Chapter 147 Sleeping Trip (20)
The scarecrow was angry.
But Ajian continued: "Isn't it like this? I only know how to live in my own memories, stubbornly believe that I am absolutely right, and unwilling to understand new things. This Aren't you just ordinary stubborn old men? That's all, but you still want to impose your ideas on young people, so you set up this formation, isn't it?"
"You? ...What do you know!" The Scarecrow said: "I do this all for this village! This is the place where I was born and raised. We have been here for generations. As the village chief, I can't just turn a blind eye. Watching it disappear like this, I have seen villages without people. First the young people left, then the children grew up and went to study in the city. The schools were abandoned, then the fields, shops... and finally only a few were left. An old man waiting to die. No, absolutely not!"
Ajian sneered: "In the end, isn't it because of selfishness? It's understandable that you don't want the place where you live to be gradually abandoned, but you But choosing to use the magic circle is really too cowardly, isn’t it?”
The Scarecrow cried: "I have no other way... If I don't do this, even my children and grandchildren will not be willing to come back here to see me. I am so lonely..."
" But even so, you can't give up life here." Inuyama Heita said: "Why don't you go to the city with them. "
The Scarecrow said: "I have everything here. I am familiar with the life here. Here, I know what I should do and what I can do, but it is different there. The life there is too strange. No matter what I do, I will be laughed at. Even if I do nothing, I can still feel their rejection of me. I don’t belong there, I don’t belong.”
“Then you chose to use this method...” Heita Inuyama took out a charm and said, “Although I want to revitalize the village. My thoughts are understandable. Living here these days has really made me feel a sense of tranquility that I don’t have in the city, but... your method The method is wrong. If you have to use this method to maintain the village, does it mean that you are wrong in the first place? "
"There is no other way!" The scarecrow shouted: "This is really wrong. It's too remote, no one wants to come here, I'm saving the village! I..."
The spell was attached to the scarecrow's head. It opened its mouth wide and let out a silent and violent scream. This sound made the surrounding land begin to ripple. The scene in the distance was like the colors on a palette. The block began to twist, and Inuyama Heita and Takeru raised their arms in front of them, trying to resist the impact.
Take shouted: "Inuyama! Isn't the spell you just cast something that can destroy it? Why do I feel that its power has not been weakened, but has become stronger?"
"That's the house-destroying charm!" Inuyama Heita also shouted in response: "This is the only charm left by Brother Oto! He said that this charm can create a barrier to block the flow of the aura! Just stick the charm on it Here, you can trigger the luck of the magic circle It will cause the magic circle to fail for a period of time. But if the feng shui is not destroyed from the outside, the magic circle cannot be completely terminated. "What?" Ajian said in surprise: "It is only temporarily disabled?" So what should we do next? I feel something is coming!"
Around them, the scarecrows were attracted and surrounded them, seemingly touching the protection of the magic circle. measure.
"Think of a solution quickly, Inuyama-san!" Takeru screamed.
Inuyama Heita formed the Eight Trigrams Seal and said with a wry smile: "There is no way, all we can do now is wait."
"Huh?! Wait? What are we waiting for!"
“Reinforcements.”
At the bonfire in the festival grounds, a large Families were sitting on the ground around each other in twos and threes, resting, admiring the blazing flames. Although the ceremony was over and the folk dances were tiring, everyone still sat together happily, eating, drinking and chatting. The bonfire was not extinguished. I was reluctant to leave before, enjoying this rare leisurely village life.
"Strange? Where did Inuyama-san go again?" Sato touched the back of his head and looked around: "Have you seen him?"
Everyone shook their heads, and Miyamoto Yushi said: "I'm afraid he went to the toilet again. Right? He seems to be feeling a little unwell today."
"Is that so? Just call and ask," Kawasaki said.
He called Heita Inuyama’s mobile phone number, but the result showed that the other party was not in the service area.
Kawasaki was shocked: "Where did that kid go? Let's find him quickly..."
Suddenly, everyone became quiet, as if they felt something suddenly disappear at the same time. Everyone looked at each other, not knowing why this happened, and not knowing why everyone was silent.
While everyone was wondering, no one noticed that Ono Hina's eyes became blank at this moment. She silently took out her lipstick, drew something on her face, and then stood up He got up, walked to the central bonfire, turned around, and faced everyone.
"Ono-kun?" Suzuki felt something was wrong. The moment Ono Hina turned around, even she was startled. I saw Ono Harina's face, using lipstick as oil paint, with a fox-like facial makeup. Kawasaki stood up and said in surprise: "This again! She looks exactly the same as last year!"
Everyone’s eyes were focused on Ono Haruna. The old people looked at her face with some surprise. At this moment, Ono Hina moved.
Under the gaze of everyone, with the bonfire as the background, she danced. It was a solemn and beautiful dance, and a sharp melody came out of her mouth, which seemed to be the soundtrack for the dance, and also sounded like a fox's. The howl makes people feel weird and at the same time can't help but want to watch it.
A young villager asked: "What is this lady dancing? She dances very well."
"That's it!" An old man in the village recognized it , he said with trembling lips: "It's the Kagura dance of the White Fox Shrine..."
When the shrine was still there, the annual festival was held there, and the witches would watch the villagers and the priests. Accompanied by the accompaniment and wearing a fox mask, this unique dance is performed to please the gods and pray for a good harvest. But since the shrine was abandoned, no one would dance this dance anymore.
"It's the god!" An old man shouted in fear: "The god of the White Fox Shrine is back!"
"Stop her quickly!"
"Hey, don't let her jump again!"
Suzuki saw those old people going over to do something to Ono Hina, and immediately said: "Ono Senior sister is in danger, it’s very close to the bonfire, stop them quickly.”
Hearing this, Miyamoto Yuzhi immediately rushed over, blocking the old people like a wall, and said angrily: "What do you want to do to Hina! Go back, go back to me!"
Suzuki said to the others: "Let's go help too. We must not let Ono-senpai and those old people get hurt."
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Although they didn't know what happened, everyone ran over, trying to stop the impact of the old people and waking up Ono Hina.
The old people shouted: "What are you still doing? Stop that woman quickly!"
The other young villagers around the campfire were a little confused. They all had a strange feeling now. I feel that what happened here is very inexplicable. I don’t know why the old people are so angry with a little girl. Isn’t it just a dance? Even the sense of belonging to the village is not that strong, so I feel a little slow for a while.
Just when the crowd started to struggle, a child excitedly pointed to the field aside and shouted: "It's a fox! There is a fox!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment. Then he looked towards the field, and saw several bright figures speeding through the field. They seemed to be stimulated by the commotion of the crowd, and they let out high-pitched screams.
After a fox barked, the same cry came from other fields, and various sharp sounds came one after another.
Ono Haruna also joined the trend at this time, raising her head and letting out a beastly scream. The foxes seemed to have received an order and moved violently.
"Fox, the fox is back for revenge!" an old man said tremblingly with a leaky mouth.
"Scarecrow! Those foxes are destroying the scarecrow!" Another person shouted: "Everyone, hurry up and drive away these beasts. They must not let them knock the scarecrow down."
However, still It was late, and the scarecrows fluttering in the wind began to stagger one by one, and their clothes were torn to pieces by the foxes. Even if someone went to scare away one fox, there was another one attacking the scarecrow elsewhere, which was a drop in the bucket.
When chaos broke out outside, it was similar in the magic circle. A white fox appeared in front of Heita Inuyama and the others, biting the scarecrows excitedly. It seemed that it had been waiting for a long time, and the scarecrows also seemed to have encountered a natural enemy. , fearing to avoid it, began to flee one after another, leaving a gap in the encirclement net.
"It's reinforcements!"
Inuyama Heita and Takeru looked at each other without saying anything, and then rushed towards the opening desperately.
(End of this chapter)