[Comprehensive] Goddess Event Book

Chapter 121: The Moment of Encountering the Devil

Keigo Atobe received enough preferential treatment in his life, so he rarely had troubles.

What do people pursue in their life... the wealth beyond rivals, the power over ten thousand people, the beauty of the country and the beauty, the talent that is seamless - and all of these are born to Keigo Atobe owned.If you have to say it, his starting point is the end point that countless people can't reach in their lifetime.

With such a life, Keigo Atobe should be completely different from ordinary life.His life has no troubles, sorrows, dilemmas, hesitation, and regrets, and some things will only be wonderful, smooth, and supreme.

At least that's what other people think.

And before certain things happened, Atobe Keigo himself thought so.

But the Beacon of Destiny is like this sometimes. At a certain moment, he will tell you that everyone in the world is the same in his eyes.At the appointed time, he will definitely guide you to the helplessness he set.

Keigo Atobe fell in love with a girl when he was a boy. This was originally an insignificant matter. Which boy does not have a spring?In the season when the cherry blossoms are flying, even if he is as proud as him, it's not strange because a girl's heart is sprouting.

He liked that girl for two years, and he never showed his liking during these two years.The reason is simply because he feels that his liking is abnormal—it seems that someone will always fall in love with that girl inexplicably, which is extremely absurd.

If it is someone else, it can naturally be explained that she is a good girl, and her uniqueness also makes her have a certain charm, and it is normal to like her.But Keigo Atobe couldn't, his natural keen insight exerted his strength at this moment, and he clearly noticed the unusual breath in it.

Two years is the time when Keigo Atobe and himself instinctively see each other.From a slightly immature boy, he has the appearance of a handsome young man at the beginning - he now prefers to wear a thin windbreaker rather than a suit, with a straight back and a pair of thin-rimmed glasses.

Everyone who dealt with him has to admit that there are successors in the Atobe family, and Ruoshi has gradually grown into a real lion.

The irony of fate was even greater when he finally surrendered to his instincts and admitted one sure thing: he liked the girl, very much.

At this time, the reality told him that he loved her, but he didn't really love her.He loves her, just like a human being loves his own god, pious but lonely, strong but calm - she is his god!

"Atobe-san." Yiqi Yizhen nodded to the boy who got out of the car.Yiqi Yizhen had never met Keigo Atobe, he was the sword summoned after Keigo Atobe and Anna broke contact, but this did not prevent him from knowing this person.

Keigo Atobe's appearance is getting closer and closer to that of an adult man—or this is why he wears glasses even though he is not nearsighted, at least he looks mature.And his family partners always seemed to belittle him because of his youth.

His gaze towards Yiqi Yishin and Yamabuka Kiri Kunihiro is very calm, which can be called Furui Mubo, which is very rare among people who know the true identity of Touken Fusangshin.It's easy to understand, there will always be some different perceptions of 'different' humans through eye contact, some good and some bad.

Seeing such gazes, I was taken aback for a while, but Yamabuki Kunihiro just quickly lowered his head.

One period and one shock suddenly realized in an instant.You must know that this 'Atobe-san' is well-known in Honmaru!Otherwise, he just came to Honmaru not long ago, and so many people don't know about it, how could they know about him!Everything happens for a reason.

There are many friends who are close to Anna, and even more like Anna.Most of the swordsmen are well aware of the reason. This is not only because Anna is very likable, but also because Anna's status as a god can always attract people unconsciously.

Logically speaking, these people don't need to care, and Yiqi Yizhen, Candlestick Kiri, and Hasebe have been processing documents together for a long time, and the names of these people are indeed only vaguely heard.Only this young man named Keigo Atobe, who is about the same age as the protagonist, has a frighteningly high nomination rate!

At that time, he didn't think too much, just because he was really familiar with it.But as soon as we met today, I understood that this is not because Keigo Atobe is too good in all aspects—the kind of excellence that can be seen with the naked eye.It's because of his awareness, as can be seen from his eyes, he has a very thorough awareness of the protagonist's world.

There are many people who like Anna. Some people know that the world she lives in is unusual, and some don't.People who knew about it had different attitudes. Some people cooled their enthusiasm because of this, while some didn't seem to be affected—the latter were more young people, after all, they were more accepting of this kind of thing.

But most of this kind of acceptance is only on the surface. Teenagers are the most likely to get hotheaded, thinking that liking is everything, and don't care about other things.As for the deep meaning hidden in such a reality, I have never thought about it in depth.

What's more, Anna's identity is only the tip of the iceberg in front of them. The shrine maiden, someone who can deal with the world on the other side?The real problem lies in the identity of Anna herself as a god!And this identity, I'm afraid no one knows yet.

But Keigo Atobe is different.

In the first episode, I didn't know that Keigo Atobe already knew Anna's identity, and even knew to a certain extent about his emotional dilemma.But he has already seen the consciousness of the other party. A man with such consciousness can do different things.

Yiqi Yizhen is a famous knife in the world, and all he has seen in his rather long career are outstanding people in the world, and his vision is very high.Seeing Keigo Atobe now, it is natural to know what he can do.

Turning his head to look at Yamabugiri, Yamabugiri was looking down at the ground, as if there was something on the ground that was enough to fascinate him.At this time, Ichiki confirmed his thoughts again, because Yamabukiri thought the same as him——Yamabukiri Kunihiro is like this, when he doesn't say anything, he often knows everything.

"Anna——" Keigo Atobe is usually flamboyant, and he is cold when facing people he doesn't know very well in daily life.The indifferent tone stopped halfway, because the black Mercedes stopped in front of him.

The window of the car was lowered, Anna seemed a little tired, so she became indifferent: "It's Senior Atobe."

When Anna was a girl, she was good at sports and was diligent in exercising. Coupled with her lively and lovable personality, she naturally had the glamorous radiance of an energetic girl.But unexpectedly, she changed, and it was the first time that Atobe, who hadn't seen her for a while, felt this change so strongly.

Like jewels hidden deep in the dark seabed, like flowers blooming in the deserted wilderness.The priceless city and the alluring country are all revealed in the world in vain, and they are beautiful with self-admiration.

Takahashi Keisuke opened the car door, and this young man who was a few years younger than himself, um, the two of them... just out of social etiquette, looked at each other, and then looked away in a blink of an eye.

Keisuke Takahashi didn't necessarily know what this 'child' who was younger than him was thinking, at most he felt a little offended instinctively.Keigo Atobe is more insightful, in fact he does know everything.At this point, he is more like an adult than Takahashi Keisuke.

Anna's careful getting out of the car caught Keigo Atobe's attention, and Anna explained in a low voice: "...a small car accident, it's almost healed."

Atobe Keigo didn't speak, just took off his glasses and put them in his pocket, and then carried Anna into the car—of course he got into his car.

"Phase [-] and the others—" "I'll get someone to pick them up, there's no room for the car."

Anna stopped talking, and the atmosphere is very bad now.

Keigo Atobe pressed the bridge of his nose... It took an instant to hug Anna, and it was also a choice made after these days of silence and thinking.

He was inevitable, wasn't he.

It was terrible, even if he was told that the girl in front of him was only ordinary on the surface, but actually a god, even if he knew that he liked her from some kind of instinct, he still liked her and still wanted to get close to her.

This step was achieved only because he liked her so much, so all obstacles were not obstacles.When you don't like someone, all the reasons are excuses.When you like someone, all the reasons are not reasons.The process of entanglement is nothing more than a self-persuasion, which has always been the case since ancient times.

Of course, it was also because he was too proud.

When the truth as rough as a rock was exposed, it shattered his pride—it turned out that the source of his feelings that he had opposed to himself for two years and finally chose to accept was so absurd.Keigo Atobe, after all, is just an ordinary person, no different from other people.

He will still be bewitched by the gods.

But when the last pride was shattered, he instead saw the truth, his own truth.

—On an ordinary day, after a ball, a very ordinary ball . . .The 1% of the country's upper class pass the time with a senseless politeness that shows mutual understanding.Keigo Atobe was almost bored and went to the terrace to have a breeze. At this time, the music of the live band was soothing and magical.

He remembered the dance with Anna in the Kabukicho ballroom, and at that moment he suddenly stopped being entangled.

In the final analysis, no matter what basis this relationship is based on, he really does like her, and it is so deep that it cannot be erased.

At such times his pride reappeared.

In fact, his pride is so sharp that it cannot be smoothed by the reality of the Beacon of Destiny.What's the joke, so it's all a joke that he likes her?The kind that is not worth mentioning, but the high gods are exerting their own influence on the world?

He doesn't believe it, he doesn't believe it [-]%!

When Keigo Atobe came here, he finally pushed away the so-called fate, and his choice was already clear.God?This was never a reason, and he finally took her hand, but he was a little late for a little while.

"How is senior Atobe?" Anna broke the silence, put her hands on her lap, and looked at Keigo Atobe obediently.

Keigo Atobe stared at Anna for a while, if it wasn't for Keigo Atobe's good looks, this scene was enough to make people feel scared.However, he was just silent, turned his head for a while, leaned back on the backrest, raised his head and half closed his eyes.

"General——I've watched the Chess Holy War, and the standard is pretty good."

Hearing this, Anna couldn't help laughing: "Ah! Senior Atobe, you are really... After all, I am your Go teacher. If I don't have enough strength, what's the point of commenting on the teacher playing chess with the teacher's teacher?" What's the matter?"

This seemed to be an opportunity, and the atmosphere between the two returned to normal.Keigo Atobe was leaning on the chair rather tiredly, while Anna was describing something with great interest.

Keigo Atobe has been staying up late for two days, with a dying headache, but during this short period of time, his heart is beating like a drum, and he can't rest at all.

Opening her eyes, she nimbly pulled a lock of Anna's hair that fell across her face behind her ears with her fingers.Facing Anna's eyes of "what's the matter with you", he just shook his head without changing his expression: "It's nothing."

Therefore, all hesitation is just hesitation in vain, and all wandering is useless.With his insight, he should have predicted this a long time ago... How would Keigo Atobe reject Liu Anna.

The car drove smoothly on the road, and occasionally you could see a very obvious road sign, which is the way back to Tokyo.Keigo Atobe's voice was steady and calm, like the narration of a road movie, and Anna gradually became quiet after listening to him.Leaning on the back of the car seat, she turned sideways and only looked at him.

"I need your help with something."

Following Keigo Atobe's narration, Anna probably understood that the plot of the story follows the trend of standard supernatural films.

Atobe Keigo has a set of very formal Hinamatsuri dolls at home, which were stolen some time ago.

Japan has a tradition of celebrating the Doll's Day on March [-]rd. The Doll's Day, as the name suggests, is a festival for the girls in the family.Many of these customs have been handed down since the Heian period, and the most famous one is probably the display of dolls.

In the Heian period, it was popular for aristocratic girls to play with dolls, just like today's dolls.This habit merged with festival customs, and later, on the day of Girl's Day, families with daughters would visit all kinds of dolls on special platforms.

These dolls are often exquisite in workmanship, coupled with gorgeous costumes and decorations, the price is not cheap!

It is precisely because of the high price that this kind of doll has gradually become part of a woman's dowry, and she can use it when she has a daughter in the future.

Moreover, rich people are used to adding dolls to the original dowry. If they have been rich for several generations, the number of such dolls will become very considerable.

Generally speaking, the tables where dolls are placed are all odd numbers, like one, three, five, seven, nine, but most people's houses have five or seven floors.If it is seven floors, there are about fifteen dolls—the placement of such dolls has its own rules. The first floor is the emperor and empress, the second floor is three court ladies holding wine vessels, and the third floor is five musical instruments. There are two ministers on the fourth floor and three servants on the fifth floor.As for the sixth and seventh floors, there are no puppets, but miniature furniture, appliances and the like.

This is a relatively complete set of Hinamatsuri dolls, but the dolls that have been passed down for many generations are exaggerated, and there are hundreds or even thousands of dolls.

The Atobe family is not a famous family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. It is a matter of these generations, so the dolls are not so exaggerated, there are only about a hundred of them.

Ordinary dolls are expensive, easily hundreds of thousands of yen.If it is a work of a famous artist, or if the material is relatively high-quality, it is normal to have millions of dollars.Similar to the Atobe family, which has been passed down for generations, the craftsmanship is as outstanding as a work of art, and the scale of nearly a hundred is even more inestimable.

However, it is not because of the value of these puppets that the Atobe family is troubled. It is more because these are the dowry of several generations of the Atobe family's mistress, which has different meanings.

But what is strange is that the police did not find the person who stole the puppets, but only found them in an antique shop according to the information of the puppets.According to the general idea, this is that the thieves have sold their stolen goods and entered the market.Although the hands and feet are a little faster, there is nothing difficult to understand.

With the dolls back, all that remains is for the police to continue hunting down the thieves.At most, because the people who were stolen were rich people like the Atobe family, the influence was greater, and the pressure on the Metropolitan Police Department was greater, but that's all.Logically speaking, this incident should be like the wind blowing across the water, causing layers of ripples, and finally returning to calm.

However, this is not the case.

"What's wrong?" Anna asked casually. To be honest, things like dolls and dolls are really evil sometimes, and some strange things are prone to happen.

Scientists explain it as the uncanny valley effect, people are a little uncomfortable with things similar to people, and many things are based on this inadaptation to scare themselves.But from the perspective of Anna's mysticism, it can only be that people's will has a great influence.

The materialistic world always explains that matter determines consciousness, while on the mysterious side, they first need to clarify the idea that consciousness determines matter—in their field, this is established.

Because people like dolls and dolls are similar to themselves, they subconsciously regard them as "human beings" to a certain extent.Talk to them, take care of them and play house.After a long time, it is not surprising that a certain specific intention is entrusted to the doll, and it is easy to 'become a spirit' or something.

Atobe Keigo didn't seem to be talking about the supernatural events in his family at all, but was very calm.

From the return of the puppet, strange things began to happen.At first, the servants who cleaned and sealed up these dolls felt that there was a strange noise at night on the floor where the dolls were kept—this kind of dolls had to be put in boxes after the March Girl’s Day, and they had been left out for too long. It is said that it will make girls unable to marry.

At the beginning, the servant thought it might be an illusion. In a large building like Atobe Buckingham Palace with many rooms, it always feels a little wrong.The most common claustrophobia is a person in a small room, and his heart is fuzzy.The long corridor is just the opposite, and it is easy for people to have fear of space.It's the fear of being alone in the boundless wilderness.

Occasionally there would be a little weird little noise, and I was terribly scared at the time, but it turned out to be nothing more than a false alarm.Maybe it's the internal structure of the house swelling, or maybe it's the house cats in action.It may even be just someone getting up at night to drink water and go to the toilet, which is completely mediocre.

But when the servant became suspicious because of the frequent weird noises, and thought of the retrieved doll, everything changed.

There are a lot of these puppets, because they are works of art, and the cleaning and tidying up is also a lot of work. Of course, it is impossible for one person to do all of them.In fact, there were a total of several servants who participated in this matter at that time, and they were all professional housekeeping talents who were proficient in the maintenance of antiques-this is the case in today's society, and housekeepers and servants also have specialized professional training.Not everyone can do it.

These people collectively determined that the placement of several dolls had changed.You must know that for the convenience of collection, these dolls are placed regularly, and occasionally one may be misplaced, but if so many positions are wrong, it can only be a position shift.

When this conclusion came out, everyone felt goose bumps... Once a doll is connected with a supernatural event, it will always make people feel bad!

At the beginning, some people suspected that someone else had secretly moved the doll. Although moving the doll secretly was not profitable at all, and it was really strange to do this kind of thing, but they couldn't find any other reason at the time.

However, the rooms where these works of art and antiques are placed in the Atobe house are all equipped with monitors.The surveillance video brought up clearly told everyone that no one in this room opened the box and moved the doll's position—so what happened in the box, and why did the doll's position change?

Maybe the doll was placed in the wrong position... This kind of explanation is very far-fetched, but if there is no explanation, it can only be explained in this way.

The servant who received the explanation managed to calm down, and indeed there was no more strange noise after that.But there was no stability for two days, and strange things happened again, and all the servants who touched the puppets began to become very unlucky.

Unlucky is a situation that is difficult to quantify. From the perspective of probability, it is possible for a person to be super lucky or super unlucky.There is no manipulation of fate behind it, it's just a small probability that it happened to be hit.

So at the beginning, these people's misfortune was not taken seriously, and it was just regarded as a general 'mercury retrograde'.Perhaps the strange sound heard before is also part of Mercury retrograde. Once it is pushed to bad luck, everything seems to be explained.

But there is a limit to this kind of coincidence, when the unlucky group is precisely limited to those who have been in contact with the puppet, no more and no less.Things got serious. From the first person who found out about it, everyone suddenly felt a chill behind them.

And Keigo Atobe came to Anna so eagerly because of the escalation of the unlucky incident!Before, it was just a bad cold of a healthy guy who fell down the steps, lost his change for no reason, and hardly got sick... But the latest incident has aroused great alarm-a servant fell down the stairs and was just out of intensive care room!

Things are not that simple!

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