Infinite spooky game

Soon, the waiter brought the sacrificial garments over.

It was a hunting robe as red as blood, with golden tassels sewn on the edges and gilded cloud patterns embroidered on the front. It reflected golden light in the sunlight, and it looked grand, prosperous and magnificent.

With the help of the waiter, Qis put on the gorgeous clothes. He looked like a withered corpse trapped in the clothes, and even his soul could feel the heaviness of his body.

"You look like a real god in this cassock." The waiter admired sincerely and tied a red ribbon on Qis's half-long hair.

There was no mirror here, so Qis couldn't see his own image, but he didn't really care. He just quietly let the waiter fiddle with him.

After the waiter left, he dragged his complicated clothes, knelt on the cushion, and recited the Rabbit God's blessing in a low voice.

This time he did not play Reiko's recording, but said with a smile in a narrative tone: "Kanna Shichiro, I think you must hate that nosy wizard, right?
“It was He who aroused the desires of the first three family heads, causing them to imprison the Rabbit God of the time, dragging the entire Rabbit God Town into the quagmire of fate, and causing generations of people to suffer the shadow of the curse.

“Without Him, the children of Rabbit God Town would just be the children of their parents. You can have desires and freely decide your own life without being imprisoned here and stuck in a seven-day cycle.

"Coincidentally, I am also hostile to that sorcerer and need to kill him to seize the full power of the contract. As the saying goes - 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend', you will help me, right?"

The rabbit statue in the shrine opened its blood-red eyes, stared at Qis for a moment, and then slowly closed its eyelids.

He was wavering and was considering the feasibility of cooperating with Qis, but had not made a final decision.

Qi Si said no more and sat back beside the table. He put the prayer board engraved with the bamboo cage eye song aside, picked up a piece of wood, and started carving with the magic chisel.

In fact, under the current circumstances, it is far from necessary for him to take the Rabbit God's feelings into consideration.

He has no desires, yet he can carve a new statue that is different from the Rabbit God statue, and he also attaches himself to the body of Kanna Shichiro who had succeeded once. At first glance, it seems that seizing the Rabbit God's power is almost a foregone conclusion.

But the message left by the "evil ghost" asking him to trade with the Rabbit God could not be without purpose. Although he did not intend to fully believe in the kindness of that unknown existence, it did not stop him from trying to follow the advice.

What's more, the Rabbit God at this time is Shenwu Shichiro who has successfully seized the Rabbit God's power. He has had experiences that Qis has never had, which means he has more information.

It is impossible that he has no trump cards at all. After so many years, he may be able to think of a way to counter the Rabbit God Festival that has been repeated over and over again.

This made it impossible for Qi Si not to be more careful.

Rather than the unknown ceremonies performed by the priests, he was more willing to believe in the restrictions of the contract.

The abode of the gods was silent. Both the man and the god were speechless. The only sound was the continuous "rustling" sound of the carving knife filing the wood, which mixed with the sound of the wind, wind chimes, and wooden signs, forming a harmonious melody.

Later, Kanna Rokuro came over.

The door was not locked at this time. He opened the wooden door, stood outside, and looked at Qis who was sitting at the desk.

"Qilang, the head of the Kurokawa family is really too much. He led you into the main god's residence without informing our Shenwujia." The young man in black kimono said indignantly, "My father was so angry that he vomited blood when he heard the news last night!"

Qi Si stood up and walked to the door, looking at Kanna Rokuro across the threshold, and said calmly: "I took the initiative to ask to become the lord of the gods. Reiko is dead, and someone has to take responsibility for all this. This is my responsibility to be born in Rabbit God Town."

"Then you can't...can't..." Kanwu Rokuro was so angry that he stammered for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence. After all, Qis was standing on the moral high ground, and no matter what he said, he was wrong.

He could only put on a stern face and admonished like a brother: "Qilang, luckily you hit all three sticks. As long as nothing unexpected happens, you can become the new god. Otherwise, you don't know what kind of disaster you will bring to my Shenwu family..."

"Disaster..." Qi Si seemed to have remembered something. He turned around and took out the prayer plaque engraved with the Bamboo Cage Eyes ballad from the table and handed it to Kanna Rokuro. "I heard that the prayer plaque I carved by myself can bring blessings and avoid disasters. I wonder if it's true."

"Why are you still carving these?" Kanmu Rokuro impatiently threw away the prayer board, and the wooden board fell to the ground with a "bang".

As if he realized belatedly that his attitude was bad, he slightly suppressed the irritation between his eyebrows and sighed: "Qilang, what you have to do next is to do your best to carve the statue of the rabbit god and find out the appearance of the god in your mind.

"As long as you can become the new god, our family will be fine."

"Is that so?" Qi Si laughed softly, "Brother, Qilang will do his best."

Kanmu Rokuro said a few more words of comfort, and his words were full of nervousness, fearing that Qi Si had made a mistake, causing the chance to become a god to slip through his fingers, and the fate of the family to take a sharp turn for the worse.

Qi Si had just carved a lot of malicious "prayer cards" and was in a good mood, so he was extra patient in dealing with this worried brother.

The waiter standing not far away could not bear to watch this anymore, so he came over and said, "Shen Wujun, time is running out. Lord Shenzhu needs to calm down so that he can carve a new statue."

Only then did Kanna Rokuro look back every few steps and left with a heavy heart.

Qis returned to the table and continued to carve the statue.

The specimen maker's hands are nimble and light, allowing them to handle more varied and difficult-to-carve human materials, and carving wood blocks is naturally no problem.

He could often carve out a rough outline of a human figure very quickly, and then slowly carve out the head, face and clothing, making the block of wood in his hand look like a human figure rather than some other species.

But when it came to detailing the facial features and expressions, the chisel seemed to lose control and began to carve randomly, either scratching the statue's face or carving out a bunch of incomprehensible symbols.

Whenever this happened, Qis would happily flatten the damaged statues, make them into prayer cards, and engrave all kinds of horrible nursery rhymes on them.

The people outside were getting anxious, but he, who was the focus of thousands of eyes, was calm and composed. Anyone who saw him could be sure that he really had no desires and didn't even have a heart.

The afternoon sun fell on the back of the god's residence, and the room became dark, as if it was sneaking from the human world into the realm of gods and demons.

The waiter entered the room and added some incense to the incense burner. Three newly lit incense sticks stood tall and green smoke flew into the shrine, blurring the face of the statue.

Qi Sigang flattened the newly carved piece of wood and carved his three lines of divine name on it.

The waiter saw this and said helplessly, "Master God, wait until tomorrow, they will keep letting you gain and lose until you know what you really want.

"When desire arises in your heart but your body is not yet tainted by it, they will carve you into a god frozen between life and death."

Qi Si raised his eyelids and chuckled at him: "Thank you for telling me, I understand."

The waiter excused himself and stood under the cherry tree twenty meters away.

Qi Si sat on the mat again and asked the Rabbit God: "Hundreds of years ago, after you became the Lord God, did you also carve non-stop like I do now? What was your desire, and what did you carve?"

The Rabbit God did not answer. Qi Si stopped there and lay down on the couch, closing his eyes and dozing off to the sound of birds singing.

I don't know how long it took, but Kurokawa Akira's voice rang out from outside the window: "Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi...are you okay?"

Qi Si sat up from the couch, pushed open the half-closed door, and motioned him to stand outside the threshold to talk. The waiter disappeared from his sight at some point. He must have seen Qi Si fall asleep, so he allowed himself to leave briefly to clean the shrine or do something else.

Akira Kurokawa trotted over to Qi Si, his face full of worry, looking like he would cry at any moment: "Xiao Qi, you have been chosen and become the Lord God. Does that mean you are going to die? I went to ask them, and they all said that you would be fine, but I don't believe it..."

"I'm sure I'll be fine."

Qi Si briefly repeated the information about carving gods and seizing divine power, and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, I will replace the original Rabbit God and become the new god of Rabbit God Town. From now on, there will be no more Rabbit God Festivals, and no more deaths."

"Really?" Akira Kurokawa opened his mouth wide, his eyes brightening up surprisingly, "Then Xiao Qi, can I make a wish to you from now on?"

Qi Si smiled and nodded, took the prayer plate engraved with the name of God from the table and handed it over: "Before that, I may need you to do me a favor.

"Spread the contents engraved on it, and let the residents of Rabbit God Town spread it like the legend of the Rabbit God."

Before Akira Kurokawa spoke, he added seriously: "Don't ask why, and don't tell the adults that I asked you to do this. These two points are very important and are related to whether I can survive."

Akira Kurokawa took the prayer card and swallowed his saliva: "Is this... so important? But if I don't tell the adults, how can I let others recite the words on it?"

"We can make it into a nursery rhyme, a game, or spread all kinds of specious rumors... There are many ways."

Qi Si lowered his eyes and sighed softly: "Kurokawa Akira, I have only told you the above. Whether you can succeed in the end depends on how you act."

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"Ah? Okay, I... I'll try my best!" Kurokawa Akira nodded heavily, then left nervously holding the prayer card.

Qis looked up at the rabbit statue behind the shrine and smiled friendly: "You are bound by your faith and cannot be free, so I will eliminate some of your faith for you. Is this sincerity enough?"

The Rabbit God opened his eyes and stared at him with bloodshot eyes, still without saying a word.

In the evening, the waiter brought a tray with a bowl of white rice and several dishes of food cooked with vegetables, fish and chicken.

In the era of the game's background, all of the above are precious ingredients. Qis suddenly thought of the term "last meal before execution" for no reason.

He took the wooden tray, put it on the table, and used chopsticks to pick up the ingredients attentively, following the rule of one chopstick for rice and one chopstick for vegetables, and putting the food into his mouth.

Except for the three times of "Rose Manor", "Carnivore" and "Double Happiness Town", the rest of the copies either do not require eating or the food is too abstract.

In reality, Qis would go downstairs to eat a few normal meals except when he had time to overcome his laziness. Otherwise, he would fill his stomach with instant noodles of various flavors.

The meal in front of him was quite formal. The rice tasted fresh and fragrant, the vegetables were juicy and sweet, the fish and chicken were fresh and plump. Qis was quite satisfied with the meal.

He swallowed all the food slowly, put down the clean bowl and chopsticks, and looked at the waiter.

The waiter said, "Tomorrow is August 3rd, and according to the rules you have to fast."

Qi Si smiled indifferently, stood up with his hands folded, and made room to clear the plates.

The waiter put the dishes and chopsticks on the tray, turned around and left with the wooden tray, stepped over the threshold and closed the door.

With a "click", the wooden door was locked.

For the next four days, Qisi will be locked in the God's Residence with the Rabbit God until Qisi carves a new statue of the god, or the Rabbit God crosses the limit and kills him.

Only a shallow layer of wood remained in the box, and Qis stopped carving.

He sat on the couch, closed his eyes, and silently said "fast forward" in his mind.

The wind grew louder, the sounds of the wind chimes and the wooden signs became completely out of tune, and there was a noisy and rapid vibration in my ears.

At some point, the noise died down, and Qisi saw the Rabbit God step down from the shrine.

"Bamboo cage eyes, bamboo cage eyes, when will the bird in the cage be released to fly?"

"In the early hours of the night, a crane and a turtle fell over each other, and the child behind them asked who it was?"

The children's crisp singing voices rang out, but this time it was mixed with cries of fear instead of laughter.

Before Qi Si's eyes appeared the figures of young men wearing kimonos of various colors. Among them was a man wearing a heavy blood-red hunting robe with gold-plated embroidery patterns in the style of sacrificial robes.

It’s Kanna Shichiro.

Qi Si saw Kanna Shichiro standing in the circle, holding hands with the boys, and circling around the boy sitting in the center.

While the song was being sung, he laughed maliciously but happily, and kicked the boy every time he walked a beat, until the boy's back was covered with shoe prints.

The boy just curled up in silence, sobbing quietly, without hiding.

After a round of the Bamboo Cage Eyes game ended, the next person took his place in the center, and Kanna Shichiro still stood in the circle, repeating the process of wantonly beating the boy sitting in the middle.

Everyone was crying, and the faces of the teenagers were wrinkled and ugly. They begged at the same time.

"Qilang, we are sorry for you. We shouldn't have bullied you before..."

"Qilang, please forgive us. We already know we are wrong. Please let us go back..."

"Qilang, the adults said that as long as you feel that it's enough, we can leave... Have you had enough fun?"

Kanna Shichiro laughed out loud, that kind of exaggerated and performative laugh one would see in a stage play, like a madman at the end of his life mocking his fate, or like a prodigal son who had been wandering for half his life looking at his own shadow and feeling sorry for himself.

"I haven't had enough fun. How can I have had enough fun? Don't you like playing the bamboo cage game the most? I like it too..."

As he smiled, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes. His long black hair fell down, covering his pale face like a demon, which was horrifying to the sight.

All the boy's movements and expressions were frozen, his flesh melted like a wax figure under heat, and his pale skull reflected the candlelight, a dark and cold white.

Kanna Shichiro suddenly turned his head to face Qi Si, and said in a calm and cold voice: "They said that I was the offspring of an evil ghost, so I must become a ghost god to fulfill their prophecy.

"My wish was to never have to be a ghost when playing the bamboo cage game, so I carved the bamboo cage song under the base of the statue.

"And they played the bamboo cage eye game with me until August 6th." (End of this chapter)