Chapter 247: The Noble Tower

Jiang Lai waved his hand to remove the spatial barrier that could block sight and sound, and walked to the front of Gojo Hisakazuin with Matsuda Jinpei.

Gojo Hisafuuin still had the same smile as at the beginning, with her long black hair tied up with a jade hairpin and her clothes fluttering in the wind.

When Jiang Lai approached, he first bowed slightly, then moved his eyes down to the golden Stitch on the ground.

"This is..."

"Curse Corpse." Jiang Lai replied very naturally. His eyes were calm as he continued, "Curse Corpse and Curse Tool are tools with similar properties and are not within the monitoring range of the barrier."

In theory, the barrier would only monitor the magic power of humans and cursed spirits and mark them. Cursed corpses, cursed tools, and other things were not within the monitoring range.

In fact, the scientific friends should not be included in the scope of detection. They are spirits, part of the ritual, and belong to individuals.

However, Jiang Lai is not using a vest, but a real body. The scientific friends are in a special state of independent existence, which is close to the cursed spirit in a sense. So it is possible to be detected.

Jiang Lai couldn't change into a sheep vest and then change it. Gojo Kyufuin said that he could only block one main cursed energy. And there was a difference between the original cursed energy and the vest cursed energy.

The above is an objective analysis. If subjective factors are mixed in, then perhaps there is some micro-manipulation by Gojo Jiufengyuan himself - he is the gatekeeper, so naturally he has the final say on the rules.

After hearing Jiang Lai's definition of the Golden Stitch beside him, Gojo Kyufuin put one hand on his lips, paused for a moment, and then replied softly, "Oh, of course. Cursed corpses and cursed tools are similar. But I'm a little surprised that you actually have such a cursed corpse."

Jiang Lai did not respond, thinking that the more he said, the more mistakes he made. He knew that Gojo Kyufuin was just testing him out of habit, and he could not possibly tell who the Curse Corpse's true identity was.

Zenin Naoya cooperated and said nothing, pretending to be an ordinary Cursed Corpse who knew nothing. He was not stupid, he knew when to keep silent and when to speak.

The fact that the soul of the eldest son of the Zenin family separated from his body and was placed in the cursed corpse was unknown to others except the person himself and a few people in the high school.

The only news that the outside world received was that "the eldest son of the Zenin family was cursed and had been in an unconscious bedridden state."

As expected, Gojo Hisafuin had no intention of delving further. He quickly retracted his gaze, turned sideways, and made room for her. His posture was elegant and pious. “Please come in—I have already opened a part of the shield specially for you.”

Jiang Lai nodded slightly, and finally turned his head to look at Morobushi Kagemitsu and Kurosawa Akira behind him.

A smiling face appeared on Morobushi Kagemitsu's electronic screen, while a cute expression pack of a silver snake with big eyes and tears popped up on Kurosawa Akira's screen, forming a sharp contrast with his usual cold demeanor.

Jiang Lai couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips and smiled.

He waved goodbye to the two and stepped into the barrier of Kyoto City.

——

The barrier outside Kyoto City is transparent, but in reality, it is a means of confusing outsiders. This barrier has the effect of blurring the real scene inside.

Therefore, it is impossible to see the true situation inside Kyoto from the outside.

Before entering the barrier, Jiang Lai was on guard in advance. He had already prepared himself mentally to face the magnificent and tragic scene that looked like the ruins of Heian capital a thousand years ago.

However, after a moment of trance, what came into view was completely different from what Jiang Lai had imagined.

——What I saw in front of me was like an enlarged version of the tropical rain forest, with countless thick branches and roots growing out of the ground, entwined on the ground like earth dragons.

Flower buds as big as meteorites climbed to the top of the central vine, and the branches and leaves almost blocked out the entire sky.

Compared with these giant plants, Jiang Lai and his companions were as tiny as insects on the ground.

"This..." Matsuda Jinpei was stunned for a moment, and a searched picture appeared on the electronic screen. "It looks a bit like a copy of some apocalyptic natural disaster where plants dominate the world."

Golden Stitch Zenin Naoya widened his eyes, and he involuntarily took another step closer to Jiang Lai and Matsuda Jinpei, his whole body tense.

Jiang Lai quickly came to his senses after his initial shock. He scanned the surroundings, released a little bit of magic power, and observed and analyzed the environment: "These plants are not simple. Magic power is constantly flowing through them, like a transmission pipe."

"Do we need to cut and burn them?" Matsuda Jinpei raised his palms upwards, filled with crackling lightning, and he said with a long tail, "As long as we deal with them, we can cut off the transmission of the core formation."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Jiang Lai stopped Matsuda Jinpei's move and shook his head, saying, "Let's just observe first and don't make any moves for the time being."

"Hey, are you sure we are in Kyoto now?" Zenin Naoya lowered his voice, still holding on to that young master's tone, and squeezed out his words from between his lips and teeth, "There is no one around here... at all."

The area was extremely quiet. Apart from the sound of the wind and their conversations, there was no other sound.

The once bustling Kyoto city now looks like a dead abandoned city. Apart from the incredibly tall plants, there are no other living things.

With the sun shining overhead, interlaced shadows fell on the ground, creating a strange and eerie atmosphere.

"This is Kyoto." Jiang Lai turned on his phone and checked the location. He believed in the judgment of the phone. "But it seems that something happened in Kyoto."

"It's probably not a problem at all." Matsuda Jinpei shrugged. "The situation right now is just like the show 'What if Humans Disappeared'?"

I wonder where all the people in Kyoto have gone. Jiang Lai pondered. But it must be related to the brain flower and these giant plants.

When Jiang Lai first saw this prehistoric rainforest scene, his first reaction was the technique of the special cursed flower protection. But he immediately changed his mind and denied this guess.

Even a special grade cursed spirit could not perform a spell that could cover the entire city and devour all living things. Moreover, Hua Yu had already said that he no longer believed in Naohua and would bet on himself instead.

The new rules announced by Brainflower include cursed spirits as members of the game, which is actually not very friendly to cursed spirits.

I'm sure that the special cursed spirits can see that Brainflower is not really prepared to fulfill their wishes.

"Can we go faster? I don't want to stay here any longer." Zenin Naoya raised his voice, rubbing his arms with his claws, his eyes scanning the surroundings vigilantly, as if he was worried that the plants would suddenly attack him.

Jiang Lai thought for a moment and said, "Let's proceed according to the plan. Let's go to the Zen temple first and deal with the last tower first."

They were now in the outer perimeter of Kyoto City. Perhaps if they walked further in and reached the residence of the Uesan family, the scene would change.

Here, he did not let Zenin Naoya lead the way to the Zenin family. After all, in the new series, Zenin Naoya has not left the family for many years. It is estimated that he is only familiar with the inside of the family, but is very unfamiliar with the routes outside the family.

In this situation where the scene changes drastically, it is better to leave the positioning to the real protagonist, the mobile phone.

The phone will not be disturbed by any natural or unnatural factors, and the information is absolutely accurate.

Jiang Lai looked down at his phone and found the location of the Zen temple.

"Follow me." Jiang Lai gathered his magic power a little and created an air barrier around him. "Be careful on the way and don't let your guard down."

These plants may not seem aggressive at the moment, but that's just an appearance. Being in such an unfamiliar environment, it's better to be vigilant - after all, this is the core of the Brain Flower base.

Giant plants rose from the ground and encircled the cement road, their emergence crushing countless buildings. The ground was full of rubble and ruins, and the whole place was in a mess.

But what is shocking is that even in such a devastating scene, there is still no blood or corpses on the ground. The entire Kyoto city is like a ghost city, and there is no trace of living people.

"...How long will it take before we can leave? I say, it's really uncomfortable here." Golden Stitch Zenin Naoya couldn't help but speak again.

Jinpei Matsuda had a calm expression. As a front-line policeman, he was accustomed to all kinds of bloody and bizarre scenes. Moreover, he himself had been a ghost for a period of time, so his psychological quality was very strong.

After hearing what Zenin Naoya said, he turned his head to the electronic screen, and a slightly teasing smiley face appeared above it, followed by a smoking emoji, and said, "Are you scared of this? You are still a first-class sorcerer."

"That was in the past! Look at me now, I can't use my technique at all!" Zenin Naoya raised his voice to retort, and snorted, "Let me make it clear first, I'm just responsible for leading the way. You said you would guarantee my safety."

"As long as you obey orders." Jiang Lai continued, his eyes firmly fixed ahead.

After crossing the giant vine blocking the road ahead, you will reach the Zenin residence.

Looking over at this time, one can vaguely see the plants growing out of the Zen temple's buildings, intertwined and mixed together.

——It seems that the Zenin family, one of the three great families, was not spared. The entire city of Kyoto was occupied by these giant plants that rose from the ground.

Jiang Lai thought so in his heart, and finally held on to a little hope. He went around the road ahead and arrived at the gate of the Zen temple residence.

At this moment, the Zenin House no longer had any barrier to seal off the area. The originally closed door was pushed open by an unknown plant, and a broken sign hung crookedly on it.

Looking inside from the door, the entire Zen temple was filled with deathly silence.

There were countless relatively small unknown plants growing inside, densely covering the ground. The weeds buried the once prosperous family.

Naoya Stitch's steps froze a little. He stood at the door of Zenin's house, with his big ears standing upright, and the fur on both sides standing up.

"It looks like the situation here is the same." Jiang Lai looked across the weed-covered land ahead, "Judging from the growth of these plants, it's even more serious than outside."

The so-called refuge is actually a confinement area, Jiang Lai thought. Temporary safety is to be slaughtered together at the decisive moment.

No matter what, we still have to check the Tower of Nobleness. This is the last tower. If we can destroy it, we can break the "immortality" of the core members of the Supervisory Committee.

By the way, when he was talking with the head of the Zenin family, he speculated that the establishment condition of this "Noble" Tower was the feudal system of the Zenin family, and it was rooted in the order of the Zenin family and maintained its operation.

It is impossible for Naohua to take the initiative to destroy the four defense towers. So the current empty Zen House is a result of some kind of bug in Naohua's operation?

Although the members of the Zenin family seem to have disappeared (Jiang Lai is not sure whether they died or were taken away), the noble system has not been abolished, which means it still exists. The tower can operate normally.

How to break this situation...

Except for Zenin Maki and Zenin Mai who have long severed ties with the family, the only survivor of the Zenin family at present may be Zenin Naoya who was secretly sent out early.

After a brief thought, Jiang Lai's eyes moved and fell on the golden Stitch Naoya.

He paused, but finally said, "Let's go and take a look inside."