5. Dead souls and shrine maidens

"What the hell...... What the hell is this Japan in the same time and space? "I was lying bored on a big tree, supervising the two children who were sweating hard and practicing their basic skills under the tree, while complaining about the world around me. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It has been more than a month since I passed through the bone well to come to ancient times. During this time, I have traveled a lot and learned more about the world, but the more I learned, the more ridiculous I felt!

In Japan in this era, the most important "divine power" is in charge of the emperor's lineage, and the emperor's sister Hinata is the commander-in-chief of all priests, shrine maidens, and onmyoji, and the daily supernatural affairs are in charge of the Yin-Yang Liao directly under the royal family, and the famous great Onmyoji Abe Harumi is still alive and currently lives in Heian-kyo as the nominal highest official of the Onmyo-Liao.

If you only look at the above information, you will probably say, "Ah, Heian period?" It was a quiet era, not bad. ”

However, it is a pity that the government affairs of the country are controlled by the Ashikaga clan, the great shogun of Seiyi, and the contemporary shogun is Ashikaga Yoshitori.

That's right, judging from national politics, this is the Muromachi shogunate era.

In addition, the military power of the country is in the hands of the two princes of the east and west, and these two princes are-

Minamoto Yoritomo is peaceful and prosperous.

With all this as a foreshadowing, when I heard that there was a Oda Nobunaga who was known as the Great Fool of Owari among the daimyo in various places, and that there were farmers who believed in the Nanban religion on the Shimabara Peninsula in Hizen Province, I was able to deal with it calmly.

As Xing Ye said in the movie, he spit and spit, and he got used to it.

The chaos of the times is not a bad thing for me, at least I can try to find the powers who are supposed to be in a different time and space to help me solve the problem of amnesia.

My first stop was Heiankyo, and the name Haruaki Abe was still familiar even to someone like me who had lost his memory, so of course I prioritized going to him for help.

Unfortunately, I didn't meet Master Qingming, who was already in seclusion and didn't see any outsiders. The day-to-day affairs were handed over to his son Abe Yoshimasa, but Yoshimasa's spiritual power was not very good, but his grandson Abe Masahiro was very qualified and had already begun to take over work such as demon slaying - oh my God, this kid is only thirteen years old this year......

Of course, I don't feel comfortable handing over my life-threatening head to a thirteen-year-old guy to toss.

So I had to leave Heiankyo with regret and wander all over the place.

It is said that there is a little guy named Amakusa Shiro Tokisada in Shimabara, who can use the power of God to cure diseases, but my historical knowledge tells me that neither Amakusa nor his predecessor Jesus can be cured by sight, and you have to join Christianity to enjoy holy healing.

Unfortunately, I don't have any affection for the religion of the birdmen!

So, I had to wander around, looking for someone who could cure my amnesia.

The town where it is currently located is one of the most famous in Japanese history, Sakai Town, a historic town located in Osaka Bay on the island of Honshu.

The reason why I came here was because I heard a strange rumor on the road that a mysterious shrine maiden was haunting the area. The shrine maiden was kind and able to use her very clever powers, and she treated anyone equally, even if she was a thief or a beggar.

What impressed me the most was the shrine maiden's ability to heal injuries with her divine powers!

Legend has it that whether it is a minor illness such as a headache and a cold or a serious illness such as intestinal puncture and stomach rotten, she can rejuvenate herself, and even those who have just lost their breath, she can come back to life.

Such a powerful character, helping me cure my amnesia should be just a gesture, right?

With this hope in mind, I came to Sakai Town and stayed for 10 days.

Unfortunately, during these ten days, I searched all of Sakai Town, but I didn't meet anyone who had ever seen the shrine maiden, let alone found her in person.

For the convenience of life, I worked as a bodyguard in a hotel called "Aoi House", and in addition to cleaning up those hooligan drunkards who were not enough to worry about, I also took in two apprentices by the way, one named Corpse Miaoyun and the other called Orangutan Dean. Although they are just stupid children who don't understand anything, they at least work hard and try to get stronger every day.

Even if you can't recover your memory, even if you don't go back to the future, living in this era and becoming an ordinary martial artist, there's not necessarily anything wrong with it......

The afternoon sun is warm, and the breeze on the hillside is very comfortable, and you can't help but want to sleep for a while.

Just for a little while......

…… I overslept again.

However, Ah Kui, the proprietress who has always complained about my laziness, is very rare today without complaining.

Because of the monk who was trembling.

Judging by the way this monk was dressed, he was a monk of the Nichiren sect; A closer look at the magic weapons he was carrying showed that his status was not low; Judging by the strong muscles of his arms, he was by no means the kind of weak person who could only recite scriptures; Judging from the aura that envelops his whole body, he is quite accomplished in tantric practice.

In general, this monk in his thirties is a genuine and enlightened monk.

But now, this high monk, who can make ordinary ghosts flee from the wind, trembles like a leaf in a storm.

I can't live in fear.

The monks of the Nichiren sect are usually reciting the "Nan no Myoho-renge-kyo", but this high monk is just saying repeatedly-

Witch!

Witch ......Witch Witch

He didn't eat or drink, just cowered in the corner, shivering and muttering the phrase repeatedly.

"Ah Zhen, you came back just in time, throw this troublesome monk out!" The proprietress who claimed to believe in Buddhism had no intention of respecting the monks at all, but was angry that her business was affected, "Throw him into the river and let him return to the Pure Land!" ”

"That's not good, this great monk, it's not the kind of swaggering and deceiving goods, he really has magic power." Ignoring the hostess's frightened pale face, I walked up to the monk and asked, "What is it that scares you like this?" ”

The monk didn't answer, still muttering.

So I grabbed him, knocked him three or four times into a tree outside the inn, and then soaked his bald head in the water tank where the mules and horses drank next to me, and finally regained a little composure.

Then, the monk told me about his experience:

He and his master went out on a wandering, because he heard that there were spirits in the nearby mountains, so he went to find out at night, only to see some strange Shikikami, grabbing the dead souls of humans, gathering from all directions to the river, gathered around a beautiful and elegant shrine maiden.

To their creep, the witch had actually sucked the dead souls.

Life is born in heaven and earth, there is life and death, and reincarnation does not stop. After death, the good of the dead soul goes to the Pure Land, the evil go to hell, and the bad are reincarnated and reincarnated. And this witch will suck the dead soul, and those people will not be able to reincarnate again, and they will be wiped out from then on.

As monks who slay demons and eliminate demons, they naturally couldn't tolerate this kind of behavior, so they started to fight with the witch.

The ending is obvious, they lost, defeated, and this monk only luckily picked up a life.

A shrine maiden who sucks the souls of the dead?

Could it be that she is the witch who is said to be able to heal all injuries and diseases?

Should...... Not really......

But anyway, even if it's just to reassure the proprietress, it's necessary for me to clean up this demon that has become a shrine maiden.

What's more, I'm also disgusted by this evil act of sucking dead souls!

That night, instead of going to bed early as usual, I sat on the hillside and looked at Sakaimachi at my feet.

Sure enough, there are many Shikami who are shaped like snakes and insects, and they are clutching the dead souls that have turned into balls of light one by one, shuttling through the night sky.

They seem to have been taught, and avoid many places, and Aoi House is one of them.

It's no wonder that all the supernatural beings in Sakai Town, including me, didn't notice them before, and the guys who were secretly manipulating these Shikigami had already figured out the rules of our actions and deliberately avoided our eyes and ears.

If it hadn't been broken by the pair of unlucky masters and apprentices, maybe it could have been hidden in the shadows and free for a while, right?

But that's the end of it!

With a tap under my feet, I chased the flying Shikigami and galloped down the hillside, gradually moving away from the avenue and into the inaccessible mountains.

There are more and more Shikijin nearby, and it seems that I haven't found the wrong target.

Skirting a mountain corner, it suddenly became clear that in a small valley, there was a slightly dilapidated temple.

A guy dressed as a shrine maiden, surrounded by Shikikami, sat in the open space outside the temple.

As the monk said, this soul-sucking creature looks really delicate and elegant, more like a shrine maiden than anyone I've ever seen - although the shrine maiden I've seen before seems to be the one from Kikyo Village......

The plain hairband tied the silky black hair that hung straight down the waist; The witch costume with white on the top and red on the bottom is simple and unpretentious, but it reveals a pure and noble temperament; The white cheeks, the eyes like black jade, there is no obvious emotion; It's just that from the bloodless, tightly pursed lips, there is a faint hint of melancholy.

What makes me a little strange is that this guy's appearance is quite similar to Sunset.

It's just that her temperament is definitely not comparable to sunset, calm, elegant, noble, and melancholy...... With such an outstanding temperament,The superpower who grew up in the peaceful and noisy school city of Sunset Kagome,There will never be one!

…… She's beautiful.

But as the proverb goes, the more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is.

I couldn't help but sigh as I watched the monster dressed as a witch calmly suck the dead souls one by one.

"A beautiful woman, why be a thief!"

I sighed and walked out of the corner of the mountain, calmly but cautiously, towards the monster that had become a shrine maiden.

Although I spoke Chinese, the shrine maiden might not understand what I was saying, but she could at least hear me talking, so she turned her head and looked at me calmly.

"Why are you sucking these dead souls?" I couldn't help but ask, "Judging by your spiritual power, it doesn't seem that you are a demon, you should know that once these dead souls are digested and absorbed by you, they will dissipate between heaven and earth, and there will be no chance of reincarnation—don't you think this is too much?" ”

"I don't have a choice." The shrine maiden spoke, her voice like her temperament, cold and stunned, but with unwavering firmness.

"Don't want to explain?"

"There's no need for that, what you're seeing is the truth, I do fill my body with dead souls." The shrine maiden replied, "If I don't, I'll lose my ability and even perish." ”

"Dust to dust, earth to earth, born in Si, buried in Si. Is death that terrible? So terrible that you have to devour others to avoid your own death? ”

"I have a reason why I can't fall now."

I didn't stop.

Everything is already clear.

Whatever the reason, it is an indisputable fact that she sucks the soul of the dead.

Since she won't give up this behavior, there is only one thing I can do.

"Finally, you met two monks yesterday, right?" Even though it seemed like nonsense, I couldn't resist asking, "One of them escaped, what about the other?" ”

"Killed."

"I see...... Sure enough......"

I sighed.

With the force under my feet, I rushed through the distance of dozens of paces in one go, swung my fist, and slammed into the opponent.

It's a pity, but - die!

The shrine maiden didn't show any signs of panicking, she looked at me coldly, and her toes stomped lightly on the ground.

Her figure suddenly vanished, and then appeared under a tree in the distance, and at the same time, the ground began to shake, and the soft earth turned into sharp spikes, which gathered out one after another.

Control the dirt, change the terrain?

It's a fun and useful ability, but it's a pity that the strength is too poor!

Those thorns or walls were not vulnerable to me at all, and they couldn't stop me for even a second.

The fist fell, and the luxuriant tree broke at the waist.

But the shrine maiden had teleported away again.

I'd like to see how many times you can teleport!

When I was in the school city,I had a simulated battle with the standard Danxi.,Although it's just controlling two sets of data to fight.,But the intensity of the battle won't be reduced because of this.,The standard is an excellent spatial ability.,The teleportation ability is amazing.,Through the simulated battle with her.,In dealing with this kind of enemy that can teleport.,I've accumulated a little experience.。

For space capables, the most important preparation for teleportation is "positioning".

The teleportation ability cannot be used casually, and if it cannot be accurately located, once you teleport into a rock or wall, there is only one way to die.

And the method of positioning, at the very least, is to "see".

If you can't see the location of the target, it's hard to locate it.

After a long period of training, she was able to rely on her extraordinary computing power and memory to instantly remember the terrain around her, and then move freely, but this witch obviously didn't have that ability, and she had to look at the location she was going to before every teleportation.

That gives me a chance to win.

When she was about to hit again but she escaped, I finally saw the target of her teleportation this time.

So when she emerged from the void, my fists were already whistling in front of her.

This time you have nowhere to run!

In the face of the fierce punch, a little uneasiness finally appeared on the witch's face.

Then, I sent her flying.

Just as I was about to pursue, my feet suddenly softened, and the whole person kept falling downward.

If you look closely, you can see that the surrounding mud has turned into a mud bore at some point.

Is this guy constantly changing the terrain around him?

While I was in the mire, the shrine maiden jumped up and flew off into the distance on the dragon serpent of light, which was condensed by many snake-like gods.

Want to escape? It's not that easy! Do you have no means of long-range attack when I do!

I raised my right hand and made an aiming pose.

The powerful and scorching power condensed on the fingertips of my index finger, and I could clearly see a dazzling ball of light appear on the fingertips.

Reich pill self-guided range extender.

It seems that this technique, which was recalled not long ago, should be called "Reimaru". And it has several different application techniques, one of which is that it can fire a spirit pill that will automatically chase the enemy, and it must hit the target before it dissipates.

The dazzling reimaru streaked across the night sky like a meteor, chasing after the shrine maiden who was rapidly moving away.

I didn't look at the situation over there, but I used all my strength to pick up my fists and slammed them into the mire around me.

The mud splattered, and within a few meters of me, the ground turned into a deep pit.

Finally solid ground under your feet.

Sure enough, this guy's ability to change the terrain is also limited, and he can't really turn the land into a bottomless swamp just by improvising spells in battle.

However, to be able to come up with such a plan in an unfavorable situation, this guy is really powerful!

So be sure to kill it today! Otherwise, God knows how many dead souls will be eaten, and how many demon slayers will die!

I quickened my pace, followed the breath left by the spirit pill, and chased after it......

………………

I didn't see the bombardment of bellflowers, are you very dissatisfied?

Forget it, it's also the New Year, and it's not appropriate to send a bento at this time.

That nameless NPC monk (master)?

Please, it's just an extra, with no lines and no cameras, why should I send him a bento?

Give him a yen and go buy a bento yourself......

Thank you all for your support of this book, and I wish you all a Happy New Year!

Yes...... I'm not going to be a eunuch, don't worry, just thank you.