Chapter 676: Trip to Mount Osore (29)
In the courtyard of the temple, the monks and mediums of Mount Osore were conducting a ceremony that was different from those during the day.
If the festival during the day is a performance specially for tourists, then for the psychics here, the festival at night is the real thing. This is a ceremony to worship the mountain god. Osama As one of Japan's three major spiritual sites, it integrates Japan's native shamanism, Shintoism and foreign Buddhism to form a unique sacrificial culture. It is the strangest place in the minds of Japanese people.
From ancient times to the present, countless people believe that this is the entrance to hell, so the psychics who come out of here are also believed to be able to summon the souls of the dead from the underworld.
In the past, Grandma Tao held a very important position in the rituals of worshiping the mountain gods. However, because her health was not as good as before and she was in trouble yesterday, so this time it was handed over to her eldest disciple. Not wave.
Although she is over forty years old, she is only considered a young person among the spiritual medium schools with ancient traditions in Mount Osore, so the moment she came on stage, she caused a lot of ulterior motives.
"Ah...you are so young."
"She is Taozi's disciple, right? I wonder if she can do it?"
"Logically speaking, Naraku After the head of the family fell ill, we should have handed it over to our sect to host the ceremony. This young man is really ignorant."
"There is nothing we can do about it. Grandma Tao fell ill too suddenly, and the ritual steps were not complete. It’s ready, so it can only be handed over to her disciple for now.”
"Hmph, it's like someone doesn't know the steps of the ritual... Haha, I hope this young man won't cause any trouble. I admit Momoko Naraku's ability, but other people..."
Miami Although I didn't hear the whispers from the audience, but that kind of The scrutinizing gaze cannot be faked. As a younger generation, she has to bear a lot of pressure, but there is no way. This time she must get the position of the officiant, not because of the glory of the dojo, that kind of thing is in the dojo. It doesn't matter at all, Grandma Tao never preached that kind of thing.
There is only one reason why Weibo did this, and that is that Granny Tao has been presiding over this matter for more than 20 years, so if she really did something in [Hell] , then the annual Mount Osore Festival Ceremony is the most appropriate time. She must find out what Grandma Tao did through this ceremony.
In the courtyard, in addition to the internal professionals such as the invited spiritual mediums, spiritual masters, and monks of the temple itself, there are also sporadic outside guests, some of whom are related people, and some of whom are I got to know the temple very well and was invited to come and observe. Others are believers who came to Mount Ossu because of their faith. They paid a sum of money for incense before they were qualified to stand here and watch the ceremony as distinguished guests.
Among them, there were several high school students gathered in the corner, which was somewhat out of tune with the surrounding atmosphere.
Kawasaki looked around curiously and said: "All the spirit exterminators from the dojo are here. It looks like a very serious ceremony... Wait, why don't you see Teacher Qian? And Suzuna-chan, that tall guy None of them came. They didn't show up for such an important occasion, and they weren't in the hotel. Could it be that they were doing something more important? For example, to remove spirits or something..."
When Heita Inuyama heard this, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. Although Kawasaki-senpai was very reckless, he also had an idea. When he comes out, his thinking is wild and wild, but sometimes this guy's intuition is really accurate, otherwise he wouldn't have caused so much trouble with such accuracy.
When he thought that his mission was to prevent him from doing something stupid, Inuyama Heita said quickly: "Exterminating spirits? Senior, are you thinking too much? We are now at the Osama Festival, and there are so many people present. Except for the spiritual masters and mediums, the locals haven't taken action yet, so why bother Brother Yi and the others? I think it's possible that they are not interested in this kind of thing at the dojo. Let's take a rest?"
"Huh?" Kawasaki looked at Inuyama Heita suspiciously and said, "Inuyama, you don't talk so much, are you trying to hide something? Where have you gone? I saw you secretly looking for Teacher Qian in the hotel a few days ago."
Heita Inuyama's hair stood up. Is this guy a detective? So sharp!
"How is it possible? I just went to say hello that time, not secretly." Inuyama Ping explained in a panic: "And haven't I been with everyone these days? Brother Oto and the others have not returned to the hotel, they must have It's over there at the dojo, and there's no signal there. How can I contact them... Besides, why should I contact them?"
In fact, there is still contact, Qian Xiaoyi told him. There is a landline phone at the dojo, so Heita Inuyama will find an opportunity to report Kawasaki's whereabouts every day, just like a secret agent.
“Eh~~~~~” Kawasaki still looked at him with suspicion and drawled: “That’s what I said, but I always feel that you look suspicious. You really didn’t hide it. What are you doing to us..."
Suzuki adjusted his glasses from behind and thought: "This idiot explains too much, which makes it more suspicious. There is no way..."
"But , Where should we look?" Suzuki suddenly asked: "We are not familiar with this place, or do you want to go to the dojo at night, Kawasaki-senpai?" Hearing this, other people in the supernatural department also asked. be opposed to.
"Huh? You don't want to. We are already very tired from hiking during the day."
"That is to say, Minister, you should have a good rest after attending the festival today."
< br>“Aren’t we going to visit the internal festival? What’s the point of leaving now?”
After being opposed by everyone, Kawasaki thought for a while: “That’s right, let’s forget it.”
Inuyama Heita secretly breathed a sigh of relief and gave Suzuki a grateful look.
"But..." A trace of worry flashed in Inuyama Heita's heart: Brother Oto seems to be facing a terrible enemy. I don't know what the situation is now...
He knocked. Knocking on the jade pendant in his pocket, Ajian’s voice The sound immediately rang: "Don't knock~ I haven't felt anything happening over there yet. I'll let you know when I feel it."
Because there were many spirit exterminators at the scene, so Jian didn't dare to come forward and only dared to hide in Jade Perry.
After hearing Takeru's words, Inuyama Heita temporarily relaxed his mind and began to watch the internal festival of Osan Festival with the others.
On the altar, Weibo was wearing the traditional feathers of the school, standing on the main seat, while the other mediums were just her foils, but Weibo did not dare to feel proud at this time, but was very cautious in his heart. Repeat every next step to avoid making mistakes.
She knelt down on the futon and murmured prayers in her mouth. In the silence, she reported to the mountain god about the situation around Mount Osore this year, and sought instructions from the mountain god about almost all the festivals related to the gods. It’s all the same routine, report to the gods and pray for blessings, and this is no exception.
As the successor of Grandma Tao, Weibo’s ability to connect with the mountain god is the most important part of being the chief priest. This is also an important basis for whether she can convince the public.
Just when all the psychics were a little impatient, thinking that Weibo had not been recognized by the mountain god, Weibo suddenly opened his eyes, with a look of horror on his face.
The next moment, the ground began to shake slightly, making everyone panic.
"What happened? There was an earthquake?"
"This smell... is the mountain god? The mountain god is angry? Weibo, what on earth have you done!"
"Oops, this is a divine punishment. ! God damn! Wait, what’s going on over there!”
Aken’s panicked voice sounded in Inuyama’s ears: “There’s something terrible over there! Appeared! "
"Mr. Takeru... You don't need to say this, everyone can feel it." Inuyama Heita looked at the black air rising into the sky, and a drop of cold sweat ran down his forehead.
Something came out.
(End of this chapter)