Zong Gu walked forward, and the cold lake water quickly submerged the amulet on his chest and reached his neck.
The body floats and the toes cannot reach the bottom.
Soya let go of his hand, Kyoko nodded to him, and then they swam forward together.
Blah, blah—
Pushing away the waves with her body, she was still a little concerned about Souya's special words when he returned to the shore and whispered to Asaguri Suzu.
"What did Asagiri-san say?"
"Be careful of being dragged into the water by Jingzi."
"..."
She glanced sideways and asked no more questions as he wished, and then swam faster.
Souya lagged a little behind, her eyes adjusted to the darkness, and she could vaguely see the soaked miko uniform rising when she sank, and then clinging to her back after she floated.
The water surface of Lake Biwa is vast, and even if it is a few dozen meters away from the shore, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the lakeside; but the lake water is cold, and there is a child in front of it, so the two of them cannot completely let go, and it will take a while to swim across.
Putting on the amulet again, Soya couldn't see the mad god in the water, and Kyoko controlled the rhythm and direction.
He wanted to use ordinary eyes to find out where Izanami trapped Korei.
According to Asagiri Suzu, before Tsukuyomi sensed Korai, Izanami discovered his traces. After chasing him all the way, she finally captured him by Lake Biwa.
She couldn't bear to do anything to her child, so she planned to send Zhilei to Zonggu to slaughter her, but suddenly spring thunder sounded in the sky.
Izanami didn't want to get caught in the rain, so she used some tricks to trap Korai in the lake, then got on the train and headed back to Kyoto.
Because it is just done casually, it is difficult to maintain, not to mention that Zilei is also constantly struggling, and it will expire in two days at most. As for what method, Izanami did not say clearly.
And all this was told to Asaguri Suzu personally when she came to Danhai High School to catch up on her sleep in the health room.
["I also want to help Fang Ming. But after all, Zhilei is my child. Even if he is crazy, as a mother, I still want to give him another chance."]
This is the reason why Izanami gave the reminder but didn't explain it clearly.
Likewise, Soya couldn't tell Kyoko.
Just as he had guessed beforehand, this was a sudden whim due to chance. But neither he nor the already crazy Zilei would find it interesting.
"It's just ahead."
After a while, Jingzi stopped swimming and looked back at Soya, "Be careful and don't swim in front of me."
"good."
He nodded and looked towards the dark waters ahead.
"What can Kyoko see now?"
"It's no different from what I saw on the shore." She slowed down her swimming speed and stared at the child Lei in front of her. "It's just that I can see it more clearly."
His twisted and crazy face, as well as his hysterical howling, were all impacting her senses;
Especially the latter, it vaguely gave her the same feeling as when she faced the shock wave released by Tsukuyomi. Perhaps this is the difference between gods and ordinary spirits.
"Where's Soya-san?"
"Can't see anything."
The two discussed for a while and decided to swim closer.
When he got close to a certain distance, Jingzi suddenly stopped and his body became obviously tense.
"He's looking over here."
"How far is it?"
"About five meters..."
It's already an extremely close distance.
Soya swam to Jingzi's side, "If he reacts to me, Jingzi will tell me."
"..."
She was startled for a moment, then nodded.
"careful."
Wow.
As soon as Zonggu swam forward, the lake in front of him suddenly surged and hit him like an explosion.
Kyoko's reminder also sounded, "Sotani-san!"
He stopped immediately, only to have his head covered with water from the lake.
From Kyoko's perspective, it was Zhilei who was furious at Soya's unauthorized approach, and was about to attack him with bared teeth and claws;
However, such movements were restricted, and he was forced to stop as soon as he made the save. His hands kept scratching at his neck, and his expression became more twisted and crazy.
She told Soya what she found.
"Are you restricted by something..."
Zong Gu thought for a while, "In other words, I can get closer."
"No, it's too dangerous." Jingzi immediately objected.
Zongya nodded, "So I can only ask Kyoko to control the extreme distance for me."
"..."
She pursed her lips and said after a few seconds: "We can go forward one meter at most."
Zong Gu waved his arms slightly and floated his body slightly forward.
Wow, wow, wow——
The water rippled, and the extremely angry Zhilei suffered from his short hands, so he could only roar at Zonggu and smash the lake water to vent his hatred.
"Stop." Kyoko quickly reminded.
Zonggu stopped, but the lake in front of him was rippling and he couldn't see anything... something was wrong.
There seemed to be a white thing floating on the water.
No matter how the lake water agitates, it will always float on the surface, rising and falling with the waves and never moving away.
"what is that……"
The field of vision was already dim, and there were constant splashes of water. Zonggu couldn't see clearly, and his body unconsciously swam forward a little further.
A hand stretched out from behind and grabbed his arm tightly.
"We can't let it go anymore." Kyoko looked solemn, "Not at all."
"..."
Zong Gu nodded to her and looked forward again.
He could see clearly now that the thing rising and falling on the water, but never leaving its place, was an ordinary slipper.
It seemed to be a pair with the single slipper he saw among the floating things by the lake.
Wow.
The water surface swayed slightly, and his hands trembling from the cold and nervousness were placed on Zonggu's shoulders.
He turned around, and Kyoko swam behind him, sticking her head out from her shoulders, staring ahead.
"Sotani-kun, there seems to be something wrapped around Zilei's neck..."
Her breath blew behind his ear, bringing a brief warmth.
It was difficult to accurately grasp the distance in the water, and the two of them were almost touching each other;
And the distance between them and Zhilei has reached the point where if they get any closer, they will be attacked by the claw that stretches out with all its strength.
It was extremely dangerous, but it also meant that Kyoko could see more things clearly.
"It's very thin, like a thread. I can't see clearly... but there are already blood marks on the neck."
She was full of doubts about this.
Soya looked at the plastic slipper again, and suddenly realized that it was a bollard. And the filament that Kyoko couldn't see was the rope that tied Zho Lei's manic ship to it.
The person who left the slipper and fixed it on the water already knew, and it was not difficult to figure out what the filament was.
It was just a hair of Izanami's.
The hair and slippers are the seals that imprison Zhilei in the lake and restrict all his divine power. If he wants to kill the god and obtain his divine power, he must first unlock this restriction.
"Can Kyoko shoot him in the neck from the shore?" Soya suddenly asked.
"..."
Jingzi was stunned and said, "I can't guarantee that one arrow will hit the target."
"One barrel of arrows should be enough."
The water in the lake was cold, and her voice was trembling, but her attitude was still strong.
"Sotani-san, are you looking down on me?"
After soaking for so long, Zonggu was also very cold, and the smile on his sideways face was pale.
"No, I believe Kyoko."
"Then..."
"——The most fortunate thing for me now is that Kyoko has become my companion."
"..."
The hands on his shoulders suddenly tightened.
He turned around and she lowered her eyes.
The wet hair sticks to the fair cheek.
She was just a little happy.
"...Let's go back to the shore first."
"Um."
The two spent some time swimming back to the shore, with Tsukuyomi and Asagiri Suzu catching up.
My body was cold and heavy, and my clothes were completely soaked. But now was not the time to go home, take a hot shower and change clothes.
Her hair and the miko uniform were dripping with water. Kyoko twisted her hair twice casually, tied it up, and picked up the Demon-Breaking Bow.
A distance of tens of meters is not too far for her. The target moves and is not obvious, which is where it becomes a little troublesome.
Zonggu took her talisman paper, walked a few steps, placed one on the ground, and soon circled a small open space on the shore of the lake.
After being activated, these talismans can block the spirits entering them. If they are only used to deal with gods, the effect is still unknown.
Tsukuyomi was standing in the circle at this time.
"If he still had sense, he would have escaped immediately after breaking away from the seal." He looked at Xiao Lei in the lake, "Unfortunately, he has gone crazy."
There were still a few talismans left in Soya's hand, "Tsukuyomi-sama, what do you think I have a chance of winning?"
Tsukuyomi looked at him.
"If you can show the momentum of killing me before, it will be 100%."
"I'd like to lend you some good words."
Soya smiled, took out an arrow from the quiver, and handed it to Kyoko who had been preparing for a long time.
"let's start."
Nocking an arrow, drawing the bowstring.
Whoosh!
The first arrow missed.
Whoosh!
The second arrow sank into the throat.
The tangled hair was instantly broken into pieces, and the slippers held together at the other end suddenly burned, and in the blink of an eye, nothing was left.
Wow——
Tsukuyomi raised his gaze, and saw a black shadow rising from the lake, growing larger in his eyes.