Martial-Class Reincarnation: You'd Better Show Your True Colors in the Previous Era! (Continued)

Some distance from the River Thames, Lin Yu, having confirmed that no one was around and that a fight wouldn't harm any innocent bystanders, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the message Bronya had sent.

Well, Chen Tianwu didn't appear in England —isn't that the most obvious thing in the world?

I think I'm really tired lately, so tired that I'm on edge.

Even if we don't mention that Chen Tianwu and Anna officially became Herrscher in late 2017, the initial opportunity for them to transform into Herrscher was the Honkai that broke out in Manila in 2015.

I've checked with the Philippines; there haven't been any Honkai near that country recently.

If it's going to be blown up, now's the time. What's wrong with me...?

Varied...

Damn it, a dog's coming!

Feeling a sharp pain in his head, Lin Yu immediately mobilized his magic to try to resist the opponent's mental attack.

But in the next moment, although Lin Yu felt that he could still barely maintain his consciousness, everything in front of him still turned pitch black.

Is Herrscher of Reason...?

No, the Herrscher of Reason shouldn't be around here, right, right...

I'm talking nonsense!

He is a mental Fusion Warrior even stronger than the Herrscher of Reason!

I haven't even come looking for you, why are you coming to my door?

Wasn't it supposed to be that 'humanity's fate in this era is in its own hands'?

Put away the Void Key!

I don't have World Bubble inside me, so I don't need your inheritance at all, nor do I need to exchange the Void Key for merit!

Unfortunately, although Su sensed that Lin Yu was resisting his abilities, he still decided to pull Lin Yu into the illusion he created.

Wow, Mr. Lin Yu's mental attack defense capabilities are quite strong.

I never imagined he could struggle to this extent...

Alas, my body has finally run out of energy.

Just by keeping a distance, the body's exertion decreased.

No, I guess I'll just have to use the Void Key to move him to my side.

Although this could lead to the situation where 'Lin Yu suddenly disappears from this world,' I have been keeping an eye on the Schicksal Headquarters.

At present, they haven't gone so far as to monitor Mr. Lin Yu's every move 24 hours a day.

Therefore, as long as I speed up the assessment process, I should be able to send Mr. Lin Yu back to this world before the Schicksal Headquarters notices anything amiss.

In that case, the illusion I construct cannot be too detailed.

First, get the key steps that I think are important sorted out, and then...

Hmm, let's turn all the bad things Mr. Otto did in the past into a 'once-popular TV series' and play it 24/7 in this environment.

Even if Mr. Lin Yu doesn't necessarily believe these facts, it would be a good thing if there were even the slightest chance for him to be wary of Mr. Otto.

As for the remaining illusions, let Mr. Lin Yu's self-awareness fill in the gaps.

Meanwhile, within the Stigmata Space

Under the watchful eyes of Yae Sakura and Ji Lin, Himeko, who had been struggling, suddenly turned pale.

Hey! You two! Don't you see anything's wrong?!

At this moment, feeling his core working wildly, Himeko shouted frantically at the two of them.

"My core is being forcibly used, and it's operating too fast!"

"Is that bad guy in danger? Do you two have any way to save him?!"

"Huh? You're actually worried about your Benefactor?"

Upon hearing Himeko's words, Yae Sakura's eyes clearly showed a hint of doubt.

"You would be so kind?"

"Good intentions my foot—if he dies, I can get the core back and escape. I'll definitely yell 'Yay! Yay!' and pop some champagne!"

After Ji Lin's gaze instantly turned incredibly sharp, Himeko immediately added.

"But the problem is, my core is about to break down—if my core breaks down, how can I be okay?"

"It doesn't matter if he dies, but don't drag me down with him!"

Hearing Himeko's extremely panicked words, Yae Sakura turned to look at Ji Lin beside her.

"... Miss Ji Lin, do you think things are that serious?"

I think...

At this moment, Ji Lin, sensing a problem with the space, looked up at the sky above Yae Village and then spoke calmly to Yae Sakura.

"The problem may be much more serious than this Herrscher said."

When Yae Sakura looked up following Ji Lin's gaze, she immediately saw that the once clear sky was now suddenly filled with ominous dark clouds.

Within the dark clouds, a Jizo Mitama -no-Mitama katana, magnified countless times, was drawn from its sheath and plunged straight into the ground, tearing the earth apart with a single blow.

Amidst the cataclysmic changes in the world, the three residents within the Stigmata Space were unable to react and were sucked into the spatial rift created by the event.

With the anomaly over, Yae Village returned to its original state.

However, the three people who were supposed to stay here were unable to return to their proper place.

After Lin Yu regained consciousness, he gradually remembered his identity.

Lin Yu's original name was Lin, and the character Yu should not have appeared in his name.

However, because his parents felt they should have had another daughter, they gave Lin Yu a rather unusual two-character name when registering his name... what a load of rubbish.

Damn it, this is the beginning of Previous Era.

Looking at the medical staff coming and going around him, Lin Yu finally understood that Su had forcibly pulled him into the Sumeru Mustard Seed and given him an illusion buff.

In the past, Lin Yu had always used the Voidpower Gem Shard's (Mental Attack Resistance) skill to resist Otto and Fu Hua's mental attacks.

But now that I think about it, Otto was using the Simulated Feathered Dust, and Fu Hua herself was in a very bad state and couldn't use the full power of the Feathered Dust, which is why the past Lin Yu was able to act almost as if nothing had happened in the face of the two's mental attacks.

Now, after Su, the mental Fusion Warrior who could teach the Herrscher of Reason, made his full-scale attack, he still couldn't escape this calamity.

Although he could still retain some self-awareness within this illusion, breaking free from it would not be so easy.

Illusions must have flaws. Let me see where the flaw in this illusion lies.

Um, wait, there's one more thing.

Leader, leader, what are you doing?

"Not here, you bastard! You still think this system is a detector, huh?"

This doesn't even count as entering the battle round.

[Although Su's attack was indeed a mental attack, she had no intention of harming you, and the system predicted that you would not be in danger, so no reward was given and you were not disconnected.]

... I find this very strange. Is there really nothing wrong with your judgment mechanism?

[Absolutely not. Back in Changkong City, Yuno Hishikari came right in front of you. At the time, this system thought we could still talk, so I didn't hide. It's the same principle.]

I have a feeling that you slacked off last time too.

Hehehe, guess.

I was originally going to guess what you would do in the Previous Era, but now, there's no need to guess at all.

[Although it's not a jobless reincarnation—now that we've arrived in the Previous Civilization, please show your true abilities, host!]

I know this without you telling me!

Tsk, although Su has absolutely no hostility towards me, being ambushed... to be honest, my temper is getting really bad.

You want to evaluate me according to your own ideas, but that has nothing to do with me.

Normally, Otto is always there for me, but in the illusion, I'm afraid of everything—if I'm this cowardly, what's the Honkai of fighting the Honkai?

With this in mind, Lin Yu took out a ballpoint pen and began to write some words rapidly on a piece of white paper.

Then, about two minutes later, Lin Yu, carrying this document, knocked on the door of his memory.

"Teacher Maki, I am Lin Yu."

"I need to speak with you right now, can I come in?"

At the same moment, within the Sumeru Mustard Seed...

Inside the Sumeru Mustard Seed, Su, who should have been in control of everything, was now sweating profusely as he watched everything unfold within the illusion, feeling that things had gone a bit too far.

Originally, Su's plan was simply to observe at a few key junctures whether Lin Yu would make similar choices to him, in order to determine whether Lin Yu was suitable to inherit his anomaly.

It was precisely for this reason that Su chose the approach of 'setting up several nodes, adding Otto's dirt, and then having Lin Yu fill in the illusion based on his own potential memories and impressions' in order to quickly construct the illusion.

Originally, there shouldn't have been anything wrong with this approach.

However, just now, a strange force interrupted Su's construction of the illusion, causing the illusion to go berserk.

Although Su has now brought the key events and Otto's dirty secrets into the illusion, he can no longer control the direction of the illusion.

Why did things turn out this way?

Wait, Mr. Lin Yu, what are you doing?

Inside the environment, Lin Yu knocked on his mentor Dr. Mags's door and handed her his Dr. Mags letter.

"Ah, it's Lin Yu."

Seeing the student's expression, Dr. Mags asked with a smile.

"What's wrong? Is there some illness you don't understand?"

"Ah, no, I just feel that studying medicine can't save Honkai."

After placing his resignation letter on Dr. Mags's desk, Lin Yu spoke to Dr. Mags under the incredibly shocked gazes of both Dr. Mags and Su Na.

"Teacher, I'm sorry, from today onwards, I don't want to be a doctor here anymore."

"I want to join the Fire Moth and use this organization to save more people!"

No, no, no, that's not how it works!

Although I wanted to join the Fire Moth at the time, I never thought of giving up researching Honkai Disease!

Mr. Lin Yu, you've gone the wrong way, go back quickly!

Unfortunately, Su's voice couldn't reach Lin Yu's ears at all.

Since the external environment was beyond Su's control, she could only watch as Lin Yu put down the resignation letter and left Dr. Mags's room on the spot.

At that moment, Su finally realized that her previous thoughts were completely wrong.

Oh no, I've always subconsciously felt that Mr. Lin Yu is someone I can entrust my future to, which is why I wanted to test him.

But because of my subconscious, I kept forgetting one thing—he and I were never the same kind of people from the very beginning.

We are not the same kind of people, and under these circumstances, using my past experiences as an assessment would only lead to this result.

Now...

Sigh, what can I do but keep watching?

The story unfolds in this illusion...

—Won't it get more and more outrageous?