Chapter 47: Picking up flowers in the morning and evening 17
"Jie Jun, why don't you tell me first, why is the object you suspect is the prison gate?"
The elder narrowed his cloudy yet sharp eyes slightly, and gently stroked the armrest of the chair with his wrinkled fingers. His tone was neither hurried nor slow, with the calmness that came from years of experience.
He deliberately emphasized the three words "Yumenjiang", and his turbid eyes stared at Geto Suguru's face like a hawk, not missing any subtle changes in the other's expression.
Geto Xia Yu's pregnant belly, which was the size of a watermelon, was raised in pleasure. He leaned forward slightly, with his elbows resting on his knees, his brows slightly furrowed, and a thoughtful gleam in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke.
"Did the elder encounter any obstacles?"
Hearing Geto Suguru's question, the originally straight back of the Five Great Elders hunched slightly.
He placed his withered hands on his knees, sighed softly, and a helpless smile appeared on his face: "Alas..."
The elder slowly reached into his arms, his movements a little slow, and carefully took out the photo.
He pinched the edge of the photo with his skinny fingers, leaned forward, and handed the photo to Geto Suguru, his old voice carrying a hint of helplessness.
"It's the Zen Monastery and the General Administration. They've been searching for this item for ten years. I think there must be a reason. Why don't we give it a try?"
While speaking, he kept his eyes fixed on Jie Jun's, observing the other person's reaction when he saw the photo.
Geto Xia Yu leaned forward slightly, took the photo with both hands, and his pregnant belly swayed slightly with the movement.
He lowered his head and studied the photo carefully, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter, his eyes flashing with doubt and inquiry, and he muttered to himself: "Ten years ago..."
Or is it just a coincidence that it happened after I defected?
That's too many coincidences.
Geto Xia Yu couldn't help but recall what happened at that time.
The more he thought about it, the deeper the smile on his face became.
I saw Xia Yujie slowly raise his head, with a dark luster in his eyes, and the smile at the corners of his mouth deepened but did not reach his eyes.
"The elder wants to alert the enemy and catch them in their trap?"
Geto Xia Yu slowly turned the photo over and gently stroked the blurry figure in the photo with his fingertips.
She sat quietly and upright, without any sign of the naiveté brought by her pregnant belly. Even her slight forward leaning movement was calm and elegant, and her pregnant belly was barely noticeable under the loose fabric.
It's more like a sharp blade in a sheath, waiting to be unsheathed.
The elder's lips curled up slightly, revealing a gratified smile. He nodded slowly, his white hair swaying gently with the movement, and a look of approval appeared on his old face.
"good."
"Since the people I sent out to investigate have been trapped by the Zen Temple and the General Directorate, why not use their tricks to see if I can get something out of them?"
When Geto Suguru heard this, the smile was still on his lips, but it was a little fainter, like a thin frost in winter.
His fingertips tapped the table unconsciously, the rhythm steady and slow, as if he was deducing countless possibilities in his mind.
"Elder, this plan is very good," he paused, his eyes deep, as if he could see through the wall in front of him and look into the distance.
"But those people in the Directorate are not easy to deal with. We still need to pay more attention to the details to ensure that everything is foolproof."
The elder's skinny fingers slowly stroked the dark and blurry photo on the table, and a sharp light suddenly flashed in his turbid eyes, like an undercurrent hidden in a deep pool.
"The Prison Gate is a special-grade cursed item created by the sorcerer Genshin thousands of years ago. Its purpose is to use the Prison Gate's core feature, barrier technique, to seal the curse or target in an independent space.
"But sealing a soul alone is unheard of. Furthermore, this special spell would require harsh conditions to use. This is our chance."
Jie Jun lowered his eyes and listened, with a faint smile on his lips, and a layer of deep thought appeared in his eyes from time to time.
"Elder, do you mean to start with the restrictions on the use of cursed items?"
The elder nodded slightly, his white hair swaying gently as he moved. He slammed his withered hands down on the table, shaking the photographs. "Exactly! Those people at the Zen temple have been searching for ten years before finding anything. They must be stuck on these usage conditions. Let's do the opposite and find a breakthrough within the known limitations. We're sure to get some useful clues!"
Excitement shone in his cloudy eyes, as if he saw the dawn of victory.
"The elder is truly brilliant."
Geto Suguru kept smiling, bowed slightly, and his smile showed humility.
But he was not in a hurry to leave, but continued to ask.
"If we want the other party to reveal their true intentions, how do you think we can make them lose their composure?"
The elder stroked his chin, a smile of approval appearing on his old face: "Tell me what you think."
"Since the prison gate is related to the seal," Jie Jun said slowly, his fingertips unconsciously stroking the fine marks on the edge of the table.
"Then we will spread the news that someone has mastered some of the unlocking techniques, and that this guest is now on his way to visit the Gojo family."
A meaningful smile appeared on his lips. "This news can't be too true, nor too false. It should be like the moon through the mist, visible but untouchable."
The elder clapped his hands and laughed, his laughter tinged with appreciation. "Alright! I'll spread the news and arrange for some secret agents to keep an eye on the activities of the Zen temple and the General Administration Office."
His eyes gradually became sharper. "Jie Jun, please ask your people to find someone with talent in this field. We need to make this scene more realistic so that their efforts will not be in vain."
Jie Jun bowed slightly, his smile still warm, but a dark tide swirled in his eyes. "Of course. Just in case, we need to set up a backup plan in the dark. We must be ready to deal with any wolves that come."
He straightened up, his eyes deep. "Since the Zen Monastery and the General Administration have been searching for ten years, they will definitely not give up easily. This game will be more dangerous than we imagined."
On the dark brown wood-grain table, the edges of the oily photo were slightly curled, covered with a layer of gray visible to the naked eye.
The crooked outline of the building in the photo flickered in the flickering candlelight, like an illusion distorted by some kind of cursed power.
The cold white spot of light was located in the center of the photo, imprinting the black shadow that blocked half of the prison gate.
A black-robed man appeared silently beside the table. The sutures on his forehead glowed a strange pink-white as his muscles moved slightly, like a dormant centipede.
A Zen temple?
The sunlight shines through the wooden frame covered with wisteria, casting mottled shadows on the wooden boards of the corridor.
Geto Suguru walked slowly in the light and shadow, his leather shoes tapping on the wooden boards, making a rhythmic sound.
A breeze swept across the courtyard, lifting the wind chimes hanging under the corridor. The clear sound of the bells intertwined with the birdsong coming from afar.
He lowered his eyes to look at the photo in his hand, which had been rubbed to the point of becoming hairy at the edges, and a very light sneer escaped from his throat.
The new Shikigami user of the Zenin family who joined the General Manager's Department also has this distinctive feature!
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