Chapter 67 Bai Ye: ...Is death not over yet?
The night wind was dancing, swirling and carrying the red leaves from the surrounding dead maple trees. The bleak red leaves fell on the snow as white as moonlight, reflecting patches of blood-like traces.
The figure of Shinto Chizuru has disappeared, but the sad yet beautiful haze still shrouds everyone's heart. No one speaks until a figure slowly appears from the other end of the worship hall and becomes clearer under the shining moonlight.
The fox-like boy holds a basket of camellia flowers collected from the shrine. The blood-red camellia flowers sway in his hands. The Shinto fox appears in the center of the worship hall where the Shinto Chizuru dances. Holding a clean broom in his hand, he begins to clean up the countless red leaves left by the Chizuru.
"Looks like she's gone? Don't be sad, this guy's sacrifice is inevitable. After all, the entire Tanghong Mountain has been completely contaminated by the blood of the Demon King. Even the mountain god himself can't stop the magma riot caused by the blood of the Demon King... Only she can."
Shinto Lehu looked at Saotome Rin, who was standing there in a daze because of the destined sacrifice of one person, and sighed in a tone that did not match his apparent age.
"The pollution of the demon king's blood is beyond everyone's imagination. It has almost completely polluted Tang Hongshan, the most important symbol of Yedao, into a cancer that can erupt at any time and anywhere. The existence of the Shinto family, which dates back to the day when Susano killed the Yamata no Orochi a thousand years ago, is to appease this sacred mountain that has become a part of the demon king's body."
Shinto Rakuko does not show any sadness or joy on the surface: "Every shrine maiden faces the possibility of such a crisis in her life, and she is just the luckiest and most unfortunate one. It's just that she is the one who has to carry out this useless fate, a weak, gentle and kind shrine maiden who is doomed to die."
No one knew what kind of mood Shinto Rakuko was in when he spoke, but Saotome Rin couldn't stand such provocative words at all. She picked up Ame Murakami and was about to rush over, but was stopped by a hand.
"Why did it happen to be her? Even if it happened to be her, this destined fate is sad, but it is not useless, right?"
Lily of the Valley stepped forward, her face firm.
"…Is it tragic? But there is nothing humans can do about it."
Shinto Lehu was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and sighed, "What can you do? An unknown traveler."
"I have a name. I am the ferryman Linglan, and I am also the one who made the maple leaves around me turn red." Linglan said to Lehu: "The Thousand Crane Witch is not the gentle and kind goddess in the secular sense. Even so, her will will never dissipate."
Lily of the Valley gritted her teeth and said, "We will continue with this will and persist until we defeat the insurmountable Demon King!"
"Will it never dissipate?"
Shinto Lehu looked at Suzuran's determined gaze, and in a trance she saw the little girl who grew up in the shrine in the past.
The inheritor of the most mysterious and powerful Shinto family bloodline was once just a child who followed his mother to practice hard step by step to learn ritual dance steps.
“Why do you want to dance?”
After accidentally revealing himself to the girl on a snowy night, the Shinto Fox, who became her mysterious friend, asked in confusion as he watched the little girl falling and standing up step by step in front of the fox statue in the shrine.
It was obvious that this new priestess was always dissatisfied when she was learning the sacrificial dance with her mother.
"Because I hate the sacrificial dance. Once the dance is completed, the dancer will instantly die because of the communication with the terrible god Tang Hongshan. All soul particles will be sucked away..."
Shinto Fox was very amused at the time and even ignored the malicious comments made by the other party about "this terrible god". He asked curiously: "Then why do you still want to learn it? You obviously hate this kind of dance."
The young girl turned around and looked at this mysterious friend who suddenly appeared in the snowy night at the shrine and even had a fox tail and ears that only she could see, and explained seriously.
"Because it's too painful, this kind of dance is too painful, so I want to dance, to fulfill my mother's expectations, to make myself the next successor of the sacrificial dance, and then let it end in my hands."
The girl, who was less than ten years old, looked completely serious and earnest:
"Dancing is a beautiful art. I want to put an end to the situation where I will die if I dance, so I want to keep dancing!"
Let the will of the dead be mine! Even so, they would never be angry at me for ending the suffering.
"The shrine maidens who are willing to end this with the sacrificial dance must be very kind, so they must understand why I am trying my best to end the sacrificial dance in my hands... Le Hu, you are a fox from Tang Hong Mountain, a monster from the mountain. You have met so many people from the Ren Shinto family, so you must understand my feelings..."
The girl smiled: "I will make this kind of dance completely useless and put an end to all dangers in Tang Hongshan."
At that time, Shinto Lehu just laughed: "How is it possible? How old are you now?"
The red leaves rustle, and the wind seems to have passed through time and flowed to this day.
Now, Shinto Lehu could only sigh, looking at the red leaves on the ground, and said, "You are more trustworthy than me. You always keep your promises and you always do them."
Lily of the valley's gaze remained firm, and Shinto Lehu seemed to see the young shrine maiden many years ago. They had the same belief, and that belief was completely free of any impurities and was extremely pure.
Maybe... they can really do it?
The decayed mountain god lowered his head, but the young man in the shrine work clothes raised his head. Although he had just experienced death, there was a helpless smile on his face. He looked at Suzuran and said, "I am just here to help her clean up the final stage. You don't have to focus on me. Just a reminder, Enrochi is now at the underground snake bones deep in the cave behind the worship hall... Go quickly."
Suzuran turned around and looked at Byakuya, then rushed forward with Saotome Rin. The winding vines held up the forks and turned into a stream of light and flew away in the air. Shinto Lehu sighed calmly again, swept the red leaves on the ground into his flower basket, turned around and prepared to leave, but was blocked by another hand.
"Mr. Shinto Lehu... or Lord Tang Hongshan, I still don't understand some questions. I wonder if you can help me solve them."
Bai Ye stood in front of Shinto Lehu with a serious expression, but the first sentence made Shinto Lehu raise his head vigilantly, and the red leaf in his hand turned directly into a sharp knife, pointing at Bai Ye's heart.
"You know quite a lot...Bai Ye-san."
Shinto Lehu narrowed his eyes. Although he looked only in his teens, the terrifying power he unleashed at this moment was so outrageous that Bai Ye's heart stifled and he almost couldn't breathe.
Such a strong soul pressure is definitely close to the soul of the devil king, and humans do not have such a strong person.
Even the four leaders of the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau could not possess this level of soul strength.
"If I remember correctly, you and the ferryman should be members of the neutral player organization, right? How do you know such a secret, or... are you a mystic? Do you believe that all the existences in myths are real?"
Shinto Rakuko looks quite confusing.
"This is just a guess. I just wanted to confirm it. I'm sorry for affecting your mood."
Bai Ye quickly spoke and slid to his knees: "But it seems that you don't mind such a secret being exposed in front of me, right?"
Bai Ye raised his eyebrows. He was clearly in a suppressed state, but facing the legendary gods, he was still very comfortable.
"Yeah, indeed, you are smarter than I thought. Are you really just a sophomore in high school?"
Shinto Lehu put away his red leaves, came up to Bai Ye, carefully observed Bai Ye's expression, and sighed.
Bai Ye didn't say anything, just looked at him. Shinto Lehu turned around quickly and said, "Forget it, forget it. I've already seen the tragedy of this town once 8 years ago. I don't want to see it again now. I don't care what these guys are trying to do, so I don't mind sharing my information with you directly."
"I am indeed the mountain god of Tang Hongshan, but now I have lost any ability to influence reality due to the years of contamination by the devil's blood. And I can also tell you that the legendary characters in the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau textbooks still exist in this world, but they are subject to certain restrictions and cannot take direct action."
The mountain god of Tang Hongshan, who in the legend had helped Susano slay the Serpent of Eden, waved his hand and said, “As for them, or rather us now…”
Shinto Lehu pointed to the sky full of bright stars and said, "I have accomplished the purpose of coming here. I have also witnessed the ending I promised to help her witness. Now I have no reason to stay here. Farewell, young Bai Ye."
He turned around, but his voice was still clear: "I have a feeling that even though we no longer exist in this world, we will still meet at the end of the thread of fate."
Shinto Lehu walked towards the depths of Tanghong Mountain, just like when he came here on a whim on a snowy night more than ten years ago and accidentally saw the girl dancing in front of his own statue in the worship hall.
He came from the snow and eventually left the snow.
Bai Ye stood in the worship hall. A few minutes ago, a young priestess was dancing here, but now, all over the mountains and plains, there were only red leaves brought about by the vitality of lily of the valley, blooming seductively in the snow.
"Humanity... the former elders?"
Bai Ye looked at the T173 panel logo that appeared again in front of him. Among the three new abstract options, there was only one path he could actually take.
[Travel to the burial place of the devil, steal the complete sword of Ame Kusanagi, and witness the end of an important character. 】
That is a road that is full of malice and chosen by humans.
Death has not yet been ended, t173 is still demanding.
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The exposed underground karst cave strata of Tanghong Mountain are where the giant snake is buried.
“Here they come.”
The blood butterflies seemed to have sensed some kind of signal. In front of the magnificent giant snake bones, the flying butterfly shadows gathered together and turned into winding, vital red snakes.
All the hot springs began to tremble at this moment. The departure of the witch caused the light column to be interrupted. Even in Huangquan Town, there was no longer the light column that was rooted in the hot springs like a nail.
"Even if they arrive, it will be too late."
Countless energies gathered from the surrounding hot springs. Yuan Luzhi smiled sarcastically. He stretched out his hand, and countless blood-red energies gathered into wriggling flesh and blood at his fingertips, gradually condensing into a wriggling snake egg.
He exerted force suddenly, trying to stuff the snake eggs directly into the huge snake-shaped remains, but his wrist was tightly grasped by vines that suddenly appeared.
Linglan looked very angry. She flew over with a fork and gritted her teeth: "Did we allow you to do what you want to do?"
Saotome Rin jumped down beside her. She drew out the restored Ame-no-Kume in her hand, her eyes as cold as a frosty blade: "In the story of Susanoo, this sword will help its master unconditionally, but now..."
Saotome Rin clenched her sword tightly, her eyes fixed on Tonochi, the man who caused the ultimate tragedy in Huangquan Town.
"I will kill all of you guys."
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