, although Miss Xiao Zhizhi has been announced as missing, she is actually developing the fourth generation IS fighter in secret with the joint support of several of our consortiums. If you want to meet her, I can help you get in touch with her."

"Well..."

To be honest, Ling Wuji didn't really have much interest in it.

He knows exactly how much he's worth.

He probably couldn't understand to what extent IS technology had developed in the hands of that founder, and the means he used to achieve his desired goals were completely in accordance with the logic of the other world, that is, consciousness first, while real scientific research technology should be material first. When he met that person, it would be like talking to a deaf person, with no common language, no way to get along, and no way to combine.

Because theoretically speaking, the basis of Ling Wuzhi's Shinto methods lies in people. He only regards IS as a tool. He does not care what principle the maker of the tool used to make it. He just needs the tool to be quickly updated and replaced after it is destroyed.

Although Ling Wuji was indeed curious about that kind of genius.

But why waste time on what is expected to be a boring meeting?

Seeing Ling Wuji shaking his head, the old man in the temple thought for a moment and said, "Excuse me, Lord Ling, your goal is almost known to the world, but have you ever thought about using IS to achieve this goal? I think the reason why the official history compilation committee is pushing for the confrontation between you and Lord Lu is probably to use IS to fight against the disobedient god, right?"

Ling Wuji raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it true that only women can drive IS?"

"You are joking, Mr. Ling. You and I both know that such restrictions are just the developer's petty capriciousness."

Ling Wuji hesitated for a moment before he said, "Let's not talk about the fact that I don't feel comfortable entrusting myself to a closed environment created entirely by others. Gongfuyuan, you know exactly why the turmoil that occurred ten years ago when the world's first IS 'White Knight' appeared was stopped."