It came from the small black stone on the table.
Lin sensed a concentrated force of negative emotion coming from it. As for the intensity, it was probably only at the E-Rank level.
For an ordinary person, however, this was quite strong.
There were some fragmented red crystal shards on top of the black stone.
This force of negative emotion was almost identical to that of the unknown supernatural creatures he had previously sensed in the Kinki region—specifically, the area around Kyoto.
It involved a specific worldview.
The stone, barring any accidents, was likely obtained by Sakuragawa Rikka from that region.
Hearing Lin's words, Sakuragawa Rikka's gaze shifted slightly. A trace of surprise surfaced in her eyes, and she asked with a hint of curiosity,
"How much do you know?"
It seemed that this existence before her, who called himself a God, knew a lot.
Obviously, she did not yet believe Lin's claim that he was a God. She merely regarded him as an ability user.
"I know a thing or two."
Lin smiled faintly at her.
Sakuragawa Rikka: "..."
Although he said he knew 'a thing or two,' she felt that Lin knew a great deal. He even knew about her plan to create a God.
Could he have mind-reading abilities?
Many thoughts flashed through her mind. Sakuragawa Rikka remained silent for a moment before saying,
"That's right. Tetsujin Nanase can exist relying on this stone, which some people call the Youmu Stone."
"Youmu Stone..."
Hearing this name, Lin's eyes narrowed, and his mind raced.
He was very familiar with this name.
Thus, he quickly thought of the related world. He finally knew what that unknown worldview was.
Thoughtful inside but calm on the surface, Lin said, "Go on."
Sakuragawa Rikka's eyes flickered slightly. "As you know, I want to use imagination to create a God."
Lin asked, knowing the answer full well, "Relying on the Youmu Stone? If you use this, what you create will only be a monster."
The Youmu Stone was filled with the power of negative emotions. Even if a God were truly created, it would just be a monster god. A so-called Evil God, or Wicked God.
Sakuragawa Rikka smiled calmly. "Of course not. Using the Youmu Stone is just me searching for possibilities."
"To create a God, I need to use something else."
Before successfully creating Tetsujin Nanase, she had already used her death precognition ability to grasp the result of inevitable success.
The cost was dying hundreds of times.
Since she knew it would definitely succeed, it seemed there was no need to actually do it.
However, she did it anyway.
Because only after successfully creating Tetsujin Nanase in reality could she use her ability to predict the possibility of creating a God.
Previously, no matter how she predicted, the result she obtained was always failure.
She had attempted to predict it hundreds of times.
The result was invariably failure; it seemed there was not a single possibility of creating a God.
Finally, on the one thousand and first time, she finally obtained a minuscule possibility from her death precognition.
By successfully creating Tetsujin Nanase, she could increase the probability of creating a God.
However, Tetsujin Nanase had only just been born and had not yet reached the point where she could use it to predict the possibility of creating a God.
And now, these two before her had come knocking at her door.
"It's this, isn't it?"
Just as Sakuragawa Rikka finished speaking, Lin raised his eyebrows slightly. His psychokinesis transformed into an invisible hand and grabbed a small wooden box.
It came from under the bed boards.
It had been stuck to the bed board with double-sided tape.
"You actually..."
Seeing the item she had hidden fly out from under the bed out of nowhere and land in Lin's hand, Sakuragawa Rikka's expression changed drastically.
Shock and nervousness surfaced in her eyes.
This item was what she currently valued most—more important than her own life.
Seeing Sakuragawa Rikka's expression change so drastically, Iwanaga Kotoko couldn't help but blink, looking at the small wooden box with a face full of curiosity.
Lin opened the small wooden box.
Inside lay a broken transparent crystal stone covered in cracks.
It was about the size of an egg.
From this broken crystal stone, Lin sensed a weak power of divinity through his spiritual perception.
It was like a crystal formed from divine power.
The Codex of All Things showed no reaction to it.
Perhaps because it was too broken, the divine power inside this broken crystal stone had already dissipated almost completely.
And it was still constantly leaking out.
It would disappear in about a month.
Lin looked at the nervous Sakuragawa Rikka and smiled faintly. "Don't be nervous. This thing is useless to me."
Hearing Lin say this, Sakuragawa Rikka was still very suspicious in her heart, but she could only force herself to believe him.
After all, the gap in strength between the two sides was vast.
Although she possessed an undying body, she herself did not have much combat power.
Because she had eaten the meat of mermaids and kappas, the deadly poison born within her body was only effective against yokai; it was useless against other living creatures.
Although she hadn't tried it on humans.
But she had tested it on animals like chickens, ducks, fish, and mice, and the deadly poison in her flesh and blood had no effect on them at all.
Humans were likely the same.
So, facing Lin, whose strength was unknown and unfathomable, she was now like fish on a chopping block.
Well, unkillable fish meat.
Of course, what she worried about was not her own safety, but the item Lin was holding, which was more important than her own life.
Lin had a hostage in his hand.
So she dared not act rashly...
"Forget it, returning it to you."
Lin tossed the small wooden box back to Sakuragawa Rikka.
"!!??"
Sakuragawa Rikka hurriedly caught it, looking at Lin with some surprise.
She hadn't expected the other party to return it to her.
Did he think it didn't matter if he returned it now, since he could snatch it back from her hands at any time?
At this moment, Lin smiled and said:
"Although I know your purpose for wanting to create a God, a God is right before your eyes now. Tell me your story."
"Perhaps I will satisfy you."
The Creation Card flashed briefly.
A set of table and chairs appeared in the living room.
There were tea and snacks on top of it.
Lin and Iwanaga Kotoko each pulled out a chair and sat down.
"!!!"
Witnessing this scene of creation out of thin air, Sakuragawa Rikka's eyes widened involuntarily, and a look of shock surfaced in them.
She thought of Lin's earlier words again.
He said he was a God.
Could He be a true God!?
If He really was a God, then could she...
"Phew..."
Sakuragawa Rikka was not an ordinary person after all. She took a deep breath to quickly recover her calm and sat down in the seat opposite them.
She placed the small wooden box to the side.
Lin picked up his black tea, took a sip, and looked at her with a smile on his lips.
"Tell your story."
Iwanaga Kotoko did not speak; she just silently drank a mouthful of black tea, looking at Sakuragawa Rikka, waiting for the story to begin.
Sakuragawa Rikka's gaze flickered slightly.
After a moment of silence, she slowly said:
"I was born into a special hidden family that possesses a special constitution allowing them to obtain abilities by eating the meat of yokai."
"In pursuit of eternal youth and immortality, the elders of the family found ways to obtain the meat of yokai mermaids and yokai kappas."
"However, the toxicity of these two types of yokai meat was too strong. Everyone who ate them eventually died from the poison."
"I was the only one who survived."
"I accidentally learned that they intended to cut me apart and torture me to verify if I had truly obtained the ability of eternal youth and immortality."
"I seized the opportunity and escaped."
"They have been sending people to hunt me down ever since, and they are continuing their experiments to obtain eternal youth and immortality."
"It's just that they haven't succeeded."
"Therefore, the intensity of the hunt increased."
"Finally, I spent three years killing them all. Not one was left."
When Sakuragawa Rikka reached this point, her eyes flickered slightly, but her expression remained calm throughout.
Lin: "..."
Iwanaga Kotoko: "..."
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