Chapter 94: Mozart! Da Vinci!

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

"What? Father turned into a little octopus?"

Oei 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 Father 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 bit by bit, then guide things step by step, and wait for the boss to appear before we have a proper showdown with him, but..." Lin Ye stopped here, grabbed the little octopus in front of him, and then looked at you 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, means...

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

Lin Ye took the little octopus and actually said to it:

"Cthulhu, I know you can hear me 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. It sounded like a man and a woman, like the roar of a ghost, and like the music of a god. Lin Ye couldn't describe this sound with language. Perhaps it didn't say any words at all, yet Lin Ye understood its meaning.

But Lin Ye was completely unafraid.

"So what if you're Cthulhu? Back in Oei's dream, when Suzuka Gozen faced you, she 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 couldn't run anyway.

But this was the Type-Moon world. You Outer Gods simply can't get in, and the little power that does get in is nothing more than an irregular Heroic Spirit, so what am I afraid of?

In the Type-Moon world, the difference between Outer Gods and local gods lies in their existence. Local gods did indeed exist, while 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. Simply put, if you believe, they exist; if you don't, they don't.

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

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

On the other side, Oei was stunned by this scene. Although she had seen 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 in the sunken abyss city of R'lyeh. Although he is always sleeping, his dreams affect 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 fell, 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 bleak old age.

"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 sought 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 met Lin Ye and abandoned your father... 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.

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Immediately after, you heard Lin Ye's voice.

"That's right, it's definitely not like that. Your father never feared being surpassed by you. If one day you truly surpass 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're a god of the sea or an evil god from another world, I have always believed only in the Myoken Bodhisattva of the North Star! As for you!!"

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

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

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

The little octopus's body 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!"

Katsushika Hokusai kept shouting, but looking at the angry 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, and if you lose... go back to where you came from! This world! Is not a place for you!"

*Hum!*

Listening to Lin Ye's voice, that ethereal sound rang out once more: "Then, let me see how you will stop me..."

As this voice fell, two black figures began to appear in front of 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!"