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"That ordinary person who was no match for Jiu Yinshou?"
Ryuichi Kamijo laughed: "He is still an exorcist. Without any help, he single-handedly suppressed that powerful evil spirit that could cause celestial phenomena and completely eradicated it... You should understand what this means."
Some people looked at the old man who had also experienced the incident. The old man noticed those gazes, snorted coldly, but did not refute them.
He tacitly admitted that it was true.
The entire coffee shop fell silent. After a long while, someone asked, "So, just how strong is that Mr. Ren?"
“I’m sure he’s stronger than Taira no Masakado,” said Ryuichi Kamzen, looking up.
"However, are you all willing to remain bystanders in such a momentous event?"
"A legendary ancient evil spirit versus a powerful modern exorcist—in this battle that shakes the entire city of Tokyo, don't you all want to leave your names behind?"
A sneer came from the darkness: "So you're here to rally allies for Mr. Ren, Mr. Shinzen?"
“No.” Ryuuichi Shinzen shook his head: “I am delivering this information to you all as an exorcist, nothing more. Your choices are none of my business.”
"But I know that exorcists can't all become profit-driven idiots."
"you!"
He turned and left the coffee shop, leaving the enraged exorcists behind.
As he walked out of the coffee shop, his daughter, Ringo Kamizawa, was already waiting by the roadside. After the father and daughter reconciled, Ringo Kamizawa often accompanied him through various events.
"Dad, what did those people say?" Ringo asked curiously.
“What they say has absolutely no bearing on you, Ringo.” —Kamizen
Long Yong smiled and said, "Dad did this just to make himself feel better."
Ringo bit her lower lip and said, "So, are we going to get involved in this?"
“As an exorcist and someone who has received his kindness, it wouldn’t be right for me not to participate, would it?” Ryuuichi Kamzen smiled and walked forward.
Ringo Shinzen quickly followed, seemingly lost in thought.
In fact, not only Ryuichi Kanzaki and Gaku Aida, but all the guys who knew of Mr. Ren’s existence took action, and the legend of Mr. Ren was quietly spreading in the shadows of Tokyo.
Chapter 43 Emotional Progression, Growing Strangers
Of course, Mr. Ren himself is unaware of these things.
He nestled comfortably on the sofa, wrapped in a blanket, running his hand through Huaiyin's hair as he watched the game Huaiyin was playing on TV.
"Huaiyin, something big has happened recently. I may be away from home frequently."
Huaiyin hummed in agreement, then asked, "What is it?"
Dou Tang slowly recounted the story of Taira no Masakado and Nurarihyon.
Huaiyin paused the game, listened quietly, and then frowned, saying, "Taira no Masakado... that's a legend I've heard since I was a child! Is my brother going to fight a monster like that?!"
Dou Tang hummed in agreement.
Huaiyin let out a long breath and said slowly, "Brother, you are becoming a new legend."
Dou Tang propped his head up with one hand and continued watching the TV, saying, "I didn't want to either, but... we can't just sit idly by."
“Yes, yes.” Huaiyin snorted, “Neither Mr. Ren nor Fall Guys could sit idly by and watch this happen, right?”
"And what about yourself, brother? Whether it's Ren Doutang or Kiryu Doutang, what are your own thoughts?"
Dou Tang remained silent for a while after hearing this, then let go of his hand, lay flat on the sofa, and sighed.
"Maybe I don't want to deal with those things anymore. I'm so tired, really tired."
Killing one evil spirit only leads to another appearing. There are always evil spirits that I need to kill and exorcise, and there are always vengeful spirits that I need to exorcise. It was like this in my past life, and it's like this in this life too. I'm really tired.
Huaiyin put down the handle, turned around, knelt on the ground, and suddenly shoved her upper body against Doutang's chest.
"Yes, brother is very tired... so I want to help you."
Dou Tang lowered his head to look at the girl nestled against his chest, and asked with a wry smile, "How do you want to help me?"
"Hmm... I cook for you every day, do your laundry, and clean the house so you can relax as soon as you get home... I prepare hot water for your bath, and the happiest thing every day is seeing you come home safely..."
The more Huaiyin spoke, the redder her face became, gradually turning red to the roots of her ears. Her voice also became softer and softer, eventually turning into a mumbling and hesitant murmur.
Dou Tang patted her head, looked up at the ceiling and sighed, "Isn't it almost the same now? Phew... Hearing you say that makes me feel much better."
idiot……
Huaiyin cursed inwardly, then calmed herself and asked, "Brother, could that Taira no Masakado be the owner of the crown?"
Dou Tang shook his head: "I don't know. If he just woke up, then it shouldn't be..."
But then it occurred to Tou-Tang that if Taira no Masakado's so-called power to communicate with the Sanzu River came from the Crown?
That's something worth thinking about deeply.
It was dark outside, and the room was dimly lit with the lights off. Occasionally, the headlights of cars would flash past the curtains, a common sight at the Kiryu residence at night.
Watching the curtains swaying in the breeze, Huaiyin suddenly whispered, "I really want to stay like this with you forever."
A large hand covered Huaiyin's head, followed by Doutang's voice: "Yes."
"I will find a way to end this game, and we will all survive."
Huaiyin smiled instead: "But just two days ago you said that I should become stronger so that one day I could kill you and win the final victory."
"That's because I want to die," Dou Tang sighed, continuing to stroke Huai Yin's soft hair.
"But I don't want to think about it now. I have so much now, so much family and friendship... I can't bear to die."
Hearing this, Huaiyin couldn't help herself. She raised her hands and wrapped them around Doutang's neck, hugging him like a spoiled kitten. She slowly climbed onto the sofa and nestled in his arms.
"Hmm." Huaiyin didn't speak, but just gave a deep "hmm," then her nose tingled, and tears fell onto Doutang's neck in a steady stream.
"We must survive together."
A teenage girl's mood is undoubtedly changeable, but tonight, the worry that had been lingering around Huaiyin for a whole year was completely dispelled by Doutang's words.
If Mr. Ren's martial arts instruction gave her the confidence to take control of her future, then when Kiryu Toudou actually said, "We will all survive," Huaiyin's confidence completely shattered all the confusion in her heart, turning into a surging and exciting... exhilaration.
In the darkness, the two embraced, enjoying the intimacy where there was no longer any barrier between them.
"...Don't bite me, what are you doing?"
………………
A black luxury sedan slowly drove into the Tokyo area.
The passengers on the bus were on high alert, and all of them had bulging waistbands, as if they were hiding something.
In the center of the back seat of the vehicle sat a gleaming silver briefcase, seemingly containing something very important. The surface of the briefcase was also covered with...
Several simple, yellow paper talismans.
The suitcase was so important that even the driver would glance at it in the rearview mirror from time to time.
The vehicle was hidden in the traffic, showing no unusual features, and after exiting the highway, it slowly drove towards Edogawa Ward.
As they got closer to their destination, the people in the car couldn't help but relax a little.
"puff!"
Suddenly, there was a muffled thud, and the vehicle began to skid violently. The driver immediately panicked and forcefully turned the steering wheel.
"What's going on?" the passenger in the front seat shouted.
"The wheel, the wheel is blown!" The driver pulled the car over to the side of the road while glancing in the rearview mirror.
"Damn it... is there a spare tire?!"
"No……"
After parking the car on the side of the road, all four of them were extremely nervous, looking around anxiously. It took them nearly ten minutes before they felt a little more at ease.
"No suspicious persons...it should be fine...just an accident," the passenger in the front seat said slowly.
"Take the suitcase... The destination isn't far, let's take a taxi... no, let's walk."
The two men in the back seat nodded in agreement. One of them carefully picked up the box, while the other placed his hand on his belt, seemingly ready to pull out a weapon at any moment.
The four people got out of the car one by one. The driver checked the tires and found that the cracks were very even, not like they had been punctured by something, but rather like they had cracked naturally.
That's strange... that shouldn't be the case.
He breathed a sigh of relief and slowly raised his head.
"It must have been an accident, let's go..."
I looked up and froze.
The companions who were standing just a second ago were now slumped to the ground.
The suitcase had already fallen into the hands of a woman dressed in black and wearing a mask.
The woman held several talismans in her hand, looked at the driver who was still standing, her eyes slightly narrowed, as if she was chuckling to herself.
"You've had a tough time, you lackeys of the Juu-on-no-kami clan. Inside here is... Taira no Masakado's body, isn't it?"
The driver swallowed hard, not daring to answer.
"Get a good night's sleep, and be thankful that I'm no longer killing people."
A talisman rapidly enlarged in the driver's field of vision, and then everything went dark as he lost consciousness.
The woman picked up her suitcase and quickly left.
Chapter 44 On the way to Haoli
"one two Three!"
"Wuhu!"
"one two Three!"
"Wuhu!"
Within the Fall Guys world, Yusuke Uchiyama and the foot of Mount Nyanki are directing the Fall Guys toward the border.
The boundless Sugar Needle Desert represents a land that has not yet been cultivated, a land that even Dou Tang himself has never set foot on.
A hot and sweet wind blows, and sitting on a train made of candy, the candy bean people move according to the commands of two souls.
In the distance, the magnificent wall separating the two worlds can already be seen.
This giant wall is made up of irregular hexagonal red crystals, separating the world of the dead, known as Haoli, from the dreamlike world of Fall Guys.
Now, a breach has appeared in that giant wall, and one of the Ren family's ancestors has broken free and gone to the real world.
Unbeknownst to both the spirits of the mountain and Yuusuke Uchiyama, the gap in the gap might be the key to unlocking the secrets of these two worlds.
The deceased, cleansed by the world of Fall Guys, are transformed into kind Fall Guys, like the Yellow Springs washing away all worldly troubles, or like drinking the Meng Po soup.
But until now, Nezumi Yamashita and Yuusuke Uchiyama have not noticed that any Fall Guys have been reincarnated. If the Fall Guys world has taken on the task of purifying the vengeful spirits, then how can these clean souls enter the cycle of reincarnation?
Perhaps that giant red wall can provide the answer.
The candy train travels along, its old-fashioned locomotive spewing out light, fluffy smoke made of cotton candy that drifts into the sky.
A desert made of sugar needles, a train made of cookies and hard candy, steam that is actually cotton candy... But behind all these dreamlike scenes, the essence of this Fall Guys world is a world of the dead.
And at the end of the world of the dead, there lies a new hell.
The massive, crimson wall in the distance is now clearly visible.
Embedded within those giant hexagonal crystal blocks are tiny, almost invisible human figures. Each side of the hexagonal crystals formed from these human figures is hundreds of meters long, and the crystal walls are tightly joined together, extending to the horizon.
The train stopped in front of the giant wall that exuded a powerful sense of oppression and seemed completely out of place in the world of Fall Guys.
"We've arrived at the foot of the mountain," said Yusuke Uchiyama, looking at the giant wall.
Still wrapped in bandages, he exuded the serious aura of a soldier as he stood at the foot of Mount Wanling. He stared at the giant wall before him and snorted, "Yes, Lord Uchiyama."
When the Bean People saw the giant wall in front of them, they were all suddenly stunned.
Yusuke Uchiyama looked at the jelly bean figures, while the spirit mountain said, "It seems that these jelly bean figures have also realized that the other side of this world must be... something the dead dream of."
"Perhaps that other end is the place of reincarnation."
“In other words…” Yusuke Uchiyama’s eyes shone with longing and respect: “Mr. Fall Guy is truly… the master of hell.”
The two jumped off the candy train and walked toward the huge gap in the distance.
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