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Now they are placed everywhere.
The Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kanagawa, and the Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture are the core of the so-called "Three Rays Formation" proposed by the association, which encompasses the entire Kanto Plain.
The "Three Sounds of the Formation" is of course from Chizuru Kagura, the head of the Ise Shrine. In order to "kill demons", she set up a sealing formation with the entire Tokyo as the stage. It was an unprecedented grandiose move.
And this time, Ling also planned something even bigger.
It covers the entire seven counties of Kanto, which is almost half of the island country. Such a large sealing formation has never existed in the past few hundred years, when religious beliefs were the strongest and the priestesses could influence national decisions based on good and bad luck.
It is simply impossible, because no one can afford such a large formation. Carrying the wishes of hundreds of millions of people and the pressure of humanity, looking back at history, even the famous Abe no Haruaki and Himiko were far from being able to do it.
This is not true. In mythology, even gods can become corrupted by human beliefs.
But just as Lingye had decided before, she hoped to be a human being, but if the world needed gods to give everyone a little faith and a little sustenance, then she would be willing to ascend the throne of God.
The Kusanagi sword, the Yasakani no Magatama and the Eight-foot Mirror were placed in the three core shrines mentioned above respectively.
In addition, Sakuragi Shrine in Chiba Prefecture, Oarai Isosaki Shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture, Hikawa Shrine in Saitama Prefecture, and Haruna Shrine in Gunma Prefecture are also part of the seal and together constitute the entire formation.
There is also Ise Grand Shrine in this world, but the master of the shrine is not named Kagura. Ling does not know whether there are psychics or exorcists in the shrine, and has never tried to find out.
But there are indeed Onmyoji in this world. At least going back a few decades, in the last century before the new millennium, there were still rumors of Onmyoji among the people, but with the rapid development of science, these have become superstitions.
At least most of them do.
Even if Yin-Yang magic did exist in the past, it was a sophisticated discipline formed through the research of countless predecessors due to the understanding of various rules and phenomena in the world.
As humanity replaced ghosts and gods and science flourished, the most basic rules also shifted, so that most of the so-called "yin and yang techniques" became a deception.
Very few Onmyoji still exist in secrecy, such as those serving the Imperial Family.
The current head of the royal family, who had just been summoned by the royal family, walked out of the inner courtyard of the palace. Although he was the head of the family, he was actually just a teenager of about sixteen or seventeen years old.
The soles of his shoes rustled on the small gravels that covered the square. This was done in ancient times to prevent ninjas from sneaking in and assassinating him. People passing by all saluted the boy, which was a respect for the Yin-Yang family, whose surname was "Huang" and who had guarded the palace for generations.
The reason for being summoned was naturally that the bigwigs wanted to hear his thoughts and suggestions as a royal servant regarding the so-called "barrier" that was to be set up to cover the Kanto region.
But Huang Angliu’s advice is no advice.
The so-called barrier, which can cover a radius of several hundred meters, is already the best onmyoji, such as Angliu himself. People have their limits, and a larger range is beyond the limit. For example, Abe Haruaki in history was said to be able to protect half of Suzaku Street by himself during the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, which was a range of several miles.
Because Abe Haruaki is a half-human and half-demon, no one has ever heard of anyone above that.
A barrier covering the entire Kanto region, seven counties, and dozens of cities.
A fantasy.
Huang Angliu looked outside the palace wall where the night was falling. That was where the Meiji Shrine was located. It was also one of the most important formations that the organization called "Association" required to be set up. In the distance, he could faintly sense a bad atmosphere. Along with the night wind came the terrifying monster called Alien Beast.
More terrifying than any gods, demons, monsters or ghosts in legends. A monster that devours human flesh and corrupts people's hearts.
There was once a prophecy that a great devil would come in 1999 and the world would end.
The world did not end in 1999, but now, the world is indeed on the brink of destruction.
Because this world is filthy and people's hearts are corrupt. There are demons everywhere in the world, but no God.
Chapter 545 Seven Seals
"Open the door, Sousuke."
The girl's voice was calm, as if nothing had happened.
"Please wait a moment, it will be ready soon."
"What was that explosion just now?"
"It's cockroaches. I'm killing them. Please stay in the room for a while. It's safe there."
Safety?
"Compared to where is safe, please explain why you are here first."
"Just taking a walk, came here by chance."
This is the apartment Chidori wants to rent, and she didn't invite Sagara Sosuke to be her guest. In other words, he broke in by force.
Just a few minutes ago, when Chidori was listening to music with her back to the window, Sagara Sosuke jumped in from the balcony. By the way, Chidori's home is on the seventh floor of the apartment.
Taking a walk outside to the balcony on the seventh floor of the apartment?
Robber, thief.
If they were not classmates, this would be illegal trespassing. But even if they were classmates, this could still be defined as a crime.
Not to mention that he pushed her into the bedroom and locked the door with some unknown method, making it impossible for her to get out.
Fortunately, Chidori knew how out of touch this classmate of hers was. He was simply suffering from war stress syndrome and thought that everywhere was a dangerous battlefield.
There was another burst of intensive machine gun fire.
"What's it this time?"
"There's a rat! This time I'm killing the rat."
Shooting rats with machine gun bullets? Nice idea, zero points for excuses.
Sagara Sosuke was indeed exterminating pests, but they were not cockroaches and rats, but a large number of small alien beasts. For some reason today, just after nightfall, the alien beasts suddenly rioted.
Monsters that would not appear in densely populated city centers no longer follow this 'setting'. Something must have happened, but Sagara has no idea what it is.
His mission is to protect Chidori Kaname, so he was sent to the island country by Mithril. As a "whisperer", she is particularly prone to attacks by alien beasts.
Just like now, groups of alien beasts are pouring in from outside the house endlessly.
In the apartment, he couldn't get on the "Strong Crossbow", so he could only use guns and explosives to resist. Fortunately, the alien beasts that appeared so far were not out of standard, so they could not break through his defense for the time being.
At this moment, Chidori's exclamation suddenly came from the bedroom, followed by a scream.
The alien beast appeared in the bedroom?
Sosuke couldn't understand how the other party had bypassed his defense and broke into the bedroom. He didn't have time to think about it. He quickly opened the bedroom door and looked behind Chidori with his gun raised.
Nothing, was his first reaction.
Then he got hit hard on the head. It was from the folding fan that Chidori always carried with her.
He hadn't been injured at the hands of the alien beast yet, and this time Sosuke's defense was broken for the first time, and the heavy blow made him dizzy.
"Xiang! Liang! Zong! Jie! Look at what you have done to my living room!"
The sofa, dining table, walls, everything was ruined! The living room that was neat and clean a few minutes ago was now in ruins.
Although she knew that Sosuke was a warmongerer, this was too much. She was just a student, how could she get so much money for repairs? She didn't want to call her father, and she didn't even want to use the living expenses he sent her regularly. She would rather work after school.
The estimated cost of repairing the living room in this state far exceeded the amount she could save from her part-time job.
But soon, Chidori realized that something was wrong. She even forgot to blame Sosuke.
"What it is?"
The ominous creatures surging from the corner of the balcony wall were not the species that Chidori had seen in her daily life or in biology textbooks. Sagara raised his gun and fired. The special high-powered machine gun he exchanged in the association, with a firepower of more than ten rounds per second, tore open the body of the alien beast and made it fall to the balcony.
"It's okay, Chidori, don't worry. Just go hide in the room, I won't let these monsters get close. This is just a nightmare, and the world will return to normal when you wake up."
Only a few weeks after her last memory was erased, Chidori met the alien beast again.
"You mean, I'll forget about this?"
Chidori suddenly covered her mouth because she realized that she seemed to have said the same thing before.
"Yes, you will forget, so it doesn't matter, just pretend that none of this exists. When the sun rises tomorrow, I will fix your living room for you, and all these monsters will be driven away."
With such a fierce battle taking place, I guess the mysterious team from the government department is on the way. The Memory Police will erase Chidori's memory.
"I don't want to! I don't want to forget these things. It's so unfair to you, Sousuke."
"Unfair? Why? I'm just completing my mission."
Hearing this, Chidori was furious for some reason. She raised the folding fan in her hand, but couldn't really hit it.
"careful!"
Sosuke grabbed her and dodged the tentacles that shot out from the balcony like bullets. The alien beasts are getting stronger!
[Pardon, all the gods in heaven, all the gods under the earth, eight million gods are here. Eat the food offered by people, and protect humanity from danger. Those who gain faith will surely protect all living beings! Redeem the sins of all living beings and avoid unnecessary punishment...]
Faintly, many people heard that voice.
Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, that voice echoed throughout the Kanto region.
Sosuke heard the sound, but he didn't understand. He just saw that the alien beast that had already climbed onto the balcony suddenly seemed to be frightened and slipped away to who knows where.
Huang Angliu also heard the voice.
He could understand it, but he felt that he did not understand it at all because the prayer made no sense at all.
The so-called prayer is to praise the gods, offer faith, promise all the offerings that one can give, and then humbly put forward one's own little requests.
But that voice was not even a kneeling prayer or worship to the eight million gods, but an amnesty order!
He commanded the gods in heaven from above. Without any conditions, he commanded the gods to protect humanity and eliminate disasters for mankind!
Huang Angliu had never heard such an arrogant prayer, which was a provocation to all the gods in the sky, eight million gods, and even the three noble sons: Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo.
The gods would never respond to such prayers, and instead should bring down divine punishment.
But what the head of the royal family could not understand was that some changes had really occurred. Not far from him was the Meiji Shrine, one of the three cores of the so-called "Three Sounds Formation". As an onmyoji, he clearly felt that some kind of sacred aura had actually opened a barrier, which instantly enveloped him, and then continued to expand and spread to the outskirts of Tokyo.
It actually opened up over the entire Tokyo, and the national treasure, the Kusanagi sword, with its unparalleled murderous aura, repeatedly swept away the dark things in the shadows.
But the sword is an inanimate object. The one with the highest authority is the one who holds the sword. No, it is the god who holds the sword.
Above eight million gods, nobler than the three noble sons. Huang Angliu could vaguely sense the noble existence at the highest point of the sky.
He had prayed countless times during his practice, but had never received a response from any god, so much so that the head of the island country's number one Yin-Yang family, a royal family that had been passed down for thousands of years, began to doubt whether there really were gods in the world, or whether they were just some kind of symbol that communicated with everything.
Now, Huang Angliu really got a response.
"Are you really willing to protect all living beings?" Huang Angliu asked towards the void in the sky.
[This is the meaning of the existence of gods. 】
"So, how should we offer sacrifices?"
【Offer your own kindness and believe in your own good thoughts. The gods do not need offerings or belief. 】
It was completely different from what he had imagined, but with such a god, Huang Angliu felt that the so-called end of the world might not be that scary.