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"You still have not answered my question."
Ling Wuji thought about it and shook his head: "Although it may sound a bit conceited, I feel that there are not many organizations or entities in this world that can really make me go against my own wishes..."
"So what you mean is that you don't want to make a choice at all?" Awashima Seri restrained the sharpness in her eyes and said lightly, "So, if you can't even achieve your so-called ideal, why do you think others can do it?"
"Maybe I'm a selfish and hypocritical person," Ling Wuji didn't find it that hard to accept this fact, but after thinking about it, he said, "But I know I'm not someone who can do that. Maybe one day, I'll be a big devil defeated by others. But being a big devil isn't necessarily a bad thing."
He walked straight to the side of a car, opened the door, and saw Yukinoshita Haruno sitting inside as expected. She had a bright smile on her face and greeted him. Ling Wuji nodded and got in. Just as he was about to close the door, a hand reached out from the side, and then Awashima Seri got in.
"Anything else?"
"Can't I find you if there's nothing else?"
The woman dressed as a workplace elite raised her thin eyebrows coldly and said.
"I'm just a little surprised..."
"I'm also surprised that you would accept that Asagami."
"Who told you this gossip?"
As soon as Ling Wuji asked, he reacted: she has always had a lot of interactions with Arisa of the Shrine, and that young lady has also met Asagami Fujino, so as time goes by, this kind of gossip naturally spread.
At this time, Yukinoshita Haruno greeted Awashima Seri through him.
But in the car, it is obviously not very convenient.
Facing Yukinoshita Haruno's curious eyes, Awashima Seri could only sigh to Ling Wuji for a moment and said, "I originally thought you were the kind of person who didn't care about desires, but it's only been over a year and you've become so indulgent..."
Yukinoshita Haruno stood by and carefully observed how the two people interacted with each other.
As far as she was concerned, the relationship between them was not like what was said, with Ling Wuji completely in control. Awashima Seri was assisting him just like she was assisting the Blue King Sojo Reisi. There was no strict distinction between the superiors and the subordinates between them. Of course, Ling Wuji did not have any strict distinction between superiors and subordinates towards her either. She just accepted that level out of habit. However, rather than being superiors and subordinates, these two people were more like a pair of siblings.
Although she felt that Awashima Seri's current attitude was a bit ambiguous.
"Isn't it normal for the Great Demon King to indulge in his desires?"
Ling Wuji just said it with all his might.
"What big devil?"
Yukinoshita Haruno also tried to join in their conversation.
"Me."
"Demon King... isn't that the name for the God Slayer in the other world?"
Yukinoshita Haruno was a little confused.
She was just someone who had just been exposed to that knowledge, so at this moment she quickly understood the words from Ling Wu Ji according to the dictionary of the other world.
Ling Wuji just rolled his eyes and said, "Let's not talk about the fact that the Demon King actually refers to the King of Magicians. I have nothing to fear now that I am facing the God Slayer."
"But when you were in Kyoto, I heard that you were chased away by that Athena."
"Athena is not a godslayer!"
"But ordinary godslayers wouldn't necessarily be as embarrassed as you when facing her," Awashima Seri glanced at him and continued, "Are you saying that ordinary godslayers would be more embarrassed when facing you? But that only means that you can restrain godslayers, not that you are on the same level as them."
"That's true..."
Although Ling Wuji felt that it didn't matter.
But there was a sudden silence between the two.
Ling Wuji couldn't find another topic for a while, but Awashima Seri didn't want to speak, so he couldn't help but wonder what she wanted to do by following him. Moreover, even if she wanted to communicate with him, she was obviously his believer. If she had anything to say, she could just say no through the seed of faith. Why did she do this?
Awashima Seri could probably guess what Ling Wuji was thinking.
After all, he has always been like that.
He only cares about what he wants to do and how to do it.
Anything else is superfluous to him.
This was also what Awashima Sei couldn't understand: Of course, he couldn't be said to be completely passive in the matter of the shrine's Arisa, but it wasn't necessarily clear that he was very proactive. But why would he take the initiative to do such a thing to the eldest daughter of the Asagami family? She felt that something had changed in this boy, so she couldn't help but want to find the source of that change -
But this young man seemed no different from before.
If I had to put it bluntly, it would be that he was still in a subtle state of confusion at the time, as if he didn't know where he was going or what he wanted to do. So he carried out every goal and every obligation derived from his responsibilities as if he had grasped a life-saving straw. But now, he is clearer and calmer, and he knows clearly what he wants to do and what he can do.
So she couldn't help but reach out to grab the boy's hair, but he grabbed her wrist halfway: "What are you doing?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to say that you have grown up."
"Your definition of growing up isn't just about whether you've done it or not, right?"
Ling Wu Ji said in surprise.
Awashima Seri was stunned for a moment, and then a flush of blood suddenly appeared on her face, but she wanted to suppress it. However, Ling Wuji held her hand and looked at her carefully, so she couldn't react at all for a while. So after staring at her for a moment, Ling Wuji said: "Your reaction, can't it be..."
"Ling Jun, don't you think that what you did is ungentlemanly? And it's suspected of harassment?"
Yukinoshita Haruno was right beside him and kindly reminded him.
"Yeah, sorry."
Ling Wuji readily apologized to Awashima Seri.
"But, come to think of it, you seem to..."
Ling Wu Ji turned his head to look at Yukinoshita Haruno and said.
The female college student sighed and pretended to be sad and said, "Why, in your Lord's heart, am I that kind of unruly woman?"
"I just heard that Japanese high school students seem to be quite open-minded, and it seems that many girls are ashamed of being virgins."
"That's just the common people's recognition of values, just a trend. Trends are dispensable. Besides, do you think I'm the kind of person who just follows what others say?"
"If I have to say it, I think you are the kind of person who people believe whatever you say."
Let Wu Ji speak.
"So, why would someone like me agree with those vulgar trends among girls?" Yukinoshita Haruno said with some arrogance.
Ling Wuji nodded and said, "But in your opinion, what would a non-vulgar girl do? In the general impression, keeping oneself clean seems to be quite vulgar, right?"
"Oh my, could it be that your Lord is actually a cuckold?"
Yukinoshita Haruno said in surprise.
"Hey! You and I didn't have any actual relationship! Where does the so-called cuckold fetish come from?"
"Given your possessiveness, isn't that certain?" Yukinoshita Haruno said, "But that's not right. If your possessiveness is so strong, why would you have a cuckold fetish?"
"I told you I don't have that kind of XP!"
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"Possessive?"
Awashima Seri nodded thoughtfully.
Ling Wuji looked at her expression and immediately asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"nothing."
Awashima Seri shook her head.
Ling Wu Ji immediately thought that there was obviously something going on.
But he is not the kind of person who cares about other people's criticism of him.
So seeing that she was unwilling to talk, Ling Wuji did not ask any more questions, but the silence between the few of them made Ling Wuji feel strange. Then Awashima Seri suddenly said, "I remember you said a lot of crooked ideas, such as 'those who were once wealthy should return to the past, those who are currently wealthy should maintain the status quo, and those who have never been wealthy should innovate'. So the reason you want to innovate is because you are dissatisfied with the status quo?"
“That depends on who the current situation is for.”
"For whom?"
"For me, of course it doesn't matter. Athena and Medusa don't have any hostility towards me now. Even if they do, they can't completely suppress me. There may be people on the mysterious side of Japan who can threaten me, but since they haven't clearly stood up and expressed hostility towards me, it's naturally insignificant," Ling Wuji just said lightly, "So of course I am still quite satisfied with the current situation."
"only?"
“It’s just that it may not be the case for others.”
Awashima Seri turned her head, glanced at him, and said, "Is this what your ancient Chinese texts say, 'If you are poor, you should take care of yourself; if you are rich, you should help the world'?"
"Maybe," Ling Wuji said absentmindedly, "but I don't think I'm such a noble person, at least not so noble that I think I was born to save others. Maybe from my personal point of view, although the current situation is good, it is too peaceful, so maybe I want to add some fun to my life?"
“Even if many people will die?”
Awashima Seri said this with a hint of blame.
"But what if some people are destined to die?" Ling Wuji shook his head and said, "The world is so stable because some people have sacrificed themselves or have been forced to give up the benefits that should have been theirs..."
"But that's just your excuse."
But Awashima Seri said.
Of course, she knew that people like Ling Wuji wanted to build a big banner for themselves, so they naturally had as many things as they wanted. He was not at all like a normal middle school student of fifteen or sixteen years old. Many times, what he said simply exceeded what he should have said at his age. But perhaps because there were too many things about this person that did not conform to common sense, this point had long been ignored.
"It's not entirely an excuse..." Ling Wuji just said casually.
Perhaps there is also the influence received from childhood to adulthood in two lifetimes.
Although he felt that he might have grown crooked.
But he still couldn't help wanting to change the world according to the education he had received, or in other words, to make the world develop in the direction he expected.
When Awashima Seri heard him say this, she sighed silently.
"So, you're here to convince me?"
When Ling Wuji saw her reaction, he immediately said.
"Maybe," Awashima Seri just said, "But I always thought you were the kind of person who wouldn't be easily persuaded. Not to mention, choosing to be the ruler of Japan's mysterious side is much easier than what you are doing now, right? But you chose that path..."
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"Not necessarily."
Ling Wu Ji was slightly hesitant.
What does it mean that choosing to become the ruler of Japan's mysterious side is much easier?
Even if he wanted to ease relations with the Official History Compilation Committee, it would only be an easing of relations. Even if the Official History Compilation Committee wanted to work for him, they would have to go through the trouble of factional cleansing so that they could barely have a group of available people. But after that, the original Official History Compilation Committee would certainly be severely damaged, and by then they might not be able to suppress the various large and small forces within the mysterious territory of Japan.
"Chang Lu Dajue of the Golden Kingdom said that if you are interested, he will give the stone tablet to you before he dies, and let you inherit the title of the Golden King..."