"Sister?"
Tau Ceti Huo looked around, but there was no one in the dark alley. Crimson turned her phone and scanned the surroundings. Those vengeful spirits were too annoying. One of them paid attention to the front and the other paid attention to the back. Neither of them paid attention to Tau Ceti Huo.
But even so, neither Crimson nor Tau Ceti Huo thought that Tau Ceti Huo could leave. Her left leg was inconvenient and she was limping. Previously, the two of them slowed down to accommodate Tau Ceti Huo. Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy for those vengeful spirits to catch up to the three teenage girls.
But why did Tau Ceti Huo disappear?
"Do you know where she went?"
Crimson looked at Tau Ceti Huo and asked. The latter shook her head in confusion. Tau Ceti looked around again and screamed as if she found something.
"Sister!!"
While shouting, Tian Kura Bio quickly turned around and ran towards the side alley. Crimson also hurriedly followed.
The two girls passed through the alley one after another and came to a large house in front of the village. At this time, they finally saw Tau Ceti Huo limping toward the house as if she was attracted by something. In front of her, a few bright red butterflies fluttered in the air as if guiding her.
"Sister!!!"
Tau Ceti Huo shouted again. However, Tau Ceti Huo turned a deaf ear to her sister and walked forward as if guided by something. Tau Ceti Huo and Crimson also hurriedly chased after Tau Ceti Huo, wanting to catch her.
However, an unexpected scene happened.
Although Tau Ceti Huo seemed to be walking very slowly and even limping, for some reason, Tau Ceti Huo and Crimson couldn't catch up to her even after running for 100 meters. In the end, they could only watch as Tau Ceti Huo pushed open the door and walked into the house. They were a step too slow and the door closed heavily in front of them, never to open again.
Boom!!
Tian Cangue pounced on the door and tried to push it open, but the door that Tian Cangue had easily pushed open was now like a metal block. No matter how Tian Cangue and Crimson pushed, it didn't budge at all.
"What should we do?"
"Let me take a look …"
As he spoke, the crimson side of the daisy closed its eyes, and stretched out its hand to the door.
Then, the scene in front of her started to change again.
Soon, Young Daisy's crimson face became extremely ugly. She closed her eyes and couldn't stop trembling as if she had fallen into a nightmare. Seeing this, Amaterasu Bio couldn't help but worry. She stretched out her hand and placed it on Crimson's shoulder.
"Miss Daisy?"
"— — — —!"
The moment Takuma Cangue pressed down on her shoulder, Crimson suddenly opened her eyes and fell to the ground. She was sweating profusely and gasping for breath.
"Miss Daisy, are you okay?"
Seeing Crimson's abnormal behavior, Amaterasu Bio asked anxiously. Crimson stared at the door in front of her and turned a deaf ear to Amaterasu Bio's question. Not only that, but at the same time, the cries of vengeful spirits came from all directions again. Amaterasu Bio turned around and saw the villagers who chased after them appeared again, holding torches and weapons in their hands, blocking their way.
"Miss Daisy, please pull yourself together. We must leave this place!!"
The two of them were blocked by the vengeful spirits of the villagers. Amaterasu Bio hurriedly pushed Crimson, trying to wake her up. Crimson finally reacted. She hurriedly stood up, looked at the vengeful spirits behind her, and gritted her teeth.
"No, this isn't something I can deal with. Sister Chi … help me …!!"
While saying that, Crimson raised her mobile phone and pressed a button hidden on the back. The next moment, a golden beam of light suddenly appeared and shot into the sky.
At the same time, the vengeful spirits of the villagers were getting closer and closer to the two of them.
At that moment, a bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the sky.
Boom!!!
The roaring lightning struck directly in front of the two girls, and the vengeful spirits of the villagers near them were also completely annihilated by the sound of the lightning. Tian Cangue had no choice but to raise her hand in front of her to block the wind and dust. However, when she put down her hand, she was shocked to find an unfamiliar black-haired girl in a sailor suit with a greatsword in her hand standing in front of them.
"Looks like you're in trouble, Crimson."
"Sister Chi!!!"
Looking at the scene before her, Crimson Daisy relaxed and smiled. Chi winked at her, then raised Frostmourne in her hand. Soon, the chilly wind whistled, and the swirling airflow sucked in all the vengeful spirits of the villagers who couldn't escape in time. In the blink of an eye, the vengeful spirits that were showing off their strength were swept away like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.
After making sure that Frostmourne was satisfied, Chi put down the greatsword and turned to Crimson.
"You don't look well. Are you alright?"
"Chi, Sister Chi …!"
Seeing her appearance, Crimson Daisy grabbed her as if she had seen a lifeline.
"Please save her, save Sha Zhong, save Cocoon …!"
"Alright, alright, calm down. What did you see? Tell me slowly."
Seeing the nervous Crimson, Chi hurriedly pacified her. At the same time, she looked around.
"Hmm … This isn't the place to talk. Wait a minute …"
As he spoke, Bi An picked up his sword and swung it forward.
"Wake up!!!"
"Roar —!!!"
As the cold wind blew again, countless specters appeared. They rode on tall horses and held swords and shields in their hands. It was like an army of specters, ready to go.
Chi just waved her greatsword.
"Sweep this place!!"
With Bi's command, the Specter Army immediately spread out in all directions. Soon, the entire village was in chaos, and screams could be heard everywhere. Those who did not know would have thought that bandits had entered the village and were slaughtering the villagers.
But that was more or less the case.
Seeing this scene, Crimson relaxed a lot. Back then, Denglong also did the same thing in the ice room, and the result was that those terrifying wraiths that occupied the ice room died miserably and miserably. Now that it was Every God Village, it was the same operation and the same effect. Immediately, Hidaka Crimson's agitated mood calmed down.
But Tau Ceti didn't have such good mental fortitude. In fact, when Chi summoned the ghost army, she was already in a daze. It was as if she had gone straight from the set of Ring to Lord of the Rings. Her brain was in a complete daze. Tau Ceti even wondered if she was awake or asleep.
There were many vengeful spirits in the village, but of course, their combat strength could not compare to the undead army in Frostmourne. Just like the villagers who had surrounded the girls earlier, they only held weapons like torches and long sticks, which had no lethality at all. In contrast, the villagers here had tall horses with heavy armours and shields. They could easily sweep them away without any resistance.
After a while, the chaotic village became quiet again. The undead army that was wreaking havoc turned into a gust of cold wind and was sucked back into Frostmourne along with the spoils of war. Only then did she look at Crimson again.
"Okay, now tell me what's going on here."
"Okay … Sister Chi."
Looking at the girl in front of her, Crimson had completely calmed down. She nodded hard and began to describe what she had seen.
"Just as I thought before, this village also has a Gate of the Underworld. Moreover, just like the Ice Chamber Mansion, the villagers here also sealed the Gate of the Netherworld through a ritual known as the Red Excrement Sacrifice for generations. But their ritual is too cruel … "
"Is it crueler than the ice room?"
Seeing this, Shuttlefish raised his eyebrows curiously. Tearing a car apart was already cruel enough, but to make Crimson feel that it was even crueler than tearing a car apart … .it couldn't be at the level of the Ten Great Tortures of the Qing Dynasty, like pulling out one's tendons, peeling off one's skin, and cutting into a thousand pieces, right?
"Hmm …"
Crimson nodded, then said in a low voice.
"Every once in a while, they will offer a pair of twins to the Gate of the Underworld as a seal to suppress the Gate of the Underworld. The content of this ritual is actually very simple, that is … "
Crimson glanced at Akira Amagura beside her.
"On the altar in front of the Gate of the Underworld, the elder sister or elder brother of the twins will kill their younger brother or sister with their own hands … then throw the corpse into the Gate of the Underworld …"
"I see."
Chi frowned when she heard this. She finally understood why Crimson said this ritual was cruel. Indeed, although the "Maidens of Rope" ritual of the ice room was also cruel, only the maidens themselves would be hurt, and if the maidens themselves were prepared to sacrifice themselves, then there was nothing to say.
Tragedies like the one in the ice room and Kiki were just coincidences. It could only be said that it was the teasing of fate. If the Icehouse Aki-e hadn't met that stranger, then perhaps she wouldn't have gone crazy because of this.
But it was different here. Killing one's own brother and sister with one's own hands was simply killing the heart. The one who survived would probably fall into eternal despair and pain. From a certain point of view, this was indeed much crueler than the "Maidens of Rope" ritual of the ice room.
After all, if the person on the other side died, everything would be over, but if one died here, the remaining one would have to suffer in eternal pain.
"My... great-grandmother Yachong and her sister Shachong were the chosen ritual mages, but because someone in the village wanted to end this tragedy, they helped the two of them escape and contacted people from the outside to help them. So, when the ritual was being held, great-grandmother and her sister Shachiro tried to escape from the village. "
At this point, Crimson Daisy seemed to recall something and sighed.
"But on the way to escape, Shachiro's sister Shachiro accidentally fell off a cliff and broke her leg … so she couldn't escape …"
"…!!!"
Hearing this, Tenkuro's expression suddenly changed. She lowered her head.
"Great-grandmother didn't notice that she was separated from her sister at the time. When she found out, she hurried back to look for her sister, but it was already too late. By that time, the patrolling villagers had already found her sister and brought her back. Because the ritual had to be held, the priest at the time decided to continue the ritual. Until the last moment, Shachiro was still hoping for her sister's return, but … in the end, she didn't get to see great-grandmother. "
"So the ritual failed, right?"
Even without Crimson's explanation, this was the same as the tragedy of the ice room. Both parties knew that the situation was not right, but it was too late, and they couldn't find a substitute. They could only bite the bullet and hold the ritual, hoping to win the gamble, but in the end, they lost everything. Not a single person from the ice room was left alive, and it seemed that there were no living people in the village now.
But that wasn't surprising. Gambling on the fate of a country was a daily practice in Japan.
Losing was even more common.
"Yes, because of her resentment towards her sister, Shachiro's ritual failed. She became a horrible evil spirit like Kiki and killed everyone in the village. Now, her soul is attached to Tenkuro's body. The reason why she lured the sisters here was because she hoped that they could replace her and her great-grandmother to complete the failed ritual again. "
"How could it be …"
Hearing this, Tenkuro's face turned pale. Although she didn't understand most of the conversation between Crimson and Hayashi, she could at least understand the other half.
"So you want me to kill my sister with my own hands? I'm not going to do that! "
"That's right. There's no need to do that."
Hayashi shook his head. After knowing the cause and effect from Crimson, the rest was easy.
"We're going to find the girl called Tenkuro, rescue her, seal the Gates of Hell, and go home … Do you know where she went?"
"I know."
Crimson Daisy nodded vigorously.
"The Gates of Hell in this village are also underground, and the passage to the Gates of Hell is in the Twilight Feather Shrine!"
"Very good."
After getting a definite answer, Hayashi clenched the big sword and swung it.
"Let's go!"
(End of this chapter)
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