The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 754: The Narrow Gate (25)

At the door of the church, Father Kamino was standing there, holding a Bible, and had obviously been waiting for them for a long time.

"Father..." Fu Muyin, who had been following them silently, raised the knife in his hand and was about to rush forward.

“Suppress!” Qian Xiaoyi pinched the magic formula, and a purple talisman flashed on Fu Muyin’s head, which made him stay where he was and not rush forward rashly.

Xingchang Rang snorted coldly: "Is the priest waiting for us there? It seems that he went through such a big circle just to consume our spiritual power?"

King Kong raised his arms and said, "Heh~ I'm almost falling asleep. Anyway, let's give him a good beating first."

"King Kong, don't do anything yet." Qian Xiaoyi quickly stopped him: "Pay attention to your surroundings."

When King Kong clenched his fist, the scattered passers-by around him instantly turned their heads and stared at him quietly.

"They sense your hostility." Liuliyuan Hiroaki said, "Gather your strength first. Now is not the time to attack. Kamano knows this, so he dares to stand there and wait for us."

"Tsk." King Kong put down his fist unhappily, took a deep breath, and calmed his mind. His family's practice method was related to the Buddhist guardian, plus Qian Xiaoyi's special training, this was not difficult to do.

Seeing everyone approaching, Father Kamino nodded to them gently and said, "You are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time. Please follow me in."

Xingchang Rang said disdainfully: "After going around in circles, we are back to the church again? Can't you be a little more creative and come up with some gold saints to guard the gate? And this is obviously a trap, only a fool would go in! It's so empty here, there are nowhere else to go? Xiaoyi, find another exit, we don't want to play this trick with him."

"I'm afraid... we really have to play with him." Qian Xiaoyi stared at the compass and said, "Don't think that you can go anywhere here. In fact, this place contains the principle of the formation. Many directions are dead ends and will eventually return to here. According to the compass's direction, this is one of the nodes of this space. If we want to get out of this hellhole, we can only go in."

Xingba Rang yawned and said, "It doesn't matter what. I'm a little tired of the monotonous colors here. Whether we can defeat him or not, as long as we can get out, that guy will be finished. Everyone will know that he is the saint of the Church of Hope and the murderer of Fuki Yin."

"It would be great if it were really like that..." Qian Xiaoyi muttered to himself, and then led everyone into the church.

The structure of the interior of the church was no different from that of their main body. The only difference was that it was like daytime here, with warm sunlight shining in from the windows, making the place look extremely holy, and then there was the holy statue hanging in the center of the wall.

The faces of the Holy Child and the Virgin Mary in the original painting were replaced with other people, and they were surrounded by a group of faceless people. Of course, they knew one of them. Although he seemed a little distorted due to artistic processing, he was very similar to the founder of the Church of Hope, Mari Amahara.

Next to him, there was a gentle and compassionate woman with droopy eyelids. When he saw this woman, Inuyama Heita's expression became stiff.

"Mari Amahara, and the Saint Chizuru Hayafune." Qian Xiaoyi admired the painting and said, "As for those people next to them, they are other saints. Am I right? The first saint is Yoshiyuki Kamino." The priest stood behind the altar and said gently, "Since you already know, there is nothing to hide."

“Why!” Liuliyuan Hongming, who had been the most stable before, was the first to stand up and questioned: “Why did you join this evil cult? Answer me! The Kamino I know is the most devout believer!”

Recalling the past, Liuliyuan Hiroaki still found it a little hard to believe. They had solved many problems together when they were young. The combination of a monk and a priest seemed a little strange, but the two of them cooperated seamlessly and became good friends.

Because no matter what the other party believes in, as long as they are kind and bright, they can have common topics to discuss religion and philosophy, and study how to better exorcise ghosts and remove curses for people with troubles...

"When did you change!" asked Liuliyuan Hongming.

"I have never changed." Father Kamino shook his head and said, "To be honest, I have been here since the establishment of the Church of Hope. I should say that I am one of the founders of the Church of Hope."

Liuliyuan Hongming was stunned, and so were the others. He widened his eyes: "Are you kidding me? The Church of Hope should have been established twenty years ago. At that time, you... Could it be that the extremely pious Father Kamiya I knew, the Kamiya who was willing to sacrifice his life for the innocent, was all your disguise?!"

"That's me too," Father Kamino said. "I'm still the same Kamino, the same Kamino Yoshiyuki you know."

"Then why did you do such a thing! Those Aquarius Envoys!" Liuliyuan Hongming scolded: "Go and encourage them to do such evil things! Commit a sin!"

"Is it wrong to do that?" asked Father Kamino.

"What?" Liuliyuan Hongming frowned.

"Is it wrong to help people get rid of despair and embrace hope?" Father Kamino asked, "The sick family members drag down the whole family. The money for the children's schooling, living expenses, and future are all thrown into this bottomless pit. In this case, it will only destroy the whole family. I let them get rid of the root of despair. Is it wrong?"

Without waiting for anyone to answer, Father Kamino defended himself, "My unfilial son got addicted to gambling and sent all the family money to the casino, forcing his elderly parents to go out to make money. If they refused, he would beat them. I made this source of despair disappear. Is that wrong?"

"Perhaps you want to say that I shouldn't have encouraged these things to happen, which violates human ethics." Father Kamino said, "But those are not in line with God's concept. I pray to the Lord day and night, hoping that he can send down miracles, but the world is still like this, which makes me feel distressed. Then I read the scriptures, trying to find the answer from them, and found that the Lord had already told us the answer - 'Commit your works to the Holy Spirit, and your plans will be established.' Do you know what this means?"

"It means - God tells us: relying on prayer and God alone will not allow people to achieve their beliefs and goals. Only by making their own efforts first can they get God's response, so..." Father Kamino said: "If I don't want to see that kind of evil and despair, I must stop it and help those lost people eradicate despair. If the lambs can't see the kingdom of heaven, I will build a kingdom of heaven for them."

"…Only in this way can God come." said Father Kamino.

(End of this chapter)