Chapter 31 The Truth
Sowa Rulu lived in the Asuka Age about 1,400 years ago.
He was a powerful minister who held great power in the government and the public at that time, but he was supposed to die in the Yisi Incident. He was stabbed to death with random knives and thrown into the wilderness.
Even if he was not dead at that time, how could he have survived 1,400 years to the present?
But he did claim to be so, and the scars on his body were indeed the same as the death method in the records, which made Su Gai a little unbelievable.
But Jingu didn't care, he just answered Souga's question.
"Because it's troublesome and boring."
It’s a very simple reason, so simple and crude that it makes people suspect that Jingu is just trying to save face. But Jingu is just stating a fact.
Just like Tamamozen, who has been active for thousands of years and has affected more than one dynasty with cholera, will she really have no money or be unable to get it?
She just doesn't think it's necessary. If she wants, she has 10,000 ways to get it and use it at any time, because her moral bottom line is much more flexible than that of the Shrine.
Jingu just doesn't want to do some things, and is too lazy to do these meaningless things.
For gods or monsters, the values advertised by human society are completely meaningless. Money, land, these things are just used to support the witches of the gods.
What the Shrine wants is to enjoy some of the fun of human society, such as beautiful girls, but if you have to bother yourself to make money or something like that, then you are putting the cart before the horse.
The reason why he agreed to Masato Takashi was more because he was also curious about the mastermind behind the scenes and thought this matter was somewhat interesting.
It would be too troublesome to ask the shrine to go to the bottom of the sea to fish for sunken treasures for money. It would have to be an ancient underwater city with a mermaid to be motivated.
How can any god or monster work hard for a pile of waste paper that they can't use? Oh no, maybe there is one here.
"I asked, have you been pretending to be a human being for so long that you even think like a human being?"
Jingu knocked on the head, indicating whether there was something wrong with Suga's brain.
"When you start thinking about power, class, and money like a human being, should we say that the assimilation power of human society is so high, or that you have been used to pretending to be human for too long?"
The series of shocking speeches made everyone confused. Before they could understand the meaning of Jingu's words, the leader, Soga Rushikaka, started laughing.
He laughed wildly and wantonly, as if he wanted to dig out his vocal cords. The threads at the sutures burst everywhere, and endless shadows overflowed from the gaps.
"Ancestor!"
"Ancestor, what are you doing!"
"Help me! Help me!"
The escaping shadows wrap around other people's bodies like maggots attached to their bones, and they cannot get rid of them no matter how hard they struggle.
The shrine turned a blind eye to this group of people's pleas for help. It just held Sogai in its arms and waited quietly.
However, within a few breaths, they calmed down. They straightened the table and sat up straight. Even the man who had been embedded in the wall of the shrine pulled himself out and barely managed to piece together a human form.
"Awesome! You saw right away what went wrong with me."
The voice of "Su Wo Ru Lu" is no longer old, ambitious, full of vitality, and desire.
It is a shadow ghost, and it is an unprecedented, extremely powerful shadow ghost. The escaping darkness is like a substantial shadow, like a light-eating monster in the darkness.
"No problem. To be honest, you don't have any demonic aura at all. You only have a strong aura of death. I just said it casually."
Jingu played with the tea cup and said casually.
"But there is some evidence. On the one hand, how did you know that the Takaji family wanted to reconcile with me? Even the Huashanyuan family didn't know about this news."
"Also, someone has inserted Shadow Ghost into the Monster Management Committee. Since my actions have already alerted the enemy, I can only take a gamble next."
"Gamble?"
"Bet on whether you are really power-hungry and confident."
"So that's it." The shadow ghost disguised as Suworulu suddenly realized.
"Are you betting on whether I will come to you and save the failed plan, or whether I will give up the plan and hide."
"Yes, it seems that my luck is pretty good. You are really confident." Shengong shrugged and continued.
"So as a bet, do you want to tell me how you did this? Of course, if you don't want to say it, I can also do it myself and let you say it."
"Don't be anxious yet. Although the matter just broke down, I still have a new cooperation here that I can talk to you about."
The body of "So Wo Ru Lu" is close to breaking apart, and countless black shadows are scattered from it, but it is still controlling this body, but the voice seems to be coming from the mouths of the puppet-like people around it.
"Cooperation? Please satisfy my curiosity first."
"...Okay..."
What made Jingu unexpectedly was that "Suwa Rulu" actually agreed. He thought he was going to find a way to torture him to extract a confession.
Faced with the surprised expression on Shengong's face, "Suwa Rulu" said calmly.
"Anyway, the matter has come to this, and of course someone must listen when a subtle scam is revealed."
I understand, these shadow ghosts are born to deceive and pretend to be happy. This old guy looks very calm, but in fact he has a showman personality at heart. He can’t wait to tear off his vest and have fun with others.
"When did it start? It was probably a few decades ago."
"At that time, I was just an ordinary shadow ghost. There was no so-called monster management committee at that time. Killing and being expelled was the main theme at that time."
"But as time goes by, the turning point in life happens one day."
"I met a chaotic woman who gave me a secret treasure."
"A stone of reversal."
A broken stone floated out of the chest of "Su Wo Ru Lu". After the stone was separated from the body, the evil spirit filled the air. And when the stone returned to the body, it only
The human breath remains.
"I used it to reverse the auras of humans and monsters. Since then, I have never been discovered by any Onmyoji. Even if I appeared in front of them openly, they only regarded me as a human being and not a monster."
"After living like this for decades, I encountered another thing that gave me my current identity and status."
Having said this, "Suworulu"'s torn face showed joy and deep yearning.
"It was in a place that I can't remember. I just remember that it was under the moonlight night, and I saw a paradise that can be said to be a dreamland for me."
"Don't be pretentious, tell me quickly, I'm waiting to hear it." The other party's anxious narration style made Shengong a little impatient.
"That may be a dream for me, but it may not be so good for you."
Chapter completed!