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Xiaolan thought about it and agreed.
"Sister Xiaolan,"
Seeing that buying the sachets was a done deal, Conan had no choice but to give a helpless reminder.
"Even if you want to buy this kind of sachet, you don't necessarily have to go to the shrine. Isn't Ms. Mamegaki Taeko the granddaughter of the shrine's head priest? Just go directly to her. She might have this kind of sachet."
"Yup!"
The two girls suddenly realized what was going on, and then went together to the door of Mamegaki Taeko's room. They knocked several times, but there was no response from inside.
"Strange, isn't he here?" Xiaolan asked, puzzled.
"Sister Ran, isn't that Miss Mamegaki Taeko?"
Conan peered out the corridor window and pointed at a woman walking out of the hotel entrance.
“It really is Miss Mamegaki!” Yoko said, pointing to the man following behind Mamegaki Taeko. “Strange, isn’t that her fiancé, Mr. Shimazaki, the one secretly following her?”
"Fiancé?" Xiaolan's eyes widened.
"Yes, I heard from the crew that Ms. Taeko Mamegaki and Mr. Yuji Shimazaki are getting married next month," Yoko explained simply.
“But,” Conan said, watching the two leave one after the other, “their behavior doesn’t seem like that of an engaged couple. It’s more like Mr. Shimazaki is stalking Ms. Mamegaki.”
"Fiancé stalking his fiancée... Could there be some hidden romance involved?"
Yoko's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Xiaolan, let's hurry and chase after them to see what's going on!"
As she spoke, Yoko hurriedly put on her hat.
Chapter 53 The Raven God
"Isn't this a bad idea?" Xiaolan hesitated.
“Mr. Shimazaki is following Ms. Mamegaki, something must have happened. If we follow her, we might be able to prevent a tragedy,” Yoko urged, pulling on Ran’s arm. “Even if nothing happens, don’t you still want to buy a sachet from the shrine from Ms. Mamegaki?”
"Okay then!"
Xiaolan was also persuaded, but judging from the excited expression on her face...
I'm afraid her inner gossip has already been ignited long ago.
If you're going to follow someone, then fine, but you have to make up excuses.
Conan mentally scoffed and followed.
The two girls, along with Conan, walked out of the hotel and quietly followed behind Shimazaki Yuji.
Meanwhile, Yuji Shimazaki secretly followed behind his fiancée, Taeko Mamegaki.
……
Meanwhile, outside the Beika Shrine, Matsuda was also preparing to sneak into the shrine.
Unlike during the day, this time when he came over at night, the moment he stepped through the torii gate, Matsuda clearly sensed that something was watching him!
"Is this what it means to step into the so-called realm of gods?" Matsuda asked with some disdain.
Japan has a so-called eight million gods; it can be said that almost any ghost or monster with a little bit of power is worshipped as a god by the Japanese.
The crow deity enshrined in the Mihana Shrine is clearly the same.
Following the approach to the temple, Matsuda arrived at the worship hall where he had previously filmed a movie.
The fake blood left on the bluestone slabs during the afternoon filming had all been cleaned up.
In front of the worship hall is a donation box. If you are praying normally, after putting money into the donation box, you can grab the bell and ring the crocodile mouth bell to tell the gods your wish.
But since Matsuda was already determined to cause trouble, he naturally didn't care about following these rules.
However, if there are shameless red and white shrine maidens in this shrine, he might give it a try and see if he can experience the "10,000 yen for one time, 100,000 yen for any S" service by stuffing 100,000 yen into their pockets.
Unfortunately, there is only one priest in this shrine, and he is an old man.
Not in the mood, Matsuda bypassed the worship hall and went straight to the main hall at the back.
Once he arrived here, the feeling of being watched became even stronger!
Still won't you show yourself?
Matsuda glanced at the main hall, whose door was tightly shut a few steps away.
Just as the system said, a very weak deity.
Since you refuse to come out, then I'll have to go in myself.
Matsuda walked slowly forward to the entrance of the main hall, and then slowly pushed open the wooden door of the main hall.
"Crench!"
As the two wooden doors opened, a strange, eerie aura surged out.
In the past, the ghosts and spirits Matsuda encountered were mostly cold and icy, making people feel uncomfortable just by feeling them.
But at this moment, the yin energy emanating from the shrine, though still cold, did not cause any discomfort.
Is this the yin energy of the gods?
They're definitely different from ordinary ghosts!
Matsuda had just thought this in his mind,
Suddenly, a dark figure emerged from the depths of the main hall amidst the surging yin energy!
It was a huge raven, completely black with blood-red eyes, and over a meter long!
Its sharp beak shot straight toward Matsuda's eyes like an arrow released from a bow!
Just as the crow's attack was about to hit Matsuda, the shadow beneath Matsuda's feet rippled.
The Ghost Knight leaped out of the shadows, standing like a shield in front of Matsuda.
"Ding!"
The black raven's beak clashed with the sword in the Ghost Knight's hand.
The crow then flew backward, and the Ghost Knight also took a slight step back.
"Human, what is your purpose in stepping into my divine realm!" The pitch-black raven actually spoke.
"Purpose...heh,"
Matsuda chuckled softly and asked the crow another question.
"How long have you been dead?"
"I have always been alive," the raven said angrily, opening its beak. "When have I ever died!"
"With such a heavy aura of yin, you still won't admit you're dead?"
Matsuda shook his head and rephrased the question.
"When did you become like this?"
The crow's blood-red eyes were fixed on Matsuda. Although it didn't want to answer, the earlier probing had made it realize that this human was not someone to be trifled with.
After hesitating for a moment, the crow finally spoke.
"About three hundred years ago, after my physical body perished, my soul was elevated to godhood through human worship, which is what I am in now."
"So you've been stuck in the mortal world for over three hundred years,"
Matsuda took out the talisman silver chain and chuckled.
"Sorry, your registration in the mortal world was cancelled long ago. Today I'm sending you to where a ghost should go!"
Although the crow couldn't understand where Matsuda was referring to, it instinctively felt that the human before it had ill intentions.
It flapped its wings, stopped talking, and charged forward again.
The Ghost Knight immediately went to meet him.
"Ding! Ding! Ding..."
The bird's beak clashed repeatedly with the sharp sword. Just as the Ghost Knight and the raven were locked in a stalemate, neither able to gain the upper hand,...
Matsuda, brandishing his silver chain, also joined the battle.
The talismanic silver chain itself is a magical artifact used to subdue evil spirits.
Although the crow before him claimed to be a god, in Silver Chain's eyes, it was still treated as an ordinary ghost.
Each time the crow is struck by the silver chain, a burst of light, like sparks from an electric current, erupts from its body.
Under the combined attack of Matsuda and the Ghost Knight, the Raven God quickly became overwhelmed.
It spread its wings, trying to escape from the main hall.
Unexpectedly, as it flew past the doorway, Matsuda swung out the silver chain in his hand, which then wrapped around the crow's leg.
The crow spirit was incredibly powerful; Matsuda, gripping the silver chain, was almost carried away by it.
Fortunately, the Ghost Knight arrived in time, and the master and servant worked together to pull the Raven God down from mid-air!
"Snapped!"
The raven spirit crashed heavily onto the stone slab in front of the main hall.
"Quack quack!"
The raven spirit raised its head and suddenly let out several mournful cries.
In just a few breaths, a large flock of crows gathered in the sky!
Judging by the number, there are at least several hundred, if not thousands.
Damn, it can summon pets?
Matsuda's face darkened as he watched hundreds of crows rush towards him. He hurriedly dragged the crow spirit into the main hall with the Ghost Knight and quickly closed the hall doors.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Hundreds of crows circled above the main hall, swooping down one after another to peck at the wooden door of the shrine's main hall with their sharp beaks.