Chapter 72 (2/2)

Xiao Tangqiu frowned, “What do you mean?”

Kisaragi was silent for a moment before slowly speaking, “Because the true mountain god disappeared hundreds of years ago.”

Everyone fell silent at the same time. Xiao Tangqiu was completely muddled, “The real mountain god has long since disappeared? What happened to the mountain god after? Didn’t you say that it came back again?”

Kisaragi was silent for a long time, then spoke faintly, “It is an obsession, an unwaking and obsessive dream, just like the people and places you have seen before…”

Those people and places they saw before? For example, hedgehog-head and that school where no one survived because of the earthquake?

Xiao Tangqiu suddenly caught onto something, but he couldn’t believe it, “You mean, the mountain god in Hundred Ghost Village is just a fantastical dream of the people?”

Kisaragi spoke, “Once the mountain god disappears due to lack of faith, he will never return. Because it was no longer needed, it had ‘died’… But if someone has a strong enough obsession, they may be able to call back part of the consciousness of the mountain god. But this kind of hazy consciousness is by no means a true mountain god, it can only be regarded as a projection.”

Xiao Tangqiu latched onto Kisaragi’s words and said, “You mean that the real mountain god has disappeared for centuries, but then someone summoned part of the mountain god’s consciousness back with their strong obsession. The piece of the mountain god realized that the piety and faith was impure and weak, so it began to angrily absorb the power of these people’s beliefs to try to restore its strong power in order to bring calamity to the residents of Hundred Ghost Village?”

Kisaragi nodded and she spoke, “Although you eliminated the part of the consciousness that the mountain god awakened centuries later, its body was still very powerful centuries ago. If the true mountain god cannot be completely eliminated, it will still bring the same huge disaster to Hundred Ghost Village centuries later.”

Xiao Tangqiu had a rush of energy. Was this it? Was this their real mission?

To destroy the mountain god!

The Reincarnation Team looked at each other for a while. After a while, Xue Junli said, “Let’s go out first.”

Duan Hongzhen crossed his arms, turned his head, and asked Kisaragi, “Are you coming with us?”

Kisaragi nodded and said, “Naturally.”

“Then, you answer one question first. Just who are you?”

Duan Hongzhen raised his eyebrows, “Just now those people said that Kisaragi Shrine does not have a Miko at all, so where did you, a Miko, come from?”

Kisaragi was calm, “I am indeed the Miko of the Kisaragi Shrine.”

“You’re lying! Those people clearly said that Kisaragi Shrine does not have a Miko,” Tang Mianmian snorted. “Could it be that you’re not the Miko of the Kisaragi Shrine in Hundred Ghost Village, but the Miko of the Kisaragi Shrine in Hundred Ghost Town?”

Xiao Tangqiu frowned, “Kisaragi Shrine in Hundred Ghost Town? The Kisaragi Shrine in Hundred Ghost Town should have disappeared with the disappearance of the mountain god? How can there be Miko?” Of course the most important point was that even if the Kisaragi Shrine in Hundred Ghost Town had a Miko, that was already centuries ago. How could a Miko from centuries ago go to the Hundred Ghost Village hundreds of years later?

Kisaragi’s expression was calm and she didn’t respond, just repeating, “I am indeed the Miko of the Kisaragi Shrine.”

Duan Hongzhen raised his eyebrows, “Are you also an obsession, an unwaking and obsessive dream?”

Kisaragi stopped responding and turned and walked straight ahead. Everyone exchanged glances and could only follow.

No matter what they asked Kisaragi next, Kisaragi didn’t answer.

After a while, they walked out of the long dark tunnel.

Outside the tunnel, it was twilight.

Twilight, a witching hour.

Xiao Tangqiu immediately felt that the surrounding environment had changed as soon as he left the tunnel. Maybe it was his imagination but although the previous Hundred Ghost Town was already eerie and strange, it felt even more eerie this time. Even the howling wind was extremely chilling.

Soon, he knew this was not his imagination, because Shen Yuan suddenly frowned, “…There is a demonic energy.”

There was a demonic energy!

Not only Shen Yuan, the other people in the Reincarnation Team also reacted. Although they were not as sensitive to demonic energy as Shen Yuan, if the energy was too heavy, they would naturally notice the terrible pressure… The things hiding in Hundred Ghost Village were definitely not low-level demons!

Xiao Tangqiu suddenly shuddered at a chill. This cold and terrifying aura was very similar to the pressure that Lippinobert exuded when he ate the Demon Heart Shard. But even more terrifying than that!

Could it be that the mountain god of Hundred Ghost Village had become a demon?

At this moment, a scream suddenly rang out.

“Ahhhhhhh!”

“Help!”

Screaming? Where did the scream come from!

Xiao Tangqiu’s heart leaped, and soon he realized that the scream seemed to be coming from the tunnel behind them!

He turned and looked back to see a few figures suddenly running out of the dark tunnel!

“It’s those newbies!” Duan Hongzhen was the first to react.

Xiao Tangqiu took a closer look and it was true. The couple of people who were rushing out of the tunnel were the newbies that had parted ways with them before. They ran wildly with horrified expressions.

After seeing Xiao Tangqiu’s group, they immediately yelled in agitation, “Help! Help us!”

Xue Junli said coldly, “You guys stop! Don’t come over!”

“Help us! Please help us!” The newbies seemed to be crazed from fear. Not only did they not stop, they ran faster.

Duan Hongzhen raised his eyebrows, “Oh, why?”

One of them cried out, “There is a monster! A monster is chasing us! Save us!”

Duan Hongzhen said without hesitation, “I’m not saving you.”

The man cried out, “Why? You can’t just watch us die!”

Duan Hongzhen said with a faint smile, “What if… you are also monsters?”