She forced a smile and nodded.
"Um... yeah, you too?"
"When you get old, you wake up at the slightest noise."
The old woman said with a smile, looking at the unusual weather outside, and spoke slowly.
"This weather... the weather in the past few months has become increasingly strange. It's like the gods have been offended and are punishing us..."
Hearing this, Amano Haruna pursed her lips, and a hint of gloom appeared in her eyes.
As the girl chosen by the god, although her heart knot has been untied, when she hears such topics, she still unconsciously thinks that this is the consequence of her unwillingness to become a living sacrifice.
"Have you...heard of the legend about the Sunny Lady?"
"Sunny girl..."
The old woman seemed to have thought about it in her mind for a while before she smiled and said.
"I didn't expect a young man like you to have heard such an ancient legend."
Amano Haruna forced a smile and couldn't help but ask.
"Then you think... the chosen girl should sacrifice herself for her own responsibility... right?"
"How is that possible?"
"Eh?"
What Amano Haruna didn't expect was that the old woman actually frowned slightly and waved her hand seriously.
"How can a young man like you have such a thought? Let an innocent girl sacrifice herself in exchange for the weather returning to normal? How can you allow such a thing to happen?"
Amano Haruna was confused and muttered.
"But if I don't sacrifice myself..."
"You little girl, really."
The old woman took the initiative to hold Amano Haruna's hand and spoke earnestly.
"Then tell me, is there any essential difference between this behavior and those kidnappers on TV who use the safety of innocent people to make unreasonable demands?"
Without waiting for Amano Haruna to answer, the old woman continued speaking.
"Since you and your lover are planning to go to Itomori Town, you must have heard of Miyamizu Shrine, right?"
Amano Haruna nodded: "Yeah, I've heard of it."
"Isn't that right? The god worshipped by the Miyamizu Shrine asks for something in return, but he never asks for the life of a priestess. It's just a simple sacrificial ritual. Using such conditions in exchange for blessing the people of Itomori Town is a real god. What kind of god is it to ask for a living sacrifice? It's just a bad guy."
When the old woman said this, Amano Haruna's attention was not on the other person.
Because she saw that while the other party was speaking, red threads appeared in the air again and formed a human-shaped pattern, swaying and dancing.
It's almost like saying...
"Did you hear that? Look at what people say. I am the real god."
204 A gluttonous feast, the divine realm in the clouds
Looking at the red silk thread of the guardian god of Itomori Town cheering in the air, Amano Haruna shook her head helplessly, and then replied to the old woman.
"What you said...does make sense."
“That’s how everything in the world is.”
The old woman looked very emotional and spoke slowly.
"The reason why gods are called gods is just a definition given by humans. If there really is something that threatens living sacrifices with weather, then no matter what it claims to be, it is ultimately nothing but evil."
After hearing the old woman's words, Amano Haruna's mood improved a little.
But when she saw the strange weather outside, she couldn't help but clench her clothes with her hands, and her face looked very nervous and worried.
The old woman brought a cup of hot tea and handed it to Amano Haruna. Noticing her expression, she smiled and spoke.
"Your boyfriend is out?"
Hearing the name "boyfriend", Amano Haruna's face turned slightly red. In the end, she didn't explain, but just nodded.
"Um..."
"Are you worried about him?"
"Yes..."
"Don't worry, although the weather is strange, it won't rain heavily, so nothing will happen."
Amano Haruna sighed slightly, thinking that what she was worried about was not the danger posed by the weather.
But it is the existence represented by this strange and abnormal weather.
Ye Xing should have fought with the other party by now...
Amano Haruna knew that Yexing was very powerful, the strongest psychic she had ever seen, but exorcism was not a game. There were no clear numbers, and there was no such thing as 100% certainty. As long as there was a battle, there were risks.
"but..."
The old woman glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and suddenly looked puzzled.
"What is he doing out here at this hour of night?"
"Forehead..."
Amano Haruna did not expect the old woman to wake up suddenly. Besides, she was not good at lying and was completely unprepared. After being stunned for a few seconds, she could only come up with a poor excuse.
"He...he went out to buy something."
"shopping?"
The old woman frowned and muttered.
"It's late at night, and in the middle of nowhere. Why are you in such a hurry to buy something..."
Halfway through her words, the old woman seemed to suddenly realize something, glanced at Amano Haruna meaningfully, then turned and walked behind the counter, took out a small box, walked over and put it in Amano Haruna's hand.
Amano Haruna lowered her head, looked at the small box, and said with a puzzled look on her face.
"This is..."
The old woman looked very secretive, patted the back of Amano Haruna's hand and smiled.
"I know you young people are shy and embarrassed to speak up. Although my hotel is a bit old, it keeps up with the times. I have prepared all these things. I'm going to sleep first. Please be restrained."
After saying that, the old woman yawned, rubbed her eyes, and turned away.
Amano Haruna held the small box and observed it, but she had no idea what it was.
"When Yexing comes back, ask him..."
........
Meanwhile, on the country road.
"three."
Ye Xing, holding Onimaru Kunitsuna, cut a messenger of God holding a paper umbrella in half vertically from the middle of the body, and then swallowed it into his stomach.
When the remaining gods' messengers saw this horrifying scene, they couldn't help but take two steps back and raised their hands to point at him again.
"boom!"
Several bolts of lightning descended from the clouds and hit Ye Xing's body directly.
"Is that all?"
After the lightning faded, Ye Xing was still standing there intact.
It's not that he was not injured. On the contrary, he endured several bolts of lightning head-on. Even with his physical strength, he still suffered extremely serious injuries.
The black coat formed by the power of the evil spirit was pierced, and extremely serious charred and burning marks appeared on the surface of the body.
Even from the eyes beneath the black mask, two fine streaks of scarlet blood oozed out, staining the white smile pattern on the mask with a touch of bright red, giving it an eerie and crazy feeling.
The gods' messengers saw that the serious injuries on Ye Xing's body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After just two or three seconds, the dark and sticky evil spirit power filled the empty space on the black coat, and the whole person looked as if he had never been injured.
The only thing left was the blood-stained white smile pattern on the black mask, proving that everything that had just happened was not an illusion.
"keep going."
Ye Xingtiao lifted up the blade of Guimaru Kunigasuna, which was still stained with the golden spiritual power of the divine messenger he had just killed, as sticky as blood.
He swallowed the remaining spiritual power into his stomach, with a smile in his voice but no emotion in his eyes, as he looked at the several gods' messengers standing there.
"Let's have a game."
"Let's see which one is faster, you guys kill me or I devour you faster?"
Seeing that three of his messengers had been eaten, which meant that three hundred years of hard work had been destroyed, the God of Weather hidden in the clouds finally couldn't bear it anymore.
A huge whale made of rainwater appeared in the sky again, accompanied by clear and melodious calls.
In appearance, it is similar in size to the previous whale, or even smaller.
But if Yotsuya Miko, Sakurajima Mai, Futaba Rio, Yuigahama Yui, or even Oda Noto or the Godmother whose psychic powers are not that strong were here, they would be able to clearly see that the water inside the whale's transparent surface is not just ordinary rainwater.
Instead, it is a surging and rolling river of golden spiritual power.
"Roar!!!"
After a roar like thunder, the whale leaped down from the sky. Its huge body, coupled with its high-intensity spiritual power, fell towards Ye Xing who was standing on the ground like a cannonball.
"Is this the strongest attack..."
Facing the huge whale rushing towards him, Ye Xing only thought about one thing.
How to devour all the spiritual power contained in it, leaving not even a trace for the Weather God, and consume the opponent's power to the greatest extent.
Ye Xing didn't think for long before making a decision.
He put Onimaru Kunitsugu into the sheath at his waist, and the power of the evil spirit formed a ring-like circle on the ring finger of his right hand. With a slight flick of his thumb, a sharp blade popped out of it.
The black blade cut the thumb.
Golden lightning fell from the sky at a speed faster than a giant whale falling.
"That is!?"
Amano Haruna, who was sitting at the door of the hotel, also saw the golden lightning flashing across the sky.
Among all the members of the Super Energy Society, she and Yuigahama Yui are the only ones who have witnessed Yorozuyasu unleashing the power of soul embodiment.
Even though she had only seen it once, Amano Haruna would never forget the scene that happened after the golden lightning flashed.
"Does it really have to go this far......"
Amano Haruna frowned, pursed her lips, and looked nervous and worried. She clenched her hands together and muttered to herself.
"Please come back safely..."
.........
the other side.
"Interesting."
The huge whale, which was about to fall to the ground, saw a dazzling golden light and the human being turned into a giant more than ten meters tall. It was stunned for a moment, then immediately made a swimming gesture and fled into the sky.
It responds quickly.
Unfortunately, it's still not fast enough.
"Want to escape?"
The giant whale was trying to swim away, but its tail was grabbed by the hand of Night Star, who had transformed into a giant.
And the next second, a huge mouth from the abyss bit its body.
The huge body made of rain water broke apart, and the sticky golden spiritual power contained in it overflowed.
"Hey? Exploding Spiritual Power Bread? That's interesting."
Yexing ignored the wailing of the huge whale. After all, as the saying goes,
