Not long after, the waiter brought the sacrificial robes over.
It was a hunting suit as red as blood, with golden tassels sewn on the edges, and gilded cloud patterns embroidered on the front. It reflected the golden light under the sun, making it grand, prosperous and magnificent.
With the help of the waiter, Qisi put on the gorgeous clothes. It was like a withered corpse sealed in the clothes. Even his soul could feel the weight on his body.
"You look like a real god in this sacrificial robe." The waiter admired sincerely and tied a red ribbon on Qisi's half-length hair.
There was no mirror here, so Qisi couldn't see his own image, and he didn't care much about it. He just let the waiter do it quietly.
After the waiter left, he dragged on his complicated clothes, knelt down on the futon, and softly recited the Rabbit God's blessing.
This time he did not play Reiko's recording, but said with a smile in a narrative tone: "Kanna Shichiro, I think you must hate that nosy witch, right?
"It was He who aroused the desires of the first three family heads, allowing them to imprison the Rabbit God at that time, dragging the entire Rabbit God Town into the quagmire of fate, and causing generations of people to suffer the shadow of the curse.
"Without Him, the children of Usagiami Town are just the children of their parents. You can have desires and freely decide your own life, without having to be imprisoned here and dealing with the seven-day cycle.
"Coincidentally, I am also hostile to that witch. I need to kill him and seize the complete rights of the contract. As the saying goes - 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'. You will help me, right?"
The rabbit statue in the shrine opened its blood-red eyes, stared at Qisi for a moment, and then slowly closed its eyelids.
He was shaken and was thinking about the feasibility of cooperation with Qiss, but he had not yet made a final decision.
Qisi said no more, sat back at the desk, put aside the prayer card with the bamboo cage eye ballad engraved on it, picked up a piece of wood, and started carving it with the chisel in his hand.
In fact, with the current situation, he doesn't need to take care of the Rabbit God's mood.
He has no desire, and he can carve a new statue that is different from the Rabbit God statue. He can also possess Kanna Shichiro, who has succeeded once before. At first glance, it seems that grabbing the Rabbit God's power is almost a sure thing.
But the "evil ghost" left a message asking him to make a deal with the Rabbit God. It couldn't be completely without purpose. Although he didn't intend to completely believe in the kindness of the unknown being, it didn't stop him from trying to follow the advice.
What's more, the Rabbit God at this time is Kanna Shichiro, who has successfully captured the Rabbit God's power. He has had experiences that Qisi has never had, which means he has more information.
It is impossible for him to have no trump cards. He may not be able to think of a way to counterattack the Rabbit God Sacrifice that has been reincarnated over and over again after so many years.
This makes Qisi have no choice but to be more cautious.
He is more willing to believe in the restrictions of the contract than the rituals held by priests for unknown reasons.
The residence of the gods is silent, and everyone and the god are silent. There is only the continuous "rustling" sound of carving knives and filing wood blocks, mixed with the sound of wind, wind chimes and wooden signs, forming a harmonious melody.
Later in the evening, Kanna Rokuro came over.
The door was not locked at this time. He opened the wooden door and stood outside the door, looking at Qisi at the table.
"Shichiro, the head of the Kurokawa family is really bullying people. I didn't know that I, Kannawujia, would lead you into the master's residence." The young man in black kimono was indignant. "My father was so angry that he vomited blood when he heard the news last night!"< br>
Qisi stood up and walked to the door, looked at each other across the threshold with Kanna Rokuro, and said calmly: "I took the initiative to become the Lord of God. Reiko has died, and someone has to bear all this. This is why I was born in Usagiami Town. ”
"Then you can't...can't..." Kanna Rokuro was furious and couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time. After all, Qisi stood on the moral high ground, and no matter what he said, it was wrong.
He could only keep a straight face, show off his elder brother's airs and admonish: "Qilang, fortunately you hit all three wooden picks. As long as nothing happens, you can become a new god. Otherwise, you don't know how to support my god without family." What kind of disaster is coming..."
"What a disaster..." Qisi seemed to have remembered something. He turned around and took out a prayer card with a bamboo cage eye song engraved on it from the table, and handed it to Kanna Rokuro, "I heard that the prayer card I carved with my own hands can pray for good luck and avoid disaster." Woe, I don’t know if it’s true.”
"Why are you still carving these?" Kanna Rokuro threw away the blessing sign impatiently, and the wooden sign made a "pop" sound when it fell to the ground.
As if he realized his unkind attitude belatedly, he calmed down the irritability in his brows and sighed: "Qilang, what you have to do next is to try your best to carve the rabbit statue and find out what's in your heart. The appearance of God.
"As long as you can become the new god, our family will be fine."
"Is that so?" Qisi smiled lowly, "Brother, Qilang will do his best."
Kanna Rokuro comforted him a few more times, but he was nervous both inside and outside of his words, fearing that Qisi would make a mistake, causing the opportunity to become a god to slip away from his fingers, and the fate of the family to take a turn for the worse.
Qisi had just carved a lot of malicious "prayer cards" and was in a good mood, so he dealt with this worried brother with extra patience.
The waiter who was standing not far away couldn't stand it any longer and came over to persuade him: "Kami-kun, time is running out. The Lord of God needs to meditate before he can carve a new statue of the god."
Kanna Rokuro turned around three times and left worriedly.
Qisi returned to the table and continued carving the statues.
The taxidermist's hands are flexible and light, and he can handle the more varied human body materials that are difficult to cut with the knife, and carving wooden blocks is no problem.
He can often quickly carve out an almost human-like outline, and then slowly carve out the head, face, and clothing, making the wooden block in his hand look like a human form rather than some other species.
But when refining the facial features and expression, the chisel carving knife seemed to have lost control and began to carve randomly, either scratching the statue's face or carving out a bunch of incomprehensible symbols.
Whenever this happened, Zis would happily flatten the broken statue, make it into the shape of a blessing card, and carve words on it, the contents of which were various scary nursery rhymes.
People outside were anxious, but he was calm and calm under the gaze of thousands of people. Everyone who looked at him was extremely convinced that he really had no desire and didn't even have a heart.
The afternoon sun fell on the back of the Divine Residence, and the room became dark, as if it were sneaking from the human world into the realm of gods and ghosts.
The waiter went into the room and added incense to the incense burner. Three newly lit incense sticks stood tall, and green smoke flew into the shrine, blurring the face of the statue.
Qisi just flattened the newly carved wooden block and carved three lines of his own god's name on it.
The waiter saw this and said helplessly: "Master God, wait until tomorrow, and they will keep letting you get it, and then keep letting you lose it, until you know what you really want.
"And when desire arises in your heart and your body has not yet been saturated with desire, they will carve you into a god who is frozen between life and death."
Qisi raised his eyelids and chuckled at him: "Thank you for letting me know, I understand."
The waiter excused himself and stood under the cherry blossom tree twenty meters away.
Qisi sat on the futon again and asked the Rabbit God: "Hundreds of years ago, after you became the God Lord, did you keep carving like I do now? What is your desire, and what did you carve out?"< br>
The Rabbit God didn't answer. Qisi stopped and lay down on the couch, closing his eyes and falling asleep amidst the chirping of birds.
I don’t know how long it took, but Akira Kurokawa’s voice sounded outside the window: “Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi... are you okay?”
Qisi sat up from the couch, pushed open the ajar door, and motioned for him to stand outside the threshold and speak. The waiter disappeared from sight at some point. He must have watched Chisi go to sleep, and then briefly allowed himself to leave to clean the shrine or do other things.
Kurokawa Akira trotted up to Qisi, his face full of worry, looking like he would cry at any time: "Xiaoqi, you were selected and became the Lord of God, are you going to die? I asked them, they all said you don't Something will happen, but I don’t believe it..."
"I'm sure nothing will happen to me."
Qisi briefly repeated the information about carving gods and grabbing divine power, and said: "If nothing else happens, I will replace the original Rabbit God and become the new god of Rabbit God Town. There will no longer be a need to hold a Rabbit God Festival in the future. No more deaths.”
"Really?" Akira Kurokawa opened his mouth wide and his eyes were astonishingly bright, "Then Xiaoqi, can I make a wish to you in the future?"
Qisi nodded with a smile, took the prayer card engraved with the name of the god from the table, and handed it over: "Before that, I may need you to do me a favor.
"Publish what is engraved on it and let the residents of Usagi-gami Town tell it like the legend of Usagi-god."
Before Kurokawa opened his mouth, he added seriously: "Don't ask why, and don't tell the adults that I asked you to do it. These two points are very important and are related to whether I can survive."
Akira Kurokawa took the prayer card and swallowed: "Is this... so important? But if I don't tell the adults, how can I get others to preach the words above?"
"Make up children's songs, make games, or spread various specious rumors... There are many ways."
Qisi lowered his eyes and sighed softly: "Kurokawa Akira, I only told you the above. Whether you can succeed in the end depends on what you do."
"Ah? Okay, I...I'll try my best!" Kurokawa Ming nodded, took the blessing card and left nervously.
Qisi raised his eyes to look at the rabbit statue behind the shrine and smiled kindly: "You are not free because you are bound by your beliefs, so I will dispel part of your beliefs for you. Is this sincerity enough?"
The Rabbit God opened his eyes and stared at him with blood-red eyes, still speechless.
In the evening, the waiter brought a bowl of white rice and several plates of food cooked with vegetables, fish and chicken on a tray.
In this era where the game is set, all of the above are precious ingredients. Qisi thought of the word "deprived rice" for no reason.
He took the wooden tray and put it on the counter. He took the chopsticks and concentrated on picking up the ingredients. According to the rule of one chopstick for rice and one chopstick for vegetables, he put the food into his mouth.
Except for the three times in "Rose Manor", "Carnivorous" and "Double Happiness Town", the other dungeons either didn't require eating, or the food they ate was too abstract.
In reality, except when Zis overcomes laziness and has some free time, he would go downstairs to eat a few normal meals. At other times, he would eat instant noodles of various flavors to satisfy his hunger.
The set of meals in front of him could not be described as informal. The white rice was fragrant in the mouth, the vegetables were juicy and sweet, and the fish and chicken were fresh and plump. Qisi was quite satisfied with the meal.
He swallowed all the ingredients slowly, put down the clean bowls and chopsticks, and looked at the waiter.
The waiter said: "Tomorrow is August 3rd. According to the rules, you have to fast."
Chiss smiled nonchalantly, stood up with his arms folded, and gave up his position to clear the plates.
The waiter gathered the dishes and chopsticks on the tray, turned around and left with the wooden tray, crossed the threshold, turned around and closed the door.
There was a "click" and the wooden door was locked.
For the next four days, Zeiss will be locked in the god's residence with the Rabbit God until Zeiss carves a new statue of the god, or the Rabbit God crosses the limit and kills him.
There was only a shallow layer of wood left in the box, and Zeiss stopped carving.
He sat on the couch, closed his eyes, and silently said "Quickly forward" in his heart.
The sound of the wind gradually became louder, the sound of wind chimes and wooden signs were completely out of tune, and there was a noisy and rapid vibration in my ears.
At a certain moment, the voices died down, and Zeiss saw the Rabbit God walking down from the shrine.
"Eye of the bamboo cage, eye of the bamboo cage, when will the bird in the cage be released to fly?"
"In the early hours of the night, a crane and a turtle fell down, and the child behind asked who it was?"
The children's singing began, but this time it was not filled with laughter, but with cries of fear.
In front of Qisi's eyes, there were figures of young men wearing various kimonos. One of them was wearing a heavy blood-colored hunting coat, with the gilt embroidery pattern on it in the style of sacrificial clothing.
It's Kanna Shichiro.
Qisi saw Kanna Shichiro standing in the circle, holding hands with the teenagers, spinning around the teenager sitting in the center.
While the song was being sung, he smiled maliciously and cheerfully, and every time he walked past, he would raise his foot and kick the boy until the boy's back was covered with shoe marks.
But the young man just curled up silently, sobbing softly, and never escaped.
After the round of the bamboo cage game, the next person was replaced and sat in the center. Kanna Shichiro still stood in the circle, repeating the process of wantonly torturing the young man sitting in the middle.
Everyone was crying, and the faces of the teenagers were wrinkled and ugly. They begged in all directions.
"Shichiro, it's us who are sorry for you. We shouldn't have bullied you before..."
"Shichiro, forgive us, we already know we were wrong, please let us go back..."
"Shichiro, the adults said that as long as you think it's enough, we can leave...have you had enough?"
Kanna Shichiro laughed out loud, it was the kind of exaggerated and performative laugh in stage plays, like a madman mocking his fate at the end of his life, or like a prodigal who had been drifting for half his life and felt sorry for himself.
"I haven't played enough, how can I play enough? Don't you like to play the bamboo cage game the most? I like it too..."
He was smiling, with tears in his eyes, and his long black hair was hanging down, covering his pale face like an evil ghost, which was horrifying.
The movements and expressions of all the young men were frozen, their skin and flesh melting like heated wax statues, and the pale skeletons reflected the candlelight, showing a dark, cold white.
Kanna Shichiro suddenly turned his head and faced Qisi, his voice was calm and cold: "They said that I was the seed of evil spirits. I should have become a ghost and god, so I answered their prophecy.
"My wish is to never have to be a ghost when playing the game of Bamboo Cage Eyes, so I carved the song of Bamboo Cage Eyes under the base of the statue.
"And they will play bamboo cage games with me until August 6th." (End of Chapter)