Chapter 4222: Zhang Sanfeng: Oh No, My Mental Image of Di Renjie Has Completely Collapsed!

Ketsuhoku Suzune: "......"

Ketsuhoku Suzune: "Then, there's another possibility."

Ketsuhoku Suzune's gaze flickered, countless thoughts swirling through her mind.

Edogawa Conan: "Actually, there are two possibilities... One is that this isn't the work of a transmigrator—perhaps this world truly has a West, and the West has a Biblical pantheon... and now they've come to proselytize."

Edogawa Conan: "Since it's an event within the same world, it's not listed in the Society's mission roster."

Edogawa Conan: "Of course... their appearance could also be explained as a butterfly effect caused by Mo Fo Wu Tian."

Mahou Shoujo Nao: "!!!"

Fujiwara no Saa: "Reasoned and convincing."

Edogawa Conan: "As for the last one—the most likely possibility—is that... a temporal rift has appeared in that world."

And the temporal rift connects to another world with a Biblical pantheon..."

Edogawa Conan: "But right now, the temporal rift is only appearing on a small scale, so only a few missionaries have arrived..."

Edogawa Conan: "And precisely because the two worlds haven't officially gone to war, no mission has been posted."

Fallen Angel Twelve-Winged Black Cat Clan: "I see. This possibility is indeed the most likely."

Wugeng Liuli's expression grew serious.

She remembered the mission name on Su Han's screenshot... Handle Temporal Rift.

Gao Ban Tongnai: "If that's true, what should we do next?"

Gao Ban Tongnai frowned, visibly worried.

Sakata Gintoki: "Fight fire with fire, block water with earth."

Sakata Ginji was utterly calm—enemies arriving was just another mission.

This was basically giving Society members a bonus, not a big problem at all.

Lelouch: "Mo Fo Tian."

Lelouch: "From now on, devote all your attention to monitoring your world's condition."

Lelouch: "If a long-term temporal rift opens and full-scale war erupts between the two worlds... inform the President immediately. We'll then assign personnel to complete the mission."

Mo Fo Wu Tian: "I understand."

Wu Tian nodded solemnly.

He exhaled, then mobilized all his Buddhist energy, resonating with heaven and earth.

Thus enabling him to monitor the Three Realms.

Of course, this technique had its limits: what he observed in the Three Realms was blurred—he could only see the general outline, not the details... but if a full-scale invasion from another world occurred, the disturbance would be immense... this technique would surely detect it.

Wudao Dong Xiang: "I'm pondering a question... have you all finished watching these two memory copies?"

Qi Mu Nanxiong: "In class. Not convenient to watch."

Shi Qi Kuang San: ""

Ze Tian Gang Ji: "Completely baffled! You can actually do this?"

Kill Teacher: "No wonder Qi Mu Nanxiong—so devoted to studying."

Kill Teacher sighed sincerely.

Kill Teacher: "If all students in the world were as self-motivated as Qi Mu Nanxiong, how wonderful it would be."

Hei Qi Yihu: "!!!"

Hei Qi Yihu's lip twitched.

Ainz Ooal Gown: "I've watched all the memory copies."

Ainz Ooal Gown: "How to put it... Detective Di Renjie... is a very interesting memory copy."

Although Di Renjie's appearance is identical to Zhu Gaochi... their personalities and demeanors are completely different."

Ainz Ooal Gown: "So once you got past the beginning, the rest felt naturally seamless."

Fallen Angel Twelve-Winged Black Cat Clan: "To be honest, yes."

Zhu Di: "......"

Zhu Di: "After watching Detective Di Renjie, my emotions were extremely complex."

Because the Di Renjie I saw contrasts sharply with the Di Renjie in my memory."

Zhu Di pressed his forehead—well... it was a bit jarring. After all, unlike other Society members... Zhu Gaochi was his own son.

The idea that his own son was Di Renjie... made him want to curse more and more as he watched.

Fallen Angel Twelve-Winged Black Cat Clan: "Why?"

Zhu Di: "......"

Speaking the truth would be embarrassingly awkward.

Zhu Di thought for a moment, then offered an alternative explanation.

Zhu Di: "In my mind, Di Renjie's primary historical reputation was for wisdom and loyalty—not as a detective, not as a genius investigator."

True Person Zhang Sanfeng: "Indeed. Historically, Di Renjie was famed for rescuing the Tang dynasty and restoring its imperial order."

He enabled the Tang to survive another two hundred years... and became renowned for it."

True Person Zhang Sanfeng: "Ouyang Xiu once said: 'He ultimately restored the Tang dynasty, his merit overshadowing his age...'"

Of course... after watching Detective Di Renjie, the old Taoist's mind was filled entirely with scenes of him solving cases..."

Even with Zhang Sanfeng's composure, his lips twitched several times.

He wore a look of helpless amusement.

Sakata Ginji: "He's not a case specialist."

Sakata Ginji stared, dumbfounded.

Gao Ban Kyosuke: "You wouldn't go properly translate some history... Oh! The history of your world is off, never mind then."

Gudako: "Mm......... I remember, there was some magazine or other, with a special issue that combed through Di Renjie's political achievements and then discovered that, in his forty or fifty years of political career, he almost never had anything to do with adjudicating cases."

Dr. Roman: "If you insist on looking, you can still find some... When Di Renjie was at the Court of Judicial Review, he served as Vice Minister of Justice! At that time, he sorted through every single case that had piled up in the past, and the ones involved at the time numbered close to twenty thousand people."

Dr. Roman: "Lots of cases is nothing... The key issue is that in the end he finished handling them all, and no one appealed for injustice."

"This proves! His ability to judge cases really is incredibly badass."

Detective Di Renjie: "......"

Di Renjie's expression was extremely complicated; he was somewhat caught between laughter and tears, but in the end he did not argue.

He walked slowly to the window, gazed at the moon high in the heavens, and sighed, "Tang Dynasty, oh Tang Dynasty..."

Although, in the end he did return the throne to the Li clan's hands, but... the Tang Dynasty ultimately perished after more than two hundred years, didn't it. Not to say it was unexpected — after all, the survival cycle of most imperial houses in history is about this long; for the Li Tang to have lasted this long was already excellent enough.

But, as a minister... having learned of this matter, his heart at this moment inevitably held some melancholy.

Eru nesu Tei: "Right now I'm pondering a very serious question."

Eru nesu Tei's eyes flickered with an inexplicable gleam.

Gao Ban Kyosuke: ""

Eru nesu Tei: "If Di Renjie cultivated the guild's Haki or martial arts techniques... then, his combat power should very quickly surpass that whatever-his-name Li Yuanfang, right?"

Minami Kotori: "Hiss! So that means, in the future if we run into an enemy... even if Li Yuanfang loses, after that Di Renjie will step up."

Horikita Suzune: "Terrifying as such."