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The sticky liquid kept surging, and under the illumination of the flashlight, it formed countless, constantly changing human shapes.

These should be the so-called messengers of Kanayama Bikogami mentioned by the elders of the Ozaki family.

According to previous instructions, Ozaki Ryuichi should pay homage to them.

With the appearance of the messenger of God, the beautiful woman who was the subject of the strange story seemed to fall into great panic, confusion and pain.

After all, Ozaki Ryuichi couldn't bear to see his shikigami suffer.

Moreover, he didn't know that as a scout shikigami of auxiliary nature, Bijin-sang didn't have the hard power to face powerful and strange things.

So he simply let the beauty leave immediately.

As the beauty left the scene, the rats in the cave quickly collapsed, squeaking and screaming as they fled from this terrifying underground square that was engulfed by the vision.

As a result, there were only Ryuichi Ozaki and those craftsmen in this underground square.

But he couldn't say how scared he was.

On the contrary, facing the wriggling strange mucus, I felt a... strange sense of closeness.

"You're here again... You're finally here, Ozaki Shigezo."

The craftsmen once again made murmurs like in dreams in different tones and voices, mixed with the strange sound of rolling mucus.

Although there were quite a few speakers, each voice seemed to have no self-awareness.

These craftsmen are like a cluster bound together in some way... no, to be more precise, they are like tools, giving people the feeling that some higher-level, indescribable existence is using them to speak.

"Ozaki Juzo? No, I'm not."

Ozaki Ryuichi shook his head vigorously.

The craftsmen called not his name, but his grandfather's.

"Chong San, Jie Ren, or Long Yi? Which name do you want us to call you? Since you want, then we'll call you Long Yi."

"What's the meaning?"

"Ozaki Ryuichi, this is your fifth time here."

"No, I've never been here!" Ozaki Ryuichi looked very resistant.

"This is the fifth time you've been here. Ozaki Ryuichi, your fifth body now is the most perfect product we have created so far." The craftsmen continued.

Ozaki Ryuichi was a little dazed.

That strange feeling of familiarity came over him once again, and some memories that "did not belong" to him emerged in his mind.

A dark and spacious cave; an unstable and tiny light; and a yellow slime that is constantly wriggling, twisted into a human shape, and mixed with various metals...

The scene in my memory is exactly the same as what I see now.

This made Ozaki Ryuichi doubt himself.

Have I really been here?

What do the craftsmen mean when they say that I was created by them?
"You will understand, Ozaki Ryuichi. You are a ritual vessel that was chosen, created, and constantly upgraded. You walk into the world, spread faith, and carry the spirits that God needs."

"No, stop talking nonsense!"

"Your reaction is more extreme than the previous times. Maybe there is something wrong? This is not good. When a ritual vessel knows its mission, it should be calm."

"What do you mean I was created? I am a living person, a human being!"

"Calm down. You are a human, but there is no difference between humans and machines."

"No, how can they be the same? How can humans be created like machines?" Ozaki Ryuichi obviously could not accept the craftsmen's arguments.

He couldn't calm down.

"We are craftsmen. We can create everything, including you," the craftsmen said. "There is no difference between humans and machines. The only difference is the degree of precision and complexity."

"We can build you a body and make your organs."

The smell of fire and iron in the air became stronger. The slime closest to Ozaki Ryuichi once again transformed into a woman holding a hammer.

"We can extend your consciousness and separate your soul for you."

This time, it was the smell of burning incense that became strong, and the humanoid form of the slime took the form of a one-eyed old monk.

"You cannot deny where you came from, nor can you deny it, otherwise you cannot become a qualified ritual vessel." The craftsmen spoke again, and the layers of echoes seemed solemn and dazzling for no reason.

"I, of course I am a parent..."

Ryuichi Ozaki still resisted, but his mind seemed to be out of control.

"Where's your mother?"

"My mother passed away when I was born..." In response to the craftsmen's question, Ozaki Ryu answered unconsciously.

"Where's your grandma?"

"I...I haven't seen my grandma..."

"Of course you haven't seen them, because they don't exist." The craftsmen said affirmatively:
"You, Ozaki Juzo, came here at first. You came here for God's gift of wealth, and you granted his promise. The price was that you had to become a ritual vessel."

"We disassembled Ozaki Juzo and divided them into two parts. We built new limbs, muscles, and organs for you. These mechanical parts are not difficult to make. After they are completed, they will be stuffed into the two bodies to ensure that both sides can operate accurately."

"Of course, the most complicated mechanical structure is the brain, which carries the soul. We use the brain that was split into two halves to complete it. It took us a lot of time and effort to separate the two relatively independent souls. But in order to create a suitable ritual vessel, everything is worth it."

"Disassembled and reassembled. Then, the so-called Kaito Ozaki was born."

"Ozaki Kaito is an upgraded machine, an upgraded 'human', in order to better fulfill the duties of a ritual vessel. Of course, this is not enough. When Ozaki Kaito returns here, we will still disassemble you and reshape you into a more perfect body."

"Until the creation of your current ritual vessel body, your brain has undergone several upgrades and has been completely replaced by more advanced parts. As a ritual vessel, you are perfect."

According to the craftsmen, Ryuichi's grandfather, Ozaki Shigezo, was dismantled and reassembled, and then pieced together and "upgraded", thus giving birth to Ryuichi's father, Ozaki Kaito.

Kaito Ozaki returned to the cave and went through the same process again, and Ryuichi's uncle was born.

This cycle continued until Ryuichi Ozaki was born.

The current Ozaki family has been created from the beginning to the end by extending and extending on the basis of a single individual.

"No... this is too ridiculous..." Ozaki Ryuichi shook his head desperately.

But somehow, he seemed to be caught up in the rhythm of the craftsmen's conversation.

He couldn't help but let his thoughts run wild as the craftsmen said -

In the real world, there are also artificial organs that can replace human organs.

Prosthetic limbs, artificial eyes, artificial hearts...

These things are not perfect yet and there are various problems with their functions.

But with the continuous development of technology, perhaps sooner or later, artificial organs will be able to perfectly replace the original physiological organs.

If there really comes a day like that, even a human brain can be cut and reassembled...

If machines develop in the direction of becoming more and more precise and complex, will the boundary between humans and machines become increasingly blurred until it completely ceases to exist?
“There is no difference between humans and machines, the only difference is the degree of precision and complexity.”

Ryuichi Ozaki thought again of what the craftsmen had just said, and it made him feel a chill down his spine.

"No, I've been to the hospital more than once, and no one has ever told me that there is anything abnormal about me. There's nothing wrong with my body, I even... even..." Ozaki Ryuichi tried his best to deny what the craftsmen said, and wanted to find evidence that he was a normal human being.

He even frequently came into contact with the Exorcism Room in the Countermeasures Room, didn't he?

Those perceptive exorcists, even teacher Jiecheng and even the demon disciple Kamiya Kawa, did not notice anything abnormal about him.

How could he not be a human being? How could he be an iterative creation, a so-called "ritual vessel"?

"Ozaki, you are perfect, you are chosen, you are created by God. You are not abnormal in the first place, so how can you be found to be abnormal?"

The voices of the craftsmen overlapped.

Such a fragile evidence denial was not enough to question the skills of the divine craftsmen, but rather seemed a bit foolish. This made the craftsmen, and the great being who manipulated them, show a hint of disdain.

How could mortals discover anything abnormal in God's creation?
Pfft, pfft.

The mucus rolled, and the metal mixed in it collided and rubbed against each other.

"Ozaki Ryuichi, you seem to have finally calmed down, which is good." The craftsmen spoke mechanically one after another, "You have brought a sufficient number of 'spirits', and the gods will break free from their shackles and descend."

……

The deep mountains of Gifu Prefecture.

There were no paths among the bushes and trees, only occasional patches of bare ground alternating with rocks.

Steep cliffs and towering mountains that soar into the sky can be seen everywhere, looking desolate and eerie under the cover of night.

Following the guidance of the [Dowsing Needle], Kamiyakawa successfully arrived near the huge cave in the deep mountains.

His pupils condensed and sparkled in the night.

Kamiyagawa saw some mountain rats running frantically among the surrounding trees and bushes.

The aura carried by these rats gave him a familiar feeling.

"Beauty-like?"

Kamiya thought of an Onmyoji he had met before.

Ryuichi Ozaki, the one who calls Uncle Yusei "teacher".

The shikigami Bijinsang under Ozaki Ryuichi can control a group of rats, and her aura is similar to the rats that appear here.

"Is Ozaki Ryuichi here? Why is he here?"

This thought flashed through Kamiyagawa's mind.

Not far in front of him, a huge cave appeared on a steep cliff.

It looks like that's exactly where the [Dowsing Needle] is pointing.

The "spirit" hovering in the air rushed into the cave like a wave.

Even with Kamiya's extraordinary vision, the cave was bottomless. This might be a cave formed by the structure of the site, connected to a huge fissure system deep underground.

Near the cave entrance.

Kamiyagawa sensed something keenly.

Clang!
The boy's sword left his body in an instant with a buzzing sound, and the golden blade light tore a dazzling crack in the thick night.

Four clear figures appeared near the cave entrance.

All four of them are men, one of them is an elderly man with a head full of white hair, and the remaining three are middle-aged men with a certain age gap.

The four men opened their arms and mechanically blocked the entrance to the cave.

"No, interrupt, God's sacrifice!"

Their expressions were stiff, but their movements were coordinated and they spoke in unison, so synchronized that they seemed like one person.

Kamiya's pupils shrank again, according to his judgment.

It is true that these four men are all human beings and there is nothing unusual about them.

But if you observe them more carefully, you will find that they are resonating with this bottomless cave and the spiritual power of faith in the Golden Mountain Bi Gu God that permeates the air.

This connection soon became visible to the naked eye.

The reflection in Kamiya's intuitive visual expression is——

The different structures of these four men, on the surface or under the skin, many parts and organs are shining!
It exudes a color similar to gold.

"What on earth is this? A human under the influence of the Golden Mountain Biko God, or something else?"

Kamiya Kawa was a little confused for a moment.

But he could feel that the four men at the entrance of the cave were not the key.

Under the cave, there was obviously a more surging aura spreading out.

"No, it's in the way!"

Kamiyagawa did not directly chop down the men who blocked his way.

"Puff!"

Beside him, the dream-eating tapir appeared with its long, soft nose held high.

The dreamy and hazy atmosphere of sleep instantly enveloped the four men, causing them to immediately collapse straight down and enter a very deep and comfortable sleep.

"That's all."

It really is not worth mentioning.

Kamiyagawa casually threw out the [Hanged Man's Reins] and tied the four extremely strange men together tightly.

Let’s just assume that they are humans influenced by the Kinzan Biko God.

Then he walked past the four men and entered the irregular oval cave.

As soon as he came in, he smelled the smell of fire and iron, and there was also a smell similar to requiem candles wafting from deeper inside.

"Ghost Story Craftsman..."

The previous speculation seems to have been clearly verified at this time.

Those strange craftsmen, including Sister Jue and the candle-making monk's master, were persecuted by inexplicable forces and disappeared mysteriously. They were really inseparable from the ancestor god of craftsmen, Jinshan Bigushen!

At the same time, "Kaidan Monogatari" also popped up a message prompt -

[Special event mission, [Time of Demons 10] has been opened!]
[The core requirements of this mission are as follows: Defeat the members of the "Feng Mo Shi Organization", Yin Shi.]
coming!

Kamiyagawa was not at all surprised by the reminder of the Omaji incident.

Although the entire Demon Hour organization uses twelve hours as code names, there are only three real Demon Hours, namely: the outdoor Demon Hours, Yin Hour and You Hour; and the indoor Demon Hour, Zi Hour.

The last time that represented the You hour was Shuizhizi and eight hundred nuns.

Even if it was the real Jinshan Bigu God who represented Yinshi this time, it was not enough to surprise Kamiya.

"The reason why Jinshan God is so abnormal may be related to the fact that he is the core of the Demonic Era."

Kamiya River quickly rushed down into the cave. (End of this chapter)