Ozaki Ryuichi took a step back in panic, and called out his other shikigami——
That alienated girl.
As soon as he finished speaking, a slender female figure appeared from beside Ozaki. She was wearing a colorful women's attire and her hair was combed in an ancient style.
She looks exactly like the aristocratic girl from the Dahe drama.
"Take that stuff off them!"
Ozaki Ryuichi immediately ordered.
The alienated Kauchang mother under him is completely different from the labor-loving and mysophobic rat in the Kamiyagawa family.
In addition to liking to lick things everywhere like the traditional monster Kuuchang, this Kuuchang girl also has an extremely special ability.
She can lick away some conceptual "dirty".
For example, resentment, evil spirits, or curses attached to the human body or objects.
As long as it's not too strong, it can be removed by licking it.
Therefore, Kuchanniang can help remove some abnormal conditions.
Ozaki Ryuichi himself is not good at fighting spirits, and the two shikigami he contracted are also auxiliary types, but they have performed well in their respective fields of expertise.
The scene of the family sharing the gold really frightened Ozaki Ryuichi.
Based on his experience in the spirit removal room industry, he subconsciously thought that his elders were affected by some "dirty thing".
"puff."
Guchangniang opened her mouth, and the wet pink long tongue slipped out of her mouth, and the tip of her tongue hung down to her abdomen.
But after sticking out her tongue, Guuchangniang looked at the men sitting around the dining table, but she just shook her head in confusion.
"Long Yi...the dirty things...didn't...feel it."
Because she stuck her tongue out, her speech was a bit unclear, but she could barely understand it.
"No?"
Ozaki Ryuichi was in disbelief.
No matter how you look at the current behavior of your family members, they are very strange, right?
But his Xiaochang is indeed professional in dealing with abnormal situations.
So how to explain the scene before us?
Pica?
No, it doesn't make sense.
The mere fact that his uncle could chew gold with ease cannot be simply explained by pica.
Ozaki Ryuichi's panicked look made his two uncles laugh.
His little uncle grinned and spread the half-bitten small gold nugget in his palm.
The gold with clear tooth marks on the surface shines with a strange luster under the light.
"Why don't you try it, Long Yi? The gold is sparkling."
"……uncle?"
Ozaki Ryuu understood it as soon as he heard it.
His uncle knew exactly what he was doing, and it really didn't look like he was possessed or affected by something strange.
"Jie Ren." At this time, Long Yi's grandfather spoke. He first called Long Yi's father's name, "Didn't you disclose some information to Long Yi in advance to let him be mentally prepared?"
"Not yet, I couldn't explain it clearly on the phone. I plan to wait for him to come over and tell him directly." Ozaki Keito replied, then turned to look at his son, "Let your shikigami back off, Long Yi
.Me, your uncle, and your grandpa, we are all normal."
"Normal? How is this normal? You..."
"You don't even feel anything strange about your shikigami, right? Long Yi, there is no evil influence here. Believe me, this is a gift from God."
His father's serious words completely threw Ozaki Ryuichi's brain into chaos.
At this time, his uncle had completely swallowed a piece of gold, and pulled out a chair next to him, motioning for Long Yi to come and sit down.
At the same time, he said teasingly: "Long Yi, your performance is quite good now, you are worthy of becoming a spiritual master. I still remember when I saw my father and eldest brother sitting around chewing gold,
But he was so frightened that he turned around and ran away."
Ozaki Ryuichi first asked Kuchano-niang to step back, then silently walked to the dining table and sat down, but his body subconsciously tilted away from his father and uncles.
This was the first time that he felt that the family he knew so well was so strange.
Father, they have a secret.
It’s still a secret that I’ve kept from myself for a long time.
But he sat down anyway.
Next, father and others should explain this secret to themselves.
Long Yi wanted to figure out what was going on.
About that so-called "god gift".
Even Xiaochang and Meiren did not feel any obvious abnormality from their father and the others.
But it will make people eat gold...
It’s so weird, what kind of divine gift is this?
The atmosphere around the dining table calmed down slightly, with only the occasional sound of chewing and swallowing metal sounding harsh and greedy.
"Long Yi, you also know, right? Our family's business in Zhongjing Industrial Zone is currently running very poorly, and some companies are even facing the risk of bankruptcy." Ozaki Kairen said slowly, "Do you know why this is?
?”
"Because...the exchange rate keeps going down or something?"
"Ah, right. The economic situation is not good, which is indeed a problem, but for our Ozaki family, this is definitely not the most fundamental problem."
"I don't know what this means."
"You know the gods that our family has worshiped for generations, right? You are usually asked to worship them."
"Kanayama Yanming?"
"right."
The Ozaki family has always worshiped Kanayama Biko.
The god who was born from the legendary vomit of Izanami and is in charge of ores and mineral veins.
Of course Ozaki Ryuichi knew this, but he had never seen any problem with it before.
His family is engaged in heavy industries such as non-ferrous metal processing, ship manufacturing, metal industry and shipbuilding. It is normal for him to worship this god for blessing.
Ozaki Kai: "The wealth of the Ozaki family was given by this god. I am not talking about the simple worship of gods as the world understands. Our family has a deeper connection with this god."
"The gods spit out gold, and we swallow gold. Through this process, our family has established a connection with Jinshan Pigu God and accepted his divine gifts."
Ozaki Ryuichi: "I still don't understand, you said God's gift... Since our family has God's blessing, why are we still suffering such heavy losses now?"
"Because Lord Jinshan Yanming's blessing has a time limit." Long Yi's grandfather chewed the gold and sighed heavily, "When those of us who have received blessings from gods start to have the desire to devour gold, it means that A blessing is over."
At this time, Uncle Long Yi also interjected: "So, just re-establish the connection with the gods. The falling exchange rate is not a problem at all... Metals, the world needs metals everywhere. With God's gift, no matter how difficult the situation is, , we can make a comeback in other areas blessed by the God of Jinshan Bigu, which is what the Ozaki family has always done."
"Maintain contact? Do you want me to go?"
Long Yi finally realized it.
He realized why his father and the others gathered back to the old house, and why they called him back, and told all the secrets in the family.
"That's right, it's your turn, Long Yi."
"Those who have received a blessing cannot receive a second blessing. The men in the family inherit this blessing, starting from the eldest son in a generation and continuing to the youngest son. After all members of a generation have received the blessing, they will The process begins again with the next generation of eldest sons."
Long Yi's grandfather had three sons in total.
Now, Long Yi's father and two uncles are sitting here chewing gold, which means that they have all received the so-called blessings of Jinshan Pigu God.
And Ozaki Ryuichi is the eldest grandson of the next generation.
Therefore, after the God's blessing reaches the so-called time limit, it is up to him to accept the God's blessing.
However, Ozaki Ryuichi still couldn't accept this information for the time being.
"No...this, this is ridiculous!"
Then, his younger uncle chuckled again: "Long Yi, I thought that as one of the few spiritual exterminators in the family who has a direct relationship with the countermeasures room, you are used to seeing weird things, so you should be able to do it easily. Can you accept this?"
Ryuichi's father, Kaito Ozaki, still had a serious expression on his face: "You have no choice, you have to go. If we can't re-establish contact with Lord Kanayama Hikomei, our Ozaki family will fall into the abyss and be unable to turn over."
Yes.
Falling into the abyss and being completely crushed and swallowed by the terrifying force called "poverty", all the wealth that the entire family now possesses will no longer exist.
This is not just because the Ozaki family's industry in Chukyo Industrial Zone is facing huge losses.
Even if the club's bankruptcy will not affect Ozaki's existing private property, what Ryuichi's grandfather, Ryuichi's father, and uncle are now greedily devouring is real gold.
They are using this expensive metal as food.
And as far as we know so far, the gold that was swallowed can only go in but not out, and disappear without a trace.
If things go on like this, the Ozaki family will be completely depleted even if they eat it.
Ozaki Ryuichi obviously realized this, and his expression finally became entangled: "I...I need time to accept this."
"Long Yi, we are just sacrificing to the gods. It does no harm to anyone. The gift from the gods only helps our family make money in related fields." Ozaki Kairen persuaded, "The process of sacrificing to the gods is very safe, even if it is like your uncle.
People can do it too.”
"Brother, what you said is a bit excessive." Long Yi's uncle took over, "However, it is indeed very safe, but the process seems a little... scary? But looking back, it's well worth the money.
Anyway, I only had to go through it once, and I made a very important contribution to the family. From the day I finished the divine sacrifice, my eldest brother made money through the gift of God, and I felt at ease no matter how much I spent."
"And there is no need to worry about the impact that worshiping gods will have on your body. You see, the old man is still living well at such an old age, and is even tougher than ordinary people. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than the need to eat gold at special times like now.
It’s just a minor side effect.”
The elders of the Ozaki family who have practiced offering sacrifices to Hiko Kanayama all came forward to speak from their own experiences.
It will not cause harm to others.
Process safety.
It doesn't even have much impact on the body.
In summary, it seems to be a purely good thing to worship Jinshan Pigu God and obtain wealth from metal-related industries through divine gifts.
Anyway, the elders of the Ozaki family regard worshiping gods as an absolute blessing.
And he always kept this family secret and kept it secret from others. Even a junior in the family like Long Yi would only tell it when necessary like now.
After all, the true way to obtain wealth will never be shared with outsiders.
But even so, Ozaki Ryuichi still always felt that something was strange.
The sight of the family members calmly sharing the gold in front of him always made him feel a chill.
The secret that my family keeps is weird from beginning to end.
…
"Should we go this way? Yes, that's right."
"No. The pointer obviously turned that way."
"Then it doesn't seem right to go this way...right, right?"
"Woo-hoo-hoo!"
The ghost car drove and stopped on the road, completely lacking the speed and majesty of the past.
In the front row, Junma Oishi, Mai Takayama, and the little old man were discussing which direction to go in, but for a while they couldn't come up with an idea.
no way.
The pointer of this [Ore-Seeking Needle] always swings back and forth in a sector range. It is really unreliable to rely on this to find the path.
This caused Kamiya's will-o'-the-wisp driver to fall into self-doubt.
Kamiyagawa, who was sitting in the back row, did not speak to join the discussion for the time being.
He also knew that it would be a bit difficult for the younger brothers to use such a [seeking needle] to guide the way, so he simply did not give any micro-manipulation instructions.
"Zashiki."
"ah!"
In response to the call, the golden ball bell swayed.
The petite kimono in white with red embellishments appeared directly and sat in Kamiyakawa's arms. Her soft hair lifted up energetically, swaying from side to side, and tickled Kamiya's chin.
"Wish everyone good luck."
Kamiyagawa asked Shibao to give everyone in the ghost car a good luck buff.
The pathfinding indicators are not very reliable now. Adding a bit of luck should increase the probability of choosing the right route...right?
The auspicious red aura filled the carriage.
Fu Bao had just used his ability when Gao Shan, the co-pilot in the front row, lifted the [Ore Seeking Needle] and looked closely at it. She turned back: "Boss, the rotation range of this compass needle seems to be too small.
"
Kamiya looked over.
Indeed.
It used to swing at a 60-degree fan angle, but now the swing angle is about 45 degrees.
I don’t know whether it’s Fu Bao’s good luck blessings that are immediate, or whether it’s...
In the real world, some not-so-good things related to Jinshan Pigu God are happening and advancing.
…
"Is it enough to finish these things?"
"Yes, the process is not too complicated. The process of worshiping gods can only be done by one person, so I can only rely on you, Long Yi."
Ozaki Ryuichi hesitated until the end, and finally agreed to the request of his family elders to send him to worship the gods.
Let’s take a look at the situation first.
If possible, he doesn't want to lose his extremely prosperous life.
Moreover, he has no plans to inform the countermeasures room of his situation yet.
If you are just worshiping gods, there is really no need to let the countermeasures room know.
Moreover, most people have selfish motives after all.
If it is true, as the elders said, that worshiping the God of Kinzanbiko is a way for the Ozaki family to reasonably obtain a large amount of wealth without paying any price, then indeed the fewer people know about it, the better.