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It’s not a big village, so it’s usually just a matter of time before it’s found.
Fortunately, Merry's gap blocked out sight, sound, and smell.
"I don't know what time it is now."
Meili admitted that she began to miss Lianzi. She always knew the time accurately and would never get lost.
In the past, when exploring secret places, people often encountered dangers and some indescribable monsters.
But as long as Lianzi was by her side, she could tell herself what to do and what she should do every time.
And those decisions were the right ones.
They are the best partners.
"Haven't you found it yet?" The woman in white with a bottle of water on her shoulder was already impatient.
This village has been cut off from the outside world in terms of information. No one should be allowed to come in.
People will ignore this place, and even the marking of this village on the map will gradually disappear.
Even if someone got information about the village from an unexpected source and wanted to investigate, they couldn't step into the village entrance.
This place is closed from a spatial perspective, and those who want to visit it will subconsciously leave.
So the visitor knew this place and had the ability to enter another dimension. Naturally, he was not an ordinary person.
The first person she thought of was Gaia or Ace, but if it was the two giants of light, there was really no reason to hide.
If they came, she should be the one hiding.
No matter what, no one can be allowed to pass on this information.
"Mr. Envoy, there really isn't anything. We have searched the entire village."
"Then you should know that God will be very angry. Without the sun, the crops here will die. I am God's messenger, and I can feel God's anger."
"You have half an hour left. If you can't find it, the gods will punish you. The punishment will kill people. If it's not them who will die, then it will be you!"
"Ah, God, God's punishment?"
"Yes, like this."
As soon as the woman finished speaking, lightning struck from the dark clouds, and scorching sparks exploded in the open space.
Anyone who is a little closer can feel the paralyzing sensation of the electric current.
"God forgives! God forgives!"
People lie prone and kneel, their hearts numb and filled with fear. Such believers are the most pious.
The woman nodded with satisfaction.
"Go ahead, remember, you only have half an hour."
Half an hour later, she would really kill people, and it would not matter if a few people on Earth died. She could find more believers like this, and fear would make people more pious.
Time passed quickly and half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
But the villagers still got nothing.
As it should be, divine punishment is about to come.
"God is disappointed in you. You have forgotten the fear of God. You have lost the fear of God!"
"May God forgive me!"
The ultimate fear is numbness.
The people kneeling on the ground in front of the altar had become puppets without emotions. No one knew who would be punished by God.
Even the woman in white didn't know. She didn't care at all. God's punishment was random. It didn't matter who died. It just made these people more afraid.
"Do you think you are a clergyman? Respect their majesty and virtue, that's what God is! Comfort the unbelievers with tolerance, and discipline the believers with discipline."
People who do not believe in God are happy because life has not forced them to the point where they need to pray to God or Buddha for help, so the gods should bless those who do not believe.
As for believers, the gods should use strict laws to guide them onto the right path, saving their hearts and saving their people.
This is what God is, and only this is worthy of the worship of all peoples.
Seeing Reimu coming out on her own initiative even though she couldn't find him, the woman in white was a little surprised, but also felt it was natural.
Human beings are so stupid and ridiculous.
"So, you are also a clergyman?" She even wanted to tease him.
If it's not Gaia or Ace, then there is no one on this planet worthy of her fear.
Reimu is not like that. Although her father is a priest, Reimu has not been enshrined as a god.
In Gensokyo, she is called Hakurei Miko, but in fact, she is an "illegal" shrine maiden and is not officially recognized.
"Do you believe in your god? Then let's compare and see whose god is more powerful."
The woman in white stretched out her hand, and energy bullets shot out from her fingertips.
As the red energy bomb approached, Ling Meng was still thinking about the words of the woman in white.
Believe in gods? But she doesn't even know what god she believes in.
She is a non-believer.
Because I have been so carefree from childhood to now, the boredom that I used to despise is actually happiness.
She never even thought of praying to the gods for anything, because she had nothing to desire.
She grew up in a shrine but had never worshipped God. How could the gods have mercy on her?
Merry opened the gap, she was not sure if her gap could withstand such an energy bomb.
However, before the gap, a yin-yang diagram suddenly unfolded.
"what?"
The woman in white was a little surprised. The Yin-Yang diagram easily blocked the energy bullet and even returned it to its original path, almost hitting the water bottle in her hand.
Reimu was also surprised, that was her Yin-Yang Jade!
But why is this place outside of Gensokyo?
[To comfort the non-believers with tolerance, to warn the believers with discipline. Is this what you understand as God? ]
Reimu heard the voice, not through her ears, but as she remembered it in her heart.
Reimu realized that was the person who gave the Yin Yang Jade to her.
She, no, He might be the one who created Gensokyo.
Lord God!
But she never believed in gods, so why would gods favor a nonbeliever like her?
[There is no need to believe in God. Whether to believe in God or not is a choice made by human beings.]
Humans believe in gods, use faith to comfort themselves and to express their sorrow. These are all decided by humans themselves.
It has nothing to do with God.
[But you love this world, so the world loves you.] — the voice continued.
Those villagers wanted to kill her, and Reimu had no obligation to save them.
But when they were about to be "punished by God", she took the initiative to come out.
So this is Reimu, the Hakurei shrine maiden of Gensokyo. Whether in Gensokyo or outside of Gensokyo.
“Is this an oracle?”
Reimu suddenly asked.
【If you think so, then so be it. 】
Such a perfunctory answer, but it turns out that this is how gods act.
Then it would be nice to offer some sacrifice.
As someone who received the oracle, she was a real witch, right? Whether the law recognized it or not, she was.
She is the Hakurei shrine maiden from Gensokyo!
The Yin-Yang Jade blossomed in her hand, and Reimu soared into the sky, heading straight for the dark clouds.
"Don't even think about it!" The woman in white pointed the water bottle in her hand at Reimu in the sky, releasing a flash of light like a lightning column. The power was no less than that of an ordinary missile.
The Yin-Yang diagram bloomed again, and lightning struck the Yin-Yang diagram like raindrops falling on an umbrella, causing ripples, but it was still unable to break through the thin barrier.
Countless spots of light were like dense flying birds, they were connected talismans.
Among the kneeling villagers, some who often went to Izumo Taisha Shrine to worship had already recognized the shrine maiden in the sky.
"That's the shrine maiden from Izumo Taisha! The gods have come to save us!"
They believe in the so-called "God" out of fear, but if they had a choice, they would of course prefer to believe in the righteous god of the big shrine.
Now, the gods really came to save them!
They are still kneeling, but what they are chanting is no longer God.
The woman in white was aware of this as well, for she sensed that her faith was waning.
She was so angry that she wanted to kill all these fools if she could, but the witch did not give her the chance.
Reimu realized that she couldn't get close to the dark clouds in the sky without defeating the woman in front of her. She also noticed the woman's murderous intentions towards the villagers.
With one move, Reimu jumped down from the sky with the Yin-Yang diagram on her head.
The whole body was dark, without a single ray of light. The energy from the collision of the light column and the Yin-Yang diagram raged around her, and she was like a swift in a storm.
It is also like an eagle, with an indomitable momentum, swooping down from the air to the ground.
Her power may have been given by others, but watching this scene, everyone would think that this is what the guardian of Gensokyo, Hakurei Miko, should be like. Apart from this, no one else can be competent.
Everything in the dream is real.
Merry stared at the sky in a daze. The shrine maiden from Gensokyo who had appeared in her dream was right in front of her. Then, who was the "self" looking at Reimu in the dream?
At a certain moment, the talisman in Reimu's hand glowed with light.