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At sea, the Yamato and other warships were moving quietly.

During this time, Shiki and the others basically spent time at sea, and did not interfere too much with the changes in the outside world, but he knew that something big was about to happen.

The time is coming when the Killing Stone will reassemble, and the four seasons are preparing for this moment.

The resurrection of the nine-tailed fox is not only the resurrection of a powerful spirit beast, but also represents the final countdown to the world, which will turn on the switch of the Great Purge, and then the life on this planet will be cleaned up.

This is the reincarnation of this planet, a program that has been set for a long time.

Shiki didn't think about stopping it, because it couldn't be stopped. Maybe you can delay, such as taking the killing stone out of this world. As a part of the Nine-Tailed Fox, the Killing Stone will inevitably have an impact if it is missing. It's just that it's only a delay for some time, and the presence of evil spirits will continue to replenish the power of the Killing Stone, allowing it to make up for the missing parts. Moreover, the nine-tailed fox is the program set by the system of the planet, and it is more completely immortal than the immortal, unless the planet is also destroyed.

So the four seasons never thought about stopping the resurrection of the nine-tailed fox, escaping is not the way, and only by facing it head-on can it be possible to solve the problem.

For Shiki, the enemy this time is not Mitsukawa and Hiroshi, not the Forbidden Dao, nor Tsuchinomiya Kagura, but the planet.

Perhaps the only thing to be thankful for is that the other side is not very hostile.

The perception of the four seasons can penetrate the hull of the ship and spread far away, and he can feel the waves of the sea and the currents in the sea.

It's a world full of life, and in contrast to the darkness that lies beneath the surface.

Life and death, positive and negative, yang and yin, constitute the two opposite sides of the world.

However, at this moment, the power representing the yin side is expanding, upsetting the balance between the two.

It is precisely because of this pressure that the planet wants to correct it, and the way to do that is to clean everything up.

There is no way to blame this planet, because it is humanity itself that is responsible for the overexpansion of negative forces, so there is nothing to complain about to bear this guilt now.

But Shiki doesn't feel that the planet really resents humanity, even if she's about to destroy it. This is not only a subjective feeling of the four seasons, but also an idea that arises after coming into contact with the god of the land.

"Oh! I caught another one! ”

The old man's voice came from the side, and the other man withdrew the fishing rod and put a large fish into the bucket.

"I caught it too."

Immediately afterwards, Shiki also caught a fish.

"I've lived for so long, and it's the first time I've met someone who can match me in fishing."

The old man exclaimed, his dark skin made him look like an old farmer in the countryside, but he didn't know his identity as the god of the land who had lived for many years.

During this time, the land god would appear in front of the four seasons from time to time, and there was nothing to do, just chatting like an ordinary old man, and occasionally sitting on the bow of the ship to fish together as he does now.

"Really?"

There was no reaction to the praise of the land gods, and the four seasons did not react. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to catch fish on a moving battleship, so normal fishing techniques are not applicable, but abnormal techniques are not difficult for the two of them at all. To put it simply, they practice the fishing method of "the one who wishes to take the bait", and they attract fish with their own affinity, which is a method that can only be used by the gods of the land and the four seasons who have borrowed the power of the world.

"It's been a while since I've fished with young people, and I used to fish with a knifesmith, but it's been a while."

Like an ordinary old man, the land god is thinking about the past.

"The land gods are very fond of humans?"

Shiki suddenly asked him, this is the feeling he had after a few contacts.

"Hmm...... Maybe. ”

The god of the land groaned half-paid.

"Human beings are very immature and full of all kinds of shortcomings, but they are really interesting."

The rod trembled again, but the land god looked at the sea in the distance but did not react.

"Young man."

"Huh?"

"The Killing Stones have come together."

"That's right."

There are almost no things in this world that can be hidden from each other, and the four seasons are not strange. It's almost time to calculate the time. It's just that he didn't expect the other party to tell him this information directly, although he has been in contact a few times, Shiki knows that the other party actually wants to understand himself, and he doesn't plan to be on his side.

"Let me see what you call change."

The land god withdrew his gaze and looked at the four seasons, his deep gaze as if the whole world was loaded. It's not sharp, but it carries an incomparable weight. Faced with this gaze that is difficult for ordinary people to look at directly, the four seasons did not avoid it, but looked back calmly.

"Okay."

"Then I'll see."

The land god smiled slightly, and then disappeared like a hallucination.

"Four Seasons!"

Just at this moment, Miyuki's voice came, and Shiki turned her head to see Miyuki walking over, she was still wearing a tracksuit, as if she had just finished training.

"It's time for lunch. Huh? ”

She looked down at Shiki's fishing rod and bucket.

"When did you become interested in this?"

Miyuki has seen fishing in the four seasons several times.

"Do people with high IQs have an interest in fishing?"

“？”

"Nothing."

"Really?"

Shiki stood up, then picked up the bucket and put the fish back into the sea.

"Don't you want it?"

"Does Miyuki want to eat fish?"

"No, I've eaten enough these days."

"Then you don't need it."

Then Shiki released the fish from another bucket.

"Since we don't eat them, there's no need to catch them. Hunt to survive, but simply kill if not to survive. ”

"Sounds a lot like primitive tribe parlance."

"It's an ecological cycle. Primitive tribes were relatively backward in terms of social structure and productivity, but because of this, they were also more closely related to nature, so they developed the idea of respecting and thanking food. ”

"That's right."

Miyuki has heard a little bit of these statements on TV and other places.

"Is this world going to be destroyed because it has broken the ecological balance?"

"It's a bit off, but it's similar."

"All of a sudden, it feels like it's going to be an environmental theme."

Miyuki shook her head.

"Environmental protection is everyone's responsibility."

After saying that, Shiki and Miyuki left the bow of the ship together and walked towards the cabin.

Just in time for lunch, I can tell you the news I get. Now that the Killing Stones have been gathered, it's time for them to prepare for action.