Chapter 163

She took out a letter and handed it to Li An.

Li An took the letter, a look of shock appearing on his face.

Because the sealing force on the envelope was none other than his own divine power!

How could this be possible?

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something.

Unsealing the envelope, Li An took out the letter and glanced at it.

"So that's how it is!" A smile appeared at the corner of Li An's mouth.

Just as he had said, when Fushiguro Toji killed Riko Amanai, although he had already transmigrated, he had not yet awakened the system, let alone come into contact with the Jujutsu Society — how could he have changed the plot?

It turned out that his future self had used the authority of time and space to travel back to that period, saving the Star Plasma Vessel Riko Amanai, along with Kuroi Misato, who had raised her.

Although Riko Amanai did not die, because she did not want to merge with Tengen, Li An, at Riko Amanai's earnest plea, replicated a clone body.

That clone was identical to Riko Amanai and was also a Star Plasma Vessel, only without a soul — an empty shell of a body.

With that empty shell, Tengen also succeeded in merging and did not transform into a cursed spirit.

Li An put away the envelope and letter, and said with a smile to Tengen: "You owe me a favor!"

But Tengen shook her head and said: "Brother Li An, I owe you far more than that. It was you who allowed my Immortality cursed technique to be perfected, so that I never have to merge with a Star Plasma Vessel again. Whatever you want me to do from now on, I'll do it."

Looking at Tengen's worshipful expression, Li An could not help but shiver.

He asked cautiously: "Are we on very good terms?"

Tengen smiled smugly: "Of course! Brother Li An, you promised to let me be your girlfriend!"

"Pfft!"

Everyone present spurted in shock.

Li An, on the other hand, was dumbfounded.

After his future self had transmigrated, what on earth had he done?

Why would he make such a promise with an old hag who had lived for over a thousand years?

"We'll talk about that kind of thing later. Right now I need to interrogate the enemy first." Li An hurriedly changed the subject.

"Mm, mm, I'll do whatever you say, Brother Li An!" Tengen obediently nodded.

Li An was once again at a loss for words.

He walked over to the group of people who had been bound and were kneeling before the great gate.

"Which one is Tian Zhong Youshu?" Li An asked.

A warrior in a black suit pointed at a middle-aged man in his forties and said: "That's him!"

Li An walked up to that middle-aged man, his gaze gradually turning cold.

Seeing Li An, that middle-aged man was so terrified his liver and gallbladder nearly split apart, and he wet himself on the spot.

"Don't... don't... don't kill me, I'll tell you everything!" Tian Zhong Youshu begged frantically.

Li An crouched down and asked: "Do you know who I am?"

Tian Zhong Youshu shook his head.

Li An had previously looked very much like his parents, but because his body had evolved into a divine body and his life tier had advanced to that of a divine species, his appearance had long since undergone earth-shattering changes.

It was already very hard to see any trace of his parents, so Tian Zhong Youshu had not recognized him.

"My father's name is Li Hongzhuo, and my mother's name is Ji Xintong!" Li An slapped Tian Zhong Youshu across the face, giving him a hint.

Hearing Li An's words, Tian Zhong Youshu's eyes instantly widened, and he said in utter disbelief: "It's you! You... you... you're not dead?"

Li An gave him no chance to wallow in his terror, and without missing a beat delivered two more slaps.

*Slap! Slap! *

Tian Zhong Youshu instantly sobered up, trembling all over, not daring to speak.

"Tell me, how did an ordinary person like you come into contact with a curse? And how did you use that curse to kill my parents?" Li An asked with an icy expression.

"I... I... I can't say, I'll die if I tell!" Tian Zhong Youshu shook his head frantically, his eyes filled with terror.

Li An could not be bothered to waste words on him. Since he would not talk, he would just extract his soul and read his memories.

He gave the man no more chances. With one palm strike to his head, he shook his brain into mush — dead beyond dead.

Then, with a pull, he drew the man's soul out of his body.

Tian Zhong Youshu's soul still wore an expression of terror. He struggled madly, wanting to beg Li An for mercy.

But with his soul extracted, he could not make a sound at all.

On the other side, seeing this scene, Tianhai Daoshan seemed to think of something.

When Kurahashi Genji died, it seemed he had had his soul extracted just like this.

At this moment, he finally understood why Kurahashi Miyo had not pursued the truth of her son's death.

It was because she could not pursue it!

This killing god — who would dare offend him now?

After reading Tian Zhong Youshu's soul memories, Li An finally understood the whole story.

The pharmaceutical company founded by his biological parents had been a competitor of the Adagaki family's Astellas Pharmaceutical Company. The two pharmaceutical companies had been researching special-effect drugs for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

His parents had taken the lead in developing a special-effect drug that dissolved blood clots, and had registered the patent.

Originally, the special-effect drug had to go through clinical trials before it could be put on the market, and that would take a very long time.

But since the patent had already been registered, his parents were not worried.

They planned to announce the special-effect drug a little later — if they announced it too early, it would surely attract the jealousy of their peers.

But who would have known that there was a mole sent by Astellas Pharmaceutical Company in his parents' pharmaceutical company's laboratory.

That mole told Tian Zhong Youshu about the special-effect drug.

At that time, Tian Zhong Yuki was the general manager of Astellas Pharma, wholly intent on climbing the ladder and gaining the Adagaki family's favor.

If Li An's parents' special-effect medicine hit the market, Astellas Pharma's stock would surely plummet.

By then, let alone climbing the ladder, he would be burning incense and praying just to avoid being stripped of his general manager position.

So Tian Zhong Yuki devised a plan: acquire the special-effect medicine developed by Li An's parents.

Li An's parents would certainly refuse; once the special-effect medicine hit the market, they would make a fortune.

After they had earned enough, they would license it to other pharmaceutical companies and continue to profit from the patent.

One could say the value of the special-effect medicine was limitless!

Yet Tian Zhong Yuki offered only one hundred million yen to acquire the patent; was this not bullying an honest person?

Li An's parents naturally could not agree!

Precisely because of this, the two sides bore a grudge against each other.

Tian Zhong Yuki naturally dared not kill, but he had a curse-sorcerer friend.

He had met that curse-sorcerer by chance; the sorcerer had handled many matters for him in private, though the fees were far too high.

So he gave that curse-sorcerer fifty million yen to eliminate Li An's biological parents.

Li An's parents died in a curse incident; combined with Tian Zhong Yuki's bribery of high-ranking police officials, the matter was simply dropped.

It was not until four years later that Tian Zhong Yuki's actions were discovered by Li An's adoptive father, namely the head of the Adagaki family.

This made him furious.

He directly dismissed Tian Zhong Yuki; to make amends for the matter, he adopted Li An as his sworn son.

After being dismissed, Tian Zhong Yuki was also seething with anger.

So he took the special-effect medicine developed by Li An's parents and turned to join Japan's finest pharmaceutical company, Takeda Pharmaceutical!

Takeda Pharmaceutical, through organ trafficking, held incriminating evidence against numerous high-ranking government officials.

Thus, through their manipulation, the patent for the special-effect medicine developed by Li An's parents became theirs.

Tian Zhong Yuki, who had brought them the special-effect medicine, was appointed vice president!

This was the entire truth of the matter!

Through Tian Zhong Yuki's memories, Li An also found the records of the curse-sorcerer who had killed his parents.

Susaka Niira!

Yes, it was the original character who assisted Sukuna in the Shibuya Incident.

In the original story, he was defeated by Itadori Yuji and Fushiguro Megumi working together.

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