Isohime entered the Muneka Taisha Shrine for the purification ceremony.

Kamiya, like last time, stayed outside the main hall and looked around, hoping to find some useful clues in the Ancestral Statue Taisha, which only appears once in three hundred years.

After about ten minutes, a small red figure appeared on Okutsu Island, which was close to the shrine.

"Hey!"

Crab Ji jumped from the island into the confines of the shrine, and when she landed, her heavy armor trembled.

It only appeared at this time, and she really didn't mean to compete for the lord of the country.

"Little Can, why are you here?"

"I'll take a look, the Zongxiang Taisha only appears once in three hundred years, isn't it a pity not to take a look?" Crab Ji looked around seriously, and then didn't forget to reply, "No, I'm not a can!" I have a name! ”

"Hehe, I didn't let you be the lord of the country, are you a little unconvinced?"

After all, Ichime helped Crab Hime.,There's a last experience.,This time I feel a little sorry for the little canned food I helped Isohime.。

"What if you're not convinced? I can't beat you, it's not that what you say is what you say. Crab Ji pursed her lips with a resigned expression, "And Grandpa Crab said that you may have to rely on you to ensure the continuation of the clan in the future, so I will be especially asked not to contradict you and be respectful to you." ”

"Then you really didn't listen to what your crab grandfather said."

"Hmph."

The little crab girl turned her head awkwardly.

"How's Crab Island?" Kamiya asked her again.

"It's not good, Grandpa Crab may not last too long, if the next red tide comes, maybe Crab Island will be ......" Crab Ji showed a frustrated look on her face.

At the end of the last week, Crab Ji became the lord of the country, and the first thing Sea Alien Light did was to consume the energy in the tears of the ocean and repair Crab Island.

And this time, she did not become the lord of the country.

I still remember that the previous estimate of the crab owner was that Crab Island would probably last for a hundred years. But without the auspicious aurora power of Crab Ji, Crab Island probably won't last long, and it is in danger.

Maybe the next red tide will be completely wiped out.

At that time, they can really only hope that Kamiyagawa will take them to relocate and leave the sea country.

"I'll fix the red tide and give all of you a happy ending."

Kamiya raised his hand and knocked on the crimson star pocket of the crab hime.

"Don't, don't touch me!"

Maybe it's because I'm a little used to it, Xiao Can's reaction is not as intense as before, and after getting along with each other recently, the relationship between her and Kamiya has actually eased a lot.

A powerful alien god who wants to save all the sea tribes, although he is more or less biased towards the side of the bad mermaids, is really annoying.

"Solving the red tide, that's a nice thing to say...... Well, I also see that you seem to be very busy and hard lately. However, the red tide has been around for so long, and no solution has been found, and the cause is not even known. Even if you're good......"

"Yes."

"Well, you said yes. If you can really handle the red tide......"

"Just give me all the conch and small stones you collected?"

"Huh!? How do you know what I have? Cai, I won't give it to you! Those were all picked up piece by piece by piece when I was a little crab, and I will give them away when I make very good friends in the future! But...... But I can treat you to grilled fish, as long as you don't call me a little canned again. ”

"Okay, little can."

"You're so nasty! You can't make friends, only a fool would want to be friends with you! ”

"Well, yes."

Because he thought of the things of the week, Kamiya looked at the little crab girl with a smile.

"What do you mean by that?"

If not, it can't be beaten.

Crab Hime really wanted to ram the Kamiya River into the floor tiles of the Soka Taisha Shrine with a hammer.

……

There is nothing of value to be explored in the Ancestral Statue Shrine, and everything is the same as the last time.

But just a few minutes after the crab Ji ascended the shrine.

On the edge of the huge torii gate that stood on the sea, there was a strange movement.

Kamiyagawa was the first to react.

With a thud, he pulled out a text.

This action startled Crab Hime, but then she also noticed a strange movement-

A mysterious force caused waves on the surface of the sea that had calmed down.

The water began to swell slightly, as if something alive was wriggling beneath the surface, ready to burst out.

Suddenly, there was a "click", like the sound of loose timber colliding on an old wooden door, from the water one after another. A huge black shadow poured out, like a ghost breaking through the boundaries of the shrine.

It was an old battleship.

The wooden hull was worn and covered with shells and salt flowers, and the bow to stern was protected by armor made of slabs, covered with iron armor, and covered with holes.

The ship's side was towering, the sea was rolling down, the rotten hull was dancing with an eerie blue fire, and the sail canopy was whirring and swaying, intermingling with the ghostly fire and the low and mournful howl.

"The ship's mother?"

"Atakamaru? Ahh ”

Kamiya and Crab Hime spoke at the same time.

Xiao Can's doubts were not answered, because Kamiyagawa quickly held a text and a funeral banshee, and rushed towards the place where Atakamaru appeared.

Wrong.

There was no such thing in the last week.

Ataka Maru ran over towards the Muneka Shrine, and at the bow of the ship, Kamiya saw something unusual.

A shipwreck.

How can there be a bow statue on an Ataka ship?

It was a stone statue of a goddess, not as big as the shipwreck statue in the West, a little mottled, but lifelike.

The goddess's upper body leans forward slightly, and her body is plump and graceful. The sea breeze seemed to be blowing from her front, the thin clothes faintly revealed the plump and elastic body of the goddess, the texture of the dress and the carving of the folds of the dress were breathtaking, the backward fluttering corners and the hands wrapped around the chest formed extremely smooth lines, which were obviously stone statues but had the vitality of life.

The last time I saw Ataka Maru, Kamiya didn't seem to notice the small ship's bow statue because it was so far away.

But it's hard not to pay attention now, the bow statue is emitting a strange light, and it vaguely echoes the aura of the Ancestral Shrine.

It's like Crab and Isohime standing here.

"The carved one seems to be Taki Tohime-sama. Wait a minute, why is there a sect image aura that doesn't belong to me and Isohime? ”

The little can, who realized it later, exclaimed.

As a muneka herself, she can feel the power of "kind" more than Kamiya.

The third statue on the Sea Country is the Ataku Pill that rarely appears in the field of vision of the Sea Clan, the sailing speed is extremely fast, and the dragon does not see the head and the end?

No, it's not.

Ataka Pill should just be a Fu Fu God who has a little consciousness.

And it seems that consciousness has never been formed.

How could it be a sect image?

In the blink of an eye, Kamiyagawa had rushed in front of Atakamaru and summoned Shikigami to help.

This Atakamaru is just a ship with a bit of consciousness, and it doesn't pose much of a threat in itself.

But just like this, it will definitely have an impact on Isohime, who is carrying out the ceremony.

But just like this, it will definitely have an impact on Isohime, who is carrying out the ceremony.

But before Kamiya could make a move, the big ship felt a strong oppressive aura, and the planks made an almost whimpering click.

Then he immediately turned the bow of the ship and dived to the bottom of the sea.

"Running away? Mary! ”

Red mist surging.

Mary, who had returned to her prime, swayed out of the mist and stood on the bow of the ship.

Her dress was bright black and red, and it shook violently, and the huge machete in her hand fell, slashing at the bow of Atakamaru.

Wood breaks.

The bow statue was separated with some wood, and then it was caught by several red spirits clinging to the hull and dragged into the red mist.

The sound on the Ataka Pill was almost mournful.

But at Kamiya's behest, Mary did not continue the pursuit, but retreated into the fog again.

Da'an Mansion soon dived into the sea and disappeared.

Mary brought the ship's bow statue to Kamiya.

"Crab Hime, come here."

Grabbing the peculiar bow statue, Kamiya beckoned to Crab Hime.

When I turned around, I saw that Xiao Can was closing his eyes, his hands were interlocked, holding them in front of his chest, and he was silently reciting something very seriously.

“…… What are you doing? ”

After two or three seconds, Crab Ji stopped moving, and said as a matter of course: "Make a wish, it is said that you will have good luck when you meet Atakamaru." ”

"Why the hell do you think of the ghost ship as a symbol of good luck?"

Kamiya was speechless.

"Maybe, because it's really hard to see?"

The little can doesn't seem to understand the complaints, and analyzes the conjecture in a serious way.

"Forget it, you come and take a look at this. The breath of the sect statue you just mentioned, isn't this it? ”

"Ah, it seems so."

Crab Hime looked up and down at the Taki Tohime statue.

This vivid stone statue is actually only about 20 centimeters long, and it is really difficult to notice it on the huge Atakamaru. And it's no longer the state that shines just now, the appearance has dimmed, and the feeling of being in harmony with the sect statue just now is gone.

However, Crab Ji can still clearly feel the breath of the same kind from it, but this "same kind" is different from himself and Isohime, and it is much weaker.

Therefore, the third statue is not Atakamaru.

It's the statue itself.

In other words, the third statue of the sect in the sea country is a dead thing, but it is only connected to the Ataka Maru.

"The original aura is not strong, and it is much weaker than on the Atakamaru just now. But this, it seems to be a dead sect image? ”

Crab Ji shouted about her discovery.

"So there really is such a thing?"

In an instant, Kamiyagawa's mind was connected with the information he had before-

"There are rumors that as long as you get the third statue, you will be eligible to enter the Statue Shrine and ascend to the throne of the country."

In the memory of the pupil fire of the childish Jiaoji, this was mentioned.

"If the heir of the third sea goddess, Taki Tohima, died a long time ago and left no descendants, then the power of the sect image in her body is likely to be precipitated in the form of materials."

Not long ago, the medicine seller had also put forward such a conjecture on Takamagahara.

So, is there really a third sect statue in the form of materials on the Sea Kingdom?

But in retrospect, Kamiyagawa and Isohime had met Atakaku once before, and at that time they didn't feel such a special aura on Atakakumaru.

Even Isohime, who is sensitive to the aura of the "same kind", did not say that he had found any special circumstances.

It may be true that as the medicine seller said, the power of the precipitated sect statue itself is not as strong as the "living sect statues" such as Crab Ji and Isohime.

Maybe it was because of the proximity to the Jongka Taisha that it was completely activated.

"If you get the third sect statue in the form of materials, you will have the qualifications to compete for the lord of the sea country."

Kamiya said this, crouched down, and touched the statue of Taki Tohimeni on the ground.

But nothing was felt.

It doesn't seem to work.

"Is there such a statement?" Crab Ji was puzzled, "You also want to be the lord of the sea country?" But the bad mermaid has been in for a long time, is it too late? And, even if this is true, you are not the heir of the sea, and the sea cannot respond to you. ”

"Offspring of the sea?" Kamiya withdrew his hand, and said in his heart that my subordinates are not without it, "Turning into a whale." ”

The ocean was filled with water vapor, and the calf appeared in a daze, dragging its big tail.

After appearing, he silently moved behind Kamiya, and grabbed the corner of Kamiya's clothes, anyway, as far away as possible from the curious little can.

Obviously, the calf is not simply afraid of life, but has committed PTSD.

Crab Ji looks like she is about fifteen or sixteen years old, and her physical and mental age is only seven or eight years old, so it is natural for her to be classified as an older sister.

In addition, the appearance exceeds the threshold that the calf can accept......

All conditions are met.

So in non-combat situations, he is afraid of Crab Hime.

But if you can fight, the little whale doesn't seem to be afraid of the pretty sister.

Kamiya also doesn't really understand the brain circuits in his little head.

"What's that of yours...... Shikigami? Why are you afraid of the way I look? Do I look fierce? ”

Crab smiled as kindly as she could at the whale brother.

But it's okay not to laugh, as soon as he laughed, the little whale's small body began to tremble directly, and the slippery big tail slapped the floor tiles uneasily, dragging the corners of Kamiya's clothes and didn't dare to let go.

"Stay away from him...... It's a shadow of his childhood shortly after his birth, and it's complicated to explain, but you should be proud of it. Kamiyagawa was also a little helpless, and then touched the head of the whale, "Little whale, you go and touch the statue underground." ”

The whale hesitated slightly, looked at the crab who was a little far away and looked confused, and then dragged the big tail and did as instructed.

As soon as his hand touched the statue of Taki Tohime, the stone sculpture of the goddess shone again.

The kind of aura similar to Crab Ji and Isohime, like a big social harmony, reappeared.

"I don't know, the so-called rumor two hundred years ago is actually true."

The third statue of the clan exists on the very rare and extremely fast Atakamaru.

Moreover, without approaching the Muneka Taisha Shrine, there seems to be no special manifestation.

It's no wonder that it has never been found by the Sea Clan.

What Kamiyagawa doesn't understand is, why did Atakamaru appear here?

The last time it didn't happen, it happened.

"From my personal point of view, it seems that the only thing that is different from last time is - I met Atakamaru in advance? Is it because of me, that I attracted the ghost ship here? Or is it that there are two still living sectarian statues gathered here at the Sonata Taisha Shrine, so that's why Ataka Maru was attracted here? ”

When Kamiyagawa was still puzzled whether he was really taken by the ship's mother, in the temple of the statue not far behind him, a noble and graceful figure, holding a scepter inlaid with bright teardrop-shaped sapphires poured with gold, greeted the glimmer of the morning light, and walked out of the palace gate.

The succession ceremony on Isohime's side has ended.