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Ling also said this, pretending to hold the Light of Gaia in her hand and transform.
"Ah, no, no!" Moqilong was really scared. Its body was no match for Gaia.
Being beaten by Lunaticus is just painful, I'm used to it. But being beaten by Gaia is really painful!
"How about this, I'll make rice cakes as compensation to the Earth!" Nan Xizi said. She was also afraid that Gaia would take action, and Mo Qilong would really be beaten to death.
But from her point of view, there was nothing she could do to stop it.
Who made it come to Earth to cause trouble? Nan Xizi was a little angry and wished it could be beaten to death.
Then I can only make my own rice cake to make amends.
Chapter 474: The Third Kagura
Nan Xizi became huge, just like Ace in the past, forty meters tall.
This is not Ultraman's transformation.
She is the Moon Goddess, not an ordinary life form, but an energy body condensed by faith, so it is very easy for her to grow bigger or smaller. So after becoming giant, she still looks like Nan Xizi.
Lunaticus stopped pounding the medicine, and the pestle in his hand turned into a wooden hammer.
It is ready to pound the rice cake. In fact, the action is similar to pounding medicine, except that the laurel leaves and petals are replaced with steamed glutinous rice.
Making rice cakes requires glutinous rice, which is fine. As the moon god, Minami Yuko is the island nation's harvest god (Tsukiyomi-no-Mikoto). Any shrine dedicated to Tsukiyomi-no-Mikoto will offer him harvested items as sacrifices at the end of autumn.
Of course, glutinous rice is among them.
Nan Xizi took out all the glutinous rice and used the Mochilong as a steamer, steaming the glutinous rice with its "wa wa" sound.
In fact, this ordinary fire of several hundred degrees cannot hurt it at all, but Mo Qilong is not a fool. After Nan Xizi interrupted him several times, it has realized the root of the problem.
So it cooperated and acted like it was in pain. It didn't matter whether it really hurt or not, it had to shout out, at least to let Gaia see that it was in pain and feel that it had been taught a lesson.
Sure enough, she did not insist on turning into Gaia to teach herself a lesson.
It seems like I passed.
Mo Qilong was just thinking about this, and then "bang"!
"Wow, that hurts!" This time it's real!
"Lunaticus, are you seeking revenge? Why are you so serious?"
It was really hit hard. But it was not over yet.
"You need to use more force to beat the rice cakes so that they taste good."
This was Nan Xizi speaking, so Yuetu hit harder with his next hammer.
"Sister Xizi..." Mo Qilong was really about to cry. Wasn't this just a show?
Nan Xizi kneaded the dough and Yuetu pounded the mallet, they worked very well together.
Nan Xizi was really angry. Human beings' fantasies about the moon, the Moon Palace, Chang'e, the Jade Rabbit, and pounding medicine, have a history of more than a thousand years. The pounding medicine pot was with her from the beginning.
At the beginning, it was unconscious. The only life in the Moon Palace was her, the Jade Rabbit, and the silent laurel tree.
But just like people's beliefs, objects can also become tsukumogami. Legend has it that if an object is left alone for 100 years, it will turn into a monster.
It existed for more than a hundred years, and one day, the medicine pounding pot had its own mind. It liked to eat the rice cakes offered by people, and every year the rice cakes offered to the Moon Palace were eaten by it, so it even gave itself a name, and the uneducated one called it "Rice Cake Man".
Rice cake man, pronounced as mochilong in Japanese.
Nan Xizi doesn't care what name it gives itself, it's its freedom to call itself whatever it wants. But now that it's coming to Earth to cause trouble, we can't just ignore it.
It should be thankful that Taro is not on Earth now, only Gaia is there.
After all, I have some friendship with Ling and we can talk to each other.
If he was facing Taro, he would not know him except for that barbecue. He might have to ask someone else to act as a middleman.
She didn't have the face to look for Ace, so perhaps she could only swallow her pride and ask for a favor, and go to Ultra Father to plead with Taro.
If children are not beaten, they will become rebellious.
Lunatix sensed Nan Xizi's thoughts, and its movements became more vigorous. Soon, the fragrance of the rice cake gradually seeped out.
This bucket of rice cakes weighs dozens of tons, enough to compensate for those that Mo Qilong had eaten before, with even more left over.
New Year's Eve, the last day of the year.
The island country uses the Gregorian calendar for the New Year, so New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve are different.
But it is also the most important festival of the year in the island country.
In Ningyocho shopping street in Tokyo, a young girl begged for her wages with a sad face.
"Uncle, I promised you to give me food!"
But the manager of Uozumi Rice Cake was also in a difficult situation.
The little girl came to the store yesterday and said she could help pound the rice cakes and claimed she was very strong. He didn't believe it at first, but she was really strong, like an alien.
So the store manager agreed to hire the girl for yesterday and today, as the most rice cakes were needed on these two days.
The girl doesn't want any other compensation, just food.
But who could have imagined that a monster came to Tokyo yesterday and attacked rice cake workshops everywhere to steal rice cakes to eat. Of course, he didn't dare to open the business to pound rice cakes.
The girl said she was not afraid of monsters and she would be responsible for chasing away any monsters that came.
Of course the boss didn't believe it and closed the shop yesterday. But early this morning on New Year's Eve, she came again.
"I say, the store really can't make rice cakes anymore, why don't you go find a job somewhere else?"
"But I'm starving."
The girl really looked like she was starving to death.
The girl was quite strange, she was very pretty, but she was holding an umbrella on a sunny day. Her skin was so white that it looked like she had never been exposed to the sun. Her skin color could be compared to milk without exaggeration.
If it's just a meal, it's not impossible. But she looks so thin and weak, how much can she eat?
But just as the store manager was about to make the most wrong decision of his life, a commotion was heard on the street.
"Give out rice cakes. Free rice cakes."
"Free rice cakes?"
Before the store manager could say anything, the girl had already stopped the passerby who was talking. I don't know how she got there, she just whizzed by.
"You can eat for free without working? Is there such a thing on earth?"
Although the word 'on Earth' may sound a little strange, it is true.
"Because of the monster attack, there are no rice cakes to buy in Tokyo this year. The Tsukimine Shrine decided to give out rice cakes for free. Anyone can eat them and anyone can get one. Several neighborhoods are giving them out. The rice cakes are piled up like a mountain, enough for everyone to use during the New Year!"
"The Tsukimine Shrine is really great, what a kind person!"
Being able to eat all you can for free is really too attractive. The girl originally didn't believe in God, let alone the God of the Earth, but she decided that from today on, she would be a believer of Yuefeng Shrine!
The place where rice cakes were distributed was packed with people.
Hyuga Miyaji, Reiya, Reimu, and Minami Yuko were all maintaining order and distributing rice cakes.
It can be considered as a festival held by Tsukimine Shrine. Residents who received rice cakes would sincerely worship the shrine. Rice cakes are not valuable, but you can't celebrate the New Year without them. Because of the monster attack, it was almost impossible to buy rice cakes in the whole of Tokyo. Tsukimine Shrine can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need.
Although it is free, many residents still donated money to the donation box, not more, not less, about the same as the amount they usually spend on buying rice cakes at the market.
"Isn't this free? Do I still have to pay for it?"
Looking at the girl in front of her, Ling was also a little surprised. After all, it was a sunny day, and the sun was not strong. It was a bit strange to hold an umbrella without blocking the rain or the sun.
"Well, it's free. These are voluntary offerings from everyone. No money is required."
"That's great, please give me 20 rice cakes."
"Ah? 20 copies?"
"Can't you?"
It’s not impossible, but most people will only take one.
"You can take as many as you want, but 20 copies would be a waste. Are there a lot of people who want them?"
"No, just me. It won't be wasted, I can eat it now."
She could indeed finish the meal by herself. She took 20 boxes of rice cakes and started eating them on the spot without any intention of taking them away.
One box, two boxes...
At first, some people wanted to see the joke, but soon they were just surprised. Without even a sip of water, 20 servings of rice cake were finished in less than three minutes.
She ate the rice cake neither roughly nor in a hurry, but just took one bite after another without stopping.
So much so that when everyone came to their senses, there were only twenty empty boxes in front of them.
"Are you full?"
"Well, almost."
I’m almost not full, but I feel embarrassed to eat more.
No reward without merit. It's enough to fill your stomach 30% to 50% and not feel hungry.
Ling also realized one thing. It was obvious that anyone who could eat so much was definitely not an Earthling.
"Actually, I'm here to look for a job. Now that we've finished our meal, just let me know if you need any help."
She had nothing but strength. Without anyone saying anything, the girl started helping to move the rice cakes.
Just as she said, she was not exaggerating. A girl can really do the work of several men. Not to mention adult men, even elephants can't compare to her. She is like a human crane.
"Your name is?"
"Kagura."
"Kagura?"
What a coincidence! Ling has also heard of two people with this name. There are so many people named Kagura.
However, the head of Ise Jingu, Kagura, is a surname. And Isayama Yomi, whom I met before, said that she has a friend also named Kagura, Shimiya Kagura, which is a name.
"Is this Kagura a surname or a given name?"
"Hmm? That's my name. My last name is Shen and my given name is Le."