Curse this wonderful world

65: [The Curse of 65]

Fukaha's request has always been the shrine's top priority.When it came to the astral body, the high-level executives in the magic world—the so-called Director Council—responded very quickly.Even if the high school is located in a remote place, it cannot stop the joint reaction of the two huge organizations.Only two or three hours after Fukaba's phone call, she had already changed into Higamiyama's traditional priestess costume, and sat in the car arranged by the main office of the shrine with Kurosawa Koki.

In the same car was an accompanying person sent by the director, a quasi-second-level conjurer named Shigeru Nakamura.At this moment, a man in a suit and leather shoes on the passenger seat, who looked more like an insurance salesman than a conjurer, was explaining respectfully.

"Master Astroplasma lives in Tokyo, and she is currently studying at a private girls' high school in Tokyo, which is a very prestigious school. We have never restricted her movement. We also attach great importance to her basic necessities of life, food, housing, transportation, health and entertainment. Ah, the matter of the meeting Her maid has been notified, and the greeters have already set off."

"Ah! Because it happened to be this time, considering the identities of several adults, we booked a restaurant in the capital. After all, we may arrive earlier here... um, so, at that time, I will invite Mrs. Hinasaki Have a light meal and wait for a while. Master Astral Body will come as soon as possible."

In fact, it's respectful to the point of being overly garrulous and unnaturally stiff.Not only that, the weather in late May was not yet hot, and the air conditioner in the car was turned on at a slightly lower temperature, but fine beads of sweat could be faintly seen on the man's forehead.He took out a handkerchief and wiped his forehead, and then reached out to support the aviator-style sunglasses on the bridge of his nose that tightly covered his eyes. Shigeru Nakamura raised his head and looked in the rearview mirror with a slightly tense expression. Clothes, the girl covered by a black veil had no doubts or objections—or no response, so she coughed lightly and continued.

"As for Master Tianyuan's assimilation ceremony—"

"I know."

"what?"

The man who was suddenly interrupted subconsciously made a single sound.It was the young priestess who had been silent since the meeting that came back to speak later.At the same time, the driver sent by the main office of the shrine in the driver's seat also frowned dissatisfied, and glanced at him condemningly.

Oops, Oops!Shigeru Nakamura's expression suddenly became embarrassed, and his sweat became more urgent, and he opened his mouth to apologize for his rudeness.But the miko in the back seat just turned her gaze out of the window.

"The precautions for the ceremony, or what I need to do, I already know. The person from the board of directors said it before, and it was also introduced on the phone later." She looked through the black veil and said calmly. "Mr. Nakamura, if this is the content, there is no need to repeat it."

"Ah! Yes, yes. I'm really sorry, I was rude." Shigeru Nakamura nodded immediately, closed his mouth embarrassingly, and retreated to his seat.However, he glanced at the rearview mirror again, and the Miko's reaction and actions reassured him a lot—even though he knew that her eyes were covered with a black veil and he was still wearing sunglasses, as long as he didn't touch her, theoretically, he would definitely not be caught. Seeing it, those mirror-like black eyes that were too clear before getting into the car because the black veil was blown up by the wind still made him palpitate endlessly.

Now, these eyes finally did not turn in his direction.

What's the matter, didn't everyone say that she has nothing outstanding except for her special ability and good looks?In terms of level, it's just a little bit higher than him at the second level.Shigeru Nakamura couldn't help but slander in his heart.No one had told him before he set off, but she was just an underage girl who was still studying in a college, but she was so imposing.No wonder his colleagues refused to accept this escort mission.

Fortunately, it was just a meeting.As long as you make sure you don't get [seen], it's not a bad thing to get good reviews from the senior management department after a few hours.Explaining himself in this way, he secretly scolded his prevaricating colleagues in his heart.Shigeru Nakamura moved on the co-pilot, relaxed his body a little, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead again - he was happy to relax without opening his mouth.

Without the man's chattering voice, the car suddenly became quiet.

The atmosphere seemed peaceful, but the fourth person in the car—Kurosawa Koki frowned.No special ability is needed at all, an old man who has lived for more than a century can guess what the man in the passenger seat is thinking with his knees.Even if he knew what most of the high-level people in the magic world were, he was still very dissatisfied with the fact that the sent personnel had such an attitude towards Da Zhu's candidate.

There is no respect in Nakamura Shigeru's sincerity, and his seemingly awe-inspiring appearance is full of fear, rejection, contempt and avoidance.

what is this?You are the ones who asked Miko-sama.In such an occasion, even sending an ordinary magician or assistant supervisor who doesn't know anything is better than this villain, right?Thinking of the purpose of their trip, the sharp eyebrows of the white-bearded old man tightened even more.

In the past few years, with the intensification of the harm of spell spirits and the emergence of a new batch of young and outstanding magicians—especially the appearance of Wujo Wu and Xia Youjie, who are known as the strongest—the director of magic spells will become more and more arrogant. .Not only does the Ministry of Internal Affairs claim to be the "protector of Japan" everywhere, but it has repeatedly insinuated and belittled the main hall of the shrine, trying to overwhelm them in terms of political status.This time, I asked Master Hinasaki to [see] the astral body for them.

The assimilation with Lord Tianyuan is no less important ceremony than Dazhu's succession to the throne. [Seeing] was originally the ability to take over the last thoughts of those who voluntarily choose to die, so that they can go to the other shore with peace of mind and usher in the "right death".Although the form is different, the astral body can barely be regarded as a "person who voluntarily passed away".What's more, the director of incantations also produced an ancient book, in which there is indeed a record that "the astral body entrusted the thoughts of this world to the shaman before assimilation".

Kurosawa Koki checked and found that the book was not forged.In this case, Hinasaki-sama is the only witch in the contemporary era, their request is not only reasonable, but also a manifestation of following the old rules.

But how could Kurosawa Koki not know what they were planning—it was nothing more than hoping to use Master Hinasaki’s ability to reconfirm the true meaning of the girl with the astral body, and use himself as an example to persuade her to hold the event willingly after a few days. The assimilation ceremony.

However, it's fine if the astral body is voluntary, and if the girl has other thoughts at this moment... It's not that easy to persuade people to die.Even if the persuasion is successful, have they considered how this matter will affect Hinasaki-sama herself?This is not her responsibility at all!

Also too brazen.What's more... Kurosawa Koki thought of some news that he had received in the morning that was not sure whether it was true or not, and he was about to speak as soon as he tightened his cane.

"Hinasaki-sama—"

But just as the old man started, the girl sitting opposite him raised her hand and made a stop gesture.She turned her face away, stretched out her hand to lift the black veil covering her eyes, and smiled cutely at Kurosawa Koki.Because of the movement, the bright red tassels on her hair accessories swayed slightly, and the gold crown and hairpin shone under the lights in the car.

"It doesn't matter." The girl's voice sounded ethereal and quiet, different from the usual softness in front of her peers.

"Can--"

"I do not mind."

This time, Kurosawa Honghui did not speak.

Shen Yu then smiled again, put down the black gauze, and turned to look out of the car window again.

Fukaba knew what Kurosawa Koki was worried about, but Kurosawa Koki didn't know—or rather, no one knew that the director's request was not a trouble for her, but a huge surprise.After all, if they don't come to her, apart from Xiao Wu and Xia Xia's Okinawa mission, she is a future big pillar, the witch who is going up the mountain every day, and she really can't think of other days that can be reasonably related to being an astral body. The reason why Riko's sister met.

Therefore, what she just said is [-]% true, and she really doesn't mind.Rather, Fukaha is in a good mood now.She had been waiting for this day ever since she was approached by the higher-ups of the magic world during the spring break.

During the spring break, when the director sent a request, in order to convince her and the main office of the shrine, he attached a photocopy of an ancient book.The sentence that was regarded as important evidence by the Director Council came from this document.

As the person involved, Fukaha of course also read it in detail.Specifically, it was a short story about the assimilation ceremony of Tianyuan 500 years ago.According to the story, before assimilation, the astral body girl at that time burst into sobs and didn't think about eating or drinking.However, no matter how many people asked the reason, she refused to answer.

At that time, the high-level officials in the magic world were worried that it would affect the progress of the ceremony. On the recommendation of a certain palace secretary, they rushed to find the witch who was going up the mountain.After the witch arrived, she retreated from everyone, had a cup of tea alone with the astral body, and then left without saying a word.After the witch left, the astral body "had a peaceful expression, no longer showing signs of concern", saying that he had "entrusted the thoughts of this world to the witch", and "happyly assimilated with Tianyuan" three days later.

After reading this story, Kurosawa Hiroki's focus is that the Priestess of the Crow had such a relationship with the astral body, but Fukaba's focus is the transformation from "Qiqi" to "Xinran".During the subsequent meetings and contacts, she grasped these two words and knocked on the side of the person sent by the director, and finally confirmed her guess.

Now in this three-dimensional dimension, the assimilation ceremony of the astral body and Tianyuan is the same as the ceremony of the witches in her family's "Zero" series. Think so.

Although in the original work, Sister Lizi said that after assimilation, her will and soul will coexist with Tianyuan.But to make an inappropriate analogy, if Tianyuan is compared to a super important AI that controls many enchantment centers, in the eyes of the high-level people in the magic world, the assimilation ceremony is the process of replacing its old and worn-out hardware equipment .

What they need is Tianyuan, not Riko Tenuchi——Different from Tianyuan, who has been guarding the magic world so far and has been almost mythical, a person, even a 14-year-old girl, has her own three views on thinking and personality and likes and dislikes.If such an "other personality" is mixed into Tianyuan, it will be no less than a major event that the central AI is implanted with a virus to the senior executives of the magic world.

Therefore, in their cognition, Sister Lizi, who is an astral body, must be completely voluntary in order to open her heart and integrate with Tianyuan, and ensure that what is assimilated is "Master Tianyuan who rewritten the first information", not some "Tianyuan" A mixture of an adult and Riko Amauchi".

When this was confirmed, Fukaha was extremely excited.Thanking the "good people" who provided consultation in her heart, she returned to the room arranged by the main hall of the shrine, closed the door and rolled several times on the tatami mat happily.A set of plans was quickly formulated.

She doesn't care how the high-level people in the magic world came up with this kind of thinking—maybe Lord Tian Yuan said it himself, after all, it is different from the gate of the underworld, theoretically speaking, he is alive.Or maybe it's because this three-dimensional dimension also incorporates the "Zero" series.Her "seeing" has become a magic formula, and the principle of "witches need to be voluntary" in her original work can of course also be turned into a general setting-it doesn't even care whether this is a fact or not.

It is enough for her to know that this is very beneficial to her.

So, during the rest of the spring break, Shen Yu kept pretending to be reluctant, hanging on to the spell director meeting, and refused to give a clear answer.Although there is no evidence, she has always felt that the astral body should not be unique, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why in the original work, sister Lizi failed to complete the assimilation, but Tianyuan was still alive and kicking and existed for more than ten years.

Shen Yu was afraid that he promised too early, after [watching] Sister Lizi, they turned around and asked her to [watch] someone else.after all--

"Hinasaki-sama, Kurosawa-sama. We're here."

A voice came from the co-pilot, and at the same time, the black limousine slowly stopped at the entrance of the luxurious five-star hotel.A well-trained doorman immediately stepped forward to open the door.Kurosawa Honghui took the lead in stepping out of the car steadily.Compared to his age, the old man, who was in unscientific physical fitness, declined the driver's support, turned around, leaned on a cane, and stretched out his right hand to Shen Yu.

Fukaha lowered her eyes, got out of the car through the view under the black veil, and put her hand on the sleeve of the old man's kimono through the sleeve.

When she stood up straight with the strength of the old man, the black veil that covered her eyes shook slightly.Sensing Shigeru Nakamura, who was standing not far from the two of them, was breathing hard again because of this detail, Fukaha blinked and couldn't help being funny.

So she laughed.

"Master Hinasaki?"

"Hmm~~" Shen Yu smiled and shook her head, "It's nothing. I'm just looking forward to meeting the astral body. It's a girl younger than me. It's amazing. It's just..." She paused, her lips The corner's smile deepened.

"I just don't know if this meeting can give a satisfactory answer to the Director Council."

——After all, her answer has already been prepared.Even if they are not satisfied, she will not change.