Makie never thought of herself as a sentimental girl.

Maybe it was because he saw the god Hiiragi disappear in front of him, so his heart was a little more touched, and he suddenly wanted to ask Kitagawa Temple this question.

In fact, no matter what kind of answer Kitagawa Temple makes, she will spare no effort to help the other party.

She just wanted to ask Beichuan Temple this question.

It is rare for the god to put on a serious face.

Her face was full of seriousness, her eyes were staring at Beichuan Temple without blinking, her cherry pink lips opened and closed up and down, and a somewhat serious voice also came out:

"Kitagawa, the question just now - pain, pain! It hurts! Whining! ”

Before he could reach three seconds, Kitagawa Temple pinched his cheek and let out one mournful scream after another.

"Sure enough, I'm still a little used to seeing this face."

Kitagawa Temple nodded with satisfaction and added, "I'm a little unaccustomed to you pretending to be eternal, and now I can answer your question." ”

“？？？？” Kami-dwelling Maki-e.

She opened her mouth wide in astonishment because of Kitagawa Temple's words.

And this kind of statement?

"You just asked me if I want a solution to Zhu Zhiyin or a balance between the hidden world and the present world, right?"

"Hmm."

Kamiju Makie rubbed his face in response.

Although the spirit rubbing his face had no effect, after doing so, it seemed that his heart would not hurt anymore.

"My idea is not really that complicated."

Kitagawa Temple replaced the flashlight in his hand with a new battery and continued:

"Give priority to solving the problem of Zhu Zhiyin, and then try to see if we can solve the problem of the present world and the hidden world."

“... Oh... Other words... Temple Jun wants it all? ”

Asamiya next to him asked tentatively after thinking about it.

"Actually, there's a big difference. Zhu Zhiyin's solution must be known, because it is a matter of life and death in the future. ”

Kitagawa Temple replied.

"As for the question of the present world and the hidden world, I can only say that I can solve it as best I can, but I am also self-aware. I don't sacrifice anyone to strike a balance between the present and the hidden. ”

Yes.

No matter who that object is, Kitagawa Temple will not sacrifice her in exchange for a balance between the present and the hidden.

"Whether it's the future or eternal, whether it's Maki-e or pitiful. To sacrifice someone for balance... That's not what I want to see. So I can only say that I did my best, and if I really can't accomplish this goal, then I can only say that I did my best. ”

Kitagawa Temple completely solves the problem of the god resident in Maki-e.

He's going to try to fix it, but he's not going to make it a mission like the old families do.

People are selfish, and Beichuan Temple is no exception.

"So you don't have to dwell on this and that." Kitagawa Temple swept a look at the maki-e.

He could tell at a glance that Makie was feeling sad that she had to fulfill her Soul Suppression Twins duty back then, so he suddenly asked him this question.

"It's... That's the case...", the god replied in a trance.

"That's it."

Kitagawa Temple tried the flashlight in his hand, and after finding that it could still be used, he held it with satisfaction, and then said:

"I don't know what you think, how it is exactly the same as what you ask in the future."

Ahem...

Makie shrank her head embarrassedly, and then said with some dissatisfaction: "I'm just going to ask!" It doesn't mean anything else, anyway, in the end, I and Eternity will support you. ”

As she spoke, she also glanced at the poor Asamiya Emasai who was teasing Nishikujo on the other side.

"Well, no matter what Terera-kun plans to do, Maki-e and I will support you."

Asamiya said with a gentle face.

"Don't talk about that just yet." Kitagawa Temple glanced at his watch.

It's been more than three hours since it started.

According to the summer season, it is estimated that dawn will break at 6 o'clock in the morning.

At that time, the village will disappear and reappear the next day.

Before that happens—

"I still have to explore the most important Mu Chi family mansion."

The flashlight of Kitagawa Temple was raised.

The front is still full of Huangquan miasma, and I don't know where it spreads.

But behind this yellow spring miasma, there are sporadic lights that are faintly jumping.

There... It should be the mansion of Mu Chi's family.

"Let's go."

Kitagawa Temple carried a flashlight and walked in the direction of the light.

......

The process of arriving at Mu Chi's house is actually not so simple.

In the middle, Beichuan Temple encountered some meaningless afterimages, which were probably the remnants of the villagers fleeing in all directions because of some kind of disaster.

But what kind of disaster exactly... That's a little bit unclear.

In fact, there is a clear demarcation between the mansion of Mu Chi's family and the living area of the villagers.

When you reach the vicinity of the mansion, you can see a long road that runs forward.

On both sides of the tunnel, stone lamps were lit, these stone lamps were standard square stone lamps, which looked very neat, and the miserable white fire light jumping in the light box reflected the otherwise dark redundant road.

In addition to this redundant road, both sides of the redundant road and even the entire surroundings of Mu Chi's house were all wrapped in the dense forest of black pressure.

It's like a dense forest, and people feel like they're in it just by looking at it.

In addition to these, three torii gates were erected along the road, and the vermilion faded torii gates revealed a gloomy and cold feeling under the reflection of the firelight.

There was also an indescribable damp and cold breath in the air, everything seemed to be wrapped in the Huangquan miasma, and the gray-white miasma showed no signs of dissipating even here.

These Huangquan miasma needs Beichuan Temple to use a part of the dead qi to resist, and he can't hide in the spirit dwelling like the poor people of Nishikujo and Ma Gong Yongsei, and isolate these miasma with the spirit dwelling.

"Huangquan miasma... It does not cause some kind of damage to the human body... What it changes is the nature of the human spirit... Under the erosion of the miasma of the Yellow Spring, the human soul can easily decay and wither. ”

Asamiya Yongyo explained.

Kitagawa Temple took what she said to heart, and at the same time did not forget to look ahead of the redundant road.

After a while, Beichuan Temple made a voice like a sigh: "Mu Chi's family... I don't know if I should call them arrogant or if I should say anything about them. ”

This is a redundant road that continues to the door of Mu Chi's mansion... It's more like a shrine that symbolizes the purification of people's hearts than a redundant way.

In Japanese culture, the place to which the approach leads is equivalent to the divine realm, and the torii gate and the shirino symbolize the separation between the present world and the divine realm.

Instead of using 'Mu Chi Family' to describe the scene in front of you, it is more appropriate to use the word 'Mu Chi Shrine'.

However, there is no doubt that this form of architecture is only a mansion inhabited by some ancient Japanese families, and there is no sense of a shrine at all.

Beichuan Temple took a step, directly crossed the birdie gate with a gloomy color, and walked towards the gate of Mu Chi's house.

This time, the gate of Mu Chi's house was not as ignorant as the Magong family or the shrine in the past, and Beichuan Temple just raised his hand and gently pushed it open.

But the moment Beichuan Temple opened the door, he inexplicably felt a chill in his body.

There was a glitter of green brilliance in front of him.

At the same time, there was a cold whisper in my ears... It was like something was lying behind him—

"Gradually... Dissolve in Yellow Spring... Gradually... Honkai is in..."

Boom!

A sledgehammer flashed out of Beichuan Temple's hand and smashed it directly behind him.

But this time, the tried-and-true raid was unsuccessful.

Nothing exists behind him.

Standing here from him, you can clearly see that you have just walked over... Empty redundant aisles.

But was it just a delusion?

Apparently not!

Kitagawa Temple touched his shoulder.

His shoulders were wet at this time, and his hands were covered with water just as he touched them.

"Si-kun, what's wrong?" Asamiya Yongyo was the first to react, she floated out of Kagura Bell and looked at Kitagawa Temple's sudden clenched death sledgehammer in confusion.

“... Never seen for ever, right? Beichuan Temple took back the deadly sledgehammer and asked a little bit.

"See...? What do you see? Asamiya Yongshi looked a little strangely at Kitagawa Temple's line of sight.

Even the gods stationed in Makie and Nishikujo came out to take a look at the situation.

Seeing that they all looked incomprehensible, Beichuan Temple told them what had just happened.

"A resentful spirit? But my sister and I didn't feel it at all..."

Ma Gong Yongshi's face tightened.

What kind of resentful spirits are lying behind Beichuan Temple, and they can't feel it.

“... It's nothing, it's useless to continue to care about this, I'll just raise my vigilance a little. Kitagawa Temple glanced over his shoulder.

Something does exist.

The other party was attached to his back, his pale fingers clasped his shoulders tightly, and whispered in his ear: 'Gradually... Dissolve in Yellow Spring... Gradually... Collapse in...'

Regardless of whether the other party has good intentions or malicious intentions, Beichuan Temple must be vigilant.

A spirit like this that can appear behind itself silently... Just thinking about it makes me feel eerie.

Putting aside the small episode just now, Kitagawa Temple began to seriously look at the mansion in front of him.

The mansion is supposed to have four floors to the naked eye.

Standing in the position of Kitagawa Temple, I can't tell how many meters it has gone inside.

But just by looking at this deep dense forest... Its area is definitely not small.

And that means there's a lot more to explore.

"But no matter what, you still have to find the place to look."

Kitagawa Temple walked slowly to the gate, and then reached out to pull it open.

Should it be said that Mu Chi's family is worthy of being a big family in this area? These abandoned gates are the kind of sliding doors that are joined together.

When Kitagawa Temple steps into it, the vertical light of the flashlight also shines on it.

But in fact, there is no need to use a flashlight at all.

The room was littered with candlesticks, and there were candles scattered around them.

The candles had all been lit, and the wax oil had slid off with a faint glow.

It's a bit of a misnomer to use the word 'brightly lit', but it still gives people a clear view of the road ahead.

Kitagawa Temple puts away the flashlight.

After all, it is also more convenient for him personally to free up two hands.

At the moment when he lowered his head and raised his head again, a pair of young brothers and sisters suddenly appeared behind him.

They raced through Kitagawa Temple to a room on the right.

"Afterimage...?"

Kitagawa Temple reacted extremely quickly and followed the remnants of the brother and sister into the room.

A Sanskrit sound rang out.

Kitagawa Temple stood at the door, just in time to see the scene in the room.

That's huddled together... Densely packed with little children.

They looked at each other expressionlessly, both wearing simple yukata robes.

In the seat at the head of the house was a man dressed as the head of the family, wrapped in a black Wu suit, wearing a brown wooden mask on his face, and only making holes in his mouth, nose and eyes to breathe vision.

There were candlesticks hanging on the walls on all sides, and everything was illuminated by the white light of the candles—

And then...

It's all gone again.

As if nothing had happened, the room became empty.

It's just that under the reflection of the light of the candles in the four directions, a torn antique bound book was left on the ground.

Kitagawa Temple walked over, looked at the dusty thread binding, picked it up and opened it.

The characters are arranged in vertical lines, and the reading from right to left makes Kitagawa Temple a little uncomfortable to read, but he still seriously reads all the content left on it.

'Mu Chi sacrifices and selection matters. ’

Today, the head of the family is again choosing the children to be raised for the sacrifice... I've obviously chosen XXXX before... There was also a ritual to select new candidates at a time when it should have been peaceful... And even open the forbidden forest... That's a bit inappropriate anyway. ’

'But anyway, the final choice has come out, and they are—'

It may be because the humidity is so heavy that some places are completely soaked in moisture, and the handwriting is completely blurred, so it is impossible to see what is written on it.

The most important thing is that the column of the person's name is all blurred, and I can't see anything clearly, so I naturally don't understand what is going on.

But—

"Mu Chi Sacrifice Selection Matter..."Beichuan Temple rubbed his chin.

It can also be seen from the content of this line-bound book that this should be mainly a record book that records the sacrificial activities of Mu Chi's family.

And the first thing recorded above attracted the attention of Kitagawa Temple-

Today, the head of the family is again choosing the children to be raised for the sacrifice... I've obviously chosen XXXX before... There was also a ritual to select new candidates at a time when it should have been peaceful... And even open the forbidden forest... That's a bit inappropriate anyway. ’

It can be seen from this record that the Mu Chi family seems to have chosen something in front... Some kind of ritual has also been carried out ...

However, the head of the Mu Chi family was not satisfied with the final results, so he wanted to select again.

This also made the person in charge of the record a little dissatisfied, so he left this content on the note.

So here's the problem.

What did the Mu Chi family choose in front? What kind of rituals were performed?

That's really interesting.

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