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Yes, Yamanaka did say that. But, in the end, a kappa monster did appear in the villa, the Polaris did fly into the sky, and the noise of the car did attract the monster.
It turns out that Beidou was right every time.
"But this time is different! Beidou saw it herself before, and we really shouldn't have disbelieved Beidou. I reflect on this. But this time, Beidou only heard it from hearsay. Do you really think that child's words are worthy of trust? The avalanche rolling down the mountain was considered a super beast. I know that the child didn't lie on purpose, she just couldn't tell the difference."
What Yamanaka said this time made a lot of sense, and even Beidou himself couldn't refute it.
With Yamanaka and Konno gone, the TAC still had a lot of important work to do. There were many places in Tokyo that were more worth patrolling than a hill with an avalanche.
Even if there are casualties due to the avalanche, it is the job of the search and rescue department and the police.
But Beidou still didn't give up.
"Listen, Xiaoxue. It's too cold outside now. Go down the mountain and return to the hotel. I will continue to look for your father. I will find him no matter what. I promise."
As for whether the person found is still alive, Beidou cannot be sure.
"I won't go down the mountain. Dad is waiting for me, I know."
Xiaoxue continued to walk forward, bypassing Beidou who had stopped and walked to the front. But after walking a few steps, she stopped.
"Brother, if I pray to the gods, will they return my father to me?"
Beidou couldn't answer. The Giant of Light was not a god, and although he wore a ring on his left and right hands, he was also powerless at times.
Chapter 273 Red Leaf Hunting
Gensokyo is a very wonderful place.
Ling sometimes enters it. Although that world is created by her, there are still many interesting and strange things happening every day.
God created the world, but he is not omniscient and omnipotent. Otherwise, God who knows everything would become the most pitiful person in the world. There would be no surprises and no expectations.
To be precise, the secret place called "Takama-ga-hara" already existed, and Ling used it as raw material to knead a new world like kneading plasticine. She was not the creator, she was just nature's porter.
Then the earth's crystal wall layer was set as an anchor point to prevent the secret realm from further collapsing.
In essence, it is the same private secret place as Lingye Yueshu's, except that it is larger and more open, with an area no less than the entire Tokyo metropolitan area, approximately nearly 10,000 square kilometers.
If we put it in the ancient history of the island nation, many countries were not so big. No wonder during the Warring States Period, many disputes between countries were jokingly called fights between neighboring villages.
Such a Gensokyo was definitely a "great country" in ancient times, even larger than Izumo.
So even though many monsters have come in droves recently, the land of Gensokyo still seems empty. Monsters are not used to living next to each other, and each has its own territory.
The vegetation is lush and the scenery is beautiful. Walking on the land of Gensokyo, you can see many wonderful sights.
There are "ghosts" with horns on their heads, "ghosts" who are obsessed and unable to be reborn, and more are all kinds of monsters with strange shapes. In this land, it seems that everything can become a monster, not limited to various plants and animals, but also pots and pans, and even simple natural phenomena such as rain, thunder, and valley echoes can give birth to their own consciousness.
Ling walked among them without changing her appearance. She was a little human girl and there was nothing unusual about her, but no monster dared to look down on her.
Everyone knows that there are no humans in Gensokyo except for the shrine maiden who guards the gate, and any image of a woman or a child is not to be trifled with. If the two overlap and you encounter a 'little girl', it is simply the highest level of danger.
This is true for Yakumo Yukari, the new shrine maiden Reimu, and the big fairy in the flower field who holds an umbrella even on a sunny day.
Monsters, humans, elves, will a god appear next time? In Gensokyo, the "little girl" thing really scares the monsters to death.
So Lingya was very polite to all the monsters she met along the way, even to an excessive degree of respect.
There was nothing for her to do but listen to the story.
The stories of monsters are different from those in human history. Although they sometimes describe the same thing, they have very different truths. Neither of them is false, but they are things that have happened.
Such contradictions are fascinating.
The one who was talking to Lingye at this time was a charming monster, and it was hard to tell whether it was a man or a woman. For monsters, gender was not a necessary or fixed label.
His name is Momiji Kari, and he was born in the "Sixth Heaven, Richiten". Legend has it that he was originally a concubine of Minamoto no Kyoukai. Later, he joined forces with the nobles to rebel against the imperial court and was suppressed. After reincarnation in the Six Paths, he obtained a male body and changed his name to Oda Nobunaga.
As we all know, Minamoto no Tsunemoto is Minamoto no Raikou's grandfather, so, from a certain perspective, Oda Nobunaga is Minamoto no Raikou's grandmother?
The twists and turns of the experience may have included heart-wrenching love, treacherous conspiracies, and epic and cruel wars, but now, for Momiji Kari, identity, name, and gender are no longer important. What matters is only the maple forest in Gensokyo and the wine in his hand.
"That guy Niutou was fooled. This wine is not good at all." Hongye Shou smacked his lips in dissatisfaction. "Or was it me who was fooled by him? He drank the good wine himself, and used this muddy wine to fool me?"
"How about you go out and buy the wine yourself next time?" Ling also suggested, "Refuse to use the middleman to make a profit. Anyway, Reimu's charge is only 5000 yuan per trip."
Most monsters are not short of money, and even if they don’t steal, they have many means that humans don’t have.
The 5,000 yuan that the bull-headed monster casually mentioned before has now become the fixed fee standard of Hakurei Shrine.
Reimu placed the donation box at the entrance of the shrine and waited for money to be collected every day. She didn't like paper money, but preferred the sound of a thousand 5-yuan copper coins jingling down.
Hongye Shou waved his hand, "No, no, I don't want to go. I don't want to endure the filthy air outside anymore. It's quieter here. Even the maple forest is cleaner than outside."
He lay lazily under the maple tree, with the carefreeness of a man and the charm of a woman.
The Red Leaf Hunter was originally a monster in the maple forest. The phrase "Frost leaves are redder than February flowers" was loved by the Japanese thousands of years ago, so the maple forest became a belief, and the monster was born from the wishes of all living beings.
One night one thousand years ago, a monster wandering in the maple forest met Yuan Jingji, who was "stopping his car to sit and enjoy the maple forest in the evening", and they admired the red maples together.
Momiji Kari fell in love with Minamoto no Tsunemoto at first sight, so the originally genderless monster transformed into a woman and married him as his concubine. "Zuoai" became another word with the same pronunciation, and the story began.
"I've finished my story, why don't you leave?" Having finished the remaining wine, Hongye Shou raised the empty cup and made a gesture of serving tea to see off a guest.
"Is that all? I want to hear something else." Ling also sat on another stone, with no intention of getting up.
"What else could there be? There are... there are a lot. What do you want to hear?"
What made Hongye Shou change his tune was the wine bottle Lingye took out. The crystal clear wine bottle, with the sticky liquid hanging on the bottle wall, looked like it had been stored in the cellar for a long time.
Although I don't know where she got it from, monsters always have some special abilities.
"I have wine, and all you need is a story. Just tell me anything that's interesting."
Hongye Shou licked his lips and took the bottle without any resistance.
He unscrewed the cap of the bottle, and the strong aroma of wine spread through the maple forest, lingering for a long time. This was undoubtedly a good wine, the only one in Hongye Hunter's life.
Ling also frowned slightly, she didn't like this smell, it was a bit pungent. But for drinkers, it was the most tempting aroma.
"Where did you buy this wine? Next time that little bull head goes out, I'll make sure he buys this."
"I don't know. It's in my cellar."
There was no label on the bottle, it must be a private collection of wine brewed by a winery and given to her father. Ling didn't know whether the wine was good or not, but she thought that ordinary wine would not be stored there. The same wine cellar stored luxury wines that cost tens of thousands of yuan, not Japanese yen, but US dollars.
No matter how expensive it is, it is not as useful as a bottle of medical alcohol for Lingye. At least alcohol can be used for disinfection.
Trading stories for wine is a good deal. Hongye Shou poured himself a glass, took a sip, and then exhaled deeply.
"Story, let me think about it. Do you know the Wu Clan?"
"Witch? Is it a wizard?"
The first person Ling thought of was Harry Potter. After all, in the past world, he was too famous.
"No, witches are not human beings. They are even older than monsters. They are a legend that has been passed down in the Tang Kingdom."
"You must know the Tang Kingdom, right? It's the country across the sea. It's no longer called that name, but we're still used to calling it the Great Tang."
Ling certainly knew about the Tang Dynasty, the country that no one had ever seen but was always in memory.
"All nations came to pay tribute. That was the place everyone in the world yearned for at that time. It was prosperous and powerful. The legend of the Wu Clan came from there."
Legend has it that Wu is the descendant of the God of Creation. Each of Gonggong, Zhurong, Dijiang, Jumang and Zhu Jiuyin has the ability to carry mountains, chase the moon, catch stars and hold the sun.
"Is it a story from the Classic of Mountains and Seas?"
"Do you know the Classic of Mountains and Seas?" Hongye Shou was a little surprised. He thought the girl was a local monster. Could she be from the Tang Dynasty too?
Those names are indeed the creatures recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. But one day, they all disappeared and died.
"why?"
"No one knows why, but the Wu tribe suddenly died and became extinct. Just like the extinction of dinosaurs."
"You also know about dinosaurs?" Ling was also a little surprised.
"Hey, that's true. I'm not illiterate. When I was on earth, I went to college."
He has been reincarnated several times, living as a monster and several times as a human. Even now, he still has a human identity in the human world. However, he is now alone and free of all ties.
It seems like every life is like this, like a curse. Some people say that he is the sixth heaven demon king, but Hongye Hunter himself doesn't know.
Now he was just tired.
"You said you were reincarnated. Didn't you go to the Soul Sea during your reincarnation?"
"Soul of what? Sea?"
Ling also stared at this fish that had escaped the net for a long time. Why didn’t he come to her to report and drink Meng Po soup?
Forget it, since he can tell stories, let him slip through the net.
Hongye Shou felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, and he breathed a sigh of relief when the girl looked away.
At this moment, he heard the girl utter a sentence clearly:
"When the day comes when you don't want to remember the past anymore, tell me."
???
What does this mean? Is this really what he understood? Hongye Shou was not sure of the other party's identity.
"you are?"
"Izanami."
"Cough cough!" Hongye Shou choked on a mouthful of wine.
"I lied to you."
She is not Izanami, Izanami is just her alias.
"This joke is not funny at all." Hongye Shou said, "There will be retribution for pretending to be a god."
But he knew that his premonition was correct. This was indeed a big boss that he could not afford to offend. Otherwise, ordinary monsters pretending to be gods would have suffered retribution in this Gensokyo where gods are everywhere. How could it be so easy?
But who the other party is has nothing to do with him. He just needs wine.
He raised his glass and took another sip.
"In short, the Wu tribe is extinct, just like the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs left behind fossils to prove that they once existed. As for the Wu tribe, what they left behind is probably their souls."
"soul?"
"It's just a weak soul. Tens of thousands of years? Hundreds of thousands of years? Millions of years? No one knows how long it has existed. If you go to Iida Mountain, you might encounter it if you're lucky."