Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

"No...she is different...she is the original Herrscher consciousness transformed from Ling's consciousness. It would be impossible for her to appear in a world without the birth of Herrscher...But you and Kallen are different. People who lived.”

Yae Sakura smiled and cheered up, raised her hand to touch Takashi's hair, and her tone became calmer: "Okay, just remember your promise."

"Long should have other things to do, right?"

She is a very observant and considerate woman.

"..."

"Well...it should be fine now."

Just as Long finished his words, the dark space beside the two people flashed and turned into the intact Yae Shrine.

The warm sunshine, the chirping of birds in the valley, the sound of the bamboo water clock, the clear spring water, etc., all told the two of them that the Stigmata space had become the most peaceful.

"came back."

Just when Sakura looked around in surprise.

A square box appeared in Long's hand.

"I remember this box!"

"Karen came to Yae Village with this box, and Heigomaru was imprisoned in it."

Sakura leaned over and looked at the box and clicked on it.

Then she straightened up and looked away slightly, clasped her hands in front of her and said with some embarrassment: "It was because of my curiosity that I took the box away from the unconscious Kallen, which caused the Higoku Maru to possess me. On the body."

Then he turned his attention back to Takashi and asked: "What should we do next? Do you need help from Hitamaru and me?"

"No need, this black box is just a representation, the actual forging has already been done outside."

As soon as Long finished speaking, the black box automatically unfolded and then turned into countless particles, with a shining particle group wrapped in the middle.

Sakura secretly thought that if her guess was correct, that thing was the transformation of the core consciousness of Hijamaru and the core of Herrscher.

It was completely different from what he saw at the beginning. What he saw at the beginning was obviously something completely black and mist-like.

But what appeared in front of Sakura's eyes now was a ball of particles emitting golden light.

The particle cluster is looming under the package of particles, and there are continuous changes of light emitted from it, which is beautiful...

It is unimaginable that that would be the core consciousness of Hijamaru...

Sakura couldn't help but sigh: "Heigomaru...is sincere?"

"Um......"

"Okay, it's done."

"After more than 5 years, the No. 12 Divine Key - Jizo Yuhun."

A black and red steady blade appeared in Long's hand.

"Hey!!!? Big brother, here!"

Hijamaru made an exaggerated sound, flew in front of Takashi, and kept lighting Jizo Yuhun.

"This is my power!?"

Longteng tapped her little head.

"Uh! Brother, why did you hit me?"

Long smiled and said: "If you feel it carefully, to be precise, your power comes from this."

"Eh——? Big brother is telling the truth...how can my power..."

"Uh-brother, how about giving me your power back?"

Takashi and Sakura both laughed when they saw Hitamaru like this.

Long patted her head, let her float up and down in the air and said, "I will do it later."

"All right..."

After finishing speaking, Takashi handed Ksitigarbha's soul to Sakura.

Sakura took the Jizo Tamashii handed to her by Takashi and waved it a few times. It was very smooth. The blade itself seemed to have the ability to change, and it completely fit the way she used her strength. It fit perfectly in her hand.

Long saw Sakura's strange control over this knife and smiled: "Because of the materials used, people in the last era used soul steel to make most of the God's Keys, and the soul steel material will feel the use of it." The person’s thoughts will change accordingly.”

"Of course the Ksitigarbha Spirit is the same." After taking it from Sakura, the Ksitigarbha Spirit transformed into a ball and then into a square box in Long's hands, which could be changed at will.

"Does it do anything? Is it just a knife?"

"Of course not...um...Sakura."

"Well, what's wrong?" Sakura said, looking at Long's face. There was a hint of a smile on her calm and peaceful face.

"Do you... want to live in real life?"

Change comes quietly: 160. Yae Sakura: "What are you talking about?"

Yae Sakura paused.

"Is this the function of Ksitigarbha's soul? It's a very appropriate name."

"..."

Yae Sakura's eyes were fluctuating, and she was thinking a lot.

He looked at Long, and then at the place where the Herrscher of Corrosion was standing before.

Although he is already in the shrine now.

After she was silent for a while, she did not directly answer Long's inquiry. Instead, she asked: "Is this why Long you are looking for the so-called God's Key? You want to use it to retrieve your past companions, or even... "

"Alicia?"

"..."

"Well... in a sense, Alicia has not been fully resurrected. Now I have consumed a lot of power to maintain her existence in the world. As my plan progresses, I can no longer bear it. ..So we need to use tricks to get through loopholes in the world's rules to reduce the cost of maintaining her existence." Long nodded.

"Vulnerability?"

"Well... The Tree of Imaginary Numbers is targeting me because of my plan, so I can't use my power unscrupulously, but..."

"My power is greater than that of the world. Although I cannot directly expose myself to fight it because I do not possess it to a sufficient degree, I can deceive."

"For example, transform the Ksitigarbha Soul so that it can carry out large-scale and wide-scale output to corrode reality, and control the virus bodies that I prepared for people who have completely died."

"And all I need to do is to provide energy for the Ksitigarbha Soul, replacing the Honkai energy in the Herrscher Core that it originally needs to use... With the Herrscher Core as the center for transfer, I can The world has deceived."

"This is a normal situation. It is completely incomparable if I directly provide energy to erode the virus's body, or if I directly create a body and put the soul I pulled back into the carrier."

"A soul that has been marked by the world as [death] cannot hide it from the world through this simple method."

"Only through the way it is, the way it recognizes itself, and hides in that way."

"When my power is converted into Honkai energy for energy supply, the [Soul Perception Connection] of the deceased person... is not the soul itself. It is connected through the [Soul Storage - Box of Memories] covered by my power. , introduce it into the Herrscher core of Jizo Yuhun, and then control the Herrscher core to connect the [perception] of each soul through the [Box of Memories] and [Ksitigarbha Yuhun] to the [consciousness perception] I provide for each person in the outside world. 】Prepare to erode the body of the virus, so that my power consumption can be greatly reduced, allowing them to once again move around the world with their own sensory state."

"This method and I have confirmed with a friend named Mebius that it is feasible. This kind of synesthesia, in terms of their perception, is not much different from the real manipulation of the real body."

"But the most fundamental reason is because of the existence of my strange power."

"Although it is not a complete resurrection of them into the world, it is enough, enough to free up my power channel to achieve my wish."

"At that time, they can truly live again!"

Takashi had finished speaking, but the scene was very quiet, with only the chirping of birds and the sound of water bells from the shrine.

"......"

Sakura tilted her head, looking confused.

Hitamaru was completely stunned by the sound and kept rolling in the air, which was very cute.

Yae Sakura fixed the spinning Hitamaru, raised her hand to block it in front of her mouth, and coughed politely.

He showed a peaceful and gentle smile and said: "Long, what you said is too profound. I can't understand the details... but I understand the general outline."

"It means that through Jizo Yuhun, you can bring the [feelings] of those who died back to reality, and the power consumption will be reduced a lot, so you can free up your hands to do what you want to do, right?"

"Well...Sakura, you summed it up perfectly."

"In short... Sakura, do you want to go to reality? You are different. Your consciousness and soul have always been preserved in the stigmata space. It is far less troublesome than those people I know well. You can activate Jizo Control at any time. The ability of the soul allows you to appear in reality. You don’t even need to consume my power, the core of Ksitigarbha Soul Herrser’s own core collapse energy is completely enough.”

"I......"

Seeing that Yae Sakura was worried and embarrassed, Takashi added, "It's okay, it's okay if I don't go out. Now that the stigmata is on my body, it's totally fine for you to live in the stigmata space like this."

"But... wouldn't this be bad?"

"Huh? What's not good?"

"Although your wife, Alicia, has not been fully resurrected, she still has a body that can move around in the outside world, right?"

"When I stay in the stigmata space on your body, I always feel that... it will affect your relationship."

Sakura said and laughed, raising her hand to touch the top of her head, she could feel it now.

"Then I will really look like the ears on my head, and the name vixen will come true."

Takashi rolled his eyes, thought for a moment, blinked and thought of something, and said with a smile: "How about you meet Ai Li, Sakura? She will definitely like you very much~"

【Especially your ears. 】

"How about it? Do you want to experience real life? After all, more than 500 years have passed. Don't you want to try this fantasy that is almost like traveling through time and space?"

"And it's okay even if you're not used to it. I'll fund the rebuilding of a Yae Shrine in a secluded place. Sakura and Hitamaru will have no problem living there together."

"But...Sakura, do you still want to be a miko?"

Sakura shook her head: "I don't want to, miko... this word is actually not a good thought for me, but I am used to living in the shrine as my home."

"Well...that's okay. Just build an identical residence and don't let other people come to worship it."

"Even if you don't want to live in a shrine, I still have a lot of rooms in my house. Sakura, you can still be by Ellie's side and help her with things, so that you can integrate into modern life more conveniently."

"The most important thing is...Rin, I can bring her consciousness back to reality in that way."

"Don't you want to start a new life with Rin?"

"..."

"Then...Okay." After Sakura thought about it, the curiosity seduced by Long's words and the desire for Rin's rebirth still succeeded in occupying the high ground of her thinking.

"In that case, I will go out first, and then take you to see Alicia. After you settle down, I will start the resurrection project."

"By the way, Hitamaru."

"Well, brother, what's the matter with calling me?"

After Takashi asked her to fly over, he touched his little head and said gently: "Hitamaru, do me a favor, and you will be separated from us when you go out in a while."

"There will be a green-haired sister outside who needs you to help her with an experiment with the Ksitigarbha Soul. It is an experiment that is very important to big brother. Do you understand?"

"Oh~oh! I will definitely help you with your brother's needs!" Hitamaru said happily as if there were stars in his eyes.

"Haha~" Sakura laughed out loud when she saw Hitamamaru looking so excited.

He came over and rubbed Hitamamaru and said, "It's going to be quick. I have to help Takashi well. Don't be lazy, got it?"

"Hey, I know, sister, go and come back early!"

"Ah."

Change comes quietly: 161. Mebius: There’s no point in blaming me~

"Oh~ yeah."

"Interesting, it seems your eldest sister is quite interesting."

Mebius sat back on the chair and watched with interest the half-floating figure in front of him, Hitamamaru who stood on his desk from time to time, and said this.

She had just finished inspecting Hitama Maru and collecting data, as well as checking the operation and abilities of Ksitigarbha Tamamaru. While waiting for Takashi to arrive, they started chatting.

Mebius easily figured out what Hitamamaru liked.

By ordering takeout and buying a lot of fried tofu, Hitamaru talked about almost everything without hiding anything.

The underground laboratory has a separate material passage leading to the upper part. After being placed in the room and the delivery personnel are dispatched, it will be transported down by machinery.