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"Then, who are you?"

"Me? I was a king a long time ago, then a god, and finally a Bodhisattva. That's all." The monk said calmly.

In fact, he knew whose vest he was wearing. He knew a lot about the deeds of Hachiman Great Bodhisattva. Who made him have the same name as him? So he was occasionally called Hachiman Great Bodhisattva.

Xian Tai began to search for such experiences in his mind: King, God, Bodhisattva. If any two of these nouns were picked out, there would be many fireworks in between. But if the three were combined together, it would be easy to lock on.

Hachiman Great Bodhisattva is also Hachiman God. Even more so, Emperor Ojin.

During the Genji shogunate, Hachiman was the god of war and the patron saint of the samurai. Under this influence, the belief in Hachiman was strong among the entire samurai class. He also had the duty of "the god of bows and arrows". The same was true for the Tokugawa shogunate, which was also based on the samurai class.

Xiantai has a wide range of knowledge, including religion.

"Excuse me, why did Hachiman Bodhisattva appear?" He seemed to believe the monk's words.

Then we can follow the script.

The monk spoke slowly.

……

……

The pyramid is a multi-story building. The library is the most eye-catching because it spans two floors. The designer cleverly used the space of the two floors to construct a huge library. Recently, many people have been received here, including Taoist priests, celestial beings, and even ordinary people.

Yukinoshita Yukino considers herself to be an ordinary person.

Even if she mastered the "qi", she felt that she was no longer an ordinary person. After a period of study, she mastered the means of long-range attack, but what did it matter? The effect of that was far less than the refreshing function that the "qi" brought her.

Of course, she is not studying in the library now, but sitting in a room converted from the living room - watching people perform.

"It seems like you want to touch the bald head of the guy in the house." Yuigahama Yui's voice sounded beside her.

Now standing in the center of the stage is a monk. Of course, if Rushi takes another look at his facial features, he can tell that it is Hikigaya Hachiman.

Seeing someone familiar, someone close to me, transformed into a different look, with a bald head, makes me laugh out loud...

Yuigahama Yui has managed to stay still without laughing until now, which is already a sign of strong self-control...

Yukinoshita Yukino said, "This is very rude, Yui."

"But the bald head and dead fish eyes of the squatting family are really devilish."

As they chatted, Hikigaya Hachiman came down from the stage. He looked at Yuigahama Yui, who laughed openly—she couldn't help herself.

Yukinoshita Yukino turned her head away, for fear of laughing if she continued watching.

Standing nearby, Li Mo, who seemed to be daydreaming, came back to his senses and said, "How about Hikigaya becoming bald?"

Hikigaya Hachiman returned to his usual appearance after stepping down from the stage. The image of a great monk was gone. In fact, it was not that he really shaved his head, but a wonderful illusion.

Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know the principle, but this is how Li Mo explained it.

"No, I refuse." Hikigaya Hachiman had no intention of giving up: "Come to think of it, why did you choose that Sentai?"

He chose to change the subject, otherwise the topic would linger on the bald head. Not to mention Yuigahama Yui, even he was curious about what it felt like to touch his own bald head. He had no such experience.

Li Mo explained with a smile: "It's very simple, Xiantai has the most knowledge in his head. Hachiman, you have to understand that people who have only a superficial understanding are the most likely to have wild imaginations."

"Then let me change the question. I told the other party everything as you said. But the other party obviously didn't believe my identity. Thinking about it carefully, I feel that this is very suspicious. How can I enthusiastically entrust everything to someone as soon as I meet him?" Hikigaya Hachiman said.

Even he could see that the Hachiman God he played did not gain the trust of Xiantai. Couldn't Li Mo see that?

"You can doubt it if you want to. After all, I'm not a professional scriptwriter. It's not right to force an explanation here... but it will be fine if we reverse the concept later." Li Mo said, "Unfortunately, there are not enough people willing to perform like the immortals. Taohua was willing to come, but when she heard that she had to die, Juhua didn't want to. Really, she won't really die."

The director complained about the actor's poor performance, while the other actor shrugged.

Hikigaya Hachiman said that he also wanted to get off the stage, and when he was playing the role of a monk, he wanted to give up his responsibility. But out of responsibility, he couldn't do such a thing...

Just take your time. What else can I do?

Chapter 702: Reunion

A cave somewhere under the rock wall.

The light from the bonfire shone on the stone wall, revealing its uneven surface. The deep darkness outside the cave, which could not be illuminated by the fire, heralded the arrival of a long night.

A group of people gathered around the campfire, three men and two women, all relying on the campfire to survive. The men had almost nothing in common, fat, strong, and gray-haired husbands. On the contrary, the women could all be called beautiful girls.

The purple-haired female ninja has a plump figure and looks like a big sister, while the female warrior in white-based clothes looks heroic.

However, no one here cares about appearance. Those who can be seduced have already been fed to the strange ecosystem of this island in broad daylight.

The crowd was not in a subtle silence, but was discussing - discussing the existence of that strange monk.

"I believe the monk you mentioned, but I have doubts as to whether he is Hachiman Bodhisattva." Genji, who looked like a sturdy man, spoke.

The death row inmate he was used to seeing was named Mao Long Mu Ya, and that guy died because he was seduced. As for whether he thought it was because of his great skills and courage or some other reason, in short, he was dead.

Now he and Xiantai are together to watch over Gang. He did not choose to return immediately because he felt that this woman was extremely dangerous. If Xiantai continued to follow and watch over her, he might not be able to return to Japan in the end.

"There are many suspicious points." Huameiwan said.

Gang nodded: "Yes, that monk looks very impatient. He doesn't have a calm attitude at all, he doesn't look like a monk."

Sentai: "Of course, that monk doesn't look like a monk. Many of his uses are more Taoist. But I don't think there is any problem. The so-called Hachiman Great Bodhisattva is a human name given based on the consideration that gods and Buddhas are one. His essence should be Hachiman God."

Shinto and Buddha are one. In today's Japan, many of the original gods are worshipped as Buddhas. This has been going on from ancient times to the present. In fact, it was not until the Meiji era that Shinto and Buddha were separated. The name of Hachiman Daibosatsu was banned, but who can say for sure about the situation among the people? In modern times, isn't the name of Hachiman Daibosatsu still in use?

"Is he really Hachiman?" said Sachi. "I didn't see the monk, but I still find it strange. How could a monk suddenly appear and say he is Hachiman? And he revealed so much information. It's like..."

Xiantai: "It's like luring us forward, right?"

Zuo Qi nodded, her senior's words expressed her concerns.

Xiantai: "There is a possibility like this, so we need to test it tomorrow. But I think the possibility is very low. That monk seems to be hiding something."

"Hmm?" said Zoche. "Why do you say that?"

"Let's call him Hachiman Great Bodhisattva for now." Xiantai said, "Let's not talk about the doubts about him for now. But I think the information he said is true."

The Hachiman played by Hikigaya Hachiman revealed too much information, such as the three regions of the island, namely Yingzhou, Fangzhang, and Penglai. For example, there are demons under Penglai.

Too much information makes people feel it is fake.

Who would reveal such crucial information as soon as they meet someone?

Huameiwan: "We need the next source of information."

"Yes, we need more information for comparison." Xian Tai said, "I wonder if there is a second source of information in this outer area."

"How about we talk about that tomorrow?" A pleasant female voice came over, and the female ninja said, "Now that everyone has eaten their dry food, it is time to recuperate. Judging from the density of those monsters, tomorrow's exercise will be quite a lot."

Genji was silent for a moment and then said, "I'll keep watch."

"Leave the second half of the night to me," said Zuoqie.

Then, the cave suddenly became quiet, and humans still needed to rest. They were not monsters that could exercise and fight all night long.

Accompanied by the crackling sounds, the whole night passed in silence.

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……

The next day, the island was bright and the weather was still sunny. It was not a bad rainy day. If it was a rainy day, it would be a lot of trouble - trouble in all aspects.

In the clear weather, everyone was moving towards the center of the island. No one said they would go back early... In fact, Zoche knew of only two people who had gone back.

One is Qisheng, the "hundred sword hunter" Twisted Qingyun under his supervision was killed when he challenged Huameimaru. This was what Sakiri saw with his own eyes, and the other is Juhe, the old senior of the Yamada Asaemon family. The "murderous Buddha" Horyufang under his supervision was killed by Aza Gobei under Kirima's supervision before he even got to the island.

Given the old man's personality, Zuo Qi could even imagine him returning home happily.

"Something's wrong. The density of monsters nearby has decreased a lot. Even those monsters that are taller than the trees can't be seen."

After walking for a while, they didn't encounter any monsters. In other words, no battle broke out. This should have been a good thing, but this situation was abnormal.

Genji said this based on his intuition.

Abnormal situations don't appear out of thin air. They usually occur because of some unexpected events. The biggest variable on this island is the people who land on it.

After lying on the ground and listening, Huameiwan pointed in a direction and said, "In that direction, there are sounds of fighting."

Sure enough, the reason why we were at ease was not due to any other reason, but simply because someone was carrying the burden and moving forward.

"Do you want to go over?" Gang asked with his head tilted.

"Let's go over there." It was Genji who made the decision.

This operation is a two-person operation. Yamada Asaemon sends a supervisor to act together with the prisoner. Therefore, there must be a companion of Yamada Asaemon's family among the besieged. If not, the prisoner acting alone can be beheaded on the spot!

After yesterday's battle, the five people didn't think there were any monsters here that could trouble them. Previously, when Huameiwan and Zuoqi cooperated with each other and faced multiple monsters besieging them, they wasted their energy and time to solve the problem. What's more, there are five of them now.

Needless to say, the executioners of the Yamada Asaemon family were a group of samurai with strong martial virtues, otherwise they would not have been sent to this island. Before the death row prisoners came to the island, they went through a round of selection. Ten of the strongest were selected from a large group of death row prisoners.

Even though the nearby monsters were attracted over there, there were almost no casualties.

Because there were so many people, there were exactly five of them, each with strong abilities. The number of monsters around them was constantly decreasing.

By the time Huameiwan and his group arrive, everyone will be together, and it will only be a matter of time before those monsters are destroyed.

Chapter 703: Reunion, Ten People

When the dust settled, the bodies of the monsters fell to the ground. The fish-like monsters and the giant monsters were all eliminated.

The Kitchen God and the Door God are no match for these guys. No wonder in the original comic, the celestial beings gave these landers a special word: "this group of people".

Yes, this group of people is special. For hundreds of years, the rumor of the elixir of life on the island has been fermenting, and it has only now attracted the attention of the shogun. Before that, the general who had the resources of the whole country and the strongest man didn't care. Of course, those sent to explore were some idiots.

Surrounded by the corpses of the monsters, the two groups of people met up. Among them, the most inflexible one was Zouche. Even she had changed now, so the two sides cleverly reached a consensus.

The two groups met and saw that there were ten people.

Ten people are exactly the number of five groups, and also half of the total number of people landing on the island.

But there are no such coincidences in the world. There are currently six members of the Yamada Asaemon family here, but there are only four criminals.

"It's great to meet you guys... Where's Qisheng? Have you seen him? I remember he landed very close to you, Zuoqie."

The blind man with his eyes closed said, his name is Shiyuan, he is the fourth in the Yamada Asaemon Tri-Ittoryu. Among the Yamada Asaemon members present, he is also the most senior.

Even though he had lost his sight, he seemed to be able to see.

"The saint returned first." said Zuoqie.