tokyo creator

Chapter 290 The Ceremony of Branch Sacrifice

The huge flesh-and-blood beast melted like ice and snow, and the original human form emerged from it again.

He randomly picked up a T-shirt of unknown owner from the rubble at his feet, wrapped it around his waist, and began to look around.

The deep space vision in the sky has disappeared, and the sunlight has returned to the earth.

But the land itself under the sun has turned into ruins.

The only remaining building in the ruins that was still in shape was the building at the feet of Ibuki Rika in the distance.The "now one-story building" with its two-story roof cut off has become the tallest building in the neighborhood.

Ibuki Rika smiled brightly and waved to him excitedly. Next to her stood the Tsuchimikado siblings who came out of their hiding place after confirming their safety.

So Hui Yuanchu jumped and bounced over like a cannonball. Finally, he hit the ground heavily and landed in front of the platform a hundred meters away.Then, he jumped up to the second floor with another slight jump and came to Ibuki Rika.

Originally, this kind of behavior was considered shocking.

But at this time, the Tsuchimikado brothers and sisters probably received too many other stimulations, so when they looked at this scene, their eyes struggled a little, then quickly gave up, and then continued to look at the ruins with dull eyes.

"Haihara-kun, is this...an earthquake?" Qingyuki said to himself, but quickly denied himself, "Ah, but if it is really an earthquake, why is only this house still intact??"

Huiyuan understood his feelings at first.

Not long ago, when the brothers Haihara Ibuki Rika and Tsuchimikado first came here in order to exorcise the Tamarihun, this neighborhood was still an ordinary residential area, no different from anywhere else.

The roads are narrow and clean, with stop lines drawn at every intersection, and reflectors on telephone poles.There are two- and three-story single-family buildings on both sides, and cars are parked in the open and narrow garage on the first floor.

but now……

Looking far into the distance, all the way to the boundary of the entire town, the originally stacked residential area has turned into a large open space that has been demolished and flattened. Even the bricks and tiles on the ground seem to have been compacted by some force and are paved flatly. There... there is no building standing on the ground that is more than [-] centimeters above the ground.

Hui Yuan thought about what to say.

"...There was no earthquake, I just played sumo wrestling with the gods."

Pretty appropriate, right?The giant monster and the god fought hand to hand, turning the entire town into a wallowing sand pit.So under the inadvertent back-and-forth crushing between the two sides...this is what happened.

Tsuchimikado Kiyoyuki continued to stare blankly at this "sand pit"... Then, suddenly came back to his senses, and whispered vigilantly: "Huihara!"

Of course Hui Yuanchu discovered the strange movement in the ruins faster than he did - it was the witches.

The dark rain clouds also dissipated at some point. Now there is no dividing line between sunshine and rain, and everything is bathed in sunshine.

And in the eight places where the torii gates for the entrances of the gods were once formed, the shrine maidens are still there.

While the torii gate was still there, they were performing the kagura dance dutifully.

Later, the priest died, the spirit was expelled, and the torii above his head was shattered.But the witches neither ran away nor made any noise.They just stopped dancing one by one, then sat down and waited there quietly.

It was only now that they began to stand up one by one.

Hui Yuan was just thinking about how to deal with these witches who seemed to have no intention of continuing to resist...but he saw that the witches who were affiliated with the main society of the Great Country made the first move.

She bowed deeply to the two people at the top from a distance, and then raised the sacred branch in her hand again.

There is a faint light on the inconspicuous branches.

——Then, the priestess inserted the branch into her heart with a decisive movement.

This scene is as easy as a magic trick.Because of the fragile appearance of the branch, all Haihara could imagine was the scene of it breaking on the miko's chest.

...But this divine branch really pierced through the white clothes and penetrated deeply into the witch's body.

Dark red arterial blood quickly seeped out from the wound, staining the witch's white clothes red.

Then, the miko just gave her last forced smile and fell down face up.

The distance was far, but Hui Yuanchu could see the details clearly.

She was lying powerlessly on the ground, with her face slightly sideways, and the divine branch inserted in her chest was facing the sky, standing upright, floating up and down slightly with her weak breathing.

——The light on the divine branch began to leave.

The light left the divine branch and flew towards Laixiang.

But Hui Yuanchu could clearly see that the miko turned her face sideways, and the light in her eyes quickly dimmed - and then, she finally stopped taking her last breath and died.

Hui Yuanchu watched the light fly over and merge into the divine branch in Laixiang's hand, and was surprised by the witch's decisiveness.

The exclamations of the Tsuchimikado siblings once again came from beside them.

Then he turned around again and saw that this time it was the shrine maiden of the Blade Shrine saluting them, and then, without hesitation, she stabbed the sacred branch into his heart.

The miko of Hamono Shrine also fell down and died.Next, there are the Epidemic Shrine, Tamayama Inari Shrine, Hiyoshi Shrine...

The witches took their time and died one by one.The rays of light also flew in one after another.

Hui Yuan thought this scene was very beautiful at first, just like a firework festival on a summer night.

Laixiang next to him probably felt the same way.She raised her face and stared at the sky, and unconsciously hugged Hui Yuanchu's arm tightly.From the girl's pupils, beautiful rays of light like shooting stars were reflected.

She looked at the sky with fascination and praised to herself: "...It's so beautiful."

But the Tsuchimikado brothers and sisters behind them had no intention of raising their heads to admire the scenery.They just stared at the miko who fell one by one in the distance, with expressions of struggle and heaviness on their faces.

Finally, when it was the turn of Migozensha Miko to stand up, Kiyoyuki finally made up his mind.

"Haihara, I know that we were all saved by you, so I may not have the position to make any more requests..." Tsuchimikado Kiyuki asked Haiyuan Chu: "But, can we stop her?"

Hui Yuanchu retracted his gaze from the sky to admire the scenery.

In fact, he had no intention of watching all these witches die. He still had questions to ask these living people.

So at this moment, he raised his hand and shot a finger at the miko who was hundreds of meters away.

The witch had just finished her salute and raised the sacred branch when she was hit on the elbow by Hui Yuanchu's severed finger. She lost strength and the sacred branch fell down.

Unexpectedly, the miko looked stunned.

But she quickly came to her senses, picked up the sacred branch, but did not try to stab herself at all. Instead, she looked up at Hui Yuanchu from a distance as if seeking instructions.

Therefore, Hui Yuanchu waved at her.

The miko bowed and walked towards this side obediently.

Hui Yuanchu also turned around and went downstairs with a few others, then walked through the corridor, this time walking out of the house from the front door.

Soon, the miko came to the front.

"Master Huzhai Palace, do you have any advice?" She bowed deeply again and asked softly.

"It's not Hu Zhai Palace, it's Lai Xiang!" Yi Chui Lai Xiang corrected unhappily.

"Okay, Lord Saimiya," the miko replied obediently.

Hui Yuanchu observed the witch carefully.

The main worship gods of Migozensha are the three goddesses of Munakata.However, unlike Munakata Taisha Shrine and Itsukushima Shrine, Meigozensha Shrine enshrines the three goddesses Munakata, not the side that protects sea routes, but the side that protects arts and beauty.

Therefore, the reputation of Migozen Shrine in Kyoto is firstly because most of the pilgrims who come to worship are beauties, and secondly because all the shrine maidens in the shrine are also famous for their beauty.

The witch in front of me is obviously the best among them.He has a dignified appearance, black hair shawl, and still has a calm demeanor until now. He can definitely be praised as "unparalleled".

Hui Yuanchu asked: "What's your name?"

"Asakami Miyazuki."

So Haihara stared at the miko Asagami and asked his question: "...Where is the King of Gion?"

Haiyuan originally thought that the battle just now was actually just a feint attack at Yasaka Shrine.

The Gion Heavenly King should have launched a surprise attack while his attention was distracted by the spirits of the eight Shosumo Shrine.For this reason, he deliberately let out a lot of loopholes just now.

But until now, King Gion has never appeared.

And Qianshen's answer was: "King Gion, he should be talking with Bodhisattva now."

Hui Yuan really did not expect this answer.After a moment of silence, he could only come to this conclusion: "So, King Gion is really so arrogant that he thinks he can stop us just by relying on a few of you?"

But Qian Shen looked a little surprised for some reason, as if Hui Yuanchu said something she couldn't understand.

After a moment of silence, she looked at Ibuki Rika and said, "No, no. We are not here to stop you."

"That?"

"I have been ordered by Lord Heavenly King to come to assist Lord Zhai Gong to complete the ceremony of branch sacrifice."

The serious and sincere expression on Qian Shen's face made Huiyuan confirm that she was not joking.But how to understand this - in an instant, the cicada group sent a related picture, which made Hui Yuanchu's heart move.

The so-called ceremony——

It was the fierce fight with the eight gods before.

It was also the shrine maidens who peacefully embarked on the road to hell one by one in the order agreed upon in advance.

(End of this chapter)