On the observation deck, the moonlight is beautiful tonight.
But it is a pity that everyone present has no intention of admiring the moon. They have more important things to gather here.
Domoto Eizao was pushed by two men in black robes and reluctantly stepped onto the platform, where he saw more men in black robes standing here.
None of them covered their faces, and they seemed to be villagers and believers living in nearby villages.
Seeing these people, Domoto Eizo was filled with rage, but his mouth was tied with a piece of cloth and he could not reprimand. He could only watch with resentment and unyielding eyes.
Behind him, Domoto Choo looked very embarrassed and almost climbed up the steps.
When he reached the platform, he immediately threw himself down in front of the goddess and knelt down.
"My God, please forgive me for my previous blasphemy!"
"I was ignorant before! I offended the goddess!"
"The goddess of heaven is the real god! I am willing to convert!"
Domoto Nagao leaned against Kamiyama Shizu's feet and knelt down in the most pious posture - the earth seat.
Although Domoto Choo had always been unable to hold his head up under the heavy pressure of Domoto Eizo, he was still the vice president after all, so he would not be so groveling.
Kamiyama Shizuo looked at Domoto Nagao, who was seated in the soil, with a somewhat arrogant expression. He nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Domoto Eizo.
"Unlock his mouth and see what he wants to say?" Shenshan Jing ordered.
When the man in black robe next to him heard this, he untied the cloth from Domoto Eizo's mouth from behind.
But just as he regained his right to speak, Domoto Eizai glared at his son and yelled loudly.
"Stand up! Don't kneel!"
The eldest son of Domoto, who had always been cowardly in front of his father, did not even raise his head at this moment, ignored him, and continued to kneel before the toes of Kamiyama Shizu.
Upon seeing this, Eizo Domoto turned to look at Kamiyama Shizu and the many men in black robes, "You unscrupulous people, please let me go quickly!"
"I told you that the police are just down the mountain, and I remember your faces as well as the detectives! I won't let you go!"
As soon as these words came out, they seemed to have some intimidating effect.
Some villagers among the men in black robes were a little shaken and looked at each other with worried faces.
But Shen Shanjing suddenly raised her voice and shouted loudly.
"Everyone calm down——!"
Only in this shrew-like roar that almost broke their throats did the timid villagers calm down.
Immediately, Kamiyama Jing looked at Domoto Eizo and announced.
"Domoto Eizao, we are now going to punish you for your blasphemy in front of the Venerable Goddess of Heaven!"
"If you want to repent, do it now."
Hearing this, Domoto Eizo snorted contemptuously.
"Humph, you guys also want to punish me?"
"You have tried every means to obstruct me for so many years, but in the end, you still let me build the aerial cable car?"
"And your beliefs are all false. If my plan hadn't failed today, I would have exposed your lies in front of everyone!"
"A stone is a stone! It's not a goddess at all!"
"How dare you, madman!" Shen Shanjing scolded, her face flushed with anxiety, her sunken gray-black lips widened, but then she revealed a strange sneer.
"Domoto, do you know why your plan failed?"
"This is all because of the wishes of the Venerable Goddess! It was the Lord who used his magic power to stop you!"
Having said this, Domoto Eizou became extremely angry. He looked at Domoto Choo, who was sitting next to him, and said angrily: "If he hadn't been unable to do even the small things of leaving a holiday person, I would have succeeded long ago. It's nothing at all."
Mana"
Domoto Nagao's ears trembled and he raised his head, "No! I did put the dummy on the left hand of the goddess statue!"
Seeing the serious look on his eldest son's face, Eizo Domoto looked a little shocked.
Although he was dissatisfied with his son's behavior in every aspect, and it was not his type to be indecisive in doing things, there was no need to lie anymore at this time.
It seems that the dummy was indeed placed at the designated location, but it disappeared again.
"It might have been stolen by someone, but it can't disappear out of thin air!"
Seeing that Domoto Eizo did not believe in gods and Buddhas, Kamiyama Shizuya stopped arguing with him and turned to look down at Domoto Choo.
"If you are able to find your way back from the lost path, you must have received the revelation from the Venerable Goddess of Heaven."
"Tell me, what revelation did you get?"
The eldest son of Domoto no longer knelt down, straightened his upper body, and said solemnly: "I saw the dummy in the image of my father disappearing into the palm of the Venerable Goddess."
Suddenly, he raised his arms and shouted, his eyes under the lenses widened with excitement, as if he had taken on another person's soul.
"This is why Venerable Heavenly Lady wants me to hand over my father in order to atone for my blasphemy!"
At the steps not far away, Qin Zhibo used his telescope to watch the scenes happening on the platform.
filial piety
So filial piety to me!
Qin Zhibo almost couldn't hold back because he was so filial.
It's your kid who lured the devil here~
I remembered that at dusk, the believers suddenly gathered in the hotel restaurant to cause trouble. I am afraid that it was at that time that the inside and outside cooperated and Domoto Eizo was kidnapped.
However, Qin Zhibo is not surprised that Domoto's eldest son can be so "filial".
During the interrogation in the afternoon, Domoto Eizao did some things that violated the "rice flower survival rules" and angrily accused his son of being useless in front of outsiders.
As the old saying goes - "You have a way to die".
Inspired by Yoshino Ayaka, Domoto Nagao may have been infected by the "rice flower spirit".
As for Domoto Nagao's claim that he converted to faith, deeply realized his mistakes, and obtained the method of atonement from the revelation of the goddess - Qin Zhibo was not sure about this.
At least, Qin Zhibo confirms his gender as male.
Thinking in a sinister direction, he may be using the excuse to atone for his sins, but actually he wants to kill someone who doesn't like him and his father, so that he can inherit the company naturally.
But no matter what the reason is, Domoto Eizo's current expression is very wonderful.
"What?"
"It's you"
Domoto Eizo looked at his son in disbelief. In his mind, he thought that the believers took advantage of the opportunity to kidnap him, and that his son was also kidnapped together.
But he didn't expect that the person who betrayed him was actually his own son.
"You traitor!"
Domoto Eizo blew his beard and glared, rushed forward and kicked him, but he only kicked him once, knocking the eldest son Domoto staggering, and was dragged back by the arms of two men in black robes next to him.
"asshole!"
"I don't have a son like you! You bastard!"
"A dog that is worse than a beast"
Various curses were heard, but the man in black robes next to him tied his mouth again with a piece of cloth and forcibly ended the trash talk time.
"Okay! The time has come!"
"The sinner will eventually atone for his crime, and he will be taken to the statue of the goddess!"
Kamiyama Shizuo gave an order, and two men in black robes grabbed Domoto Eizo by the left hand and walked towards the statue.
When they reached the railing, a man in black robe climbed up the railing first, and then jumped onto the left hand of the statue. Another man in black robe held a dagger and drove Eizo Domoto from behind, forcing him to step on the railing.
If your hands weren't tied up, climbing the railing wouldn't be a difficult move.
But at this moment, Domoto Eizo's hands were tied behind his back, and he could not control his balance, nor could he reach out to support the goddess's hand. If he accidentally lost his footing, he would fall to pieces.
In other words, I will definitely make a mistake.
But the sharp point of the dagger was pressed against his back, and Domoto Eizo, who was in pain, could only step on the railing tremblingly, performing the human version of "driving a duck to the shelf".
The dizzying height ahead made him lose his balance almost instantly, his eyes widened, his leather shoes on the railing swayed left and right, and he was about to fall off the cliff.
But just when Domoto Nagao, who was kneeling on the ground, was about to close his eyes, the black-robed man who jumped onto the goddess's hand suddenly grabbed Domoto Eizou's lapel and forcefully pulled him up.
Domoto Eizo, who was temporarily out of danger, closed his eyes and breathed a deep sigh of relief.
His body tightly relied on the wish-fulfilling orb in the hand of the goddess of heaven, fearing that he would accidentally slip off it again. At the same time, he glared at all the men in black robes, including his traitorous son.
Shenshan Jing was indifferent to his anger, turned around and shouted loudly: "This is the way the Lord Goddess wants sinners to atone for their sins. We will follow the will of the Lord Goddess!"
As he spoke, the two men in black robes distributed short sticks to everyone present.
The villagers and believers got the short sticks and did not understand what they were used for.
But soon, they understood.
It turns out that these short sticks were used to drive Domoto Eizao away, forcing him to jump off the cliff.
In this way, everyone has the opportunity to commit murder, or the opportunity to "punish the sinner".
"Hey! What are you waiting for!"
"It's time to show your piety!"
Shen Shanjing pointed angrily at Domoto Eizo in the goddess's hand, and the Buddhist beads in her right hand trembled.
The villagers and believers looked at me and I looked at you, slowly gathering towards the front like zombies.
Some of the villagers here were not loyal believers in the goddess, but the Domoto family's tourism development affected their own business, so they became solid opponents.
But now the atmosphere has reached this point. Forced by the majesty of the goddess, guilt, herd mentality, or their own weakness, they have no choice but to become one of the perpetrators.
If you say the word "no" at this time, I'm afraid you will be the next one pushed over the cliff.
They held short sticks, gathered under the palm of the goddess statue, and started beating Domoto Eizo on the stone statue with the short sticks.
At first it was a fight, but later I found that the efficiency was not very high, so I changed it to a hard fight.
More than a dozen wooden sticks took turns hitting Domoto Eizo's body from below. Some of them were fine, but they only hit the muscles on the sides of his calves and thighs. There was some pain, but nothing serious.
However, some short sticks were more cunning and stabbed Eizo Domoto's knees and crotch directly.
In order to avoid the unbearable pain, Domoto Eizo could only pace, turn his body, and face everyone with his back.
But these short sticks directly changed the direction of attack and began to attack his anus.
The chrysanthemums are broken and the ground is covered with wounds.
A dozen short sticks are like spears, and the villagers and believers holding the sticks are like Amazon indigenous people, stabbing the spearheads at the prey hanging from the tree.
When Domoto Eizo couldn't bear the pain anymore, he would naturally jump and give himself a happy ending.
But these people obviously underestimated his desire to survive. After his butt was stabbed dozens of times with a short stick, Domoto Eizo discovered that he could actually use the gap between his fingers on the side and the wish-fulfilling pearl to reach the wish-fulfilling pearl.
.
He quickly got through the gap, stepped on the fingers of the goddess under his feet, and slowly rubbed upwards like a turtle with the help of his strength, bit by bit touching the top of the wish-fulfilling orb.
Da da da
After climbing to this height, the villagers and believers couldn't touch the short sticks, so they could only hit the stone statue with a "ta-da" sound.
At this time, Shen Shanjing did not say that this was an act of blasphemy against the statue.
Sure enough, it was Schrödinger's blasphemy.
Qin Zhibo, who was hiding behind the steps, complained silently in his heart.
Domoto Eizo, who was lying on the wish-fulfilling orb, didn't think he was out of danger. He looked around in panic to see if there was any way out.
But at this moment, a figure on the steps at the edge of the observation deck attracted his attention.
Under the bright white moonlight, this man bent down and hid on the marble steps, taking advantage of the characteristics of the platform to hide on the slope.
It was difficult for people on the platform to spot him, but Eizo Domoto, who was "in a high position", could just see him clearly.
Driven by his survival instinct, he immediately called for help to this man without even thinking.
"Um--"
"Um--"
Since his mouth was tied with a cloth strip, he could only indicate with a "hmm" sound in his throat.
But as luck would have it, the strip of cloth just happened to loosen a little after some tossing, allowing him a gap to make noise.
"help me!"
"Save me!"
Two cries for help, and Domoto Eizo looking into the distance, made everyone present immediately alert.
"There are other people here!" Shen Shanjing shouted, "Find them quickly!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers and believers who were guilty of thieves immediately dispersed, vowing to find those lurking around.
But there was a flat viewing platform all around, and there was no place to hide, so everyone invariably held short sticks and walked towards the steps.
tmd!
This old boy sold me out!
The moment Qin Zhibo heard "Save me", his heart trembled and he couldn't help but curse.
There was a certain distance between him and those men in black robes, so he could turn around and run away. With his own pace, it would not be a problem to get rid of these country men.
It's just that the "start" is around the corner. If you miss the shipment, you will completely miss it.
After weighing the situation, Qin Zhibo made a prompt decision, quickly took out the magic ring from the toolbar, put it on, and his figure instantly disappeared on the steps.
When a group of villagers and believers came to the steps with short sticks, they found that there was no one here at all, and the steps hundreds of steps down were also empty, not even a ghost.
“There is nothing”
"There's no one else here!"
The believer shouted twice, and the sacred mountain in the distance immediately understood that this was the moment when Domoto Eizo was trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
"Damn sinner! How dare you play such a trick!"
"Just throw him down!"
The angry Kamiyama Shizuya no longer cares about the decree or not, and wants to get rid of Domoto quickly.
Domoto Eizou was on the verge of crying at this time. Just now he clearly saw a person lying on the steps, but why did he disappear in the blink of an eye?
Could it be that I am dazzled?
Under the command of the goddess, the two men in black robes were going to climb up the statue of the goddess and kill Eizo Domoto directly.
But at this moment, a shadow suddenly passed by in the distant sky.
At the same time, a system prompt appeared in Qin Zhibo's field of vision.