The Hundred Stories of Miss Ghost

"Oh my god, the witch with the knife is so handsome. Is this little sister of the witch considering debut? I want to betray..."

"I feel that Tsukiyomi Shrine is under the banner..."

"Is it just me who thinks this is true...?"

I jumped up high, and the giant tree, which was a little bit annoyed, swung its trunk and swept over. Most of the nearby shrine buildings were destroyed by this blow.But this blow seemed too cumbersome to me, after all, I am a person who can use telekinetic power to jump from the air wall to the wall in the air!

The swaying branch just served as my pedal again, I stepped on it fiercely, and with the help of my mind, I jumped to a height where I could look down on this giant tree, watching the countless golden threads rushing in front of me, and the phantom of a white snake wrapped around the blade.

Taking a deep breath, accumulating strength, and then forcefully draw a graceful arc in the air like a crescent moon.

Countless already fragile silk threads snapped instantly, and the giant tree weakened visibly to the naked eye, with branches and roots hanging down feebly.

And I lifted the Fubuki in my hand vertically upwards, and with the help of the acceleration of gravity and the acceleration of thoughts, I aimed at the trunk of the god tree. Under the unbelievable eyes of the green-eyed girl——

moonset.

The Moon Night See @official live broadcast room on the Internet was disconnected immediately, and at the same time, the main screen of the festival venue also went black.

However, the people at the festival venue were extremely surprised to see that countless petals began to fall from the sky, which were osmanthus petals of the same color as the full moon hanging in the night sky.

Looking up at this unbelievable scenery, the people present could not help but think of a word in their hearts - "Hana Fubuki", which originally used to describe the scenery when the petals of the cherry blossoms are falling, like snowflakes flying all over the sky, but it is used to describe the scene in front of them. A spectacle, but an even more astonishing fit.

Some even remembered an ancient legend——

On the day of the Moon Festival, the moon will be covered with sweet-scented osmanthus dancing.

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(It's a bit too optimistic, it will take another chapter to complete this volume)

Chapter 61 Fireworks and Shrines

After cutting the giant tree in half from the center, the vision in the entire shrine quickly disappeared.

At the same time, part of the wooden buildings of the shrine also collapsed or collapsed to a certain extent due to sudden old age.

Under these collapsed buildings, we found Youxiang who had been swallowed into a different space before, as well as Yixin, Yiyu and the Huashanyuan family who had been unable to contact before.

It seems that the tree has alienated part of the wooden structure of the shrine into its body, so there is such a weird space in the shrine.Among the missing people, Youxiang's condition seemed to be relatively bad. In short, I contacted Mr. Fang He and rushed her to the hospital.

Yixin and Yiyu didn't suffer any injuries and woke up soon.According to their description, they were suddenly attacked while walking in the shrine and then lost consciousness.

However, the festival is not over yet. According to the official process, there are also parades and dramas. Now the people below have been waiting for a long time.

When rushing to the venue of the festival, Xiao Tong showed worry, "Hey... can the play still be performed now? Can't it be performed according to the original script? I'm afraid it's too late to change the script temporarily..."

"Hey, how can it be so troublesome, change the white snake into a companion, and finally add a big tree as a boss temporarily, just pretend to fight with a knife, the audience won't care so much, most of them are just watching the fun ?”

In fact, this is indeed the case, probably because there were big scenes on the big screen as a warm-up scene before. Even though there were many small mistakes such as exaggerated performances and forgotten words during the performance, the audience below still watched it quite well. happy.Even Fubuki yelled excitedly in her head, "This is Fubuki Time" because she finally returned to the festival stage after many years and picked up her job of offering swords!

Retiring from the stage, it stands to reason that this time should be the ceremony of sending off the gods. The locals at the foot of the mountain are carrying mikoshi to send the miko who is possessed by the gods back to the shrine.

But at this moment, I whispered something to Fubuki on the knife in my hand.Then in the blink of an eye, the person carrying the sedan chair suddenly had an illusion, as if the witch in white Wugou suddenly seemed a little taller?

"Hey, senior sister, what do you want to do?"

At this moment, I was still attached to Xiao Tong's body, and I used her body to stealthily go to a mask vendor and bought a fox mask to put on.

"What do you want to do? Of course to enjoy the festival, obviously we are the organizers? Wouldn't it be too bad to go back like this? Let Fubuki go back for us, anyway, she is already satisfied. You used to be on stage The people performing above should rarely come down to have a good time, right?"

"I used to play in festivals when I was very young, but after I became an official shrine maiden, it basically disappeared..."

"So, this is a rare opportunity! But now everyone is probably familiar with your face, so you have to make a disguise~ Do you want to fish for goldfish? Are you coming or me?"

"...I'll come, I'm afraid that if you use the Force to fish for goldfish, the store will go bankrupt."

"Do I look like someone who would do that kind of thing? No matter how I say it, I will leave one or two for the store!"

"Are you really planning to do this..."

"Hey~"

The air in the festival is the kind of air that makes people feel slightly intoxicated. We are surrounded by overlapping human voices, barbecue sounds and musical instruments, and the faces of passers-by are warmed by the light of hanging lanterns. It means that we also quickly integrated into the lively atmosphere.

Snipping snacks from street stalls, shooting down the biggest rag doll in an airsoft shooter game, adding a guy in a tengu mask, a guy in a fox mask, a guy with cat ears Guys, monks with only one eye, and guys with talisman paper on their faces, etc. A parade of strange people in strange costumes.

"I was actually looking forward to the festival when I was a child." Xiaotong recalled, whose face was illuminated by the orange lights, "It's just that when I was young, my mother didn't seem to want to take me to participate. After I became an official witch, the festival There will always be people dying before and after, so...the festival seems to be becoming more and more terrible..."

"Then what do you think of today's ceremony?"

Xiao Tong lowered her head, then unconsciously smiled and said, "Very happy."

Streaming fireworks bloom in the sky, and the splendor of the sky makes the heart beat faster.

"So, let's hold this festival again next year~"

"okay."

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Sakurai Miki wore a gorgeous kimono and walked on the street of the festival, looking around, as if looking for someone.

The fireworks were blooming, she seemed to think of something, and started to look for the less crowded mountain road stairs, but the fireworks could be seen more clearly. After walking for a short distance, she saw a person sitting on the stairs not far away. people.

"Why are you sitting here? And...how did you look so embarrassed?" Sakurai asked Kazuha Takao, who was not wearing a yukata in front of him, and there were a lot of dirt on his clothes.

Holding his chin, Yiyu tilted his head to look at the fireworks in the sky, and said listlessly, "I just confessed to my brother."

"Tsk, you really dare."

"Aren't you going to ask about the result?"

"Seeing you like this, you don't need to ask, okay?"

"Ah……"

"By the way, have you seen where Ning Meng is going?"

"Her? Probably staying with Xiao Tong now? Have you not given up yet?"

"Of course, I'm not like you, a guy with no perseverance."

"Go to hell."

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In the hospital, Sanriyue Daoman opened his eyes and looked at the light of fireworks blooming far away from the window.

The breeze outside the window blew into the ward, and a few pale yellow petals blew in. He raised his palm slightly, and saw strangely that there was a silver-white scale in the palm of his hand.Taking a closer look, I found that the scales had disappeared, as if it was just my own illusion.

He closed his eyes again, and gradually fell into a long fantasy dream, in which the familiar singing voice never stopped.

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The morning after the Tsukimi Festival, Xiaotong was unable to get out of bed due to severe muscle aches all over her body.

"It's time for you to exercise, Xiaotong. It's so sad that you look like this after a little exercise."

"Exercise a little?? When you used this body last night, are the movements that normal humans can do? Take care of this body when you use it!!"

"...? I always feel that your speech just now sounds hugely ambiguous... Isn't it just a double jump from the air wall to the wall? There should be at least a few normal humans who can do it?"

Xiaotong rolled her eyes at me, "What kind of misunderstanding do you have about human beings?"

She roughly told me what she saw in the psychic dream yesterday, and combined it with my investigation results in Iwakuni City, and we basically figured out the truth of the whole thing.

At this time, someone knocked on the door outside the room, and Fubuki walked in with a pale face and said to Xiao Tong: "Miss Tong...then, that profiteer is here..."

"A profiteer...? You mean Sifang Qiuzao? What is he doing here?"

"He said he came to complete the deal, and he wanted the wood from the Godly Wood..."

Xiaotong sat upright like a carp, and then let out a painful whine - "pain pain pain...".

"He wants the god wood? Just rely on the sunny doll he gave me? It's a thousand-year-old wood that almost became a god! Although I don't know what it is for, it must be a good thing. How can it be so cheap? Give it to him!"

"Then...Miss Tong, go and tell him that I, I'm not very good at dealing with that person..."

Hitomi, who was still worrying about what to do with the severed sacred tree and the destroyed shrine, now showed greedy eyes and limped out in a hurry.

I didn't go with Xiaotong, because now, I have a question that I want to ask someone alone.

"Hi, Ning Meng, are you there?" I asked myself in the empty room.

"Of course, what's the matter?"

"I have a question I want to ask you."

"what is the problem?"

"What I want to ask is... Ning Meng, are you... really my other personality?"

"Strange, why do you ask that?"

"Because, saying that you are another personality of mine is actually just Xiaotong's deduction before. Did you hear what Xiaotong said just now? About the ceremony during the Seventh Five-Three Festival?"

"You mean, the ceremony of obtaining the favor of the gods?"

"Yes, but I think it seems more than... You see, after the ceremony, my aunt was immediately asked by her family if she heard any other voices, right? And I remember... the first time I I heard your voice, Ning Meng, after the ceremony of the Seventh Five-Three Festival."

"This... is indeed a bit of a concern, but I really didn't know anything about it before. I always thought I was just a wandering soul."

"I just have some associations with this, maybe I think too much."

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter whether I am your personality or not. I will definitely not harm you, Mian. After all, we have exchanged names. Didn't you realize that our personalities are getting closer and closer Is it? When you encounter problems, you will also subconsciously take notes and do experiments. This is my habit, and I seem to be getting better at having fun recently. Probably one day in the near future, we will It will be fully integrated."

"That's really lonely."

"No, we're always together, aren't we?"

"Right."

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The afternoon sun gradually filled the courtyard. I sat on the steps in front of the main hall, basking in the sun while watching the hired workers knocking.

"Excuse me... is the shrine undergoing some kind of renovation?"

Someone is talking to me?I looked up and found that it was the old lady who could see me that I had met before.

"Ah, that's right. Part of the shrine was damaged during the thunderstorm two days ago, and even the sacred tree was knocked down by lightning, so some repairs are being done to the shrine now."

I took out the reasons I had already prepared and explained to the old lady. I said this to prevent someone from over-interpreting, because the live video of the moonlit night meeting @Official two days ago has been uploaded to the Internet, and it has caused quite a stir.Most of the people who have visited the shrine in the past two days want to confirm this video on the Internet. For the sake of keeping a low profile, we will explain it in this way. As for whether the worshipers believe it or not, that is their business.

"That's it..." The old lady nodded, but she pointed to the side of the shrine curiously and asked, "So, what is it built there? Why do I look... like a shrine?"

"Ah, yes, that is the shrine built with the wood of the previous god tree, enshrining a new guardian spirit of our shrine."

"Guardian spirit? Which great god is it?"

"It's the White Snake Spirit."

"Ah, snakes." The old woman was startled, "I'm very afraid of snakes."

"The White Snake is very friendly and merciful, so mother-in-law, you don't have to be afraid at all, and I also suggest that you should worship this White Snake more often."

"Hey, why is that?"

"Look, doesn't a snake shed its skin? Every time it sheds its skin, its skin gets better and it looks younger, right? So the white snake symbolizes beauty, longevity, and transformation. You can May it be very effective to make a wish to Him to avoid illness and prolong life?"

"Oh, is that so? I need to pray more. When the shrine is repaired, I will come to the shrine again, old lady."

"Hmm, welcome~"

The old woman went down the mountain slowly step by step. I watched her leaving back, and at the same time, I saw a golden silk thread rising from her body, split into two in the middle, and one fell into the shrine under construction. , one fell into my hands.

In the shrine, a phantom of a small white snake is nodding to me.

(End of the second volume)

Background knowledge

(A little popular science of folklore knowledge is the source of the setting of this volume. It has been slightly modified, and there may be slight spoilers. Please read it carefully before reading the second volume.)

In the Chinese region of Japan (there is a place called "China region" in Japan, including the five counties of Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi), people have devoutly believed in the "Dayuanshen" since ancient times. "The legend is that the ancestors of people when they pioneered the wasteland. People welcomed the "Great Yuan God" to the village to worship the god of the clan, and offered freshly harvested grain to the "Great Yuan God" as an offering, and the sacrifice began.

Then, coil the snake (like a snake-shaped straw rope) into a roll and put it in the east corner of the dance hall where the dance music is performed, because people think that the snake (snake spirit) is the sun god in charge of the east and in charge of the harvest of crops. apologize.

"Dayuanshen" usually appears in people's life in the form of a snake rope wrapped around an old tree in a shrine, accepting people's belief and worship.

——Volume [-] of Shigeru Mizuki's "Illustrated Japanese Monster Encyclopedia"