[Comprehensive] This is a fake Diablo Honmaru

Kyoto is full of miasma, and the dark sky is dotted with cold jade mirrors, which are wet and cold, as if they have just been salvaged from an icy river.

Stepping into Suzaku Avenue, the cold air that penetrated the ground into the seams of their clothes was even worse, and the streets and alleys were closed and locked, and there was no sound.This neighborhood was supposed to be a bustling downtown area that separated the left and right capitals. During the day, when officials and nobles had an audience with the emperor, they either took a bullock cart or walked across Suzaku Avenue to the Kyoto Imperial Palace.But at this time, it was as quiet as if no one lived in the vicinity, it had been deserted for many days, it was cold and eerie.

Even if no one in the party present was an "ordinary human being", the atmosphere that was too silent made people feel uncomfortable.

"It's kind of... scary." Imamori said softly, the white-haired boy's red plum-colored eyes shone apprehensively, he was a little scared, but also full of expectation, staring at the dark alley lingering in the miasma.As if wondering what kind of "monster" would come out of that alley.

The shadows of giant snakes are distorted and twisted on the wall. They are the avatars of Yamata no Orochi’s evil spirit. They have no consciousness, but they have the power to amplify the negative emotions of others. If “Yata no Orochi” is a tree, then these snake shadows are Its "roots" are intertwined in the soil of Kyoto to absorb the spiritual power needed for resurrection.

Tsurumaru Kuni always remembers that he met the avatar of Yamata no Orochi with her in the villages around Gyeonggi.Different from these ghostly silhouettes, the Yamata no Orochi possessed by the monster called Shanhuo is obviously conscious.

Wait, is that snake aimed at...

Just when he suddenly realized something, a heart-piercing sound came from the alleyway ahead: "Help, help—!"

Everyone looked up, and a man in commoner clothes with a pale face stumbled out of the mist.He saw someone in front of him, and saw the knives on their waists. The man suddenly opened his eyes wide, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw. The nearest California clear light.

"You," Jia Qingguang, who was suddenly grabbed by his sleeves, was dragged and staggered. He quickly stabilized his figure, and seeing the man's distraught appearance, Jia Jia Qingguang swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, without pulling back his hand, he Holding the man's arm to make the man stand still, the man panicked and yelled, "Help! Help me! Help me warriors, there are monsters!"

The Fusangshen looked at each other, and Yingcao, who was also a monster, hid behind Yijin Zhen's wronged face: She, she can't eat people...

monster……?Could it be——!

The time predicted by Abe Seimei was approaching, and the fusangshen immediately realized what had happened. They looked at each other and nodded. Dizzy, the other party left, frowned with a headache, and said to the others: "You guys go there first, I will take this person to a safe place, and I will come later."

"Thank you." Yaki Hasebe nodded.

"Well," California Qingguang responded, "I'll leave the master's affairs to you."

Yijin Zhentian: I have already said that they are their masters.

She looked at the Fusangshens strangely, because she learned from the man who escaped that the direction of the Suzaku Avenue had changed. She didn't wait for the swords, and rubbed Yingcao's hair comfortingly, and said, "here Wait for me" and rushed out.

"Let's go too," Tsurumaru Kuninaga recalled the speculation just now, his tone was not as relaxed as before, and urged, "I have a bad feeling."

Reminiscent of the girl's prepared reaction at that time - the Yamata no Orochi that appeared in the villages around Gyeonggi was probably aimed at her.

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"Master Tang Ji, what should we do next?"

Hearing the onmyoji beside her gritted her teeth and couldn't hold back the panic and trembling tone, she turned her gaze to look at the scene of purgatory outside the barrier.

Because of the miasma that is as vast as the sea, and her eyes can't see a little farther at night, even though her eyes fell on the direction of the alley, in fact, she can only see a very close place , so close that you can only see the onmyoji outside the barrier who has been absorbed and collapsed on the ground like a dead tree, and a little further away is the human being who has been bound into a stone statue by the demon power of Yamata no Orochi.

Her night vision is not very good, so she can't see the longing for life and the fear of death on the face of the petrified person.However, the onmyojis hiding in her enchantment can see clearly.

However, although she couldn't see clearly the stone statue's death-struggling and frozen appearance, on the way here, she had seen too many faces like a cornered beast.

Because of the resurrection of Yamata no Orochi, the lives of the people are in dire straits, and the people are in dire straits.

She didn't think things would turn out like this, it was her fault.But—it doesn't matter.

So, she is back.

Even though I don't want to, even though I want to escape.

But when she recalled the little girl who gave her a bowl of water and a piece of cake on the way to escape, she couldn't move forward no matter what.The girl was wearing patched sleeves, and her body and face were dusty because of a fall, but she had extremely bright eyes. The girl asked innocently: "My brother has gone to Kyoto, sister, is Kyoto not far from here?" Ah, when will my brother come back?"

"..."

Unable to answer.She saw the woman hiding behind the girl and secretly wiping her tears. Her throat seemed to be blocked by a stone, and she couldn't utter a single syllable.

Before returning to Kyoto, she sent a message with a paper crane and contacted the onmyojis in the Onmyoji.

The onmyojis who came to meet him appeared on Suzaku Avenue as agreed - Qingming was not there, and fortunately he was not.

In the letter, Tang Ji specifically asked the Onmyojis not to let Seimei Abe of Tsuchimikado know about this matter.His power is necessary for Kyoto, and it cannot be wasted in this kind of place.Moreover, the departure of the [-]-year-old bhikkhuni and the matter of offering sacrifices to the witches and goddesses should have given him enough headaches...?

Thinking of the man who planned strategies before amnesia but was calm and breezy with everyone, after using the yin and yang reversal technique, he made friends with others unexpectedly, she thought of Qingming's distressed look shaking his head and knocking on his fan, and she wanted to laugh a little. Happy for him again.

Yamata no Orochi must not want her to return to Kyoto, and will do everything possible to hinder her.After all, she came back to seal it.That's why she took the initiative to contact Yin Yang Liao for escort.

The result—let alone "escort", it was entirely her job to protect them.

Tang Ji thought troubledly and pulled the bowstring. After the crisp tremolo, the arrow sank into the darkness, piercing the retrograde army approaching the barrier neatly.Speaking of which, this group of guys should be called "Retrospective Army", right?

She recalled Fu Sangshen, who was dressed in white like crane feathers, she met on the way to escape, thinking uncertainly.

At that time, because A Xia destroyed the four-phase barrier, the imperial guards surrounded her mansion.She dismissed the shikigami ahead of time, and although she was a little unwilling, she still planned to catch them without a fight.But the retrograde army appeared, they slaughtered the soldiers and guards, facing the bloody corpses in the mansion, the speechless girl took the opportunity to slip away.

Looking at it now, this group of fusangshen, known as the "retrospective army", did not necessarily want to save her, but to prevent her from opening the formation and seal the gate of the underworld in the northeast of Kyoto.Well, this also makes sense, why the time retrograde army will cooperate with Yamata no Orochi's men to attack Suzaku Avenue and kill the Onmyojis.

They are here for her.

"Ah, I've run out of arrows." She touched the empty quiver, looked at the retrograde army and monsters who were rushing forward and bumped into the barrier, and tilted her head, "It's hopeless, wait for death."

Onmyojis: "..."

"How long can the enchantment last? Even if I wait to die here, I will definitely send you to the eye of the formation!" The leading onmyoji gritted his teeth and moved forward. He bit his thumb to form a seal, which was burning his whole body The spiritual power is a technique that temporarily enhances one's own physique. The warlock who uses this "spell" will suffer from the pain of being devoured by flames and turn into a mummified corpse after the spiritual power is exhausted.

This is an extremely vicious spell that should not be used lightly. Tang Ji, who was guided by the genius onmyoji He Mao Zhongxing in the Yin-Yang Dao, can naturally see this. She saw it, but she didn't stop it.

She pursed her lips and remained silent. When the onmyoji was about to finish reciting the spell, she heard the sound of hurried footsteps buried in howling ghosts and wolves. Tang Ji quickly grabbed the wrist of the onmyoji who cast the spell: "Wait a minute. "Maybe it can be saved?

"Well, cough—" the onmyoji who was caught off guard and interrupted the spell suddenly coughed up a big mouthful of blood because of the backlash. He raised his head and gave the girl a look. Tang Ji let go of her wrist guiltily and whispered, "It's just spit blood , compared to a life, you earned it."

"Here—someone is coming." She looked forward and raised her chin slightly.

The sharp silver light cut through the darkness like the afterglow of an ice wheel. She narrowed her eyes slightly and tried her best to see, but it was still difficult to see the startled figure shuttling between the retrograde army and monsters.It's just that the man's white feathers are too conspicuous, like a crane that quietly landed on the frozen lake in the dark, even if her night vision is not very good, she will not fail to notice him.

The girl curled her lips unconsciously.

"Master Shi Yao...!" Yijin Zhentian flew down in front of the barrier.

She froze for a moment, facing the former Shikigami through the transparent barrier like a thin ice surface.

Yijin Zhentian looked earnestly, and she stroked the barrier with her hand, looking like she wanted to keep calm, but couldn't help but look forward to it.

Not far away, Yingcao drove away the monsters affected by Yamata Orochi's evil spirit with a huge dandelion in her hand. She waved at the girl, showing a smile like a child who has been rewarded with candy. With a smile, he greeted vigorously: "Master Shi Yao! I found you."

She hesitated for a while, then reached out to the barrier.The enchantment she set up by herself was already in danger after a few rounds of retrograde army attacks. Under the active contact of her fingertips, it seemed to melt the ice and gradually disappeared.

The girl smiled at Yijin Zhentian, her brows and eyes curved like a moon, and she responded softly: "Well, you have found it."

Because of the disappearance of the enchantment, Yijin Zhentian threw himself into the girl's arms, Tang Ji raised her arms to hug her, the girl gently stroked Yijin Zhentian's soft hair, and she raised her head.

After the joining of the Fusangshen, the situation of the battle was reversed in an instant. Many retrograde troops and rioting monsters fled to other places, and they all chased after them.

She looked at Tsurumaru Kuninaga who was about to leave, blinked slowly, and silently said:

--"Thanks".

"...I'm sorry, Yijin Zhentian and Yingcao. I made you worry." She withdrew her gaze, and slowly clenched her fingers, her eyes darkened.

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"...Is this really all right?" California Qingguang stood on the eaves. After finishing the time-traveling army and the escaped monsters, they didn't leave Suzaku Avenue, but they didn't reappear either.

They just watch.

The master of the past era, she said something to the shikigami with a gentle expression, which is familiar to the Fusangshin, and the gentle expression of the god-inspector on weekdays.However, the present Fusangshen finally read the master's serene smile, which is different from the past.

She is not someone who can show her emotions, so when those waves are undercurrents, by the time they react, everything is often a foregone conclusion.

She rubbed Yingcao's hair and fell silent, as if she was considering her words.Yijin Zhentian suddenly had a premonition of panic, she subconsciously grabbed the girl's sleeve, and hesitated to speak: "Shi Yao... eh!?"

The body cannot move.

Because of the power of the "binding" curse, Yijin Zhentian and Yingcao stood in place together, unable to move.Yingcao asked in a blank tone: "Lord Shi Yao, why...?"

"Master Shiyao, please undo the spell!" Yijin Zhentian couldn't ignore the anxiety in his heart—especially now that Master Shiyao showed such an expression... an expression like "smiling farewell".

Shikigami's tone is unprecedentedly tough and resolute.

However, the girl was indifferent.

She pulled out her sleeves and didn't look back: "I'm sorry, Yijin is so naive. I'll leave everyone to you."

Yijin Zhentian was dumbfounded, she finally remembered, on the day of the banquet, when she met Lord Shi Yao in the corridor, his master's voice was as soft as a cool night breeze.Because of the drunkenness at that time, Yijin Zhentian's memory of that period has always been vague, and he couldn't think clearly for a long time, and even thought it was his own illusion in a trance.

That’s right, Master Shi Yao said at that time——

"Yizu Zhentian, if one day I'm gone, can I ask you to take care of everyone?"

That is, the lord who is so gentle and absolutely impossible to abandon Shikigami, unless...

Unless she encounters a situation where she has to do so.

"Wait, Shiyao Da—uh...cough cough!" The voice suddenly disappeared from Yijin Zhentian's throat, and the spell that restrained the two suddenly intensified, and their voices were cut off suddenly.After a while, Yijin Zhentian bent down to cough and found that the spell had been released, but when the monster girl who had fallen on the ground raised her head, there was no one on the blood-stained Suzaku Avenue.

"Sister Zhentian..." Yingcao, who wanted to cry, saw Yijin Zhentian's expression at this time, but couldn't cry anymore.

What, what to do.If sister Zhentian is crying, how should she comfort her?Is it okay to use Jinping sugar?

When Yingcao was at a loss, Yijin Zhentian covered her eyes with her hands, and after a long time, she sobbed softly.

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"Hey, have you heard?"

"I heard about it."

"—Has Tang Ji who broke the four-phase seal been caught?"

"According to the parasitic soul, Tang Ji ran back to the capital by herself and was caught."

"Why? I can't understand - if she comes back, she will definitely die. I ran away and never came back."

"what?"

"Hey, kid, didn't you know? To seal the gate of the underworld in the northeast and prevent the resurrection of Yamata no Orochi, the four-phase seal must be reopened. To reopen the once destroyed enchantment, one must sacrifice a person with A powerful witch."

"That's right, I've heard about this too... If you want to say that the priestess in Kyoto, Tang Ji, who possesses such spiritual power and is the culprit in the resurrection of Yamata no Orochi, is the best candidate."

"—she is going to die."

"...What's going on!? Foxnosuke!" After returning to the dorm, Hasebe, who had learned about the "living sacrifice" from the whispering monsters, blurted out, resisting the urge to turn around and look for the master.

Regarding this, Honosuke, who was questioned by the Fusangshen, tilted his head unsurprisingly: "That's right."

"No mistake," it repeated, "that's history."

"You said... this is history?" California Qingguang murmured in disbelief. They originally only knew that they wanted to send the master back to Yinyangliao to complete the seal—but they didn't know that the seal required the sacrifice of the master's life. He declined to provide details on the grounds of "insufficient information".Is this the case? ?

"Yes, in the original history, for the sake of the suffering people in Kyoto, Lord God Judge took the initiative to die, completed the four-phase formation with his own life, sealed the gate of the underworld, and weakened Yamata no Orochi. This move delayed The time for the complete resurrection of Yamata no Orochi also gives other onmyojis the opportunity to completely eradicate the evil god Yamata no Orochi." Foxnosuke narrowed his eyes and said comfortably, "It can be said that the judge of the gods can survive to appear in front of everyone , It is already a miracle. The formation will squeeze the spiritual power of the victim's body, and the sacrifice will suffer flame-like pain in the eyes of the formation. The God Judge did not mention how she survived, and the details I just... eh?"

Halfway through the talk, Foxosuke was picked up by Tsurumaru Kuninaga by the back of his neck, his limbs were hanging in the air, and he asked innocently: "Your Excellency Tsurumaru, may I ask—"

"You don't want to say 'you don't know the further situation'?" Tsurumaru Kuninaga shook Honosuke and asked back, "As the eyeliner of the government of time and the assistant of the lord, if it is so useless, it is better for us tonight An extra meal is also a good way to reward everyone."

Foxnosuke: Wait, wait a minute, hasn't this Dark Fallen Honmaru been completely purified!

"Your Excellency, Tsurumaru, fox meat is not tasty at all!" It hastily defended.

"I was just kidding, did I scare you?" Tsurumaru Kuninaga narrowed his golden eyes slightly and looked at it for a while, and Fu Sangshen put it down with a smile on Foxosuke who was being stared at, as if nothing had happened typical.

"This kind of joke is not funny at all, Tsurumaru-dono..." Foxosuke who was placed on the window sill whispered.It doesn't think that Tsurumaru Kuninaga was just teasing it just now, and he was completely lifeless.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga's eyes fell on the others, and there was a sound of arguing at the door of the room. After hearing that the lord was going to die, Imai immediately ran out, but was held down by Hasebe on the shoulder.

"I'm going to my lord's place!"

"calm down……"

"How do you calm down? Mr. Hasebe also thinks the Lord doesn't care what happens?"

"No," facing Imaiken's question without hesitation, Hasebe tightened his palms and felt the pain from his shoulder. Holding Jinjian, he said word by word, "Of course I don't think Master's matter is indifferent, and I really want to save her. But, this is history."

Jinjian was dumbfounded for a while and softly said with aggrieved words: "But..."

"it does not matter."

When the atmosphere in the dormitory became dull, a soft voice came in.Everyone was stunned, and they all looked towards the door in unison. The girl in the maiden costume and the half-face of a fox slightly bent her lips, and repeated again: "It's okay, I'm sorry, I made you worry."

"God judge." Yamato Shou'an responded.

The god judge who returned to this era by using the space-time device nodded and smiled slightly. She rubbed the fluffy hair on the top of Imaken's head, and glanced at the fusangshen with different expressions in turn, and finally looked at Tsurumaru Kuninaga by the window. , She paused, and asked Foxnosuke in a business-like manner: "Foxosuke, how long can I stay in this era?"

"Because the god judge from the past era is nearby...you can stay for up to two hours." Honosuke estimated.

"Well, it should be enough," she touched her chin and raised her head after pondering for a while, "Although the matter of the time-traveling army has been resolved, I still have some extra tasks to ask you, can you? Don't worry, absolutely not Missions that would destroy history."

Her tone was brisk, and she was even in a joking mood, as if she was facing the shadow of the past, which had no effect on her.Even such a heavy and dark past was mixed with other memories by her in her long torrent of time, turning it into an extraordinary memory.

"Since it is the Lord's order, it must be done for you!"