Chapter 526 Bringing the Evil God Home
"This is……?"
When everyone saw what Aize took out of the shoulder bag, they were all stunned.
Especially Yoshino Asatake, she cried out in surprise.
"Shimenawa?"
The thing that Aize took out from his shoulder bag was a rope made of straw with a white zigzag-shaped imperial coin hanging on it.
Yoshino Asatake was very familiar with this thing. After all, it was usually used as a decoration in front of the shrine, symbolizing the protection and blessing of the gods.
There are also a large number of shimenawa ropes hanging in Kenji Shrine, especially in the inner hall where Asatake Yoshino performs and practices dances every day. It was originally used for people to challenge the sword-drawing ceremony, but now it is all around the huge rock where Aize pulled out the Soumamaru.
In Shintoism, the shimenawa is a tool used for ritual purification. It represents the boundary of sacred objects and symbolizes the separation between the divine world and the outside world. It may appear on torii gates or near sacred trees or stones.
Unexpectedly, Aize brought a large section of Shimeneko into the mountains this time.
For this reason, not only Asatake Yoshino was surprised, but even Hitachi Mako was confused.
Only Cong Yu, perhaps sensing something, let out a cry of surprise in Aize's mind.
"This rope actually contains divine power?"
Yes.
At this moment, divine power was residing in the shimensuke in Aize's hand.
These divine powers were naturally infused into it by Aize.
"I found this with great difficulty, and it can be used right now."
Aize threw away his shoulder bag, picked up the Shimenawa, and made such a statement.
After coming up with the idea of capturing the evil spirit alive, Aize has been thinking about how to do it.
The evil spirit is a condensation of filth and has no physical entity. Aize doesn't know why it appears in a vague beast form, but its shape is completely fluid. It can grow tentacles, dissolve like mud, and even turn into gas.
Unfortunately, except for Cong Yuwan and the sacred objects enshrined in the shrine, no other means are effective against the evil god. Even if you want to knock it out, it won't work, and it is almost impossible to subdue it. It can only be exorcised.
This person is a dangerous being that cannot be tied up, locked up, knocked out or subdued. It is simply a fantasy to capture him alive.
Even Aize couldn't think of a better method, and in the end he could only start from divine power.
Since the divine power can be used to activate Cong Yuwan's power, have an effect on the evil spirit, and purify filth, then it should be able to be used to restrain the evil spirit, right?
However, if he used Cong Yuwan, who possessed divine power, to chop the opponent, he could only kill him. It was unlikely that he could take him away by rushing into hand-to-hand combat after activating his own divine power. So Aize wanted to infuse the divine power into items such as ropes, and imitate a divine tool similar to the hokorin to trap the evil god.
But Cong Yu had said before that ordinary objects could not be used to host divine power. Even a divine sword like Cong Yuwan could not host divine power for a long time. Once divine power was injected into the human body, it would produce a huge burden and even the soul would be in turmoil. Only those who sacrificed themselves as a human pillar to Cong Yuwan's spirit like hers could be used to host divine power.
As for Aize... he was an absolutely unique exception that could not be replicated. It was his own specificity combined with Cong Yuwan's guidance that finally made it possible for him to complete the miracle of divine power entering his body.
Under such circumstances, it would be extremely difficult to make a replica of the divine tool that could trap the evil spirit.
It took Aize a lot of experiments to discover that items like the hokobell, which are often used in Shinto activities, could, if they were contaminated with some holy attributes after years of Shinto activities, allow divine power to reside in them.
For example, the hoko bell that Asatake Yoshino has always used, as a sacred tool that has been used by successive generations of Hoori shrine maidens, has a certain degree of function in purifying evil spirits and has become a weapon used by the Asatake family to exorcise evil spirits and purify filth.
The shimeji ropes that have always existed in shrines, although they are not like special sacred tools such as hokorin and can play a special role, they are imbued with holiness and can temporarily allow divine power to reside in them.
So, Aize took out this section of Shimenawa from the shrine and poured divine power into it, making it temporarily become a sacred tool that could have an effect on the evil spirit.
"If we use this, we should be able to restrain that disgusting thing." Aize put the unsheathed Cong Yuwan on his waist, untied the shuren rope, and threw one end to Hitachi Mako, saying, "Hitachi, cooperate with me."
"yes!"
Hitachi Mako quickly responded, took the shimenawa, and pulled it open together with Aize, showing a tendency to surround the evil god.
"What about me?"
Asatake Yoshino also spoke up quickly.
"You stay on the sidelines, and if that guy shows any signs of escaping, use your hokorin to force him into our encirclement."
Aize said without turning his head, and then moved.
Because the evil spirit that was staring at this side with a fierce look in its eyes could no longer restrain itself and pounced on them again.
"Hitachi!"
"knew!"
Aize called out to Hitachi Momoko, and then flew out.
Hitachi Mako is indeed a battle-hardened female ninja. She followed Aize's rhythm and pace very smoothly and rushed out with skills that were not much inferior to his.
The two of them rushed towards the oncoming evil spirit at the same time, but they were the first to be hit by the evil spirit's tentacles that were swung out at some point in time.
“Bang!”
The tentacles lashed a tree hard, causing the bark and wood chips to fly all over the sky and scatter all over the ground.
Aize and Hitachi Mako both dodged sideways at the last second before the tentacles attacked, one rushed to the left and the other rushed to the right, with the taut connecting rope in the middle.
The evil spirit that pounced down from mid-air crashed into the taut connecting rope without slowing down, and was pulled back, stopping its forward movement.
“————!”
The evil spirit reacted immediately, its body slightly dissolving, as if it was trying to get through the stretched rope in this way.
"Don't even think about it!"
Aize and Hitachi Moko seemed to have expected this scene. As the evil god's body dissolved, they pulled the connecting rope and wrapped it around him.
As the two men ran quickly and intertwined with each other, the rope began to entangle the evil spirit, tying it around in circles.
The evil god's dissolved body was actually tied up by the ropes and could no longer be turned into a ball of mud.
The clear spiritual energy rippled on the rope, and the part that bound the evil spirit even produced a violent conflict with the foul and turbid air on its body, causing a sizzling sound like pouring oil to appear.
Seeing that he could not break free from the binding rope and could not change his body shape, the evil spirit immediately began to struggle.
“What a great strength…!”
Hitachi Mako was almost dragged over by the evil god's violent struggle. Her face changed slightly, and her feet left marks on the ground.
"withstand!"
Aize, on the other hand, held the other corner of the rope tightly and held on to the corner of the evil god.
"careful!"
Cong Yu was freed from the possession at some point and flew in the air, looking at the situation with a nervous face, and suddenly let out another cry of surprise.
The evil spirit that was struggling violently suddenly jumped up, dragging Aize and Hitachi Moko with it, and tried to hide in the bushes nearby.
"ah!"
At this time, Asatake Yoshino rushed over, shouting and swinging her hokorin, hitting the evil god hard.
“Bang!”
The Suishin who was hit by the hokorin fell from mid-air to the ground. His body outline showed signs of further disintegration, and his struggle became weaker.
"Now! Hitachi!"
Aize's eyes lit up, and he quickly called Hitachi Mako, and quickly swung the rope to tie up the two front legs of the evil god.
Hitachi Mako also moved quickly. While Aize tied up the Suishin's front limbs, she tied up the Suishin's hind limbs.
The evil god still wanted to struggle, and tentacles extended from its body, waving wildly, forcing back Aize and Hitachi Momoko who came to its side.
“Snap!” “Snap!” “Snap!” “Snap!”…
The pitch-black tentacles suddenly danced wildly in the dark forest, hitting the ground, the surrounding trees and grass, and raising a cloud of dust, wood chips and grass debris.
"Give me--"
Aize was forced to retreat for a distance, and then suddenly rushed forward, rushing into the dust, wood chips and grass clippings.
With a "swish", Aize finally drew his sword.
The divine power was infused into Cong Yuwan, making Cong Yuwan seem to be awakened. He emitted an excited vibration and a clear spiritual energy emanated from the blade.
"Be honest!"
Aize rushed into the dust and swung his sword, making the sword light flash like moonlight.
“Puff!”
The tentacles that were swinging wildly were immediately cut off by Aize's knife and dissipated on the spot.
Aize held a knife in one hand and grabbed a shoulder bag on the ground with the other hand. He rushed to the evil god and put the bag over his head.
The next second, the not-so-big evil spirit was put into Aize's shoulder bag while still being tightly tied up with the glowing rope.
As the zipper of the shoulder bag was closed, everything returned to calm.
An indescribable silence spread in the forest, leaving the tense atmosphere for a long time.
"Did you succeed?"
Hitachi Mako grabbed the kunai and said this hesitantly.
Aize did not respond, but stood there for a while holding his shoulder bag, then nodded.
"It should be considered a success, right?"
Upon closer inspection, one could see that the shoulder bag was also wrapped with a rope infused with divine power, which prevented the filthy things inside from even struggling.
Looking at this scene, everyone first looked at each other, and then they all showed expressions of disbelief.
"We... have captured the evil spirit?"
Yoshino Asatake's voice was filled with confusion and uncertainty.
"They actually captured a demon alive..."
Cong Yu's face was full of disbelief.
Since becoming the manager of Cong Yu Wan, Cong Yu has witnessed with his own eyes the struggle between the priestesses and evil gods of the Chao Wu family for generations, but he has never felt so incredible as this one.
There is no way. In the past, people only knew how to exorcise the evil spirits and purify the filth. They held a fear and terror towards the evil spirits and regarded them as objects that must be eradicated. None of them had the idea of capturing them alive like now.
Not only did Aize move, he also succeeded.
This scene felt very unreal to not only Cong Yu, but even Asatake Yoshino and Hitachi Mako.
But no matter what they think, the facts are before their eyes and they have no choice but to believe it.
"Take it back quickly."
Aize walked over, carrying the strap of his shoulder bag as if he had packed a trophy.
"I can feel that the divine power on the Lianzhu Rope is constantly rubbing against the filth on the evil spirit. After a long time, either the divine power on the Lianzhu Rope will be exhausted, or the evil spirit inside will be purified."
This won't work.
Having finally obtained such a trophy, Aize wanted to study it carefully.
"I'm sorry, Miss Chaowu, I have to inconvenience you for a while."
Aize glanced at the animal ears on Asatake Yoshino's head and said so.
As long as the evil spirit is not exorcised and the filth is not purified, the curse on Yoshino Asatake will continue to exist and the phenomenon of dog spirit possession will continue.
"Will this really be okay?"
Hitachi Moko became a little worried.
You know, as time goes on, the curse will become more severe and the animal ears on Yoshino Asatake's head will be seen by others.
If it turns out like that, it won't be something that can be simply dismissed as "trouble".
This has been the case for all the priestesses of the Wu family in all dynasties. At the beginning, the curse was not serious, and even if animal ears grew, they would not be seen. But as time went on, the animal ears would be seen by ordinary people, and the curse would grow to the point where it could not be eliminated.
By then, everything will be irreversible.
"I'm fine!"
A trace of gloom also appeared on Asatake Yoshino's face, but she spoke firmly.
"It's not easy to capture the evil spirit alive. We must not miss this opportunity to bring him back for research."
Perhaps, they could really learn something from the evil spirit and find a way to lift the curse forever.
When she thought of this, Yoshino Asatake became a little excited.
Cong Yu was also a little worried and excited. Looking at Aize who was standing there with a shoulder bag, her eyes were full of hope.
His master was indeed powerful, able to break the deadlock.
If the curse of the Chaowu family can be resolved forever, then his protection over the past few hundred years will not be in vain.
"This is a rare opportunity. Now that we have captured the evil spirit, it is impossible not to bring it back." Cong Yu said seriously: "However, to be on the safe side, Fang Nai had better not get too close to the master, and Mozi should also keep a distance from the master."
After all, the evil spirit is a condensation of filth, which is harmful to the human body. It is no different from a deadly poison to Asatake Yoshino's cursed bloodline.
Once touched by filth, the curse on Yoshino Asatake is likely to intensify, and even Mako Hitachi may suffer damage to her body.
Only Aize has divine power, and even if he is surrounded by filth, he cannot be hurt.
"Let's go."
Aize smiled at everyone and spoke calmly.
"It's time to go down the mountain."
(End of this chapter)
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