This left him slightly puzzled.
"Tsk, like this, I could go fifty-fifty against Wenren Mirror, right? But I still prefer that kind of Wenren Mirror."
A strange voice.
Morioka didn’t look around; he had already used divine power on himself, giving him astonishing five senses...
So he was certain, that voice wasn’t around, as if it was in his mind.
"Wenren Mirror... How strange, why would I use that tone and come up with a name I’ve never heard before."
Morioka didn’t think too much about it.
Because soon, Koizumi Kyohei respectfully began:
"Lord Morioka, I heard you can make people lucky. I don’t know if it’s true or not... But if you really can... Please help me!"
Morioka showed a gentle smile:
"What do you need me to do for you?"
He stood, looking at Koizumi Kyohei who was also standing but slightly bowing.
Koizumi Kyohei said:
"It’s nothing much... it’s just that I’m too poor, and my wife always says there’s no future with me and wants to divorce me."
"Ah, I actually do send money home every month, but these past few months I haven’t, because I found a business opportunity, I found a way to make myself completely rich!"
"But my wife didn’t understand me, complained that I wasn’t caring about the household expenses."
"I just had bad luck and failed. If I had good luck, it would be fine. If you really are a divine emissary... no, a god’s incarnation, can you grant me good luck?"
"And... could you give me a bit of capital?"
Morioka’s smile almost froze.
"The business opportunity you mentioned... is gambling?"
"Of course! If I have enough good luck, I could be happy, right? I have prayed to many gods, but none worked. After all... there really are no gods in this world, right?"
Morioka sighed:
"I understand, I will make you happy. Come with me."
Koizumi Kyohei was surprised:
"Really?"
Morioka said:
"Next, I will conduct a ritual to expel the misfortune from you."
"You will become lucky because of it."
Koizumi Kyohei had never heard of such a thing, but thought, Morioka wouldn’t harm him, right? It wouldn’t hurt to try.
So Koizumi Kyohei started following Morioka into a certain room.
Inside the room, Morioka chanted some kind of obscure incantation that people couldn’t understand.
As the incantation continued, gradually Koizumi Kyohei felt some kind of black mist emerging from his body.
This black mist was quickly collected by Morioka into a certain bottle using a method akin to sorcery.
After that, Koizumi Kyohei felt refreshed all over.
He seemed to sense a difference in himself compared to before.
But he couldn’t articulate exactly what was different.
"Go, in your future, everything will go smoothly."
Koizumi Kyohei left happily.
Suddenly, Morioka began to talk to himself.
"Gambling is wrong."
"I know gambling is wrong... but I will bring happiness to anyone. He is also one of us from Tianmu Village. There are many forms of happiness. People think gambling is wrong because it brings misfortune, but what if gambling brings happiness?"
"I don’t know."
"I know, making everyone happy is my mission as a god! For this mission, anything is worth it. We love this world, we wish to make this world better, don’t we?"
Morioka’s expression flickered.
He was somewhat tired, intending to take a nap.
In his sleep, Morioka dreamed of gaining much fame.
He gained the admiration of many women, received countless praises from this world.
He was very happy now, even his dreams were happy dreams.
Morioka didn’t notice—
A masked man appeared. But this man never spoke, nor did he reveal himself to Morioka.
This man was none other than Wen Xishu’s alternate persona.
Having learned from the last experience, Wen Xishu’s alternate persona certainly wouldn’t try to awaken his primary persona—Morioka.
After all, this time the person’s hole was quite special.
If Morioka sensed a crisis, he might truly die. Even causing the slightest suspicion would be dangerous.
However, what concerned Wen Xishu’s alternate persona was that Morioka’s final monologue was not his intervention...
But genuinely, Morioka talking to himself.
"Could it be that Morioka also has multiple personas?"
"No, that’s not right."
Representing rationality and calm thinking, the "absolutely calm version of Wen Xishu," instinctively felt... something was wrong with Morioka.
"Better keep observing for now."
...
...
Node 01 had not ended.
Soon Koizumi Kyohei had a great victory at the casino, winning a lot of money.
Koizumi Kyohei began to spread the word of Morioka’s miracle.
"Morioka Immortal really can bring me good luck. I now win every gamble, so lucky!"
For anyone winning at gambling, there are always losers.
Behind Koizumi Kyohei’s success were countless people like him whose lives were ruined. But, they were all gamblers and not worthy of sympathy.
At least from Koizumi Kyohei’s perspective, he was the one winning, he was the one who was happy.
Soon, with Koizumi Kyohei’s promotion, the belief that Morioka was the True God gained more credibility.
Gradually, more people came to seek Morioka.
"My hair is thinning, I really want thick hair," a girl from Tianmu Village said.