Chapter 22: Prince Shotoku

"Since the beginning of the chaos, the sea is not dry, the stone is not rotten, why do human beings die in the end."

"Reincarnation is unprovoked, life and death flow forever, this is the rule, this is the ethics, this is the necessity of the rotation of yin and yang, and it is also the avenue of the cycle of heaven and earth."

"That is why I shall come here when the world is twisted."

"As a saint, as a guide, as a transcendent being who transcends the shackles of life and death, to guide you on the way forward."

"My name is Feng Cong'er Divine Son, respect this avenue of heaven and earth, and become a saint."

"Worship the believers who want to establish my legend, suppress the demon monks who want to erase my existence, I have come to the world, if there are those who are not convinced, just let the horse come!"

When the saint in the noble purple robe finished his tirade on the occasion of his resurrection, he realized that there seemed to be no one on the ground at this time except for a daze magician and a blackened witch.

"Huh?" The girl who claimed to be a saint scratched her hair a little embarrassed: "Why does it seem that the timing is a little wrong?" ”

......

Reimu was very angry, very angry, not only because her family's shrine was destroyed twice in a row in a short period of time, but also because the "murderer" actually dared to make a big fuss in front of her.

Although the real murderer had already fled thousands of miles, she didn't think that this guy who suddenly appeared had nothing to do with that strange immortal.

But......

"The breath of faith," Reimu looked at the purple-robed girl in the air and frowned slightly, and muttered in her mouth, "This guy, isn't he a god?" ”

"No, I'm a saint."

“......”

God knows how this guy heard Reimu's sloquing from so far away, but Reimu's unconcealed answer made Reimu breathe a sigh of relief.

It's good that it's not a god.

In fact, if you want to talk about it, Reimu is not afraid of gods at all, and it may be a bad thing in itself to say that she is a shrine maiden but she does not respect the gods at all, but the Hakurei shrine maiden is obviously an exception.

She has been wrestling with the gods lately.

It's just that if the other party is from the side of the god, then I'm afraid she will be very troublesome to fight, because there are more constraints, and the god is a god in the end, and the ability to trouble is simply annoying!

can't be killed or injured, and it can't achieve the purpose of making people angry.

A saint or something, although I don't understand what it is, as long as it's not a god!

Reimu looked at the purple-robed girl with an unkind gaze, but the other party was also looking at her.

I don't know if it's Reimu's illusion, she always feels as if the other party seems to see through her thoughts, and a sense of transparency where everything of herself is exposed to the other party's eyes makes her very uncomfortable.

"What an amazing human being."

The two looked at each other in silence for a long time, and the luxurious girl in the purple robe, the girl who claimed to be the son of Feng Cong'er, suddenly spoke: "I can learn a lot from you, no, I should say that I can learn from everyone." ”

"Huh?" The other party's speech made Reimu uncertain.

"I see, do you want to fight? Girl, though I have seen all your actions. ”

"See?"

Reimu was stunned and puzzled, "What do you mean?" ”

"Literally, I've seen it from before you were born until now."

Feng Cong'er Shenzi began to tell the meaning of "look" in a flat tone: "The witch who retreats from the monsters, but sometimes she will join forces with the monsters, in other words, you shouldn't be in league with those demon monks who want to stop my resurrection, right?" ”

"Demon ...... Monk? ”

Reimu cast a glance at Marisa on the side, only to find that the other party also had a confused expression.

In Gensokyo, there are many gods, but there are no ones who can be called demon monks, right? And this is obviously a prerequisite for being a Buddhist.

Marisa had a vague feeling as if she had forgotten something, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

"But it's all right."

Feng Cong'er Shenzi didn't care about the doubts of the two, but said to himself: "People erase the worldly me and worship me as a legend, if you want to fight, come on, the me you want to challenge is a living legend." ”

Ling Meng raised her eyebrows, although she barely understood the other party's words, but looking at what this guy meant, she really came to fight, right?

After shaking the imperial coin in his hand, Reimu hesitated for a few tenths of a second before decisively throwing out the talisman seal at the other party's face.

......

"Feng Cong'er Shenzi ......"

In the interval, Yakumo Zi carefully recalled these words, a name that could be felt literally and with extraordinary power.

"The self-proclaimed saint is regarded as a legend by the world, so the number of people who meet the requirements is very limited."

"Lord Zi, the results of the investigation are out."

Yakumo Lan took a drawing full of spells and said, "The spiritual power of the leylines has not decreased, but the trajectory has shifted subtly, and something like a temple has been found in it. ”

"Temple?" Yakumo Zi was stunned: "Is that a concept that is sealed in the leylines?" ”

"No, I'm afraid it has always existed in the leylines, but it has been suppressed, and there are faint traces of Buddhists' actions on it."

"Really? Suppression......"

Yakumo Zi narrowed his eyes and began to think: "Self-proclaimed saint, with legends, revered the Great Dao, and, suppressed by Buddhism...... We don't want to believe it, but there's only one possible existence, right? ”

"Yes."

Ya Yunlan put down the drawings in her hand very helplessly, and her eyes slowly drifted to the historical record of Chengshan on the table: "Plus that immortal, Huo Qing'e's strange actions can only be him, no, it's 'her'." ”

"I didn't expect Prince Shotoku, who is famous in history, to be a woman."

Yakumo Zi sighed strangely: "But what we didn't expect is that this prince clearly knew the truth of the reincarnation of life and death, but in the end he was resurrected in this way." ”

"I heard that a Taoist priest from the mainland bewitched her......"

"Let's admit that Huo Qing'e is indeed suspected of instigating, but look at her now, where does she feel forced?"

"Also," Hearing this, Yakumo Lan nodded, and said with some emotion: "Autopsy Immortal, I didn't expect that there really was such a messy secret technique, and it would be resurrected to become an immortal or something......

Yakumo Zi snorted lightly and laughed: "This is just an accident that can only succeed in Gensokyo, the outside world's belief in Prince Shotoku has almost disappeared, if there is not such a 'paradise' left, she can only regret it for the rest of her life in the leyline." ”

"Ugh." Yakumo Lan sighed.

"What's wrong?"

"No, it just feels like Gensokyo is going to be lively for the first time in a long time, in another sense."

"Ah, that's right, Buddhists, Taoists, saints, and shrine maidens."

"Purple-sama, with all due respect, if a war for faith really breaks out, I'm afraid Hakurei Shrine will be the first to be out, right? Although it is fighting on its own soil. ”

"Well, it can't be helped, can it? Who would want to believe in a shrine that doesn't even have a god? ”

“...... That's right. ”