The head pillar also wants to be removed today

"This is the main hall dedicated to God Kagutsu." Riko Tenuchi pushed open the door, "The statue of God Kagutsu is inside."

"Then, the concubine will not bother you two." She bowed slightly and was about to leave.

Gojo Satoru obviously has more important things waiting for her.

"Well, sister Riko, wait a minute!" Seeing this, Conan hurried to Tennai Riko.

"I still have a question to ask." He clasped his hands together, "Can I go to Sister Lizi later?"

"Yes, yes..." Riko Tenuchi hesitated for a moment, after all, she was not sure how much time the conjurer would take.

"After paying homage, my little brother can go to the side hall and wait for me."

Riko Tenuchi bent down and patted Conan's head lightly, "Remember, kid, don't mess with the things inside."

"In this case, it will be disrespectful to the gods."

In fact, it was because he was afraid that the child would accidentally touch some spell tool or object.

"it is good!"

After Tenuchi Riko left, Hattori Heiji leaned against the door, full of resistance.

"Hey, I don't really want to go in and pay homage..."

Originally thought that he could pray for marriage, but he was told that the Kagutsu god enshrined here didn't care about it at all.

Then he had waited so long for nothing.

"Anyway, it's all here, so it's nothing to pay homage to."

Conan pushed open the door and walked in first.

"But how did you make a mistake." He glanced sideways at Hattori Heiji, who was dejected behind him, and really couldn't understand how this guy would make such a careless mistake.

"It is recorded in the "Kojiki" that Kagutsuchi killed Iyenami when he was born, and was beheaded by Iyenaki's sword. His blood and corpse turned into many gods.*"

Conan raised his head, and the statue of Kagutsuchi in the main hall was majestic and majestic, silently watching the worshipers.

"People worship Kagutu God in general to avoid fire."

No matter how you think about it, it can't be related to marriage.

Hattori Heiji sighed and walked over to him.

"But if it's really Kagutsuchi, it doesn't seem so effective."

"Huh? Why do you say that?"

"It seems that there was a fire near here...but I don't know the specific details."

Hattori Heiji tapped his head, "But by the way, do you have something you want to tell me?"

Just as Conan didn't believe that he called him to travel for nothing, he also didn't quite believe that it was okay for Conan to come to him.

"Hmm... almost." Conan paused his hands, and a rare look of doubt and hesitation appeared on his face.

"Some time ago, there was a movie theater where many people died inexplicably."

He frowned, as if thinking about how to organize his words.

"At that time, the police wanted to find Uncle Mao Li to help with the investigation, so I took a look at those photos."

"The faces and bodies of the victims in the photos are swollen and distorted to varying degrees, and some of them can't even see their original appearance."

"—that can no longer even be called a human being."

When Mao Lilan saw the photos, she was frightened and had nightmares for several nights.

"In such a short period of time as a movie, can the murderer really do that?"

Even detectives like them, who are used to seeing corpses and seeing all kinds of tragic deaths, can't help but feel chills behind them.

Hattori Heiji frowned when his attention was drawn away.

"What then?"

Have you found the murderer yet?

"There is no follow-up." Conan shrugged, looking helpless.

"Uncle Mao Li has stopped the investigation before it started, saying that another department is already in charge."

"I thought about going directly to the scene, but the cinema was completely blocked, and I couldn't get in at all."

He spread his hands, "Then when I go to investigate again, this case has already been solved."

"Eh?" Hattori Heiji was quite puzzled, "Is this solved?"

"What about the murderer?"

"I don't know." Speaking of this, Conan couldn't help sighing again.

"Don't say that the media of all parties have no relevant information. I asked Officer Takagi, and they were also confused."

This case was so inexplicably closed.

"And after that?" Hattori Heiji also looked serious.

"Is the prisoner showing up again?"

"That's not the case anymore."

Conan stared at the statue on the hall.

"But this case is still full of weirdness."

"Hatto." He called out, "I think about it sometimes."

Conan turned his head, his sea-blue eyes were filled with calm and wise light.

"Is there anything in this world that we don't know about?"

****

"Mr. Gojo is here to investigate Kagutsuchi Shinko, right?"

Riko Tennouchi nodded knowingly.

"We thought that no one was sent to investigate this matter, but we didn't expect Mr. Wujo to come in person."

"Because there is something I care about."

The white-haired conjurer seemed to ask casually, "By the way, how are you doing?"

"Although it is difficult to leave the shrine, the environment here is quiet, and Kuroi and I live very well here."

Riko Tennouchi bowed slightly, "Thank you for your trouble."

Although she didn't know how Gojo Satoru managed to arrange her and Kuroi Misato to this shrine, and there was almost no harassment thereafter, but it must have been a very difficult thing.

Keep her from living as an astral body.

But only as 'Tiannei Lizi' exists.

"These two are your students."

She couldn't help but take another look at Tanjirou who was following Gojo Satoru, with a smile on her brow.

"This child is the son of He Zhuo."

"For those of us who serve God Kagutsu, seeing the son of He Zhuo is a very auspicious thing."

"He Zhuo's son?" Yoshino Junpei, who had never heard of this ranking, was a little puzzled.

"what is that?"

"this--"

"Tanjiro." Gojo Satoru added.

"Tanjiro's hair and eyes are red, we call such a person the son of Hezhuo."

Riko Tenuchi pointed to Tanjiro's eyes, "I was still worried about whether the heart of Kagutsuchi would affect you."

"If you are the son of Hezhuo, then you don't need to worry."

"Huh? Here's why." Not only Yoshino Junpei and Tanjirou didn't understand this sentence, Gojo Satoru was also a little puzzled.

Although Tanjiro is not a curse spirit, he will not be affected by it...

"If I'm not wrong, your family should be engaged in occupations related to fire."

"Yes." Tanjiro nodded and replied loudly.

"Our family used to sell charcoal."

"Speaking of which, some people said that I was the son of Hezhuo before."

"That's right." Riko Tenuchi was not surprised.

"The son of Hezhuo, in related records, is also known as the family of Vulcan."

These are also slowly learned after she entered the shrine.

No wonder the others didn't know about it.

"So that's how it is!" Tanjiro suddenly realized and shook his hand.

He said why after entering the shrine, there is always a strange feeling, as if the body has become more relaxed, and the mood has improved a lot.

"If it is the son of He Zhuo, maybe he can see the heart of Kagu Tu."

"Huh?" Now it was Gojo Satoru's turn to be surprised.

"Hasn't the heart of Kagutsuchi been preserved by Nonomiya Shrine?"

How can there be no such statement.

"The heart of Kagutsuchi does exist in the Nonomiya Shrine." Riko Amauchi sighed, "But it is different from other special-grade curse objects, and it cannot be taken out at will."

After all, the formation of the heart of Kagutsuchi itself relies on the worship and prayers of believers to the god of fire.

"According to the records, the heart of Kagutsuchi will only appear briefly when the Fire God Festival is held, and disappear again after the Kagura Dance is over, until the next year's Fire God Festival reappears."

"However, with the loss of the god of fire, Kagura, the heart of Kagutu has not appeared for a long time."

Therefore, even knowing that the heart of Kagutsuchi has become less and less effective in recent years, they have nothing to do.

"The function of Kagutsuchi's heart is to suppress the curses around it, and at the same time prevent the birth of curse spirits related to it due to the fire."

"The decline of Kagutsuchi's heart may also be related to the more active surrounding curses and the gradual increase in the level of curse spirits."

Riko Tennouchi frowned, with a look of worry on her face.

"Especially not long after we came here, Kagutsuchi's heart weakened faster and faster."

"If no solution is found, Kagutsuchi's heart may completely lose its effectiveness."

This matter should have been handed over to the sorcerer at Kyoto High School.

However, for some reason, the conjurers in Kyoto basically turned a blind eye to the Nonomiya Shrine, otherwise they wouldn't have waited so long for the conjurers to come to investigate.

"Although I am very grateful to Mr. Wujo for coming, it is very likely that you will return without success."

Riko Tennouchi's face was full of apology.

After all, if you still can't find a way to make Kagutsuchi's heart manifest, then even Gojo Satoru will have no way to find out the root cause of Kagutsutsu's heart's decline.

"It's not sure yet." However, the white-haired conjurer waved his hand and didn't care at all.

"Besides that, has there been any abnormality in the heart of Kagutsuchi?"

The strongest asked.

"If I remember correctly - didn't Jieta come to investigate the heart of Kagutsuchi before?"

"Mr. Xia Youjie has indeed been here before." Riko Tennai lowered her head and thought for a while.

At that time, she and Kuroi had just entered the shrine not long ago, and their understanding of the heart of Kagutsuchi was far worse than it is now.

"If I remember correctly, when Mr. Xia You came, there was a sudden riot in the heart of Kagu Tsuchi for some reason."

"At that time, it caused a huge fire."

Even looking back now, Riko Tenuchi is still covered in cold sweat.

"At that time, Mr. Xia You and we split up. He was going to deal with the out-of-control fires and spells caused by the Kagutsuchi Heart riot. Kuroi and I were trying to calm down Kagutsuchi Heart."

"—But after Kagutsuchi's heart calmed down, we didn't see Mr. Xiayou again."

Until nearly seven or eight years later, Gojo Satoru brought his students to investigate the heart of Kagutsuchi again.