Chapter 308

"Damn it! This guy got away again!!!"

The girl in the white dress hadn't even reached the place where the living festival Kaguya Hime had just disappeared, but she had already come out, holding her beret and shouting.

"Then we can only chase her tomorrow night." The man following the girl sighed helplessly and gave her a suggestion, "After all, the living festival Kaguya-hime will only appear once a night - regardless of whether she succeeds or not. Do you want to ask the Monster Temple to keep an eye on the situation?"

"No, we have already boasted in front of the three managers of the hidden world that we will take full responsibility for all the troubles caused by humans. How can we go back to trouble the Monster Temple for help?" The girl in the white dress stopped and followed Edmund who was about to merge into the shadows. "Nice to meet you. My name is Iwanaga Kotoko - Iwa as in rock, Eternal as in eternity, Koto as in musical instrument, and Koto as in child."

"He is an expert in dealing with this kind of paranormal events."

Edmund, who was just planning to change his position, silently reappeared in front of Iwanaga Kotoko, waiting for the two experts in dealing with supernatural events to finish arranging the follow-up work for this group of high school students. Only after the last student from the supernatural interest club was persuaded to leave from this fork in the road by the man following Iwanaga Kotoko, did the two parties officially enter the stage of negotiation.

"Avenger." After transforming from a restrictive purple dress to a spirit base state with a wide green cape, Edmund went straight to the point, "There is a problem with the website of Living Festival Kaguya-hime."

"I know, but if we want to take action against the website, we have to also hold back the already formed living sacrifice Kaguya-hime." Iwanaga Kotoko patted her skirt and sighed helplessly, "We've been chasing this guy for a week - and we haven't been able to stop her before she disappears even once."

"Oh, right - you're not a monster, but you're not human either, right?"

"I am a vengeful ghost incarnated from dark resentment." Edmund answered, looking up at the moon hanging high in the sky, black flames ignited from under his feet, "Since you can't stop it, why don't you try to trigger it actively? You haven't even tried other plans, and you still have the nerve to say that you are the god of wisdom chosen by the monsters."

The black flames suddenly shot up, enveloping Edmund completely - and by the time the black flames disappeared from in front of Iwanaga Kotoko, Edmund had already left.

"BB's search results are here." The first thing Edmund did when he showed up at home was to be handed a stack of freshly printed data by Fujimaru Ritsuka. After finishing his homework, the young leader also took time to study the data of the club members. Now he was sitting on the ground and looking up at the tall Avenger. "Do you have anything extra to add about what you have seen on the scene?"

"Although from various angles it may be more like a phantom derived from an unfounded urban legend such as the Slit-mouthed Woman... But strangely, the actual attack on it feels like stabbing the side of a certain existence like Alterego." Edmund stopped turning the pages and looked down at Fujimaru Ritsuka, "Other than that, there should be no problem."

"It's like attacking Alterego..." Abe Haruaki, who was lying on the sofa, sat up straight, thinking about the result of the lost object commission a week ago, and called Fujimaru Ritsuka, "Master, show me the details of that strange story - I want to see the most complete version of the story."

"It's all in the pile of data in Edmund's hands... Hmm? Have you found anything?" Fujimaru Ritsuka stopped organizing the club's data and brought Mashu to Abe Haruaki's side.

Asaya Doman also put down what he was holding and moved to Abe Haruaki's side.

"...Master, I think I know whose body the divine body belongs to - although it's just a guess." Abe Haruaki looked at a line of words on the data and told everyone his guess, "The creator of the phantom must have cooperated with others - because although everyone has concluded that the living sacrifice of Kaguya-hime was to steal something from other people and reassemble their own strange story..."

"But in the original story, the creator of the story repeatedly reinforces the reader's impression that the god has lost his eyes."

“So…?” Mashu, whose memory of stories from other worlds was not as good as her knowledge of history, blinked in confusion.

"In other words, the anchor that connects the fictional ghost story with reality is the 'eye' of this god." Ashiya Doman, who was hanging behind the sofa backrest, shook his finger at Mashu and took the paper material held by Abe Haruaki. "It's not that there really is a god who was stripped of everything by humans and only left with remnants, but that there is a 'eye' that the god voluntarily abandoned and was connected to this story by the creator."

"And in this world, there are traces of gods who have abandoned certain parts of their bodies..."

"——It was Iwanaga Kotoko who became the God of Wisdom for the monsters." Fujimaru Ritsuka came up with the answer, looking at Abe Haruaki with a serious expression, "She agreed to the monsters' request and lost her left leg and right eye as a sacrifice, thus becoming the God of Wisdom for the monsters and the 'One-Eyed, One-Legged Princess'."

"So the two conditions that can be seen in the strange story are all closed." Abe Haruaki raised his finger to Fujimaru Ritsuka under the shadow of Asaya Michiman's tall figure. "First, the god's eyes that were lost on his own initiative; second, the part that the god allowed believers to take away. As for the other parts... I guess the reason why the god's dirty body that I found earlier had such a strong curse was because of the reverse effect of this strange story."

"The only remnants of the gods. After the gods died, they turned into demons. Therefore, the god's body also became a strong and fierce curse."

"Should we continue to interfere with the legend of the living sacrifice Kaguya-hime? Or should we just stop it from growing and developing?" Edmund asked Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"I hope to solve this mystery - she is too dangerous to allow her to continue to develop." Fujimaru Ritsuka stood up and looked up at Edmund, "Not to mention that Iwanaga Kotoko has been chasing her for a week without stopping her. As long as we help them solve the living sacrifice Kaguya-it doesn't matter even if there is still no clue to the Holy Grail. The holder of the Holy Grail will never pretend to be harmless forever."

"And as long as he shows even the slightest sign of a possible threat, I can find traces of the Holy Grail."

"You guys have a little confidence in me!"

That being said, even if he was the savior of Chaldea who had transferred his spirit particles into this world in order to retrieve the Holy Grail, he still had to go to school tomorrow. After briefly arranging the future course of action for the servants tonight, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu rushed into school the next day, carrying the nutritious breakfast made by Ashiya Michimitsu.

Mashuu happened to be in the same class as Abe Harusai and Ashiya Hanae - so when she said goodbye to Fujimaru Ritsuka and entered the classroom, the two "protagonists" who had to deal with various monsters' obsessions after school and send them back to the secluded monster temple had already turned into ordinary male high school students in their seats.

Ashiya Hanae, who was sitting in front of Abe Harusai, probably encountered some difficult commission yesterday and didn't get enough sleep. She fell asleep on the desk early in the morning. As for Abe Harusai, who had never had any expression, there was a rare change on his face. He looked like he was worried about something...

——Strange, according to what Iwakuro said, the incident of the divine body casting should have been handed over from the Monster An to Iwanaga Kotoko and Sakuragawa Kuro on the other side.

Mashu quickly finished the breakfast prepared by Asaya Michimitsu, turned his attention away from the two servants of the Monster Hermitage, and returned to his daily life, which was rare for him and unique to ordinary people - after all, Abe Haruaki and his team would be responsible for handling the troublesome problems on the other side for the time being.

But in fact, Abe Harusai is still thinking about the answer he got from the legislation before.

When Abe Harusai brought Ichiro Red Fox directly into the secluded world and brought him to Legislative Council who was soaking in the salamander pond, the first thing he confirmed to Legislative Council was not the relationship between Kamigoro and Ichiro Red Fox, but the matter of "Hakusan" who suddenly appeared and disappeared without a care in the world.

"Legislation, do you know anyone who can use the white 'power'?" Abe Harusai paused, slightly loosened his hand that was tightly holding the red fox, and added to Legislation who was soaking in the salamander pool, "It has white fox ears and many fox tails, and basically its whole body is covered with that kind of 'power'."

"White fox ears and tail, and white 'majesty'..." Lifa came ashore and looked at Ashiya Hanae who was standing behind Abe Harusai holding Furry, "Any other information?"

"It was able to extinguish my 'glory', knew about the Sakuragawa family, and was called 'Sky Fox' by Ichiro - although it denied this statement." Abe Harusai held up the red fox and answered Lifa with a sullen face, while signaling Ashiya Hanae to hand the wooden box to Lifa, "The thing in this box is called 'God's Dirty Cast'."

"By the way, the name I used when introducing myself was 'Shirayama' - the same Shirayama as 'Shirayama Hime Shrine'."

"Oh - you dare to use the name of God? Although it is only a part, it is not something that any monster can do." Lifa raised his eyebrows with interest and asked Abe Harusai with a smile, "So, what do you want to know from me? The true identity of 'Hakusan', or... just knowing whether 'Hakusan' is a monster and whether it will pose a threat to Xiaohuae is enough?"

"Do you know her identity?" Abe Harusai quickly filtered out the key points from the nonsense of Legislative Yuan and fixed his eyes on Legislative Yuan.

"It's 'her'? Well, it's not impossible." Li Fa blinked in surprise, but soon recovered and gave the answer to the servants of Monster Temple with his back to them. "Okay, okay, as humans, you should know who is the descendant of the most famous white fox in the human world, right?"

"Abe Haruaki, the son of a white fox, was the first person to work hard to maintain a balance between humans and monsters without interfering with each other. Well, you could say he was the first Saishou of the Monster An." Lifa tilted his head and smiled at the group. "Of course, he is also the most famous Onmyoji among humans."