I simultaneously traverse countless worlds

Although that's what she said, Asagi Aiba herself knew that a woman who couldn't bear to divorce her husband, who hadn't even looked at her once in two years, would have chosen to divorce long ago if she wanted to. Why would she wait for a third party to come along?

Lan Yuxian felt helpless in the face of her rebellious daughter, especially since she might become her boss's wife in the future.

Lan Yuxianzhai can only console herself now, hoping that this girl will be more sensible when she grows up!

However, after Asagi Lanyu brought up the matter of treating her mother, Sensai Lanyu couldn't help but get his mind started working. It wasn't that he hadn't tried to treat his wife before; in fact, settling down on Itogami Island was an important part of seeking treatment.

After all, in the eyes of people all over the world, Itogami Island was a large demon special zone that gathered the most advanced medical technology. There were also superhumans and demons from various countries. The new technologies they occasionally developed were very powerful. For example, the most advanced medical technology was obtained from some research projects. One of the important reasons why Lan Yu Xianzhai gave up his development in Japan and went to Itogami Island was to find a way to cure his wife's terminal illness.

Unfortunately, many incurable diseases in the world of Bloodthirsty Strike are equally difficult to treat. Lan Yuxianzhai's own wife had already been diagnosed by numerous experts and professors, and even went to great lengths to find connections with superhumans who had the ability to treat her. The result was that all of them sentenced Lan Yuxianzhai's wife to death.

However, among those experts, professors, and extraordinary individuals in the past, there were absolutely no top-tier human extraordinary individuals, let alone vampire progenitors who stood at the pinnacle of the world. Thinking of this, Lan Yu Xian Zhai almost couldn't help but ask Li Mo...

"Didn't you say before that you could solve things that ordinary people can't?"

Before Lan Yuxianzhai could speak, Lan Yuqiancong looked at Li Mo very seriously, her beautiful eyes were very firm, and her tone carried a hint of pleading.

When he saw his daughter take the initiative to speak, Lan Yuxian opened his mouth, but in the end he sighed and didn't say anything. It was better for his youngest daughter to step in on this kind of thing. After all, they were two people who had feelings for each other, and he, an old man, shouldn't make things difficult for them!

"I did say that, but..."

Before Li Mo could finish speaking, Lan Yuqian interrupted, "I will try to talk to Mom. I just want her to live a good life!"

Ignoring Li Mo's helpless expression, Lan Yuxianzhai was stunned when he heard this. But after regaining his senses, he felt both heartache and helplessness. If his wife didn't have this terminal illness, his relationship with his youngest daughter probably wouldn't have become so strained.

"Asagi, stop fooling around!"

Lan Yuxian could no longer contain herself and stopped her youngest daughter's reckless behavior, saying helplessly, "Your mother won't agree..."

After all, how could a daughter, having found a boyfriend, reluctantly recommend him to be her stepfather?

This plot is so frustrating! Lan Yuxianzhai felt her mind was about to break down. Li Mo was also having a headache. As for Nangong Nayue, she was just watching the show from the sidelines.

"I've already said it, as long as my mother is alive, nothing else matters, understand?"

Upon hearing her father's words, Asagi Aiba's anger surged, and she shouted back.

Lan Yuxianzhai was equally furious at his daughter's angry words. He wasn't some easy-going person who could hold his temper, and his youngest daughter's repeated slaps in the face really made him angry, and he wanted to give her a good scolding.

However, just as Lan Yuxianzhai was about to say something, Li Mo said solemnly, "Please pause for a moment and allow me to finish speaking..."

As soon as Li Mo spoke, the father and daughter, who were about to explode and start arguing, were immediately jolted and calmed down. Then they looked at each other and then at Li Mo, wanting to know what he was going to say.

"Hey, Asagi-chan, don't you have any other way to save people besides the Embrace of the True Ancestors?"

Looking at Lan Yuqian's adorable puffed-out cheeks, Li Mo smiled and said.

Upon hearing this, Asagi Lanyu was taken aback for a moment, then she asked Li Mo with delight, "Is there really another way?"

"Yes! I have other means to save or even give a human a new life without converting a vampire into a newborn!"

Li Mo seemed quite confident in this regard. He paused slightly, then looked at Lan Yuqiancong with a half-smile and said, "After all, I'd much rather be a son-in-law than a stepfather coming to live with us..."

Upon hearing Li Mo's teasing remark, Lan Yuqianci remembered her own words and her face flushed red. She opened her mouth, but was too shy to speak for a moment.

Just then, a muffled thud was heard. Upon hearing the news, Lan Yuxianzhai immediately knelt on the ground in a dogeza (a traditional Japanese Buddhist posture) and solemnly pleaded with Li Mo, "My wife, please, Your Majesty, lend a helping hand! I beg you!"

Seeing Lan Yuxianzhai kneeling and pleading so humbly, Lan Yuqiancong opened her mouth, but could no longer utter a word. From childhood to adulthood, this was the first time she had ever seen her father, Lan Yuxianzhai, so subservient, begging Li Mo to rescue his wife, not the cold-hearted person Lan Yuqiancong had imagined.

Otherwise, in Lan Yu Qiancong's opinion, if her father, Lan Yu Xianzhai, were truly cold-hearted, he wouldn't have knelt down and begged for mercy in front of Li Mo. Even though there's a saying in Japan that "a man's knees are worth gold," and even though dogeza (a form of prostration) is considered the ultimate apology, the fact that her father, Lan Yu Xianzhai, was willing to kneel down and beg for mercy for his wife, instead of having his youngest daughter, Lan Yu Qiancong, do it, shows that he truly loves his wife.

In a sense, Asagi Lan Yu guessed her father's thoughts. He and his wife were truly in love. Asagi Lan Yu thought her father was cold-hearted, but she didn't realize that her father would secretly visit his wife in the hospital and shed tears while talking about her. However, on the surface, as the leader of the opposition party, the Lan Yu faction, Lan Yu Xianzhai could not possibly show any signs of weakness.

However, Li Mo didn't directly state that having the father and daughter, or even Lan Yuqiancong's mother, handle many matters was the best approach. He simply waved his hand to help Lan Yuxianzhai up and then spoke directly:

"No need for such a request. Which hospital is Madam in? Asagi, please lead the way!"

Chapter 42 The Girl’s Thoughts

Shortly after, Li Mo and his group arrived at the best hospital on Itogami Island. Lan Yu Xian Zhai, who was not short of money and had considerable influence on Itogami Island, arranged for his wife to stay in the best private ward, with nurses on duty 24 hours a day to take care of her.

Seeing that Lan Yuxianzhai's wife, who was already emaciated but still showed signs of being a beauty, Li Mo did not disappoint Lan Yuxianzhai and Lan Yuqiancong's expectant eyes. After a brief examination, he recognized that she was actually suffering from a special symptom of gradually losing her life force, and that she had also been infected with some extraordinary elements. Therefore, ordinary treatments and even extraordinary medical treatments were ineffective for her.

Judging from the power of Lan Yu Xian Zhai, at most they could only invite a high-level transcendent to take a look. Considering that the proportion of transcendents who possess medical skills is not high, it would be good if a mid-level transcendent could come and take a look. Naturally, they would not be able to solve this thorny problem of the gradual loss of life force. However, in Li Mo's eyes, there are no less than ten ways to solve this symptom of ordinary people's life force inexplicably disappearing, without even considering the possibility of turning the other party into a vampire.

To put it simply, Li Mo, who has mastered dozens of different worlds, including some high-energy worlds, has already exceeded the limits of ordinary people's imagination in terms of the types of extraordinary powers he has mastered. Among them, there are many methods that can directly replenish life force, and there are even a few methods that ordinary people or low-level extraordinary beings can use. Moreover, Li Mo is now a powerful immortal who also cultivates martial arts, so there is no threshold for him to use rescue methods.

Especially for the people of the Bloodthirsty world, even if Li Mo, the "Fourth True Ancestor," uses any rescue methods, no one will feel that there is anything wrong with it. After all, compared with the "Fourth True Ancestor" who stands at the pinnacle of extraordinary power, no one can have any doubts about this.

In less than half an hour, Li Mo resolved the patient's problem and even restored her to her best condition. Without even looking at the scene of Lan Yuxianzhai and Lan Yuqiancong hugging each other and crying, he walked out of the ward first!

………………

"Thanks……"

A dozen minutes later, Lan Yu Qiancong, who had clearly tidied herself up, quietly walked out of the special care ward and sat down next to Li Mo, speaking in a very sincere tone.

"Does our relationship even require the word 'thank you'?"

Upon hearing Asagi's heartfelt thanks, Li Mo naturally closed the distance and handed her a bottle of juice he had bought. His friendly and caring attitude touched Asagi, who had transformed into a blonde beauty.

Lan Yuqian naturally knew that her mother had just recovered. Although Li Mo seemed very relaxed and at ease, just by looking at the doctors and nurses watching, whose eyes were almost popping out, she knew that this was definitely not something an ordinary person could do. Considering the other party's status as the "Fourth True Ancestor", she didn't even know how she could have persuaded a vampire True Ancestor to take action if she hadn't happened to know him and he seemed to be interested in her.

Of course, Asagi already knew that she and Li Mo might have a closer relationship. Having only met twice in a few days, she felt a little shy when she looked at Li Mo, but she did not refuse but acquiesced!

"...Do you know what? Just now, my old man was hugging my mom's leg and crying, and it sounded really awful!"

After a long silence, as she drank the juice Li Mo handed her, feeling somewhat calmer, Lan Yu Qiancong sighed and said to the man beside her, "I only just found out that every time my sister and I weren't at the hospital, that man would run to Mom's and cry like a fool. No wonder he never dared to come with us; he was afraid of crying out loud and embarrassing himself in front of my sister and me!"

As she said these words, Lan Yuqian had a slight smile on her lips. She used to really think that her father was the kind of cold-hearted guy who never went to the hospital, except for the occasional visits from her and her sister to their mother.

This is the key reason for the conflict between Lan Yu Qiancong and her father, Lan Yu Xianzhai. Even Lan Yu Qiancong's older sister was unaware of it. For example, every time Lan Yu Xianzhai went to the hospital to visit his wife, he kept it a secret from his family and other members of the [Lan Yu Faction]. The reason is that as the leader of an opposition faction, he cannot show a weak side in front of others, otherwise Lan Yu Xianzhai will have difficulty controlling his subordinates in the future.

Lan Yuqiancong was unaware of the situation beforehand. While Lan Yuxianzhai might have known about her complaints to her mother, he was a strict father to his two daughters. It would have been extremely difficult for him to patiently explain things to them. Moreover, with his wife critically ill and himself needing to maintain order within the Lan Yu faction, he had even less intention of having a proper heart-to-heart talk with his daughters. This is where the conflict between them got stuck.

If it were the original storyline of Strike the Blood, Lan Yu Xianzhai's wife would eventually pass away from illness, and Lan Yu Qiancong's relationship with her father would become very strained, which remained so until the beginning of the story. However, now that Li Mo has intervened, Lan Yu Qiancong realizes that her father and mother actually have a very good relationship, and with her mother having recovered completely, her mood has improved significantly.

Right now, Li Mo's conversation with Lan Yu Qiancong is making the girl even more infatuated with Li Mo. She unconsciously leans her body against Li Mo, while Li Mo puts his arm around the girl's waist but does nothing further!

"Hey, Asagi, are you feeling conflicted, like you're trying to repay a debt of gratitude but also feeling shy?"

After chatting with Asagi for a while, and seeing that the girl's emotions had calmed down, Li Mo gently teased her. He knew that she must be feeling quite unsettled right now, and he was willing to patiently give her some time to think things through.

"I feel like I've been taken advantage of!"

Hearing Li Mo's teasing remark, Lan Yu Qiancong said with slight dissatisfaction, "Judging from your words, you've obviously been in contact with a lot of girls. You must have a close relationship with Teacher Yue..."

"Uh, I can't refute that!"

Faced with Lan Yuqian's dissatisfaction, Li Mo nodded without refuting, or rather, he couldn't refute it at all. Li Mo disdained to deceive a young girl, and besides, Lan Yuqian had long been regarded as one of his own, so she would find out about the situation sooner or later.

"So, a man like you needs to be punished..."

Seeing that Li Mo had admitted it, Lan Yu Qiancong's voice was extremely close, almost right next to Li Mo's ear. Then he felt a wetness on his face, turned his head, and saw that Lan Yu Qiancong had already left the chair, looked at him, and ran towards the corridor.

"This is the interest I paid. I'll give you the rest when I've decided on it!"

Without hesitation, she waved goodbye, her pretty face flushed like a red apple. Asagi turned back after leaving the corridor, waving one last time and saying, "Keep in touch, my future Your Majesty..."

Well, Asagi was too shy to continue, and fled the hospital like a lively little deer. Li Mo did not stop her, waved in response and said he understood, and then watched the shy girl leave.

Watching the blonde beauty leave, Li Mo touched his face and couldn't help but chuckle. It wasn't that Lan Yu Qiancong was actually too young, making Li Mo think he could raise her for a couple of years first; otherwise, making a move on a girl who had just started middle school would feel like his moral compass was plummeting. He felt he could still maintain a semblance of decency.

As for Li Mo, he didn't do much at the moment. He casually drank the other bottle of juice he had just bought in one gulp and then disappeared from the hospital in an instant, returning straight to the [Keystone Gate]!

……

"Hey, the guy who deceived the pure feelings of young girls, you're back now?"

When Nangong Nayue saw Li Mo appear again, she was a little jealous. Her pretty face practically screamed "I'm not happy," clearly showing her dissatisfaction with Li Mo.

"Tsk tsk, is Tsuki-chan angry? Don't worry, I didn't lie to Asagi, and I haven't forgotten you~!"

Seeing Nangong Nayue being a bit temperamental, Li Mo knew it was time to appease her, so he immediately put his arm around the waist of the black-haired beauty, kissing her as he soothed her, saying, "Besides, I'm going to help rescue people, not to have a romantic relationship with Xiaoqiancong. We should wait at least two years..."

Well, Li Mo's thoughts were laid bare. He naturally felt that Lan Yu Qian Cong was still a bit too immature, and it would be too much of a jerk to make a move on her. Moreover, if they cultivated their relationship for two years before getting together, it would be a natural and wonderful thing.

Upon hearing Li Mo's words, Nangong Nayue rolled her beautiful eyes, but she really didn't know what to say. After all, she knew that if her man couldn't win an argument, he would resort to force. Given that she and Xian Dumu Aye were easily suppressed by this scoundrel, it would be a very disadvantageous situation if no one else came to help. After thinking about it, she decided to acquiesce to the situation.

Anyway, as the emperor of the Night Empire, it would be a joke for Li Mo to say that he only has one or two women. Even men who have achieved some success in Japan, unless they are truly devoted lovers, may have more than one mistress. Nangong Nayue and Xian Dumu Aye have no objections. At most, they will occasionally throw a little tantrum at Li Mo.

However, Li Mo was living a very carefree life. He was also spending his energy on integrating Itogami Island, especially consolidating the island's overt forces, and incidentally expanding his own power!

Chapter 43 Integration and Tranquility

Although Itogami Island may not seem very large, with a population of only over 500,000, it is actually a mixed bag. It is safe to say that it is full of spies and agents from various forces, and the large companies that have settled on Itogami Island are not to be underestimated.

Looking at the entire Strike the Blood world, those capable of investing heavily in scientific research projects in the Demon Zone are all large Japanese companies or international conglomerates. To say that they value a Demon Zone is less accurate than saying that they are using the name of the Demon Zone to conduct some borderline or even obviously prohibited research projects in various countries, such as certain taboo research projects targeting demons and humans.

You said that the rules of Itogami Island do not allow this type of research?

Haha, I'm afraid the person who said that is being far too naive. Do they really think that just because it's forbidden, no one will conduct this kind of research? In reality, there are quite a few cases of various forces and even countries conducting all sorts of forbidden research in private.

Especially in war-torn regions or terrorist organizations, forbidden research is really nothing new. It's just that the madmen in those places always make big news. Even if they achieve some eye-opening results, the success rate is too low, or even suicidal, so other countries or forces consider it useless. At most, they collect it occasionally and treat these thorny things as secret knowledge.

For example, among the extraordinary criminals in the [Prison Barrier], there was a fire spirit wielder who was almost at the level of a vampire elder. He came from a terrorist organization and used himself as a test subject for modification. Unfortunately, apart from him, there were no other successful cases. Even when Li Mo used the [Seed of Extraordinary] to control him, he could only lament that this was a human modification that was purely a gamble on luck. Normal people would not consider such an experimental project with a failure rate of over 99%. It was a path to suicide.

Especially for large companies or multinational corporations, very few of them have the ability to cultivate black gloves and recklessly conduct all kinds of forbidden experiments. For example, most of the research on demons conducted by investing in Itogami Island is still regulated and is considered a legal research project. A few research projects that Itogami Island does not allow on the surface are carried out in private or even secretly.

The management of Itogami Island was not entirely unaware of this, but those who benefited from it would not openly expose it, while ordinary people were completely unaware of the secrets involved. Moreover, those forbidden research projects were mostly conducted by secretly capturing homeless people.

Otherwise, the Erasure Block of Itogami Island wouldn't always be full of people. Whether you're a demon or a human, it's not easy to come to Itogami Island and become a citizen... At least Itogami Island won't allow demons with criminal records to apply for citizenship, and very few ordinary people who want to work or make their way in Itogami Island can get citizenship certification.

Under these circumstances, Itogami Island may seem like a peaceful demon special zone with many magical technology achievements, but in reality, it has never lacked darkness. Even Nangong Nayue knew this before, but she had no interest in becoming a champion of justice. Moreover, there was also the covert obstruction from the Itogami Island government, so she naturally didn't pay much attention to it.

The problem is that now that Li Mo has Itogami Island under his control, unless it's one of the places he plans to open up, he won't watch Itogami Island become like Berlin or Hong Kong during the Cold War, where one out of ten people might be a spy or part-time intelligence broker.

Perhaps the previous Itogami Island didn't have this value, but with the Fourth Progenitor on Itogami Island and having established the Night Empire, Li Mo believed that all forces were willing to spend a lot of money to gather intelligence.

This is similar to the hotspots like Berlin and Hong Kong during the Cold War. Whether it was the Soviet Union, China, or Europe and America, they all used this as a way to test each other's strengths. In the case of Strike the Blood, the fear that various forces and human nations have of a resurrected vampire progenitor is no less than the fear that both sides have of their respective opponents during the Cold War, not to mention that the other side has also established a new Night Empire.

If we're talking about the original Strike the Blood storyline, the most shameful Fourth Progenitor, Kojou Akatsuki, lacked this awareness and treated himself like an ordinary high school student. Even when he established the so-called Night Empire, he was still being played. Li Mo, on the other hand, was different. He knew that in this short period of time, other countries had extended olive branches and sent spies to him.

For example, Shizuko-sama of the Lion King Organization has indicated that they are prepared to welcome the Fourth Progenitor to Japan. Meanwhile, Sasaki Misaki, one of the teachers at Saikai Academy and one of the Four Fist Immortals who has a good relationship with Nangong Natsuki, conveyed the goodwill of the Celestial Empire to Li Mo through Nangong Natsuki.

That's right. Sasaki Misaki, the beautiful woman in a cheongsam with her double-bun hairstyle, dark red hair, and emerald-like eyes, also has connections with China. Otherwise, why would you think she could learn advanced martial arts and magic in China?

Based on Li Mo's own personal experience, he naturally knew that learning ordinary martial arts in the Celestial Empire was not difficult. As for immortal arts, if one had a clean background, one would be granted basic introductory knowledge. However, if one wanted to delve into the essence of martial arts and profound immortal arts, it would be a major challenge without the approval and permission of the Celestial Empire. This was especially true for someone like Sasaki Misaki, who had earned the title of one of the "Four Fist Immortals".

Li Mo didn't care about such things. He also had no intention of directly confronting the Celestial Empire. He accepted the goodwill conveyed by Sasaki Misaki, and incidentally told her some knowledge about the "Human Immortal Martial Arts" and bestowed upon her a companion version of the "Seed of Transcendence." At the same time, he also began a crackdown on "Itogami Island."

In any case, under the clearing efforts of Nagatsuki Minami, Misaki Sasaki, and their many subordinates, the dark side of Itogami Island was cleaned up in just three days. The "Erase Block" was even canceled. The original stowaways were either repatriated or received treatment and were imprisoned. Among them, death row inmates became legally permitted experimental subjects, and the benefits obtained would be used to compensate the victims and for public welfare purposes.

In this regard, neither the interim prime minister of the New Night Empire, Lan Yu Xianzhai, nor his subordinates paid any attention to it. After all, there were precedents for this. It was just that the Itogami Island had enacted clear laws that ordinary criminals would not be subject to such punishment unless they were death row inmates who had committed heinous crimes.