tokyo creator

Chapter 270 Zhai King
Guan Xu seemed to think that this explanation was enough, so he continued walking down the steps.

Hui Yuanchu looked back at Saioudai in the main hall again, feeling that she still wanted to say something to him.

"So, what is Saio?"

As Hui Yuanchu asked, he looked over from a distance and explored the tentacles of the Soul Cicada.

Seeing now, he finally felt something was wrong.

The Saiodai girl's face is not covered with white makeup...but she is actually wearing a white mask with classical Japanese beauty features.

Moreover, she didn't seem to want to move, but was "unable to move."

Her current state is not that of "entering concentration" like an old monk, but more like being forcibly fixed in this position by some invisible force.

The girl couldn't move, and her face was covered by a mask, so her expression couldn't be seen. She was just passively "elegant and calm"... but Hui Yuanchu felt her emotions.

Maybe it's pheromones, or micro-expressions and body postures, or even mysterious soul induction... In short, even if you can't say a word, even if you can't move a finger, even if you can't even see your face, human beings still The ability to convey one's emotions to others in an inexplicable way.

The Saiodai girl is the same, there is always an atmosphere surrounding her.

Huiyuan didn't care at first.But when he really started to notice her and stretched out his tentacles, he captured the atmosphere from a distance.

...It turns out to be "patience".

The girl filled herself with patience.Endure pain, endure hatred.

Pain and hatred...then, what's going on inside her body?
Hui Yuanchu continued to stretch the Soul Cicada forward, entered the main hall, passed through the priests on the periphery who were performing some kind of ritual non-stop, crossed the jade wall, and was about to touch the girl...

--Hey?

Hui Yuanchu suddenly shuddered.

Can't touch her.

Only a few centimeters away from Saioudai, Hui Yuanchu's tentacles seemed to suddenly extend into an invisible bottomless abyss. No matter how much they extended forward, they could not touch Saioudai himself.

And the information fed back from the tentacles is——

As if covering all types of vision, hearing, smell and taste, a large amount of messy and irregular information was chopped up and fried into a plate.

Therefore, even Hui Yuanchu, who is used to reviewing a large amount of information, will feel caught off guard when he first comes into contact with it.

What kind of strange situation is this?Some kind of enchantment?still……

So, Hui Yuanchu turned around and continued to ask Guan Xu: "What is she doing sitting there? What rituals are the priests around doing?"

"Don't ask about these things that have nothing to do with you." Guanxu said without looking back, "You are here because you were ordered to assist us, repel the demons, and ensure that the Shenzhi Festival proceeds smoothly. Then you only need to Just do your own thing.”

——As expected, these Shinto shrines that are holding certain ceremonies, although they are also enemies of the Crusaders and Apostles, are obviously not in the same system as the group.

Moreover, they call the apostles demons?

Hui Yuanchu quickly turned his thoughts and integrated a lot of information in an instant.

But how to convince Guan Xu——

"To be honest, my order didn't clearly state what I was going to do. It just said that I would make your own decision after you get in touch with me..." He pretended to be lustful and said, "So you understand, right? If you want my help, you have to It depends on my mood——"

"——Then you go." Guan Xu was more straightforward than him and didn't look back.

Why doesn't this world-weary face accept this trick at all?
Fortunately, the cicadas rustled and sent another plan.

"Wait—" Hui Yuanchu hastily changed his honest and earnest expression, "Well, let me tell the truth, it's actually because I'm very interested in the topic you asked last time."

When he "accidentally met" Guan Xu at the Kwai Festival, did the question he left before leaving - the "Kui" in the Kwai Festival - have any profound meaning?
Guan Xu suddenly stopped and turned around.

good!This trick works!

Hui Yuanchu struck while the iron was hot and said cheekily: "Isn't that question related to Saio? So... just give me some more reference materials now."

Guan Xu continued to stare at Hui Yuanchu with a bad expression for a while, but finally he suddenly sneered, turned around and returned to the steps.

Hui Yuanchu suddenly had a strange feeling - Guan Xu seemed to have switched some switch, and he suddenly became very excited.

"Let me think about how to explain it. Only a fool like you can understand it. Hmm..." He touched his chin and said to himself.

"——By the way, seeing is worth hearing a hundred times." Soon, he started moving again, but instead of opening his mouth to explain, he walked directly past Haiyuan Chu and others and walked towards the witch standing beside the worship hall.

Guan Xu whispered a few words to the witch, who nodded and bowed frequently, then ran away in small steps.

Then Hui Yuanchu saw that in the formation outside the main hall, countless shadowy figures started to move, and the low chanting stopped.

Those dark shadows were the priests who were surrounding the girl in the inner formation and were performing some kind of ritual non-stop.At this time, the silhouettes wearing hats stood up and left silently one by one, disappearing into the darkness behind the palace.

Guan Xu stood patiently and waited.It wasn't until there was no one else on the high platform except him, Hui Yuanchu, Laixiang, and Gong Si that Guan Xu made another move.

This time he walked to the hand pool next to the worship hall, picked up a long-handled wooden spoon to scoop up a spoonful of clean water from the stone plate, but did not directly pour it down to clean his hands like the normal worship process.

"Come here." He said two words to Hui Yuanchu, then took the spoon and turned around and walked towards the main hall.

Hui Yuan didn't know why at first, but he could only follow him.

Guan Xu held the wooden spoon filled with water steadily with one hand, walked all the way to the front of the main hall, stepped on the wooden steps to enter the outer array, and finally stopped in front of the inner array.

From here, it is the most sacred part of the shrine.The vermilion jade wall is erected here, once again symbolically separating the imperial body enshrined inside from the outside, which means "it is forbidden to enter and disturb the divine body".

But Guanxu didn't stop at all. He simply moved Tamagaki away with one hand, and after a few more steps, he stood in front of the Saioudai girl who was in the form of a god.

Under the orange-red light projected by the lanterns in the hall, a tall and thin figure in a black kimono just stood there, blocking the dim light of the ever-burning lamp,

As a result, the figure of the white-faced Twelve Dans sitting kneeling below was completely blocked in the shadow.

Hui Yuanchu stood at His Highness, watching this scene from a distance. For a moment, he suddenly felt that the two motionless figures seemed to be inhuman.

——Like a ghost that laughs silently, and a god that is silent.

Finally, the next moment, the man turned around again, revealing his human face.

He glanced at His Highness, looked at Hui Yuanchu, and then raised a finger: "First of all -"

There are only two words in this sentence.

As he finished speaking, Guanxu suddenly made a "swish" sound and poured all the water in the wooden spoon in his hand onto Saioudai's face.

Hui Yuanchu raised his eyebrows in surprise again.

Not only because of Guanxu's sudden movement, but also because he clearly saw that the water did not splash on Saioudai at all.

More than ten centimeters away from the girl, the water seemed to hit some invisible barrier, and the water flowed down in the air.

...Is this the barrier that blocked his Soul Cicada's prying eyes just now? Another form when faced with tangible objects?
Hui Yuan was thoughtful.

Then, his thinking was quickly interrupted by a sudden rising emotional atmosphere.

Not a drop of water touched Saioudai's body.But even so, Hui Yuanchu still felt that a volcano of anger was growing in the girl's heart.

But the next moment, the girl suppressed her anger again. --endure.

Be patient with the pain.

More patience with anger.

Guan Xu put his hands together and turned back to look at Hui Yuanchu: "——Do you see clearly?"

Hui Yuan nodded.

So, the man raised a second finger: "Then, secondly -"

Then, he turned around and threw the wooden spoon towards Saioudai again.

Similarly, not far in front of the girl, the wooden spoon made a crisp impact sound, hit some invisible barrier and bounced away.

Although this action was harmless, it was still insulting.Therefore, Hui Yuanchu naturally felt the rising anger of the girl again.

However, she still chose to suppress her anger quickly.

"Are you angry?" Guan Xu lowered his head, folded his hands arrogantly, looked down at the girl and said expressionlessly, "...Okay, it's okay this time. Since this time is to demonstrate to the guests, you can be a little angry. "

But the girl still responded calmly: "..."

"Anyway, if anything happens, it's my responsibility."

"..."

Guan Xu snorted coldly again: "I see, it can't be done."

He spoke condescendingly, using a calm voice, a calm tone, and neutral words to say mockingly: "After all, you are just Saio Dai, a temporary emergency measure.

“Without the qualifications of a true Saio, one cannot learn to filter out the irrelevant connections between the Godly Body and the country.

"That's all...but it seems that in aspects that have nothing to do with Saio's qualifications, you can't even control your emotions freely.

"Why, are you afraid that once the box of your emotions is opened, you won't be able to close it?

After a moment of silence, he shook his head and sighed: "I really shouldn't expect anything from you... You are still so useless."

——There was another moment of silence.

Immediately, Hui Yuanchu suddenly heard a slightly heavier exhalation from behind the mask of the Saiodai girl... The anger that had been locked in the box came out again.

……a little.

At the same time as this feeling occurred, in Hui Yuanchu's sight, the rope under the eaves of the hall suddenly began to sway without wind.

It was powerful, swinging left and right, and in just a few seconds, the amplitude became larger and larger.

...No, it’s not the Shiren Rope that’s shaking at all!
The loud creaking of the wooden structure came from the hall below and even from the other surrounding buildings, forming a symphony.

The ground beneath your feet was like a carpet being pulled from left to right by invisible hands, making you unsteady.

——The whole land is shaking, it’s an earthquake!
Before it was over, there was a sudden "boom--" and a thunderbolt sounded in the sky.

Hui Yuan initially raised his head and was surprised to find that the originally clear moonlit sky was filled with dark clouds at some point.

"Boom" - "Boom" - lightning flashed in the clouds, thunder rolled in the clouds.

Soon, the earthquake slowly subsided.But then, heavy raindrops began to fall.

Hui Yuanchu stood under the eaves of the main hall, looked up at the sudden downpour of rain and the lightning and thunder in the sky, and was speechless for a while.

This... can't be justified by "coincidence", right?
Although the thunderstorm is violent, it does not last long.

In the inner formation behind her, the girl's emotions were gathered back again, and returned to the inside of the set of twelve singles and the white mask.

But at some point, Guan Xu had folded his hands and quietly returned behind Hui Yuanchu: "Do you understand?"

“This storm and earthquake just happened in the real Kyoto at the same time.

"This is just a demonstration. For more serious situations, you can think about it yourself... Humph, I won't have to actually cause a flood to show you just to convince you.

"In short, Saiou is like this - if she can please Saiou, then her comfort will make the entire land prosperous and the fruits and trees will be plentiful. And if something bad happens to Saiou, then everywhere will be Various natural disasters will follow.

"—and vice versa.

"When the country is at peace, Saio can be at peace... But if the fate of the country unfortunately suffers devastation and blows, Saio's body will also become a 'stand-in' for the country and its people."

Guan Xu took out a cigarette from his arms again - this time it was not an inconvenient long-stem cigarette, but a Western-style pipe.

Hui Yuan touched his chin and felt something novel and unexpected.

He looked back at Saioudai who was quiet again in the palace: "Is this a mortal? He is simply a god..."

"He is a mortal, but only half. The other half is with the gods." Guanxu replied while lowering his head to check the tobacco in his pipe, "——The body of a witch is originally a channel that connects gods and humans. "

"...Miko?"

Guan Xu took out the lighter again and finally lit a cigarette.He took a deep breath, blew out the smoke ring, and then continued to answer: "There are 800 million gods in this country, large and small, who are in charge of or protect all aspects of this country and its people. But there is also one god, that is The land itself."

"——'Lord Fengguo'."

"And the only shrine maiden of the Toyo Kingdom is Saio."

"Through his attachment, Saio becomes one with the gods and one with the country."

It turned out to be the case.

If you think about it this way, it's understandable why Saioudai couldn't move.

"Not moving? Ah, of course. After all, since he is responsible for the country, theoretically even if Saio accidentally falls, it may cause a major earthquake in the entire Kanto..."

"However, the official Saio will have much stronger control over this connection. But the 'dai' Saio is not so good."

"There's no way, it's just a temporary substitute after all. So, let's make her unable to move first, and then put on protective spells to prevent any accidents.

"...For the people." Guan Xu concluded lightly, but there was no expression of sympathy or compassion on his face.

Hui Yuan nodded and looked at Saioudai who could not move from a distance. He finally understood where her pain came from and why she endured it.

So Hui Yuanchu said to himself: "That's really..."

Although he understood the reason, he still just felt pitiful for it.

But before Hui Yuanchu could say these two words, another girl's voice came from behind.

"……happiness."

Haiyuan turned his head back and frowned at Ibuki Rika, who was unusually excited.

"How enviable!! Rika also wants to be Saio - because in this way, more people will come to worship Rika." The fox girl stared at the Saio in the main hall in ecstasy. His eyes were shining, and he said to himself, "——In this way, everyone must truly respect and love Laixiang, right?!"

(End of this chapter)