Chapter 1131 Summer Memories (XVIII)

Tsukamoto said: "Master told us...he calculated that his life was about to end, and his biggest regret in his life was that he failed to eliminate 'it'.

"Although Master sealed 'it' on the spot, this seal is far from the original seal in Mao Shrine...

"The original seal was made by a certain great Onmyoji in ancient times. It is very stable, and every year the villagers hold the Sanshe Festival to consolidate the magic power on it with the power of the three Bodhisattvas.

"However, Master's seal is far from achieving that effect. He knows...sooner or later, this seal will be broken by 'it', and then all living beings will be devastated.

"So, Master wants to entrust the task of getting rid of 'it' to us disciples before he passes away. I hope that if we practice diligently, one day we can completely eliminate 'it'."

When he said this, he shook his head and sighed: "Alas... The master passed away the next day after explaining these things. I never expected that... as soon as he died, the senior brothers began to compete for the status and relics he left behind. , didn’t take Master’s instructions to heart at all…”

"But you are different, right?" Feng Bujue followed suit.

Tsukamoto nodded: "After that, I prepared for two months, picked a sunny day... and came to Chongjiu Elementary School." He paused, "That... happened to be six years ago summer; since the school had been abandoned for a long time, I entered easily.

"I remember very clearly... on that midsummer noon, all the hairs on my body stood up as soon as I walked into this school. Obviously, even in a sealed state, 'it' can still exert an influence on the surrounding space ”

"Wait a minute..." Ruoyu interrupted at this time, "Since 'it' has become so powerful that even the Nara Master in its heyday could not destroy it, then you at that time... weren't you here to knock an egg against a stone?"

"I didn't say that I came to destroy it six years ago." Tsukamoto replied, "I just wanted to confirm how strong 'it' is... so that I can know how far I have practiced to complete Master's task. Entrusted."

"Oh~" Feng Bujue heard this and smiled easily, "So you chose a 'relatively safe' time to come to Chongjiu Elementary School, and took it for granted that 'it' in the sealed state could not What to do to you. Ha... As a result, that reconnaissance mission..." He said, tilting his head at Tsukamoto, "... and you ended up in this situation. "

"Alas..." Tsukamoto sighed again after hearing this, "Now that things have happened, I don't care what kind of ending I will end up with..." He said solemnly, "It's been six years, I My body has undoubtedly rotted away, and my soul...has been trapped in this 'yang' illusion, unable to enter reincarnation."

"Why does 'it' just trap you and not do anything else to you?" Feng Bujue's tone when asking this question was a little subtle, as if he was saying, "How come you haven't been tortured to a pulp?"

"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 Ruoyu respectively, "At this moment, Your four companions, who are in the illusion of Yin, are gradually unlocking the seal under the guidance of 'It' disguised as 'Tsukamoto Shota'..."

"Oh...that's it." After hearing this very urgent information, Brother Jue seemed as calm as ever. He did not rush to ask how to return to the "Yin" illusion, but chose to get all the information that could be ascertained first. Clearly, "So, 'it' kept your soul just to pretend to be you?"

"Yes." Tsukamoto replied, "The souls of Onmyoji are different from those of ordinary people. If ordinary people's souls cannot enter reincarnation, they will be lost, decay, die, and even become demonized... But no matter how long the Onmyoji has been dead, Nor will it be 'lost'. Our soul body can not only retain memories, but its appearance will not change much from when we were alive; and 'it' takes advantage of this... by being trapped in the 'yang' On one side, I create a mirror image of my soul on the 'yin' side and possess it... to deceive your companions."

"Well...I see." Feng Bujue thought for a few seconds, straightened his thoughts, and then said, "By the way, there is one more thing I haven't figured out... There were seven people who survived that year; and today, there are There are six people, so... where is squad leader Watanabe? "

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At the same time, in the "Illusion of Yin".

Xiao Tan and the four of them returned to the second floor under the leadership of "Tsukamoto" and entered the principal's office.

"Brother Jue! Are you okay?" As soon as he entered, Xiao Tan quickly came to the entrance of the wine cellar and shouted towards the floor.

However... no one responded to him.

"What's going on?" An Yueqin also came over and asked nervously, "Did something happen to them?"

"Your companion...is no longer there." At this moment, Tsukamoto suddenly said.

"You mean..." Gui Xiao looked at Tsukamoto and said, "They have..." He did not say the next words, but waited for Tsukamoto to continue.

Here, Gui Xiao obviously kept an eye on it. His "half sentence" was a good test - from a player's perspective, he could completely confirm the two teammates through the team bar. survival status, but the NPC/monster does not know this; therefore, if the guy in front of him who calls himself Onmyoji categorically says that the two people have been killed by "it", then he is obviously lying deliberately.

At this moment, Xiao Tan, Xiao Ling and An Yueqin also realized the intention of Gui Xiao's words, so they all remained silent and watched what happened...

"I only know that they are not out of their minds yet, and they are no longer in the wine cellar." Tsukamoto's answer did not have any flaws.

"Then where did they go?" Xiao Ling asked immediately.

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Tsukamoto replied, "I can only sense that their souls are still in this space, but where exactly they were taken... only 'it' knows."

"Then how should we save them?" Xiaotan asked.

"That's not necessary." Tsukamoto replied coldly, "The six of you are already dead. There is no way to save them... As long as 'it' still exists, you and all the ghosts here can't even think of leaving. This space." He paused, "The only way to get rid of this fate is to eliminate 'it'."

Before he could finish his words, Xiaotan suddenly said: "Eh? When did this drawer..."

It turned out that while Tsukamoto was talking, Xiaotan's eyes caught something strange - just when the players were going downstairs, the big drawer inside the principal's office desk was still closed, but now... the drawer has moved out. After moving a little, it seemed to be unlocked.

"Be careful... it might be a trap." Gui Xiao became very cautious now. For some reason... after he separated from Brother Jue and the others, Gui Xiao had a very strange intuition... This intuition told him repeatedly ——Be alert.

"Let me do it." At this time, Tsukamoto took two steps forward and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "You must protect yourselves. To complete the final 'magic circle', at least five people are needed. "

While speaking, he had already opened the drawer.

The situation in the big drawer is the same as in the two classrooms that players explored before - a total of four items.

Let’s talk about it one by one...

First of all, it is a "plot item that can bring out the script".

[Name: Tassel Belt]

[Type: Drama related]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Function: unknown]

[Whether the script can be brought out: Yes]

[Remarks: Linen product, the buckle is made of sterling silver, the purple coloring and the length of the tassel are the highlights of the design. 】

This is another wearable gadget, and like the others, its purpose is unknown...

Then, the second thing——

[Name: “It” spleen]

[Type: Drama related]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Function: Can be embedded into "it"'s torso. 】

[Can the script be brought out: No]

[Remarks: The pocket organ made of green jade has a faint aura. 】

Hmm... no explanation.

Looking at the third item - a piece of paper, it looks like an unfinished letter; the handwriting of the letter shows that the person who wrote it was nervous at the time, or his hands were shaking due to other physiological reasons; However, the content on the paper can still be distinguished - "Sato-kun, I don't know whether your mental disorder is temporary or permanent. If it is permanent, then this letter should be regarded as a confession written by me to myself. But if one day you can regain your senses and read this letter, I just want to say to you - I'm sorry. All of this is caused by me. I am not a competent principal, and I can't even do it. He said he was a decent man; after my wife passed away, I tried to numb myself with alcohol, and ended up falling into the bad habit of alcoholism. It was this bad habit that brought me to where I am today. Suzuki, Noguchi, you... I don't know. How many people will die because of this, but I can’t hold it anymore, please forgive me, forgive me for having to die to escape responsibility in the end, because, ‘it’”

The information on the paper just stops here. There is no content after the word "it" (the letter is also written in Japanese, so it is "word" instead of "character"), and there are no punctuation marks or words. There are no other traces.

Finally, the fourth item... I think you can guess it - [Warehouse Key].

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A few minutes later, the players and Tsukamoto arrived in the corridor outside the principal's office.

Tsukamoto did not take the two mission items. He gave them to the players for safekeeping. However, he held the key because... he took the initiative to open the door.

As mentioned before, the door of the warehouse also opens flat. Tsukamoto inserted the key and pushed it, and the door opened.

Surprisingly, there is...light in this room.

There was a light bulb hanging from the ceiling of the "warehouse", and this light bulb... actually emitted red light.

The light enveloped the space of less than thirty square meters in front of everyone, like...fire.

What didn't quite fit the name "warehouse" was that this room was completely empty. Not only was there no furniture or clutter, there wasn't even a window. Apart from the light bulb above, there was only the wall, and there wasn't even a light switch on the wall.

However, there are still some abnormalities, such as...the six walls of this warehouse are all made of blackened wooden boards. In addition, there is a formation painted on the floor.

This formation is not the "magic formation" in Western mythology, but something with Eastern characteristics.

Overall, this magic circle is drawn with a red liquid, but whether it is blood, paint, or some other substance... it is hard to tell, because this magic circle looks like it has been drawn for a long time, and the liquid has dried up long ago.

But in the middle of the magic circle, in a circular area the size of a washbasin, there is a bunch of Japanese characters written like ghosts and symbols. These characters are written in a spiral from the inside out, and the system does not translate them; outside this pile of characters, a perfect circle is drawn, and the vertical and horizontal lines of the four gates and eight trigrams extend outside the circle, and in the areas separated by the lines, many spells are written vertically... Of course, these are also some characters that players cannot understand.

"What's going on with this... on the ground?" After seeing those things, Gui Xiao was the first to ask.

"I drew this six years ago." Tsukamoto continued, "Oh... yes, you don't remember it anymore."

These two sentences of dialogue seemed to trigger some FLAG... Then, Tsukamoto, who stepped into the door, began to narrate a plot.

The story of this "Tsukamoto" is different from the one that Jue and his friends encountered...

"Six years ago, you returned to "Chongjiu Primary School" together at the invitation of your class leader Watanabe to attend the so-called class reunion.

"At that time, you naturally had no memory of the "520 tragedy" at all...

"Because after that incident, the government forced the seven survivors to isolate you and conducted so-called "psychological treatment"; a year later, when you returned to your parents, you had lost that memory. After that, your families also lived far away under the arrangement of the government. In your impression... there was nothing unusual about your childhood memories, but because the school was going to be closed, everyone transferred to another school in the second grade.

"Later, you grew up separately, and when you were 28 or 29 years old, everyone had left home to live alone. Those around you who knew your connection with that incident also thought that the nightmare experience had long been uncovered.

"No one expected... In a summer, when all of you 'just happened' to be free, the class monitor Watanabe in your memory... sent you a letter inviting you to a class reunion.

"Perhaps it was destined, or arranged by 'it'... The six of you reunited in the ruins of Chongjiu Primary School on a gloomy day.

"That day... your class monitor did not show up, because he had long been controlled by 'it', and the letter he sent was to attract the six of you..." (To be continued ~^~)