Another Way of Thinking / Tangled Schemes and Logic

Unlike Yotsuya Miko, they went their separate ways and met up in front of the roller coaster, where they also bought a huge amount of food.

Miko ate a lot of this food while taking the second route, using it as an excuse to avoid Hua's enthusiastic invitation, but Yuria and Yotsuya Kyosuke on the first route had a much worse experience.

Yuria, who was already feeling sullen, received even more attention from Hua, who, without giving her a chance to refuse, stuffed the torn-open packaging into her mouth. She didn't even dare to refuse the food that was right in front of her mouth, or even food that was directly touching her lips, and just kept eating one after another until she couldn't eat anymore.

She wasn't Yurikawa Hana after all, and didn't have that terrifying appetite. After Hana fed her a few portions of food, her small body was already full, and she even clutched her stomach in pain, pushing Yotsuya Kyosuke in front of her. Anyway, she had already been tricked once, so it wouldn't be a problem to trick her again.

Kyosuke, thrust into the conversation, looked pleadingly at his sister, who had avoided the tragedy. Under her watchful gaze, pretending to be looking at her phone, he chose to beg for mercy.

"Sister, help!"

Miko hand trembled slightly, she turned her body to the side.

As we all know, Yotsuya Miko just accompanied Hana through a food street, but upon arriving at their destination, Yotsuya Miko didn't show any signs of distress. Why is that?

The answer is that she possesses the Heavenly Devil False Body True Understanding.

She didn't want to use the Heavenly Devil False Body True Understanding for digestion again, because that would be too absurd.

Hua had never been this enthusiastic before, dragging her to eat all the food on the street. Perhaps she was just too excited because she hadn't been to an amusement park in a long time?

With his older sister pretending not to see anything, Yotsuya Kyosuke ended up in a miserable state, having eaten too much.

"She only ate a tiny bit..."

Looking at the two people sitting helplessly on the bench, and then at the food that was still mostly left, Hua turned her gaze to the last person who appeared to be unharmed.

"Miko..."

"Dame"

The most powerful demonic cultivator in the world chose to resist at this moment, making a "" shape with his hands in front of him, and his expression became serious.

At this moment, she had come to regard this matter as equally troublesome as fighting the Xuanming Python.

"If we eat any more, we can forget about riding the roller coaster today."

"... You really can't eat anymore?"

"No, not even a little bit."

Although she could devour the entire bag of food without any regard for humanity thanks to her Heavenly Devil False Body True Understanding, she probably wouldn't want to eat anything for a long time afterward. Yotsuya Miko had no intention of losing the joys of being human.

"Then... I'll eat them all?"

The orange-haired girl looked regretful, sat down on the bench, took out another box of food from the bag, tore open the packaging, and put it in her mouth. A look of pleasure appeared on her face as she chewed the food.

"Hmm, this is pretty delicious."

But even if it's delicious, you shouldn't eat this much, right?

Yotsuya Miko mentally complained, silently glancing at the Life Energy on Yurikawa Hana with her Spiritual Sense.

After spending so much time with her friend, she was certain that Hua possessed a powerful physique that allowed her to quickly convert the energy she ingested into her own body with extremely high efficiency, achieving almost 100% conversion.

From this perspective, Hua is also very suitable for cultivating immortality. With a physique like this, there is probably no problem with drug resistance; he can improve his realm by taking pills. He possesses a level of skill in extracting spiritual energy that is difficult for others to reach. However, Miko is still unsure about the relationship between Life Energy and spiritual energy, and can only theoretically conclude that Hua has an amazing talent for extracting spiritual energy.

Watching Hua devour his food, she breathed a slight sigh of relief and channeled a spell into the bodies of the two people beside her who had completely lost their mobility, to help them recover. At this rate, it would take them a long time to recover, by which time the roller coaster ride would be over.

While eating at a leisurely pace in China, Yuria and Yotsuya Kyosuke seemed to have forgotten their previous frustrations and their mood improved.

Looking at Hua, whose cheeks puffed out like a hamster, Yuria couldn't really feel any disgust. The discomfort she had felt earlier because of the route selection issue vanished with a gust of wind.

Meanwhile, Yotsuya Kyosuke came up with what he considered a good solution: he planned to go back and tell his mother, Yotsuya Touko, about Yuria's situation behind his sister's back, so she could help him make a decision. He lacked experience in matters of love, but his mother did, and adults were always much more composed than a naive boy like him when it came to such things.

This approach of leaving troublesome matters to his parents is what a child his age should be doing. After all, you can't expect an elementary school student to help a high school student with relationship problems.

And so, Yotsuya Kyosuke put Yuria's feelings aside and instead looked forward to the upcoming roller coaster ride.

"Sister, when can we go ride the roller coaster?"

"We can start whenever your sister Hua finishes eating."

As Yotsuya Miko spoke, she glanced at Hana beside her. While they were chatting, Hana finished off some more of her food.

There's no doubt that all the food will be eaten before the roller coaster wheels reach them, after all, this is Hua.

However, another problem is...

Are you sure you can take action by then?

"... I'll try my best."

Upon hearing this, Yotsuya Kyosuke suddenly remembered that he was still holding on, and couldn't help but make a face as he slowly rubbed his lower abdomen.

"Um... do you have any digestive aids?"

"That... of course it's impossible. Why don't you just not go?"

"I don't want that kind of thing..."

"I see."

Yotsuya Miko looked at him with a smile.

"Then beg me?"

What could Kyosuke do in this situation? He could only sigh and grab his sister's sleeve.

Please.

In the face of a roller coaster, a man's dignity is nothing. (I'm sure of it)

Chapter 189 Another Way of Thinking

Nothing noteworthy happened on the roller coaster, and the same was true for the Ferris wheel afterwards.

The Ferris wheel cabins can accommodate four people at a time, so there is no issue of grouping.

As the Ferris wheel slowly rose into the sky, Yotsuya Kyosuke's eyes grew brighter and brighter. He knelt on the chair, looking at the semi-transparent cabin wall behind him.

Looking up, you see the sky, which seems closer; looking down, you see tiny people and things. These originally bustling things become like sesame seeds.

Being detached from the earth may bring temporary unease, but the sky evokes a different, indescribable feeling.

You can't experience the charm of the sky when you're on an airplane because you're protected, confined by crowded seats, and the enclosed space is filled with an uncomfortable atmosphere. Looking at the people in front of you, you see others who are also confined. It's not freedom.

Inside the Ferris wheel, in this slightly swaying cabin, there were only four people and what appeared to be flimsy protective gear. Apart from that, there were no other constraints.

Be careful.

Yotsuya Miko continued watching the national news on her phone. Previously, she hadn't paid much attention to matters that should have been the responsibility of the leaders. However, lately she had become more interested in the powerful figures in the country, both overtly and covertly.

She gradually formed a mental outline of the key figures in agencies such as the Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Defense Agency, and the Imperial Household Agency. These people might not be the core figures, but they knew who the core figures were. Moreover, it was best if their whereabouts could be confirmed.

While watching the news, she glanced at Kyosuke, who was excited about riding the Ferris wheel, and gave him a helpless look.

Is it really necessary to get so excited about such a small height?

If she hadn't been unwilling to reveal her Falcon Spirit Wind Control Incantation prematurely, thus making her target wary of her movement speed, she would have already shown Yotsuya Kyosuke what the real sky was like and dragged the kid straight to the stratosphere.

Having experienced true heights, this Ferris wheel and the previous roller coaster couldn't really interest her. Ordinary people are interested in these things because they can't do them. Miko is different; she has the ability to do it.

Because she wasn't interested, she turned her attention to observing important figures on her phone. She decided to get to know these people, whom she didn't know much about before, by observing them closely.

After the <Life Spiritual Qi Extraction Method>, there's no doubt that her name will be valued by the country's upper echelons; the only question is whether the level of attention will differ. She doesn't intend to play these political games with them, because Miko knows nothing about politics and has no need to get involved.

War is a continuation of politics, an effective way to overturn the table. Of course, for Miko at the moment, this doesn't count as war, because they are not evenly matched.

From this perspective, she wasn't particularly concerned about Divine Gate, because she was already in an invincible position. Having attributed great power to herself, she was practically a game-changer in this technologically advanced world. Perhaps she couldn't withstand a nuclear bomb, but she could eliminate the person launching it before it was even fired, and she could evade or alter its trajectory.

Her power has reached the point where she can rule the world, and in this respect you can completely believe in the control that Demonic Path arts have over people. Until another individual who surpasses her level appears, Yotsuya Miko is the undisputed ruler of this world, just like Zhang Qiudao, the Myriad Transformation Devil Venerable who has dominated the Xuanhui Realm for thousands of years.

The only difference, or rather the similarity, is that neither of them had any intention of controlling the world.

Zhang Qiudao was only focused on the Enlightenment Realm, not on treating the Xuanhui Realm as his possession. As for Yotsuya Miko, she only targeted those who knew her identity and might cause trouble because of her presence. She planned to use the Divine Gate to completely establish her authority once and for all, so that no one would bother her in the future.

After that, she focused on cultivating diligently and peacefully. Besides, ruling this world wouldn't really bring any benefits; in this world where extraordinary power was extremely low, the resources available for her cultivation were negligible.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to fall, am I?"

Kyosuke naturally didn't take her words seriously, instead pressing his small face against the semi-transparent plastic partition and gazing at the scenery outside.

A small child is easy to please, just like now.

Miko and Kyosuke sat at one end of the cabin, while Yuria and Hana sat at the other end.

Hua was in a good mood. She always seemed carefree, making people think she knew nothing, just a simple, innocent, lively girl with a big appetite. Yuria, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. Her clothes had an old-fashioned, chuunibyou vibe, and her face was gloomy, giving the impression that she had encountered some trouble.

Her childhood experiences shaped her into the person she is today, and also created this unique individual. Compared to Yotsuya Miko, who only saw Ghosts at the age of high school, she is probably extremely suitable for the role of a demon cultivator. Aloof, taciturn, bullied, yearning for power, well-educated, and possessing a certain level of political awareness, such a character is almost the standard for a Great Demon.

Of course, even if he wasn't a demonic cultivator, he would still be considered a hypocrite with a deep-seated cunning among righteous cultivators.

Unfortunately, such people did not become demonic cultivators, and those who did become demonic cultivators generally did not resemble them.

Yuria glanced at Yotsuya Miko's hand and saw the content on the phone screen. She silently repeated the bolded title on the screen a few times in her mind, and quickly realized what Yotsuya Miko was planning to do.

However, that method was still too crude.

Yotsuya Miko couldn't use Divine Gate to obtain this information about the characters because her identity was too sensitive, making it easy for others to discover her intentions. But if someone else asked, it wouldn't be so obvious.

Moreover, there's no need for one person to handle these things.

Yuria's eyes flickered slightly. Compared to Yotsuya Miko, who planned to use a straight bait to fish, she felt that she could win over some people and make things relatively easier.

In this regard, the pragmatic Department Head Okita would be a good choice. The Wagen Family, who stand behind him, are a potential partner. After all, once the Divine Gate matter is dealt with, they need to find people to do the work, right?

Chapter 190 Some tangled calculations and logic

While Yotsuya Miko and her group were enjoying themselves at the amusement park, other people in other places were not in a good mood.

Okita Qishen waited quietly in the conference room, his hands clenched into fists.

Yuria's words kept echoing in his mind, making him restless.

Spreading the Life Spiritual Qi Extraction Method... is undoubtedly a terrible decision.

After several rounds of controlled experiments, this method has demonstrated its universality.

It's about universality, not a broader range of people that can be adapted to than Spiritual Power. In other words, anyone can cultivate it, as long as they can read.

Simply passing on the extraction method might not have such a bad outcome, because this spiritual energy still needs to be utilized, rather than simply acting on the body. However, those techniques that Spiritual Power could originally use can also be used by Life Spiritual Qi, and perhaps even used better.

The government cannot transfer all exorcism lineages to itself. There are a terrifying number of unaffiliated exorcists in the country. Their skills may not be systematic, but their ability to survive in the spirit world proves that they have their own methods. These unaffiliated exorcists will quickly become the direct beneficiaries of the exorcism techniques that have spread, and then the techniques will be popularized to a wider group from these unaffiliated exorcists.

First, it's the exorcists' relatives, and then the social networks connected to those relatives. Given the universality of the Life Spiritual Qi Extraction Method, Spiritual Power techniques will spread like wildfire until every individual connected to society enjoys this power.

And such power will inevitably backfire on this country.

With the widespread dissemination of supernatural powers within the country, riots and chaos were inevitable. The existing constitution lacked any legal provisions defining the status of exorcists, and there was no mature institutional system to deal with such sudden changes. Moreover, on a smaller scale, Okita Qishen didn't believe that these ordinary people would develop any better qualities after seeing spirits. Therefore, dying because of spirits was a perfectly normal occurrence.

Chaos and disorder are rampant, and this predicament is already present domestically, let alone abroad.

The matter of Kawamori cannot be concealed by their own country's strength. It is likely that the forces that have infiltrated are already aware of the existence of the Life Spiritual Qi Extraction Method, but they still have doubts about its authenticity.

This Life Spiritual Qi Extraction Method has triggered dramatic changes in both domestic and international situations.

The root of this problem lies in its universality.

Its universality makes it impossible for them to control the spread of this technique.

What was originally seen as a highly sought-after skill by various domestic forces has, after several rounds of experiments proved its universality, no longer seen as a pie, but as a Pandora's box—a Pandora's box that, once opened, cannot be closed.

Yuria's words, however, spoke volumes.

Yes, as Yotsuya Miko's friend, how could she not understand the true meaning of this technique?

This isn't some fat meat they can't even scratch; it's a nuclear bomb!

"Yotsuya Miko, and Futamido Yuria..."

At this point, Okita Qishen was no longer able to think about this series of questions.

He felt that perhaps breaking up with Yotsuya Miko was a complete mistake, a mistake that would destroy social order.

He didn't believe that these two people were completely unaware of the significance of this technique, and the so-called "first level of transmission" was easy to understand.

The Life Spiritual Qi Extraction Method is currently only possessed by Yotsuya Miko and Divine Gate.

Regardless of which side chooses to spread the message, the outcome will be the same. The only difference lies in the hands of Divine Gate. They are confident that they can plan ahead and have good methods and means to handle the spread, turning what might have caused riots and chaos into a positive impact, leading the entire country into a transcendent state. However, Yotsuya Miko detonated it prematurely, and a nationwide chaos plunged the country into an abyss.

"A terrifying god..."

He murmured to himself, finally understanding at that moment the awe that people have for the gods. It is a power beyond calculation; to try to calculate it will only bring disaster upon oneself.

If Yotsuya Miko knew what he was thinking at this moment, she would probably tell him, "You're overthinking it."

She didn't intend to cripple Divine Gate with her Life Spiritual Qi Extraction Method, because in her eyes, it was really nothing special, and the so-called universality didn't pose any problems. She dared to give it to Divine Gate because she had plenty of backup plans to mitigate any issues arising from the technique.