Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 423 Who is the Devil?
"Wow!"

At Mochou Lake in Jinling, looking at the stone pagoda in the distance, Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi exclaimed together, "It looks quite magnificent."

Gu Zhao nodded, saying indifferently, "It's alright."

Jiang Shishi linked arms with Gu Zhao, "Why didn't you go?"

Gu Zhao smiled and said, "Because I really enjoy shopping with you guys."

Jiang Shishi and Xiao Ya were deeply moved. Xiao Ya nodded repeatedly and also took Gu Zhao's hand, which made Eileen, who was not far away, roll her eyes.

You like going shopping with your girlfriend? Guess if I believe you?
In fact, Gu Zhao wasn't lying. Normally, he stayed on the mountain in the other world, where it was ancient, quiet, and peaceful. But when he came to the modern world, he naturally wanted to change things up and experience the hustle and bustle.

Going shopping with two girlfriends satisfies both the external environmental conditions and the need for closeness and affection—isn't that a win-win situation?
This time was no different. When Daoist Shenhao brought the Bahong Yiyu Pagoda back to Mochou Lake, the whole country was shocked and tourists flocked to the area. Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi happened to be there because the band was on holiday and Gu Zhao had just come out of seclusion, so they naturally had to join in the fun.

One of Eileen's missions in Tianxia was to become friends with Xiao Ya. Now that she also knows Gu Zhao's strength, the opportunity to travel together is quite rare, so she naturally followed along eagerly.

But the sweet and sour smell from the three people opposite her still made her unable to control her expression. After all, she wasn't a professional agent.

Eileen really wanted to ask Gu Zhao and Daoist Shen Hao who was more powerful, but after thinking about it, she didn't dare. Instead, she leaned closer and asked, "Aren't you at all concerned about the protests in Yinggao's country?"

Gu Zhao looked at Eileen as if she were an idiot. "Isn't this great?"

"What's so good?" Eileen asked.

Jiang Shishi laughed and said, "The protests by the Cherry Blossom People are putting pressure on their system. If their system can't hold up, we'll be overjoyed, not worried."

Xiao Ya said softly, "Confucius said: 'Even a feud spanning ten generations can be avenged!'"

Eileen couldn't help but swallow hard, slightly alarmed. Xiao Ya was usually quiet and reserved, seemingly uninterested in worldly affairs; she never expected her to say such terrifying things.

But thinking about what they had just seen in the memorial, Eileen couldn't help but grit her teeth. "They were truly beasts."

"Bagya Road!"

Just then, a deep, angry shout reached their ears. The surrounding crowd twitched their ears and quickly moved a few steps away, leaving the group of five tourists standing in the middle.

This group of tourists consisted of an elderly couple, a middle-aged couple, and a little girl who looked to be around ten years old.

At this moment, the elderly couple, though slightly distressed, remained silent. It was the middle-aged man who spoke, his face full of anger, muttering in a foreign language.

Then he was interrupted by the old man, who pointed in the direction of the memorial hall and reprimanded him with a serious expression.

However, the middle-aged man was not convinced and continued to argue.

The crowd kept their distance; some ignored it and left, some watched from afar, and some who understood the local dialect enthusiastically translated for everyone.

"The young man said that the Tianxia people were plundering and seizing by force, and were extremely shameless."

"The older folks say that it was the Cherry Blossom people who plundered and seized the stone base of that tower, which was made from the stone they stole from Tianxia back then."

"The older folks say that Cherry Blossom committed a crime in this city back then."

"The young man said that the Tianxia people are lying and that no massacre happened here at all. I swear to God!"

"The young people say this is Tianxia's hate education, slandering Yinggao. Yinggao and Tianxia were gentlemen's war back then. If it weren't for the US intervening, Yinggao could have unified Tianxia. Everyone speaks Yinggao language."

"Does this guy want to die?" someone started rolling up their sleeves.

"No, that old man is quite sensible; his tone is getting increasingly stern." Another person pulled the other back.

"The older folks said that it was Yinggao who changed history, so I brought their whole family to Nanjing for a trip to show them the evidence and prevent them from being brainwashed by Yinggao's system."

"Huh? It's rare to see a reasonable person like this." "Didn't an old man from the Cherry Blossom Clan come to apologize a while ago? The older you are, the more you know the truth. Miyazaki Hayao and Fujimoto Hiroshi are both leftists."

"It's a pity they know it's useless; young people these days don't listen!"

"Decades of continuous education and over 90% of the polls show hostility, but it's too late."

"Great, speed it up."

A group of onlookers listened to the translator's explanation and pointed with great interest. Their gazes toward the old man were relatively kind, but their eyes were full of contempt when they looked at the middle-aged man.

Yes, not resentment, but contempt, even with a touch of sympathy.

"Originally, there was a wise and discerning Lao Tzu, but unfortunately, he didn't cherish him and was fooled like a fool."

"The old man is so old, yet he still has to worry about his foolish son. He brought him to Nanjing for education, hoping to bring him back. Unfortunately, his good intentions were wasted."

"Haha, if you don't educate your son when he's young, isn't it too late now that he's over forty?"

"Old people are shrewd and clever; the old man may have sensed something amiss."

"Will it be the sixth-generation fighter jet taking to the skies? Or the Type 003 destroyer being launched?"

"Actually, he doesn't need to worry so much. Once the US retreats to the eastern Pacific and China launches ten more aircraft carriers, Japan will usher in lasting peace, and there may not be any deaths."

"You said it yourself, it's not certain, what if?"

"In case... then it can only be considered that they were unlucky."

"Um...actually, I still hope for a scenario where Citibank refuses to accept defeat and Sakura takes a desperate gamble."

The old man and the middle-aged man quickly noticed the unusual situation around them, stopped arguing, and prepared to leave. However, they had only taken two steps when they were blocked by two young men speaking a local dialect.

"The two of them are criticizing the older one."

The people on the other end were speaking quite loudly, perhaps because they thought most people couldn't understand what they were saying.

"They said that Tianxia was a Weimar weaponry back then, while Yinggao was the righteous side, working with the US to end the Pacific War and facing Weimar, the Soviet Union, and Tianxia together..."

"Yinggao ended the war in Tianxia out of humanitarian spirit, but now Tianxia is turning the tables on them."

"They say that Cherry Blossom will come back here sooner or later and take this stone tower back with her."

"What the hell..."

Without needing a translator to speak further, the onlookers began shouting and cursing. The two young men, seeing this, became somewhat frightened and hurriedly turned and ran away.

Jiang Shishi crossed her arms and said, "We're still too magnanimous. I really want to go up there and beat them up!"

Eileen looked at Gu Zhao, "Aren't you going to make a move?"

Gu Zhao said calmly, "I have already made my move."

“Starting today, every night they will dream of a fellow Nanjing native who recounts his past experiences, and then he will turn into a vengeful ghost to take their lives, which will continue for about eight hundred years.”

Gu Zhao took the bottled water Xiao Ya handed him, took a sip, and said indifferently, "I hope they can hold on a little longer."

Eileen's eyes widened. "Are you a devil?"

“No.” Xiao Ya took back the water bottle, took a sip herself, and said quietly, “They are the devils.”

(End of this chapter)