Tsukamoto said, "Master told us that he had foreseen that his life was coming to an end, and his biggest regret in his life was that he couldn't destroy 'it.'
"Although Master sealed 'it' on the spot back then, this seal is far from the original seal in the Mawang Shrine …"
"The original seal was made by a great Onmyoji in ancient times, and it was very stable. Every year, the villagers would hold a Sansha Shrine Ceremony, and use the power of the three Bodhisattvas to strengthen the power of the seal.
"However, master's seal was far from that effect. He knew that sooner or later, this seal would be broken by 'it.' When that time comes, the people would be plunged into misery and suffering.
"So, before master passed away, he entrusted the task of eliminating 'it' to us disciples. He hoped that we would cultivate diligently, and one day, we would be able to destroy 'it' completely."
When he said this, he shook his head and sighed. "Sigh … the next day, master passed away. Unexpectedly, as soon as he passed away, the senior brothers began to fight for the position and legacy he left behind. They didn't take master's instructions to heart at all … "
"But you were different, right?" Feng Bujue asked.
Tsukamoto nodded. "After that, I prepared for two months. I picked a time and a day … and came to Chongjiu Elementary School." He paused for a moment. "It was six years ago in the summer. Since the school had been abandoned for a long time, I was able to get in easily.
"I remember very clearly … at noon in the middle of summer, when I walked into the school, all the hair on my body stood on end. Obviously, even in a sealed state, 'it' could still exert influence on the surrounding space. "
"Wait …" Ruo Yu interrupted. "If 'it' was so powerful that 'even Master Nara at his peak couldn't destroy it,' then at that time … weren't you trying to break a rock with an egg?"
"I didn't say that six years ago, I came to destroy it," Tsukamoto replied. Tsukamoto replied, "I just want to confirm how strong 'it' is … so that I can know how far I have to go in order to complete my master's task."
"Oh …" When Feng Bujue heard that, he laughed lightheartedly. "So, you chose a 'relatively safe' time to come to Chongjiu Primary School and assumed that 'it', who is in a sealed state, will not be able to do anything to you. Ah … In the end, that reconnaissance mission … "As he spoke, Oki Tsukamoto tilted his head." … caused you to end up like this. "
"Sigh …" Hearing this, Tsukamoto let out another long sigh. "Now that things have come to this, I don't care what kind of ending I will end up with …" he said solemnly. "It has been six years. My body has undoubtedly decayed, and my soul … has been trapped in this' Yang 'illusion, unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation."
"Why did 'it' just trap you and not do anything else to you?" When Feng Bujue asked this question, his tone was somewhat subtle. It was as if he was saying, "Why haven't you been tortured to a pulp yet?"
"Before today, I didn't know why, but …" Tsukamoto's expression changed slightly, and he replied, "Just now, I understood." He looked at Brother Jue and Ruo Yu respectively. "At this moment, your four companions in the 'Yin' illusion are gradually unsealing themselves under the guidance of 'it' disguised as' Shouta Tsukamoto '…"
"Oh … I see." Hearing this very urgent information, Brother Jue appeared to be calm as usual. He was not in a hurry to ask how to return to the 'Yin' illusion. Instead, he chose to clarify all the information that could be ascertained. "So, 'it' kept your soul in order to pretend to be you?"
"Yes," Tsukamoto replied. "The soul of a Onmyoji is different from that of an ordinary person. If an ordinary person's soul is unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation, it will be lost, decayed, perished, or even demonized. However, no matter how long a Onmyoji has been dead, they will not be 'lost.' Not only can our soul retain our memories, but our appearance will also not change much from when we were alive. 'It' took advantage of this … It used me, who was trapped in the 'Yang' side, to create a mirror image of my soul in the 'Yin' side, and possessed it to deceive your companions."
"Hmm … I see." Feng Bujue pondered for a few seconds to organize his thoughts. Then, he said, "By the way, there is one more thing that I haven't figured out … There were a total of seven people who survived that year, and there are only six people present today. So, where did Class Monitor Watanabe go?"
…
At the same time, in the 'Yin' illusion.
Xiao Tan and the other three returned to the second floor under Tsukamoto's lead and entered the principal's office.
"Brother Jue! Are you guys okay? " Once he entered the door, Xiao Tan rushed to the entrance of the wine cellar and yelled down the floor.
But … no one answered him.
"What's going on?" An Yueqin walked over and asked anxiously, "Did something happen to them?"
At that moment, Tsukamoto suddenly said, "Your companions … are no longer there."
"You mean …" Phantom Dawn looked at Tsukamoto. "They are already …" He did not finish his sentence but waited for Tsukamoto to continue.
Phantom Dawn had obviously paid attention to this. His' half a sentence 'was a good test. From the perspective of a player, he could confirm the survival status of his two teammates through the team tab, but the NPC monster did not know that. Therefore, if this guy who called himself a Yin Yang Master said confidently that his two teammates had been killed by' it ', then he was lying on purpose.
At that moment, Xiao Tan, Xiao Ling, and An Yueqin understood the meaning behind Phantom Dawn's words, so they remained silent and waited to see what would happen.
"I only know that temporarily, their souls have not been destroyed, and they are no longer in the wine cellar." Tsukamoto's answer did not have any loopholes.
"Then, where have they gone?" Xiao Ling asked.
"You're asking me, but who am I supposed to ask?" Tsukamoto replied. "I can only sense that their souls are still in this space, but as for where they have been taken … only 'it' knows."
"Then, how should we save them?" Xiao Tan pressed.
"That's not necessary," Tsukamoto replied coldly. "The six of you are already dead. What is there to save? As long as' it 'still exists, you and all the other souls here will not be able to leave this space." He paused for a moment. "The only way to get rid of this fate is to destroy 'it'."
Before he finished, Xiao Tan suddenly said, "Eh? When did this drawer open? "
When Tsukamoto spoke, Xiao Tan's eyes had noticed something. When the players came down the stairs, the drawer inside the headmaster's office was still closed, but now … the drawer had been moved open. It had been unlocked.
"Be careful … this might be a trap." Phantom Dawn was very cautious. For some reason, after he parted with Brother Jue and the rest, Phantom Dawn had a strange instinct. This instinct kept telling him to be on guard.
"Let me do it." At that moment, Tsukamoto took two steps forward and said matter-of-factly, "You have to protect yourselves. To complete the final 'magic circle', we'll need at least five people."
As he spoke, he had already pulled the drawer open.
The situation inside the drawer was similar to the two classrooms that the players had explored earlier. There were four items in total.
Let's go through them one by one …
First, it was a plot item that could be taken out of the scenario.
Item Name: Tassel Belt
Item Type: Plot Item
Quality: Normal
Function: Unknown
Can be taken out of the scenario: Yes
Remark: Made from linen. The buckle is made from pure silver. The purple coloring and the length of the tassel are the highlight of the design.
This was another wearable item. Similar to the others, its purpose was unknown.
Then came the second item.
Item Name: 'It's' Spleen
Item Type: Plot Item
Quality: Normal
Function: Can be embedded into 'It's' body.
Can be taken out of the scenario: No
Remark: A pocket-sized organ made from green jade. It is radiating with spiritual energy.
Hmm … there was no explanation.
The third item was a piece of paper. It looked like an unfinished letter. The handwriting showed that the writer was very nervous, or perhaps the writer's hand was shaking due to some other physical reason. However, the content of the paper was still recognizable. "Sato-kun, I have no idea whether your mental illness is temporary or permanent. If it is permanent, then this letter is my confession to myself. But if one day you can regain your sanity and read this letter, I only wish to say one thing to you — I am sorry. I am not a good headmaster. In fact, I am not even a decent man. After my wife died, I tried to numb myself with alcohol, and I fell into the habit of alcoholism. It is because of this habit that I am in my current state. Suzuki, Noguchi, you … I do not know how many more people will die because of this, but I cannot hold on any longer. Please forgive me. Forgive me for using death to escape my responsibility. Because of 'it'. "
The message on the paper stopped there. After the word "it" (the letter was also written in Japanese, so it was a "word" instead of a "character"), there was nothing else, no punctuation or anything else.
Finally, the fourth item … I believe you can guess what it is — Storage Key.
…
Several minutes later, the players and Tsukamoto arrived at the corridor outside the headmaster's office.
Tsukamoto did not take the two quest items. He handed them to the players for safekeeping. However, he took the key because … he took the initiative to take on the task of opening the door.
As mentioned earlier, the door of the storage room opened horizontally. Tsukamoto inserted the key, turned and pushed, and the door opened.
Surprisingly, there was light in this room.
There was a light bulb hanging from the ceiling of the 'storage room', and this light bulb … emitted a red light.
The light enveloped the space of less than 30 square meters in front of them. It was like … a fire.
Contrary to the name 'storage room', the room was empty. Not only was there no furniture or debris, there was not even a window. Other than the light bulb above, there was only the wall. There was not even a light switch on the wall.
However, there were some anomalies. For example … the six walls of the storage room were made of charred wood. In addition, there was a magic circle drawn on the floor.
This array was not the kind of "magic array" in Western mythology, but something with a lot of Eastern characteristics.
On the whole, the magic circle was drawn by some kind of red liquid, but whether it was blood, paint, or something else … it was hard to tell because the magic circle looked like it had been drawn for a long time, and the liquid had already dried.
In the middle of the magic circle, there was a circle the size of a washbasin. There was a bunch of scribbled Japanese words. The words were written from the inside out in a spiral shape, and the system didn't translate them. Outside the circle, there was a circle. Outside the circle, there were four lines of the Eight Trigrams. In the area divided by the lines, there were many incantations. Of course, there were also some words that the players couldn't understand.
After seeing those things, Phantom Dawn was the first to ask, "What … is this on the ground?"
"I drew this six years ago," Tsukamoto answered. "Oh … right, you don't remember anymore."
These two sentences seemed to have triggered something else. Then, Tsukamoto, who was in the middle of the door, started to narrate the story.
This' Tsukamoto's' story was different from the one that Brother Jue and the rest had encountered.
"Six years ago, with the invitation of your class monitor, Watanabe, you returned to Chongjiu Elementary School to join the so-called class reunion.
"At the time, naturally, you had no memory of the 520 tragedy.
"Because after that incident, the government forced the seven of you to be quarantined for so-called 'psychological treatment'. One year later, when you returned to your parents' side, you had already lost that memory. After that, your families were arranged by the government to live in a faraway place. In your memories … there was nothing unusual about your childhood. It was only because the school was about to be closed that everyone transferred to another school in the second grade.
"Then, you grew up on your own. When you reached the age of twenty-eight, all of you had left home to live on your own. Those around you who know about your relationship with that matter also think that the nightmarish experience of the past has long been covered up.
"No one would have thought … that one summer, when all of you were 'coincidentally' free, the class monitor in your memory, Watanabe … would send you an invitation letter to a class reunion.
"Perhaps it was fate or it was the arrangement of 'it' … The six of you gathered at the abandoned Chongjiu Elementary School on a Yin day.
"That day … your class monitor did not show up because he was already under the control of 'it'. The letter he sent was to lure the six of you here.
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