Book 6: Chapter 14: The Ancestor’s Favorite Is Luo Li?
Chen Heng had an incredibly practical trick in his arsenal—overwhelming opponents with his aura. If pushed to the extreme and combined with Spiritual Energy, it could cause an opponent’s heart to burst under the pressure in just seven steps—killing with just his aura.
However, Chen Heng didn’t go that far. After all, his goal wasn’t to create animosity with Tohsaka Rin. He simply wanted her to feel threatened enough to seek help from her group. It would improve Luo Li and Mo Qingtong’s chances of entering this world.
Yes, all this was part of Chen Heng’s scheme.
Through the Absolute Precognition, Chen Heng glimpsed the future and saw that Luo Li would soon arrive. Oddly, there was no sign of Mo Qingtong. He couldn’t quite pinpoint why.
Chen Heng felt Luo Li’s impending arrival more than he saw it because Luo Li, bolstered by the Re:Life Chat Group, the system, and the Primal Chaos Bell gifted by the Chen Clan ancestor, was like a layer of fog when observed with the Absolute Precognition. However, this foggy sensation confirmed for Chen Heng that Luo Li would definitely arrive.
Chen Heng concluded that Mo Qingtong wouldn’t come. With Chen Heng’s Absolute Precognition being awakened twice by the Dimension Administrators Association, he could glean bits of Mo Qingtong’s future.
From this, it was clear his ancestor had a strong fondness for Luo Li.
Chen Heng didn’t believe that his ancestor would be ignorant of Mo Qingtong’s existence. Despite Jeanne d’Arc, Luo Li, and Sirin all being present, his ancestor gave a gift to only Luo Li. Wasn’t the meaning of that quite clear?
Chen Heng had two options for bringing Luo Li into this world. The first was to negotiate with Tohsaka Rin, trading his Servant summoning slot to get her to approve Luo Li’s transmigration request.
However, that would mean handing over control to Tohsaka Rin, letting her decide the method and choose for herself. Chen Heng didn’t like that idea or the feeling of losing control.
The second option was to intimidate Tohsaka Rin enough to make her seek help from her group members, thereby summoning Luo Li to this world.
This was Chen Heng’s choice, which he made only after confirming through his Absolute Precognition that Luo Li would be the one to come to Tohsaka Rin’s aid. If his Absolute Precognition failed and Luo Li wasn’t the one who came, no harm done. After all, Chen Heng was a member of the Dimension Administrators Association and could stop anyone from randomly crossing into other worlds and send them back home.
All he had to do was relinquish his Servant summoning slot to Tohsaka Rin afterward. She would forgive him for that, wouldn’t she?
“Hey, Tohsaka Rin, do you believe I can make your summoned reinforcement kneel and submit?” Chen Heng whispered into her ear, standing less than half a meter away.
“I won’t believe it, even if it kills me,” Tohsaka Rin retorted, despite the tremendous pressure from Chen Heng. She had faced Aizen before and experienced firsthand the immense pressure he could exert. How formidable would Time Witch—deemed a significant threat by Aizen—be? Tohsaka Rin couldn’t imagine it.
Tohsaka Rin acknowledged that the Heroic Spirit in front of her was incredibly powerful, possessing the arguably cheat-like ability of the Absolute Precognition. He could even predict that someone would come to her aid.
However, remember, being a Servant has its limits, so I will never be a Servant… Sorry, wrong script.
…Three, two, one! Tohsaka Rin mentally counted down the last three seconds in her heart while looking at Chen Heng.
Just as her countdown ended, a person appeared behind Chen Heng, while he seemed utterly oblivious.
The Absolute Precognition that this Servant mentioned doesn’t seem as formidable as he claimed, at least not in predicting the appearance of my reinforcement.
Is this a result of the ability being weakened after the Heroic Spirit was demoted to a Servant?
Tohsaka Rin hadn’t been able to figure out the true name of the Heroic Spirit in front of her. Despite having the iconic ability of the Absolute Precognition, she couldn’t think of any sage or prophet with such an atrocious character, attacking a child with no regard for a hero’s dignity.
However, all that didn’t matter. Tohsaka Rin watched as the person behind Chen Heng extended a hand towards him, still unnoticed by Chen Heng.
Time Witch didn’t look as mature as Tohsaka Rin had imagined; rather, she appeared to be a girl of fifteen or sixteen. But this didn’t tarnish Luo Li’s grand image in Tohsaka Rin’s mind.
Getting closer, even closer… Good. Then Time Witch hugged… Wait, hugged? What the hell?
In Tohsaka Rin’s mind, Time Witch would either stab the Servant or seal him off with some ability. But none of that happened. Instead, Time Witch just hugged him.
Time Witch is not an idiot, right? Your enemy is right in front of you; why hug him? Stab him! Stab him!
Tohsaka Rin wasn’t the only one who thought so; the Re:Life Chat Group members watching the livestream thought the same.
“Hey, Little Li, Tohsaka Rin is thinking, ‘Are you an idiot?’ Want to teach her a lesson?”
“Don’t mind her. It’s been a while, Elder Brother Heng.”
“Oh, you’re very clever with your ‘It’s been a while,’ even though we parted just an hour ago, or perhaps even less,” mused Chen Heng, confident that his memory wasn’t failing him.
“In China, we have a saying, a day apart feels like three years. A day is 24 hours, and 24 hours equates to three years. So, we haven’t seen each other for 45.625 days. Isn’t that a long time?”
Little Li, do you know you’ve twisted your logic to the extreme? Is this how you calculate time?
Of course, these thoughts were only in Chen Heng’s mind. If he actually voiced them, they might hurt her feelings.
However, what she said weren’t words a detached person would say. So, Little Sister, are you giving up your detached persona? Are you going full yandere?
“You, you guys…” Chen Heng and Luo Li’s nonchalant display of intimacy startled Tohsaka Rin. It was clear they knew each other, and their relationship seemed to go beyond friendship. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be so intimate.
Did I make a mistake in calling for help?
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