744 It turns out that there is an old relationship with our Gao Tianyuan forces.
"Eight Hundred and Eight Raccoons" refers to the general leader of the raccoons in the Shikoku region - the Yinjin Xingbu raccoons.
It is also quite a famous monster in Japan.
It is said that this raccoon boss occupies Iyo Matsuyama and commands 808 subordinates. And these 8808 subordinates are each the raccoon demon's little boss in their own territory.
The eight hundred and eight raccoon dogs are dedicated to protecting the territory of Shikoku, and they fight against the deadly enemy Fox Legion.
During the period when Tanuki was active in the present world, the Kitsune forces were no match for the Tanuki forces. Based on Matsuyama, Tanuki occupied the entire Shikoku at its peak, and even established a rule that "no Kitsune is allowed to enter Shikoku even half a step".
It is precisely because of Tanuki's control over the Shikoku region that in the old days when humans and ghosts coexisted, Shikoku was rarely infringed upon by other monsters, including foxes.
The locals thought that this was a favor from Tanuki, so they enshrined Tanuki, the god of punishment, and worshiped him as the "Yamaguchi Spirit God".
In today's Ehime Prefecture (Iyo in the old days), in addition to the Yamaguchi Reishin Shrine, there are many statues based on it on the streets.
Local merchants place the statue of the Eight Hundred Eight-Eight Rhinoceros at the door of their shop, which is said to bless business prosperity.
"The Eight Hundred and Eight Rhinoceros seems to be a raccoon demon force that has been active in the Four Kingdoms of the present world. It sounds like this monster tribe has transferred into the ordinary world for some reasons. But... even in the ordinary world, the Eight Hundred and Eight Oriental Foxes seem to still be fighting with each other.
It looks like the old enemy fox forces are fighting against each other."
After listening to the little old man's report, Kamiyakawa roughly understood what the traveling cat team had experienced during their trip.
"Abba Abba!"
The little old man's body continued to make gestures, telling him more information he had learned.
Kamiya understood what the scout meant and pondered for a moment: "You said the raccoon demon's treasure..."
It seems to be called "Big Bright Moon".
According to the information obtained by the little old man, the raccoon forces in Songshan seem to be guarding the "Great Moon" to avoid being snatched away by the fox forces.
Kamiya was also a little curious as to what the so-called treasure that the raccoon and fox clans were fighting over was.
However, he has no idea of intervening for the time being.
As a huge force that actually controls a large number of areas in the world, Gao Tianyuan does have abundant martial virtues, but for the time being... he can still be considered a civilized teacher?
To take a step back, Gao Tianyuan at least has rules.
Like this time, Cat Shopkeeper, Jin Xiong, Hoshi Xiong and the others traveled a long distance and happened to kill Aragami Nindo all the way in Iyo, thus revealing the materials suitable for establishing a society for the eight-foot-old girls.
But before this battle started, didn't the queen be used as a bait?
Although doing so is suspected of fishing for law enforcement.
But the two kings of cats and ghosts also have reasons to say——
"If Niru Dao didn't want to kill our people, we wouldn't have conquered it."
How many masters are famous?
As for the treasure that the Tanuki Clan and the Fox Clan were fighting over, Kamiyagawa firstly did not know what the treasure was; secondly, he had no reasonable reason to occupy the so-called "Great Moon".
So I have no plans to get involved in the treasure hunt for now.
The 888 raccoon dogs have just now appeared in the sight of the Takamagahara forces.
What the raccoons did was nothing more than stop the Maomao team.
Considering that the Matsuyama side is Tanuki's territory, the Takamagahara forces are outsiders there.
Maomao and the others retreated to the enemy's territory. Although they were temporarily stopped, it was not unacceptable that no fierce conflict broke out.
"However, the wise Songshan raccoon tribe is good at human speech and illusion... The eight hundred and eight raccoon dogs have 808 dependents, and each of the dependents is a small boss in each place. If the raccoon power over Songshan is real
With such a scale, the number of raccoons should be very large. Gao Tianyuan is still in the rising stage of development and is short of labor. Maybe they are suitable to work for me?"
Also, the Hidden God Senbu Tanuki is actually the "General Tanuki Demon of the Shikoku Region" who has a shrine in reality.
It should have some absorbing value.
If there is a suitable way, such as taking advantage of the dispute between the raccoon and fox clans, you may be able to earn 880 raccoons and go to Gaotianyuan.
Rather than snatching treasures, the co-lord of ghosts and gods seems to be more interested in Iyo's raccoon demons themselves.
"Plundering the population... Well, recruiting talented people is quite important for the development of today's power. From this perspective, you can continue to pay attention to the trends on Iyo's side."
Asking the little old man to pay attention to Tsuneisei Iyo's situation, Kamiyagawa contacted the Countermeasures Office and obtained some detailed information about the Eight Hundred and Eight Rhinoceros from Ehime County.
By consulting these materials, he learned more information about the Eight Hundred Eight Hundred Rhinoceros. In Ehime Prefecture, there is a legendary story called "The Story of the Eight Hundred Eight Hundred Rhinoceros" that has been passed down to this day——
Legend has it that the Hidden God Xingbu Tanuki is the patron saint of the Matsuyama Castle area. He has been guarding the surrounding areas of Matsuyama Castle for hundreds of years. He is known by the locals as "the number one supernatural power in the four countries" and has good relations with humans.
Therefore, at that time, the raccoon demons in Shikoku were relatively rare and could live in harmony with humans.
But later, the eight-hundred-eight raccoon dogs, who had been the patron saint for hundreds of years, launched an action to seize the human Matsuyama Castle without any warning.
Facing the invasion of the raccoon demons, the then Lord of Songshan City was shocked and frightened.
The city lord knew that his own men could not be a match for the raccoon demons, so he asked for help from outside.
By chance, a young samurai from Hiroshima stepped in and promised to help Matsuyama Castle survive the crisis.
This warrior's surname is Inao.
Samurai Inao is no ordinary person. He once passed the test of Demon King Yamamoto Gorozaemon and holds a magical little mallet given by the Demon King.
At the end of the story of "The Story of the Eight Hundred and Eight Hundred Eight-Hundred Tanuki", with the help of the Demon King's gavel, the Inao samurai defeated the army of hidden raccoon dogs of the Dark God of Punishment and sealed all the 808 subordinates of the Dark God of Punishment in Kuman.
In the cave at the foot of the mountain.
This local legend spread in Ehime Prefecture amused the Kamiya River.
I originally thought it was a folk legend related to the Eight Hundred and Eight Rhinoceros, but it turned out... isn't this the personal hero biography of my little brother?
The hero Samurai Inao who saved Matsuyama Castle in "The Story of the Eight Hundred and Eight Hundred Eight Tanuki" once passed the test of Yamamoto Gorozaemon and holds the Demon King's Hammer.
That's not the same person as Heitaro Inao in the Seven-person Gozen at the Fish Inn.
"After a long time of work, there is still some old grudge between the Eight Hundred and Eight Hundred Rhinoceros forces and our Gao Tianyuan forces."
Kamitani thought it was interesting, so he went to the Living Fish Hotel in Changse to look for Inayo.
From him, we may be able to get more clues about the Eight Hundred and Eight Rhinoceros.
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Live fish hotel.
This room probably used to be an internal staff meeting room.
Because the Master came to visit unexpectedly, the royal staff quickly gathered here.
In addition to the seven people, Kasahara, the drone monster, also came to this conference room.
As the "external memory brain" of the imperial family, Kasahara has long been cared for by the elder brothers and sisters.
When he was captured by Kamiya, he was just a tragically dead wandering spirit attached to a drone.
But now it's a weird story with a D-level rating.
Moreover, it has been strengthened by the "Ghost Story Films" picked up by Miyako, and his body has been reshaped, and his thinking has become much sharper.
At this time, Kasahara was floating to the side of the conference room.
The black drone hovered quietly beside him, and the camera faithfully recorded the meeting proceedings.
"Master, do you have any instructions for your visit this time?"
Kamiyagawa, who was sitting on the main seat, looked at his subordinates sitting upright and shook his head helplessly: "Aren't you a little too formal?"
He felt that the atmosphere among the emperors was not right.
But after thinking about it briefly, I roughly understand why.
When the seven Gozens first joined the force, they also acted as the main force in the battle. As the force has developed now, the enemies they have to face are getting stronger and stronger, and the Gozens are different from other monsters and cannot be promoted normally, so in
There are fewer and fewer places to perform on the battlefield.
They are probably worried about this.
"We failed to serve you well, Master."
"Well...it's not that we have to be strict. Actually, I'm not here to explain anything important. I just have a few questions to ask Daosheng."
"Me? Please ask, Master."
After his name was called, Samurai Inao sat up a little straighter, and the eyes of the other emperors also fell on him.
"The thing is like this. Earlier, our people encountered a group of local monster forces in the Iyo area of Tokishikoku. It is currently known that they should be affiliated with the big raccoon monster Eight Hundred and Eight Rhinoceros."
"Eight hundred and eight raccoons..."
Hearing this name, Daosheng actually had a reaction.
"Daosheng, you have fought against these raccoons before, right?"
"Yes, Master. The Eight Hundred Horseshoes led their men to attack Iyo's Matsuyama Castle. I was entrusted by the city lord to use the Demon King's Hammer to seal the Eight Hundred Horseshoes in a cave."
It's not something worth keeping secret in the first place, let alone the fact that the Master asked about it, so of course Inao knew everything.
"According to the information I read, the Eight Hundred and Eight Rhinoceros was originally the patron saint of Songshan City and was very popular among the locals. Since you were a witness to the incident, do you know why the raccoon general attacked Songshan City?"
"I really don't know about this. But I did hear the Lord of Songshan City say at that time that the Eight Hundred Raccoons originally had a good relationship with humans. Therefore, the raccoon demon would come to attack Songshan City, which the Lord had never expected before."
"You don't know either."
The reason why the former general of the Shikoku Tanuki Demon suddenly attacked Matsuyama Castle is still unknown.
"That battle with the Eight Hundred and Eight Raccoons consumed a lot of energy from the Demon King's Hammer. However, now these raccoon demons will appear in the ordinary world, perhaps because they fell in when the current world and the ordinary world were completely separated."
Daosheng continued to add, giving a reasonable guess as to why the sealed raccoon demons appeared in the ordinary world.
At the end of the Heian period, Abe Seimei went to war with Huang Quan. The completion of that divine war directly led to the complete separation of the eternal world and the present world.
This matter is known to the top leaders of the Kamiya forces.
It also corresponds to the timeline of Inaio sealing the eight hundred and eight tanukis.
In short, what Inao told is similar to what was recorded in "The Tale of the Eight Hundred and Eight Hundred Eight-Hand-Raccoon Dogs". Most of what was recorded in that story actually happened.
The role played by Inao in that incident was that of a "passing hero of justice."
After solving the crisis in Songshan Castle, he left his name in the local area and left.
Didn't go into more details.
But speaking of it this way, Kamiyagawa felt that his little brother was pretty good in real life activities before.
There are many stories and legends left behind.
And the "Demon King's Hammer"... Kamiya has seen Inao use it once.
It was the one used in "Seven Gozen VS Kamiyagawa".
After that time, Inao never took out his gavel again no matter what the battle was.
In other words, Kotsutsuko is used to beat the Master...
As for why the Demon King's mallet can't be used again, Kamiyagawa actually asked Inao a long time ago.
After all, we have been together for so long, so of course such important things have been figured out long ago.
According to what Inao said before——
The Demon King's Mallet is still at the Living Fish Hotel.
The reason is related to the origin of the hotel.
Heitaro Inao once died in the Living Fish Hotel, to be precise, it is the area of the world that the hotel corresponds to.
That's where he died.
According to Gen Daosheng, he was attacked by a powerful monster one time and escaped to the Live Fish Hotel area with the help of a treasure mallet.
Dragging his heavy body to this place, he was already at the end of his rope.
And when Daosheng died and his soul left his body, Demon King Xiaochui dragged him into the ordinary world.
In this way, the mallet consumed itself to create the Living Fish Hotel.
And Inao was the first Gozen in the hotel, which was a little different from the later Gozens. All the later Gozens were strangers who entered the hotel, but Inao was the only one who appeared here after his death and was directly affected by the treasure hammer.
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Also, "Yamamoto Gorozaemon" who appeared in the Fish Inn and came into contact with Kamiya before was not the Demon King himself, but the incarnation of the Hammer.
Because Baochui maintains the existence of the hotel, it is difficult for Inayo to use it directly.
Afterwards, after delivering the hotel to Kamiya, Demon King Xiaomai fell into a deep sleep.
As a result, Daosheng naturally can no longer use it.
Although I have known about this matter before, when the Demon King's Hammer was mentioned again today, Inao added another point:
"Now that I think about it, there is a big difference between the reason why the treasure hammer is getting weaker and weaker... and the fact that after a big battle, it was too consumed and there was no time to replenish it, so the Eternal World Hotel was built for me right away.
relation."
Kamiya realized something: "A big war would consume too much? Wait, what do you mean?"
Inao nodded: "Yes. Master, I haven't mentioned it before. My death happened shortly after defeating the Eight Hundred and Eight Raccoons."
"Who is the monster that attacked you?"
"I can't tell, but it probably isn't a raccoon demon."
"Are you sure that the eight hundred and eight raccoon dogs at that time were completely sealed by you?"
"I'm sure."
"That's it..."
Now that the matter was understood, Kamiya felt that there seemed to be quite a lot of secrets and doubts about the past events related to the Eight Hundred and Eight Orikins.
I was thinking of finding a chance to explore Iyo.
Now that I think about it, maybe we can bring Daosheng there?