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Chapter 280 No Voice

He kept looking at Chunhai until she was out of sight, and when Laixiang's chattering voice completely disappeared from the corridor, Qingxing breathed a sigh of relief.

Hui Yuan glanced at him like this and said, "...continue our previous topic?"

"Yes." Qingyuki sighed and looked up at Haiyuan Chu: "To be honest, Haiyuan, I have been thinking, fortunately I met you and Ibuki... Fortunately, I can still talk to you. Talk about these things.”

"You mean, the truth about the Shenzhi Festival..." Hui Yuanchu also followed his topic, "Is it that the priests and witches need to fight in Heianjing?"

"Yes. After discussing this matter with my grandfather, we decided not to let Harumi know the truth." Qingyuki nodded, "Our Tsuchimikado family can please the Lord Toyo by exorcising the jade soul, without killing people. Then from beginning to end, just pretend that we entered Heian Jingli just to exorcise this one thing."

He murmured to himself, "There's no need for Harumi to face such a cruel thing, right?

"Just knowing that 'if the offerings are not satisfactory to Lord Feng Guo, they will be turned into living souls', she is already very scared..."

"Chunhai has just entered junior high school..."

Hui Yuanchu said: "You have just entered high school."

"No matter what, I am the elder brother." Qingxing insisted.

Hui Yuan did not refute at first, but made a gesture to indicate Qing Xing to continue.

So Qingxing exhaled again: "But if these things can only be kept in my heart..."

He bowed his head in silence for a moment and admitted, “I’m scared.

“I’m afraid of meeting people from other shrines.

“In addition to being afraid of death, I’m also afraid that Chunhai will know the truth.

"I'm even more afraid that because Chunhai doesn't know the truth, he won't be wary of others and won't even have time to escape.

“So, after entering the divine realm, I have been tense.

"At any time, I have to pay attention to the situation around me... and I must not bump into those people from the big society.

“There is still a big exorcism to be done.

"Besides, we must also be on guard against Chunhai seeing anything strange...

"So, I'm scared and nervous, and I have to pretend not to be so scared and nervous for Chunhai... Before I met you, I felt like I couldn't hold on anymore." He clasped his hands, lowered his head and said, "After all, this is my first time encountering such a thing..."

But Hui Yuanchu laughed: "Ah, looking at the way you said it, I thought you were already a veteran."

"...Hey, as you said, I have just entered high school!" Qingyuki couldn't help but glare at him, "The last Shenzhi Festival was ten years ago, and I couldn't speak clearly at that time!"

Hui Yuanchu shrugged: "But since you are members of the club, you must have been exposed to this kind of thing since you were young, right? Or... have you been prepared for it?"

"No -" Qingxing frowned, "Although it is the tradition of the Divine Branch Festival to fight each other to choose the winner, this ancient ceremony has not been held for more than 100 years.

"Since the Meiji Restoration, the selection of Saio has not been carried out in such a cruel way. The shrine maidens recommended by major shrines are generally considered in terms of Kagura dance, family background, demeanor and behavior, etc. to select Kyoto's Saio. Just a candidate for king.

"After all, Japan is now a civilized society, and things like 'killing people for the gods' are no longer a matter of course, right?
"But no one knows why the Shinto Headquarters suddenly returned to tradition this time and even gave a strong hint that 'it's useless to call the police'..." Qingyuki said weakly, holding his head, "So, I often I’m so depressed—why did you just bump into me? My luck is too bad, right?”

"After all, the notes of the ancestors never lie. The real Shenzhi Festival is a carnival where people really die." He unconsciously flipped through the corners of his notebook, showing his anxiety, "And the current situation is indeed It’s very bad…”

Hui Yuanchu asked curiously: "Oh? Why is it not good? And how did you know that the situation was not good?"

"The details are unclear, but -" Qingxing paused.

He thought for a while and decided to start from the beginning: "——This is the case. Although our Seimei Shrine has been much better in recent years, in essence it is only a small marginal shrine, and it is incomparable to those famous big shrines. .Although I also entered the annex of the Shinto Main Agency...but the annex is not all big shrines.

"Sora has a long history, but due to management or cultural issues, the current situation is just struggling to maintain it - there are actually many such special shrines.

"It's natural that we often communicate with several small temples in similar situations." As he said that, Qingxing showed Hui Yuanchu his mobile phone, "...even for the convenience of contact, we even built a Weline group.”

Although the Divine Realm is outside the signal circle and cannot send or receive messages, it is still possible to at least see the existence of that group.He sighed again and said: "So, it was obviously very difficult to survive, but I received an order from the Shinto Headquarters and was forced to participate in the Shenzhi Festival..."

"Can't you refuse to participate?" Hui Yuanchu asked immediately.

Kiyoshi shook his head and said, "As I said just now, many shrines are barely surviving - they actually rely on the subsidies issued by the shrine main office. The shrine main office collects the sales of Kanzashi guards and other items from the Meishin Taisha Shrine, which is very popular and earns a lot of money. share the funds, and then redistribute these funds to those small shrines that are difficult to survive on their own... This is another method used by shrines in modern times to control Shinto in addition to 'Taoism'."

"As for Seimei Shrine, a shrine that is no longer economically controllable, the Shinto Headquarters also has various other means to threaten... For example, as the manager of all other shrines, the Shinto Headquarters also has the secretaries of each shrine. The right to appoint Seimei Shrine. Therefore, even if the Seimei Shrine is passed down from generation to generation by the Tsuchimikado family, the shrine... can take away the Seimei Shrine at any time." Kiyoyuki became more and more frustrated as he talked, "In short, rejecting the shrine is It's one thing...but whether you can bear the consequences is another matter."

"It was obviously very difficult to survive, but I was forced to participate in the Kamizhi Festival - but in order to survive, I had to participate in the Divine Branch Festival... You can understand how everyone felt at that time, right?
After a moment of silence, he continued: "The most depressing time... was when I heard the news that all the famous shrines were different from us and were very active in this event, gearing up and preparing to compete with all their strength. .

"...It is indeed a big shrine. Unlike us, we have never forgotten it for hundreds of years. We have always had time to spare. We have not stopped preparing for the 'Ancient Sacred Branch Festival' for hundreds of years...

"Everyone actually doesn't know what they have prepared, but..."

After a moment of silence, three words popped out of Qingxing's mouth.

"Will be killed."

"It's said to be a fight, but only we will be killed."

"Just like the homeless and the rich... how can a small society and a big society carry out an equal 'fight'? It will just be a 'massacre', right? We will definitely be like soldiers without any resistance, and will be killed by the big society." Did they kill them all?"

"With such a mood, everyone discussed for a long time and finally decided on a plan: in short, after entering the divine realm, we must unite. Everyone must try their best to find companions and get closer to them. The number of people may be our confrontation The only advantage of the Grand Shrine Palace."

The more Qing Xing spoke, the more he frowned. He lowered his head and stared at the group message list in his hand that showed "No Network" and could not be refreshed.

"Just like that, the first batch set off the day before yesterday. Then the second batch I was in yesterday...

"To be honest, I didn't receive any notice from the Shrine until I entered Heian Kyo yesterday. At that time, I was still very happy...

"Because if it is confirmed that anyone has been sacrificed to Lord Fengguo, the shrine will issue a notice as soon as possible.

"So there was no announcement, which means no one died. I thought our plan was successful, everyone was successfully organized, and we were able to successfully fight against the Zhaigu people of the Grand Shrine. We even succeeded in that no one died.

“But after I actually entered Heianjing, I felt something was wrong.

"From yesterday to now... I actually took a detour and went to several agreed contact points... but I didn't receive any news from my companions.

“There is no news about the companions who have established a foothold yesterday, nor the companions who should enter with me today.

"If they are all alive and well, why did they leave a message to guide the rendezvous as agreed in advance?

"He was neither killed nor had any news... It's so weird." Finally, Qing Xing murmured, "So, I don't know what the situation is now..."

"It's just—something's wrong. Very wrong."

Then he fell silent and continued to fiddle with the corners of his notebook with a solemn expression.

Hui Yuan thought for a moment and suddenly said: "If you want to know the current situation, I know someone you can ask."

"……Who?"

"Follow me." Hui Yuan did not explain, but walked directly towards the door.

"...Ah, wait a minute, wait a minute! I'll call Chunhai and Laixiang, and we'll set off together." Qingxing said hurriedly.

"No, you don't need to call them. Because it's very close." Hui Yuanchu said lightly, without stopping.

Qing Xing hurriedly followed.

After chasing him out of the room, he was surprised to see that Hui Yuan did not go towards the door at first, but turned directly up the stairs to the second floor of the one-family building.

(End of this chapter)