I’m a Witch In Dongying

Kamidai Keiko frowned slightly and looked at Bai Shuiqiu's every move with a little doubt.

Including the old monster and the rain girl, no one could see the existence of this "shrine" in Bai Shuiqiu's mind.

In their eyes, they saw Bai Shuiqiu closed his eyes and stood for a while, then suddenly raised his footsteps and walked in this empty ruin.

From time to time, I stopped and made a slightly inexplicable movement. For example, when I passed the "Shand Water House", I stretched out my hands and made the movement of washing my palms against the air, as if there was really a pool there. .

At first, Keiko Kashiro was a little worried that Bai Shuiqiu would trip over a stone under her feet because she walked with her eyes closed.

But before she could speak, Jiufeng Ziyuan grabbed her shoulders from behind and made a silent gesture: "Shh, don't disturb her, let Xiaoqiu think for a while by herself."

"But she's closing her eyes now, in case..."

"Don't worry, even if Xiaoqiu really falls off the mountain, I can save her."

This is actually the truth. Jiufeng Ziyuan can indeed fly over and bring her back to the mountain when Bai Shuiqiu falls and falls, but it seems a bit strange to ignore this statement...

Kamidai Keiko stopped talking, just whispered a word to Ryoko and the others who came with him, and spread out in a circle around, beware of Bai Shuiqiu falling down without looking at anything.

But that obviously won't happen.

Because the area where several people are now is still far from the cliff. The White Water Shrine in those days could not have been built to the edge of the cliff.

Time goes by every second...

As Bai Shuiqiu walked around, the outline of the "shrine" continued to become clear.

Even, with the passage of time, some moving figures began to appear.

It seems to be the people who lived in this shrine a few years ago, but their appearance and clothes are all blurred without exception, just some human-shaped apertures exuding faint fluorescence.

These "people" came and went in the courtyard in a hurry, as if the fast-forward button was pressed in a movie.

After a while, Bai Shuiqiu "heared" some hazy voices again. Outside the courtyard of the shrine, there were also some shadowy light circles, but Bai Shuiqiu was a little unsure of the identities of these people... Maybe they were guests who had come to the shrine to worship. ?

but……

How come there are so many?

As time went on, I heard the sound of a crackling rainstorm, as if a continuous torrential rain fell in the sky, causing the temperature inside and outside the shrine to drop sharply.

Among the crowds outside the shrine, there was a series of mourning sounds, as if they had a cold and other symptoms after being drenched in the rain, and were mourning in pain.

Then at a certain moment, another piece of black and red flames fell from the sky, smashing walls and buildings, and burning inside and outside the shrine.

This time, it is the real flame, but not now, and the ones that appeared in this shrine two hundred years ago are densely packed, like...

The flames transformed from the blood of the ghost car and birds!

Bai Shuiqiu turned his head sharply and faced the outside of the shrine.

I vaguely "saw" the shadow of a chariot in mid-air, surrounded by hundreds of ghost chariots and birds pulled by ropes.

And under this chariot, there are more ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, ghosts, and evil spirits, just like a repeat of the scene of many forks in the "inner world"...

No, it's not appropriate to describe it as a reenactment, because the scene in front of me happened far before the fork in the road.

So, is this scene now a "reappearance" of the scene before and after the destruction of the Shirasu Shrine...

Bai Shuiqiu continued to concentrate and expanded his spiritual sense again and again.

However, there are too few traces left around. Even if the spiritual power is mobilized to the maximum, it can only be detected to such an extent.

In the end, as a gust of wind whistled past, all the images were blown away, no matter how the spiritual sense diverged and explored all around, it could no longer piece together a complete shape.

a long time……

"call--"

With a soft exhale, Bai Shuiqiu slowly opened his eyes.

Before she knew it, her position was already dozens of meters away from Keiko Kashiro and the others, and she was standing in the main hall of the "shrine". Only the rain girl in green clothes was silently following her. not far away. Seeing Bai Shuiqiu open her eyes again, the woman in green said lightly:

"Xiaoqiu, do you want to hear the story of Shirasu Shrine and Nansaki?"

"want!"

Bai Shuiqiu immediately nodded in agreement, and then hesitated for a moment: "If possible... I would also like to hear your story, Sister Lu."

Chapter 804 The Story of the Rain Girl (2 in 1)

Bai Shuiqiu once learned the information about the "Rain Girl" recorded by the countermeasure team from Suzuki Zhuxi.

But after all, those information were not from the first-hand information of the Baishui clan, but from other shrines or villages near Glauber's Salt Mountain. In addition, they were written from the perspective of human beings, so there would inevitably be omissions or errors. This kind of thing, of course, is still up to the parties, and the accuracy is higher.

As for how Rain Maiden was formed, and how she became the Shirasu Shichisaki God...

She was curious.

Seeing Bai Shuiqiu looking up in anticipation, Yu Nu was silent for a while, and then smiled lightly: "My story... I have nothing to say, it's actually a very ordinary story, like the most common weird stories. ."

Having said that, Rain Mai continued: "Like most of the youkai in Toyo, my initial formation was only by accident. It was probably during the Muromachi period, that is, a hundred years before the Edo period. During the remaining years, my initial prototype was formed at the bottom of Qianqu River. Originally, it was only entangled in the resentment of the drowning people, and the aggregate of evil thoughts formed was not a complete consciousness.

But later, due to the frequent wars, it absorbed the resentment of a large number of drowned and killed soldiers and civilians, gradually giving birth to some vague intelligence, and began to master the power to control water and rain..."

"Is it the Muromachi era..."

Listening to Yu Nu's story, Bai Shuiqiu calculated silently in his heart.

The time when the five "Battles of Kawanakajima" that the old youkai said earlier broke out was also in the Muromachi period.

Therefore, as she guessed just now, the formation of the Rain Girl is really closely related to those wars.

Especially the fourth battle of Kawanakajima, the intensity of the war can be ranked among the top in the whole Warring States period. The number of casualties in the process has accumulated to nearly 10,000 people. If it was fought near Qianqu River, the blood flowing out may be enough. It dyed a section of the river red.

"may be."

Rain Girl obviously didn't know much about the history of Dongying, so she nodded perfunctorily, and then continued: "At the beginning, my consciousness was still very chaotic, and most of the time I wandered aimlessly on both sides of Qianqu River. , and because it absorbed too much anger and resentment in the process of formation, it would often be unable to control its own demon power, setting off huge waves to sweep the fishing boats, or engulf the villages on both sides of the strait.

Especially in the weather when the storm is coming, it will make me fall into a state of being dominated by ruthlessness, and make all kinds of violent behaviors that are almost instinctive...

Therefore, I was resented and hated by the villagers on both sides of the strait, and I was worshipped by some as a haunted god, but no matter what my emotions were, it was meaningless to me at that time, even their fear and hatred, they would still Absorbed by me, further increasing my strength, and so on.

During this period, there were human practitioners who heard the news and tried to kill me, but they were unsuccessful.

This state of affairs has lasted for decades.

Until... Edo 47, according to the calendar at that time, it should be the time of the "Three Years of Kean". "

Rain Girl raised her head slightly, and looked in the direction of Qianquchuan from afar, as if recalling the time two or three hundred years ago:

"That year, the Shinano country suffered a heavy rain that was unheard of in a century, and the water level of the Qianqu River soared, reaching the highest water level that has never been seen in two hundred years.

At that time, the few small clans who ruled the Shinano country, no one paid attention to the repair of the river embankment, so the embankment eventually burst.

It was a once-in-a-century flood. The rapid and violent flood raged on both sides of the river bank. Wherever it passed, everything turned into a swamp country. The farmland in a radius of hundreds of kilometers was submerged, and many villages were washed away by the flood. Thousands of people have been displaced, and I have fallen into a state of confusion because of the extremely bad weather, and I have become an accomplice to the abuse...

At this moment... Nansaki appeared. "

When they first met, a fight broke out between Nanasaki and the chaotic Rain Maiden.

Although Yu Nu just mentioned this in a word, but it is still quite intense.

After all, the rain girl at that time already possessed much stronger strength than ordinary monsters, and Nansaki's skills were probably no less than that of Sana seventy years ago, or even better.

Although Nansaki must be the victor, there will be no small movement between the two.

"During the battle, Nansaki dispelled the hostility in me, but did not kill me directly, but took me back to Glauber's Salt Mountain, hoping to use the power of the shrine to completely dispel the entangled resentments in me. ."

While speaking, Rain Girl looked at the old site of Baishui Shrine, as if recalling the scene: "I was temporarily locked in a house over there, surrounded by barriers, but I can see the outside through the window. some sights.”

"At that time, there were already a lot of victims who had fled from Glauber's Salt Mountain, some came by themselves, and some were found and brought back by the priest and priestess of Shirasu Shrine. , together with Nansaki and the others, they helped the victims set up tents on the hillside outside the shrine, and provided porridge for relief every day.

During that time, Nansaki would come to me every day, release magic through her own spiritual power, and gradually resolve the resentment and hostility in me.

When my condition gradually stabilizes, I will occasionally be released, and I will walk around the courtyard of the shrine for a while, watching Nansaki and the others busy.

This life lasted for about two months.

The flood shows no sign of receding, and the government's rescue has always tasted, but with the passage of time, the surplus food in Baishui Shrine is almost exhausted.

Moreover, as the number of victims continued to increase, the entire hillside outside Baishui Shrine was filled with dense tents, and a highly contagious disease began to spread among them, even if they used the talisman water in the shrine. Treated with little success, and soon people began to die, and then there was a wider panic..."

This kind of thing is inevitable.

Whether it is in the East or China, or in the East or the West, ancient wars were often accompanied by plagues.

To put it bluntly, it is because people do not have time to wash their bodies during the disaster, and the food they eat is often not very clean. Sometimes the dead people cannot be dealt with in time, the living and the dead are mixed, and there are too many corpses. It will become a breeding ground for various bacteria and viruses.

At that time, there was no such thing as antibiotics. Once the plague spread, it would be a very serious disaster.

The "Heart Purification Talisman" is very effective in treating injuries. Even a fatal injury that lacks an arm or a leg can basically be pulled back as long as it's not on the line. However, in the face of a viral disease like the plague, It's not professional.

However, the Baishui Shrine at that time has not lost its inheritance like it is now. There should be some other means to alleviate this situation, but it is only a drop in the bucket.

Food shortages, plague epidemics, and cooling after continuous rainstorms...

Misfortunes do not come singly, and Baishui Shrine has become a little helpless.

Bai Shuiqiu was a little worried at first, and would hear the story of "Sheng Mien, Dou Mi Chou" from Yu Nu's mouth.

After all, saving people with good intentions puts oneself in or something, this is not a phenomenon that only exists in modern times.

In the ancient times when the people's wisdom was not open, this kind of thing was actually more likely to happen, especially when there were a few people with ulterior motives who were secretly fanning the flames.

Fortunately, the group of victims rescued by Baishui Shrine generally had a little conscience, and such a chilling thing did not happen.

Maybe it hasn't happened yet.

Because before the food is completely exhausted, more trouble will follow--

Just like the saying in the story that "the world will be in chaos, there will be evil spirits", human's fear, resentment, and even their own flesh and blood are the best nourishment for ghosts and evil spirits.

A mere Shinano country is naturally far from the name of "the world", but the chaos is indeed very messy.

then……

Before the plague disappeared, evil spirits began to make troubles in the Glauber's Salt Mountain area.

"Is it... Baimu ghost and Wenche demon concubine?"

Bai Shuiqiu asked these two names.

"No...not at the beginning."

Rain Girl shook her head: "In the beginning, it was actually just some unpopular ghosts, or little monsters like Kappa, who wanted to find someone to be her stand-in, but they were all killed by Qisaki and her father and brother. successfully resolved.

Later, the news that Baishui Shrine took in the victims on the Glauber's Salt Mountain spread like wildfire, which attracted more sneaks and formed a scene of a hundred ghosts surrounding the mountain...

Nansaki and the other seven or eight priests of Shirasu Shrine stayed on the mountain for three days and three nights, repelling the attacking ghosts, and defused the crisis.

However, God Lord Urawa predicted that even greater disasters were coming through his divination, so he ordered Qisaki to evacuate with the victims first.

Nansaki originally refused and wanted to live and die with the shrine. Later, he was directly knocked out by the God of Urawa. Together with Onikiri and a few other magical books, he took the cart with him, and finally left Glauber's Salt Mountain. Left here in the evacuation team.

After that, Baimu Ghost came to Glauber's Salt Mountain with a large number of sneaks. It also includes the demon concubine Wenche, as well as a large number of ghost cars and birds..."

There is no need to say more about the latter.

Hundred-eyed ghosts are here to seek revenge.

This thing is the ghost that destroyed the "Yamaka Shrine" in the Kamakura period. After being seriously injured and dormant for hundreds of years, I don't know what adventures it has experienced, and it reappears in the image of the complete Hundred-eyed Ghost King, and through Sisi The gust of wind determined the location of the Baishui Shrine, and went to Mount Glauber's Salt.

As for the targets of ghosts such as Demon Concubine Wenche, they are most likely to devour the flesh and blood of the Baishui clan, or to capture the body of a witch, such as Qisaki, who was born with pure spiritual power.

Their arrival occurred during the evacuation of these victims.

——That's right, the large number of light and shadow outlines outside the shrine that Bai Shuiqiu saw with his spiritual sense were actually the victims who were rescued by the Baishui family and camped here more than 200 years ago, and this group of demons came to attack. picture of mountains.

After most of the victims were evacuated from Glauber's Salt Mountain, Shirasui Urawa, Nansaki's father, who was the head of the Shirasu Shrine at the time, led the priests of the entire Baishui clan to fight to the death with the Hakumu ghost, and eventually both perished together.

After all, Baimu Ghost never appeared again.

The older brother, Kazuma Baishui, who was originally entrusted by Qiupuhe Baishui and left with Qisaki and the victims, was also caught up by a group of ghosts and had to stay behind. over audio. Considering that it has never appeared in the past two hundred years, there is a high probability that it has also died.

The rain girl in this process is actually not the Shikigami of the Baishui family.

It wasn't until Nansaki, who had left the Glauber's Salt Mountain, woke up, that Rain Girl signed a contract with her. Then the two settled the victims on the spot and fled all the way to Tokyo, the then national capital "Edo", and then tossed around again. Arrive in Narita City, Chiba.

The last part of the passage was taken by the rain girl in a few words.

But Bai Shuiqiu knew very well that the danger was no less than the decisive battle on Glauber's Salt Mountain.

And after a lapse of 130 years, a similar incident was staged again in Lantern Mountain, and Shirazu Sana and Bailian "perished together" again.

"Maybe, the formation of all this has something to do with me."