Incorrect usage guidelines for the magic perimeter

An ordinary red flame burst out of the iron barrel, and the village chief threw the stamp cards into it all at once—the flame turned dark blue in an instant, leaped up, and turned into a fan in midair. Bronze gates with mysterious patterns all over.

"Please come in."

The village chief finally told Shibukawa Yao, "Remember, you can only come out if you defeat the gatekeeper. Otherwise, you have to go back the same way... But I don't think the gatekeeper will give you that time to come back .”

The girl gave him a serious look, then nodded to Natsume Takashi who was looking worried, and went in fearlessly.

The village chief silently watched the back of her going in, and the watery light from behind the half-closed door, and finally settled his complicated mood and asked the young man, "Your cat is missing, right?"

"Yes."

"The old man will ask the villagers to help you find it." The village head leaned on a cane and said, "Until then, you and I will wait here."

Natsume thought for a while, and chose to wait between waiting for her cousin to come back and finding Mr. Cat.So he nodded, "Okay."

Shibukawa Yao never thought that there would be a lake behind the door.

Under the moonlight, the calm water of the lake was sparkling, quietly surrounding the island in the middle of the lake.

The island in the middle of the lake is a small hill, not very high, but it is full of lush trees.

At this moment, Shibukawa Yao suddenly heard a strange noise beside her, and immediately looked back very vigilantly——in the shadow of the forest, there was a chubby beast rushing towards her!

The girl immediately took a few steps back, deftly avoiding this attack.

"Oops!" cried the ferocious beast that fell to the ground angrily, "Why don't you catch me, idiot!"

"Cat teacher?"

Shibukawa Yao used the moonlight to see the Sanhuamao's appearance clearly, and Seimei in his pocket poked his head out and used his spiritual vision skills to examine the other party, "It's true."

The cat teacher who was lying on the ground and moaning immediately raised his head and cursed angrily: "Nonsense! Of course my uncle is true! You stinky onmyoji!"

No wonder Natsume Takashi couldn't find the cat no matter how hard he looked outside, he unexpectedly ran behind the door.

Sitting on Shibukawa Yao's left shoulder, the cat teacher brought heavy weight and heat, and shared with them what he saw earlier.

"Oh, I saw a guy who seemed to be an acquaintance earlier. I remember that guy was not a good-tempered person. I was shocked. After chasing and chasing, I got lost here..." It scratched with its paws Scratching his ears, he asked, "Human girl, when are we going back?"

"It's very simple, beat up the evil dragon guarding the treasure, and we can go back to find our cousin after taking the treasure away."

"Hey, are you serious?"

"if not."

Shibukawa Yao stopped walking towards the lake, turned his head to look at the three-flowered cat on his shoulder, and the latter was staring at her with the eyes of "are you crazy?"

"Mr. Cat, do you know where the caretaker came from?"

"Hey, if my guess is correct, the guy I saw should be the one you are looking for."

"So can you tell me about that guy?"

Listening to the conversation of one person and one cat, Seimei sat in the hood from beginning to end without making a sound.

After hearing her request, the fat cat immediately revealed its crescent-shaped eyes with malicious intentions, and said with a half-smile: "Don't give me any benefits, human girl, you just want me to explain everything?"

"All-you-can-eat Nanatsujiya dim sum for a week."

"Oh! So cunning!" Fat Cat's eyes immediately turned into love hearts, and his fluffy tail flicked on her shoulders, "It will take a month to meow!"

Shibukawa Yao thought about his current net worth of tens of millions. At worst, he turned around and set a daily snack limit for it with his cousin, and immediately agreed very readily: "Yes."

"Haha, I'm starting to like you a little bit!"

Teacher Cat was very excited. It squinted its eyes and thought blissfully whether it is better to eat dumplings or steamed buns first...

"In that case, let's talk about your views on this matter."

"Ah, you want to hear my opinion?" Shibukawa Yao thought as he walked along the slippery lakeside, "Through tonight's stamping activity, I can more or less infer what happened in this village that year .”

Among the five frighteningly difficult challenges, Yao Shibukawa encountered a female police officer who raced wildly with monsters on a rainy night, a chef who was surrounded by evil spirits but still wanted to make a dish, and searched for medicine in the mountains. In the end, the young hunter who was hunted down by a lot of monsters, the father and daughter who helped fishing by the river made bait and slashed those monsters in the river, and used his imagination to draw a picture of his hometown for a blind man...

"They all have one thing in common, that is...obsession."

"And this obsession is closely connected with someone or somewhere."

"It's like being bound by this land. If you don't get help, you can't complete those obsessions."

Speaking of this, the girl stopped before the only stone bridge leading to the island in the middle of the lake, and looked up at the island in the middle of the lake with a rather emotional expression.

"After a comprehensive observation of a series of environmental factors such as mobile phone models, vehicle factory time, calendars in the room, and house construction styles, it is very likely that this village is at another time point that is almost frozen. So I made a bold decision. It is speculated that 26 years ago, there was heavy rain here for several days, and finally landslides and sudden mudslides flooded the village called "Shenjiang Village."

"In other words, the guys Guizhi and I met tonight are not human...all ghosts."

Her voice was calm and calm, but it gave people goosebumps for no reason.

And that year happened to be the time after her mother and Izumi Guangjia left Linmu Village's hometown and went to Tokyo to go to university, so it didn't appear in her girl's heart diary.

The cat teacher who was squatting on her shoulder tilted his head to look at her, the beard on his lips trembled slightly.

"You look stupid all day long, but you're actually pretty smart." This arrogant guy praised him rarely, "Actually, that guy on the mountain...is a god."

"Huh? God?!"

Even though Shibukawa Yao had many guesses before, he was still taken aback when he heard the result.However, Seimei is still as calm as before. Thinking back when he was a mortal guarding Heianjing, let alone a mere god, even the most powerful evil god in the history of this country was slapped on the ground every day. of the soul.

"That's right, that's right." Teacher Cat licked her front paw gracefully, "Didn't the old village chief say that too? Hundreds of years ago, a god passed by this long-drought village, and it was Him. My lord In fact, I knew Him earlier.”

Shibukawa Yao couldn't help but look at Mr. Cat too much. As expected of a big monster, it has existed for hundreds of years.

"Then why did he..."

Will he become the gatekeeper of some mysterious gift?

Judging from the tone of the village chief, it seems that he also killed other passers-by in the past? ?

Speaking of this question, Mr. Cat involuntarily narrowed his eyes, revealing mixed emotions of embarrassment and hatred.

"It's a good thing you humans did...Those people made a simple fool degenerate in their own way."

At this time, Seimei, who had been playing soy sauce for a long time, finally added, "Yes, among the shikigami I had in the past, there were several former gods, but in the end they were all forced to degenerate into the existence of monsters. You know, there are only extremely rare shikigami. Monsters will stick to their hearts to protect this land and human beings, and more often choose the road of revenge and killing."

Shibukawa Yao listened silently to the narrations of her friends, but this was actually different from the version of the story she had heard.

While fishing, the kind and gentle scholar of folk mythology told her that the god who passed by here was named "Ze", and in relevant records, he has the ability to control hydrology and regional climate.Therefore, the mudslide that destroyed everything 26 years ago was most likely initiated by the other party. As for the reason, you have to ask him.

So Shibukawa Yao knew from that time that he was having a celebration with a group of ghosts.

However, the hill on the island in the middle of the lake was not very high, and the stone steps soon came to an end, and an old and dilapidated torii gate appeared in front of her eyes.

"Pass through the torii," Seimei said solemnly, "and you will arrive at the Kingdom of God. But it might be more appropriate to call it 'Demon Realm' now."

Shibukawa Yao pinched his fingers and summoned the [Assassin Master Suit] to put on, and solemnly replied: "I don't care, but no one can default on my prize gift, in case it is a valuable antique."

Teacher Cat & Seimei: ...

What a stingy kid who is about to get into the money hole.

Shibukawa Yao walked through the torii gate that was not tall, and even had a somewhat decayed atmosphere. She didn't feel anything strange on her body, but she still opened her eagle vision and was always alert to her surroundings.

But she quickly turned off the function, because the golden target in the field of vision was shining in the shrine on the top of the mountain.

She walked to the gate of the shrine, which had been leveled and a small square was built.

"Visiting rashly, I'm sorry to bother you."

After Shibukawa Yao finished the polite words calmly, he opened the door and entered without waiting for the owner to welcome him.

It was a handsome boy in a white robe, long lake blue hair, and dragon horns on his head. He was standing barefoot on the cold stone slab. His chin was slightly raised, as if looking at people with his nostrils. pride.

"Challenger, you are here." He seemed to have expected it, and Shibukawa Yao didn't find it strange.

"I've come to take back what belongs to me."

"Impossible, because it was originally my thing." The monster named Ze said slowly, suddenly his eyes narrowed, and he fixed on the fat cat sitting on Shibukawa Yao's shoulder, the corners of his mouth twitched, "... …spot?"

"Hmph, long time no see, Ze."

Ze: "How did you become such a stupid and ridiculous container, it's like living back and forth."

Teacher Cat jumped off her shoulders angrily, "What do you know! Baga! I'm pretending! I'm pretending!"

The big blue-haired monster sneered and turned his face away, as if he was too lazy to argue with it, "Shut up the fat pig that is not as tall as my knees."

"You..." Teacher Cat's beard was about to be crooked, "Meiqin, hit him!"

Mikoto?Who is Mikoto... Oh!It's me!

Shibukawa Yao regained consciousness instantly from the dazed state of watching a good show, and Ze also looked at her at the same moment, and said meaningfully: "Stand back, human beings. Give up your coveting heart for things that don't belong to you, maybe I can still Can let you live."

"Did you say the exact same lines to all the challengers who came over the past 26 years?"

"..." The blue-haired demon looked slightly dazed, "Has it been so long in the world?"

"Ah. So..." Shibukawa Yao stared at his expression, holding a childlike innocence and curiosity, "It was you who destroyed Shenxiang Village back then?"

Hearing this question, a deep and weird smile appeared on the face of the handsome boy, as if he was about to twist and cry at any time.

"Yes, it is indeed me."

"When the rains over the past few days caused flash floods, those muddy floods completely submerged the forest, and mudslides washed away houses...I stood on the top of the mountain and watched the descendants of the wicked scream and die!"

"That day was the happiest moment of my life!"

Ze flung back his wide sleeves abruptly, and with such horrible and distorted words on his mouth, a sad and crazy joy was born from the depths of his blue vertical pupils.

However, out of his expectations, Shibukawa Yoshi neither rushed up to fight and kill, nor expressed reprimand.The human girl just frowned and thought for a few seconds.

"Why do you call those people 'descendants of the wicked'?"

"Oh, you noticed the details. Not bad." Ze touched his tan dragon horns, grinned his sharp white teeth, "Come on human, I will tell you another version of the story."

The story of five brave people saving the whole village back then actually has a follow-up.

The god who rained heavily because of his kindness was repeatedly held back by the grateful villagers, so he could only temporarily live in the newly built shrine on the island in the middle of the lake.

Several years passed like this, but when Ze felt bored and bored and wanted to leave, the villagers who had always respected him turned their faces instantly.They invited onmyoji, a sorcerer who is proficient in heresy, to keep the god behind through filthy sorcery.

stay forever.

...we have treated you so well, why are you leaving?

Offerings, priestesses, shrines, incense... it's all there!But you still want to leave Shenjiang Village!

Sure enough...the cruel and selfish gods will not always favor human beings. If so, then don't blame us for being rude.

People's hearts are never satisfied. After getting used to the benefits of good weather, the ignorant villagers tried their best to trap this god.

Not only should our generation enjoy the grace of the gods, but our children and grandchildren also need to be cared for.

After all, we are here—a place where gods have descended.

In this way, His pleading, His cries, His anger, His madness... were forever isolated behind the gate of the small shrine.

No one cared how he felt or how sad he was.

In the end, the god fell silent, as if giving up resistance, and was forced to become a permanent tool to regulate the climate here.

No energy, no damage, it can be called a perpetual motion machine-level weather improvement device.As long as God's Falling Village exists, there will be people who will remember Him—when the gods cannot be forgotten by people, it is even more impossible to obtain true freedom.

Humans trapped and killed a good god in their own way, so this big monster full of hostility and rage was born in the deepest part of his shrine.