Chapter 107: Misaka Digs a Pit in Cairo (Part I)
"Meow? It seems that someone is scolding Misaka. "My nose is itchy and I almost sneezes, and someone is definitely scolding Misaka behind my back.
Through the teleportation circle, Misaka and his party appeared in a remote forest on the outskirts of Cairo, and everyone was teleporting for the first time (Zhan Lan actually experienced it but was hypnotized and forgotten), and they all felt very fresh, and the three of Eve repeatedly touched and touched their whole bodies, for fear of missing a part.
"Kotomi, you're back in Cairo, what are you going to do?" Zheng Zha asked what was next.
"Of course, they set a trap and trap each other. First of all, Misaka treats everyone first, and then digs a trap according to what Misaka said. Everyone should be careful, from now on, don't say the name of the god, don't pronounce the name of our target, and use code names to prevent the other party from eavesdropping with magic. After seeing everyone nodding, several rubies around Misaka formed a healing enchantment again, and everyone's wounds were healing rapidly, although this treatment method had certain sequelae, but with Misaka's spiritual fluctuations, it could be quickly recovered.
While receiving treatment, everyone watched as Misaka poured things out of the space bag, and all kinds of bits and pieces were piled up into a hill, and then they rummaged through the pile of items, and finally Misaka found a small red cross.
"OK, that's it." Then I cleaned it up again, grabbed all kinds of magic props and threw them into my pocket, so that everyone was called a sweat.
"Kotomi, can't you just tidy it up?" Zhan Lan couldn't stand it anymore.
"Big husband, cute big! I don't need so much this time, these are magic ritual items, and it usually takes several days from deployment to launch, so it doesn't matter if it's just a mess in normal times. "Sweat!
After a few hours......
"Okay, everybody's pretty much recovered. Listen up below, our backstage is now codenamed Mad Dog, our target is codenamed Bone, and the team battle enemy is codenamed Elephant, so don't talk about each other's true identities anymore. Then Misaka explains how the pit was dug ...... "After giving the code names to Anubis, Immorton and the Inzu team, Misaka began to explain the magic ritual to be performed.
"Look, this is the map of Cairo, Egypt now..."In front of Misaka, a magical projection of Cairo's urban area unfolded, a completely 3D three-dimensional magic digital map.
"Here, here, and these places..."With the sliding of Misaka's fingers, several red dots appeared inside and outside Cairo City, "These are the spiritual veins of Cairo City, although everyone has not fully recovered their combat effectiveness, but their daily actions are still no problem, Zheng Qi, you will assign everyone to bury the crosses in these spiritual veins..." Misaka gave everyone a detailed explanation of the requirements for the erection of the ceremonial venue, which is actually very simple, find the right location, and then quietly dig a pit, and bury the cross and the base in the correct direction according to the instructions.
"The last place is here," Misaka pointed to the largest red dot on the projected map, "This is the heart of the Misaka ceremony, the city hall in Cairo." I have to say that the builders of this city also understand feng shui, and the choice of spiritual veins is quite accurate. It just so happened that there was also a chapel in the town hall, where Misaka set up the magic circle that was the centerpiece of the entire ceremony. ”
After the assignment, Zhan Lan, Zhang Jie, Ming Yanwei and Di Bo went to bury the magic props, and the rest followed Misaka to the city hall.
"The ......" Just as everyone was about to leave, O'Connor stopped everyone.
"I said, friends, now that I'm back in Cairo, I think it's time to say goodbye. There should be ships leaving Egypt on the other side of the harbor, and I don't want to have anything to do with the mummies that have rotted for thousands of years...... You're all experts, so I'd better not help here. O'Connor clearly didn't want to get involved any longer, and he felt in danger and planned to run away as soon as possible.
Before we could speak, Eve crossed her waist in front of O'Connor and said loudly, "Do you mean to say that we should abandon our responsibilities?" Just to run away on your own? We let that monster out! Even with Zheng Zhe's help, we must not escape alone! ”
"Wait, you wait." O'Connor glared fiercely at Eve in front of him, and he exclaimed, "It was 'you' who released that monster, not 'us'!" You don't want to put us all with this kind of responsibility! We are not obligated to fight that monster for the safety of the whole world! You see that big crater in the desert, what can I mix here? In the face of such a terrifying force, ordinary people like us rubbed it a little so that there was no ash left! ”
O'Connor's roar made Eve hesitate, an ordinary person like himself rashly joined such a terrifying battlefield, and if he didn't pay attention, as O'Connor said, there would be no ashes left. If the cat lady really lost her strength and stayed to help, it still made some sense, but just now it was just someone who was releasing false information, and she couldn't help even if she wanted to.
Seeing that Eve was a little shaken, O'Connor continued, "I am grateful to you for saving me from prison, so I promised you to find the capital of the dead and bring you back safely!" That's what I promised you, and I did it. I don't think I have any other obligations, do I need to help you take on your personal responsibility? Who read the words of the Bible of the dead at that time, and who was it? ”
Eve was stunned, and she muttered, "Yes, it's me...... But am I just a small agreement for you? ”
O'Connor gently pushed her away, still walking towards the docks on his own, and said as he went, "So, you either stay and save the world, or follow me out of this hellish place, how about it?" The choice is yours. ”
Eve also followed behind him, and the woman gritted her teeth and said, "I choose to stay!" ”
O'Connor looked at her stunned, and after a long time, the man spoke between his teeth: "Okay, whatever you want!" ”
"Of course it's up to me, and I don't care about it!"
"...... you want"
Jonathan shook his head and followed behind the two, obviously looking helpless to watch the show.
"Several, please listen to Misaka." Just when they were arguing and about to leave the woods, and Zheng Zha couldn't hold back and was ready to force the three of them to stay, Misaka spoke.
"That's... What kind of cat god-sama, what else do you have to do? I guess a little person like me shouldn't be of much use to you, right? Please let us go, I can give you back the gold. O'Connor spoke in a bad tone because of his quarrel with Eve, and he spoke to Misaka with a weird look.
"Although Misaka wants to keep you away from this kind of terrifying thing, in fact, you can't do without it, because you are also his important target, maybe not as important as Misaka, but it's just a little bit worse." Misaka's words startled the three of them.
"For... For what? The Bible of the Dead is with you, and we didn't steal anything else......" O'Connor always felt that there should be nothing to do with a strong man like Misaka in front, and he would have arrived in England by the time the fight was over.
"For more details, Misaka thinks it's better to find someone to tell you, it's right over there in the museum. Although we have had some unpleasantness with them before, the resurrection of the bones should make the other party and us natural allies, and the previous unpleasantness in the face of a common enemy is a minor problem. As for what the bones must look for you, they also understand, so that the third-party explanation is more credible. So Misaka wants you to go to the museum with us at least once, and if you still have to leave after you are done, Misaka will have to send blessings. After listening to Misaka's words, the three of them thought about it for a while and finally decided to go with Misaka, and there was absolutely no relationship between Zheng Zhe and Zheng Zhe on the side.
"You want to make an alliance with the Men in Black? Borrowing troops like the second part? Everyone walked all the way to the museum, and Xiao Honglu was the first to think of what Misaka was going to do, if he could form an alliance with the man in black, it would be possible to persuade the other party to send troops to support. In the second legend of gods and ghosts, in order to fight against the powerful army of the Egyptian god of death, the elite of the black-clothed bearded clan was exhausted, and tens of thousands of cavalry gathered in the desert to fight against the army of the Egyptian god of death Anubis. If there is such a cavalry, it will definitely be very advantageous for the subsequent battle.
Misaka nodded, "That's right, if they are willing to help, they can at least help us contain the Death Force summoned by the bones." As long as the ritual of Misaka is completed on this side of Cairo, it is absolutely certain that the elephant will destroy the bones and damage the bones, but it is not realistic to destroy the bones here, and we can't completely eliminate him without the resurrection of the Golden Sutra, and we still need to go to the capital of the dead to make a conclusion in the end. In the previous encounter, the opponent summoned a large number of undead, and when the time comes, he is likely to repeat his old tricks, and it is very troublesome to clean up the miscellaneous soldiers when he leaves the Cairo home field, although it is not impossible for Misaka's magic to clear the ground and wash the floor, but the other party's replenishment speed is also not slow, Misaka really has no extra magic power to waste in this kind of place, and the black-clothed cavalry is very helpful for containing the miscellaneous soldiers. ”
Walking is naturally boring, Eve pulled Misaka and began to discuss whether there are other ways to deal with the mummy, although Misaka has said that Immorton is not only no longer afraid of cats, but also not afraid of his own cat god, but Eve still asked if it is useful to buy a few more cats, or whether it can be used to deal with miscellaneous soldiers, and suddenly a voice interjected: "The cat is the guardian of the underworld, and the cat can temporarily restrain him before he is completely resurrected, but please listen clearly, just before he is completely resurrected, when he is completely resurrected...... We're going to have nothing to do with him! ”
This sentence startled Eve, and then she noticed that she had reached the entrance of the museum, where the director of the Bogu Pavilion was standing next to a bearded man in a black robe...... That man in black had attacked their gravekeeper several times! It was this black-clad bearded man who had just spoken, but the Grave Keepers didn't seem to know that Immorton had been resurrected completely, and we had only listened to half of our conversation, thinking that we were going to use cats against Imorton.
"Kotomi, this is the person you're looking for?" O'Connor quickly pulled out his gun and pointed it at the man in black, and then he froze, because no one on our side pulled out a gun.
The old museum director shrugged his shoulders and said, "Put it away, we don't have any ill intentions." Come inside, and I'll tell you about him and ours......"
O'Connor and Jonathan looked at each other, and saw that Misaka had already entered, so he had to take Eve with him, although he was a former enemy, but it was better than facing the hideous and rotting mummy......
“…… That's pretty much it, we're part of a secret organization that guards the City of the Dead and its secrets, and it's been three thousand years since we kill anyone who tries to get their hands on the City of the Dead...... Organization, we swear to do everything in our power to protect all this, using any means and means, no matter what, to prevent the High Priest Immorton from returning to the human world! The museum director finished his long story, saying that their people's mission was to do everything they could to prevent Immorton from returning to the world.
The man in black frowned and said, "But because of you, our mission has failed!" ”
Eve was very dissatisfied with these words, and she stared at the man in black and said, "You use such an excuse to kill innocents? ”
"To stop that monster? Let me think about it......" The curator and the man in black looked at each other at the same time, and then they said in unison, "Yes! ”
Sweat! This may make some sense in the reign of the Pharaohs 3,000 years ago, but it is not appropriate to say that it is in the era now. And you have a way to punish you, right? For example, letting everyone forget about him, erasing the existence of history seems to be a very harsh punishment, Misaka remembers watching some documentaries of ancient Egypt, they punished tomb robbers in this way, and the guy who disturbed the dead couldn't even do the dead. When I got here, I had to do something insect-eating, and as a result, I had to drag down my offspring. 、
After a long time, O'Connor muttered, "But why did he keep chasing us?" Is it because we entered the pyramids? Didn't he betray the Pharaoh? Why should you protect the tomb of the Pharaoh? ”
The man in black said, "Not against the Pharaoh, but against his duty as a high priest...... As a resurrected monster, he will not kill everyone who enters the mausoleum, but only the person who opens the holy chest, and each time he kills one, his mana will increase a little, and in order to resurrect his lover Ansuna, he must take back all the urns, which is why he is chasing you, and of course, the Bibles of the Dead in your hands are also something he must get. ”
"Misaka wants to explain that the other party has killed all the Americans who entered the mausoleum and completely resurrected him, Misaka fought with him in the desert before, and that guy has changed from a rotten mummy to a bald guy." Misaka's words made the curator and the bearded face darken, and everyone's faces were a little ugly.
"Before, for various reasons, Misaka didn't have time to explain the situation after Misaka and everyone separated, in fact, we still have hole cards...... "After tossing for so long, it was only now that Misaka had the opportunity to tell everyone about the previous encounter with the goddess Buster and the battle in the desert, and the last thing was that as long as there was the Sun Golden Sutra, he could deprive Immorton of his mana.
The curator stood up excitedly and said, "If that's the case, maybe we can really get rid of that monster...... Now that the goddess has given the Sun God a magic weapon, and the Bible of the Dead has been sealed by you, if we find the Golden Sun Sutra, we may really be able to deal with it! ”
The man in black said helplessly: "But the whereabouts of the Sun Golden Sutra are unknown now. We are the guardians of the mausoleum, but we are not qualified to take charge of the holy book, in fact, we are not allowed to enter the mausoleum without a reason, as the descendants of the Pharaoh's guards, the capital of the dead is a sacred place for us, it is the place where the dead sleep peacefully, and we should not disturb their peace. That is to say, they don't really know the exact location of the book in the City of the Dead, and theoretically they shouldn't let people go in and get it. Thinking of the ban, the curator was also dumb.
Eve hurriedly said: "I know the Dao, I know the Dao, but aren't we here to protect the World Realm?" No one would want that undead monster to be resurrected, would they? So let's go and take out the Golden Sutra of the Sun and kill it...... Isn't that also your responsibility? ”
The curator and the man in black were speechless for a moment, and Eve suddenly seemed to remember something, and she suddenly realized: "By the way, you talked about the name Ansuna just now, right?" That monster seems to have called me by that name when he was in the mausoleum, and you said you resurrected Ansuna or something. Does it matter? ”
The curator and the man in black looked at each other in surprise again, and the curator hurriedly said: "According to our historical records, the reason why he was tortured by insects was actually for this woman named Ansuna...... He must have thought of you as the reincarnation of Ansuna, and if he wants to resurrect Ansuna, in addition to the Bible of the Dead, he also needs a living person as a sacrifice, then this sacrifice should be ......" The two looked at Eve.
"Really?" Although Eve showed a "oh my God" expression, her tone was dry, and anyone who heard that she was likely to be taken as a sacrifice would not feel good.
"Sister Eve, you don't have to worry too much about this, in the previous battle, the bones said that the mad dog had given an oracle, and to resurrect Ansuna, you need to kill Misaka as a sacrifice, and Eve you are at most a backup." Yuki has confirmed that this is the trick of the backstage of the Inzhou team, it seems that they have not considered the victory or defeat of the Inzhou team for a long time, and what they are thinking about now is actually to be able to cause as many losses to the Nakasu team as possible through this team battle, the greater the loss and the demon team's team battle, the smaller the chance of the Nakasu team, if you really kill Misaka, of course, it is better. It's really hard to imagine that the backstage of the Inzhou team can continue to cheat in this situation, of course, it is not excluded that it is the instructions entered before the downtime, Misaka's brain is not emotionally intelligent enough, and the layout analysis is really not powerful.
However, even if the god of death asks to take Misaka as a sacrifice, considering Misaka's strength, he should not force Immorton to capture Misaka alive to sacrifice, most of them as long as they are killed, and the specific resurrection ceremony itself still needs a living sacrifice, and Eve will most likely be captured and sacrificed.
The curator and the bearded man heard Misaka call Anubis a mad dog, the corners of their mouths twitched and turned their heads to pretend not to hear, after all, they also believed in ancient Egyptian gods, although they were not believers in death, but it was still very embarrassing to call a god of ancient Egypt a mad dog. But Misaka is also a god, and they have to pretend not to hear when the gods fight.
Eve's face improved a lot when she heard that she was just a backup, but she immediately felt embarrassed when she was kind, she was not sacrificed just because there was Misaka in front of the top cylinder, and it was not a good thing to escape by relying on the little girl to top the tank, Eve ran to the second floor and pretended to study the text on an ancient Egyptian stone tablet.
"Don't worry, it's not so easy to take Misaka as a sacrifice, but unfortunately it's not clear what that charm is used for, and His Royal Highness Buster just said that it will naturally work when it should work." Seeing Eve's embarrassment and running away, Misaka shifted the topic to the obtained Sun God Charm, and also took out the Sun God Charm in the space bag for everyone to see.
"This was given to you by the goddess Buster?" The gift from the gods was not an ordinary archaeological artifact, and Eve didn't care about the embarrassment just now, as an archaeological fanatic, she rushed downstairs and picked up the talisman to examine it carefully.
At this moment, the spell in Eve's hand suddenly shone brightly, and the spell turned into countless ribbons of light and flew into Eve's body, and everyone was stunned when they saw this fantastic scene. Then Zheng Zhe began to go crazy, and the spell was gone, so what's the matter!
"Looks like that's what the charm is for, to keep Eve from being caught as a sacrifice." Misaka shrugged helplessly, the sun god this guy doesn't call the pit man Asako, this spell is not used to deal with the Death Incarnation and Immorton at all, but Eve's special amulet. If according to the original book, Eve can't be resurrected if she can't be a sacrifice, Ansuna, the Inzhou team will naturally not be able to complete the task, and the follow-up reward of the Grim Reaper will naturally be gone. After all, the Egyptian gods are still a family, and there is still a bottom line in the fight, even if it messes up the deal of the god of death. But now the problem is that the Grim Reaper wants to make Misaka a sacrifice even more, and with this spell protection, Immorton can't bargain with his boss, and he has to come to find trouble with Misaka, and Misaka is really "unlucky!" ”
"Okay, at least don't worry about Eve being sacrificed." Seeing everyone's helpless and embarrassed looks, Xiao Honglu began to play a round game, Eve has a charm to protect everyone, so everyone doesn't have to worry about her safety, and the combat power can be concentrated on Misaka's side.