"Watatsumi?"
Zhao Quan repeated the name carefully, looking at Kawashima Yuri's delicate face: "What is that? A person's name?"
"This... This is the name of the Sea God, the ruler of the sea..."
Yuri Kawashima's body was trembling as she spoke word by word, and it seemed as if she was trembling deep in her heart all the time.
"Sea God? Is that your Japanese god?"
When Zhao Quan heard the word "Sea God", he was indeed shocked and thought it was that person, but then he thought of something else and suddenly realized.
Although Zhao Quan is well-read, who would remember a less famous god in Japanese mythology?
Are the eight million gods from Japan who make up the number a joke?
"Yes."
Yuri Kawashima took a deep breath and continued to recount her story: "There's a shrine in Asaba Town dedicated to the great god Watatsumi. Just four days ago, the shrine maiden suddenly sensed the power of the great god Watatsumi and was summoned by him..."
"After that, the shrine maiden began preparing sacrifices for the god Watatsumi-no-Okami, and asked every household in the town to make a contribution."
Seeing this, Zhao Quan asked, "Is there no resistance?"
"Yes, Mr. Kitano Kojiro, the town's bad boy, was the first to object, but..."
Having said that, Yuri Kawashima couldn't continue.
But under Zhao Quan's cold gaze, Kawashima Yuri still spoke about the end of Kitano Kojiro: "Mr. Kojiro... is dead."
"That's it?"
Zhao Quan frowned. He thought that Mr. Kojiro would have a miserable end.
"Mr. Kitano Kojiro was...became...before everyone saw him..."
Kawashima Yuri's pupils were filled with fear, and her voice became even more trembling: "It turned into a dried corpse!"
"Mummy?"
Zhao Quan's expression froze, and he asked, "Have you seen Mian Jinjian?"
"No..."
Yuri Kawashima shook her head desperately. "Kitano Kojiro went to the shrine to cause trouble, and in front of everyone, he turned into a mummy... The shrine maiden said that Kitano Kojiro had disobeyed the gods, and this was his own fault."
Zhao Quan fell into deep thought. In his opinion, there seemed to be something special about this Mian Jinjian.
In Zhao Quan's first impression, this Watatsumi calls himself the God of the Sea, but his status is really too low.
The Fish God Dagon clashed with the U.S. aircraft carrier battle group, while the indescribable great being did not even move.
I heard that there is a Lord of Eternal Night in New York who can bring the dead back to life.
In Zhao Quan's view, such beings are gods and are worthy of human awe.
What are you, Minatsumi?
You are hiding in a small valley in Hokkaido, Japan, not daring to do anything, secretly asking for sacrifices. Do you think you are worthy of being called the God of the Sea?
But according to Kawashima Yuri's words, this Watatsumi never appeared from beginning to end, and the entire message was conveyed by the shrine maiden's mouth... This is a bit mysterious.
Although it is still not as impressive as the previous ones, at least it looks much better to Zhao Quan now.
"Then... the miko said that the great god Watatsumi was very pleased with Mr. Kitano Kojiro and asked us to send one person to... the great god Watatsumi every three days."
"Because we didn't pay tribute to the great god Watatsumi yesterday, many monsters emerged from the sea and killed four of us from the town..."
Having said that, Kawashima Yuri looked at Zhao Quan nervously, and Zhao Quan also knew why the villagers were so afraid of him after he and Peter came out.
"Did you really call the inspector?" Zhao Quan asked after a moment of silence.
"No, the shrine maiden and the mayor want to... sacrifice you and your friend to the great god Watatsumi. This way, our town will have at least eight days of peace..."
Zhao Quan looked at Kawashima Yuri coldly: "So what are you arguing about tonight?"
"Mr. Jun Kitano... he's the one who first discovered you. He's Kitano Kojiro's father. At the meeting, he firmly opposed sacrificing you to the god Watatsumi. He also encouraged the others to use the inspector who escorted you out of Japan to leave here and start a new life outside."
After that, Yuri Kawashima suddenly thought of something and continued, "So, they started arguing, and when the shrine maiden left, she said she was going to curse Mr. Kitano Jun and sacrifice him and you all to the great god Watatsumi..."
"What a bastard."
Zhao Quan cursed angrily and whispered to Kawashima Yuri, "Let me ask you, do you know where your town is? In other words, which of the four directions (east, west, south, and north) will lead to the nearest city?"
"South..."
Yuri Kawashima cried, "Just head south, find the main road, and follow it to the city... I've told you everything I know, please don't kill me..."
"Everything that happened tonight has nothing to do with you. I was not here tonight."
Zhao Quan was not yet in a state of being so heartless as to kill and silence someone: "My friends and I will leave here tonight. If they knew that it was you who helped us leave here, they would definitely use you as a sacrifice... I think you know what to say."
Yuri Kawashima nodded frantically as if she saw hope, and Shiyi understood.
"If you dare to tip off, I will kill you."
Zhao Quan said coldly, "You don't need to know who I am. I can only tell you that the great god you are talking about, Watatsumi, cannot be compared with the great existence behind me."
"I won't say more about what happens next. You should know what you should do."
After saying that, Zhao Quan's figure quickly disappeared from Kawashima Yuri's sight. Kawashima Yuri lay on the grass in a daze, looking at Zhao Quan who disappeared like a ghost, and was scared to death.
"I...Is it possible that I have encountered a ghost?"
Kawashima Yuri muttered to herself as she stood up from the bushes, trembling all over and feeling a little scared. "They came out of the sea... Could it be... Could it be that they are Amaterasu's agents on earth?"
Amaterasu Omikami, the sun god of Japan.
In addition to being the lord of Takama-ga-hara and the goddess of the sun, she is also the goddess of the East China Sea. In Japanese mythology, she also governs the vast East China Sea (Pacific Ocean).
If Kitano Jun was not lying, these two people did not look like victims, but rather walked out of the ocean leisurely, as if strolling.
Thinking of this, Kawashima Yuri trembled all over and quickly walked towards her home, trying her best to hypnotize herself to forget about this matter.
No matter who they are, it has nothing to do with me.
What she had to do now was to find a way to cover up the fact that she had revealed the truth about her life.
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