Salvation equals death

Green Valley has never felt so hopeless.

"It's because of me, Chi-chan..."

He seemed to be masochistic, ignoring his own injuries, flipping through the Qishi organization's press conference again and again, crying until his eyes were red and swollen, and he didn't stop.

However, Lugu didn't slump for too long, and soon after being discharged from the hospital, Baohao Katsuki and Hong Jiaodong came to the door, dragging him out of the house with one left and one right.

"Nishi, waste time! If you have time to cry here, it's better to think of a way to save it! You cry before you die, are you sick?!" Bakugo Katsuki roared angrily.

"Lvgu, the most important thing in her heart must be me, so don't be too sentimental." Hong Jiaodong kyered expressionlessly, "And it was me first, I met her first, understand?"

"But, it's... hiccup, woo woo, when we separated when we were young, she said she would give me a gift, so, that's why..." Lv Gu, who had well-developed tear glands, broke down in tears, almost dehydrated from crying.

Bakugo Katsuki couldn't see Xiao Shunran's soft and crying appearance the most, and immediately exploded: "Then she was my princess when she was a child! Do I want to be moved too? Huh?"

Hong Jiaodong was ignored, and said angrily: "I said I came first! I came first!"

The three of them have been on Aizawa Shouta's blacklist since the last time they made a sneak attack on the enemy alliance base camp, and they were given a death notice that they would be forced to drop out of school if they acted alone.

And after experiencing the battle of Shenye, both Hong Jiaodong and Lugu realized their own weakness and lack of thoughtfulness.

In the three-person team, Lugu has wisdom, Bakugo has strong adaptability and mobility, and Hong Jiaodong has overwhelming personality, but just this is not enough.

They are heroes who need to abide by the rules and regulations, but the enemies are fanatics who ignore the provisions of the law and even take killing for granted.

"We can choose to drag Aizawa-sensei into the water." Green Valley analyzed rationally, "The premise is that we must let Aizawa-sensei see the 'reasonability'."

What "reasonableness"?Naturally, let him see the hope of saving people.Otherwise, taking more lives is obviously just empty talk.

Before the teenagers could figure out a way, the opportunity came to them by itself.

The short-haired woman with fair skin like a porcelain doll holding a camera in her hand, and the black-haired young man with a handsome and pure appearance, the two came to visit, but they attracted everyone's attention the moment they said their names.

"Rei Kurosawa", "Yao Otsuki"—or, "Yao Kuze".

Both of these two came to the door after reading the news, and they were willing to provide the hero with clues to save lives, provided that they went to Jiuze Palace with them.

The appearance of Kurosawa Rei caught Aizawa Shouta's attention, because Midoriya had reported the ins and outs of the incident exhaustively after returning, even the "Kurosawa Eisei" mentioned by Kashime Hanyu inadvertently did not miss it.

"Hei Ze" is not a commonly used surname, and the meaning of the name itself is not a family, but a "place" - Lingyu Rishang Mountain, the Rucrow Witch who has guarded the "Dazhu" for generations .

The origin of Yiyue Yao is also unusual. He is the child of this generation of orthodox Kuze Jinghua and folklorist Akito Kashiwagi, and his real name is "Jiuse Yao".

"Kuseong Palace is a completely matriarchal society. All male babies born will be executed. My father was 'exiled', and after my mother sent me away, she became crazy because she missed my father. Heavy duty."

If Yiyue is a gentle man with the melancholy beauty of the moonlight, when he lowers his eyes and whispers, he is as gentle as a still ice lake: "It is because my mother can't cut off the longing that Kuzegong chose a new maiden and named him "Zero Hua" 'The name."

Kurosawa Rei came here to explore her family secrets and find her fiancé's footprints, while Otsuki Kaname felt guilty about what happened to Shunguang Chiyo and wanted to make up for the mistakes of the previous generation.

Kurosawa Rei provided the specific location of Kuze Palace. She said that she once photographed her fiancé Yuu Aso, who had died in a car accident, when she was filming outside. The main purpose of her trip was to see her lover.

And Otsuki Kaname provided the possibility of sneaking in for this operation - back then, Kuze Kyoka, who had completely lost the responsibility of a witch, became a tool to continue the bloodline. After Otsuki Kaname, she gave birth to a girl named "Rain sound".

"Yuyin is willing to help us sneak into Jiushi Palace." Yiyue said with a wry smile, "She said, as long as you don't dislike her identity."

Why do you want to despise her identity?After all, the mistakes of the previous generation are not something they can choose, can they?The three of Green Valley were confused for a while.

"Raine sent a message to tell me that Kuze Palace has welcomed back the Zero Priestess recently, and all eyes and ears have been gathered back to Naraku. It is a good time to sneak in, but the number of people should not be too large, which will easily attract attention."

After confirming the accuracy of the news, Aizawa Shouta refused the company of the three of them, and decided to go alone. After all, after the Battle of Kanno, "more courage than strategy" has become Aizawa's inherent impression of the three. .

However, it was Yiyue and Kurosawa who persuaded him in turn: "Just sneaking in is not a war, and it doesn't matter if they go with them. We're just looking for some news on the outskirts of the village. It's not easy to get in."

Although the village where Kuzemiya is located is remote, it can be regarded as beautiful. There are not a few people who go to remote mountains and remote places to shoot or dig folk customs every year. The jobs that Rei Kurosawa and Otsuki want are the best cover.

Aizawa thought to himself that even if he didn't let them follow, they would probably secretly follow even at the risk of being expelled from school, so they might as well just keep an eye on them.

So Aizawa Shouta led the team, and the team headed for "exquisite folk customs" went to the location of Kuze Palace after some makeovers. Bakugou even borrowed pomade from the trendy bull king to brush his back hair.

"It is said that Kuzegong was built on the Sanzu River, because once the ceremony fails, it will spread like a virus, so Kuzegong built his residence into a narrow palace to prevent the spread of breaking the precepts."

Aizawa Shouta also doesn't know how to evaluate the actions of the Kuse family. It is difficult to distinguish the truth from the ghosts, but Kuzemiya's behavior is not out of evil intentions, but he is obsessed and pathological like a lunatic.

If you have to describe it in words, it is probably a cult-believer who has been brainwashed.

And after learning about the way of life in the small town, Aizawa Shouta finally understood why those people completely ignored ethics and morality, and regarded ancient and cruel rituals as normal.This village and town has completely closed itself, no external communication, no need for trade, and everything is self-sufficient.While the villagers seem ordinary, they are actually all soldiers. Even if the government knows that cruel folk customs continue here, it is still a headache to deal with this "nail house".

——After all, there is still a strong man like Kashime Hanyu hidden in Kuze Palace.

A group of six people came to the Mutsu area after a long journey. With the help of the gentle Otsuki, the people in the village did not suspect their identities, but they were quite indifferent to the outside world, and even urged them to leave.

"This kind of attitude is normal. If they are very warm to you, it will make people worry." Yiyue shook her head and said soothingly.

"Why does that make people worry?" Aizawa Shouta asked rhetorically.

"Because... an xenophobic village will be warm to outsiders, it must be because they are sure that you can no longer leave the village."

Rei Kurosawa raised the camera in his hand and said.

"I've read the family records. There are two families in the Kurosawa lineage. One is the person in charge of the 'Red Sacrifice' in Minakamura, and the other is the Miko who protects the 'Dazhu' on Rishang Mountain. It’s the latter, but I also know that their actions are very cruel, in order to make the sacrificed witches not feel lonely, they will throw admonition girls next to the coffin and even arrest outsiders for secret marriages.”

"That's right." Yiyue nodded, and patiently explained, "The 'living sacrifice', 'secret marriage', and 'immediate Buddha' in folklore are all ceremonies to appease the gods or appease the soul of the witch after the witch ceremony fails. , the process was very cruel."

After these concepts were briefly explained by Yiyue, the three of Lvgu who knew the inside story of the ceremony lost their sanity, their expressions were blank, and they were almost turned into ashes.

"Such a cruel ceremony, why on earth...!" Hong Jiao Dong gritted his teeth and asked coldly, "This is the case for rituals as living sacrifices, but what about the witches' own rituals?"

Although Lugu Izuku and Hong Jiaodong had inquired from Stein's mouth, they vaguely knew that this was a very cruel ritual process, but they didn't have an intuitive concept.

Obviously, the cruelty that Yiyue wants to describe has far exceeded their imagination.

"The witch's ceremony?" Yiyue was taken aback for a moment, "Didn't you hear that? Since we entered the village, the children in the village have been singing "Zi Shou Ge" for the witch to soothe the soul."

A bad premonition sprouted in Aizawa Shouta's heart.

He opened the window, and the laughter and singing of children came from afar.

The Zishou song is a lullaby, and its original purpose is to make people sleep peacefully. The Zishou song of Kuzegong has a gentle melody, and there is even a three-point sanctity in the soft singing and shallow singing, but this cannot conceal the strangeness of the song itself:

"Ride the boat, shake and shake, priest of the Palace of Kuze.

Tear off skin, engrave, suffer.On the snake's eyes, engraved a voice, shattering one's own thoughts.

At the end of the tattoo ceremony, the tattoo wood penetrates the limbs, and the ceremony of abstinence is feasible.

An eternal town, sleeping in a dream, imprisoned in a prison of thorns, sleeping forever—”

——Yes, the priestess will bear the thoughts of the whole world and sleep forever among the thorns.

……

Aizawa Shouta and his party couldn't even wait until nightfall.

At dusk, they changed their clothes, followed Yiyue Yao to the outskirts of Kuze Palace, and went to the secret road to meet Yiyue Yao's younger sister, Kuze Yuyin.

Kuze Yuyin and Yiyue must be three points similar, she is a fair-skinned and beautiful girl, and even her indescribable gloomy temperament can be called the charm of "the beauty of death".

"Zero Miko will have a girl to serve her personally, and the girls in these ceremonies are generally divided into two types, one is called 'carved girl', and the other is called 'town girl'."

It was only at this time that Yiyue explained Kuze Yuyin's identity in a low voice: "The former is responsible for engraving tattoos and needs to practice repeatedly on his body surface, and in order to replace the pain of the witch with his body, he also needs to goug his own eyes; And the duty of the town maiden is to 'beat', the witch will live in a cage for several months before the ceremony, and then be sent to Naruto, and the town maiden will use tattoo wood to nail the witch to death in the thorn bush..."

"Don't say it, don't say it..." Lu Gu scratched his curly hair, with tears in his eyes, what he saw and heard along the way almost drove him crazy, "How can this be? This is wrong Ah! Chi-chan, she..."

"She shouldn't be treated like this..." Lu Gu was vague, not knowing what he was talking about, "It shouldn't be, even death..."

In the darkness, the faces of the other people were also ashen, but no one spoke, and there was only death-like silence between each other.

The moment he walked out of the secret passage, he stepped on the wooden floor and made a "click", which was so clear that it was almost piercing. Yuyin Kuze, who had been walking silently in front, stopped, and the blue lamp in his hand shook slightly in the dark night.

Aizawa Shouta became vigilant almost instantly, protecting the students behind him. Although he had verified Otsuki Kaname's identity and even prepared his information, he knew nothing about Kuze Amane.

If the other party wants to harm them, they can immediately backtrack.

In fact, these possibilities are all included in Aizawa Shouta's "unreasonable" category.

But I'm afraid even Aizawa Xiaota himself can't figure it out, why would he agree to such an "unreasonable" plan?Even just having some news, he rushed over enthusiastically.

Under Aizawa Shouta's precautions, the silent Amane suddenly bowed towards the void, and said in a clear tone: "Yes, Miko-sama."

"plz follow me."

Kuze Yuyin turned to Aizawa and his party, his eyes were dead and empty: "I will take you to the residence of Miko-sama, it is safe there."

"Can you talk to her?" Hong Jiaodong stepped forward a little bit uncontrollably, but was stopped by Aizawa Xiaota, "Is she okay? Where is she now? You tell her, we are here to take her back of!"

Kushi Yuyin didn't answer, and led them to a secluded courtyard. Before a few people asked, she took out a bottle of golden liquid from the cage.

"This is divine blood." Kuze Yuyin handed the liquid to Aizawa and his party, "Ordinary people can't see the undead, but if they are parasitized by the undead, they will go crazy or even get sick due to the dead energy, as long as the divine blood is rubbed on the sky Spirit vision can be activated spiritually, and the soul can be seen within seven days, and the monsters dare not get close. This is what the mistress told me to give you."

After checking that the liquid was not dangerous, Aizawa Xiaota tried to drop a drop himself, the golden blood fell on Tianling, it was hot instead of cold, and his eyes burned slightly.

But when the burning sensation faded away, Aizawa Shouta found that the scene in front of him was quite different.

——In the room, there was unexpectedly a woman in white, kneeling quietly not far away.

Goosebumps appeared on Aizawa Shouta's arms. He handed the blood to the three students, and said in a low voice, "There are people in the room."

Bakugo Katsuki exploded almost instantly, his slicked back hair instantly blew back to the durian head, a pair of scarlet eyes fixedly stared at Aizawa Shouta, the muscles on his face were as stiff as a stone.

"Miko-sama wants to see you." Kuze Yuyin explained blankly, "It's not Linghua-sama."

Who is that?

The group of people who had been smeared with divine blood subconsciously looked at the woman in Bai Wugou, who was as beautiful as a white camellia and smiled gently at them, as ethereal as the white mist spewed out in the winter morning.

Aizawa Xiaota suddenly remembered the scene when he and Shunguang Chiyo met for the first time, she was smiling like this, and the two had exactly the same temperament.

"Guian, everyone."

The woman frowned slightly sadly, and whispered:

"I'm Kurosawa Uisei, Kuzeka in the underworld, the dead 'Dazhu'."