The original god, the zero-seat executive of the Fools

"Corresponding to the one-seventh of your life lost by removing the nail, you will also regain one-seventh of the authority you once had as the Night Demon God Nenox. Only in this way will you have enough strength to fight against God of Thunder, you openly make friends with the rebels, secretly support the rebels, and secretly send subordinates to monitor Narukami Taisha Shrine. Isn’t this just to allow the rebels to overthrow the shogunate at the last moment? You can appease the people by following the three principles, and you yourself contain Raiden General. Will Inazuma be turned into a puppet state composed of a new regime composed of the rebels and the Three Advocates?"

"Haha..." After hearing Columbia's remarks that would definitely shock the entire continent, Knox just smiled indifferently, but there was no warmth in his eyes: "Who do you think I am? How could I be so bad? You know, I'm a good person."

"Because you realize that the other person is not someone who can be won over by normal means, you decisively use an emotional offensive. Is it considered a good person to play with emotions like this?"

"What are you talking about?" Knox said with a smile, "I sincerely make friends with Miss Kamisato."

"Really?" Columbia seemed to have no word 'argument' in her dictionary. She moved away from the topic and said, "So arrogant, gluttonous, greedy, lazy, lustful, jealous, furious... you Which one do you plan to remove?"

The blue rainbow light in Knox's eyes was flowing, and he spread his hands and said casually: "Ah~ The position of executive officer is really not a position that normal people can hold. Except for me, one or two of them seem to have abnormal brains. , I thought you would be different from others, but eh - it turned out to be really disappointing~ Columbia, I suddenly realized that you don’t seem so beautiful anymore.” After saying these words in a frivolous tone, Knox felt The black flame flashed, and the figure disappeared from the spot.

In the room where only one person was left, the rays of the sun shone on Columbia's body, turning her entire figure into a silhouette. On her beautiful face with almost no change in expression, the corners of her lips with perfect lines were slightly raised.

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After finishing the "thrilling" hot pot game and having a break, Ying was about to leave the Mokuro Tea Room to check out other places in Inazuma. However, as soon as he left the door of the tea room, Ayaka's voice suddenly caught up with him: "Ying! Please!" Wait a moment!"

Ying turned her head and saw Linghua running towards her in a hurry.

"Is there anything else, Linghua?" Paimon asked first, Ying also looked at her with doubtful eyes.

Ayaka thought for a while and said: "I don't know if this is something that can be leaked, so I didn't say it when Toma was there just now, because you asked me about the Night Demon before, and you were going to rescue Masakatsu. When I was a master, I actually looked it up in my family's library, originally with the intention of giving it a try, but I didn't expect that, although there was very little, there was actually information about the Demon God of Night."

Ying's eyes lit up and she asked eagerly: "What did you write?"

"Yes, tell me what kind of information you found!" Paimon nervously clenched his fists.

"Hmm..." Linghua thought for a moment, as if reminiscing, and said after a moment: "The Demon God of Night, Nenox, is a very powerful demon. According to the records, he first appeared The place was Xumi 500 years ago. After that, he traveled the mainland with a mysterious travel companion. After the travel, the other party seemed to have settled in Inazuma for a while... and then disappeared. When he reappeared, it was an unknown reason. A shocking battle, and the result was that the Demon God of Night fell... It is said that the Demon God of Night was too powerful. After his death, his remaining power formed a mysterious area called the Abyss of Night. The Demon God of Night just died. For a period of time, there were some rumors circulating on the mainland. Some said that the Demon God of Night was not actually dead, but was sleeping in the Abyss of Extreme Night. As long as he could find the Abyss of Extreme Night, he could be awakened. People say that although the Demon God of Night is dead, his power is left in the Abyss of the Extreme Night. As long as you can find it, you can inherit his power and become the new Demon God of Night. During that time, more or less all the Seven Kingdoms sent People have searched for it, and legend has it that more than one god died in person, but all to no avail... Traveler! What's wrong with you?"

While talking, Linghua suddenly noticed that Ying's face was a little pale and her whole body was a little shaky, so she immediately stepped forward to support her worriedly.

Paimon also immediately comforted him: "Well...it must be fine. You see, the information on the Ayaka family also said that he might just be sleeping in that abyss of extreme night. As long as we find the abyss of extreme night, say Maybe you can find him alive and kicking!"

Ying pressed her temples and remained silent.

"This...sounds like...do you know the Demon God of Night?" Linghua blinked, her face full of surprise.

Ying shook her head but still didn't speak.

Seeing that she didn't seem to want to talk about this topic, although Ayaka was curious, she didn't ask too much.

"Is there any other information?" After a while, Ying suddenly looked straight at Linghua, as if expecting, but also a little uneasy, asking, obviously hoping to hear more about Ni Nok Si’s information, but afraid of hearing bad news.

But Ayaka shook her head: "Sorry, there is nothing else. What I know now is just information pieced together from fragments of information I found in several ancient books, but I will also find out more about that period of history 500 years ago in the future. If there are any records about the Demon God of Night, I will let you know."

Hearing this, Ying lowered her eyes and was in a very low mood: "...Then, I'll trouble you...Linghua."

She originally wanted to ask Ying to help her with some personal matters, but looking at her current state, Linghua felt that what Ying needed now was to rest, so she had no choice but to give up.

It's better to invite Mr. Knox to help...

After parting ways with Ayaka, Ying seemed to be walking down the street listlessly, with Paimon floating beside her. After being her companion for so long, it was natural to see how depressed Ying was.

"Um... cheer up, Ying. Look, whether it's your brother or the information found by Linghua, even though it says something about him, in general, it's probably fine... Ugh, I don't know. What should I say? In short, we must cheer up... By the way, although we have arrived at Inazuma, we haven't had a good time shopping there yet. Why don't we have a good time and adjust our mood? Wait for Ling in a few days. Hua helped us introduce General Thunder, and we can ask the God of Thunder about spirits. Didn't Ayaka say that he once lived in Inazuma... How about it?"

Ying sighed, looked up at the clear blue sky, and was speechless for a long time.

Chapter 11 Divine Sakura Tree

"Why is a good shrine built so high to test the believers who come to worship? It's really a bad idea." Passing through the path lined with cherry blossoms and torii gates, Knox saw the shrine surrounded by cherry trees in front of him. Narukami Taisha Shrine.

He felt vaguely familiar, but the bookshelf displaying past memories in his mind was empty, and it was obvious that he couldn't give him any answers.

"Haha, there is a reason for Narukami Grand Shrine to be built here. On the contrary, Mr. Executive Officer, why are you interested in coming here today? You can't come here to pay homage, right?" Yae Shenzi stood in front of the main hall, with two people standing behind him. A well-behaved miko.

As the executive officer of the Fools, as soon as Knox entered the area of ​​​​Shadow Mountain, a shrine maiden had already reported his whereabouts to Yae Shenzi, so Knox was not surprised to see him standing there to greet him.

Of course, it is more appropriate to say that it is monitoring rather than welcoming.

When others smiled at him, Knox naturally smiled back, but it was a pity that he was wearing a mask so others couldn't see it.

"Haha, Mr. Palace Secretary himself couldn't say it, so of course it's not the case." Knox smiled through his mask and glanced around the scene around Narukami Grand Shrine, and said with great appreciation: "I have long heard that Narukami Grand Shrine is not only There lives a beautiful palace minister, and the scenery is also first-class beautiful~"

"Oh, you have such a sweet mouth. Mr. Executive Officer is very good at talking~" Yae Shenzi accepted Knox's praise with the same smile: "Then I don't know if you are here to pay a visit to the beautiful palace minister, or to visit the beautiful grand shrine. Woolen cloth?"

Knox spread his hands and said with a smile: "I have no other merits except that I am greedy. Wouldn't it be nice to ask the beautiful palace minister to accompany me to visit the beautiful grand shrine?" With the unilateral surveillance and apparent mutual restraint, it is still clear which Knox to choose.

"Oh? This is really..." Yae Shenzi narrowed his eyes, his smile remained unchanged, but in his heart he had long classified this [dead man] as a type that he would never get along with. He looked smiling all day long, but Anyone with a little bit of intelligence can immediately understand that this is a person who hides his true colors and has countless bad things in his belly. Such a person... hmph, he is really annoying.

......

"Hey, come to think of it, I still don't know Mr. Executive Officer's name. I keep calling him Mr. Executive Officer. It's so familiar. We've known each other for a while, haven't we?"

Yae Kamiko, who accompanied Knox to visit Narukami Taisha Shrine, always had a smile on her face, but she neither introduced the scenery nor explained the allusions. She didn't even take two steps before she started asking Knox some boring questions. Holding him in place.

"By the way, Mr. Executive Officer, I heard that you set off a lot of fireworks on the sea before. What were you doing? Are you watching the fireworks display by yourself?"

"That's right, are you familiar with the sixth executive officer of you fools? In fact, I am very familiar~"

"Ah, Mr. Executive Officer, why don't you say anything? Are you dissatisfied with the view of Narukami Taisha Shrine?"

"..."

"...Hey." Knox sighed: "Mr. Palace Secretary is really talkative, unlike me. I am a bit introverted. Please don't take it off."

"..."

"The reason I didn't answer what Mr. Gong Si said was because I was still thinking about the previous question. Mr. Gong Si has already asked a new question, but forget it, it doesn't matter. In fact, I also have some questions to ask Mr. Gong Si."

"When I came to Inazuma, I heard that the fox demon will have nine tails at the end of his cultivation. I wonder what number of tails Mr. Gongji has cultivated to now?"

"..."

"I heard from a witch on the road that Mr. Gongji likes to eat fried tofu very much? I don't know what kind it is? I will definitely bring it to you as a gift next time you come back. Is it fried stinky tofu?"

"..."

"By the way, Mr. Palace Secretary, what is your job?"

"..."

"Oh, Mr. Palace Secretary, why don't you speak? Is your throat uncomfortable?"

The center of his eyebrows beat uncontrollably, and the smile on Shenzi's face could barely hold back.

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After some verbal exchanges, Knox gave up the pretense of twisting and turning, raised his face to look at the fox-shaped cherry tree, and walked straight towards it.

Yes, his target was the Sacred Sakura Tree. He had specifically learned about the magical power of this tree. Before he could figure out the benefits this thing could bring to the God of Thunder, he only relied on the power of pulling out a nail to fight against it. General Thunder is not safe.

"I've heard about the name of the Goddess Sakura Tree for a long time, so I came here today to take a look. Lord Wanwang Palace Secretary agreed."

Although he said this, his actions did not take into account the wishes of Yae Shenzi at all.

Sure enough, he came here for the sacred cherry tree... Yae Shenzi raised his lips and followed Knox without saying a word.

The fox-like sacred cherry tree is located behind a red torii gate. Ordinary people come to the shrine to worship this sacred cherry tree that blessed Inazuma Bandai.

Standing in front of this sacred cherry tree, Knox had no intention of paying homage. This tree gave him a very strange feeling. He frowned under the mask, then stepped up the steps and put his palms against it. On the main trunk.

When Yae Shenzi, who was following Knox, saw this scene, not only did he not stop him, but he couldn't help feeling happy in his heart.

The sword finger of his right hand was raised, and the pink halo circulated. As the palace secretary of Narukami Taisha Shrine, it is easy to invoke some of the powers of the sacred cherry tree, especially those who have nothing to do with the sacred cherry tree. Even if they use the power of the sacred cherry tree, they can What did you do... Haha, that won't make the person involved feel anything...

Knox's palm was close to the sacred cherry tree, and a black light invisible to others surged in his palm, invading the inside of the sacred cherry tree without any hindrance, without even noticing that the flower on the treetop did not exist. The petals fell to his shoulders, and then turned into a few thin pink halos and disappeared on his body...

After a while, Knox's hand left Shenying.

"It's such a good tree." Knox praised, turned around and smiled at Yae Shenzi: "It's just a little too filthy, wouldn't you, Lord Palace Manager, take care of it? If Lord Palace Secretary has any difficulties, the Fools can also help. Yes."

That's right, through his recent exploration, he has discovered that the interior of this sacred cherry tree has been severely eroded by evil spirits and filth, and the threshold of a certain power is also close to the limit. In other words... the current sacred cherry tree is actually not Can't provide any help to the God of Thunder.

As for this situation, Yae Shenzi, who is the palace secretary of Narukami Taisha Shrine, is obviously aware of this situation, and [-]% of the time he has a way to deal with it. So as long as the filth in the sacred cherry tree is prevented from being eradicated, his plan will be Basically unobstructed...

"Haha... No need. Narukami Taisha Shrine will naturally be responsible for the ceremony of the Great Sakura God, so I won't bother you all." Yae Shenzi seemed to be in a very happy mood, as if he had accomplished something very important. Things with a sense of accomplishment are generally...

And Knox's mood is naturally not bad. After all, the current situation of the sacred cherry tree is simply the best news for him!

So the two of them looked at each other with a smile, and then started chatting about other topics in tacit understanding...

Chapter 12 Hunting Eye Ceremony

Knox was quite satisfied with Narukami Taisha and his party, so before leaving, he drew a lot on the recommendation of Yaegomiyaji.

After clearing the sign by himself, Knox got a lucky sign, so he smiled and said to Yae Kamiko: "It seems that my luck is good today. Will anything good happen recently?"

"Haha." Mr. Gong Si responded with an unknown smile.

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When we returned to the Solstice Embassy, ​​it was already approaching dusk. When the two members of the Fools guarding the gate saw Knox, they immediately stepped forward and saluted respectfully. Then one of them said solemnly: "Lord [Decedent], After you left the embassy, ​​Miss Kamisato sent someone to look for you."

"Oh?" Knox stopped and asked casually, "Did you tell me why you were looking for me?"

"No, the other party said 'forget it' after learning that you were away." Another person said.

"Okay, I see."

Knox waved his hand. Since everyone said forget it, he didn't need to take it to heart. After letting the two of them leave, he walked straight into the embassy.

For the next two days, Knox didn't go out again, not even to watch the Naganohara Fireworks Festival, which Inazuma is famous for.

Until early this morning, before the sun rose, Knox left the embassy with a few subordinates. He planned to stop by Narukami Taisha Shrine to confirm the status of Kamizakura, and then go to the statue in front of the Thousand Arms and Hundred Eyes. A good position to wait for General Thunder to show up and perform the eye-hunting ceremony.

Of course, it is a trivial matter. The main goal is to observe General Thunder and Lightning at close range. After all, no matter what you want to do, knowing yourself and the enemy is a necessary prerequisite...

"Haha, Mr. Executive Officer is here again. This time he brought his subordinates with him. What do you want to do?" As soon as Knox arrived, the Son of God appeared in front of him as a matter of course.

Knox smiled slightly: "To be honest, I have a destiny with that sacred cherry tree. One day without seeing you feels like three autumns apart. Especially after getting up early this morning, I miss you very much. To relieve the pain of missing you, I came here to pay my respects first. Ichiban.”

"That's it. Then please come with me, Mr. Executive Officer." Yae Shenzi smiled brightly. By now, she has become immune to Knox's ability to talk nonsense. No matter what he says, there is absolutely no meaning in his words. [-]% of it is nonsense, it's best not to believe [-]% of it... As for his real purpose, Yae Shenzi is not stupid, of course he knows it very well, but she doesn't mind, after all, she has done everything she needs to do...

After confirming that the state of the sacred cherry tree was no different from a few days ago, Knox not only did not feel happy in his heart, but he was keenly aware that something was wrong.

Logically speaking, when this sacred cherry tree that is so important to Inazuma has become like this, Narukami Taisha Shrine should not treat it so indifferently. Not to mention taking immediate action to remove the filth, but letting him survey at will. This is very abnormal. .

A few days ago, it could be said that I came to the door unexpectedly and did not give Narukami Taisha time to react. It cannot be explained that it is still like this after these few days.

When something goes wrong, there must be a monster, but Knox turned around and looked at the bright and moving Yao Shenzi with a bright and moving smile under the sacred cherry tree. He looked at the sacred cherry tree again and didn't notice anything wrong...

Knox is very confident in his eyes, so there is no problem with the sacred cherry tree, and there is no problem with the eighth-level palace minister... So the problem... is it him?

The brow under the mask raised, and after careful self-examination, Knox found nothing unusual.