"This is simply difficult for a strong man, it has been a thousand years since those five Buddhist scriptures were thrown into the sea, where are we going to find them!" Mai Shiraishi pouted dissatisfiedly, obviously dissatisfied with the method that Shiramine Sagami Fang told them to eliminate Emperor Chongtoku's resentment: "Even if those five Buddhist scriptures were not soaked by the sea, who knows where those five Buddhist scriptures have been washed by the sea now, this is simply a veritable needle in a haystack!" ”

Looking at Mai Shiraishi, who looked a little anxious, Nanami Hashimoto comforted her softly, and asked Jiujing, who was obviously frowning and thinking about something: "Jiujing, you are frowning, do you have any clues?" Did Chiya say anything about this situation? In this case, Nanami Hashimoto has no good way but to gather all the information that may be useful first.

Although she is determined to eliminate Emperor Shotoku's resentment, after knowing the way to eliminate her resentment, Yoshiko doesn't know what to do. Looking for a needle in a haystack to find those five Buddhist scriptures is obviously an impossible task for ordinary people, even if she is a princess. For human beings, it is very unlikely that they will find five Buddhist scriptures that were thrown down a thousand years ago in the sea. At this time, Kako saw that Nana Hashimoto did not ask Jiujing for clues, and she also set her expectant eyes on Jiujing, hoping to get a solution or clues from her.

"Although Lord Chiba had some explanations before I came, he did not make arrangements for this situation." Jiujing shook her head and said something that disappointed Nanami Hashimoto and the others, but she quickly added, "But about the current situation, it's not impossible to think. Jiujing's words suddenly rekindled hope for Mai Shiraishi and Yoshiko, who had already become depressed, and immediately looked at her with hopeful eyes.

"First of all, the words of the five Buddhist scriptures should not have been damaged by the passage of time. After all, it is a curse that Emperor Shotoku has imposed on Japan, and it is not something that can be damaged by such a thing as immersion in seawater. Although Jiujing was still frowning, the information she said made the worry on the faces of Nanami Hashimoto and others relaxed: "Although these five Buddhist scriptures have been sunk into the sea, it is obviously not an inconspicuous thing to house the resentment and curse of Emperor Chongde like this. If they were still in the sea, it would make the area they were in inaccessible, or even extinct. Therefore, if there are monsters who are familiar with this sea area to help, it should be relatively easy to determine the location of these five Buddhist scriptures. ”

"Is that so? Then let's go find the local Youkai Gang! When Mai Shiraishi heard Jiujing say this, she immediately planned to act, but was stopped by Jiujing. Facing Mai Shiraishi's puzzled eyes, Jiujing explained, "Miss Shiraishi, even with the help of local monsters, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to obtain these Buddhist scriptures. If it was really that easy to find these sutras, I think His Excellency Sagamibo Hakumine would have been able to find them a long time ago, and as the ruler of Shikoku Tengu, he definitely has the ability. ”

"Jiujing, you mean to say that these sutras are not so easy to find or that easy to obtain, do you?" Nana Hashimoto didn't understand what Kujin meant, and at the same time guessed the reason: "Is it because of the resentment that is lodged on it?" If you can't resist those resentments, you will be affected by them, right? In that case, wouldn't we be able to retrieve these sutras even if we found them? ”

Ku Jing nodded, which made the faces of Nanami Hashimoto, Mai Shiraishi and Kako all look ugly, and this problem was indeed a bit difficult for them to solve.

"Oops, no matter! Demon Blade Hime! You take the oni samurai and ask the local youkai to see if they can gather some useful information. Mai Shiraishi scratched her hair, became a little irritable, and gave instructions to the martial arts cadres of the Nine-Tails Group who were standing aside, as if she was going to do it. Nana Hashimoto, who didn't think of any good way, watched Mai Shiraishi issue instructions at the same time, and also said to Jiujing: "Jiujing, since you are a ninja, listening to information should be your forte, you go with everyone from the Nine-Tails Group, find a way to collect some clues, and let's see what to do about this matter." ”

"Yes, Hashimoto-sama." Kujing bowed down to Nana Hashimoto, and then left with the Nine-Tails Gang cadres of the Martial Arts faction, intending to go to the local youkai in Shikoku to ask for some information. Demon Dao Ji didn't seem to be interested in this kind of thing, although Mai Shiraishi asked her to lead the team, but after she talked to Jiu Jing for a few words, she changed to Jiu Jing and led the martial arts cadres of the Nine-Tails Group to find out the news.

Looking at the group of big monsters leaving, although Yoshiko was a little curious about the origin of these Shikigami who didn't look like they were summoned by Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi, she didn't pay attention to this matter, but frowned and thought about how to solve the matter of the Buddhist scriptures.

After thinking about it carefully, Yoshiko suddenly raised her head and asked Nanami Hashimoto: "Nanamin, you said that if we can't find the five Buddhist scriptures in the blood book of Emperor Chongde back then, is it okay to copy five more books?" Yoshiko, who had little confidence in finding the five Buddhist scriptures that Emperor Shotoku had sunk into the sea a thousand years ago, proposed a method that seemed to work.

"But if you re-transcribe it, is it really useful?" Regarding Yoshiko's proposal, Nana Hashimoto felt that it was a little unlikely to come true: "Emperor Shotoku copied the five Buddhist scriptures with his own blood in order to accumulate good karma to atone for his sins. If we re-transcribe them, will these re-copied sutras be approved by His Excellency Hakumine Sagamibo? It's a trivial matter to waste your efforts, but the key is whether these recopied sutras can really work? ”

"If we copy these sutras with a pious heart and pray to the Buddha earnestly, I believe it will still have some effect, right? Besides, even if it doesn't work, it's a piece of our mind, it's better than us not being able to help anything, and it's better to watch Nana Min and Mai get busy. Although Kako was a little hesitant by Nana Hashimoto's unasked, she insisted on doing so, and planned to have the other members of Nogizaka 46 help with the copying.

Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi glanced at each other, and saw that she also agreed with Yoshiko's idea, so he nodded to Yoshiko and said, "In that case, let's also come and help, call everyone here, and then copy the Buddhist scriptures together devoutly, and pray for Emperor Shotoku, I believe that our hearts will be able to convey to the Buddha." After speaking, he smiled and praised Jiazi: "Thank you Jiazi, without your reminder, we didn't expect this." ”

Yoshiko blushed a little when she heard Nanami Hashimoto's praise, but soon pulled Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi to the staff of the Imperial Household Agency and asked him to arrange the preparations needed to copy the scriptures, and at the same time, Haruka Tsuchigoto and Officer Sato informed the members of Nogizaka 46, who had been evacuated earlier, to come back and prepare to copy the scriptures.

"When we copy the scriptures, do we copy them with ink, or do we copy them with blood, like Emperor Shotoku?" Mai Shiraishi suddenly thought of the fact that the five Mahayana Buddhist scriptures copied by Emperor Chongde were all written in blood, and asked Kako and Nanami Hashimoto curiously, wondering if they should use blood to copy Buddhist scriptures like Emperor Chongde.

"Blood?" When Yoshiko heard Mai Shiraishi say this, her face suddenly showed a frightened expression, although she was determined to eliminate Emperor Chongtoku's resentment, but as a little girl, she would instinctively feel scared when she heard such a thing as blood. But it was just instinctive fear, and Yoshiko quickly overcame this emotion and seriously considered the question: "If you want to show piety, you should indeed use blood to copy, but if you use blood, how much blood is needed to copy five Buddhist scriptures?" Besides, there are so many of us in Nogizaka 46, we can't copy a sentence by one person, right? It's child's play. ”

"But if you copy it in ink, won't it be pious enough and ineffective? It does work much better with blood. Mai Shiraishi is also seriously considering this issue, and based on her memories of Tamamo before, Mai Shiraishi proposed another basis for copying Buddhist scriptures with blood: "Blood contains a person's essence, and if you use blood to copy Buddhist scriptures, you can better condense the wishes of the scribe, so if you can, it is most appropriate to use blood to copy." ”

"With blood, we can't draw that much blood, right?" Nana Hashimoto did not raise doubts about this, not doubting the idea of copying Buddhist scriptures with blood, but only doubting how to copy them: "This time, the members of Nogizaka 46 came to all 18 members of the selection team, and if only five Buddhist scriptures were copied, a little blood donation from each person should be enough." But if everyone had to copy a copy, we wouldn't be able to draw enough blood from each of us to copy a Buddhist scripture, because that would kill people. ”

"Yes, it would be best if everyone copied a Buddhist scripture, but everyone used blood to copy, but there was not so much blood to use at all. Even Emperor Shotoku himself took three years to copy five Buddhist scriptures. We have limited time and can't copy it intermittently like Emperor Shotoku, so we have to think of a way to get the best of both worlds! Mai Shiraishi listened to Nana Hashimoto without doubt, and nodded in agreement.

"Let's gather everyone together first and ask for everyone's opinions, this kind of thing should follow everyone's own wishes, and we can't make decisions for everyone." Nana Hashimoto, who was in a dilemma, didn't think about it for a while, but still felt that she needed to consult the other members, after all, they couldn't make decisions for others. Although everyone may make different decisions, Nanami Hashimoto has decided that she wants to help Yoshiko, and if she wants to use blood to copy Buddhist scriptures, she will not back down.

"Nanamin, Mai-like! Thank you for your help, I really don't know what to do without you. Kako, who was listening to the discussion between Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi, sincerely thanked the two of them, if Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi were not present in today's affairs, Yoshiko really didn't know how she should deal with these things. Although she had been mentally prepared before coming, when she faced the resentment of Emperor Chongtoku, Yoshiko knew that she was not able to deal with such a thing.

"Kako, you can't say that, if it weren't for you, Mai and I wouldn't be able to deal with Emperor Chongtoku's resentful spirit." For Yoshiko's gratitude, Nanami Hashimoto smiled and said to her: "One of the key reasons why things are going so smoothly today and not encountering any setbacks is that Yoshiko is the identity of your royal family, if you don't represent the royal family to worship Emperor Chongtoku, and your pious sacrifice has comforted the resentful spirit of Emperor Chongtoku, His Excellency Shiramine Sagami Fang is not so easy to speak." ”

Kako was a little skeptical about Nanami Hashimoto's words, but in the end she didn't say much, just with gratitude to Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi, she walked with them towards the other members of Nogizaka 46 who had returned to the Hakumine Imperial Mausoleum.

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"Huh? Do you want to use blood to copy Buddhist scriptures? Wouldn't that hurt? After listening to Yoshiko's introduction, Ikuta Erika covered her little hand, and although she had a scared expression on her face, she didn't refuse.

Most of the other members only had the same pain-scared expressions on their faces as Ikuta Erika, and they didn't intend to refuse, which made Kako feel a burst of warmth in her heart, and after bowing to the other members, she apologized to them: "Thank you, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have to be frightened here, and you still need to use blood to copy Buddhist scriptures, I'm sorry!" ”

"No need to apologize, Yoshiko." Seeing Yoshiko's sincere apology, Reika Sakurai, as the captain, hurriedly helped her up: "Since this matter is our Nogizaka 46's new single prayer event, everyone will work together to do this well." Besides, if you asked the Imperial Household Agency to invite us Nogizaka 46 to participate in the royal family's sacrifice ceremony this time, it was also for the sake of the whole team, so you won't be angry. Besides, with Nana Min and Mai, as well as Nana Sai, the three onmyoji, any demons and monsters will be subdued, don't worry! ”

When Reika Sakurai comforted Yoshiko, the other members also had an expression of approval, and they did not feel dissatisfied with Yoshiko because of this incident. It's just that Ikoma Rina said with some concerns: "The question now is how can we eliminate the resentment of Emperor Chongtoku. Jiazi said that he wanted to use blood to copy Buddhist scriptures, which is indeed a method, but I'm afraid everyone can't get enough blood to copy five Buddhist scriptures, right? Is there any other way? ”

"If we just copy five Buddhist scriptures, if we draw a little blood each, it is still enough, but this hurts everyone a little bit, and I think it should be that each of us should copy a Buddhist scripture, so as to better express our sincere prayers. But in this case, blood is not enough. Nana Hashimoto's face was a little helpless, and he thought about it with some distress, trying to find a way to get the best of both worlds.

"Is it possible to mix blood and ink and make blood ink to copy Buddhist scriptures?" Wakatsuki Yumi suddenly asked.