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Steel Winged Tengu: 14. Heading to Hokkaido

"How long will it take?"

"According to my speed, it should take more than a month at most, because there may be some other things in the middle."

"Can you come back before the new year?"

"Well... I should be able to come back."

"It would be great if I could come back before the end of the year."

"Then, I'm off."

It was already the morning of the next day. At the door of Abe's house, Changran took the rice ball package and bamboo cup from Lu Shu's hand.

"Be careful along the way."

"Don't worry, mother, Ibaraki is following me."

Pointing at Ibaraki behind him, Chang Ran replied, but unfortunately, Lu Shu did not have the power to see ghosts and could not see Ibaraki behind Chang Ran.

"It's Shikigami-sama, so please."

The status of the Twelve Divine Generals is very high. Even Ji Chang is called "sir", and so is Lu Shu.

"You don't need to tell me, I will be a good friend."

It's a pity that Lu Shu couldn't hear it.

Qingming and Changhao had already gone to the Yin and Yang dormitory, and Changran was the last one to leave home.

"Then we're off."

With a pair of knives on his waist, a long bow with a broken string and an arrow pot on his back, he wrapped the package behind him and set off Changran.

Yuan Boya's bow is a special one. It was originally made from a bowsmith in Hokkaido. It has completely different specifications from the bows used by the military guards of Heian Kyo. Therefore, Chang Ran has two options after the bow string breaks. One is to replace it. Using the bows of the military guards, but Changran is really not used to it, especially after his right hand becomes a ghost hand. That kind of bow can be easily broken, so the other way is to go to Hokkaido to find the bowsmith family in person and repair the bow. .

He left Abe's house with Ibaraki, walked south along Suzaku Avenue, and exited the Luo City Gate.

After leaving Luocheng Gate, Changran no longer had to walk. He directly summoned dark clouds and jumped up. He and Ibaraki sat on the dark clouds together and began to fly toward the northeast.

Kyoto is located in the southwest of the main island, and Hokkaido is in the northeast of the main island, so Changran needs to fly quite a distance.

It's simply not walking. If it were walking, even if you use Yubu to walk through the spiritual veins, it would take quite a while.

To the northeast of the main island of Japan, Hokkaido is separated from the main island by a sea. Of course, in this era, Hokkaido was not Hokkaido and was called Ezo. The entire Hokkaido was not unified into Japan's territory. Japan's main The scope is still the main island.

Decades ago, when people from Hokkaido came to Heian-kyo to present gifts, they were attracted by Minamoto Boya and asked for help in making a long bow. All the materials brought from Hokkaido were used, so the bows in Heian-kyo were The craftsman was completely unable to repair it.

However, although you can fly to Hokkaido, you still have to pass through a lot of places in the middle. There is a large mountainous forest area in the central part of the island.

During the Heian period, except for the area around Heian Kyo, there was basically no development in other places. There were only a few vassal cities along the way, and the rest were small villages.

So basically along the way, Changran and the others were surrounded by primeval forests.

I have to say that in this era, greening is still very good.

When flying above the forest, from time to time some bolder birds would fly over to see the situation. After all, it is strange to have a dark cloud flying, isn't it?

Along the way, it is completely like traveling, although in essence it is not much different from traveling.

In order to make it easier to identify the road, Changran flew along the northern coastline of the island, which is close to the Sea of ​​Japan.

The speed of the dark clouds was not slow, but it was not particularly fast either. It was much faster than a bullock cart, but naturally much slower than a modern car. After flying for half a day, Changran and the others arrived at the center of the island. of Toyama.

Toyama is a small mountain in the north-central part of the main island of Japan.

After flying here, Changran realized something was wrong.

Because the evil spirit here has become denser.

Although some demonic energy can be felt in the forest all the way down, it is obviously not as dense as in this area.

I bet this is where monsters live.

Because he might encounter monsters, Changran slowed down the clouds and tried to avoid this place as much as possible. He was here to practice his bow. If the opponent was a wild monster and would not actively attack humans, Changran would not either. Leave them alone.

Ibaraki also looked around knowingly to see what would happen below and respond in time. However, according to Ibaraki's character, if there was any conflict during the meeting, he would probably throw away the black flames as soon as possible.

When Changran turned to fly north to avoid this area, several shadows slowly lowered and emerged from the clouds.

"Have you left..."

"It seems that human being is very sensible and did not come to us rashly."

"Hmph, it's good to know what's going on. If you come here rashly, you're just going to die."

"Let's move on, our mission continues."

"That's right, Lord Otengu is back. We need to summon Tengu from all over Japan."

"Lord Daitengu will lead us to the top of the demon clan again!"

The black wings flapped, and several figures flew into the distance, falling down some black feathers.

This is Toyama, the central area of ​​the island. It is the largest gathering area for Tengu, and it is also where the Great Tengu is now located.

The return of the Great Tengu made the Tengu clan excited. The former Great Tengu led the Tengu clan to the top of the demon clan. However, as the Great Tengu was sealed, the Tengu clan also fell behind. Just like the ghost clan in the past, they left He left Mt. Nachi and came to live in Toyama, far away from human beings.

But now that the Daitengu is back, it's different.

The return of the Great Tengu will cause all the Tengu in Japan to gather here in Toyama. By then, this place will probably form a terrifying force.

However, all this is still unclear. Changran has chosen to bypass this place. He has no way of knowing the specific situation.

Because it took a lot of time to bypass the Toyama area, it was already dark when Masaran flew near the Shinano River. Masaran could only give up and continue on his way, flying towards the nearest Shinano River, where is Shinano It is a relatively large town in the central area of ​​the country.

The current Shinano Mamoru is Fujiwara Yimasa of the Fujiwara family. Not only Shinano Mamoru, but almost 80% of all Japan is controlled by members of the Fujiwara family. Of the remaining 20%, the vast majority are controlled by Genji. The entire Japan It was basically divided between Fujiwara and Genji.

The identity of an onmyoji brought Changran a lot of conveniences, especially the identity of an onmyoji who came from Ping'an Jing, which allowed Changran to live in the inn without spending any money.

The status of onmyojis in Heianjing may not be that noble, but it is different outside. As an important resource, onmyojis have always been concentrated in Heianjing. In the outside world, there are not many onmyojis. To deal with monsters and monsters, humans basically rely on themselves. , or if something serious happens, go to Heianjing and ask the Onmyoji to come down and help.

Therefore, Chang Ran, the Onmyoji who came from Ping'an Capital, was treated very well when he arrived.

However, Shinano seemed to be particularly lively today, and a bonfire party was held on the street, which made Chang Ran feel a little curious.

Standing in the corridor of the inn, looking at the lights and noisy people in the city, Chang Ran made up his mind and called to Ibaraki who was looking around behind him.

"Ibaraki, let's go see the excitement too."

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Steel-Winged Tengu: 15. Sacrifice to the Mountain God

In Shinano Castle, it was obviously night, but the lights were brightly lit, and the main road was very lively. The roadside was full of small stalls, and it felt like a rally, or some kind of celebration temple fair.

This made Changran very interested.

Let Qin Xin come out of the mask, take Ibaraki and Qin Xin to walk on the street together.

In this way, it will always feel like the memories of boys and girls going to a summer festival together.

But this season is no longer summer, it is autumn now.

Then it should be considered an autumn festival.

But in the eyes of others, Changran was just walking there alone, not with two girls, and he was still talking to himself.

However, Chang Ran was fully armed and looked like a warrior. As a powerful person, the passersby didn't dare to say anything.

Passers-by didn't dare to say anything to Changran, but Changran was paying attention to what the passers-by were saying.

"It's that time again. I didn't expect that this time it would be the son of a wealthy businessman."

"Yes, it used to be ordinary people like us, but this time it was the son of a wealthy businessman. What a surprise. Lord Shan Shen has changed his taste."

"Anyway, it's probably the wealthy businessman's bad luck this time. His only child was chosen."

"Hey, there's nothing we can do about it. Sacrificing him can keep our place safe for five years."

The conversations between passers-by made Changran frown.

Because this conversation sounds like something bad. The chosen child, the sacrifice, sounds like a sacrifice.

Feeling confused, Chang Ran reached out and put his hand on the shoulder of one of the passers-by from behind.

"Who?"

The passers-by turned around in confusion, spotted Changran, and immediately knelt down in panic.

"Master Samurai! I'm sorry, I was really offended just now!"

"It's okay, I have something to ask you."

"Yes, what do you want to ask, Master Samurai?"

Not being punished, the passers-by's faces were obviously much more relaxed.

"What are you doing here? What you just said about being selected and what sacrifice is about. Tell me in detail."

"Yes, samurai-sama."

Shinano Province is located in the central area of ​​the main island and is surrounded by the rolling mountains in the central part of the main island. From a military point of view, it is a strategic location, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and rich in resources. However, it is also severely isolated from the outside world. You have to climb a hill to get out.

People here, like people in other parts of Japan, have the habit of worshiping nature. There are river gods in the rivers and mountain gods in the mountains. There has always been no problem. The people here have always worshiped them, but they don’t know Since then, the river god has not changed, but the mountain god suddenly began to ask for the sacrificial objects to be turned into human children. If people do not do what the mountain god says, the mountain god will punish people.

People were very confused about this, but because they were afraid of the mountain god, they could only comfort themselves by thinking that they had offended the mountain god in some way and were punished.

So every five years, the entire Shinano will select a child to be given to the mountain god as a sacrifice according to the mountain god's request to ensure that he will not be punished by the mountain god in the next five years.

This year happens to be another fifth year, and the one chosen is the son of a wealthy businessman.

What's going on in the street now is a gathering before tomorrow's sacrifice.

"This routine sounds like a monster's routine. That mountain god is probably a monster."

After receiving explanations from passers-by, Chang Ran could basically guess what was going on here.

I didn’t expect that what looked like a lively opportunity turned out to be this way.

While thinking, he led Ibaraki and Qin Xin towards the center of the assembly.

In the center of the gathering, that is, in the center of the town, an altar was built with wood. There was a sedan on it. Through the gauze curtain, Changran could see a figure inside the sedan, which was probably the chosen child. .

This figure just stood there motionless, extremely quiet, and sitting on both sides of the sedan was a middle-aged man and woman, who should be his parents.

It's just... it's so quiet, there's no movement at all, not even any sadness...

"Why are you staying there so quietly? And as the only son of a wealthy businessman, why doesn't the wealthy businessman react at all? Shouldn't it be the mother who is calling daddy at this time?"

Very suspicious, Chang Ran thought.

"The one inside is not their child."

Qin Xin's answer was given by the side.

"Qin Xin?"

Changran was a little surprised, and then realized that Qin Xin could know what the other person was thinking through their expressions, so seeing the couple's faces basically knew what they were thinking, and the news Qin Xin got That is, the figure inside is not their child.

"Is that so? No wonder he is so calm. Is it a trick of a civet cat to exchange for a prince? Anyway, no one can be seen from the outside. How could the only heir of a wealthy businessman be silent?"

Changran would naturally understand this kind of routine, and would not let go of his own child, so he paid a high price to get a child from elsewhere to act as his own child. Anyway, other people didn't know about it. It was normal, just because he was afraid that the 'mountain god' would will know.

But according to the mountain god's routine, it must be a monster, so he has to take care of this matter. After all, he is also an onmyoji in Heianjing.

So how should we deal with this mountain god?Relying on Ibaraki to defeat the opponent with one punch?It seems ok.

Changran, who was thinking about how to deal with this mountain god, suddenly discovered that in the back corner of the altar, a child in tattered clothes was glaring angrily at the man and woman on the altar.

Changran raised his eyebrows.

"It should be the family whose child was bought. Their family members were bought as sacrifices, so they must be very angry about this."

With this in mind, Changran walked around the crowd and walked behind the child.

"Kid, what are you looking at?"

"Looking at Xiaobai."

"noob?"