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After taking one last look at Azar's pitiful state, Luo Qing exited the dreamscape.
He had to admit, Azar's current appearance was a bit too much, even for him.
The night was still young. After setting up several more nightmare scenarios for Azar—things like never-ending bureaucracy or customer service hell—Luo Qing decided to leave the Grand Sage's dream alone for now.
Instead, he turned his attention to another task. With a thought, he retrieved one of the Interstellar Flush Toilets from his inventory.
Thanks to the two Toilet Stabilizers he had drawn earlier, he could now set up a stable teleportation system between two points. One toilet would go here in Sumeru, and another could be placed elsewhere. This would save him from the randomness of past teleports, where he'd ended up in places entirely by chance.
After some consideration, Luo Qing decided to use this opportunity to create a new teleport route. His strength had reached the level of a god, and with his Mind Control and Temporal Zero, he figured even if he teleported into Raiden Shogun's Plane of Euthymia, he'd be able to escape unscathed.
With that in mind, he sighed deeply, attached a stabilizer to the toilet, and reluctantly sat down.
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A loud flushing sound echoed through the quiet of the Sacred Tree.
Moments later, Luo Qing's vision twisted and warped before finally settling.
When his surroundings came into focus, he found himself under a crimson moon, surrounded by crumbling torii gates.
"Seriously? My luck is this bad?" Luo Qing muttered under his breath, already reaching for the flush handle to teleport away again.
But before he could move, a blade appeared at his throat, its cold edge pressed firmly against his skin.
The unspoken question was clear: Do you dare to move?
"Luo Qing..."
A mature yet soft voice came from behind him, tinged with a hint of surprise and... joy?
"..."
Turning his head cautiously, Luo Qing found himself face-to-face with Raiden Shogun. Her violet eyes glimmered with shock as she stared at him.
Her face was nearly identical to Makoto's, though the contrast in demeanor made him pause—likely because he had seen Makoto in far less clothing before.
"Ahaha... Long time no see, Shogun..." Luo Qing's expression was awkward as he tried to think of a way out.
Before he could finish his sentence, the Raiden Shogun sheathed her sword and threw herself into his arms, holding him tightly.
"S-Shogun..." Luo Qing stammered, startled by her sudden intimacy. He instinctively tried to push her away.
Her affection wasn't something he had earned naturally; it was the result of the Affinity Boost Cards he had used earlier. Those things had a notorious tendency to spiral into yandere territory if mishandled—something Luo Qing had learned the hard way.
Even as she clung to him, her love and doting demeanor, he couldn't help but remain wary.
If this affection went unchecked, would she decide to kill him out of jealousy someday?
"Shogun, please..." Luo Qing tried to reason with her.
But the Raiden Shogun was like a koala, latched onto him tightly and completely unyielding. Her body was soft and warm, but Luo Qing knew he couldn't afford to indulge. Not now.
"Luo Qing, did you come here just to see me?" Her voice was gentle, devoid of her usual icy demeanor.
For a moment, Luo Qing felt like he was facing a lonely wife, waiting patiently for her husband to return after a long absence.
"Uh, well..." Luo Qing hesitated.
"Shogun, I just got lost, that's all. Please, let me leave peacefully..."
The air around them grew noticeably colder.
Glancing down, Luo Qing saw Raiden Shogun looking up at him with hollow eyes, a faint trace of killing intent in her expression.
"..."
Crap, is she going yandere?!
"Of course, I also wanted to check on you while I was here," he quickly added.
Immediately, the tension in the air softened. The Shogun lowered her gaze and rested her head against his chest, her tone warm and indulgent.
"Luo Qing, the fault lies with me for what happened before. Please don't stay angry at me... and don't leave me again, okay?"
"..."
Luo Qing was dumbfounded.
When had Raiden Shogun become so... girly?
Even before she had stabbed him that one time, she was never this affectionate or gentle.
Curious, Luo Qing opened her character profile screen.
To his surprise, her Affinity value had risen to 89—just one point shy of 90, the threshold for becoming a couple.
What the hell? Affinity can increase on its own?!
He hadn't done anything to warrant this jump.
Then it hit him. He'd heard before that when people couldn't obtain something they deeply desired, their minds sometimes idealized that person, turning them into an irreplaceable figure—a kind of perfect, unattainable fantasy.
Could this be what had happened to Raiden Shogun?
To confirm, Luo Qing checked the profile for Ei, the original Raiden, only to find that her Affinity had remained unchanged.
So it's just the Shogun...
As Luo Qing pondered this, the Shogun began to trace her hands over him, her eyes sparkling with affection.
Crap...
"Shogun, calm down—"
"I am calm."
"..."
"If you keep this up, Ei will notice."
"Don't worry. I've severed our shared perception. She won't know what happens here in the Plane of Euthymia."
"..."
Luo Qing was at a loss for words.
The Shogun's beauty rivaled Makoto and Ei's, but there was a dangerous edge to her allure that made Luo Qing hesitate.
When he looked down, he noticed her eyes had turned into heart shapes, glowing faintly.
This was bad.
"Luo Qing... I... I need you..."
"Shogun, please don't pull my pants..."
"This outfit looks expensive. Don't tear it..."
They said women became insatiable after marriage, but this? They weren't even married yet, and her hunger was already terrifying.
And she was a puppet—she wouldn't get tired.
It took every ounce of Luo Qing's strength to push the Raiden Shogun off of him.
It wasn't that he didn't want to give in, but he couldn't predict how far her yandere tendencies would go if he did.
What if she found out he was with another woman someday and decided to behead him in a fit of jealousy?
Until he was certain he could fully subdue both the Shogun and Ei, Luo Qing couldn't afford to make a reckless move.
He wasn't ready to gamble with his life.
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