Chapter 177: Mozart! Da Vinci!

Hearing your words, Lin Ye hurriedly pressed down on your hand and told you that this little octopus was none other than Katsushika Hokusai!

"What? Daddy turned into a little octopus?"

O-Ei stared, dumbfounded, at the little octopus in the simulation. Why? Just because her old man drew a picture of an octopus, he turned into one? She had drawn Bodhisattvas before, and she~ hadn't turned into a Bodhisattva!

Hearing Lin Ye's words, you looked at him in shock and asked, "Then what do we do? How can we get Dad back?"

Although Katsushika Hokusai had many flaws, he was, after all, your father.

Listening to your question, Lin Ye said to you,

"Actually, logically speaking, we should deduce things bit by bit, then guide things bit by bit, and wait for the boss to appear before we have a proper showdown with him, but..." As Lin Ye said this, he grabbed the little octopus in front of him, and only then did he look at you and say with a smile,

"Do you know what 'kicking down the door' is?"

Kicking down the door, a term from Cthulhu COC tabletop games, later widely used in deduction games, it means...

I don't deduce anything at all; I just head straight for the result and confront the final boss directly!

Lin Ye took the little octopus and, to everyone's surprise, said to it,

"Cthulhu, I know you can hear me right now, but these two people are under my protection. You... are not allowed to descend yet."

"Is that so?"

Suddenly, the little octopus emitted a strange sound. This sound was neither male nor female, like the roar of a monster and yet like the musical score of a god. Lin Ye could not describe this sound with language; perhaps, this sound didn't convey any words at all, yet Lin Ye understood its meaning.

But Lin Ye was completely unafraid.

"So what if you're Cthulhu? Back in O-Ei's dream, Okita Souji (Souji Okita) faced you and only lost a bit of sanity. What can you do to me?"

Lin Ye was fearless. If he had encountered an Outer God in any other world, he would have run as far as he could... well, he wouldn't have been able to run at all.

But this is the Type-Moon World. You Outer Gods simply cannot get in, and the little bit of power that does get in is nothing more than an irregular Heroic Spirit, so what do I have to fear from you?

In the Type-Moon World, the difference between Outer Gods and local gods lies in their existence. Local gods did indeed exist, whereas Outer Gods do not exist in this world; they can only rely on the works of some craftsman to establish a connection with this world. To put it bluntly, they exist if you believe in them, and they don't if you don't.

And Lin Ye... was clearly one of those who didn't believe.

"Even if I were to believe, I'd believe in Yog-Sothoth. Cthulhu, you... are still a bit too weak."

On the other side, O-Ei was stunned by this scene. Although she had seen too many miracles from Lin Ye, those miracles were beautiful and full of vitality, but this thing called Cthulhu gave off a completely different feeling!

Hearing Lin Ye's words, that strange sound still emanated from the octopus's mouth.

"My battle with this father and daughter is not for others to interfere with. And haven't you noticed? The moment that painting was completed, you were already in a dream, weren't you?"

Cthulhu's dream is within the sunken abyss city of R'lyeh. Although he is always sleeping, his dreams influence the dreams of others. In this dream, they encounter their greatest fears, their sanity drops wildly until they go mad... collapse... and at that moment, a corner of Cthulhu will completely devour their bodies and descend.

As this voice faded, the little octopus's body began to twitch violently, and at the same time, you felt as if you had fallen into a deep dream.

In the dream, you saw a world without Lin Ye.

In the dream, you lived your whole life in the shadow of Katsushika Hokusai.

In the dream, you grew old in loneliness, and your father ended his life in a miserable old age.

"Do you see? This is the real world... You are just a bad child... Because of your badness... your father went out so as not to be surpassed by you... Because of your badness... your father fell ill and was bedridden... Because of your badness... he craved my power and found me..."

"No! It's not like that!" You shook your head constantly, covering your ears, but that voice echoed in your mind.

"You are an unfilial child... You abandoned your father the moment you met Lin Ye... You only wanted to surpass him but didn't care about his feelings..."

"It's not like that, it's not like that..."

You shook your head in despair, feeling as if your head were about to explode, but at this moment, a holy light fell upon you.

0 Asking for flowers

Immediately after, you heard Lin Ye's voice.

"That's right, it's definitely not like that. Your father was never afraid of being surpassed by you. If one day you truly surpassed him, he would only be happy for you. Am I right, Katsushika Hokusai!"

"What?"

You suddenly opened your eyes, and at this moment, you saw the little octopus's body suddenly begin to twitch!

"Haha! That's right, Lin Ye, you really do understand me! At that moment, I did see a world I would never forget, but! I don't care if you are a god of the sea or an evil god from another world, the only one I have believed in from beginning to end is the Myoken Bodhisattva of the North Star! As for you!!"

"Your twisted body will only make this world as twisted as you are! What I want is to paint the world's beauty with a single ripple. This! This is true artistry!"

Following this, the little octopus's body tried to pounce on you, but it was slapped away by Lin Ye!

"Hey! A man who possesses his own daughter is scum!!"

The little octopus rolled on the ground several times, and soon, it flew up again! It shouted at Lin Ye,

"Hey! What are you doing, Lin Ye! Let me merge with my daughter! Only then can I unleash the power I just gained to defeat this guy and escape from here!"

Katsushika Hokusai was still shouting, but looking at the furious Katsushika Hokusai, Lin Ye just calmly flexed his wrists.

"I don't need your power to annihilate the enemy. Alright, Cthulhu, show your power. If you win, you can possess and descend into this world, but if you lose... go back to where you came from! This world! Is not a place for you!"

Hum!

Hearing Lin Ye's voice, that ethereal voice sounded once more, "Then, let me see how you will stop me..."

As this voice faded, two black figures began to appear before Lin Ye.

Looking at these two phantoms whose faces were obscured by shadows, Lin Ye recognized their identities instantly.

"Don't think I won't recognize you just because you're covering your faces! Mozart! And the profiteer Da Vinci!" ===== CHAPTER 179 =====