Chapter 941 - 1: The Man Laden with Sin

Chapter 941: Chapter 1: The Man Laden with Sin

"..."

Yatsugaya Miko blinked, somewhat bewildered, not quite understanding what he meant for a moment.

Moreover, she certainly didn’t see any team requests or friend requests... However, this was entirely normal, as there wouldn’t be any notification sounds or popup messages. By such means, Gu Mo had been able to, stealthily or overtly, add numerous friends, greatly expanding his friend list.

Firstly, it could meet the system’s team formation requirements.

Secondly, through the friend list, one could view online status to confirm the other party’s condition in real-time, as long as they were in the same world.

Anyway, as long as Gu Mo’s request was successfully sent and the other party didn’t mind, it was generally considered to be accepted. The other party didn’t have to hear a notification sound or see any information window pop-up nor had to actively choose to agree or not.

Therefore, it was utterly imperceptible to establish a relationship with him silently.

To be honest, except for Gu Mo himself, no one could detect the presence of the system signs. Even for himself, having grown from an ordinary person to such an extent, he was already an existence beyond the human realm, from mere mortal perceptions to levels involving time and space, cause and effect...

Yet even so, he still couldn’t uncover the secrets of the system’s panel.

—Not even a little bit...

—It was like a deer horn hung on a tree, with no trace to find.

The system panel he saw at the start didn’t change; it remained just as mysterious... It seemed to only exist in mirror reflections and only within Gu Mo’s vision.

Only Gu Mo could see it, yet he couldn’t grasp its "essence" and "reality."

The presence of the system was akin to an invisible ghost, a ghost in the truest sense.

It’s precisely because of this, Gu Mo often couldn’t help but mutter, questioning if this thing really existed... However, mystery loses its potency when facing a higher level of mystery. Based on this principle, he could somewhat judge that all this was due to the system’s stature being worlds apart from his.

That’s why he couldn’t perceive any traces, the gap in levels was just too vast.

Perhaps from his perspective, his evolution from an ordinary person to this level was indeed a miraculous magnificent evolution, a grand achievement for human ascension to divinity.

But from the system’s point of view, it might mean nothing at all. Perhaps his mystery level increased from practically zero as a normal human to thousands—yet what does this growth difference matter compared to an existence with mystery levels exceeding hundreds of millions?

Such subtle changes might not even be detected.

Probably just like that.

"Can’t understand? Actually, it’s no big deal. I just want to continue the earlier contract, the one we signed before, it still holds the corresponding binding force and effectiveness... It’s just that I don’t know what you think about it, if you’re willing or not."

Seeing Yatsugaya Miko’s name quietly appear in the friend list and show an online status, Gu Mo nodded thoughtfully, casually speaking this. However, he recalled some issues shortly after, gently furrowing his brow.

"Hmm, but you might not have too much time nowadays, and always needing you to stay in this world doesn’t seem feasible either..."

He remembered that Mikko’s situation was somewhat unique and probably couldn’t always stay on duty.

Because she had her own life, likely unwilling to abandon her original life circle, which was foreseeable.

Besides, Gu Mo wasn’t that domineering to overstep her in such matters and forcefully make decisions for her, even though he’d realized how important her eyes were to him... So considering such a question, he had to thoroughly think it over and mull over a comparatively good solution.

But it shouldn’t be a big deal, it’s not an unsolvable issue. Couldn’t be more challenging than past troubles he encountered, right? Thus, within merely a second of thought, he came up with over a hundred solutions, with no significant differences in efficiency and convenience.

Let’s just do it like this, make several plans—

By then, let Mikko make the optimal choice herself, otherwise, change again. Anyway, there’s always a suitable and satisfying option. In the worst case, he’d wait for her for years, after all, time flies by in the blink of an eye, doesn’t it? She will eventually graduate, right?

Since she’s bound to step into society and work, wouldn’t it be fine to work for him then? Isn’t it apt to get it in one step?

On the other side, Yatsugaya Miko was initially stunned upon hearing this.

Continuation... of the previous contract?!

The young girl immediately realized it and instantly her spirit lifted—wasn’t this just what she cared about the most?

Her current unease stemmed from worrying that the teacher wouldn’t care for her anymore or care about her world afterward... because it always seemed like the other party didn’t have a reason to continue helping her, thus she was deeply worried, and didn’t know how to maintain the relationship.

Upon hearing the teacher’s proactive indication of such an intention, the girl was both shocked and elated, feeling a great weight lift off her heart.

Only at this moment did she see the youth sitting across the table remember something else, frowning, seeming to find it inappropriate, ready to change his mind. She immediately panicked, stood up at once, nodding repeatedly like a chick pecking rice, expressing her eagerness passionately:

"I’m willing! I’m willing, sir!"

As if afraid that speaking a second too late would make her miss the opportunity.

But—

Despite grabbing this opportunity without restraint, at the very moment the words fell, Mikko sharply sensed that the air seemed to have frozen.

"..."

"..."

The girl, feeling something, turned her head and met a pair of silver-bright beautiful pupils, beautiful, exquisite, like molten silver, yet carrying a pressure and majesty that made it hard to breathe, now angrily glaring at her.

"What do you mean ’I do’? What were you just talking about? Who is she? I’ve never seen her?"

The silver cowlick stood upright like an antenna, as the silver-haired, silver-eyed girl put her hands on her hips, quite alertly scanning the two people in the pavilion, her gaze exceptionally vigilant.

Behind her, the blond maiden, taller than her mother, held a magic guidebook in one hand, surrounded by two small and exquisite cute dolls, also looked at the young man in the pavilion with a complex and strange expression, seemingly condemning him.

As if angry, yet also somewhat disappointed.

Indeed, like Miss Shenqi, Alice also came over with her mother and saw the same scene happening before them—

Distant mountains shrouded in mist, the scenic Peach Blossom Spring-like valley, the small pavilion perfectly concealed in the bamboo forest. Within, the black-haired young man, dressed in white, mildly spoke to the black-length-straight-haired girl opposite him.

The next moment, the girl excitedly stood up, nodding repeatedly, both surprised and delighted.

And also loudly saying things like "I do" and "I do"...

Um...how to put it, naturally, this situation would lead anyone to think in a certain direction, right? Whether Shenqi or Alice, both mother and daughter immediately thought of the same possibility, instantly feeling not quite right.

"Eh... Shenqi, Xiao Ai, you’re here..."

Gu Mo blinked, instantly showing a brilliant smile, seemingly completely unaware of what had just happened, not nervous at all.

After all, he hadn’t done anything, so there’s nothing to be afraid of.

"Come, come, sit, sit, sit, let me introduce, this is Mikko, whom I met in another world, considered my student. I was mainly asking if she would be willing to apply as a witch..."

He stood up, enthusiastically greeting them, and meanwhile explaining Mikko’s situation a bit, casually clarifying what happened earlier, indicating that all was a misunderstanding, he definitely wasn’t confessing anything to Mikko.

Shenqi momentarily lowered her guard but quickly caught certain keywords, raising her voice suddenly:

"Wait, applying as a witch?"

"Yes...um, don’t look at me with that rude look, I really am not obsessed with witches."

Gu Mo nodded casually, then quirked his eyebrows, noticing the strange expression and gaze of the silver-haired, silver-eyed girl, helplessly raising his slender index finger to rub his brow as he spoke.

However, his defensive tone wasn’t very confident, as if he himself wasn’t too sure.

Not long ago, he had been suspected by Tamamo, and now, in a turn, Shenqi seemed to have similar suspicions. Gu Mo had no choice but to consider whether such an image was indeed true, why does everyone think this is the case?

"Why recruit a new witch?"

Alice gently furrowed her brows, letting her gaze slide over the exquisite face of the long black-haired girl opposite, asking such a question.

Not satisfied with that Red and White Witch?

She somewhat worried about this point, thinking this person might want to recruit a new Reimu Witch. After all, as a Dragon God, the faith in Fantasy Land has almost reached a point of breaking transmission, and that shameless Red and White Witch totally doesn’t know what divine spirit their shrine serves.

Now that the Dragon God has returned, perhaps ready to reorganize the Reimu Witch lineage? Poor Red and White, probably about to face unemployment crisis?

"There’s no why about it, it’s just necessary so recruiting is needed..." Gu Mo shook his head slightly, smiling as he spoke, looking at his daughter, just then, raising his eyes to sense, seeing ripples in front of the open space, as Tamamo swiftly returned with the Demon Hunter Girl.

The unexplained Alice couldn’t help but furrow her brows lightly, turning her gaze to Mikko.

She planned to talk to the girl properly later, to see what the situation was...although her relationship with the Red and White Witch wasn’t particularly good, at least not to the extent of with Marisa, but they were acquaintances, she still felt somewhat attentive.

Once the Red and White Witch becomes unemployed, she might starve...

Meanwhile, Mikko also curiously observed Shenqi and Alice before her, unable to help but feel somewhat puzzled.

Seems like these unreasonably beautiful girls also have a close relationship with the teacher?

But...

Isn’t he supposed to be together with Tamamo no Mae?

——They even have kids, it seems!