Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!-Chapter 1597 - 1595: No Choice

Standing outside the gate, watching the busy girls in the yard, Yukina felt somewhat at a loss. But after a moment, she sighed softly.

Is that so? There’s a new owner now...

For Yukina, it’s not something she can’t accept, after all, both of them have left this world, so naturally, they don’t need this house anymore. Therefore, selling it to others is also understandable. And perhaps... this also means she needs a brand-new start, right? If so, then she should make her own choice too.

Thinking of this, Yukina took a deep look at the garden in front of her, then planned to turn around and leave.

However, at this moment, as if sensing Yukina’s gaze, the blue-haired girl put down the tool in her hand and came to the front of the gate.

"Hello, is there something you need?"

"Ah, no... it’s just..."

Facing the inquiry of the blue-haired girl, Yukina hurriedly waved her hand.

"Sorry to bother you, I was just passing by..."

After saying this, Yukina turned around, planning to leave, and at this moment, she heard the conversation of the girls from behind her.

"Katori."

"Hmm? What’s up, Neflen?"

"Where should I put this?"

"In the warehouse..."

"But the warehouse is locked... Fang Zheng said he doesn’t know where the key is?"

"What about Sora?"

"Sora doesn’t know either..."

"Then there’s no choice, we’ll have to break the lock and replace it with a new one..."

Sora?

Hearing the name, Yukina paused for a moment, but quickly shook her head. There are many people with the same name, just like those named Sakura; who knows how many there are in All-Japan, she must have misheard...

But at this moment, a familiar voice came.

"Yukina?"

"Touma?"

Hearing the voice, Yukina was startled and turned around, only to see Touma standing at the door, gazing at her in surprise.

"Wait, what’s going on? Why are you here? Weren’t you in Europe? When did you come back? Why didn’t you let us know?"

This time, Yukina couldn’t help herself, hurriedly running to Touma, grabbing her hand, and asking. Facing Yukina’s questions, Touma seemed unsure of how to respond. Fortunately, at this moment, Fang Zheng appeared.

"Let me answer that question."

"You are...?"

Looking at Fang Zheng, Yukina was momentarily stunned, while Fang Zheng raised his hand with a smile.

"Yo, long time no..."

"Are you Haruno’s brother?"

"........."

The way you put it, I don’t even know how to respond.

Though a bit awkward, Fang Zheng still invited Yukina in and explained the situation to her...

"Eh———?!?!"

After listening to Fang Zheng’s explanation, Yukina suddenly screamed.

"You’re Haruno? But..."

"I know you have questions, but this is my true form..."

Seeing Yukina’s face full of confusion and helplessness, Fang Zheng could only shrug. It’s understandable; after all, for Yukina and the others, Fang Zheng and Sora have only been gone for less than a year, but now Fang Zheng seems like five or six years have passed... the gap is indeed quite large.

"So, Touma went to your world?"

"Yes, that’s why we sent her back; otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to return."

"I see..."

Upon hearing this, Yukina cast a meaningful glance at Touma, who turned her gaze to the floor beside her. Seeing this, Yukina also sighed deeply before continuing.

"Alright, I roughly understand the situation. To be honest, I still don’t quite believe you’re Haruno, but since Sora and Touma say so... then..."

Yukina blinked, once again looking at Fang Zheng.

"Then... will you leave again?"

"Of course, but this time will be different; I will create a passage here to connect this world with ours."

"Ah?"

Faced with Fang Zheng’s response, Yukina was obviously a bit taken aback.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because of some minor issues. To put it simply, through Touma’s situation, I discovered that people in this world, as long as they meet certain conditions, can easily travel to the world we’re in. But coming back is difficult. You can ask Touma, I specifically sent her back this time, and the journey was not easy..."

At this point, Fang Zheng spread his hands helplessly.

"If someday you, Sekai, Setsuna, or any of them accidentally time travel to my world, I would have to do it again. Not only is it troublesome, but it’s also dangerous. Therefore, I’ve decided to create a portal in this world, so that even if something happens, it’s easier to resolve."

"Ugh... um..."

Yukina was so shocked by Fang Zheng’s words that she didn’t know how to interpret them. Her head felt muddled, like someone opened her brain and poured in a mix of math, language, and science all at once. The amount of information Fang Zheng conveyed was overwhelming, leaving Yukina with a bit of a headache...

"Alright, let’s stop here for today. I know you still have many questions, but I will be staying here for the next few days, so you don’t need to worry about us leaving again. Touma, you should go home as well."

"Ah, okay..."

Hearing Fang Zheng’s words, Touma stood up, dazed and absent-minded, and left the living room together with Yukina. It was only after the two left that Sora cheerfully came over.

"Brother." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Hmm? What’s up?"

"What do you plan to do?"

"Nothing. It’s up to them to decide."

Fang Zheng remained calm, while Sora blinked at him.

"Brother, I have a question."

"What question?"

"Have you ever actively pursued anyone?"

"No."

This time, Fang Zheng shook his head decisively.

Although there were many women who had been involved with Fang Zheng, he had never actively pursued anyone, whether before or after Rebirth. Frankly speaking, Fang Zheng was never short of female companions. If it were in a shojo manga or novel, there would be such a character.

For example, a male protagonist who is handsome, charming, and dashing (insert 30,000-word description here), surrounded by various beauties. This man either plays among the flowers or remains abstinent, then encounters an ordinary heroine, and suddenly his eyes light up, declaring her an "interesting woman," loving her madly, and ignoring all other women... Such things strictly only happen in stories.

In reality, for someone like Fang Zheng, he has neither the interest nor the inclination to actively pursue a particular woman.

Because that would be unfair to others.

Honestly, according to the romance novel’s definition of "love," few of the girls around Fang Zheng qualify. Tilia’s feelings towards Fang Zheng are due to her nature, and Kurumi is more about gratitude.

Akemi Homura is longing for redemption and support after being alone in a time loop for too long. As for Atalanta, no need to mention, she was completely tamed.

With Eiriri, Black Cat, and Asuna, reliance and affection can be said to account for half each. This is about the same for Chiyo and Shiyu of Misty Hill.

As for Little Hei and Sora... we’ll talk about them another time.

Of course, when it comes to these girls, they certainly have goodwill towards Fang Zheng (except for Atalanta); otherwise, they wouldn’t have made such choices. But the kind of passionate, dying-for-love moments seen in romance novels are certainly not reached.

For instance, Fang Zheng can’t imagine Kurumi crying and shouting, clinging to him, yelling "Don’t you love me anymore? I don’t want to leave you, why are you doing this to me...?" and other nonsensical things.

And Fang Zheng wouldn’t, like a romance novel’s male lead, pursue some "interesting woman" at all costs in pursuit of so-called "true love." That’s something only impulsive youths would do. He’s a mature man and needs to be responsible.

As for sayings like "what you lost was just a leg, what she lost was love"—there’s no need to pay attention to such nonsense.

"Sigh..."

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng rubbed Sora’s head and sighed.

It’s only in such a world that he would idly ponder over such things.

He wondered how Touma and Yukina were doing.

At the same time, Touma and Yukina arrived at the station, and Touma nodded to Yukina.

"Well then, Yukina, I’m heading back."

"Um... huh?"

Hearing Touma’s words, Yukina instinctively nodded, then suddenly froze and grabbed Touma.

"Wait, are you really going back?"

"Where else can I go if not home?"

Faced with Yukina’s response, Touma also paused, and hearing her answer, Yukina pressed her forehead in exasperation. Although she knew Touma wasn’t astute in such matters, she didn’t expect it to be this severe. Didn’t Touma consider deep inside why Haruno asked her to leave? Could it be that Touma never thought about it at all?

"Don’t you understand? Haruno-kun asked you to go home so he could leave with me... Never mind, it’s hard to explain to you anyway. Today, I’m coming over to your house! Not just me, I’m calling Sekai and Setsuna too!"

With these words, Yukina looked up and stared at Touma. Under her gaze, Touma couldn’t help but curl up a bit.

"You need to clearly explain to me what happened previously!"