Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

#332 - Chapter 331: Possessed

In the distance, Takahashi Meisei, leaning on a cane, calmly watched the scene unfold, saying in fluent Northern Union language, "You can manipulate earth and iron, quite surprising. If I weren't here, you might have really rescued Lu Xiancong."

Li Chenqiu stared coldly at Takahashi Meisei, speaking in slow motion, "Also..."

Takahashi Meisei waved her hand, and the next second, Li Chenqiu's speech sped up instantly.

"Luckily, I understand the nature of the Takahashi Conglomerate," Li Chenqiu said calmly, without a trace of fear in his voice.

"Hmm?" Takahashi Meisei raised an eyebrow slightly, "You're quite composed."

Li Chenqiu's lips curled up slightly, "Of course I'm composed. Takahashi Unso's life and death are still in my hands. If I'm not composed, who would be?"

"In your hands?" Takahashi Meisei looked quite surprised, "Don't you know that Takahashi Unso has already been rescued by our people?"

"I already said I understand the nature of the Takahashi Conglomerate. Do you think I wouldn't have a backup plan?"

Takahashi Meisei smiled faintly, "Your lies can only fool the younger version of me. Tell me, how did you do all this? Relying on a Spirit Artifact, or something else?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Takahashi Meisei's figure instantly disappeared from the spot. When she reappeared, she was already in front of Li Chenqiu.

Li Chenqiu raised his head, looking directly into Takahashi Meisei's eyes, "Whether I'm lying to you or not, you'll know if you make a phone call. Besides, you can also kill me directly, using my death to verify whether Takahashi Unso will die."

Takahashi Meisei was silent.

After a few seconds, Takahashi Meisei walked to the side with her cane, took out her phone from her pocket, swiped lightly on the screen with one hand, and then held it to her ear, waiting.

Soon, the call was connected.

Takahashi Meisei asked expressionlessly, "Has Unso been rescued?"

"Don't worry, he has been rescued," a rather steady male voice came from the other end of the phone.

Takahashi Meisei continued to ask, "Is there anything unusual about Unso?"

"Young Master Unso is fine, just a little hungry, now..."

Before the man could finish speaking, a shrill scream came from the other end of the phone, sending chills down one's spine!

At the same time, hundreds of miles away, under a lush tree.

"Ahhh!"

Huang Ping, playing the role of Takahashi Unso, suddenly fell to the ground, clutching his neck with both hands, rolling back and forth on the ground.

The middle-aged man who was talking to Takahashi Meisei immediately ran to Takahashi Unso, asking with a bewildered expression, "Young Master Unso, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"

Huang Ping ignored him because he couldn't understand what the other party was saying. He only knew that if someone called the person who rescued him, he had to pretend to be dying.

This was the master's order.

"This, this..."

The middle-aged man stood there helplessly.

"What's wrong? What's wrong over there?" Takahashi Meisei's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.

The middle-aged man picked up the phone, "I don't know, Young Master Unso suddenly grabbed his neck and rolled on the ground, looking a bit like... possessed?"

"Possessed?"

Huang Ping, who was rolling on the ground, heard the two of them start talking again, and then began to increase his efforts.

"Yamete!"

Huang Ping shouted the only Southern Union language he knew, and then, like a madman, tore at his clothes, slapped himself, and slammed his head against the tree beside him, letting out a heart-wrenching roar: "Yamete!!!"

"Young Master Unso, no! Please wake up!"

The middle-aged man no longer cared about Takahashi Meisei on the other end of the phone, and desperately hugged Takahashi Unso: "Young Master Unso, don't do this! If you kill yourself, I'll have to die too!"

"Yamete!!!"

Hundreds of miles away, Takahashi Meisei stood there with an ugly expression, constantly repeating the phrase "What's wrong with Unso?"

But all that responded to her were those three words - Yamete!

Takahashi Unso: (°ー°〃)

In less than half a minute, the middle-aged man finally freed up his hand and responded to Takahashi Meisei's question.

"Lord, Young Master Unso seems to be crazy, what should we do now!"

Takahashi Meisei's hand holding the cane trembled constantly. She turned to the side, her "eagle"-like sharp gaze locking onto Li Chenqiu.

Li Chenqiu asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Takahashi Meisei asked with a gloomy face, "What did you do to Takahashi Unso?"

Li Chenqiu revealed a bright smile, "Whatever you think I did, that's what I did."

"Hehe!" Takahashi Meisei lowered her voice, letting out a chilling laugh, "You've really led me by the nose!"

Li Chenqiu said as a matter of course, "To deal with insidious people like you, I naturally have to be even more insidious."

"Li Chenqiu, well done, Li Chenqiu, I really underestimated you." Takahashi Meisei suppressed her smile, "What do you want?"

"It's very simple, as long as you let us leave, I will naturally let Takahashi Unso off the hook," Li Chenqiu made a request that Takahashi Meisei could not possibly agree to.

Takahashi Meisei asked, "Do you think your words have any credibility with me?"

A hint of puzzlement flashed between Li Chenqiu's eyebrows, "Am I forcing you to believe me?"

Takahashi Meisei's face darkened, and she remained silent for a long time.

After a few seconds of silence.

"You can go, but he can't. If you insist on taking him away, I can only choose to kill you," Takahashi Meisei looked at Lu Xiancong.

Li Chenqiu bit his lip, putting on a very unwilling look.

He never intended to take Lu Xiancong away. The reason he didn't directly state his needs was because he was worried that being too direct would make the other party suspicious and guess that the thing Lu Xiancong was protecting had been taken away by him.

"Don't look at me like that, even if I agree to your request, do you think Lu Xiancong dares to leave?"

Saying that, Takahashi Meisei lifted the restrictions on Lu Xiancong and said, "Lu Xiancong, as long as you nod now, I will let you go."

"Uh, uh, uh..."

Lu Xiancong shook his head desperately.

"This..." Li Chenqiu's eyes were full of confusion.

Takahashi Meisei said coldly, "It's not that I won't let him go, it's that he doesn't want to leave. If you feel sorry for him, you can stay and accompany him."

Li Chenqiu lowered his head, hiding the upper half of his face in the shadows, and remained silent for a long time.

"Uh, uh, uh..."

Lu Xiancong nudged Li Chenqiu with his head, urging him to leave quickly.

Finally, Li Chenqiu raised his head, squeezing out the words from between his teeth, "Okay."

"Very good."

As soon as Takahashi Meisei finished speaking, Li Chenqiu felt his whole body relax, and the burning sensation between his eyebrows slowly faded away.

"Sorry, Professor Lu."

Li Chenqiu slowly squatted down, placing Lu Xiancong flat on the ground.

"Uh, uh."

A smile was forced onto Lu Xiancong's weathered face.

Li Chenqiu said in a heavy tone, gently patting Lu Xiancong's shoulder, "I'm sorry."

After saying that, Li Chenqiu got up and was about to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Takahashi Meisei's voice came from behind him.