Chapter 149, Orobas, and the Old Gods of the Former Dynasty...
After laying out the bedding, Youren originally thought it would take some persuasion to get the wandering spirit to lie down quietly.
After all, he always appeared aloof and reserved, not wanting to talk to people or accept their kindness.
No sooner had he finished making the bed than the cat-eared youth darted inside, completely burying himself in the blankets, and never came out again.
"Huh?"
Yu Ren ruffled the snowball's shiny white fur, looking confused and listless. He sensed something was wrong.
Was this his original personality?
"...After spending too much time in the cold wind and rain, one will always be eager to seek warmth."
Manyo glanced worriedly at the eccentric Wild God, but ultimately chose to gently conceal his unusual behavior.
"It's so cold tonight, go to sleep, Youren. Look, Snowball is yawning."
"Meow……"
…
The lights were off. Outside, the wind and rain raged. Inside, the firewood crackled. The breathing of the two people and the two cats gradually became steady in the darkness. It should have been a dreamless night.
Until a violent explosion rang out, louder than thunder, waking all the creatures on the island!
boom--!
"What's going on! A war? Artillery fire?"
Yu-jin woke up from his sleep and immediately saw Man-yo clutching his ear in pain.
"Are you alright, Manyo?"
"N-nothing..." Wanye tried to calm the ringing in his ears while checking the direction of the explosion. "It was in the direction of northeast of Hisaki Village... It wasn't caused by artillery fire, it was explosives. Iron and stone were flying everywhere, and things were shattered..."
"What was deliberately destroyed?" Yujin immediately analyzed, "East-northeast... I remember seeing a building that looked like an altar when I passed by there a couple of days ago. I heard that it was used by His Highness the Great Lord to suppress the resentment of the sea serpent god...!"
Samurai from remote island nations are often somewhat ignorant; Yu Ren had never heard of the name of the Demon God's Remnant, nor was he aware of Liyue's karmic burdens.
But in Inazuma, the lingering resentment of these losers also has a name that strikes fear into the hearts of all—the vengeful spirit.
Oh no!
The friend understood the situation almost immediately. He anxiously pulled Wanye up, "We have to tell the villagers to take refuge! We have to go now! Wild Spirit, you're here too... Wild Spirit? What's wrong with you?"
The young man, who had just been awakened by the explosion and was hunched over, suddenly looked very strange.
"Heh..."
His fingernails dug fiercely into his unusual tiger-striped hair, his vertical pupils widening in terror.
"There is a large snake!"
"Drill into, my head."
"Get out of here!"
*Smack*
"Wild wanderer? Wild wanderer! Hey! Wake up!"
*
Before any of the villagers could sense the evil spirit's attack, Mainkuen was the first to fall.
Coma, high fever, and incoherent babbling completely consumed his already limited time of lucidity.
"Doctor, how is he?"
The ronin samurai's red eyes were solemn.
"Although the original symptoms were severe, they were not enough to cause a coma, nor did they seem to be an acute illness caused by thunderstorms."
Doctors were somewhat helpless when it came to preserving their own health, and could only pick up their pens and write down some ordinary prescriptions for their patients.
"With the cold rain continuing, please don't let the charcoal fire go out..."
...The legendary wandering god.
As he spoke, Bao Ben stared blankly at the seemingly incoherent young man.
It's unbelievable that the patient is so thin and frail.
What were his feelings as he wandered alone in the wilderness...?
Yuren: "Doctor? Doctor?"
"I...I...I'll go check if we have any herbs left at home." The doctor woke up with a start and hurriedly left in the rain.
"Don't be stingy! Just tell me if you run out! I'll take people to the mountains to get more!"
Village chief Washizu roared at his retreating figure, his voice quickly fading away.
"Yuyoushen..."
He looked at the unconscious Mainkuhn, feeling like crying but unable to shed a tear.
"Why isn't it a god! Waaaaah!"
Why be so sad?
Although Wan Ye was anxious, he gave the village chief a clear and reassuring smile.
"The gods may only need a thought to show mercy to the world, but isn't a person who struggles forward despite illness, a person who feels cold and hurt but still insists on reaching out to help, more real and precious than a distant god?"
"What you say makes sense, but, alas, alas!"
The village chief was still sighing when Changci suddenly appeared out of nowhere:
"Brother Wanye, please don't try to persuade him anymore."
"The village chief, in order to strengthen his faith in the wandering gods, even stopped worshipping at our village's ancestral shrine! It's only natural that he's now disillusioned."
"So that's how it is."
Wan Ye couldn't help but chuckle when he recalled that Mainkuhn knew nothing about this.
"They've been firmly regarded as gods."
"ah!"
The village chief groaned in frustration, "Now look what's happened! Not only do I have to go back and obediently pray to the shrine for peace, but I also have to..."
He glanced at the unconscious young man and shook his head.
"We also have to worship the wandering deities, we're really busy!"
"..."
Although Mainkun was unconscious, he heard everything clearly in his confusion. He turned around and stared expressionlessly at the white python in front of him.
"Haha! What a short-sighted person!"
The snake opened its mouth wide, and venom dripped from its sharp fangs.
"Didn't you know that this world can only accommodate a maximum of seven orders and seven gods?"
Mainkuhn found it somewhat novel:
“I have fought against many remnants of demons, but none of them are as clear-headed and tangible as you, and none of them have driven me to madness.”
"Hmph, how dare you compare me to those stray dogs."
The snake flicked its tongue, looking somewhat indignant, but it also lowered its massive head to explain to the tiny young man.
"The remnants of the demon god are, in the end, the resentment of the demon god, but compared to hatred, hehehe... perhaps for me, there is more regret. That is probably why we can still have this conversation."
"If you don't hate me that much, then get out of my body."
The cat scratched his nose with its paw, showing no mercy.
"They're already dead! Don't try to take the place of the living!"
"A living person? What kind of living person are you!"
The giant suddenly stood up, revealing its massive and brutish body to overwhelm the enemy.
"Listen carefully! You mixed seed! The one who will replace your identity and return home, taking over your body and bringing you back to life, is Orochi-no-Mikoto, the sea god, the one whom the heavens cannot tolerate, the one who faces the thunder, the most noble piece of the serpent god Oropas!"
"My body can't hold so many people!"
Mainkuhn was furious, and the black mist transformed into thousands of dark rock spears, which rained down like a storm!
"Get out!!"
"Wait, that way you're holding the gun looks familiar... Unbelievable! Isn't that Gui Li's move?"
Orobas's eyes widened at the sight of this move, and he frantically swung his tail to defend himself.
This is outrageous! The God of Precious Metals is still chasing me!
During the cat-snake battle, Mainkun's physical body was too weak to withstand the impact of the battle between the two sides in his mind, and the intensity began to rise rapidly again.
"Damn it, didn't the temperature just drop? How did it start burning again?"
Youren quickly wrung out the towel and used it to wipe the sweat from Mainkuhn's head.
The young man's illness kept recurring without any signs of improvement, and the doctors still couldn't find the cause.
“I still think it’s related to the evil spirit. Although only the Wild Wanderer has shown any abnormalities so far, it’s still best for everyone to take refuge as soon as possible… This mask is really in the way.”
Manyo: "It's easier said than done. Where can we find a large ship to move the entire Hikiki Village away from Hachiyū Island? Besides, there's more than one village on this island... This mask is hindering cooling down, take it off."
"Sigh! Really! What are those rebels thinking? I originally thought they were some kind of fearless heroes, how could they be so crazy as to try to destroy the seal of the evil god! Now the entire island is in danger!"
While annoyed, Yu Ren carefully removed the mask from Mainkuen's face.
"Sorry, sorry, I don't know if you're covering your face to hide your identity, but you have to take it off. Don't worry, I'll pretend I didn't see you no matter what you look like...!!"
He lifted his mask and remained motionless.
Why the sudden silence?
Man Ye brought over the medicine, took a closer look, and was also shocked. A waka poem suddenly and naturally came from his lips.
"Cherry blossoms fall in profusion"
"Jade-colored clouds float in the misty rain"
"A fleeting moment of stunning beauty"
...
His friend, however, did not share this refined taste; he simply sighed and expressed his unvarnished sentiments:
"He's so handsome."
...
Having worn a mask for many years, few people knew that Mainkuhn had a handsome face, and even his initial suffering was caused by this beautiful yet sharp face.
"Snowball, Snowball, how can there be such a wasteful person in this world?"
The boy's grown-up face was enough to amaze everyone. Youren turned his head and frantically rubbed the cat to vent his emotions in order to maintain his inner stability.
"Ah, I really want to throw his mask away so he can no longer hide his face."
"Hey, hey, you've already fallen so low? What happened to your beliefs?"
Wan Ye was much calmer. He held the bowl, studying how to get the medicine down his throat. "Come here, help me hold him in place...? What's in his mouth?"
Youren felt a sudden increase in temperature on his legs.
"What's wrong? Hurry up and feed him!"
Wanye hesitated for a moment, then gently pressed down on the young man's dry, chapped lower lip, which was chapped from the high fever.
What came into view was a set of sharp, menacing fangs that contrasted sharply with her beautiful face, and an unusually thin tongue that resembled that of some wild animal.
"Is that why you wear a mask?"
Beauty and wildness, fragility and danger, create an incredibly powerful visual impact at this moment.
"It looks really good too."
He calmly fed Mainkuhn the medication.
"It's so hot...wait, it doesn't seem so hot anymore."
Yu Ren, bewildered, put the patient down again.
"The medicine is so effective? What about the miracle doctor? Let him diagnose the wandering spirit again."
"I'm afraid that won't work. I heard that a patient with a serious illness appeared in the village this afternoon..."
*
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Orobas withstood a brutal attack and mocked the king who suddenly froze, his cat ears turning bright red.
"I thought you had some ability! Who knew you were just a pretty little brat! Hahaha!"
"Shut up!" A gunshot rang out.
"Keep hitting me? If you hit me again, your body will explode! How am I supposed to get back to Sea Island then?!"
"Sea Island?"
Mainku immediately thought of the rebels they had mentioned and the precarious Ba Yun Island.
"Fine, you're in cahoots with them, I can't let you live!"
"What do you mean by 'group'? How can you be so brutal? When they belonged to me... it must have been thousands of years ago. Anyway, although I don't know what happened, they must, as I wish, give up resistance, completely submit to the Eternal God, and then continue to exist eternally."
At this point, the giant snake suddenly sighed, its tone softening for once.
"Kid, I'm begging you, please leave and give me your body, okay? I'm in a hurry to maintain world peace."
"Submit to the eternal God?"
Mainkuhn didn't quite understand, but he grasped this point—something even a foreigner would know:
"You don't want them to have an easy time either, so you might as well just die."
"? It's one thing for Lei Movie to hold a grudge against me, but does Lei Dian really hold grudges too?"
Orobas narrowed his snake-like eyes in confusion.
"Could you explain it more clearly?"
...
Mainkuhn remained in a coma for several more days, his body temperature fluctuating before eventually returning to normal, but he never regained consciousness.
Contrary to his improving health, a strange new illness has emerged in the village.
"It's not an illness, it's mental disorder caused by a vengeful spirit. Why hasn't the shogunate sent anyone to deal with it yet?"
The doctor, exhausted, wiped the blood from his hands and bandaged the deep bite mark.
"Kaedehara, Tokugawa, it's all thanks to you that the patient was stopped in time, otherwise... sigh."
He gave a wry smile.
"I'm going to become a four-fingered doctor."
"Doctor who guarantees profit."
Wan Ye had intended to offer some words of comfort as usual, but in the end, she could only manage a bitter smile along with him.
"You are a respectable person, more benevolent than benevolent, more martial than martial, and more courageous than brave."
"I will protect your hands that heal and save lives."
Youren made a direct promise, and his expression also became much more downcast, because the continuous thunderstorms that had lasted for several days had weighed heavily on his spirits.
"Doctor, do you know how to treat cats? Snowball seems to have developed ringworm, and there's a bald patch on the back of its neck."
"...helpless, not a veterinarian."
"If the wild spirit were still awake, at least our clothes could stay dry."
Wan Ye looked up at the sky and sighed, a look of bewilderment flashing across his face, a testament to his experience as a weather forecaster.
When will this rain stop?
He didn't know the answer either.
This rain is a celestial phenomenon caused by a malevolent spirit and has nothing to do with nature. The damaged sealing device must be repaired before the sun can shine again.
"But none of us know how to repair this kind of decryption-like seal."
"Then we can only wait for fate to bring us golden hope."
Wringing out their wet clothes, Wanye and her friend stepped into the room, only to see the little white cat avoid them with disdain.
"Once you go bald, it'll be our turn to dislike you!"
With a light grumble, Youren jumped into the house to check on the unconscious young man.
"A picnic..."
"careful!"
Wan Ye pulled him back, her expression becoming cautious.
There are two people breathing in the room!
"!!"
Yu Ren immediately drew his sword and rushed into the house.
"who!"
Upon closer inspection, it was a familiar face, holding a knife.
"Manyo, he's a cult patient! Somehow he escaped from the doctor's office! Attack!"
"Wait! I'm all better, I'm all better... Ah!"
The patient screamed and was pinned to the ground by the two men.
Yu-Jen: "I thought only mental patients would say they were cured, I never thought that a person suffering from superstition would say the same."
“No, that’s not right.” Wan Ye frowned, and pulled the patient up from under her in surprise. “He’s really better! Look at him, his eyes are clear, and his breathing is normal… How did you suddenly get better?”
"Wan Ye, are you sure you're not mistaken? There aren't any patients right now..."
I'm so good!
The patient desperately tried to explain, "I was in a daze just now, I don't know how I ended up here with the wandering spirit. I originally wanted to chop him up, but then, but..."
Thinking back to that scene, he was completely bewildered.
"It feels like something darted out of my body and into the body of the wandering spirit. Could it be a malevolent spirit...?"
"!!!"
Manyo reached out and touched Mainkun's skin.
It was scalding hot to the touch, burning and unbearable, no longer warm.
"..."
Yu Ren: "What's going on, Wan Ye? Why do you look so pale?"
"Hikimura's terminal illness can indeed be cured."
"That's good news!" Youren exclaimed with delight, looking around the room. "So how did he get better? It's really baffling."
"Wild spirits can heal diseases caused by evil spirits."
Amid the persistent questioning, Fengyuan closed his eyes, unable to bear looking at the unconscious youth any longer, his voice weak and sorrowful.
"But the price is... to use one's own body as a vessel, to accept all filth, and to swallow all kinds of bitterness alone."
...
"How could this be?"
"He must be engaged in a fierce battle with the evil spirit right now..."
*
"I...you...no, it's all me...what's going on?"
"I have indeed established a cooperative relationship with Orobas, but not with 'the Orobas's. You need to decide quickly who dies and who my staunchest ally is."
In his mind, Mainkun stared expressionlessly at the two large snakes facing each other.
"This body is too weak to accommodate too many souls!"
"Then, then I and I..."
Originally fragments and regrets arising from a single entity, the Orobas quickly reached a consensus.
"Will I devour myself, or will I devour myself?"
Mainkuhn was exasperated and just wanted it to end quickly: "You can play rock-paper-scissors."
"We...we don't have hands either..."
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The author's note: The object used to suppress the evil spirits on Hachiyū Island was indeed destroyed by the resistance army, but only because there were spies from the Fool Clan instigating it. Don't laugh, Shogunate, you have even more Fool Clan members on your side.
It's all their fault! My Zhongli was struck by lightning and plunged into the Wuxiang Blade Narrow Space.
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Hehehe, my fellow humans, there will be zero updates tomorrow for the game. Wait, I'm taking another day off! [Let me see...]
Second edit: Oh my god, I forgot that the update time for the Zero Zone wasn't Wednesday this time, it's Thursday now.
So there won't be an update the day after tomorrow, boohoo, I'm so sad, all that excitement for nothing! [sunglasses]
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