Soul Trigger

Chapter 578 The Little Toys
"She didn't ask any more questions and just let you go?"

"Ah."

Film nodded:

"After learning that you were investigating El Salvador in order to retrieve the memories of the Wheel, she let me leave."

"So she really cares about me," Ji Li said with a smile. "But I'm curious, what are you going to do if she doesn't let you go?"

Film put down his teacup:
"Then I'll have to take a slight risk and leave first. Before we go to White Island, I'll take some time to teach this ignorant little girl a lesson..."

Due to Yuya Xun, the area where the White Island Consulate is located experienced some turmoil. Although it was quickly quelled by the Divine Dragon Vein, Tengjun sent Turtle Generals there. Now, the White Island Consulate is surrounded by Imperial Guards.

Clearly, Tengjun's behavior wasn't to guard against Yuya Xun, but rather to guard against something else within the consulate—

El Salvador.

Teng Jun is indeed very sensitive to that guy. When Ji Li came back just now, he also had another phone call with his father.

The other party stated that it was impossible to meet with El Salvador through official channels, as Teng Jun was directly responsible for visits to the White Island Consulate, and there were essentially no backdoors available.

Yuya Xun was able to be invited by Willard III today only with Teng Jun's approval.

Is this local tyrant's behavior truly to guard against El Salvador's "rage," or is he guarding against something else entirely?
Ji Li thought of the entrance to the other world in El Salvador's office, which was highly suspicious.

At this moment, Shu, who was lying on the sofa next to me watching a childish cartoon with great interest, suddenly turned her head:
Why did the green line suddenly become so much thicker...? And the other red line, which smells like burnt food, is also...?

Shu Benneng nervously tossed the remote control aside.

She didn't care about the existence corresponding to the endpoints of these lines that connected with Ji Li, because they wouldn't threaten her contract with Ji Li.

But she felt it was abnormal that her income suddenly surged at such a high frequency after just one trip.

Shu walked towards Ji Li and the other person:
"I want to join your conversation."

"I'm sorry, my Lord, but the topic has already been covered."

Ji Li pulled out her phone without looking up; it displayed a newly created contact.

【Crazy woman】.

……

After letting Felin leave, Yuya Xun turned to look in the direction of the consulate.

Sensing that her own emotions were gradually calming down and approaching normal, she knew that her battle with the Lonely King was over.

She turned around, and when she turned back again, a cascade of long, green hair flowed down her back.

Her once playful expression turned cold, and a faint darkness was fading from her left eye. Even her stylish shorts outfit had transformed into a loose kimono.

Body.

With a single glance from Kaoru Goku, a plainclothes ninja stepped forward:

"Master, what are your orders?"

Kaoru Yuuka grinned:

“I have a feeling this gathering will be very interesting, but this engagement is going to be much more complicated…”

The plainclothes ninja said in a deep voice:

"I understand. But what about Teng-jun..."

Kaoru looked at him strangely:
"You really think I came to Shulong just for those little games with Teng-jun?"

"This……"

She laughed heartily, then her expression turned cold as if her face had changed completely.

"Do you really think that the conditions that trashy idiot fantasized about are worthy of being compared to mine?"

Cold sweat trickled down the plainclothes ninja's forehead.

"I wouldn't dare, Lord Ji Li... He is naturally a priceless treasure of my Hellhound Clan."

"You're really good with words..."

Hell Fang smiled broadly and patted the ninja on the shoulder. Then he suddenly pulled him closer, his eyes flashing with a chaotic and violent eerie green light:

"It's my priceless treasure!"

"Ming...understand!"

Yuya released his grip and rubbed his neck as if nothing had happened.

“One toy, two toy… and maybe a third toy. Ah, a husband who is too charming is always a source of heartache. In that case… let the clan send over the ‘Tooth Mark Contract’.”

"what?"

The plainclothes ninja was startled, glanced around, and then lowered his voice:
"Master, this kind of thing..."

"Since it's an engagement, shouldn't it be a grand affair?"

Kaoru Gokuba wore a blissful expression:

"Also, as the woman, shouldn't I give some betrothal gifts? Oh dear, this is my first engagement in so many years, I'm really looking forward to it... What kind of gifts do you think I should prepare?"

The ninja thought for a long time, realizing he was just too afraid to reply, and after a while he finally said:

"...Ordinary and valuable items may not be enough to reflect Lord Ji Li's status and his position in your heart..."

"That's very true, in that case..."

A glint flashed in Kaoru's eyes:
"I really should have paid a visit to that Salvador guy earlier."

Plainclothes ninja:
“I’m sorry, Master, our itinerary to the White Island Consulate today does not include a meeting with El Salvador, and Teng-jun has not given his approval for it.”

Yuya Xun sneered: "This is a consulate, yet it's completely controlled by the local government... Is it because 'Rage' El Salvador is too dangerous, or does Teng-kun have other secrets?"

The plainclothes ninja remained silent.

Yuya Kaoru: "In that case, could you secretly contact him for me?"

“However, El Salvador was strictly forbidden by Tengjun from meeting with anyone before the gathering, and what just happened has resulted in so many Imperial Guards watching him, I'm afraid…”

“There’s a passage to the other world in his room.”

The plainclothes officer was taken aback:
"what?!"

"Just tell him about it."

Just as the plainclothes ninja was about to reply, the ringing of Hell Fang's cell phone silenced him immediately.

Upon seeing the caller ID, Kaoru Yuya's face lit up with a bright smile, and he answered immediately.
“Darling, I cried so hard when you died, and you're only calling me now…”

Drama queen. Ji Li ignored her:

"Do you know how difficult it is to get direct communication with the head of the Hellhound clan without you telling me?"

"So how did you obtain it?"

"Didn't you give the number to my 'little toy'?"

The giggling laughter of Yuya Xun reached her ears, along with Feilin's gaze.

Ji Li returned the look with his eyes:

Considering her previous wording, I can't exactly call you Film, can I?

When she went back and checked, good heavens, the Negative Film Witch had actually gotten involved. It seemed that Ji Li could forget about finding Salvado at the gathering; they would all be following Yu Ya Xun's madness.

Felin nodded and reached out to touch Shu's head, but the latter dodged away with a dismissive expression.

"Do not touch me."

The ears of the person opposite, Hell Fang, immediately perked up:

"Darling, who's speaking?"

"It's a small toy."

"A few small toys?"

"...I'd like to talk to you about the assembly day."

Are you trying to change the subject?

"About the engagement."

"Ah, that's really important! I've prepared a very lavish betrothal gift for you, so please don't refuse..."

This guy, is he really serious?

Ji Li had previously learned from his father that the Madwoman and Teng Jun had a conversation, and it seemed that they had reached some kind of consensus. It was this consensus that led Teng Jun to set up the engagement as a pretense and actively ask Ji Li to cooperate.

In their eyes, Yu Ya Xun's infatuation with Ji Li was irrational, so his purpose must be something else.

But Ji Li saw it clearly: the so-called other purposes were just a pretext to lure these people into letting her into the Dragon Tower; this guy was after her.

"Don't worry, I won't refuse."

The engagement seems simple on the surface, but there are three main underlying issues:
First, the deeper issues involved in the engagement ceremony, as mentioned by the young master, will create a strong spiritual and psychological connection between Yu Ya Xun and Ji Li.

From Ji Li's own perspective, his refusal of Yu Ya Xun's offer to stay at the Black Sun Mansion was because he saw through the other party's morbid possessiveness.

Although he wasn't afraid that the strong psychological connection with the soul would bring him any trouble, once such a connection was established, given the current relative power of the Madwoman, he might actually be happily controlled by this guy.

Secondly, even if he didn't care much about whether he would have a deep "connection" with Yuya Kaoru, getting engaged to Yuya Kaoru was a deal between Teng-kun and him.

Now that an entrance to the other world has been discovered in El Salvador's office, and Teng Jun's cautious attitude towards him inevitably raises suspicions, Ji Li cannot determine whether Teng Jun has planted a trap in the engagement.

One piece of advice is that the more someone wants you to do something, the less you should do it. For example, with an engagement right now, he'd better not actually get engaged.

Third, he would find it difficult to refuse the engagement.

Ignoring Tengjun's problem, Ji Li didn't like this local tyrant anyway.

But the eccentric woman isn't exactly a docile, submissive wife. If Ji Li were to say something like, "Let's just go through the motions," she might immediately retort with a question:

So you didn't want to get engaged to me?

Then they'll go berserk on the spot, and then Shendu will cause a ruckus.

The key is to get bogged down in the leads about El Salvador and Archduke Ludwig before considering anything else; otherwise, it will only increase costs.

So, first coax them, then...

Ji Li glanced at Shu, who was still watching cartoons beside her:

Evil people will be punished by evil people.

Although I don't know if this statement is correct, since Da Lei can't be mobilized, the only option is for Shu to come and steal the bride.

After all, didn't the people of Hongtu also propose a marriage alliance to Tengjun? So it's quite reasonable for Shulai to break the engagement, isn't it?
Ji Li had almost sorted things out in his mind, and he had also almost finished calming the crazy woman down:
"That's basically it. Also, Yan Xiyu will be there that day, along with other people. Don't make things difficult for her."

"Who is Yan Xiyu?" Yu Ya Xun feigned ignorance.

"You know who she is, so that's it."

"Okay, but what if I've already met your little toy?"

Ji Li frowned, instinctively sensing something was wrong:

"Yan Xiyu?"

"...After all, she's a little cat who's stolen some fish; how can we not teach her a lesson? But since we're about to become true soulmates, let her be with these little toys...don't you think?"

After hanging up the phone, Ji Li connected with Yan Xiyu:

"Did the Lord of Calamity come looking for you?"

Inside the residence of the Lonely King, red lightning crackled in Yan Xiyu's hand.

The red lightning was flashing wildly, gradually compressing:

"No."

Ji Li narrowed his eyes:
"you sure?"

"Well, no."

"She told me herself."

She's lying.

Ji Li: "..."

It seems that Cool Girl has gotten the short end of the stick.

However, with the Prince of Guling around, nothing bad will happen, and she should have made up her mind about it.

So Ji Li explained his plan to interrupt the engagement announcement at the gathering to Yan Xiyu, and pointed out the three key points.

Yan Xiyu's voice remained calm:

"Don't worry, she definitely won't be able to book it."

"...You don't need to cause any trouble. Before I make contact with El Salvador, don't create any unnecessary complications. Kaoru Yuya agrees with this."

"Okay, I'll hang up first."

Yan Xiyu hung up on Ji Li's call.

No matter what Ji Li says, I'm going to slap him now, that damn crazy bastard.

Yan Xiyu's mind raced, and his eyes narrowed—

The ever-compressing crimson lightning suddenly turned pitch black.

Sensing the change in his daughter behind him, the Lonely Prince, who was facing away from him—or rather, who was meditating—nodded slightly, with a hint of satisfaction.
"Ruzi can be taught."

Looking at the phone that Yan Xiyu had hung up on, Ji Li was somewhat confused.

Cool Girl was clearly not in a good mood, and it seemed to perfectly match his guess: that crazy woman Yu Ya Xun had definitely secretly contacted her.

If that's the case, then Shudo will have to glare at that guy a few times.

He understood that the madwoman's morbid possessiveness meant that she would definitely attack Yan Xiyu, or even try to kill him, if he wasn't around.

With the Lonely King around, the outcome won't be too bad, but Ji Li has to admit that no matter how the Madwoman approached Yan Xiyu, it was his oversight.

"Let's invite her to walk around Mirage University tomorrow, keep that guy company, and see if there are any lasting effects."

Back when Rabbit Girl first suffered a setback at the madwoman's place, she clung to Ji Li and cried her heart out.

……

On the other side, Yuya Xun, who had just hung up the phone, smiled and swayed as he walked into the back seat of his car.

Shortly after, the soundproof window for the front seat opened:

"Master, Salvador has personally replied."

Kaoru Goku briefly escaped from her imagined happiness:

Did he agree?

"He refused, and said..."

Kaoru's smile remains unchanged:
"What else can you say?"

"He also said... for your own good, don't get involved in the power struggle between the Grand Duke and Tengjun, otherwise..."

The plainclothes ninja swallowed hard.

"Otherwise what?"

"Otherwise... you will pay a price that will bring you endless regret..."

Instantly, Yu Ya Xun's mouth stretched into a wide grin, so wide that the roof of the car trembled with laughter:

"Interesting, this is so interesting..."

After laughing heartily for a while, she suddenly opened her eyes, and her cold gaze made the plainclothes ninja in front of her tremble.

"How long will it take for the Imperial Guard at the White Island Consulate to withdraw?"

"According to the internal historical records of Shulong, it can take anywhere from four days to a few hours."

With Tengjun's intervention, this matter will likely take five to six days, just before the day of the multi-country visit and gathering.

"If we act under the cover of the Divine Dragon Vein, how long will it take for the cluster of spiritual cores to respond and suppress me?"

The plainclothes ninja replied:

"In the absence of 'Moon Devourer', the cluster of spirit cores of the Shulong, namely the Shenzhou Dragon Vein, will respond instantly, and the Imperial Guards of the Forbidden City will also be alerted, just like what happened at the consulate today."

If you use 'Moon Devourer', you should have one and a half seconds.

Kaoru's smile was radiant:
"That's enough. Consider it a little surprise for Ji Li... no, it could also be a big surprise."

Ah, I'm already looking forward to that day; it's sure to be amazing...

(End of this chapter)