Except for the murderous intent that leaked out at the beginning, Ye Zi quickly suppressed his emotions. But she, who was usually cheerful and lively, had a rare cold look on her face, which betrayed her inner peace.
According to Chu Xuan, the conspirator named "Fujiwara Ryu" participated in the war of aggression as an officer. For this alone, he was more than worthy of death. What's more, as the mastermind behind the "Grudge", he must have some agenda when he joins the invading army... In order to realize his ambition, how many innocent souls have become victims of his evil methods! ?
Although Ye Zi is a member of the Samsara Team, he can only be regarded as an outsider to the Cursed Plane. But as a conscientious Chinese, she absolutely cannot tolerate this kind of scum and must get rid of it quickly.
"How long...?"
Looking at the receding scenery outside the car window, Ye Zi suddenly spoke and asked in a calm tone.
"About forty minutes." Before she finished speaking, Chu Xuan had already reported the answer and added: "However, if we want to attack his lair, we must wait for a suitable time."
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Forty minutes later, at the end of a bumpy and remote road, Chu Xuan stopped the car: What stood in front of the two of them was a hill hundreds of meters high. The mountain was pitch black, without any lights, and it didn't look like there were any humans at all. signs of activity. What's even more strange is that in the woods at the foot of the mountain, there are no normal owls and insects, but there is complete silence.
It's as if... this hill is the door to hell and will swallow up all life that comes.
"Zheng Zha, the next time Kayako attacks, you must kill her once instead of simply repelling her. Ye Zi and I have found the mastermind behind the curse... Only you have entangled Jia Coconut, it’s convenient for us to do it here, above.”
"Hey, what do you mean by 'once'? Where are you and Ye Zi now? Hello... hello? Damn!"
After turning off the car, Chu Xuan dialed Zheng Zha's communicator and gave a few brief instructions. Before Zheng Zha could ask further questions, he simply hung up the call, leaving Zheng Zha yelling on the other end of the communicator.
(I said, you really use Zheng Zha as a tool...)
"Let's go. It's about half an hour's journey up the mountain from here... In order to wait for Zheng Zha to fight with Kayako over there, we can save some energy. There is no need to go too fast."
Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses, got out of the car first, and walked up the mountain. And after Ye Zi kept up with Chu Xuan's pace and walked side by side with him for a while, he suddenly turned his head and asked: "Well, why are you sure that Kayako will attack Zheng Zha's side? What if she came to you first? Me, how should we deal with it?”
"It's impossible." Faced with Ye Zi's doubts, Chu Xuan replied firmly: "I have used arcane magic... to describe it in game terms, it can be regarded as reducing the 'hate value' on you and me, unless Zheng Zha can Only when she is destroyed by Kayako will she turn her target towards us."
"The preliminary analysis of dream memes has yielded certain results... This is just a small application."
(Hey, there are already preliminary results...? So fast...)
After the question was answered, Ye Zi nodded and continued to walk with Chu Xuan on this uphill road that had vague traces of the trail but was unmaintained and overgrown with weeds all year round.
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Although the two deliberately slowed down their pace, about twenty minutes later, they had reached the halfway point of the mountain. At this moment, Ye Zi suddenly frowned and said in a deep voice: "Are we... encountering a ghost and breaking a wall?"
In the past three minutes, she and Chu Xuan were clearly continuing to climb the mountain, but the distance between the two of them from the top of the mountain had not changed at all. Moreover, she had seen a certain tree on the roadside three times: the second time, she thought it was her illusion and just paid attention to it secretly. It was not until just now that she confirmed her suspicion.
"Yes, but..." Chu Xuan's tone was indifferent. It was obvious that he had been aware of this situation long before Ye Zi spoke. Without stopping, he just raised his right hand and snapped his fingers casually: "It's settled."
The crisp snap of fingers cut through the silent and oppressive air. At the same time, Ye Zi felt his eyes blurred, and the picture in his field of vision was shattered like glass. When they looked again, the scene in front of them had changed: finally, it was no longer the same road they had walked three times!
"It's just an unreliable illusory formation. If you want to go up the mountain, you will be stuck in a wall - it feels like you are continuing to climb the mountain, but in reality you are walking in circles. You can only turn around and go back down the mountain... It is probably used to prevent people from accidentally entering the mountain. Used by travelers and mountaineers. Although he regards human life as nothing, if he kills people near his lair and causes many people to disappear, it will easily attract the attention of secular forces and hinder his plans. "
Seeing that "Ghost Beating the Wall" was easily cracked by Chu Xuan, Ye Zi was stunned for a moment, and then quickly followed him. While secretly complaining that "Chu Dingdang" was well-deserved, he asked: "From the illusion formation just now?" Look, the mastermind behind this must also attach great importance to his lair, and he has carefully managed and arranged it... Is it really the best plan for us to attack directly like this?"
From what she thought, to attack the Onmyoji's lair, she might be able to learn from the tactics of a certain unnamed Emiya-sensei... For example, burying a large amount of high explosives at a suitable location to directly cause a landslide or something?
Previously, considering that Chu Xuan had his own concerns, she didn't ask any more questions, but now after encountering this illusory formation, she couldn't help but express her doubts.
"I have indeed considered other options, such as borrowing the power of the secular government to carry out saturation bombing on this mountain..." Faced with Ye Zi's question, Chu Xuan stopped in a rare move and turned to look at her: "But , after comprehensive consideration, this is the optimal solution, and..."
"I believe in you, come on."
As he spoke, Chu Xuan extended his right hand and gave Ye Zi a thumbs up... However, this should have been a very passionate and touching scene, coupled with Chu Xuan's expressionless poker face, it really looked weird. ah.
"The lines and actions of this hot-blooded show should be paired with a heart-warming smile, huh!?" The originally cold and chilling atmosphere was completely ruined by Chu Xuan's nondescript "encouragement", and Ye Zi couldn't help but say He was complaining, but he was a little confused in his heart: Mr. Chu said "trust" and so on, which always made people feel a little shuddering... The last person who trusted him seemed to have been deceived into using a magic cannon. Bah, he was deceived into using a magic cannon to build a foundation? Could it be that it was her turn to be the victim this time?
After hearing Ye Zi's complaint, Chu Xuan thought for a while, stretched the muscles at the corners of his mouth, and gave Ye Zi a "smile" that was even more ugly than crying. Seeing this expression, Ye Zi , couldn't help but shudder and tremble all over.
"Okay, I take back what I said... This smile is so warm that I can't stand it."
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"On our side, we have killed Kayako once and successfully held back her 'resurrection'... Over there, I'll leave it to you."
More than ten minutes later, Ling Dian's steady voice came from the communicator, accompanied by Zheng Zha's shouts and the roar of firearms in the background. At the same time, Ye Zi and Chu Xuan had climbed to the top of the mountain. An ancient and dead shrine, but intact and without any decay, appeared in front of them.
"Let's go."
Chu Xuan stared at the shrine for a moment, raised his hand and pushed open the heavy door, and stepped inside first. Ye Zi followed closely behind, the elf energy in his body surged, and he was ready to take action at any time.
When the two walked into the empty courtyard of the shrine, which was the size of a football field, the door behind them suddenly closed, and the torches around the courtyard also lit up at the same time...a rickety figure shrouded in black robes and holding a cane. , emerged from the shadows and appeared on the steps of the main hall of the shrine, facing Ye Zi from a high position.
"Welcome to my shrine, two righteous Taoists."
Overflowing with decay and decay, the lifeless-sounding voice echoed in the courtyard. The sound felt like countless beetles crawling, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable when they heard it.
"I am the Lord of the Underworld. I am Izana and the King of Yama; I am Hela and Hades; I am Ereshkigal and Mictrantikut. inside!"
