Miss Zashiki

Fu Xiaoyue and his group of monsters soon learned from Shuzhu the truth about the death of the abbot of this temple.

As Tie Shu said, the monk did not die of old age due to the exhaustion of his lifespan, but died of an accident—but he was not killed.In fact, he died to save people—more precisely, to save demons.

This area has always been protected by the blessing of Inari God, and for most of the history, there has been a faction of peace and prosperity.

However, it is said that nearly 400 years ago, the power of the shrine was greatly weakened, so that disasters once ran rampant—for example, the vicinity of this place will be hit by earthquakes from time to time.

Rumor has it that in the end, thanks to God Inari himself, who suppressed a monster named "Earthquake Catfish", the turbulent time was able to pass.

It turned out that the quake catfish lived at the bottom of the mire near the village at the foot of the mountain. It was captured by divine power, and it has been sleeping peacefully since ancient times, and has no fear in the world.It was only after the divine power of the shrine suddenly weakened that it woke up instinctively. Although it may not have the idea of ​​harming others, but turning over casually can cause earthquakes and mountain torrents, which led to disasters at that time.

God Inari suppressed the earthquake catfish at the bottom of the deep pool in the back mountain of the shrine, bound it with a barrier around it, and after that, it was peaceful for hundreds of years——

The Nine Lives Cat was sleepy when he heard it, and couldn't help yawning, and lazily interjected, "Now that Inari God's divine power has weakened again, the Earthquake Catfish broke free from the barrier, so it killed that great monk? Oh, You seemed to say that he died to save the monster... so he probably died at the hands of Earthquake Catfish to save you?"

The counting bead girl was shocked instantly when she heard it, and she didn't refute, but there was a complex and weird look in her clear eyebrows that people couldn't see through.

The group of grotesque little monsters surrounding her were also very strangely silent.

Seeing them like this yesterday, Fu Xiao couldn't be sure for a moment, whether they felt guilty and disturbed by the Nine Lives Cat's guess, or if they had something else to say.

Seeing that the atmosphere was so cold, she changed the topic: "Why does God Inari's divine power continue to weaken? Do you know the reason?" As she spoke, she came up with a guess before the other party could answer. , "—Would it be related to human beliefs?"

The counting bead girl frowned slightly and looked at her: "Why did you say that?"

Seeing her serious appearance yesterday, Fu Xiao couldn't help laughing a little embarrassedly:

"Uh, I'm just making a random guess... Before I came here, I heard from another friend that the wind god named 'Yimulian' who was worshiped near her home——he was deprived of divine power due to lack of human belief in his early years. Weakened, and in the end, fell from the body of a true god to a monster... Is it possible that Inari God also encountered such a situation?"

"The wind god named Yimulian..."

Hearing this, Shuzhu pondered for a while, then shook his head: "Either your friend made a mistake, or you yourself made a mistake - you need to rely on human beliefs to maintain divine power, so he is by no means a true god, at best Just an earth god."

... What is the land god?Is there any difference with the real god?Aren't they all gods anyway?

Probably seeing the perplexity and hesitation in her expression, Shuzhu raised his hands together, and said in a solemn voice: "Inari God is the true god in the world, the power of the gods is in harmony with the laws of nature, and the heavens agree with each other, and they live together with the sky. Ze Wanshi enjoys the beliefs of his people, which are innumerable—how can the land gods who control a square inch be comparable?"

Affected by the strength of his sonorous tone, the little monk Iron Mouse on one side, and the circle of little monsters on the other side all quickly rectified their expressions, and solemnly put their palms together: "Amitabha."

Fu Xiaoyue: "..."

——Is it so strict?

——Is there such a big difference between ssr and ssr?

However, the Nine-Life Cat Miss, who has never paid attention to gods and gods, obviously didn't like this kind of thing very much, and she even laughed unabashedly when she saw this.

Before Fu Xiaoyue had time to stop her, she heard her muttering and saying: "Speaking so powerfully, what is it like to live together with the heavens, and the result is not constantly getting weaker? It seems that this so-called true god is not very good. Well!"

As soon as the counting bead girl heard her words clearly, she glared at her instantly, blowing her beard and staring and shouted in a low voice: "Buddhist Pure Land, please be careful what you say, don't lie!"

——It seemed as if he wanted to pick up the broom god on the spot, and wanted to drive them all out of the temple.

Fu Xiaoyue: "..."

In the end, she apologized loudly, turned the Jiuming Cat into the form of a black cat, held it tightly in her arms, and stopped letting her speak casually, so she managed to avoid the fate of being kicked out.

The counting bead girl's anger subsided slightly, her face was still not very good-looking, and her tone was still a little stiff:

"400 years ago, it wasn't that Inari God's divine power was damaged, but that the land god 'Two-faced Buddha' in the back mountain at that time was sealed by an Yin and Yang master at that time, which weakened the power of the sanctuary shrine. .”

Two, two-faced Buddha...?

——Why did it suddenly involve him again?

——By the way, in the game settings, the Two-faced Buddha is indeed a fusion of the God of Wind and Thunder.

But what does he have to do with Mizuki?It was also sealed by Onmyoji...

Fu Xiaoyue was already a little dizzy, and he heard the other party continue in a daze:

"Inari God prays for the great event of harvesting in the world, and the land god, because of his supernatural power to supervise wind and thunder, is allowed to serve under the throne of Inari God as an assistant."

——To put it bluntly, he is the subordinate of Misentsu?Then how could he offend the Onmyoji?Moreover, she remembered that in the biography of the Two-faced Buddha in the game, it was mentioned that the onmyoji who sealed him seemed to be Seimei Abe...

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. Fu Xiaoyue had no choice but to put aside all the doubts that he couldn't figure out, and instead focused on the moment: "As you said, since the divine power of God Inari will not be weakened, how did your abbot die in this place? In the hand of the earthquake catfish?"

The girl's face turned pale immediately, facing the iron mouse boy who was also staring at her eagerly asking for a solution, she gritted her teeth slightly, and it seemed a little difficult to say:

"The enchantment near the water pool... turmoil occurred."

Enchantment……

Fu Xiaoyue nodded with a vague understanding: "You mean that the enchantment that Inari God set up at the beginning, after 400 years, the power has weakened, so it can't trap the earthquake catfish?"

As she said that, she suddenly trembled in her heart, and her eyes widened, "...Doesn't that mean that an earthquake may occur anytime, anywhere now!?"

Shuzhu felt a little tired, sighed, closed his eyes and shook his head: "It's not that bad. Now the barrier has not been broken, and the earthquake catfish has not escaped yet. Before the great monk... was shocked by the earthquake catfish's demon power, He was seriously injured."

Emmmm......

Fu Xiaoyue stroked the fur of the black cat in his bosom, and was silent for a long time, thinking over and over the information he had heard before, a thought popped up in his mind——

By the way, how does she feel... the current situation doesn't seem to be a serious trouble?

In the final analysis, isn't it just that the enchantment has become weaker?Anyway, Little Monk Tieshu's worries didn't come true, and Inari God's divine power wasn't damaged—then trouble her to strengthen the barrier again, wouldn't it be over...?

Why are these guys acting so sad for something that can be solved so easily?Could it be that because of the accidental death of the abbot, each of them could not recover from the psychological shadow?

Fu Xiaoyue didn't have any feelings for the great monk himself, so he couldn't empathize with them in the current situation, so he could only try his best to put himself in their shoes and put forward his own suggestions:

"We know that you feel uncomfortable, but the most important thing now is to solve the barrier problem first? Otherwise, more casualties will be caused."

After hearing her words, the group of monsters in front of them were all numb and didn't respond.

She felt more and more strange, and the little monk Tieshu couldn't help but frowned and said: "Sister Shuzhu, what the little benefactor said yesterday is reasonable. It is urgent now, we should work together to tide over the difficulties first, and then take care of the abbot's funeral. Did you go to the shrine and uphold the status quo to Lord Inari?"

The girl shook her head without opening her eyes, her voice was lifeless, without the slightest fluctuation: "No."

The group of little monsters beside her were also lying on the ground limply.

Seeing them like this yesterday, Fu Xiao was anxious: "Hey! Can you cheer up!? If your abbot is alive, seeing you like this will make you angry! Hurry up and go to Yubianjin for help Ah hello!"

In a hurry, she didn't even realize that she casually said the name of the shikigami set by Inari God in the game, "Why don't you tell us, and we can help you find it?"

The bead-counting girl was silent for a few seconds, and finally said softly: "It's useless to look for it... You can find an empty room to live in, and you can do whatever you want."

After she finished speaking, she left behind all the monsters, turned around and left quickly.

Fu Xiao was stunned on the spot yesterday—what do you mean it's useless after searching?

The little monk Iron Mouse on the side frowned and looked at the back of the girl who was walking away quickly, and finally pulled a little monster aside, and asked in a deep voice: "Brother Natou, what is the meaning of what the sister said? Why don't you go to the girl?" Inari-sama asking for help?"

The monster who was picked up casually opened his only teary eye, and seemed to be instantly poked into tears by this question, and burst into tears on the spot, crying loudly:

"Because... because we couldn't find her no matter how hard we searched! Senior Sister said that Lord Shenming has abandoned us! Senior Brother Iron Mouse! What should we do!? Woo—"

"What...!?" Little Monk Iron Mouse's expression changed instantly, and he was stunned on the spot.

Fu Xiaoyue's face was also dumbfounded.

——What does it mean that the gods have abandoned them?

A bunch of little monsters just blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah for a long time, among them, the sky evil spirit named Xiaoqing looked at the direction where the bead counting girl had left with half fear, and was sure he could not see the back. Only then carefully pulled the kite in his hand, leaned forward, whimpered and said in a low voice:

"Senior Brother Tie Shu, you, you hurry up and save Senior Sister Zhuiyue...she is dying!"

"Senior sister chasing the moon?"

Little monk Natou's words knocked half of his mind away before, and now little monk Tieshu repeated in a daze, before realizing the meaning of the other party's words: "...by the way, why haven't I seen Senior Sister Chasing Moon?" ? Where is she, what happened? How is she dying?"

Heavenly evil ghost Xiaoqing flattened her oddly shaped lips, and said in a pitiful tone: "From the day the abbot died, she locked herself in the forbidden room. She hasn't eaten anything for so many days, and she wants to live Starved to death... Senior Sister Shuzhu didn't allow us to save her..."

When the little monk Iron Mouse heard this, his face was filled with anxiety, and he ran away in one direction, and even a group of little monsters flew, jumped, and rolled, chasing after him and swarming away.

Facing the suddenly deserted place, there were a few figures left in the same place, speechless.

"..."

—What did they just say?

...chasing the moon.

This name wandered around in Fu Xiaozhang's mind for dozens of times, and finally managed to make her whole demon completely dizzy.

——By the way, why, all of a sudden, it got twisted to this plot line...?