There is nothing wrong with the training method of the Justice Messenger

Kasumi Shiko: "Hehe...what do you mean by condescending care from an elder...this kind of reserve doesn't matter, it will turn into love later anyway, right? Because it's a [galgame that must achieve a romantic relationship], hehe, I will let such a man take the initiative, and I will be responsible for the part about the relationship between men and women. It was you who said it yourself, Li Nian, just like you are now playing freely and unscrupulously, I also ask you to let me play with this part."

Gu! (I won't give up): "... whatever you want"

Kasumi Shiko: "Ah, I'm suddenly looking forward to the day when Li Nian will be conquered by me unwillingly~~"

Gu! (I will never give up): "It's the [male protagonist] who is conquered by the [female protagonist]. I predict that there will be a bad end who will live a lonely life forever!"

Kasumi Shiko: "You obviously think that's a happy ending... Anyway, let's choose the third story direction. The disaster six years ago and the heroine's tenth birthday are at the same time, right? What happened at that time?"

Gu! (I won't give up): "I need to think about it again. As you can see, this is a key event, and it is very functional. I need to think about it carefully. Anyway, it is probably the past of the hero and heroine's relationship, and the foreshadowing of their future life-and-death crisis... I have decided on a happy ending with all of them being wiped out."

Kasumi Shiko: "...I can see that you really like this happy ending. How much do you want to send the hero and heroine off together?"

Gu! (I will never give up): "All the real-life couples who found happiness before me should die! And they should be burned to death by the flames of purifying heresy!"

Kasumi Shiko: "I can't figure out whether you want to be single or not... so this is the third story line. I look forward to the sequel - I can see that you seem to be enjoying it."

Li Nian smiled. He was indeed enjoying it, especially when he was thinking about how to kill the lovers who finally got married. It was particularly exciting.

This feeling of controlling all living beings and arranging suffering for them to test them is addictive...

After deciding on the direction of the third story, it was time to go to bed. Li Nian didn't want to chat with Kasumigaoka anymore, so she just sent a good night emoticon.

On the other end of the phone, Kasumigaoka actually had a lot of things she wanted to talk to Li Nian about, but seeing that Li Nian was about to run away after finishing the serious business, she could only curse him as a dead straight man, replied good night, and ended the conversation.

……

The next day, during the lunch break, Li Nian was chatting with An Yi and reporting the progress when a phone call came in.

Li Nian looked at the caller ID and his eyebrows twitched slightly. He answered the call and listened to what was said on the other end. His expression was slightly cold. He only answered "yes", "yes", "I understand." "I'll be there right away."

An Yi understood immediately and asked in confusion: "The difficult task of saving the world has finally arrived?"

"It's not that interesting." Li Nian hung up the phone, pulled his coat over himself, turned around and left, leaving a lazily sentence: "I can't save anyone. As usual, I came to the scene after the event and tried to make up for the loss."

Chapter 336: The long-awaited joint mission with Isayama Yomi

It was impossible for Li Nian to go through the main gate, so he skillfully climbed over the wall and jumped out of the campus. As soon as he landed, he saw a familiar black car parked on the side of the road. He glanced at the license plate and matched it with his memory. He confirmed the person, smiled slightly, walked straight over, and greeted the driver who rolled down the window and was smoking a cigarette.

"Long time no see, Mr. Iwabata..."

Sitting in the driver's seat was a muscular man wearing a suit with scars on his face and a fierce look in his eyes - it was Iwabata Koji.

Seeing that it was Li Nian, the ferocious face was stunned for a moment, then forced out a chilling smile: "Long time no see, Lord Li."

This was the second time I met Iwabata Koji. I knew that the reason why that smile was so frightening was purely because of the man's ferocious face. In fact, this driver was a warm-hearted person. Look, he had already taken the cigarette out of his mouth and was about to put it out, obviously considering that this person didn't like second-hand smoke.

"Since the third-category spiritual disaster commission in Yachiyo City." Li Nian opened the back door and got in the car: "How have you been lately?"

"Very good, very good, Master Li is a real talent. I heard from Xiao Huangquan that his career has been flourishing recently. Is he going to become a big shot soon?"

"No way, I'm just a poor laborer, just like you, Mr. Iwata, running around like I need you wherever you want... I heard there's someone traveling with me, who is it?"

Unless moving long distances, Li Nian would have run there by himself in the past. This time the mission location was nearby. The reason why Li Nian did not run out by himself was because the contact person from the Yin-Yang Bureau informed him that someone would be accompanying him on this mission and there was a special car waiting outside. Besides, it was not an urgent situation that required every second to count, so Li Nian still came to take the car.

But he didn't ask clearly who was traveling with him, and only mentioned it out of curiosity at this time.

"Of course it's Xiao Huangquan, doesn't Lord Li know?"

"Isayama? I see. Is this a joint mission with Isayama? That's rare."

It seems that Jianshan is traveling with him this time, which makes Li Nian feel a little surprised. Because of the shortage of manpower, exorcists are often sent to various places individually to make full use of their resources. Jianshan, as an exorcist, seems to be a more thorough tool man, and is even busier than Li Nian with various other things. It has been a long time since he and this person have worked together. The last time they met was in the Tsuchigumo incident. Li Nian was told that there was a companion this time, but he didn't expect it to be this colleague who was so close.

"After all, this is something that happened in Chiba, which is under your jurisdiction. Since you two seem to be free, why not gather them together?"

——"Who is free? Who is free?!"

Along with the increasingly loud complaints, Isayama, who had rushed here to meet up with them, hurriedly opened the car door. He obviously complained after hearing what Mr. Iwata had said. He sat down next to Li Nian with an impatient movement and continued to chatter, "Idle time, what the hell? I finally got the opportunity for a lunch break and wanted to take a nap. I just closed my eyes and was about to fall asleep when my cell phone rang. I jumped up on the spot and saw that it was indeed a mission! I was so happy - damn! Do you know the terrifying feeling of being afraid of a cell phone ringing? You didn't even consider who caused the spiritual disaster overnight and didn't sleep at all after completing the report. Do you think I'm a donkey? Ah, do you think I'm a donkey?! I'm still a student who has to go to class! I can't rest during the day! Even if I can rest during the day, you can't order me around like this. No, I'm going to complain to the head of the department. I want to ask for leave, and a long leave. I can't take it anymore."

Iwabata smiled knowingly, said nothing, and started the car.

Li Nian stared blankly at the girl who sat down beside him with an impatient look on her face. He listened to her uncharacteristically chattering about her recent tight schedule, and he also felt sympathy and comforted her: "Thank you for your hard work, Isayama Exorcist. The hardships of being a corporate slave are evident in you."

Isayama was clearly in a state of excitement. She had been busy with work these past few days and had not had a good rest. The accumulated fatigue was driving her crazy. After hearing what Li Nian said, she became even more angry. She glanced at him sharply, "Hey, isn't this Li Mengxin? Hello, Mengxin. You are sitting there calmly, as if nothing has happened to you. Thank you for your caring regards to your subordinates. It really touched me. I almost thought that my busyness had nothing to do with you."

"Ah? What's wrong with me? What does it have to do with me?" Li Nian looked confused, not knowing what he had said or done wrong to ignite the girl's anger.

"If I had a good rest, I could have survived! But thanks to you, my perfect weekend of sleeping comfortably and having fun was ruined!" Isayama got mad when he mentioned this. "I really regret going to the scene of your fight with the big monster. I told the higher-ups about your newbie beating up the Tsuchigumo out of duty. They were so shocked that they kept harping on it, asking me to report the details of the fight and to investigate your life in detail. After Jinguji-sama asked questions, Amane-sama asked, and after Amane-sama, even Arima-sama was alerted. My rest is gone just like that!"

Li Nian understood. It seemed that after Isayama witnessed his battle with Tsuchigumo that day, he reported to his superiors as usual about his victory over the big monster. As a result, the Onmyoji Bureau paid close attention to him and they were curious about all the details of what happened and what was going on with him. Naturally, they asked Isayama to collect intelligence about him, Li Nian.

If he thought about it carefully, there was nothing he could do. The strength of the Tsuchigumo was quite terrifying. It was probably the kind of big monster that was marked in red and was under close attention in the Onmyoji Office. He treated the fight with the Tsuchigumo as a small exercise and called it a day, but in the eyes of the Onmyoji Office, the result of defeating that kind of monster was probably of great significance. After re-evaluating Li Nian's strength, it was normal for them to become more curious about himself.

But it is inevitable that the hard-working middle-level manager Ms. Isayama Yomi will have to bear the responsibility of describing her situation to the upper levels.

"Then there are the daily paperwork reports. Just write them. I've written a lot, but this time it's different. I can't just write briefly. I have to write in detail. The requirements are so detailed that I'm just short of asking what color underwear you wear." Isayama said sarcastically, "Why don't you tell me?"

"Red." Li Nianguai answered her seriously: "Because this year is my zodiac year."

"Don't really answer if I'm not really asking! Who really cares about the color of your underwear! I don't care about that kind of crap! What does your public information have to do with your actual strength? No one knows how this newbie got his combat power except you, but he keeps getting stronger day by day for no apparent reason. Some arrogant old guys even asked me if I was hiding something. I really want to slap the information I racked my brains to write in their faces and tell them to ask you themselves!"

"I, Li Nian, am an ordinary male high school student who has been an exorcist for no more than half a year."

"Right? Right! To summarize, this is all the information! What else do I know? I'm not a worm in your stomach... No, why are you still laughing and joking over there? Oh, that's right, you're not the one writing the report, and you're not the one who has to waste the weekend. That's great, it's not your business, it's great, an independent exorcist, you don't have to look at people's faces to shirk work, you don't have to write documents, and you don't have to bow to big shots. All the hard work can be handed over to the regular exorcists, right? That's great, it's great."

The look in Jianshan's eyes was full of resentment, just like a wronged young wife. Li Nian couldn't stand it. Scratching his head, he said, "Okay, I was wrong, okay? Although I don't know where I did wrong."

"Yeah, you did nothing wrong. I brought this upon myself. Who made me stupid enough to follow you to the scene to watch you fight? I shouldn't have gone. Why couldn't I control my legs? Why should I run with you? If I hadn't gone, I wouldn't have known what big monster was knocked down by you. If I hadn't known, I wouldn't have needed to report my work. If I hadn't reported my work, I wouldn't have had so many things to do. I could have slept well, eaten well, and spent a happy weekend."

"You really have figured out a beautiful cause and effect relationship. That's what happened. Next time, you can just ignore me and sleep well."

"... Humph, I would do this without you telling me. I understand now. You are indeed extremely strong and have an incredibly tough life. You will not die unless you do something stupid. Well, you seem to be quite good at doing it, though."

Li Nian laughed, knowing full well that although Jianshan was complaining, he would probably come to help next time if he knew something happened on his side.

"So, after all that complaining, do you feel better?"

"It's not good!" Jianshan rolled his eyes at him, but his tone was obviously much softer, and he let out a long sigh.

After complaining so much in front of Li Nian, Jianshan came to his senses. In his heart, he was actually wondering why he dared to complain about him so much in front of Li Nian.

When Mingming was sorting out Li Nian's information, he realized that this person was obviously not a wizard of equal status to himself, but he was able to defeat the Tsuchigumo head-on. His strength was at the top of the exorcists. He was an existence that Director Tenruo and even Lord Arima had to pay attention to.

At that time, Isayama reminded herself that in this industry where strength is paramount, she must respect this strong man. She cannot really treat an exorcist and a junior from the same school with equal respect. She should be respectful and polite to him. This is what her father taught her since she was a child.

But when he really saw Li Nian's face and remembered that it was this hateful person who made him so busy, Jianshan suddenly became furious and poured out all the grievances he wanted to complain about.

Now that I have poured out my grievances, I have forgotten the etiquette. Why is this happening? This shouldn't be the case...

Isayama was thinking silently. Iwata, who was driving over there, saw that things had quieted down and smiled and said, "I said that Lord Li would become amazing in the future. Sure enough, he is now a master who can defeat big monsters?"

"No, I don't deserve to be called 'Sir' by you, Mr. Iwabata. I am your junior no matter what."

"No, Iwata-sama, you have to call this guy sir. I have to call him sir too." Upon hearing this, Isayama couldn't help but forget the rules of respecting a strong man like Li Nian. His words were full of sarcasm, but he suddenly realized that the reason why he dared to be so presumptuous in front of Li Nian was because Li Nian was too casual and didn't have the airs of a strong man. He reminded him, "Sir Li, don't call yourself a newbie. Any one of your great achievements is enough to scare the shit out of a real newbie."

"I only say it when I'm joking."

"It's better not to make jokes. Can you please be more polite?"

"What kind of shelf?"

"The kind with 'I'm not to be trifled with' written on its face?"

"Then I have to find a piece of paper to write this sentence and stick it on my forehead." Li Nian waved his hand, not wanting to accept Isayama's suggestion at all: "Isn't it tiring? What's the point? If I don't do it, I hope my enemies will look down on me so that I can kill them with the first blow."

"You actually have such a sinister idea..." It was the first time that Jianshan heard Li Nian have such an idea. He thought that with his current strength, if he really underestimated him, he would be killed in a single encounter. He said, "The enemy is the enemy. Isn't it better to be open and aboveboard in front of your own people? I know you don't want to stand out and don't want to show off, but if you continue to pretend to be harmless, sooner or later some real powerful exorcists will misunderstand and offend you unnecessarily."

Li Nian felt that it was a bit absurd that being kind to others would lead to misunderstanding and offense, but as soon as she saw Isayama's expression, she knew that this was a personal experience of hers, in which she had either been looked down upon or overestimated, and thus had caused some trouble.

It is true that strength is paramount in this industry, because without the corresponding strength, you cannot deal with the corresponding problems. It is important to know yourself and put yourself in the right position.

Li Nian figured this out, but still didn't take it seriously. He didn't plan to change his attitude because of this. He just said, "I'm not casual with everyone. I've known you and Mr. Iwabata for a long time. They're all great people. Why would I be so rude to you?"

"Lord Li, you are joking." Yan Duan said a few polite words, but he could also hear the sincerity in Li Nian's casual tone and smiled.

Jian Shan also felt warm in his heart, patted Li Nian on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Okay, kid, you still remember your sister's kindness, then I will treat you casually without being polite, but Lord Li is not allowed to get angry suddenly and beat and scold me, a little person who doesn't know etiquette."

"We are close friends, right?" Li Nian agreed, thinking that even if we really get to know each other, I haven't seen you, Jianshan Huangquan, being so polite to me. He continued casually, "It's one thing for us to be familiar with each other. It doesn't matter if other people misunderstand me. It's good to meet each other in a friendly manner. But if they really offend me, that's another matter. I will naturally let them break their bones here."

Isayama's smile froze, and he thought to himself that this was exactly the situation he was afraid of. There were some arrogant guys in the industry who looked down upon their weaker colleagues. He mentioned this matter because he didn't want Li Nian to get into any trouble. At the same time, he remembered the rumors he had heard in the school before, and his face became serious.

"Speaking of which, it seems that you made a move on a girl in your class?"

"Hmm? You mean about Sagami?"

Chapter 337: Isayama's Concerns... and Relative Trust

"Is that girl called Sagami? Rumor has it that you were furious because someone touched your girlfriend, so you grabbed the person by the neck and started to curse and beat him, almost killing him."

"…When rumors spread, information can become distorted to an outrageous degree."

Rumors spread quickly in school, from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Students who have nothing to do after dinner like this kind of conflict with a bit of gunpowder, which is considered to spice up their boring daily life. Li Nian was not surprised when Isayama, a third-year student, mentioned this matter after hearing the rumor, as it seemed that senior Kasumigaoka knew it from her. But Li Nian did not expect that the rumor would become so outrageous.

"So it's fake? You didn't do anything to ordinary people?" When Jianshan heard Li Nian's sigh, she knew that the information she heard was most likely wrong - it was not the first time that the rumors happening in this school were exaggerated to an excessive degree. She thought she was wrong and asked Li Nian for confirmation.

"Yes, I did fight her, but it wasn't as exaggerated as you heard. I just grabbed the child and subdued her. At that time, I really wanted to deal with this trouble, but in the end I just scolded her and let it go..."

When Li Nian said this to Jianshan, she stated the facts clearly, but Jianshan still frowned after hearing it.

"In the end, you still attacked ordinary people?"

Li Nian heard that Isayama had picked out the key points to emphasize, and said helplessly: "You are here to scold me too."

"You have such a dangerous power that you shouldn't use it on ordinary people, precisely because you are a strong one..."

"So I should have compassion on the weak and use my powerful strength with restraint." Li Nian said the rest for her: "I should cherish my life, act carefully, remember my mission, uphold justice, remind myself and restrain myself at all times, and respect the weak... Well, I think I understand this theory quite well, and I remind myself all the time."

"If you know better, you shouldn't do this."

"But besides being strong and weak, there is also the difference between good and evil." Li Nian asked Isayama with a smile: "What would you do if it were you, Isayama? When you see your friends... for example, me, and you see me being bullied by the bad guys in school."

"You've been bullied? It's good enough if you don't bully others, okay? Oh, yes, that's what I'm talking about now."

Li Nian thought about it and felt that the situation was not very realistic: "Okay. My example is not very appropriate... but you must have seen it, right? Is there a maverick in your class? The kind who shrinks in the corner, is not good at socializing, or offends someone, making everyone unwilling to play with him. Have you seen such a person? Imagine that he is excluded by the top person in the class circle, and is ridiculed and attacked for no reason. What would you do?"

"This is bullying. There are some people in our class who don't fit in, but overall the atmosphere is quite harmonious. We haven't encountered the situation you mentioned... Of course, I can imagine that I can do it. I can guarantee that if I see such a situation, I will definitely stop the perpetrator." Isayama is sure that he is someone who will stand up. He knows that when Li Nian talks about this, he may have encountered such a situation. The person who was bullied may not be Li Nian's girlfriend, but it should be a friend of Li Nian. He only added: "But I will never do anything."

"Well, you will argue with the bully, teach him the truth, and ask him to correct his behavior. You think that the bully is just a weak student and there is room for improvement. You think he will listen to you and will curb his hostility towards others, or at least be willing to restore peace on the surface for your sake, forgive the bully out of mercy, and then leave with a sentence "You're lucky this time" and return triumphantly."

"…I do hope so, but why does it sound so strange coming from you? Are you so sure that the guy who hurt others will be so…unrepentant?"

"I would like to ask you why you think the perpetrator will repent? I am sure that this is the fact. The so-called perpetrators are just such a group of people. Between you and him, you are the strong one and he is the weak one, but what about the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim? You have a noble mind and virtues, and are willing to help the weak and educate those who make mistakes, but will the perpetrator do so? If the perpetrator is a person who can admit his mistakes and correct them, he will not make mistakes in the first place, will not do evil, and will not know how to respect the weak. You expect such a person to agree with your righteousness, recognize his mistakes, and restrain his evil deeds, disgusting thoughts, and evil intentions with just a few words of preaching... Isayama, you think too highly of people, especially the bad guys."

Isayama was stunned by what he heard and said dissatisfiedly, "Kidomaru, I caused you to be seriously injured because of my momentary indecision. I said I would change this. I am confident that I have changed a lot recently. But in the end, you, Li Nian, still hold a grudge against me, right? You said I was a naive child. The situation you assumed was a conflict between classmates after all. No matter what, you can't just use violence - you have to be sensible and stop the offender and protect the victim."

"I'm too lazy to do such a troublesome thing. I'm sure that words are too powerless to deal with evildoers. They are far less profound than teaching them a lesson. Only when they are hurt will they be afraid, and only when they are afraid will they be awed, and only when they are awed will they be respectful. It's better to cut the Gordian knot and eliminate this evil once and for all."

"Depending on the situation, it would be more convenient to kill the people as well, right?"

"Oh, Ms. Isayama seems to be gradually understanding me."

"...Your thoughts are too dangerous, and so are your actions. As you become stronger, you seem to have gradually lost sight of the rules of the world." Isayama looked at the scenery outside the car window: "I feel that your thoughts and actions are becoming more and more extreme. I say this only because I feel that sooner or later you will cross the line that you shouldn't cross."

"Are you afraid that I will become a threat to the world?"

"Yes." Isayama nodded frankly: "If someone as powerful as you becomes a demon, you will be many times more threatening than Tsuchigumo."

There is always a shortage of wizards who rely on their power and lose their nature, so there are many who fall into evil ways. In addition to Shura gods and Buddhas, there are also such wizards who are the targets of the third type of spiritual disasters. Isayama was strictly taught by her father that she must never use her power to bully the weak. It was said that "there is only the difference between making mistakes and indulging yourself zero times and countless times." She felt that Li Nian's actions were of this nature.

"Indeed." Li Nian knew that Jianshan's words were meant to remind him, as a strong man, that he must restrain his use of strength. He understood the danger of the power hidden in this divine body better than Jianshan did. He nodded in agreement, put his hands on his head and leaned back, lying on the sofa in a more relaxed posture, and said lazily: "Once a person like me does evil, it will of course turn into a terrifying natural disaster. Your worries are not unnecessary. I think several big figures in the Yin-Yang Hall have the same worries, so they come to you to ask me about everything..."

"…It seems that you yourself are not worried about this happening."

"Well, it's your business if you want to worry. I know very well that I won't become a demon. I have been gradually relaxing my temperament recently, and my behavior has become more casual. You may think that I have become a little willful and reckless. You think that I am relying on my power to be willful and reckless, but in fact, when I use my power, I have never deviated from the right path. I only do what I think is right."

"Like this time of violence against ordinary people?"

"She was just an ordinary person who did something stupid and bad. I didn't kill her, or even hurt her. Facts have proven that my approach is more effective and can better educate people who make mistakes. You don't know, Isayama, that Sagami-san took the initiative to apologize to me. He changed so much that it was like he had changed his personality. He was really scared, he really admitted his mistake, and he really tried to change."

"… because you beat her, she knew to change?" Isayama was a little surprised: "I thought she would be so scared that she would drop out of school because she didn't dare to see you in class again."

"...It should have been like this, but at five o'clock... the child who was bullied was generous and helped her... Okay, I admit that I didn't do it to educate her, I wanted to defeat her."

"See, I knew it was like that."

"But the fundamental reason for Sagami's change is still to fear the teachings first and then respect the truth."

"Although you didn't seem to want to teach her a lesson when you did it."

"Because I feel I have no reason to help someone I hate." Li Nian glanced at him and said, "Neither do you. Although I know Isayama will do this out of a sense of justice and responsibility, it is not within the scope of an exorcist's duties to actually teach people to correct their mistakes, right? It's purely out of your kindness."

"...Yes, it's just out of a sense of responsibility and justice. Is there anything wrong with that?"