There are many people in this world who have come into contact with the old gods, but very few have survived.
Masato Shimizu is one of them. Of course, this is mainly because the Shimizu family is worshipers of "gods", but they are not humble believers, but more like greedy parasitic beasts. The two brothers of the Shimizu family who survived World War II are in ruins
Under the ancient temple, they found the foundation of the entire world and the shocking secrets hidden behind it, and then together they established the huge Qingshui family.
Biomedicine is the pillar industry of the Shimizu family. Every year, more than 90% of cancer patients around the world have to pay high medical expenses to gain a slim chance of survival, and the Shimizu family's biomedicine has changed everything. Cancer...is a thing of the past
Mode……
But how many people know the secret behind this?
The phantom pain that cannot be suppressed and forgotten is a hidden disease that has accompanied Masato Shimizu since childhood. Only a few people know this, including T. She is just Masato Shimizu's good sister in the ordinary world and has not been able to fully share himself with her.
of the past.
As the ninth successor of this huge family, according to tradition, Masato Shimizu will marry a "god" when he is eighteen years old and give birth to children who can support the huge family business of the Shimizu family. However, Masato Shimizu and Gen Shimizu's
The daughters also chose to escape...but they escaped in different ways.
Few people know that in addition to his eldest daughter Shimizu Xinyi, Gen Shimizu also has a younger daughter. She is a special being who calls herself after the surname of Takahashi Inji's father who married into the Shimizu family. Her name is Takahashi Ginko.
It is precisely because of the existence of Takahashi Ginko that Shimizu Masato can escape the bad luck that her family has tied to her without going to extremes.
When I was seven years old, the sky was covered by heavy snow that year in New Tokyo.
The city, which had not experienced such a scene for many years, was almost paralyzed. Many people froze to death in the heavy snow. But seven-year-old Masato Shimizu did not know the warmth and coldness of the world. She was so happy at that time, she
She is the hope of the entire family, and she is the beloved daughter of heaven who is loved by thousands of people in the entire family.
However, Qingshui Masato didn't know that when she was nine years old, Qingshui Genji, the first-generation matriarch who led the way for all generations of patriarchs, took her to the clan's ancestral hall dedicated to "gods", and there, her bloodline would be transformed for the first time.
Try to merge with "God".
"Miss! Miss, please slow down!" The old servant followed Xiao Qingmizu Masato, who was wearing a brand new pink kimono. She was running so cheerfully that even the heavy snow in the sky could not hide her cheerful smile. She wanted to wear the new clothes.
Dad saw that she wanted to share her joy with the people closest to her.
"I know! Mother-in-law, hurry up!" In the eyes of Xiao Qingshui Masato, her elderly mother-in-law can do many things that she cannot do, so she is a superman, so she will not worry about her mother-in-law's health in this cold winter at all.
What kind of discomfort will it feel like?
After walking through the corridors and the heavy snow piled up enough to cover Masato Koshimizu's head, Masato Koshimizu finally arrived at his father's bedroom with a break of sweat. On weekdays, he always read and wrote alone in the bedroom, and in
In Koshimizu Masato's impression, he has always been in poor health, coughing often, and sleeping most of the time, but he is the only one who is willing to spend a lot of time with Koshimizu Masato on his birthday, and the only one who spends a lot of time with Koshimizu Masato
Relatives who weave flower ropes.
In this big family, Xiao Qingshui Masato enjoys an enviable and rich material life, but he also loses all other family experiences except father's love. From a very young age, Xiao Qingshui Masato has known that children seem to be afraid of each other.
Not only was she unwilling to get close to her, but she was even cautious about looking at her.
Xiao Qingshui Masato still remembers that she bumped into a child by chance. As a result, the child shrank in a corner and kept crying. It was not until Xiao Qingshui Masato was taken away by the servants that he dared to get up and escape.
Why is this?
Masato Shimizu doesn't understand.
She went to ask her mother, and her mother told her that it was because of her status. She was the daughter of heaven, so she was naturally no better than others. It was normal for them to be afraid.
Masato Shimizu then asked: "Compared with the emperor's princess, my status is more noble?"
In the end, her mother just scolded her and told her to pay attention to her speech.
The aggrieved Qingshui Masato found her mother-in-law again, and her mother-in-law told Qingshui Masato that the children were not afraid of her, but were cautious because they cherished her too much. Qingshui Masato did not understand this feeling of being cherished, and she would only think that it was alienation.
fear.
The mother-in-law added: "Because the Qingshui family is the spreader of the gospel, and there are so many people in the world who have been blessed, so everyone is grateful. As for you, Miss, as the successor, you naturally respect me with fear and fear. They cherish it."
Not only your body and mind, miss, but also the relationship between them and the Qingshui family. Miss, you will naturally understand these truths when you grow up."
Masato Shimizu, who was only five years old at the time, couldn't understand what her mother-in-law was saying. She could only roughly distinguish some of the meaning and told herself that this was not something worth feeling sad about.
But as he grew older, Qingshui Masato found that there were fewer and fewer people around him. They seemed to have disappeared collectively and would no longer appear in Qingshui Masato's field of vision. Therefore, Qingshui Masato could only place all his emotional experiences on his mother-in-law.
With my father.
Masato Shimizu's father also married into the Shimizu family. He is not even a pure-blooded Japanese. Therefore, most people in the clan don't like Masato Shimizu's father very much. Only Masato Shimizu's brother comes occasionally.
Goodbye, let’s have a quick chat with Masato Shimizu.
But in Qingshui Masato's world, there are not so many complicated things. He only needs to know that he is her father and that he is very good to him.
Moreover, Masato Shimizu also discovered that this sickly man was not like this before he married into the Shimizu family. He was once a glorious Shoko Self-Defense Force member, a soldier responsible for the safety of New Tokyo, and a watchman of the Mochino Ecological Zone.
.However, since he married into the Qingshui family, his health has been deteriorating. Especially in winter, he often stays awake for several days.
This time, Masato Shimizu put on a brand new kimono custom-made for her by her brother to show her father. As expected, her father was sleeping again. A look of disappointment flashed in Masato Shimizu's eyes, but she quickly swept away the bad mood.
, obediently covered his father with a quilt, and then stayed with his father until late at night.
At night, Masato Shimizu's brother came back.
He is the eldest son of the family, but he cannot be the heir of the family, because this is the rule of the family. Women have been in charge of power since Gen Qingmizu's generation. Up to now, there have been eight matriarchs, and Masato Qingmizu will be in power in the near future.
Will become the ninth person in power of the Qingshui family.
Masato Shimizu was not interested in power at all, and she had even developed a feeling of disgust and resistance.
Fortunately, she has a capable brother who takes great care of Masato Shimizu, so he can protect her from many storms.
Shimizu Masato's brother, Shimizu Joe, is ten years older than Shimizu Masato. Although he is not yet an adult, he shows a deeper understanding and scheming than many adults. Therefore, the current matriarch, Shimizu Masato and his brother Shimizu Joe's mother, can rest assured that many
Leave important matters to Shimizu Rang.
But only Masato Shimizu himself knows that part of the reason why his brother did this is to prove his responsibility as the son of the Shimizu family, and on the other hand, it is indeed to protect his sister Masato Shimizu. Because Shimizu Rang once personally told Masato Shimizu that when Masato Shimizu grows up,
When he got older and gained power, he hoped that he could "retire" at a very young age because he was really bored and wanted to live his own life as soon as possible and stay away from right and wrong.
It was the first time for the young Shimizu Masato to see her brother crying like that. At that time, she said to her brother: "Well! I will definitely make him happy."
However, what Masato Shimizu didn't know was that many years later, her brother was still struggling to survive in the whirlpool of his disgust.
The so-called promise has turned into a beautiful fantasy...
"How long have you been here alone?" Qingshui Rang immediately had a smile on his tired face when he saw his sister.
The sleepy Qingshui Masato raised her head when she heard this. When she saw her brother, she also laughed, then moved to the side and motioned for him to sit over.
Qingshui Rang didn't shy away from it. In fact, in this room, he didn't have to worry about any rules and regulations at all, because the only mother who could make him feel uneasy had not been here for five years.
His father was sleeping. Qing Shuirang glanced at him and asked, "Has father been sleeping all this time?"
Qingshui Masato nodded: "Well, he slept very well, and this time he didn't talk in his sleep."
Qingshui Rang was a little surprised. He looked at his father again, and then asked Qingshui Masato: "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat ramen together?"
Qingshui Masato's eyes suddenly lit up: "Yeah!"
The brother and sister walked out of the house hand in hand, but as soon as they left, the man lying on the bed opened his eyes, and when he turned his head and looked at Masato Shimizu's back, there was a strange greed and gloominess in his eyes.
…
Choi Ramen is a treasure ramen restaurant that Shimizu Masato and his brother discovered in the alleys of the town outside their family when they were young.
Even though it was snowing all over the sky, the ramen restaurant was still packed. The sudden heavy snow even became the best food to go with wine. Many regular customers had been drinking since the morning. Instead of getting drunk, they became more energetic as they drank.
Naturally, Shimizu Masato and his brother would not sit with these drunkards. The boss arranged for them to sit in a warm room where they could feel the excitement of the front hall without causing a lot of trouble. After taking their seats, Shimizu ordered fried tempura.
Luo, two servings of ramen and my sister’s favorite seafood sashimi flat plate.
In the Nuan Pavilion, Qingshui Masato asked his brother about his life experience during this period. It was obvious that he was just flying back and forth between various countries and scheming with some high-sounding adults, but Qingshui Masato described it as a journey full of fantasy.
During the journey, he talked about the ancient nobility of Britain, the grandeur of the super cities in mainland China, and the ridiculousness of the self-righteous old capitalists in the New American League. It was as if this trip was not to negotiate business and strive for the best interests for the family, but to
It was like traveling, visiting many famous attractions and watching a circus show.
Masato Shimizu's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she wished she could set out with her brother the next day. However, every time she couldn't hold back her curiosity and wanted to go out, she would tell herself that it was impossible. As the future successor of the Shimizu family,
Masato Shimizu was told from a very young age that she could not leave the hinterland of her clan until she reached adulthood. She could not even go to the city of New Tokyo, which was less than a hundred kilometers away. She could only occasionally go to market towns accompanied by servants.
Take a walk around and spend most of your time in the clan mansion.
Although Masato Shimizu was locked up like a canary, fortunately she was not required to learn all kinds of knowledge every day, and she lived a very comfortable life. Although the world is small, she can still feel through other people's vision and descriptions
The wonders of the world. Then come to Choichi Ramen and eat a bowl of hot tonkotsu ramen and you will be very happy.
"I'm just talking about my own affairs. What about you, have you been wronged at home during this time?" Qingshui Rang's love for his sister comes from the bottom of his heart.
Masato Shimizu smiled and shook his head: "No, I am very happy, but occasionally I feel bored and miss my brother and my mother-in-law."
Speaking of his mother, Shimizu Rang's face twitched several times. He had been disciplined very harshly by his mother since he was a child. The reason why Shimizu Rang is now able to take charge of various family affairs at the age of seventeen is probably related to the discipline he received since he was a child.
Related. So when it comes to mother, Shimizu will instinctively feel fear.
Fortunately, Masato Shimizu quickly realized that he had said something he shouldn't have said, and hurriedly comforted his brother to feel relieved.
The food was on the table, and the brother and sister had a good meal.
Then they went to watch the fireworks display in the town together, but unfortunately... it snowed too much that day, and no matter how hard the organizers tried, they couldn't light the fireworks in the snowy sky.
On the way back, Masato Shimizu learned that her brother was just passing by here today, and he would soon fly to Australia to check the construction progress of the new factory. Masato Shimizu was naturally reluctant to let her brother leave in such a hurry, but she was too young after all.
After crying in my arms for a long time, I fell asleep. At midnight, the senior member of the clan who assisted in various affairs came to urge me twice before Qingshui Rang got up and left.
That day, heavy snow covered the sky, but the snow stopped just when Qingshui Rang was about to take off.
The private track was cleaned overnight, and at ten o'clock in the morning, when the sun rose, Shimizu Rang was already on his way to Australia. As for his younger sister, Shimizu Masato, she was being taken deep into the secret passage of the clan by her father.
In the eyes of outsiders, the Qingshui family is a giant, but few people know that there are not many people living in the core residence of such a large clan. Except for Qingshui Masato and some direct descendants, the rest are mostly elderly servants, and even the peripheral
Guards are rarely seen. However, since the rise of the Qingshui family, there has never been news of illegal invasion of this mansion for more than a hundred years. Those who intend to kidnap direct members of the Qingshui family to extort money have also appeared in a
I stopped thinking about it many centuries ago. The reason... is intriguing.
There are countless secret passages in the huge mansion, but the secret passage that Qingmizu Masato's father walked through today seems to have not been opened for many years.
The four walls were already covered with white mycelium, and it looked like you were going deep into a devil's cave hiding a giant spider monster... When Masato Shimizu woke up, the first thing she saw was the bright red mark flashing between her father's eyebrows, and then she
It felt very cold, as if countless ice threads were passing through her body.
She subconsciously shrank into her father's arms and asked uneasily: "Dad? Where are you taking me?"
Shimizu Masato's father, Shimizu Mogi, didn't speak. He seemed to be called by something and fell into a trance. He was like a walking corpse. He kept mumbling words that Shimizu Masato couldn't understand, and his body carried Shimizu Masato step by step towards the secret passage.
Go deep.
Finally, Masato Shimizu realized that she might be in danger. She struggled to get down to the ground and escape, but was held tightly in her arms by her father.
Qingshui Masato was so frightened that she cried. She said hastily: "Dad! Please wake up! Don't scare me! Dad!"
However, Shimizu Motegi still turned a deaf ear. He walked down the steps step by step and walked deeper. Finally, when he walked down the last step, he said: "Everything I did was for your own good... Believe me, Masato,
I do all this...for your own good..."
However, Qingshui Masato didn't understand what her father meant. She looked hastily into the darkness, as if she wanted to see clearly where this place was.
In the darkness, there was a sound of swaying iron chains, as heavy as an iron cable bridge swinging in the wind... Qingshui Masato's eyes widened, her breathing became difficult, and her heart felt like beating out.
Shimizu Mogi continued to move forward. He said as he walked forward: "Please save my daughter...please save her...let her escape from all this...let her end all of this completely...this
This twisted, dirty deal ends here..."
Qingshui Masato's scalp was numb when she heard it. She screamed crazily, and the terrifying sound showed signs of tearing.
The iron rope swayed, and finally, under the faint light, Qingshui Masato could clearly see the existence that had been trapped in the darkness underground for an unknown number of years.
"ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
…
To this day, the phantom pain still exists.
This is the first time Shimizu Masato tells this past to someone other than his brother.
Momosawa Hanako, who didn't know why Masato Shimizu suddenly mentioned such a story, frowned and asked, "What on earth is that?"
Yougege has turned her head. She looked at the "Giant of Light" slowly leaving Xi'an City. It came again in a hurry and left in a hurry. Every time it appeared, it took away countless lights and left behind countless reveries.