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Beidou was laughing in his heart when he heard this. If he remembered correctly, Lingye's home was in Tokyo. It was indeed quite close from Tokyo to Okayama, with a straight-line distance of more than 600 kilometers. If you drove and took into account the twists and turns of the road, the journey would be more than 700 kilometers.
Is it 700 kilometers? For her, the distance from the Earth to the Moon is also quite close, and it only takes a few minutes to get there.
"Okay Konno, I know this kid, I'll take her to shelter." Beidou said and asked Captain Long, "Captain, then I'll leave for a while."
"Okay, when you come back, we will hold a combat meeting and discuss the action plan."
Beidou said he understood and saluted with two fingers.
Chapter 70: The Strange Monk
The super beast is codenamed Kaora. It looks like a bison that can walk upright but is magnified hundreds of times. It also has a nose ring on the elbow of its right forearm.
"So, this is why Team TAC suspects that the Ultra Beast is the Takai-kun that Team Yoshimura mentioned?"
"Yes, Takai stole the nose ring from the shrine and put it on his right hand, which is obviously the same part as this super beast. The nose ring is exactly the same as the one enshrined on the altar, just enlarged in the same proportion. And when the super beast appeared, Takai disappeared. There are also witnesses who said that before the super beast appeared, they saw a half-man, half-bull monster on the street, and his clothes matched those of Takai described by Yoshimura."
These are of course all the information from the TAC team's investigation and are confidential, but Beidou did not hide anything from Ling, and he also felt that there was no need to hide anything.
If you put it this way, every item does match up, no wonder there is such doubt. Although humans turning into super beasts has never happened before, who else but the Yabo people knows the principle of the birth of super beasts?
Maybe just a click and you can become a super beast?
Reiya and Beidou walked on the empty street. Because the residents had been evacuated, the lights in the surrounding houses were turned off. The public electricity was not cut off, but Kibitsu was a remote place, just a small mountain village in the countryside of Okayama. There were few street lights around the olive grove, and most of them relied on the moon and stars in the sky for lighting.
The road is paved asphalt.
In the past, the roads here were all cinders and muddy. Later, in order to facilitate the transportation of olive products, the village invested in building a road about ten years ago. After all, olives are now the pillar industry of Kibitsu.
The export here is not only olive oil, but also various essential oils made from olives, and other cosmetics. After all, women's money is always the easiest to earn. So the owner of the manor established the "Meneng Cosmetics Company". This brand of cosmetics has good sales in big cities such as Tokyo and Ginza, and has even begun to be sold overseas in recent years.
Ling also remembered that Maria seemed to use the same brand of cosmetics. They said they were made from plant extracts and were advertised as safer than those made from chemicals. I don't know if that's true or not.
As a cash cow for a large taxpayer, Okayama will certainly take care of it. Road construction is only one aspect, and there are also various administrative resources. So when the Olive Garden was attacked by the super beast, the local officials could not sit still.
If the village had not had to order the police department, and the few broken guns of the police department were obviously unable to deal with the super beasts, seeing that the TAC team was doing nothing, they all wanted to go into battle themselves.
Beidou and Ling were just walking around casually, and of course they were not really going to the shelter.
The surroundings were very quiet, with no other sounds except for the snoring of the super beast in the distance. Perhaps the small animals felt the threat of the super beast and moved away overnight, and even the sounds of insects and frogs disappeared.
Such quietness makes people feel relaxed. Lingye's so-called "walk" really became a walk. Next to it is a straight river, which is obviously dug by humans. There are no trees along the river, but wheat fields. Or is it a rice field?
It's unrecognizable, neither of them has any experience of living in the fields.
Beidou might know him? But I am too embarrassed to ask such a question. I would be unhappy if people laughed at me for not knowing the difference between the five grains.
"What is the TAC team going to do?"
"Well, at least we should investigate the identity of the super beasts first. If it is really the so-called 'wrath of the bull god' that turns humans into super beasts, then it will be difficult to deal with..."
This is also the reason why Ace did not show up.
If it was a super beast created by the Yabo people in the past, Ace would have appeared long ago, why would he leave it here to sleep so wildly? No matter how bad the super beast's temper is, or how hard its horns are, what can it do? Whether it is the Ultra Disc Blade or the Ultra Guillotine, I believe that this bull monster can be cooked into a steak. The only difference is the thickness and the degree of doneness.
But if that super beast really transformed from a human, these skills would obviously not be suitable.
The so-called wrath of the Bull God.
Are we going to ban humans from eating beef from now on? This is a joke. Cows are the largest source of meat in many countries. It took our ancestors hundreds of thousands of years to finally stand at the top of the food chain. Are we going to go back to being vegetarians just because of a super beast?
"Reiya, can you tell the details of this super beast?"
Ling also shook her head. She couldn't tell either. Maybe if she killed the super beast, she could tell whether it was a human soul or not? But that would be putting the cart before the horse. If she found out it was a human, she wouldn't be able to put it back.
At this moment, Lingye seemed to see someone standing on the opposite side of the river bank out of the corner of his eye?
"What's wrong?" Beidou asked when Lingye suddenly stopped.
"There seemed to be someone there just now. He was wearing a bamboo hat, like a monk?"
"Monk?" Beidou looked in the direction Lingye pointed, but didn't see any figure.
Blurred? But Beidou didn't think Ling would be dazzled.
"It's not surprising to have monks. There are many shrines in Kibitsu. The most famous ones are Kibitsu Shrine and Kibitsuhiko Shrine. There is only one character difference between the two shrines, but the two shrines have nothing to do with each other and the main gods they worship are different. They are not Buddhist temples, so the clergy inside cannot be considered monks, but their dress is similar."
Japan's Shintoism is deeply influenced by Buddhism. For outsiders, it is sometimes difficult to tell the difference.
Perhaps there really were monks who did not seek refuge. Some of the extreme ones who believed deeply in religion had long since ignored life and death, and even regarded death as the perfection of spiritual practice and the starting point of another spiritual path. It was not surprising that they did not seek refuge.
Beidou didn't care. He checked the time and found that half an hour had passed since he left the TAC team.
"I have to go back to the team, and it's time for you to go home after your walk. Even though tomorrow is Sunday, children shouldn't go to bed too late."
"Oh, that's too much." He actually treated me like a child, even though I was indeed a nine-year-old child.
"Leave the matter of the Ultra Beasts to me and the TAC team, we will handle it." Beidou made a 'please rest assured' gesture and went back to the TAC team's base.
Just as Beidou said, if this super beast really needs to be destroyed, it won't be a difficult task for Ace. It's probably similar to cooking a cow, he is an expert at cutting meat.
And if it really is a person, Gaia doesn't have much of a solution.
At least she doesn't have the technology to restore a super beast to a human being yet. Maybe there is an Ultra Warrior among those Ultra Medals who has such a skill? However, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. Not to mention other Ultra Warriors, there is still a big gap before Nexus's Medal is unlocked. It will take a long time.
But at this moment, Lingye saw a dark shadow in his peripheral vision.
Looking carefully, it was indeed that 'monk' again. It was definitely not her illusion!
The monk was standing in the shade of a bush about a few dozen meters away.
The surroundings were already dark, and it was even harder to see clearly in the forest. Only the moonlight shone through the gaps in the bushes, dimly revealing some outlines. It was only her, whose eyesight was amazing now. No one else could see anything that far away.
If it was her in her previous life, she would have thought of running away in this situation, as it looked so eerie and scary. But now she was skilled and brave, and all her fears came from her lack of firepower, and it just so happened that she had enough firepower now.
So after hesitating for a moment, Ling chose to walk towards the bushes.
But the figure took a few steps back and looked like he was about to leave.
"Wait a minute!" Ling also shouted, quickening her pace, even using the Light of Gaia, and shooting out like an arrow from a bow. With just one step, she crossed a distance of nearly 100 meters, and the next moment she came to the place where the figure had just stood, but found that the person had disappeared.
That was obviously not an ordinary "monk". Or rather, it was probably not a human.
Yabo people?
It doesn’t seem like it.
At this time, Ling also heard a sound.
"Chong-"
The metallic sound sounded familiar. Yes, it was like the sound of a monk's pestle. Just now, I vaguely saw that the figure was holding something in his hand.
Lingye took another step towards the direction of the sound. This time she finally saw the other person. It was indeed a man wearing monk's clothes, a bamboo hat, and holding a demon-subduing pestle in his hand. This time he did not run away. Instead, he looked at Lingye who appeared not far away from him and smashed the demon-subduing pestle at him.
The long-handled metal pestle fell with a whoosh sound, piercing the air, aiming at Lingye's head. The top of the pestle was irregular in shape, uneven and with sharp corners. With this blow, even an adult's head would be shattered, either dead or disabled.
Fight as soon as you meet?
However, Ling was prepared. She did not dodge, but punched the demon-subduing pestle. The opponent had already fully demonstrated his hostility, so there was no need for her to hold back.
Just so reckless.
Her fist was wrapped in a rich light, and the moment it came into contact with the Demon-Subduing Pestle, the light suddenly cracked and turned into tons of power. The 'monk' obviously did not anticipate the other party's reaction, and the huge feedback force made it impossible for him to grasp the handle of the Demon-Subduing Pestle.
The demon-subduing pestle was like a dynamite explosion, brushing past his hand and shooting straight into the air. Fortunately, he let go quickly when he saw the situation was not good, otherwise his entire hand might have been broken.
Tons of force transformed into kinetic energy, and the aircraft flew in a standard parabola to a height of several hundred meters before beginning to fall.
The 'monk' who had lost his weapon had a look of surprise on his face. Being so close, Ling could see his appearance clearly.
He was a middle-aged man with a fierce look, and deep eye bags, as if he had deliberately painted his eyes with eye shadow. He was wearing a loose purple monk's robe, and a black monk's cloth bag was hung on his shoulder. The wind pressure that had just knocked the demon-subduing pestle away also blew off his hat, revealing a bald head.
After coming to his senses, the man shouted: "This is the wrath of the Bull God, no one is allowed to stop it!"
So it was indeed him!
Ling also realized that she had found the right person.
"The anger of the Bull God? Who is the Bull God?"
"Poor cows, they have been farming for humans for thousands of years, but instead of being appreciated, they are now being skinned and boned, and their descendants are being fed with blood and meat. The souls of millions and tens of millions of slaughtered cows want to make humans feel the hatred!"
The man took a step back as he spoke. He moved very fast, as if his body was weightless, and it only took a moment for him to go from extreme stillness to extreme movement.
"and many more!"
Seeing him withdraw, Ling also reached out to grab him, but she didn't catch his body, only the cloth bag hanging on his shoulder. She pulled the bag off with force.
Looking forward again, the man was gone. The dark bushes had returned to silence. Ling could sense that he was not running too fast, but had suddenly disappeared into thin air. Did the Yawa use dimensional technology to teleport? It didn't seem likely.
Although it was the Yabo people who caused trouble every time before, this time is really different.
Ling also went to the direction where the demon-subduing pestle fell, and after searching for a while, he found that the pestle was gone. The monk, including his demon-subduing pestle, felt like some kind of indefinite existence between matter and energy.
Applying the way humans understood it in the past, it seems to be somewhat similar to "ghost" and "spirit".
What is that? Although I am no longer surprised by monsters, super beasts, and aliens, is it true that there are vengeful spirits in this world?
Ling also felt that she should be scared. At least if Sakura was standing here now, she would definitely cry out of fear. However, she herself didn't know why, but in fact, she was not scared.
I just feel a little lost.
The only thing left was this cloth bag. The black cloth bag gave off an ominous vibe. It was almost as if there was a piece of paper saying "Unknown's Secret, Please Do Not Open". It was like the cursed object that the protagonist would definitely open in a classic ghost story.
When I read this kind of novel, Ling would often complain that the protagonist's brain was broken. It would be better to throw away such things. They are too curious and bring trouble upon themselves.
And now it was her turn.
So without hesitation, Ling also opened the bag - she certainly didn't admit that she was crazy, but because she had full trust in Gaia. With Gaia's blessing, she should be immune to such curses and ghosts.
When I opened the bag, surprisingly, there were no other strange items inside, only a layer of black, greasy stuff at the bottom.
Looking closely, it turned out to be a pile of 'black beans'.
'Black beans' does not refer to its variety, but simply to its color. The beans have become moldy and black and are piled up in a heap. No one knows what variety they were originally.
Ling did not touch it with her hands, not because she was afraid of curses, but because of the pungent smell of decay. Even if you are not obsessed with mysophobia, people with brains would not touch it. Who knows what kind of bacteria and viruses may be on it.
Ling couldn't imagine who would go out of their way to collect these things and carry them with them. What kind of bad taste is this?
But at this moment, the layer of "black beans" in the bag suddenly disappeared in front of her eyes. Only an empty bag was left. The air seemed to still have the stench of plant and animal decay, proving that something had indeed existed in it.
Chapter 71: Shura in the Kitchen
The TAC team's combat meeting did not last too long. What was unexpected was that after the meeting, the final decision was to hold a festival.
This was the suggestion made by the Kibitsu Village Police Station, and of course, what these police officers said was also a reflection of the town's opinion.