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"Shobei is indeed your friend. Animals don't lie. But it died when it was made into a super beast by the Yawa people. It was once a victim, and it didn't want to become a super beast."
Beidou didn't know whether Sayuri would feel better or worse after hearing this. She and the giant salamander did have a friendship.
Shobei: It just wants to survive.
In the cave, Shimazu was at a loss. She was a shrine maiden, but she couldn't deal with the super beast. But she couldn't just leave like that.
Because there is a believer here.
Mr. Hanshin, he was a believer of their Sengen Shrine and used to come to the shrine often to worship.
Compared to Shimazu's age, Hanshin has believed in Asama for a much longer time.
"Everything in the world has a soul, isn't that what the great god Asama taught? But why do humans want to abuse other creatures?"
The beautiful mountain god Zuo Jiuyeji loves all creatures in the mountains and valleys. Birds and beasts are all under the grace of God.
It would be fine if what we do is truly beneficial to humanity. From the perspective of human beings themselves, there is nothing wrong with wanting to live a better life.
But this is not the case. The extinction of these creatures will not benefit mankind at all.
People are just short-sighted, just like those villagers, the whole village regarded him as a heretic. They didn't think that what he did was excessive, but they thought he was unreasonable.
"So what do you want to do?" Lingye asked, "Do you want to use the super beasts for revenge? The super beasts are killing machines, just weapons of the Yawa people. Whether it's blessing or hatred, they don't have such emotions themselves."
Even if the Ultra Beast kills, it is not out of revenge for its companions. It is just because it is programmed to kill.
Humans cannot use super beasts and can only be used by super beasts.
This is a fact.
Just as the shrine maiden said, Hanshin did have the idea of asking the super beast to avenge himself and those giant salamanders.
But now, the shrine maiden of the great god Asama is here, and for believers like him, they firmly believe that the god's gaze is also here.
Because the priestess who serve before God is the messenger of oracles.
Isn't this fate?
He knelt down respectfully.
Shimazu did not shy away and accepted the worship calmly because she was wearing a miko costume. The old man was worshipping the gods, and she was just conveying the message on his behalf.
"God Asama, please bless Shobei and let him and his people rest in peace in the kingdom of God!"
As the old man spoke, he grabbed the fishing harpoon at hand and stabbed it accurately at the crawling black shadow in the pond.
The only surviving giant salamander had actually died two years ago, and inside its body was gestating the Yabo people's terrifying weapon of invasion.
The harpoon did pierce the giant salamander's body, and it let out a roar that did not belong to the giant salamander or any other creature.
"Please forgive me, Shobei!"
The giant salamander struggled violently and twisted its body in pain.
Aiying Mountain began to shake, and rocks began to collapse at the entrance of the cave.
"Grandpa! Grandpa is still in there!"
Sayuri tried to go into the cave, but was grabbed by Shibata.
"You don't want your life!"
A huge shadow appeared in the mountain stream. Just as the villagers had said before, the super beast's body still retained many characteristics of the giant salamander.
There was a wound on its back, with body fluids flowing out.
"Captain, is the Chao Beast injured?"
"I saw it. Everyone, return to the fighters and prepare to attack, Konno is attacking on the ground!"
The Eagle and the Cosmos took off, and the battle for humanity began.
The old man fell and sat down by the pool. Just now, huge rocks fell, but somehow, all the rocks seemed to deliberately avoid him. Not a single rock fell on his head, and all of them fell to the side.
To Hanshin, this was undoubtedly God's will. Just as he believed, the eyes of the gods were watching this place.
It's just that because of the super beast, the cave collapsed and they were trapped here.
"Mr. Hanshin, have you forgiven humans?"
"Of course not. I will never forgive them in my life. They killed the giant salamanders, and someone has to seek justice for them. The same goes for Chao Beast, which killed Shobei."
As for seeking some justice, Hanshin knew that he had no way to deal with the people down the mountain, and he had even less power to deal with the super beasts. He was the only one who could make the decision.
Living in a cave only gives the villagers more things to laugh at after dinner.
But someone has to do something, at least like him, the tomb keeper.
Guarding the grave of a destroyed ethnic group.
Humans and super beasts are both murderers of giant salamanders.
"Master Shimazu, Asama-sama said, 'All sins in the world will be eliminated today.' Will humans really have such a day?"
God can forgive people’s sins, but people still keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
"Humans are neither saints nor demons. They have never been able to be free from all sins, and they will never be able to do so in the future."
The person who spoke was not Shimazu, but Reiya.
"People are only human and will continue to make mistakes in the future. But even if there is a little bit of progress, I think that's good."
Hanshin was a little confused. He didn't know who the shrine maiden who came with Shimazu Saishu was.
She is so young, but she is wearing Chihaya.
He didn't remember there being such a shrine maiden at Sengen Taisha Shrine.
But Shimazu knew it.
The real shrine maiden of Izumo Taisha Shrine.
Compared to herself who had never truly heard the oracle and had "deceived the world and stolen the reputation", what she said was the true will of God.
She said that God has great love for mankind and never expects too much. Any small progress made by mankind can comfort Him.
Outside the cave, Sayuri anxiously looked at the cave entrance that was blocked by fallen rocks.
Her grandfather was trapped inside, along with the two witches.
"let me!"
Konno stepped forward and hugged a fallen rock. The rock, which weighed at least 300 to 400 kilograms and was half the height of a person, was lifted up by him with a "Hey Yo!"
The strongman of the TAC team was like a human weightlifter. He lifted the stone and threw it out of the cave in two or three steps.
Looking back, Konno found Shibata also moving stones, but he was thin and had little strength.
"Hey, take Sayuri and leave quickly, it's dangerous here."
"I know the danger. That's what Team TAC is all about, right? As long as someone is in danger, they'll help."
"This is our job." Konno picked up another stone.
Because the stone was moved and lost its balance, more rocks fell down.
"careful!"
A fist-sized rock fell straight towards Konno's head, but Shibata, who was standing next to him, stretched out his arm without hesitation to block it for him.
It hurts quite a bit, my arm might turn purple.
"Oh, I was saved by you once."
"fine."
This is nothing. Shibata suddenly smiled. Although this occasion was not appropriate, he was happy from the bottom of his heart.
"Why, you're still happy even though you're injured."
"Thank you, Konno."
"Huh?" Konno was confused.
Didn't Shibata save him? Even he wouldn't be able to handle such a huge rock falling on his head.
Shibata blocked it for me, why should he thank me?
"Konno, you must have saved a lot of people like this, right?"
When asked this question, Konno thought back and realized that this had happened a few times.
Every time the super beasts wreaked havoc, they would always cause great disasters, especially before Gaia learned the skill of Meta Field.
All they can do is to make up for the loss and rescue as many people as possible.
"Once, the underground street collapsed, and you moved the rocks in the same way and rescued many people."
"Underground shopping mall?" Konno seemed to remember that there was such a thing once. But that kind of thing was just the most ordinary episode in the work of the TAC team.
"Why, you were there that time too?"
"Well, among the people you rescued was my daughter, Thrush."
Shibata's life is like a tragedy. The funny thing is that he still doesn't know where he went wrong.
He once had a beautiful wife, but she had conflicts with him because he was obsessed with news and neglected his family.
That was his job, and he didn't want to run around day and night, but in order to get more royalties and to make his wife and daughter's lives easier, he had no choice.
Then he photographed his wife having an affair.
That was his first time filming a scandal, and the person who ended up being the victim was his wife.
After that, he retaliated by filming a lot of scandals, including those of celebrities and politicians, which he hated.
The wife committed suicide.
Shibata told Tugumi that her mother had been in a car accident. She loved Tugumi and this family, and left this world pure and innocent.
From then on, Thrush was everything to him.
"You know, Konno, you saved my world."
He couldn't imagine what his life would be like if he lost Thrush.
That day, Konno moved the fallen rocks that blocked the underground street and everyone was rescued. Because the rescue was timely, no one was injured.