Chapter 97 All living beings can become Buddhas, all living beings can become ghosts
On July 7th, a light drizzle fell from the sky.
After finishing the final science and history exams, Pinggong Qianye was in a pretty good mood. His scholarship this time should be secure.
The students around him gathered around him again. This time, they didn't want to discuss campus legends with him, but to thank him for marking the scope of the exam knowledge points for them yesterday, which was basically correct.
After the craze was over, Hiramiya Chiye went to the school cafeteria to have a buffet.
Today is the last day of final exams, and the cafeteria has specially prepared some food that is better value for money than usual, including various seafood and even fruits.
Thinking that he could no longer come to the school cafeteria to eat during the summer vacation, Pinggong Qianye felt a little reluctant.
There was no choice but to eat a little more of the buffet dishes to show his reluctance.
The Supernatural Society, meeting room.
Horii Suzune arrived as usual, but before she even entered the room, she saw Ryoka standing outside the meeting room, her back against the wall, looking down at her toes, as if she was waiting for someone.
"Suzuka-san, are you here to see me?"
Horii Suzune walked over and greeted her, and a smile finally broke out on Suzuka Haruhi's nervous face.
"President Suzune!"
Suzuka Haruhi seemed to have regained her energy all of a sudden, walked over to Horii Suzune, and entered the meeting room of the Spiritual Society with her.
"Today's exam is over, and the results won't be available until two days later."
"I know." Suzuka Haruhi nodded and said anxiously, "Actually, the main reason I came here today is to thank Hiramiya-san. If it weren't for his help, I might have been killed last night."
As she spoke, Suzuka Haruhi took out the butterfly hairpin that had been broken into two pieces from her pocket and placed it on the table.
"Lianghua-san, are you sure you didn't accidentally crush it while you were sleeping at night?"
"Well, I believe this is more than just a simple coincidence."
Suzuka Haruhi was very sure of this, as she often wore hairpins when sleeping before, but she had never crushed one of her hairpins.
Moreover, her butterfly hairpin is not made of fragile materials such as plastic, crystal, and resin, but metal.
It is very difficult to be crushed in half just by turning over in sleep.
Flattening the shape and collapsing it is possible.
"It seems that the campus legend that the last place in the exam will die is about to be revealed." Horii Suzune seemed to have already seen the upcoming future.
"Where's Hiramiya-san?"
"He is probably still enjoying his meal in the cafeteria."
Horii Suzune narrowed her eyes slightly, "After all, there are only a few days left before we leave school for summer vacation."
The two waited for about 20 minutes before Pinggong Chiye came to the conference room.
After sitting down and listening to Suzuka Haruhi's story, he took the butterfly hairpin that was broken into two pieces from her hand.
His eyes were shining with golden light and his diamond eyes were shining brightly. He could easily tell that this hairpin was damaged by the impact of a force like a ghost or god.
Something special did happen to Lianghua last night.
However, it is still unclear whether the so-called ghost followed Lianghua home from school to do evil, or was directly born from Lianghua's negative emotions of fear and panic.
But with a little experimentation, it's easy to rule out the first of these options.
"Lianghua-san, if you don't mind, I'll take you home later."
"This is really too much trouble for Hiramiya-san!"
Suzuka Haruhi stood up and bowed deeply to Heimiya Chiya.
Boom, boom, boom.
Horii Suzune tapped the table with her fingers and said expressionlessly: "Are you trying to exclude me from this incident?"
It was past 5 . when Chiya Hiramiya and Suzune Horii accompanied Haruhi Suzuka home.
Her home is in Shinjuku district, which is not too far away and can be reached directly by train.
It took about half an hour, and Hiramiya Chiya and Horii Suzune successfully sent Suzuka Haruhi back home.
Before leaving, Chiya Hiramiya injected some magic power into the purple headband that Suzuka Haruhi often wore, so that it could protect Suzuka Haruhi at critical moments.
At the same time, he also told Suzuka Haruhi that she must not step out of the house from tonight until she woke up tomorrow morning and must stay in her own home.
This was done to prevent Suzuka Haruhi from wandering around outside and causing uncertainty.
"The results will be announced in two days. By then, the person who got last place will be even more panicked and scared than Lianghua."
Hiramiya Chiya and Horii Suzune walked to the station. On the way, Horii Suzune touched the agate bracelet on her right hand and naturally talked about this topic.
"Two days should be enough to find out the truth of this matter."
Pinggong Qianye is still very optimistic about this.
After all, there are only a few people like Lianghua who are afraid and terrified and always suspect that ghosts and gods are trying to harm them.
As long as a normal person does not have too much negative emotions, he or she will generally not have ghosts due to worry.
If you really want to count it, these kinds of incidents can still be blamed on the changed world.
The increase in the power of demons and monsters leads to the frequent occurrence of various ghost and supernatural events.
"How's your haunted house preparation going?"
"It's going pretty well. Once the exam is over, we can officially receive guests."
Speaking of the haunted house, Horii Suzune was in a particularly good mood. This was the largest club activity since the establishment of the Supernatural Club. If it hadn't been for the exam week, the haunted house would have been completely finished some time ago.
"Nothing unexpected happened, right?" Pinggong Qianye asked habitually.
"Shouldn't Hiramiya-san come and see for himself then? Don't forget, you are also a member of the Psychic Club."
"I have some things to do during the summer vacation, so I might travel far away."
"where are you going?"
"I haven't decided yet, I just want to take advantage of this rare holiday to go out and travel."
Hiramiya Chiya did not discuss this matter in depth. When he saw Horii Yuji coming to pick up Horii Suzune, he took the train back to Arakawa District.
……
It was late at night, past 1 o'clock, and Suzuka Haruhi, who had trouble falling asleep due to fear, was defeated by sleepiness again.
The air conditioner was on in the room and the lights were on. I curled up in the corner, holding the blue blanket tightly with both hands.
His brows were furrowed, his breathing was uneven, and his eyelashes moved slightly from time to time, as if he might wake up at any time.
Whoosh, whoosh…
The cold wind of the night passed through the closed window.
Wisps of floc-like black gas unconsciously emerged from Suzuka Haruhi's body and gradually gathered on the surface of her body.
It was as if a terrifying monster had formed and completely enveloped Suzuka Haruhi.
Perhaps it was the coldness brought by the black air that made Lianghua Haruhi unbearable. She couldn't help but retract her hands and feet and hide her limbs tightly in the quilt.
When the black gas condensed to a certain extent, strands of golden light flowed from Lianghua Haruhi's purple hairband, and finally bloomed into a dazzling Buddha light, easily dispersing the black gas.
The Buddha's light did not dissipate immediately, but evenly covered Suzuka Haruhi's body, trapping the wisps of black air tightly within Suzuka Haruhi's body.
When you are worried or afraid, ghosts will come out; when the Buddha is strong, ghosts will be afraid.
Ryoka Haruhi, who had been curled up, relaxed and her breathing became much calmer. Her stiff limbs slowly emerged from the quilt and her frowning brows relaxed.
In the morning, the sun rises,
The purple headband that had held up all night cracked slightly and broke into two pieces.
Not long after, Suzuka Haruhi also woke up at the call of the alarm clock.
Seeing the purple headband broken into two pieces like a butterfly hairpin, her eyes widened, she covered her mouth with her right hand, and her heart was beating non-stop.
Take a few deep breaths and try to calm down your nervousness and fear.
……
In the early morning, the sun shines brightly, illuminating the universe.
Pinggong Qianye sat cross-legged on the balcony and practiced the "Mahavairocana Sutra". Only by practicing diligently from time to time could he gradually comprehend the profound and subtle methods of the "Mahavairocana Sutra".
His practice was eventually interrupted by a phone call from Horii Suzune.
By this time, it was almost 8 o'clock in the morning.
After listening to Horii Suzune's description of Suzuka-san, Hiramiya Chiya was certain that Suzuka-san's condition was entirely caused by her own negative emotions.
Worry gives birth to ghosts. Negative emotions that are too heavy and strong and cannot be resolved will cause ghosts to be born in her own heart.
When ghosts and monsters appear, they eat people.
The so-called sudden death of Ando, a classmate from Class 3, was most likely due to the same situation.
There must have been too many negative emotions in his heart that he couldn't resolve, which is why ghosts were born and he lost his young life.
The campus legend that the last place in the exam will result in death is just a catalyst.
In this regard, it is somewhat similar to the five yin ghosts that we dealt with before.
But at that time, the victim was suffering from the burning pain of the five aggregates in his body caused by the five aggregates ghosts from the outside.
And now, the situation happening to Lianghua-san is caused by herself, from the inside out.
In other words, there were no powerful ghosts or gods involved in this campus legend from beginning to end. There were only man-eating ghosts created by their own negative emotions.
Negative emotions are like wisps of dust. When they accumulate enough, they will cover one's spiritual altar and turn it into suitable soil for the birth of ghosts.
Wipe it frequently to avoid dust.
The true meaning of this has already been fully explained by our predecessors.
"So there's no way to solve this?"
On the other end of the line, Horii Rinne, who hadn't hung up yet, sounded worried.
If it is true as Hiramiya Chiye said, then it means that all students may give birth to ghosts due to the accumulation of negative emotions, thus endangering their own lives.
Pinggong Qianye did not answer for a moment. He looked out the window and sighed slightly.
All living beings can become Buddhas, and all living beings can become ghosts.
This may be the meaning of practicing Buddhism.
At first, one practices for oneself, and later, one practices for all sentient beings.
Heimiya Chiye did not use this to elevate himself, but because of this incident he realized the true meaning of the compassion of Buddha and Bodhisattva.
"Where there are knots in the world, there are solutions. Where there are ghosts and monsters that harm people, there will naturally be Buddhist teachings to save them."
Hiramiya Chiye thought about it, then whispered a few words to Horii Suzune, asking her to help him prepare some things first.
(End of this chapter)
