Chapter 128 – Episode 16. 7CH Ghost Story Flood Damage and Buddha’s Attainment
On the second floor, only one person was sitting on the altar under bright lights. Of course, like the masked men up to this point, this man was wearing a mask made of white cloth. Of course, this man’s mask was a slightly more advanced mask. Underneath the altar, a corpse that appeared to be the woman Kiyohira had spoken of was lying cruelly strewn about. Kiyohira, he must be very sad to know that the woman he tried to save died.
There was so much lighting that it looked as if the man in the white mask was immersed in white light. Fanatics would have thought this was sacred when they saw it.
“You’re here. “I told you not to come like that.”
“What do you mean?”
In response to my question, the man in the white mask held a smartphone in one hand and waved it. Although I couldn’t see his face, it felt like the man was smiling from his actions. The man picked up the phone and began to read in a voice that was clear but devoid of any emotion, as if reading a Korean language book.
“From my perspective as an expert, it is absolutely dangerous. And the second… 117 seems to have no inspiration at all. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a photo ooze such malice… In my opinion, there is no safe way. Should I read it a third time?”
I’m sure I heard this somewhere? Ah! No way… ? There was a reason I didn’t think of it right away. What the man in the white mask said was not something I had ‘heard’. It was something I ‘saw’ with my own eyes.
“Were you leaving a comment on Channel 7?”
“It’s very boring here. It’s there because it’s easy to collect the sacrifices that come to die, but I can’t help but be bored. Since I couldn’t think of it right away, I guess you’re KZHRSMITH. Then, the friend who came with you and has a lot of energy? Or are you looking for a fighting friend?”
My doubts from earlier were resolved. I wondered if this pseudo-shrine had any precognitive abilities, but that wasn’t the case. This man just noticed our coming by reading Kazuhiro’s post on Channel 7.
Listening to Kiyohira’s story, it seemed like he was able to recognize someone who entered the forest through other magical methods, but the way he recognized us was through Channel 7’s bulletin board.
“This is a friend with a lot of energy.”
“You have caused great harm to our Sirashira, so now you will have to pay compensation with your life. “Your enormous Yang energy will be enough to make up for this damage!”
When the man in the white mask lifted his finger, a white energy that looked ominous at first glance poured towards me. I quickly rolled my body to avoid it, but I couldn’t dodge it all. A white energy passed by his left forearm, and blood spurted out as if he had been cut by a sharp razor.
When the man in the white mask lifted his finger, blood would inevitably flow from somewhere on my body.
The white energy moved freely in the air, so it was impossible for me to completely avoid it. As I dodged in all directions, the statues and lights inside the building were caught in the white energy and were destroyed and turned off.
The man in the white mask was different from his previous opponents. He was the first enemy of the Xuan Dynasty that I encountered. It was also an evil, high-level enemy who gained great power by continuously killing people and offering them as wealth. He was on a different level from the PMC soldiers who had dealt with me easily up to this point, or the thugs who attacked me with force.
I stopped dodging, drew up the energy of the abyss in my hand, and began to ward off the white energy. However, the power of the abyss was being suppressed here, perhaps because of the enormous number of lights. It was clear that there was some magical treatment to the lighting as well. Still, I realized something while fighting off the white energy.
I thought maybe it was that white energy called Shirashira. When I hit it with my hand, I felt a slight physical sensation.
“What is Shirashira?”
Although I had some idea of Shirashira’s identity, I pretended not to know and asked to save time. I was also curious about the exact identity rather than just my guess.
“It looks like you were curious even before you died. Okay, I’ll tell you the truth. Shirashira is the god of this forest who made a contract with me about 100 years ago. He is a god who is on the verge of being forgotten and disappearing. So he was able to sign a contract on good terms.”
His voice seems very young. Does that mean he is over 100 years old? Perhaps because he saw my disbelieving expression, the man in the white mask opened his mouth again.
“Hehe, this body is eighteen years old. But my spirit is over one hundred and sixty years old… “Having mastered the secret arts, I can reincarnate with my memories.”
“I can’t believe something like that happens…” .”
This guy is capable of infinite reincarnation, something you only see in novels… Well, I am also a possessed being that I only see in novels.
“All your questions have been answered, right? “Now it’s my turn to die!”
At the same time as the white masked man shouted, I stretched out my hand. There was a reason why I kept taking my time. In the meantime, the energy of the abyss was being collected.
Shinkaiyatsude (深海八手) Isshokukamanshi (One tentacle becomes ten thousand branches.)
The black energy that bloomed in my hand instantly split into hundreds and thousands of strands and shattered all the lights on the second floor. The brilliantly shining second floor of the shrine suddenly became dark.
“I wonder if I will have a reincarnation or not if I sacrifice you.”
I said in a somber voice. This place, where not a single point of light entered, was a shadow itself.
“Shirashira! “Kill that guy right now!!”
The man in the white mask must have sensed some kind of threat as he pulled out white energy from the darkness and poured it on me. Because the second floor was filled with darkness, Shirashira’s identity was visible.
Shirashira looked like a giant jellyfish made of white light. What I felt was white energy was one of Shirashira’s tens of thousands of tentacles. The reason why a huge number of lights were used was probably to hide the appearance of Shirashira. Although it was made of light, it was an appearance that evoked an instinctive feeling of disgust in anyone who saw it.
As Shirashira is made of light, it may be of light nature, but in the dark, it could not exert the same power as before. Contrary to the situation before, I was able to easily throw away Shirashira’s tentacles with my hands imbued with the abyss. Shirashira’s tentacle shrunk with a screeching sound as it touched my abyss-filled hand.
I brought out the power of shadow control to the fullest and bound Shirashira and the white masked man with the surrounding shadows.
“Ugh! Physical pain is nothing! “I will be reincarnated again and kill you!”
-𝖁𝕹𝕱𝕯𝕵𝖂𝕹𝕵 𝖁𝕹𝕱𝕯𝕵𝖂𝕹!!
The man in the white mask and the fallen god Shirashira each shouted. I paid no heed to him and recited the spell in my mind. I wasn’t worried about him reincarnating. This is because his soul will probably never be reincarnated.
Then an abyss darker than darkness opened its mouth.
“I’m sure the Daughter of the Abyss will like it because it’s a god and infinite reincarnation that are hard to find this time, right?”
The abyss swallowed Shirashira along with the man in the white mask. And he spit out a piece of paper in front of me.
There was something written on the paper.
-33°13’40.9″N 139°00’47.4″E
Did I give you something too good? I think this is an invitation from the Daughter of the Abyss… ?
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About 5 minutes after dealing with the white masked man and Shirashira, the police arrived. Since it was an area where cars couldn’t enter, the police officers came running, sweating profusely. Considering how fast I ran, I came here quickly. It seemed like some effort was made.
However, contrary to the police’s hopes that it was not a big deal, there were as many as 6 people in the same group, the assailants were all tangled up and dead, and the only ones alive were a few people whom I hit in the face. Since the victim’s body was also found on the second floor, it became a much bigger incident than the police thought.
“Oh my… ! It’s great that you solved this problem. Mr. Tyra!”
“Ah! There is a body hanging from a large tree 4 kilometers away from here, and that person is also a victim here. “At this pseudo shrine, many murdered bodies were hung under the guise of suicide.”
“Ah… !”
“And I reported that there was a dead body, but they just hung up without even asking where it was?”
“Ah… !”
The police chief nearby, whose head was bald, was embarrassed by my harsh words and kept wiping away his sweat while sighing. Looking around, I saw police officers listening to the details of the incident.
The surviving fanatics were tied to ropes and taken to the police, and the kidnapped victim and we also walked along with the police.
The forest path in Jukai was still dark, and strange sounds slowly passed through my ears, but I was happy that I had solved one problem.
After walking for a while, we arrived at the parking lot where we parked and, as if I didn’t know how, several reporters were camped out there.
“It’s an opportunity for both of you to make your name known. Come and have an interview. Or just take a business card and ask to meet near the hotel in the evening.”
“Do you want to help with my next salary?”
“I think if you become famous, your next opponent will be a bit more famous…”
They both had jobs where fame would be helpful, so they asked me to come for an interview. The two said they would only accept business cards and went to the reporters. I got into my parked car and started it. I suddenly became curious about the reaction, so I entered the thread created by Kazuhiro on Channel 7 on my smart phone.
501 KZHRSMITH: Six people were captured! After we rescued them, the police came only then!
502 Anonymous: 6 people? Isn’t it Gura?
503 Verdi Fan: Is this possible even if your friend is a fighter? It’s not the main character, right?
504 Anonymous: If it were true, it would be in the news today.
505 Toki-chan: I’m glad we were rescued! My girlfriend also said she felt safe.
506 Mr. Kenji: If this incident is true, this thread will become a new legend.
507 Anonymous: Then I have to tell you now. Please help me succeed in my college entrance exam this year!!
508 Anonymous: wwwww 507 The college jackpot isn’t found on bulletin boards like this, you have to study.
509 KZHRSMITH: It’s not Suzaku. Seeing as reporters were waiting in the parking lot, does it look like it will be on the news this evening?
510 Mr. Psycho: It’s been a while. Such a great thread.
As expected, the one person who had been visible all along was nowhere to be seen. As I looked at the bulletin board, the car door opened and Kazuhiro and Kiyohira got in.
“You didn’t do an interview?”
“You said you would only accept business cards, right? First, I received a recommendation for a good accommodation nearby and decided to interview there. “While we were moving, reporters were interviewing victims.”
“I also decided to interview Kazuhiro at a cafe near my accommodation.”
I see. I entered the accommodation recommended by Kazuhiro into the navigation and started driving. The recommended accommodation was a hotel next to Lake Shoji near Jukai. On the way, Kiyohira called and started making hotel reservations.
After finishing the call, Kiyohira said he had taken three rooms with a view of the lake. I told them to get separate rooms because something was bothering me, so I got three rooms.
When I arrived at the hotel, it was already 6 o’clock. The time Kizuhiro and Kiyohira had agreed upon with the reporter was 7 o’clock, so we decided to eat before then. Since I was quite hungry, I simply unpacked at the hotel and went to a decent looking restaurant to eat.
The restaurant was a fusion restaurant unique to tourist destinations and great for taking pictures. I also ordered 3 servings of pasta and steak for myself, and Kazuhiro and Kiyohira seemed to be quite hungry, so they each ordered 2 servings.
After finishing our meal, we patted our stomachs and walked out of the restaurant.
“First of all, we decided to meet at a cafe with reporters. What do you want to do? “You’re one of the heroes of this incident, right?”
“Are you okay. “I’m going to go to my room and sleep, so see you tomorrow.”
“It’s a shame. “I was planning on having a drink tonight.”
They were both disappointed when I told them to go right in and sleep. I saw the two of them going to the cafe and went into the hotel room. I shared the keys with me earlier, so I didn’t have to worry about my friends coming into my room.
“Come out.”
After entering the hotel, I spoke smartly. At my words, I felt as if the temperature suddenly dropped, and a naked ghost with pale skin appeared.
It was the ghost I saw in Jukai Forest before going to the shrine. At first glance, he had a good body, but when he appeared right in front of me, what I saw was not wrong. The body was very nice. I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m possessed by a ghost. There was something like a whisper passing by in my ear earlier, and it seemed to be the work of this ghost.
