Tomo-sama's Rescue Plan - Hell Chapter

The multiple water veins of the Santu River finally converged on a mirror-like smooth and flat ice wasteland, just like the Arakawa finally flowed into the sea.

——You have to follow the direction of the river to find the sea before you can go out.

When I first arrived in Necromancer Hell, a girl named Bai Ji told me so.

The silver bell on the left hand disappeared with the disappearance of the spirit body, but that girl has truly integrated into my soul.

On the deserted ice wasteland, stands a huge, pitch-black torii gate. The sky behind the torii gate is occupied by black, spider-web-like things spreading in all directions. An altar made of bones.

Sitting on the altar was a girl who seemed to be only fourteen or fifteen years old. Like the last time we met, she was wearing luxurious twelve singles, with thick-soled wooden clogs on her feet, raised her pointed chin, and looked down at We, long black hair, flowed like water from the altar.

Standing next to the girl was a gentle young man in a silver and white safari, with a pair of Western glass mirrors on the bridge of his nose. He looked like a clerk, but he was a god I didn't know at all.

"Bai Ji, you're really here." She smiled like a flower, "You can persuade the envoy of Amaterasu to let you pass. I have to look at you, the god of water, with admiration."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Yizang Ranzun." I bowed to her and saluted, "That's because we are lucky, and Your Excellency Yuanyi is also compassionate."

"But why did you become such a tattered look?" The girl pretended to be surprised and said, "In this case, you may not be able to successfully integrate with the Yushen Body."

"I don't need to bother you." I smiled, "What conditions do you have, let's talk about it?"

"I said, you are not qualified to talk to me." Goddess Huang Quanjin said haughtily, and then turned her gaze to the ghost next to me, "It's you, which surprised me. In order to drive the undead, although I really hated you at the beginning, a guy with an unknown origin, but now it seems that your soul is indeed suitable for hell."

"Your Excellency can say that, I am really touched." Tong rubbed his eyes and said with emotion, "After all, Mr. Wu Mi said that my talent for being a ghost is twice as good as others."

"Don't pretend to be so disgusting in front of me," the girl sneered, "none of you guys are good guys. Do you think I don't know, Tong Mo, you have no feelings by nature, you just imitate other people's expressions."

"You hurt my heart by saying that." The ghost shook his fan sadly, "Actually, people can feel a little emotion when they are young, but after a while, they can't feel anything. It's not natural. .But this kind of small problem will not affect my salvation of believers."

"A believer?" The goddess laughed. "It's your food, right? But you are quite interesting, so why not stay with me. After all, hell is too boring. I happen to be short of someone who can tell jokes."

"Hey, it's really a great honor." Tong Mo bowed gracefully, "Since you said so, I can only do it. Although I didn't believe in the existence of gods and hell before, since After going to hell, people like it here. And," he narrowed his colored eyes slightly, "my vampirism can't hurt you, right?"

"Your observation skills are not bad. That's right, no matter whether it's a human or a ghost, any spells won't work for me." Goddess Huang Quanjin smiled coquettishly, "Because I've merged with this endless hell for a long time. One body, even if the gods come here, they have to be obedient, don't try to play any tricks in my territory."

"How could it be? The greatest advantage of me is that I treat people with sincerity." The ghost said with a smile, "Even when I was a ghost, I worked very hard. I will definitely not disappoint you."

"Then it's decided." The girl turned her head and smiled sweetly at me, "Bai Ji, although you are not very obedient, since everyone is a god, and you have traveled so far, as compensation, I I won't stop you from taking away the Yushen Body, but I can't help you with other things."

I sighed: "Are you going to keep this ghost to work for yourself, Yizang Ranzun? Can't I really take him away?"

"God of Arakawa, are you stupid in hell?" Goddess Huang Quanjin laughed sharply, "Going to hell means he is dead. Do you think ghosts are like gods, with the ability to cross the boundary between life and death? Is it? Unless you become a vengeful spirit like Wu Mi, there is only one way to reincarnate as a human being after atonement. This is the way of heaven, and it is not up to you and me. But this guy looks like a born ghost, and he can't do it at all. man."

"That's right, I really overlooked this point, thank you for your advice." I said regretfully, "In this case, I really have no other choice."

"Ghosts can't escape from hell. You should understand this from the very beginning. So I said, Bai Ji, Bai Ji, everything you do is useless, but your soul is not asleep, and you are considered a fallen angel." Rare and strange guy." The girl actually yawned, "Okay, take your imperial body and go."

I glanced at the evil ghost in red and smiled at him.

"Master Tong Mo, look, this is all I can do. This trip to hell ends here, and so does our cooperation. After all, I'm just a little water god."

——But you are an infinite existence.

"...This is a story in the Diamond Sutra. Later, the Immortal became a Buddha and taught his disciples that when I was cut into pieces by that king, I had no image of myself in my heart, nor Any other image, just because I am an invisible existence, there is no resentment in my heart. Therefore, when you want to save others, don’t care whether your body will perish, as long as your heart is in the invisible place, you can can become any tangible existence.”

"So," I continued to send him a message in my mind, "maybe you can also try to become an existence beyond ghosts. You must know that the more you are empty, the more you can become everything. It is said in Buddhist scriptures."

"Do you even believe the stories written in the scriptures? Xiaoran, sometimes I really wonder if there is something wrong with your brain." The ghost replied to me rather mockingly, "Besides, you just believe that. What about my abilities?"

"The things written in the scriptures are also difficult to distinguish between true and false, but I only believe in this passage, because that's how I became a god back then."

"Master Tong Mo, the transformation of gods does not follow common sense. You are the son of gods. I have already said that if one day you can do something incredible, I will not be surprised at all."

The ghost, who was always talkative, was silent for a rare moment, "Xiao Ran really believes... I am the son of the gods?"

"I believe it. I have believed it since the first time I saw you when I was eight years old." I said seriously, "Although you can't hear the voice of the gods, the gods themselves don't speak directly to people. They All it does is throw fate on your head and see what you do."

"Don't bow to fate, Tong Mo, move forward, be free and proud, and live as the unique 'you', just like you chose to be a ghost when you were 20 years old."

I half-kneeled on the white ice, gently stroked the water of the Santu River that had been frozen for thousands of years with my remaining right hand, and showed a smile that no one could see.

The fall of the gods only takes a moment.

At that moment, the cold air and frost spread rapidly along my arms, swimming in the body along the circuit of blood and spiritual power, the broken spiritual veins re-grow like plants that break the ground in spring, and the lost spiritual body Immediately following the recovery, fangs at the corners of the mouth and a blood-colored lotus winding around the left arm and swaying in the wind grew along with it.

Pressing both hands on the ice at the same time, the blue flames were like sparks in the wilderness, instantly igniting the ice field.

"Bai Ji, what are you doing?"

Goddess Huang Quanjin said suspiciously, "What method did you use? Can you restore the spiritual power circuit?"

"Ah, please allow me to explain to you," the evil ghost on the side interrupted, "This is called ghost transformation."

"Are you kidding? She is a god!" The girl said in amazement, "How could she do such... such depraved things?"

"Although she is a god, this child is also my family member." The ghost smiled slightly, "It seems that the power of the gods was used to suppress the ghost blood, Xiaoran is really a strong girl, I am proud of you. "

At the place burned by the blue flame, the ice surface turned from white to transparent, and under the glass-like clear ice, a pair of huge and twisted snake bones gradually appeared. Hundreds of detached ribs pointed to the sky, like a blooming flower. put flowers.

That is the body of the God of Arakawa, the skeleton of the Snake God.

Countless bluish auras radiated from my spiritual body, those auras did not fly upwards, but sank into the ice surface, adhering to the giant snake's white bones layer by layer.

The spirit body also began to dissipate.

Those lights are like fireflies in the mountains on a summer night.I think.

There seemed to be a girl humming softly in my ear:

fireflies last night

Where are you flying to?

become stars in the sky,

become flowers in the mountains,

The stars have no eyes,

flowers can't talk,

Firefly, firefly,

fly away...

The concubine of the daimyo, the priestess of Arakawa, the sacrifices, the gods, the entourage of the oni, and... the me that belongs only to you.

This is my life.Yet in 200 years, there has never been a moment of peace and contentment like this.

Faces appeared in front of my eyes, including Qin Ye, brother and sister Xiaomei, Zao Yun, Master Heishi Mou, and even Master Wu Mi and Xiao Yueyue.

And that pair of radiant eyes looking back at me in the river of Santu River on that blood moon night.

Along the way, I met many people and experienced many things. Those people and things made my heart whole again.

It was you who made me, who was once alone, have friends, teachers, and people I like. Is there a better ending than this?

Now, I have said what I have to say, I have walked the road I have to walk, and I have done everything that can be done.

The last gift I can give you is freedom.

This is the blessing of the gods, and it belongs only to you.

Tong Mo, I wish you to be free.

"Remember, you must eat everything I have left."

I said to him with my last thoughts.

"But in that case, you will die, right?" The ghost's tone remained calm, "Does Xiaoran want to escape from me? It's not possible."

"Hey, this is what you said yourself, as long as you eat it, you can be with you forever."

"Xiao Ran is not my believer, right? You have said it yourself, you are my friend and family member." Tong Mo's voice was gentle and steady, as if he had changed back to the God Son of the Bliss Sect on the altar, "But if this It's Xiaoran's wish, and I'd be happy to help you realize it. Do you have anything else to say to me? I'll listen."

What else do you want to say?

There are too many things I want to tell you, but not now.

"Tong Mo, if we... can still meet, take me to see that movie, okay?"

"Okay," the ghost laughed like a child in my mind, "this will be our agreement, come and pull the hook~"

"Also, do you remember our game? You asked me what love is, and I once told you that love is something that cannot be explained in words, it can only be expressed by what you do."

I solemnly said: "What I'm doing now is called 'love'. Master Tong Mo is the person I love, you have to remember, don't forget."

Yes, I love you.

From Bai Ji to Ran, everyone loves you.

From humans to gods, from the world to hell.

Knowing that there is no result, I still love you.

Tong Mo, you are a child loved by God, please be happy.

The ice layer fell apart in the violent vibrations, and a blue-blue giant snake with golden scales shining all over its body rose into the sky, opened its mouth full of fangs, and carried the torrent of the Santu River to the sky. The altar of bones rushed forward.

A look of astonishment appeared on the face of Goddess Huang Quanjin.

"Snake God... no, has he transformed into a dragon god? Bai Ji... I really underestimated you..."

"Yuedu, kill this rude water god for me." She ordered coldly.

"Yes."

The young man in hunting clothes beside the goddess bowed slightly, then opened his hands gently, and three silver barriers suddenly appeared in front of the giant snake.

Amidst the continuous bangs, blue scales sprinkled from the sky accompanied by rain-like blood, but the barrier also shattered like a glazed mirror, scattering into shining meteors one after another.

The young man in hunting clothes smiled and said softly:

"As expected of the Dragon God of Arakawa, Bai Ji, I have seen your belief."

Goddess Huang Quanjin cracked the corner of her mouth, and maggots flowed from her face that turned into rotten bones.

"Hehe, you really don't listen..."

Before the rest of the words could be uttered, the giant snake jumped up to her eyes, swallowed the half-beautiful, half-frightening goddess into its mouth, and then rushed towards the sky.

The god used his body to hit the dark and chaotic sky of Infernal Hell again and again, as if desperately trying to smash a way out, and the dark red blood of God dyed the ice field into a pool of blood.

After the last impact, the giant snake's body suddenly shattered and turned into a blue aura that filled the sky. Afterwards, bursts of thunder rolled across the sky, and heavy rain poured down.

On the altar made of white bones, the girl in twelve singles reappeared, looked at the rain screen and smiled disdainfully.

"Bai Ji, that's all you have. You don't think you can kill me by swallowing my spirit body, do you? You're so naive. I'm more than just this spirit body."

But she suddenly frowned, and an ominous premonition that belonged to the gods suddenly appeared.

At the same time, the world in front of him suddenly turned into pure white, and the heavy rain that fell from the sky had turned into flying snowflakes at some point.

The Goddess turned her gaze to the evil spirit with unstained hair like white oak. The evil spirit was still standing there, with a carefree and innocent smile like a child, with slender, blood-stained fingers Holding a blue crystal.

He put it in front of his eyes and looked at it.

"Wow, Xiaoran is so beautiful~" There was no sadness in the ghost's clear, iridescent eyes, but an inorganic light like ice crystals.

"As expected, it's so cute~"

The next moment, he licked the crystal lightly, and then put it in his mouth without hesitation.

"Ah, it's Xiaoran's taste, it's really great! Let me just say, Xiaoran's taste is the best!"

"Eh? Eh? What does this feel like? What is it?"

The ghost talking to himself suddenly froze, as if caught in some kind of distant memory for a moment.

"It is you…"

he said softly.

"So...it's you..."

Goddess Huang Quanjin felt an inexplicable disgust.

The thing in front of him didn't look like a person, nor did he look like a ghost. He stood there, glaring like a strange and alien creature.

I don't know why, it's just unspeakably awkward.

She waved her hand, and a jet of black lightning struck the blood-red figure.

It's better to clean up this strange thing.

Luo Lei blasted a deep pit on the ice, but there was nothing in the pit.

The Goddess looked at the place in some confusion, but heard a cold voice sounding from the other direction without any ups and downs.

"Are you looking for me?"

The whole body of the man in red seemed to have been splashed with blood, a mask-like smile hung on his handsome face, but his voice was as rigid as some kind of machine.

"Although she is a cute girl, your excellency has a bad temper like Mr. Wu Mi."

"You...why are you still alive?" Goddess Huang Quanjin felt that today's strange things happened one after another, "Are you..."

"I got it."

The monster named Tong Mo stood on a lotus flower made of ice, tilted its head, and had two golden fans in its hands.

"Although it's only a little bit, your lord's smell... how should I put it, it's like meat that has rotted for a long time. It's so pitiful, so pitiful."

He looked at her with colorful glazed eyes, and said expressionlessly:

"You must be in pain, right?"

The goddess' face darkened, and the surroundings became as dark as the polar night, and more than a dozen pitch-black storms swept towards the man on the lotus.

"It's a strange attack. It's like the moves that Fengzhu of the ghost killing team used to like to use... No, no, it's not the same, it's closer to the blood ghost technique." The demon-like man in red actually grinned excitedly. He opened his mouth, revealing four sharp fangs, "Do all gods fight like this? You must write it down."

Immediately afterwards, I heard the demon softly read a sentence:

"Blood Ghost Art Man Lotus Flower."

Something tore the ice layer and grew out from the depths of the Santu River. Things like entangled roots loomed among the ice floes. With the two golden fans waving, they scurried like dead snakes. out of the water.

It looks like... a lotus?

The storm tore those strange lotus vines, and the broken ice flew, but with more cracking sounds, the endless cyan lotus vines began to rush out of the ice crazily. The lotus leaf, the river as far as the eye can see turned into an endless lotus pond in an instant, the ice collapsed, and living white lotus flowers bloomed on the water surface of this kingdom of death.

"How could it be... have you absorbed my spiritual power..."

Goddess Huang Quanjin stood there stunned, until the young man in hunting clothes next to her bowed slightly to her.

"My lord, that is almost enough."

"Who said enough?!" The girl screamed, "This...this kind of thing is nothing, can't feel anything...how is it possible...?!"

"Why do you say such vile things?"

The evil ghost in red was stepping on the lotus, and at some point had already walked in front of her, with no expression on his face, as quiet as a pool of stagnant water.

The golden folding fan unfolded in his hand, emitting a cold light like ice and snow in the darkness.

"I'm a kind person, and I'm especially gentle with girls." The ghost sighed, "But that's the only thing I don't like."

"Obviously I can feel it, that child's heart," he pointed lightly at his chest, "it's beating right here."

The bright golden iron fan aimed at the girl's head and cut it off violently.

After a crisp sound, a mirror made of sapphire barely blocked the sharp fan blade.

"Wait a minute, I think we can talk." Said the young man gently.

The evil spirit blinked, and then put on an amiable expression for an instant.

"Really, Your Excellency said it earlier, I am the best at listening to people." He said with a smile, "But now, it's my turn to make a condition~"

In the darkness, sat a child.

He looked very small, about seven or eight years old.He sat blankly in the darkness and silence, his white oak hair shimmering like the first snow.

I walked up to him and called him softly, "Little God."

He seemed to have finally noticed my existence, and raised a pair of beautiful, rainbow-like eyes.

"What are you doing here?" I squatted in front of him, smiling at him.

The child blinked.

"I seem to be waiting for someone, but I can't remember who I'm waiting for."

"Don't wait any longer, come with me." I said.

"I can't go." The child shook his head, "Many people need me, and I exist only to save everyone."

"But... where did everyone go?" He looked blankly at the darkness, "Why am I the only one here?"

"You have already done it." I touched his face, "You saved a girl, she worked hard to survive because of your redemption, even death couldn't defeat her, she always wanted to see you, you Don't you want to see her?"

"Really?" Surprise appeared on the child's face, "Did I really save a person? A girl?"

"It's true."

"Great." The child smiled. "So I'm a good boy, right?"

"You are the most unique child in the world, the son of a god." I said to him seriously, "but you have fulfilled your mission, now you can play."

"Is it okay? Is it really okay?" His eyes lit up, "Will you take me away?"

I held out my hand to him and said, "Let's go, the cherry blossoms in Edo Castle are blooming, let's go see the cherry blossoms."

We walked for a long, long time.

Until the darkness disappeared, the sky gradually brightened, until the end of the path in the mountain, a red torii gate appeared.

A small figure stood under the torii, waving at us.

The girl is still the same as when she was eight years old, with doll hair combed, and a few small flowers embroidered on the white kimono.

"You're finally here, you're late," she said.

The white-haired boy let go of my hand and ran towards her.

"Miss Bai Ji!" He called out her name cheerfully, "Sorry, I'm late! Thank you, you kept the promise."

The girl smiled and took his hand, "You have also kept the promise, little god of the Bliss Sect, you have worked hard all the way."

She looked at me, her eyes curled up like crescent moons.

"Xiaobai, thank you."

I watched them disappear at the end of the road hand in hand, and the early cherry blossoms in the mountains covered the road like a spring snow.

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There is still a big chapter to finish~ but it still seems...no comments.Probably the reason why I always fail to apply for the list... That's it.