The Mystery of Fangshi Edo

"Please try your best to save his life. If possible, please suppress the memory that was forcibly awakened... Also, I'm sorry for calling you over suddenly."

"You're welcome, my lord, I'm also very glad to be of help."

In the ward, facing the unconscious child lying on the bed, Butterfly Ninja quickly used his spell power to investigate the situation.

"Is there any difficulty?" Ubuya Shiki Kagiya asked, "If manpower is needed, I will arrange it as soon as possible, even if it is 'people over there'."

After all, Ninja Butterfly stayed in an ordinary school according to his own wishes, and did not interact with the magic world, let alone learn how to use those spells.

"No, it's quite simple, it's the same as 'breathing' to me." The girl wearing a butterfly hair ornament smiled calmly, "Although it's a bit troublesome, I promise this child will be fine, my lord, please Go and rest first, you haven't rested since just now."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Thinking about whether it is necessary to establish another organization similar to 'Gen', Miyaya Shiki Kyoya opened the door and was about to go out, but turned his head again, "There is one more thing, Shinobu."

"Yes?"

"If you want to laugh, don't hold back."

"Ah...haha..." Die Die couldn't help laughing, and quickly turned her head to cover her face, but her shoulders were still trembling, "I'm sorry to be discovered by you, but thinking that this child is Mr. Tomioka, so I……"

I can't help but want to laugh.

Yoshiyuki Tomioka, I didn't expect you to be shorter than me one day.

Butterfly Shinobu thought happily while performing the spell with all his heart.

……

After leaving a few simple words to Shunping, Fang Shi Yangming went back to join 'Xia Youjie' and the others. When he arrived, the other two bottles containing the curse embryos had disappeared. Shou Flesh, I don't know where he went.

"The three of them are probably discussing their plans for the future," Daoist stretched his waist, "Of course no matter how you think about it, it's more cost-effective on our side (Curse Spirit)."

Fang Shi Yangming glanced at him and didn't say much.

The reason why Yoshino Junpei was able to find him was probably because this guy intentionally left a filthy place, so he invited the conjurer to come nearby.

This guy is really troublesome, the type who can't get along with him at all.

While I don't hate cumbersome stuff, this kind of thing still needs a little more thought.

Fang Shi Yangming was thinking, when he heard 'Xia Youjie' next to him speak suddenly.

"Although I know that you have an eyeliner among humans, I didn't expect that in addition to the relevant personnel of Shuisui, even a family that does not involve the magic world like Ubuyashiki would be involved."

Hearing this, Fang Shi Yangming just turned his head slightly: "I thought you already knew."

"Huh? Why?"

"The upper echelons of the conjurers have long thought I was Ubuyashiki's eyeliner. After all, I have started communicating with them a few months ago," his tone seemed to be saying a matter of course, "and You have a 'connection' with the higher-ups, don't you?"

"Hey, I was discovered." The Curse Master squinted and smiled, "But to be honest, you are really amazing to be able to win such an ally."

"That, it's just that each takes what they want, and they are also betting on both sides."

Hearing what he said, 'Xia Youjie' didn't ask any more questions.

No matter what the truth is, the family that has no spells, abandons the ancient roots in order to adapt to the times, and starts to disperse, can't make much trouble no matter what it does.

But in fact, Fang Shi Yangming has always been a little doubtful.

Unlike the words of the perfunctory curse master, he knew that the Ubuyashiki clan was not simply betting. Their ability to plan for a rainy day could be gleaned from various historical details. It is best to form an alliance of people in the magic world.

She didn't expect to find herself, and let herself wake up the memories of those pillars.

Instead of letting the curse master or the curse spirit harm people in a mess, it is better to let me come - there may be such factors, but it will not be the key.

Ubuyashiki, what are you thinking...

But compared to this, it is better to make some preparations for the following things.

He calculated in his mind and decided to settle the matter on the other side before going to Ganlu Temple.

……

A few days later, Tokyo, a certain university.

At the end of the activities of the folklore association, because it was close to dinner time, almost all members went to the cafeteria. Only the director Oribe Yasunaga stayed to sort out the materials on the grounds that he still had something to finish.

He flipped through the reports left by the members, and after a while, he frowned unconsciously.

"That, Minister Oribe?"

"Ah." Oribe Yasunaga, who didn't realize that there were still people in the club, was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look, and found that it was Kanae Kosaki from the Department of Literature, "So it's Kosaki-san, what's the matter?"

"I have some questions to ask." She smiled apologetically, "If the minister is busy..."

"No, please." Taichang pushed down his glasses.

Hearing what he said, Kanae stopped being polite and asked directly: "What does the minister think about the phenomenon of 'god possession' in mythology?"

"...If we continue to think about the theory mentioned before, I think that 'possession of gods' can be regarded as a recognition of the 'information' represented by gods." Tai Chang thought, "But it doesn't have to be Good thing, there have been too many examples in history of people who insisted too much on the 'correctness' of the gods and fell into chaos, and even killed each other."

"What kind of 'information' is that?" Kanae asked, with a little worry in her eyes, "If it's something like 'knowledge' or 'memory', it may become the information of a god and possess someone. ?"

Taishang Oribe froze for a moment.

Then he seemed to realize something, and asked tentatively: "Could it be that Kosaki-san encountered such an example?"

"Actually, it's my sister...I always feel that she's a little strange recently?" Kanae hesitated, "But if you think about it carefully, maybe it's because I seldom go home after I went to college."

Taishang Oribe understood and said: "Sudden growth does make people feel strange, and so does my younger brother. He used to be like a bad boy and caused troubles all day long, but now he has settled down. I went back to my hometown some time ago to see him and his mother. He He suddenly said respectful words to me, I almost thought he was caught by something."

Kanae smiled: "That's right, I should be thinking too much."

Although Shinobu has changed a lot, her essence is still that gentle and kind-hearted good boy... Kanae suddenly feels relieved when she thinks of this.

"If you're still worried, why don't you go to a temple or a shrine and ask for an omori for her?" The black-haired young man with glasses added, "I thought you met Shinna Myojin...ah, I'm sorry, I Talking too much."

"Shinna...Myojin?"

"Ah, it's a god in my hometown. Please understand it as the belief in the god of production that we often have, and don't care about it." Tai Chang explained.

Seeing that he didn't mean to continue, Kanae didn't ask any more questions, but suddenly noticed another thing.

"Speaking of which, the reason why gods use 'pillars' as a unit of measurement is because of 'human pillars', right?"

"Well, that's it."

In ancient times, in order to protect the safety of the land and water, people often buried living people in sacrifices when carrying out large-scale projects. This is the origin of the "Pillars of Human Beings". The role of "protector god" enshrined by local residents appears in various documents.

"Actually, I was thinking about this before," Oribe Yasunaga looked at the tree shadow outside the window next to him, "Although the appearance of the human pillar is to quell the disaster, if there is no disaster, people will be sacrificed as human pillars. Will it breed evil instead?"

Just like the wolf god of Xiushui Village.

"There is indeed such a saying," Kanae thought. "Whether it is a historical story or a legend of ghosts, heroes often appear when the evil one comes into the world. On the contrary, if there is a hero who is too strong, it must be There will be an evil that rivals it, and even ends up with the hero in the end, which is like a kind of 'balance', and I remember that mythology in places such as Greece often have this kind of setting."

"Is it balanced...thank you." The head of the folk custom society wearing glasses couldn't help but said, "My worries are just nonsense, please don't take it to heart."

"Where, I feel much more relaxed after chatting with the president."

Kanae smiled softly.

"Then let's come here today," Tai Chang glanced at the men and women outside the classroom, "Leave Kosaki-san here, I don't know if I can live until tomorrow."

"Eh? Please don't say such terrible things!"

Kanae Kosaki, who doesn't realize how popular she is, is all about her younger sister.

After Kanae left, Oribe Taishang finished sorting out the materials, and fell into a moment of thinking in front of the window of the classroom borrowed by the club.

I can only think about these things theoretically.

What kind of "god" did Qianzhi sister see?

After the Xiushui incident was over and the conspiracy of the elders’ families was exposed, Taishang Oribe quickly returned to his normal life, but occasionally there would still be some strange fragments in his mind, like dreams and dusty memories .

"God possessed...?"

he murmured.

Recently, it always feels like something is going to happen.

……

Before I knew it, it was already dark.

Kanae packed her things and prepared to go back to the student apartment near the university. Her home is far away, so she can't go back and forth every day.

The weather has started to turn cold, and I have to send a text message to remind Xiaoren to add more clothes.She waited for the traffic light, thinking while tightening her scarf.

I hope I don't think my sister is being wordy...

The signal light turned from red to green, and Kanae walked forward with the crowd, but was suddenly bumped from behind by someone, and the book in her bag fell to the ground.

"Ah, sorry!"

The young man with dark hair who bumped into her quickly apologized, quickly bent down to pick up the book that had been knocked to the ground, and asked, "I'm so sorry! Are you hurt anywhere?"

"No, I'm fine," Kanae took the book with no sign of anger on her face, "What about you?"

After being hit, he actually cared about the health of the person who hit him. This made the young man stunned for a moment, but he quickly smiled apologetically: "I'm fine. Well, I have to pick up the person. I'm sorry."

After all, he hurried away.

Hope he can catch up.Kanae walked across the zebra crossing, thinking to herself.

When she reached the opposite side of the road, she didn't take a few steps when she suddenly heard a slightly impatient and concerned voice from her side.

"Hey Kosaki, did that person do anything to you?"

"Mr. Bushikawa?" Seeing the familiar person in the patrol car next to him, Kanae smiled at him, "I'm fine, it's just an accident, and I have checked my belongings, and there are nothing missing."

"Really... Be careful."

Undead Kawa Miniya rubbed her hair, then drove away.

……

Back in the dormitory, Kanae tidied up the things in her bag.

She took out the two or three books and was about to put them on the bookshelf, but at this moment, she saw a thin document falling from a certain book.

"……This is?"

My first reaction was that I took the wrong book, but after flipping through a few pages, it was indeed my own notes.

"Was it accidentally stuffed in by someone?"

In short, let's ask in the class group first.Kanae thought about it, looked at the title of the file, and planned to enter it into the phone, but was stunned the next moment.

"Ghost Slayer... Pillar?"

what is this?

She couldn't hold back her curiosity and opened the file.

The author has something to say:

The meaning of "pillar" in the ghost killing team is just a pillar to support the crowd, but the meaning of the pillar itself is a human pillar, which was also mentioned in Renlang Village.