The Minamoto Clan's Grand Fan Meeting: Big Brother of Eighteen-Year-Old Shizuka, Who Was Two Thousand Months Old

"Not at all."

After a brief silence, Minamoto Shizuka withdrew her gaze.

She shook her head and offered Uesugi Tetsu her heartfelt congratulations. "I should also congratulate you, Uesugi-kun, on taking another step toward a greater distance."

"Such effort is something we cannot hope to match."

After the Seed Battle ended, Minamoto Shizuka had grown increasingly curious about Uesugi Tetsu. Thus, for once, she had taken the initiative to have someone obtain his records and inspect them one by one.

She discovered that before this year, Uesugi Tetsu had merely been an ordinary student with an ordinary life trajectory.

In other words, in less than half a year, he had caught up with, and even surpassed, a scion of a great family like her, who had been exposed to cultivation since childhood.

The records stated that Uesugi Tetsu cultivated constantly—even while walking, attending class, eating, and even sleeping.

Minamoto Shizuka, who was just as hardworking but had not taken things to such an extreme, believed this claim.

A so-called strong person was someone who could overcome every difficulty and accomplish what ordinary people could not.

Uesugi Tetsu closed the car door, waved to the driver, and watched the car leave.

He turned around, stared at Minamoto Shizuka, and rubbed his chin. "Miss Minamoto, putting me aside, it seems you've made quite a breakthrough as well."

After studying her for a moment, Uesugi Tetsu asked,

"Are you advancing toward becoming a demon god?"

"I can't hide it from you, Uesugi-kun." Minamoto Shizuka exhaled softly and turned sideways. "Let's talk while we walk."

"Very well."

Uesugi Tetsu followed beside her. As for Two-Shaku-Sama, she had already burrowed back into the Ksitigarbha statue to play an offline game when the car had turned into a high-temperature hell.

"During the Seed Battle two days