Chapter 195

In that era, class solidification was not cleverly placed within the new social system.

In this era, class solidification was blatantly manifested through various privileges, and surnames were one such example! Among the four classes, only the "scholars" had surnames.

The rest only have given names and no surnames.

Therefore, it's not hard to guess this child's background; in Yae Village, there's only one such child. Or rather, there's only one, but the most likely candidate is 'farmer'.

This child is indeed from the 'farmer' class, if we break it down a bit.

This child belongs to the "Rich Nong" class in Yae Village.

If it weren't for the wealthy man mentioned earlier, she wouldn't have been cultivated to be so beautiful and outstanding, and wouldn't have been chosen as a sacrifice in the upcoming Sacrifice Ritual.

"These people."

Kallen couldn't stand it any longer. Ever since she learned about this, she had deeply abhorred this Sacrifice Ritual.

She wanted to rush forward to stop them, to shout at them, to make everyone here understand. What were they doing! They were committing a mass murder!

Them...

"Don't go," Li Pu said, grabbing Kallen. "It's no use."

"Why didn't it work?!" Kallen said, suppressing her anger and confusion. "That child, she's just a child! Her life shouldn't have ended like this."

"She is capable of..."

"What can?" Li Pu countered, "A better future?"

"Kallen, don't be so naive. You don't understand the culture here."

"For them, there is something called 'fate'."

"This thing was destined from birth!"

"Then I'm going to change my fate!" Kallen said. "Fate is something you have to fight for, not something you're born with."

"So," Li Pu shook his head and said, "You're too naive and too impulsive."

"If this were really as simple as you just storming in and causing a scene, it would be over."

That would be too much...

"Huh? That's not right." Li Pu suddenly let go and said, "I suggest you rush up there and smash things up right now. If needed, I can help you smash things up too."

As he was speaking, Li Pu suddenly remembered a question.

What the hell am I supposed to do?

That's right, in every sense, Li Pu is here to cause trouble! To disrupt the plot of this world and then find a way to escape from it.

So what am I here for?

I'm not here to help the poor, not here to reform mindsets, and certainly not here to spread the red light across the Far East.

I'm here to cause trouble!

"Should we go or not?!" Li Pu was eager to try, and even trembled as if he were sitting on a rock.

"Huh... this?!" Kallen, who should have been ready to storm the party and cause trouble, suddenly froze. Why did Li Pu suddenly change his attitude?

Why did you suddenly get so excited?

He was clearly stopping me from going up just now, so why is he so agitated now?

What... what's going on?

Kallen seemed to be in a dilemma.

"We..." Kallen said after a brief moment of thought, "Let's think this through more carefully."

"Grow hair from here! Plan what?!" Li Pu said bluntly, "Do you expect me to go up there and perform a shamanistic ritual? Then say some lewd things, and then pull off some crazy woman appearing out of nowhere to change public opinion?"

"Do you believe them now that they're saying you're a guardian sent by the gods? You haven't even finished your divine dance yet."

"People will just call you a monster, a demon, a wicked woman, a vile scoundrel?"

"That's why I said," Li Pu said, patting Kallen's shoulder forcefully, "At times like this, we should just charge in, just go for it! Just do it!"

"Just remember, these people are not kind and honest people at all!"

"These are a bunch of troublemakers who fear power but not morality!"

"Only fists can make them understand what the truth is!"

Li Pu was eager to try. Since he was going to cause trouble, why not do something big?

Kallen was skeptical.

She had sensed the simple and honest nature of the local people, and she could see the respect and gratitude in their eyes for protecting her. But at the same time, she was also seeing this frenzied scene.

Looking at the girl being carried in, she also sensed another side of the villagers that Li Pu had described.

That is ignorance!

What about now?

Li Pu sensed Kallen's hesitation. What should he do? It was simple: they were just a bunch of defenseless villagers. They were nothing but weaklings who couldn't even handle a corrupted beast. Li Pu felt he had a huge advantage; the enemy was strong, and he was the one with the upper hand! Li Pu charged forward.

Li Pu shouted, "This is unscientific! Hurrah! Waaaaagh!"

GG was typed.

Then Kallen witnessed another side of the villagers that Li Pu had described; they changed their tune faster than turning the pages of a book.

Li Pu had saved these villagers; he had once stood at the shrine's gate, wielding two pistols, to block the attacks of infected beasts and protect the villagers who had fled there.

What if Li Pu chose something that went against their wishes?

These villagers are just as Li Pu described.

They won't consider why you're no longer supporting their actions, nor will they consider why people who can kill Honkai Beast can't defeat you.

But they don't mind beating up those who once protected them.

Li Pu was quickly cornered. As for what you said? They didn't care. You disturbed the Sacrifice Ritual, you disturbed what they considered a sacred event.

Even if you once protected them, you still won't have a good ending.

Li Pu was certainly not killed.

If it weren't for the commotion prompting Yae Sakura to come out early and use her authority as the Miko of Yae Shrine to calm the crowd, Li Pu's fate would have been even worse.

Fortunately, Yae Sakura appeared in time to prevent the situation from developing in a worse direction.

Even if he hadn't been killed on the spot, Li Pu's future wasn't particularly bright.

To prevent him from coming out and ruining things.

He was temporarily imprisoned in a cell in Yae Village.

As for his prestige and reputation here, they were naturally ruined.

Of course, this isn't the case in everyone's mind.

At least in Kallen's mind, Li Pu's image had been elevated even further.

"I thought you would really attack those villagers indiscriminately."

Kallen eventually found the dilapidated house where Li Pu was being held, and she brought a rice ball as a token of her sympathy.

Li Pu is now imprisoned for disrupting the sacrificial ceremony and for his alleged 'crazy talk'. Even though he did help the villagers in the past, he is not receiving any good treatment now.

A rice ball is indeed a pretty good thing.

Li Pu didn't answer; one rice ball made by Yae Sakura was enough to fill him up.

They really didn't hold back when they picked it up and started eating.

As for what Kallen just said, Li Pu really felt that even if he told the truth, Kallen might not believe him.

It's not that I don't want to fight, it's that I can't win!

It seems that without his dual pistols, his combat power has really dropped by quite a bit. Although he's become stronger, he's not strong enough to dismantle a Gundam with his bare hands.

Two fists can't fight four hands, so being surrounded and beaten is a natural thing.

Only...

"I still don't understand why," Kallen said. "Why would they..."

"Because of the mob." Li Pu took a bite of his rice ball and said, "This is the herd mentality and the psychology of the masses. Following the crowd is one of the inherent skills of humankind."

"Although I don't know why, just follow along and you'll be fine. There are quite a few people who think this way."

"The psychology of this group is a rather complex matter; humans are very complex beings."

"In conclusion," Li Pu said, "I would like to say, regarding my decision."

"Any news?"

"Don't tell me you're just here to deliver a rice ball."

Kallen scratched her head. "Oh yeah, she came in to deliver rice balls."

What else?

Oh, right.

"This was made by Yae Sakura," Kallen said. "It seems that the Miko maiden really approves of you."

"Otherwise, they wouldn't have given me the rice ball and asked me to bring it in."

"I want Yae-no- Miko to be the local priestess."

"Shouldn't she have a better way?"

Chapter 225 This operation!

They were hoping Yae Sakura would come up with a solution.

It's more worthwhile to just watch the sun rise in the west and set in the east, and see pigs scurrying around in the treetops.

At least from the current situation, Yae Sakura really has no intention of saving these villagers.

Her goal was simple, at least in Li Pu's Yae Sakura. To put it bluntly, she longed to live a shameless, decadent life with Kallen, indulging in revelry day and night.

Therefore, Li Pu felt that Yae Sakura's thoughts were actually quite easy to guess.

But in reality, Li Pu made a slight miscalculation.

Just like Otto wanted both, Yae Sakura also had the same dream.

Who says a woman can't have multiple wives and concubines?

Who is it?

If I tell you, I'll sue you for sexism, I'll sue you until you cry.

So Yae Sakura doesn't just want Kallen, she also wants Li Pu, as a close friend, of course. At least for Yae Sakura now, even knowing that Li Pu is Kallen's reincarnation.

But Yae Sakura didn't want to treat Li Pu as a brother; she wanted him to be a sister, and someone she could sleep with.

What if we run out of guns and ammunition?

Those are issues to consider later.

Even now, Yae Sakura still sends rice balls to Li Pu. Yae Sakura even carries a sword; if she could, she wouldn't mind being good friends with Yae Sakura.

Whether it's sooner or later, that thing has to go.

Now, though.

You don't need to be so proactive for now.

Yes, being a little more proactive will help.

With Otto locked in this cell, there's absolutely no way he can get in! As long as he can't get in, everything will be fine.

She watched Li Pu eat rice balls and felt increasingly gratified.

Li Pu was so shocked by what he saw that his hair stood on end.