As the great butler of the Demonic Time King - a reliable attendant trained by the Witch Hana for the Demon King, under normal circumstances, you can always trust Woz's efficiency in doing things.
No, when Tokiwa Shougo and Tsukuyomi set up the round table for the meeting and waited for a while, they heard a humble knock on the door.
"Dong dong dong!"
You don't need to look to know that it's Woz.
He found Gates and brought Gates back to the nine-to-five hall, and came to the door of the room where Tokiwa Shogo was about to hold a regular meeting.
"Come in." Tokiwa Shougo said.
The door was unlocked and open to facilitate the arrival of Woz and Gates.
Gates was not polite. After arriving, he stepped directly into the room.
Seeing this, Woz didn't reprimand Gates for being rude, but he didn't follow Gates' rudeness either.
He was knocking on the door, and after getting permission from Tokiwa Shougo, he crossed the door, entered the room, and closed the door.
"Crack!"
After the door is closed, the regular meeting on the "Alien Noisy Ghost Incident" officially begins.
…
At the same time, in the Tachibana Dessert Shop and the studio of the Kanto branch of the Warriors Organization, with the arrival of Tianmeijing, a meeting to deal with the "Orochi Phenomenon" was also held simultaneously.
Tachibana Sejiro looked around at the ghosts sitting on both sides of the long table...
Cut off ghosts, win ghosts, blast ghosts, blow ghosts with authority, and heavenly ghosts.
Among them, the ghosts who participated in the earth purification ceremony are still there, which is a blessing.
But time is ruthless, and at this time, they are no longer young.
Yes, it has been 13 years.
Even Todoroki Todoroki, the newcomer who had just become a ghost, was already close to 40 years old and his physical condition had begun to decline, let alone Katsuki and Kaigui who were already over 45 years old.
To be honest, for ghosts, a highly dangerous combat profession, elderly warriors like Shenggui and Zaigui should have retired, but until this year, they were still fighting on the front line.
However, the powerful ghost who was supposed to be at his peak had already lost the power to transform into a ghost and continue to fight the demonized demon due to serious injuries that year, and he has not recovered yet.
Fortunately, he taught an outstanding disciple - Tian Gui.
This is a good thing.
But the problem is that over the years, among the younger generation, only Tian Meijing has become a ghost. This can be seen from the scene of this meeting.
There is a serious gap in the new generation of ghosts.
This is not only because there are fewer and fewer people in modern society who are willing to become ghosts to fight demonized monsters, but also because, over the years, for some reason, the threshold for cultivation to become a ghost has become higher and higher and more difficult. .
This resulted in the older generation of ghosts having to postpone their retirement.
This is the case with Cai Gui and Sheng Gui.
However, there is another reason why they delayed their retreat and forced themselves to continue fighting on the front line.
That is - unwillingness!
What are they unwilling to do?
Just listen to Tachibana Sejiro say:
"After the earth purification ceremony that year, although the arrival of the big snake phenomenon came to a standstill, the frequency of the appearance of the demonized sparrows also returned to normal... It seems that except for the appearance of the demonized sprites, they are no longer surrounded by boys and girls. It's back to normal, but we all know..."
At this point, Tachibana Sejiro paused, and then said in a heavy tone the fact that had been weighing on them all these years.
"We failed in the earth purification ceremony back then!"
…
From nine to five, Woz is recounting the results of his investigation to his Majesty the Demon King.
"The Warriors organization doesn't know the history of the knights. They only know that in this timeline of the alien ring ghosts, the earth purification ceremony they tried their best to complete has never succeeded.
"The Earth Purification Ceremony Site back then is now surrounded by a strange forest - the Forest of Wood Spirits.
"Yes, the sign of the big snake's coming, the Wood Spirit Forest, has always been there, always like a big mountain, weighing on the hearts of the warrior organization, but unfortunately, they can't do anything about the Wood Spirit Forest.
"The ordinary wood spirit forest is not a forest. It has only one main body. As long as the main body is destroyed, the wood spirit forest will disappear.
“But the forest of wood spirits that now covers the earth’s purification ceremony site is not just a forest of wood spirits, but a real forest.
"If I have to say it, it should be a forest composed of wood spirits."
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In the studio of the Kanto branch of the Warriors Organization, Tachibana Sejiro recalled the past and said with a serious expression:
"The forest composed of the wood spirit forest has covered the place since you exited the earth purification ceremony site.
"They seem to be protecting something... No, they are protecting something, protecting that... alien ghost!
"In addition, the existence of that strange forest also constantly reminds us that the arrival of the big snake phenomenon has not ended, it has just temporarily stopped its arrival."
"So, no matter what the purpose of that alien ghost was to continue to pound the earth after taking over from the bragging ghost, he was definitely not continuing to purify the earth!
“Over the years, he has been like a sharp sword suspended above all of us, never knowing when it will fall and bring fatal disaster.
"And now, that sword...
"There are finally signs of falling."
Speaking of this, Tachibana Sejirou's face showed a little...relaxation in addition to the heavy sadness.
Tachibana Sejiro knew that his mentality was not right, but to be honest, compared to waiting for the unknown, such a definite approach is indeed more practical...
With this thought flashing through his mind, Tachibana Sejiro distributed the report in his hand to the ghosts.
"This is our observation report on the earth purification ceremony site surrounded by strange forests over the years. Take a look..."
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From nine to five, Woz also distributed reports one after another to everyone attending the meeting.
“This report was further compiled by a dedicated person after the Warrior Organization discovered the abnormal proliferation of demonized sprites, and then compiled the observation reports over the years.
"I made a copy of them so you can take a look."
In order to get the contents of this report, Woz hired several groups of professional sitters to work as customers at Tachibana Dessert Shop, which kept the people at Tachibana Dessert Shop busy for a while. Only then did they find an opportunity to escape and get what they wanted. s things.
Tokiwa Shougo picked up the report and looked at it, his brows couldn't help but frown.
"Disappeared?" he asked.
"Yes." Woz nodded.
"Ever since the day of the Earth Purification Ceremony 13 years ago, the alien Hibiki disappeared, and the Taiko Drum Stele where the ceremony was held also disappeared with it. No one knows where they went."
Woz told Tokiwa Shogo what he already knew.
"The only thing that can be known is that the Forest of Wood Spirits must be guarding something, and there must be something there, but it's just... invisible."
"But one thing is clearly visible." Tsukuyomi said thoughtfully.
"That's right." Woz glanced at Tsukuyomi, then continued her words, "There is a voice in that place that echoes from that time to today."
What is it?
Woz emphasized his tone and read out the highlighted words in the report word by word.
"drum!"
