Humanoid self-propelled wishing machine

From the beginning of September to test Reyo Tsushima's ability, to the Ropeman incident involving dozens of deaths around the world, government officials have intervened in the affairs of the magic world, demanding that the high-level people in the magic world immediately clear up the The chief culprit of the rope-to-people incident—the super-level curse spirit [Erina].

On the surface, the higher-ups in the magic world did not refute the order they issued, and immediately arranged for people to get rid of the super-level curse spirit [Erina], and erased Erina's name from the existing spell spirits recorded on the record. In the following six months, as if Erina really disappeared, such extraordinary and disturbing incidents never happened again, and the conjurer followed the previous rules and was busy all day long with the work of dispelling the curse spirit and recovering the curse objects Among them, it is no different from every year in the past.

Gojo Satoru once went to Tsushima Reo, and under the gaze of the high-level officials hidden in the coffin-like box hall, he sat face to face with the child in white clothes and scarlet hakama.

Reyo Tsushima watched him silently, with that incomprehensible mask-like quiet smile still on her face, and her dark pupils were ignorant of everything and clear from dust.

Sometimes, Gojo Satoru would suddenly feel a strong rage because of his smile that pushed everyone away, and wanted to punch Reio Tsushima hard, to see if he could get rid of his level. Another layer of armor that wrapped him tightly was smashed, but his reason told him that this was not feasible.

The twins in the Tsushima family are equally difficult, unwilling to open their hearts, unwilling to trust others, unwilling to believe that there are actually a few not-so-bad people in this terrible world, as if there are only a few people in this world who are not so bad. There is no other person worth looking forward to, paranoid and stubborn, indifferent and cold.

Their hearts are like a thick and heavy city wall that is difficult to conquer. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, they are reluctantly forced to open a thin gap that can only be invaded by the breeze. Once they regain the initiative, it will be fine. A gap that is easy to open will be closed tightly again in an instant.

Everything was so peaceful and silent, Gojo Satoru who had been kneeling opposite Tsushima Reo for less than half a minute stood up, turned his head and left without hesitation.

There was hardly a word of conversation between them.

In April, half a year later, under the watchful eye of the politicians, after the construction of the shrine for Erina in the suburbs of Tokyo was completed, the three imperial families of the magic circle united to hold a mighty In the sloppy invitation ceremony, he unabashedly and arrogantly raised the curse spirit that had been eliminated in the records to the altar, as if he didn't take the government seriously.

The politician who was provoked in this way naturally immediately called the high-level people who control the power of the entire magic world, and questioned their actions.

"I'm asking God." The old man on the other end of the phone said calmly and firmly.

"You are really crazy to enshrine a mantra spirit as a god! If you don't hurry up and remove the excess tumors gathered by human's emotional garbage, what are you waiting for?"

"The government is making trouble for no reason. The super curse spirit [Erina] was eliminated half a year ago according to your request, but now she is using her to blame us?" In order to ensure his own safety, the old man, who had not revealed his identity, followed Politicians talk.

The politician has calmed down, and said, "The video on the blog a few days ago was posted on purpose by you, if the conjurer wanted to do things in secret, how could it be caught by ordinary people, and even deliberately set the shrine Didn't the face of the god on the screen show up, just to tell us that Tsushima Reo didn't die at all, and the culprit of the Rotoman incident hasn't been eliminated yet?"

"Pretend to kill the curse spirit, turn around and build a shrine for her, and declare that she is the god of conjurers, and no one is allowed to profane. What exactly are you trying to do?"

Politicians are a little crazy. In the past, when Erina was still a curse spirit, they could occupy the highest point of morality and rightfully demand that the magician get rid of Erina, but in the final analysis, for ordinary people who cannot see the curse spirit , The magic spirit and non-spell spirit are all judged by the system established by the magician.

But now they not only denied Erina's identity as a curse spirit, but also promoted her to the high ground of "the god of the magician", so that no matter whether the magicians really believed in such a magician or not, they had tried their best to get rid of it. At the moment when the identity and position of the curse spirit have changed, once the government moves Erina, the conjurer will have ample excuses to resist.

Now, they are standing on equal footing.

"Our appeal is very simple." The old man also knows that if he wants to use Erina's ability, a large number of ordinary people will be sacrificed. A bad deal.

"We hope that the government will officially recognize Erina-sama's identity and allow four sacrificial ceremonies a year."

"It's impossible to get permission for this kind of thing. Do you know how much effort we spent to clean up the aftermath of the last incident of arresting people? We went to the witnesses and the families of the victims one by one, and used huge compensation In exchange for their understanding, they even applied for the supernatural powers under the jurisdiction of the Secret Service to delete all the reports, photos, and videos that were spread on the Internet, and then reluctantly suppressed that matter."

"I also explicitly asked you to get rid of that curse spirit."

"Now you guys are coming to tell me that you want to put that cursed spirit on the altar, and you want to make that kind of horror event four times a year, are you magicians or cursers?!"

The old man sighed long and arrogantly, "That's why people who haven't seen Master Erina with their own eyes are so ignorant."

"Then it's just one time—you are allowed to watch Erina-sama's sacrificial ceremony once."

"As long as you pass it once, you will understand how unrepeatable Miracle Master Erina's ability is."

If it was just another kidnapping incident, it was still within the acceptable range of the government. The politician in charge of communicating with the magic circle weighed it and nodded in agreement.

"Only this once." He said, "If you still fail to convince us after the ceremony, we can take a step back, admit Erina's identity, and register it, but you will never be allowed to hold another sacrificial ceremony .”

In other words, the government can tolerate the existence of Erina as a useless mascot, but it does not allow similar dangerous and vicious incidents to happen again.

"I understand."

The senior level of the magic world who got a satisfactory result also compromised, and he agreed to the conditions proposed by the politician.

"Then, the first sacrificial ceremony will start on May [-]." The old man said slowly through the phone with an unclear voice, "We welcome everyone very much."

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Ding, dong.

Outside the window, it was raining lightly like fine needles and mist, and heavy drops of water slowly condensed on the wooden window sill, which fell unbearably high under the pull of gravity, and fell into the wide lake. among.

Obviously it should be a high distance where no sound can be heard, but Tsushima Reyo seemed to really hear the crisp sound of the moment when the water drops fell into the lake. He turned his head and stared at the window, a small, Silently lip-synthesizing, dubbing the voice for this long-awaited moment.

Ding, dong.

"Master Lianyang."

The teacher who taught him tapped the table with a paper fan, called his name seriously, and reminded him, "Please listen carefully."

"Yes." Rei Tsushima obediently agreed, and turned to apologize to the teacher, "I'm sorry, teacher."

Ever since they decided to put Erina on the altar, the high-level officials in the magic world have arranged heavy courses for Reo Tsushima. In addition to the subjects that ordinary children need to learn, they also arranged a lot of magic for him. The courses that Taoism needs to learn.

Such as basic music theory knowledge, the use of flutes, drums, bells and other musical instruments, Kagura dances used in ceremonies, daily etiquette and posture training...

That's not an interesting thing, on the contrary, it's boring and boring, which only makes people clearly feel that they are deliberately being shaped into a thin symbol they need.

But Tsushima Reo didn't have any resistance to this. After all, he was very used to meeting other people's expectations and obeying their wishes.

The teacher in front of Reo Tsushima was wearing a large black kimono embroidered with gold thread, which covered her figure. On her face, there was a clean white mask with a simple curvature and a hidden voice changer, imitating Erina's appearance in her eyes. Three holes were dug out at the mouth and mouth, and he was kneeling in front of the table, teaching him Chinese knowledge.

Tsushima Reyo didn't know the teacher's name, gender, age, and all identity information. This was an order issued by the high-level executives in the magic world to control Erina's wooing target after experiencing the incident of Keita Hirasaki.

The sacrifices they carefully selected were all non-magicians whose identities and backgrounds had been checked, and it was confirmed that they would never be involved with conjurers. They even selected a batch of [lambs to be slaughtered], and let [window] people secretly monitor them for a long time to ensure that they can be used at any time.

Except for the sacrifices and the lamb to be slaughtered, everyone must hide their true identities in front of Rei Tsushima, so as not to be selected as the target of force, resulting in casualties among the conjurers.

Even with such strict protective measures, Reo Tsushima's teacher and the people around him who take care of his life will still change frequently due to orders from high-level officials.

Because they are worried that they will develop feelings after getting along for a long time, because they are worried that someone will have ambitions in front of such an irresistible opportunity to make a wish, and because they are worried that there will be variables that are not under their control.

So they deprived Reo Tsushima of the right to establish intimate relationships with others.

"Teacher, please continue." Tsushima Reo said, looking up at the Chinese teacher seriously.

"Hey, let's continue the class." The teacher cleared his throat, picked up the paper fan used as a pointer, tapped the simple haiku written on the whiteboard, and began to explain.

But even without names and identities, everyone still has their own unique habits.

Because I want to identify the teacher who taught me precious knowledge, and if there is no name, isn't it easy to confuse others?

So Reo Tsushima would actually give everyone around him nicknames.

It's like the person in front of me is probably the third Chinese teacher, because he always likes to cough lightly before speaking, so Reo Tsushima only quietly called him Teacher Keke in his heart.

Some weird names.

But this can be regarded as one of the few joys in Reo Tsushima's somewhat lonely life.