When Emperor Yu pulled Ishise to fly to Nanse in front of all the spirits, a change began to happen.
Stepping on the black tiles and walking to the edge of the roof, Zong Gu looked down, and the tragic situation of spiritual bodies swallowing and fighting each other covered the entire street.
Buzz —
"Student Fangming!"
When he answered the phone, Kyoko on the other end was a little anxious, "Where are you?"
"I'm in...South."
"Nanza?" Kyoko was startled, "I heard that all the spirits are gathering towards Nanza and have begun to mutate and fight with each other..."
"fine."
Zong Gu took a deep breath, not wanting to worry her, and said, "I am in a very safe place, and no spiritual body can touch me."
"Yeah……"
Kyoko was relieved and her tone slowed down.
"At present, the organization's arrangement is to completely block this area, prevent ordinary citizens from entering, let the spirits inside kill each other, and finally the spiritual enlightened person takes action to eliminate the remaining part."
The spirits will become stronger when they devour each other, but in the end, they are limited, at least within the scope that the institution's spiritual sense can deal with.
"It's almost the same as I guess."
Soya looked not far away, on the street, the spiritualists were building new lines of defense, and this time it was to stop ordinary people, "Where is Kyoko now?"
"I am at Yasaka Shrine to help appease the ordinary citizens who were sent here." Kyoko said.
"Kyoko is there. I will come to find you if it's a matter here."
“…”
She was silent for a while, her phone was stuck to her ear, and Zong Gu could only hear the sound of inhaling.
"You have to be careful."
"Yeah, don't worry."
After finishing the call, Zong Gu stared at the fight below for a moment, then turned his gaze and looked at the Orange Emperor who was walking beside him.
"What is Fang Ming's wish? It's almost time to tell me."
"Why did the teacher choose me?"
"Of course it's because I really like Fang Ming so much." Emperor Ju smiled at him, "If Fang Ming had been here before, I would definitely choose you every time."
"But I don't like this arrangement."
Sonoya turned his head and looked at a place behind her. Ishise, who was killed, had just fallen there, and at this time he had dissipated for a long time.
Emperor Jue smiled unchanged, "But I like it."
"If the last soul sacrifice ends as before, I will feel very sorry and may continue it. But this is not what Fang Ming wants to see, so I have to make it a little more interesting as much as possible."
Zong Gu pursed his lips and said nothing.
Although I am a little sorry for Ishise, it is still worth it if he can exchange his demise for the complete end of the Soul Sacrifice Society.
"Fangming doesn't like the Soul Sacrifice Society. Next year, what should we use to replace the Soul Sacrifice Society?"
Emperor Orange looked below, the number of spirits was decreasing, while the remaining individuals became increasingly strange in the swallowing and mutation of each other. "I really don't want to be so lively."
“…”
Zong Gu was silent for a while and said, "Teacher, I think what I meant should be to completely disappear like this kind of excitement, not just to change a name."
She looked over, "But that's not how I agreed to Fangming."
"teacher……"
"In the past, I was intrigued, so I just chose someone casually. This year, I would let them run around in Gion for a little more lively. But this also made me discover the fun of it. Why not change it to hide and seek next year."
Emperor Ju said to himself, "I'll hide, they'll look for it. Expand the scope to the entire Kyoto, and leave a few more words as a reminder. Whoever finds me first will realize his wish."
“…”
A bamboo basket is soaked in vain.
Zong Gu couldn't speak for a long time, and he just felt that he had been fooled.
Not only that, because he requested the end of the Soul Sacrifice Society, the situation will change unprecedentedly next year, and the thousands of years of coping experience of the Kinki Spirit Awareness organization will also lose its effect.
Due to the rigidity of the organization, the chaos at that time was beyond imagination.
Emperor Ju looked at him with great interest for a while, and said, "Fangming thinks, am I teasing you?"
"No."
"Fangming is angry."
Zong Gu looked aside, "Don't dare."
"Ling." Emperor Ju called Chao Wuling again, who was sitting on the ridge of the house, "Are Fang Ming angry?"
"I'm angry."
"Why?"
The night wind on the high platform made me blew my hair floating around towards the fog bell, but the calmness on my face remained unchanged, "Because the teacher didn't keep his word."
"I think it's because Fang Ming didn't explain it clearly... Then should I apologize?"
"No." She looked at Zong Gu's back, "Because the teacher is a god, the gods will not make mistakes."
“…”
Zong Gu turned his head and looked at her.
"remember--"
He turned around and the emperor Ju approached him at some point, staring at him with his eyes.
"What anyone promises you doesn't count. Only what you can do on your own can do the right thing."
“…”
Zong Gu pursed his lips tightly and said after a while: "I understand."
Emperor Orange took a step back and a smile appeared on his face again.
"This is the last thing I can teach Fangming. From now on, Fangming will have to rely on himself. Of course, Ling will always be by your side."
Zong Gu nodded without saying a word, not thinking too much.
"So, what is Fangming's wish? Can you tell me now? Don't worry, this time it will definitely count."
He almost forgot that there was something going on.
Looking at him, Zong Gu said, "I hope the teacher can follow my current statement and let the Soul Sacrifice end from now on."
Emperor Orange smiled.
"no problem."
"I mean, the kind of hide and seek that the teacher just imagined is also included," Soya emphasized.
"Of course. This is Fang Ming's wish, I will do what I say."
She promised casually, as if everything she said just now was just to let him use his wish here - even if that was the case, Zong Gu would not say much, after all, the right to make a wish to her was originally given to her.
“That’s what my wish is.”
"Fangming is such a good boy."
Emperor Ju approached again, stroked his face, and stared at him for a while.
"I hope you can always stick to this kind of heart."
"I will."
She smiled slightly, said nothing more, and took his hand, stepped lightly, and then flew to Chaowuling.
Pull her up again, the three of them stroll through the night sky, and after a flight, Orange Emperor put the two of them down at the bridgehead of the four bridges.
The lights are bright, but both spiritualists and ordinary people around them turn a blind eye to the three people falling from the sky.
Let go of Zonggu and Chaowuling, and the Orange Emperor was half floating in the air, "The bell will be handed over to Fangming."
"OK."
"If nothing unexpected happens, Fangming and I will see each other again in two days."
Soya was stunned for a moment, "Is that true?"
"Let's talk about it then."
He smiled at Chao Wuling beside him again, and the Orange Emperor floated away and disappeared into the night sky.
Withdrew his gaze, Zong Gu lowered his head and found that the pedestrian next to him looked at him, then quickly looked away.
“When did it appear…”
He ignored it and looked down at Chao Wuling: "Is Ling coming to see the teacher just to tease me with her?"
She glanced at him, "Not teasing."
"I understand." Zong Gu sighed lowly, "For the teacher, he just chose an insignificant spirit body, so that he could provide her with some entertainment before he died."
Chao Wuling looked at him without saying anything.
Zong Gu was not too worried about this matter and said, "Next, I will stay here to deal with the aftermath. What should I do? I'm afraid it's not convenient and safe to be with me."
She looked to the other end of the four bridges, "I will take a break there for a while and contact me when you want to go back."
"It's good."
The two separated at the bridge and turned to Wuling to cross the bridge. Zong Gu stayed in place and looked at her for a while, then looked at the Nanzu Theater near in front of him.
In the encirclement, the fighting and devouring of spirits continue. The same situation also occurs everywhere in Kyoto, and the number of spirits in the garden is more concentrated.
To stop civilians from entering, to sit and watch the spirits kill each other in the encirclement, and then kill the remaining parts, the treatment methods of each area are similar.
Talisman paper, demon-breaking arrows, monks who form formations and recite the Buddha's name...the number of spiritual bodies is only amazing, even if they are devoured or mutated, it will not be too difficult to deal with. These methods are still effective.
Joined the team of the spiritual enlightened people and waited for a while. The person in charge of the scene said that the time had come. Zong Gu and other spiritual enlightened people shrank inward and slaughtered the spirit bodies that had already begun to attack the encirclement.
With a knife, he slashed at the fierce spirit that was rushing towards him. Yu Guang saw a figure approaching quickly. Zong Gu raised his foot and kicked it again, then waved the knife to him.
The two evil spirits who came up came one after another were killed one after another, and Zong Gu did not stop and continued to go deeper.
"Beware!"
He lowered his head to avoid the heavy punches coming from behind. Zong Gu lifted the knife and stabbed it. The tip of the knife penetrated the throat and then rose up suddenly, directly dividing the head of the sneak attacker into two pieces.
Facing a spirit body, the blade wrapped in spiritual power is sharper than anything, and is never exceptional.
He nodded to his colleague who reminded him, and he took the initiative to face another spiritual body ahead.
"Who is that child? Why haven't you seen him before?"
"It should be from the headquarters of Liuli Guangyuan."
"Impossible. If it were someone from the headquarters, I would definitely know him."
"Then I don't know, you can ask yourself later."
Zong Gu, who was unreserved during the rushing, gradually attracted the attention of some nearby spiritual enlightened people.
By the time he noticed this, it was a long time later, and the spirits around the Nanzu Theater had been wiped out so much that they were left.
"that……"
When the situation becomes less dangerous, someone comes to say hello.
"I'll go support other places."
Soyato rushed to Yasaka Shrine without looking back.
"Wait...well, I ran away."
"Let's ask later."
Leaving Nanzu, Zonggu slowed down again.
Although he has been freed for the time being, if others are interested in asking, it is still easy to know his identity.
"Hopefully not many people noticed..."
Noma Nan often reminds that being famous is not a good thing, but soldiers come to prevent them and water comes to cover them. He is too lazy to think too much now.
Follow Shijotong all the way to Yasaka Shrine, where there are many people, mostly ordinary citizens.
Including the South Tower, the agency blocked several areas nearby, and some ordinary people were inevitably transferred, and basically all of them were concentrated here.
Soya walked into the shrine and looked for Kyoko. On the way, he found that many ordinary people were confused about the reasons for their transfer, and even had some strange speculations.
"Is it earthquake..."
“I heard it was because of a chemical leak.”
"But there are people like the witch goddess here. Could it be that some monsters came out?"
After walking for a while, at the evil prince club on the east side of this hall, Soya finally met Kyoko.
It was not until she saw him returning safely that she was truly relieved, "Student Fangming..."
Zong Gu smiled, "I'm so tired."
"Thank you for your hard work." She asked him to sit down beside her, "Are you not injured."
He shook his head and sat on the steps. The fatigue caused by the continuous fighting suddenly caught up.
"it's over."
“It’s not completely over yet.”
Without getting any other instructions, Soya sat on the steps in the corner of the shrine, looking at the brightly lit dance hall not far away.
There were more ordinary people sitting there, and Kyoko was occasionally called to help comfort the uneasy children or the elderly.
The battle at night continues.
It was not until midnight that the spirits gathered near Nijo Castle were extinguished, and the spiritual chaos caused by the Kyoto Soul Sacrifice Society was completely settled.
The blockade was lifted and ordinary people who were transferred to Yasaka Shrine had also left one after another.
At the south gate of the shrine, Sonya met Hai Laoming, the monk from Nara Dahuayan Temple.
It was already midnight, and the institution arranged accommodation nearby for Lingjue people who were inconvenient to go back. Hai Laoming wanted to rest here for a night and rush back to Nara tomorrow morning.
However, he came here to meet Zong Gu specially.
"On the way here, many colleagues asked me about Brother Zong Gu."
“…”
"It's a pity that I don't know much about Brother Zong Gu, and I have nothing to tell them."
Zong Gu nodded, but still didn't know what to say.
The monk didn't care, so he looked at him for a while and said, "With Brother Zong Gu's ability, I believe we will have many opportunities to meet in the future."
Zong Gu smiled bitterly.
Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Hai Laoming also planned to leave, "Then I'll see you the day after tomorrow."
"the day after tomorrow?"
"According to the convention, after the soul sacrifice meeting ends, the next day, a festival will be held in Kyoto."
"So it's about this...I understand."
Hai Laoming nodded, said goodbye to him, and then turned around and left with the Zen stick that had broken many spiritual heads tonight.
"Is there a fireworks conference in the festival?" Soya guessed.
"Student Fangming."
He turned around and Kyoko came over, "Is there anything wrong with Master Hai Laoming asking you for?"
Zong Gu told her about the fact that many people noticed him.
Kyoko was silent for a moment, then said, "This is inevitable with the ability of classmate Fangming."
"Maybe the institution will transfer me to the headquarters tomorrow."
"Congratulations to Fangming for his success."
"Don't look at me like this... I won't agree."
Kyoko smiled for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Student Fangming is my treasure. I want more people to see the light of Fangming, but I can't help but worry that you will be snatched away by others and take it for yourself... in various senses."
“…”
Zong Gu didn't say anything, and took her hand and kissed her.
Leaving Yasaka Shrine, the two walked towards Shijo Oshi Bridge.
Although they can live in Kyoto for free, they have a way to go back, so they don’t plan to stay here.
After walking to the bridge and waiting for a short while, a black sedan stopped in front of the two of them.
"Mr. Soya."
The driver got out of the car and opened the door. Chao Wuling was already sitting inside.
Soya went in first, sat in the middle, and Kyoko got on the bus.
"Thank you, classmate Chaowu." She thanked Chaowuling, who provided the farewell.
Chao Murie hugged Sonogu's right arm, and didn't look at her, "You're welcome."
“…”
Kyoko glanced at her and then grabbed Soya's left hand.
"Let's go, Anno." Chao Muling said to the front.
"yes."
The car started silently, shuttled through the quiet streets at midnight.
The lights on both sides retreated, and no matter where they looked, they would always meet one of them. It was not convenient to be intimate at this time, so Zong Gu had to look ahead.
After a while, Kyoko also hugged his arm and leaned forward.
She was tired, so she closed her eyes and wanted to take a little rest. When she opened her eyes again, the car had already arrived outside her door.
"Student Fangming...Um..."
After kissing in the back seat for a while, Zong Gu took her out of the car and stopped at the door.
Kyoko glanced at the car behind him, "Good night."
"Yeah, good night."
Back to the old house in Kirino, it was getting late.
"It's so late, will Miss Ano still go back to Kyoto?"
It was nearly an hour since I went back, and it was already past one o'clock in the morning. Zong Gu casually asked him to keep it, "It's no problem to stay here for one night."
“…”
The young lady driver looked at him, then looked at Chao Wuling next to him, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Sonogu. But it doesn't matter."
"All right."
After the driver got back in the car and left, Chao Kuri said, "Anye probably thought you wanted to sleep with her."
“…”
"That's what you said just now. If I weren't there, she would agree."
“…I don’t have this plan.”
"Um."
When he returned to the house, Akane Kirino had already fallen asleep.
Zong Gu asked Chao Wuling to take a shower first, and when she went downstairs, she even took his clothes to change.
"Together."
“…”
Thinking that Akane Kirino was already asleep at this time, Soya went into the bathroom with her.
They washed their bodies and sat in the bathtub. The two of them were just soaking and did nothing.
"The teacher said he would see you again in two days, which means the day after tomorrow... Now it should be said that it is tomorrow. Does it mean the festival held by the institution tomorrow evening?"
"Um."
"Teachers will also participate in this kind of activity?"
"I will show up. The teacher has a great influence on the institution. Similar activities will be invited, but I may not agree."
Zong Gu leaned back, "Is that true?"
Turning back to Mizure, "You can not go."
He was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I plan to come. After all, it is a festival, and it is not a social event that is difficult to deal with."
She lowered her eyes and then turned over again.
"Then there are two days left..."
"Are you going to the festival? Let's go together."