Crunch –

The lantern in front of the shrine is shaky.

The dim light was hazy, slightly blurred in the air, and the dense miasma of water mist particles reflected through the light, and they could be seen very clearly.

But the light was still faint, and the places that the light could not reach were still gray.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew in the courtyard.

The swaying of the dead branches of the giant trees, the broken humanoid dolls on the ground, their hair and the hem of their kimonos fluttering, black and pressed in the darkness tangled together, like a dead tomb.

"Giggle~"

Onizuka suddenly heard the laughter of children mixed with the sound of whimpering wind.

The silhouettes of several of the figures standing around the shrine suddenly became strange, but a little more vivid.

It's a doll in the image of a child.

Their mottled faces, their eyeballs rolling, and their bodies twisting.

In the blink of an eye, the movements of these child dolls changed from jerky and stiff to nimble, laughing and running. They tugged at the red lines that swirled around the shrine, and the sound of footsteps and laughter resounded in the wooden shrine.

"These ...... Is it the child's necromancer? ”

Onizuka first made a fighting stance, and then realized that the children's necromancers had no obvious intention of attacking her.

"Giggle~"

Still laughing, they ran, pulling thin red lines, tearing down numerous humanoid dolls, and finally entering the wooden shrine without looking back.

"Are they trying to lead me?"

Onizuka Kirita tightened the talisman in his hand and quickly chased into the shrine.

But when she came in, there were no more children in the main hall of the shrine, which was not too big.

The interior of the shrine is dark, and the lanterns hanging at the entrance barely illuminate some of the things here.

Onizuka saw that there were thin red lines all around.

Countless red threads are intertwined with each other, wrapping around the shrine and hanging from the beams of the house, decorating the place like a nest of red spiders.

On the front of the shrine, there are also dense red ropes.

Two humanoid objects can be faintly seen under the red, and the red ropes are entwined like two giant cocoons, so that their original appearance is completely invisible.

"These red ropes...... Is it also the thread that ties the gods? ”

The little witch had noticed it when she was outside.

The red threads were familiar, as if they were the ones wrapped around her wrists.

With this thought in mind, Onizuka tentatively stretched out his left hand and touched the red ropes that were wrapped around the main hall.

As soon as she touched it, the red rope on her wrist quickly floated out, and the dense red in the shrine also surged at the same time, floating into an endless sea of red.

The red thread is drawn in the air as it is extremely thin and long, flowing, twisting, and winding freely. Each root seems to carry endless energy, constantly surging and extending, intertwined and tangled with each other.

Under the guidance of the red rope on Onizuka's wrist, they quickly gathered and converged into a regular outline.

Like ...... A bow?

A longbow of red that was almost as tall as a man in the coil of countless red threads.

After the huge red bow condensed into shape, it slowly fell to the ground.

"What is this?"

Onizuka suddenly thought of what the previous folklorist Eitoshi Sakai also mentioned in the manuscript -

[According to the book.] In the village of Tsuchimon, in addition to the Tendo bronze mirror, there is another treasure from the young female reverence, which has been kept by a family in the village for generations. ]

Could it be this?

This is the bow of the young woman?

In fact, it is not entirely said that the object on the ground that is entangled by red thread is a bow, because it only has a bow handle, bow arm and bow tip formed by the red thread, but there is no bowstring attached to the two ends of the bow tip.

"Is it because of the relationship between the red rope on your hand? I feel like the bow is ...... Call me? ”

Onizuka Kirita hesitated for a moment and picked up the red rope longbow on the ground.

Although the red bow was huge, it didn't feel bulky in the hand.

And from above, you can feel an extremely surging power, which is by no means something that ordinary people can bear.

It's like the incense of faith, albeit pure, the power of "good". But if it is applied to the weak flesh and blood of ordinary people, the power of faith, which is very beneficial to the ghosts and gods, will only rush people to death.

But strangely, the onitsuka was not attacked by the power on the red bow.

The majestic power of the ghosts and gods flowed through her body only a little bit, and the rest was pulled away by the red rope on her left wrist.

The moment he raised the bow, the red rope wrapped around Onizuka's wrist fluttered again, and the thin thread fluttered leisurely, connecting the ends of the bow of his red bow to form a tight bowstring.

"I seem to be able to use it."

The little witch thought so, and her mind moved.

The longbow cord in her hand quickly disintegrated, swirling around her side, quickly dissipating.

And when she pulled the red rope at her wrist again, countless thin red threads once again grazed her clothes, tangled and meandered into her hands, turning into a longbow.

Onizuka felt that this strange longbow could be so obedient, and it should be inseparable from the special red rope wrapped around his and Kamiyagawa's wrists.

Ah Chuan said that this red rope comes from the god of fate...... He and I may have been chosen by the gods to come to this place. ”

And according to the available information, the god of fate should be the young woman.

So, can this longbow be understood as a gift from the gods?

"It's just that I don't know exactly what this longbow does."

The little witch is already good at using bows and arrows, and can even skillfully condense her spiritual power to turn into demon-breaking arrows.

It's just that she can't identify extraordinary props with great ease like Kamiyagawa.

This longbow, which is suspected to be a weapon of the gods, is not known to have any special use.

But Onizuka thinks he should be able to use it like he uses his own handle and bow.

Pull the bowstring and shoot your enemies with spiritual power.

In this way, there will be one more weapon that can be used.

So, the little witch planned to keep this red line bow by her side first.

Now that the Tuyumen Village has visibly become more dangerous and weird to the naked eye, Onizuka Kirita has come here without bringing too many spirit removal props with him.

Having a weapon that could come from a god doesn't make things worse.

As the red lines scattered throughout the shrine, the part of the main hall that was originally covered in red was finally exposed.

On the throne in the center, Onizuka saw two tall statues of gods standing condescendingly.

The statue is ancient and mottled, but with a peculiar sense of compassion.

But standing in the dilapidated shrine hall like this, it is strangely desolate and abrupt, and it makes people palpitate inexplicably.

The statues on the throne are a goddess and a male god.

Considering that the two statues were previously pulled by dense red ropes, it seems to imply that there is an extremely close connection between them.

The goddess in it is very familiar.

Its facial features are soft, and its clothes are a bit like witch costumes, and its clothes are smart.

"The image of Tiantian's life?"

Looking at the statue of the male god, its most striking feature is the wings that are gathered behind the back, and the proboscis with a red majestic face and a bulging proboscis is particularly eye-catching.

Like a tengu.

Onizuka immediately understood who this male god statue was-

Saruta Bikojin, or Saruta Hikomei, or Saruhiko.

Onizuka looked at the statue of Saruta Hikomei, and was stunned for a while as he recalled the mythological information related to this god.

"The Childish Girl, the Tenden Woman, and the Saruta Hiko...... So, there's really a connection to the third pillar god here. ”

Tenden and Saruta Hiko.

There is also a childish female in charge of marriage.

Onizuka Kirita seemed to vaguely understand why these three pillars of gods were connected.

also roughly figured out why Tiandian would kill herself.

"Tiandian killed herself on the Tianhu Rock, and even did not hesitate to break her body...... Do you want to break the connection with Saruta Hikomei? And that connection, maybe once given to the childish woman? ”

Onizuka was in a trance for a few seconds, and then heard the sound of children frolicking around him.

They laughed, screamed, clapped their hands and sang nursery rhymes all over the ruined and desolate shrine:

"The Childish Female Venerable on the High Heaven Plain, the Great God of Saruhiko who walks on the ground, and the Tenden Female Lady who didn't mention it just now, is torn apart ......"

……

Amaka Rock, grotto.

He rested for a while while with the breath of Ah Yan, and waited until the medicinal power of the purple gold cream had completely taken effect on his body.

The previous feeling of weakness in the body has been swept away.

Kamiyagawa sets off again, trying to find the last fragment of the bronze mirror that may have been left behind at the Amando Rock.

But just walked to the entrance of the cave.

Kamiyagawa suddenly felt a strange power emerge from the red rope on his left wrist and slowly flow to his body.

This breath is warm and warm, like the lazy sunshine in the afternoon.

"It's ...... The power of ghosts and gods? ”

After feeling this power, Kamiyagawa suddenly felt that the connection between him and Onizuka had deepened.

It's a bit like the connection between him and the Shikigami.

Moreover, the surge of power fed back from the red rope is indeed somewhat similar to the power fed back to him by the Shikijin Shrine.

It's as if his subordinates have created a strange Shikijin shrine out of thin air.

"Hotaru?"

Kamiyagawa didn't understand what was going on for a while.

Could it be that a living person can still become his own god?

But soon, the idea was vetoed by Kamiyagawa.

After feeling it carefully, he realized that the connection with the onitsuka was different from the connection between the Shikigami contract.

But I really don't understand why this is happening.

"Is it because of this red line?"

Kamiyagawa looked at his wrist.

In the next second, thin red lines floated out and tugged slightly.

After waiting for a response, a message came from Onizuka's side:

[The third deity, the husband of the goddess of Tenden, Saruta Hikomei.] ]

"Saruta Hikomei?"

Kamiyagawa knows the mythical message of this god-

Saruta Hikomei is a god recorded in the myth "The Arrival of the Heavenly Sun".

The so-called heavenly grandson is the heir of Amaterasu sent to the world.

When Qiongqiong Pestle Zun descended, Saruta Hikoto was still born on the ground as the god of Kunitsu.

In Japanese mythology, the concept of the god Kunitsu is distinguished from the god Tianjin.

The so-called Tianjin God is a system of gods born on the High Heaven Plain, such as the Three Guizi, the Childish Female Zun, and the Tiandian Female Destiny all belong to this class.

It is considered a noble species born among the Japanese gods.

The god of Kunitsu is a collective term for some gods who have been exiled to the human world, or simply gods who were born in the recklessness of the human world.

In contrast, the status of such gods is much more humble.

After Saruta Hikomei met Qiongqiong Pestle Zun in the human world, he took the initiative to serve as the guiding god of Tiansun in the world, and once guarded Qiongqiong Pestle Zun and guided him forward.

Therefore, the authority of this god is also related to protection and guidance.

Moreover, just by looking at the image of the god of Saruta Hikomei, you know that he is inseparable from the tengu.

In some legends, Saruta Bikojin is believed to be the leader or guardian of the tengu, who guards the mountains and nature along with the tengu. At the same time, the tengu is also regarded as the messenger or attendant of the Saruta Bikojin, helping the Saruta Bikojin to convey the divine will and carry out the divine orders.

To put it simply, Saruta Hikomei should be regarded as the ancestral god of Tengu.

There are even myths that depict it as the first Raven Tengu born on earth.

In addition, Saruta Hikomei also has a very special identity, in mythology, he is recorded as the husband of Tenden Numei.

It is said that when the Tensun arrived, Tenden was also in the escort team sent by Takamagahara, so she met Saruta Hikomei and eventually became a couple.

The combination of the god of Tianjin and the god of Guojin.

"The gods here are still husband and wife? So the one who fell into the Yellow Spring is likely to be Saruta Hiko. And as his wife, Tiandian Nu may have an inseparable connection with Him, and in the end, she did not hesitate to kill herself in order to cut off and transform into the husband of the Yellow Springs God? ”

"So...... Those broken gods, that's why they exist? ”

"What exists in the Amondo Rock is the resentment of the gods of this couple?"

Based on the information provided by Onizuka's side, Kamiyagawa guessed what had happened on the Amanobe Rock.

But before he could think about it, he suddenly felt the ground shake, and the layers of fog in front of the cave in front of him became more and more turbulent.

Bang bang, bang bang!

Then, the sound of a dark crawl of fingers on the ground came from the mist, and it was hard to tell how many.

"The God of Broken Fate is here again."

The origami bird on his shoulder fluttered, and nine red spirits appeared beside him.

Because the Celestial Bronze Mirror was pieced together into five pieces, the red mist controlled by Mary poured out from inside the cave with the momentum of devouring heaven and earth.

Red and black collided violently and were at loggerheads with each other.

And in the depths of the red mist, Kamiyagawa finally saw the familiar red and black dress swaying and fluttering.

"Mary?"

But now Mary is not complete, her figure in the mist is very illusory, as if there is no substance.

There should be one last step before she fully appears here.

But Kamiyagawa pulled out the boy cut and walked quickly to the entrance of the cave.

At the junction blocked by the red mist, you can see the silhouette of many giant hands crawling up and down, waving red scissors, and they are restless.

No less than ten Broken Fate Gods are trying to break through the barrier of Mary's red mist!

But that's not all.

"That's ......"

Constricted his pupils, looking farther into the mist-shrouded distance. Kamiyagawa saw that at the blurred junction of heaven and earth, the swarthy mountain range, which stretched out somewhere, was rumbling and rolling.

The highest peak of the mountains slowly rose at the junction of heaven and earth, shaking down a black worm like a flood.

That is, a god, a god of decay. (End of chapter)