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The knife flashed past. If the forger who made the Tenmokuei knife knew that Li Mo used this knife to cut the stone today, he would be upset. But the reality is so magical.
The sharp Tianmu Kage sword cut through the pile of rubble that was blocking the area. Then Li Mo realized that he didn't need to use any strength, he just needed to exert some force to make the internal balance of the pile of rubble tip over.
What appeared before him was a waterway. Although his whole body was soaked, Li Mo still didn't want to walk through the water. Instead, he walked along the narrow roads on both sides of the waterway.
After walking for dozens of steps, he suddenly became enlightened.
Li Mo came to a platform and turned his head to look around. There was a wooden door on his right hand side, but it was tightly closed and he couldn't get in. Then he walked to the left hand side and entered through the narrow gap between the tree roots and the wall. A branch that provided thunder seeds appeared in front of Li Mo.
This thing is very familiar to him. He often uses this thing in the game. After all, he leaves his daily tasks to Inazuma, and there are often tasks that require the use of thunder seeds to quickly move to a certain place in a short time. So the question is... the thunder seeds in the game can be used with the F key. So how to use the thunder seeds in reality?
"How about just take it down and try it?"
The thunder seed is in the center of the branch. The shape of the branch is like stars surrounding the moon. Its value of existence is to provide thunder seeds.
Li Mo stretched out his hand, passed through the purple light, and successfully touched the thunder seed. Immediately at the moment his fingers touched, the thunder seed went directly along his arm to Li Mo's shoulder and swirled around his body.
"It's a bit numb... Let's talk about it while time passes."
Li Mo looked down and saw the purple light curtain with a shape similar to the Thunder God's pupil on it. Memory is a strange thing. Before he came here, he couldn't remember anything. But when he came here, his memory came to him.
He didn't jump down, and he didn't have the wings of wind. Of course, this height can be reached by "dissipating force". ——But since there are stairs, he will go down honestly.
With the thunder seed in his body, Li Mo entered the hole behind the light curtain smoothly. Here, he could see the torii gate. Below the torii gate was a huge tree root. It looked like the torii gate was suppressing the tree roots. But it also looked like the tree roots were entwined around the torii gate. Following the tree roots, he could see the end disappearing into the rocks.
The most eye-catching thing in this huge hole is the huge trees. From a preliminary observation, it can be felt that the height of the tree roots is more than half of my height. If it were a loli like Zaoyou, she would probably be shorter than the diameter of the tree roots.
Li Mo walked forward and saw something like a street lamp not far in front of him - it was shaped like a street lamp, but he didn't know what it was called.
There was a vacant space in this small building, which was just right for the talisman. Li Mo happened to be carrying it with him, so he put the talisman in. Changes occurred.
In the middle of the Torii, as the lightning spun like a vortex, a purple light curtain appeared. The pattern on it was a five-petal flower, with a large light spot on each petal. And the light spots were connected by lines.
Li Mo stared at the light screen and was stunned. It was different from what he imagined. The sea ghosts formed by the filth of the earth veins appeared. What else was missing?
That’s right - it needs to be decrypted.
So, how do you decrypt it?
Cold sweat appeared on his forehead and goose bumps appeared all over his body.
He doesn't like puzzles, mainly because he's too lazy to use his brain. When he used to play games, he just copied puzzles from homework - daily life is tiring enough and brain-intensive enough. Why should he use his brain to play games?
"It's fine if the game requires decryption. Why is it necessary in real life..."
unhappy.
Once again, Li Mo doesn't like decryption because it's annoying, he prefers to chop people with a knife.
He could sense that the pattern on the light screen of the Torii was the key to decryption. But the problem was... Li Mo's first move when he encountered decryption was to look for a guide. There must be no guide in the real world!
Do I really have to decrypt it myself?
——Wait. Although there is no guide, there may be someone familiar with this place.
"Ms. Hanasari, are you here?"
Memories gradually came to mind. If I remembered correctly, Miss Hanasari would appear after the purification. Does that mean that Hanasari has been watching here all along?
——Unfortunately, no response.
Li Mo had no choice but to figure out the mechanism in front of him. He found that there were five pillars for placing the talismans, and the lightning jade on them could gradually change from one to five. One jade would emit light and connect to the second jade, and so on. Then he just had to connect the light and electricity according to the pattern.
It's very easy to copy others.
Li Mo's brain is not stupid, as evidenced by his transcript. But the problem is that he is unwilling to use his brain. You said that when dealing with people, you should use your brain, but you have to use your brain at this time.
In front of the Torii, the dark and tall Dahai Ranki appeared. Li Mo said nothing, but just held the Ame-mekage katana.
"Do you know how annoying I am right now?"
"I'm going to chop your head off, ah Kouya!"
Kairanki is very weak, at least in Li Mo's opinion. This Kairanki who suddenly appeared at the Torii gate is an enhanced version. His strength and agility have been improved. But the improvement is limited. Li Mo, holding the Ame-kage katana, can easily kill him.
Health bar, cleared.
The other person's body disappeared like a ghost.
Then, Li Mo felt that Hua Sanli appeared behind him as if she had teleported.
Chapter 93: Promise, News
The way Hanasari appeared was very fast. At least in Li Mo's perception, he could not detect how Miss Hanasari appeared. The only explanation he could think of was teleportation.
Of course, Hua Sanli's situation is special, and Li Mo knows that she is living with filth as her prototype. But does she still have some abilities now?
Li Mo couldn't find the answer from his memory, he only knew that Miss Hua Sanli couldn't be beaten.
"How did Miss Hanasari appear?"
"I'm sorry, I can't tell you this." Hua Sanli said, "You called me before?"
Li Mo nodded and said, "Yes, I called you. Because I don't know how to use this thing. Why do I need to decrypt it?"
He patted the stone lamp-like thing next to him that was used as a talisman. It wasn't difficult to decipher, but he just hated it.
If he met the Riddler, he would probably kill him the first moment.
"Decryption? According to her memory, it should be a redundant mechanism. I'm not sure what it is specifically. I'm sorry to trouble you." Hanasari's gentle voice spun in his ears.
That was the voice of a gentle older sister.
Li Mo didn't have much resentment, even if he did, he would just let it go. Hua Sanli was the kind of person who could make people feel like they were in the spring breeze just by standing there.
"Actually, Miss Hanasari, you don't have to apologize. Is this the end of the matter?"
"Well, it ends here. You are indeed the destined person and can easily remove the filth here." Hanasari said.
Li Mo complained: "A stronger person can also do what I did. Even if an ordinary person can't do it, the general who lives in the castle tower stays in the Pure Land all day long, so he can take a walk and deal with it."
"That person needs to think about the overall situation of Inazuma's country. We can accomplish this kind of small matter on our own."
"I just said it casually."
Everyone knows that Inazuma's Lei Dianying is a homegirl who spends all day dreaming in her own pure land. Dreamers can't do anything, and there is no such thing as sequence upgrades in this world.
Li Mo didn't think about what the homegirl Thor was doing. He said, "Really? Then where are we going next?"
"The next barrier is located at the abandoned shrine northeast of Konda Village. You need to find the talisman first and then go to the direction of the barrier. For some reason, I'm afraid I can't accompany you there." Hanasari said.
"Hey? Miss Hanasari can move freely outside, right? Why can't she accompany me?" Li Mo asked.
The first time I met Hanasari was in front of the Tenko statue. Before that, during the battle this morning, she had been watching the battle between me, Uncle Teshima and the Hilliards around Konda Village.
She was free to move around. So why couldn't she go with them?
Hua Sanli looked at the other person, and it was unknown what the face under the mask was thinking. Then, she said, "I can't get close to the barrier."
"Well, there's no problem going into the shrine, right? How about Miss Hanasari accompany me to get the talisman? I can take care of the rest of the way myself." Li Mo said sincerely.
It has come to this point...
This is what it means to be needed, right?
Hua Sanli said, "Why do you have to let me go with you?"
"How should I put it? To be frank, this is a request from Miss Hanasari. Isn't it natural for me to make such a request? To be polite, it's bound to be boring to explore alone, and I don't have any spare food that can fly with me to talk."
Li Mo usually goes on missions alone. He once went on a mission with Shinkomo, but it was for a short time. In the Demon Slayer world, during his time as a "pillar", he usually went alone.
"That's right. I'll go with you. How about we meet at the Sky Fox statue tomorrow morning, where we first met?"
Listening to Hua Sanli's gentle voice, Li Mo became confused and asked, "Why tomorrow morning?"
"It's dusk outside now. After two battles in one day, what you need now is rest, not to continue to carry out missions."
Li Mo is now underground. Even though there is light shining around him due to various factors, it is not the light of the sun. The definition of day and night is whether the sun sets. Underground, time cannot be observed. Li Mo does not have any tools to determine the time.
"I see. Where are you going tonight, Miss Hanasari?"
"I have my own place to rest."
"Then, let's meet tomorrow morning. Miss Hanasari."
Li Mo said to her.
Then he came out of the well. The Shibamon family is next to the Konda family. If you think about it carefully, the Shibamon family is next to the village chief's house, which is a good relationship. I think it should be no problem for Shibamon Ichiro to join the Tenryo Bugyo, right?
When they got back to Chaimen's house, they were waiting for Li Mo to have dinner. The family didn't ask Li Mo what he was doing, but started eating directly.
After dinner, Li Mo sat alone in the room. The window was open, allowing Li Mo to see the fields outside. He sat on the tatami and closed his eyes to rest.
"Come in if you want, I have plenty of time."
"Then I come in, my Lord."
The one who entered the room was Shibamon Ichiro. Today, like Li Mo, he disappeared for the whole afternoon after the battle in the morning, and no one knew what he was doing.
Shibamon Ichiro sat in front of Li Mo and said, "Sir, I have a piece of news that I don't know whether I should tell you or not."
"what news?"
"My men suddenly found me. They said that the Tenryo Magistrate Takashi's family was secretly recruiting a group of wandering samurai. If we go there now, we can directly become an independent team."
Shibamon Ichiro went to deal with this matter in the afternoon. Most of his former subordinates had retired. But many were still in the wild, and the news was brought by those brothers.
He couldn't make up his mind. He could join the Tenryo Bugyo, but what about his companions? They didn't have the connections that Shibamon Ichiro had.
"The Takagi family?" Li Mo didn't remember the name of this family. He only remembered that the Tenryo Bugyo was under the jurisdiction of the Kujo family.
So... why does the Takashi family recruit wandering samurai?
"Will you be given a regular position?"
"No, it's private recruitment."
Private army?
This is getting interesting. Why does the Yingsi family want to recruit private soldiers? No, it is possible that the Yingsi family is expanding the number of their own private soldiers. Why?
Li Mo looked towards the southeast and could vaguely see the majestic appearance of Inazuma Castle. When the general sat on the castle tower and ignored worldly affairs, what kind of undercurrents were surging at the moment when the Third Magistrate was managing Inazuma?
"My advice is, don't go. Your comrades shouldn't go either. Now that the Fatui have come to Inazuma, who knows what the Takashi family is going to do?"
"Thank you, sir."