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Chapter 33: Bodhi Patriarch Provides Advice (Newbies Please Read!!!)
32. Guanyin Bodhisattva provides guidance
The Dragon Demon looked at the phantom of Toosaka Rin dressed as Guanyin in front of him and was a little undecided for a moment.

Specifically, I feel very confused.

Especially when you see the horse ears and tail popping out of the other person's body.

Horse-headed Guanyin?

If it was Guanyin, then the dragon demon wouldn't have to worry about anything.

It is normal for Buddha and Bodhisattva to send down trials, and in terms of business content, they are in the same line of business as the dragon demon.

The difference between these dragon demons and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas is that the purpose of sending down trials is to give the target the trial itself.

The purpose of the trials bestowed by the Dragon Demon is to train warriors who can fight against him or even kill him, the Demon King.

However, a being that looks like Guanyin is not necessarily Guanyin.

The Dragon Demon knows this very well.

As an evil god in ancient Persian mythology, the Dragon Demon possesses two "powers" - "Absolute Demon King" and "Thousands of Magic".

The former represents the dragon demon 'who controls the evil thoughts in the hearts of all intelligent beings' - the god of evil thoughts.

The latter represents the Dragon Demon's 'ultimate mastery of magic' - the God of Magic.

The identity of the God of Magic, or the 'power of magic', is also a very special one among the many powers of Shura gods and Buddhas.

Because this power actually has another name in modern times - 'God of Science'.

Why is it so weird?
This starts with the 'origin of magic' in the Type-Moon world.

How did magic first come about?

A professionally trained magician may tell you that the earliest magic was the "imitation and degradation" of the "power of God" by magicians in the mythological era.

There is nothing wrong with this statement itself, but few magicians will tell you the more subtle content: the original magician, the ancestor of magicians, was a god.

She is the goddess Isis, who is now considered the goddess of magic in ancient Egypt.

In the ancient times, which were very old even in the mythological era, the goddess of magic Isis came to a conclusion one day in her research.

This achievement is called "Scientific Thought".

The goddess Isis believed that all objectively existing things in this world, including the power of gods, could be observed, studied, and laws summarized.

And the law that has been verified to be correct is the 'formula'.

As long as the correct steps are followed to replicate it, even powers that Isis herself does not possess can be imitated and reproduced.

Isis was halfway there.

She did succeed in replicating the powers of other gods, but no matter how hard she tried, the 'magic' she obtained was only a severely degraded version.

For example, she tried to replicate the power of the sun god, but what she ended up with was just the magic of 'rolling fireballs'.

Isis cannot create powers she does not possess.

But this didn't bother her at all.

She created the power of the concept of "God of Magic", and then used the power of "God of Magic" to amplify and strengthen the degraded copyright she copied.

In the end, although he still cannot match the real Sun God, he can get "infinitely close".

The first magic created by Isis as the 'God of Magic' was also a magic that was fully adapted to the 'power of the God of Magic' and became the 'most basic magic' of later generations.

The name of that magic is: 'Projection Magic'

What modern magicians call "magic" actually has the same origin as "science".

Perhaps the first magician (scientist/alchemist) Isis did not expect that the aristocratic magicians of the future would artificially separate the concepts of "magic" and "science" for the reason of "maintaining the nobility of magic".

The Dragon Demon Azi Dahaka is a very rare deity who also possesses the 'power of the god of magic'.

This power means that the Dragon Demon can "imitate and degrade (divine projection)" all the powers he knows.

It is precisely because of this that the Dragon Demon knows much more than outsiders imagine.

For example - the Dragon Demon knows some 'secrets' about Isis, the ancestor of magicians, which very few people know.

Isis also has another identity: the Virgin Mary.

Yes, it is the Virgin Mary in Christian mythology.

Through textual research, ordinary people have also discovered this secret: the prototype of today's most classic statue of the Virgin Mary - that is, the "Madonna Holding the Child" - is actually a statue of the goddess Isis holding the god of war Horus.

According to the unreliable rumors that Dragon Demon heard, the man called the Son of God Jesus was actually the super-human original 'Horus' created by Isis as a scientist (the god of alchemy).

Of course, this kind of unofficial history is just for fun and is not the focus of the Dragon Demon's current situation.

The point is this: the Virgin Mary is Isis.

And then – the Virgin Mary has another identity, another name.

That’s right: Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The inheritance here is a bit complicated.

The general situation can be understood like this (for reference only, see Figure 1 of Le’s unofficial history↓):

In the Chinese mainland, it was probably during the Tang Dynasty that Buddhism underwent some minor "adaptations" in order to spread in China.

For example, the well-known change of Guanyin Bodhisattva from male to female - "feminization" is actually a common occurrence.

Guanyin Bodhisattva originally has various incarnations of different genders, such as male and female.

The key point is that in order to please Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, the missionary monk painted the appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva based on the appearance of Li Shimin's queen, Empress Zhangsun.

Since then, there has been a tradition in the Chinese mainland of "painting the image of Guanyin based on the queen's image".

When the time came to the Ming Dynasty, Christianity was introduced to the Shenzhou Dynasty. The clever missionaries learned from the advanced experience of their predecessors and decided to...

They painted their image of the Virgin Mary according to the image of Guanyin painted by the Queen.

Thus, in the Eastern Chinese cultural circle, the images of Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Virgin Mary were unified.

Missionaries who came to Japan and local Japanese believers even unscrupulously translated "Virgin Mary" into "Holy Guanyin Bodhisattva".

The Dragon Demon knew that Isis and Guanyin Bodhisattva were actually two people (gods).

But there is no conflict between the two of them, and their relationship is pretty good. Because of this connection, they can even share an account!
Long Mo thought: If it was Guanyin who came, then he just needed to do what he should do. Guanyin herself has always been approving of trials. She might lend a hand, but she would never deliberately destroy the trial itself.

But if it was Isis who came, it would be hard to say.
If it was Isis who came, and saw the mutated 'Three-phase Projection Magic' that Shirou mastered.
It would be fine if you were just looking for prey and wanted to kidnap the person. Isis would follow the procedures and would mark Shirou's soul with her own mark first. Then she would come to collect the person after Shirou died.

The worse case scenario is that she intends to use violence to destroy the trial arranged by the Dragon Demon.

The worst case scenario is that she intends to directly possess Shirou Emiya! Take away his "Three-phase Projection"!
In the basement of Fuyuki Church, the Dragon Demon could only silently prepare himself amid the increasingly wanton ridicule of Jill beside him.

What to prepare?
Of course, be prepared for the worst!
In the worst case scenario, if Isis decides to violently seize the body and rob the person, then the only thing the Dragon Demon can do is
Ok.

Shake people.

Long Mo planned to mobilize people, specifically to personally "call" Guanyin Bodhisattva.

I called Guanyin Bodhisattva and explained the pros and cons to her, appealing to her emotions and reason, and told her:
"What a bull! Look at this Emiya Shirou and Toosaka Rinrou, they are a perfect match! How can we tolerate Isis interfering and forcibly destroying this perfect marriage!?"

wrong.

Long Mo felt that no matter what, he had to make this call to Guanyin Bodhisattva.

First ask about the identity of the thing in front of Guanyin. If it is Guanyin herself or the incarnation of Guanyin in the present world, then it doesn’t matter. There are too many incarnations of Guanyin, and there are many people who can summon her incarnations as substitute messengers. Most of the time, she herself is not on the list.

The trial process should be continued. If it is Isis, the mad scientist in the ancient myth, then the dragon demon will be able to "beat the gods" and work with Guanyin to drive away Isis, the troublemaker.

[The Dragon Demon tries to 'call' Guanyin Bodhisattva]

[Difficulty: 400]

[Dragon Demon's 'Thousand Magics: Didi Da Shen (Because it is not an interference in the mortal world, Bahram will not interfere)': 1D500=495 (Meaning☆Unclear)]

The call went through very smoothly. Or rather, it went too smoothly, as if it had been waiting there all along.

Guanyin's statement is
[The 'strange phantom of Guanyin Bodhisattva' behind Shirou in front of the Dragon Demon is]

[1. The incarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva (I am on this account)]

[2/4/6, the incarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva (I didn’t log in)]

[3/8, Isis is on Guanyin's trumpet (but only to mark her, and will take her soul after Shirou dies)]

[5. Isis intends to disrupt the Dragon Demon's trial? ]

[7. Isis intends to violently take over Shirou Emiya's body!? ]

9. Nothing

[10. Chaos Super Expansion]

【1D10=9】

Guanyin Bodhisattva answered the call immediately, as if she had been watching the live broadcast channel, and immediately said: "There is no Bodhi tree, and the bright mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the first place, so where can dust gather?"

Aziz Dahaka was silent for a moment, then after understanding, he could not help but sigh: "The Buddha is in Lingshan Mountain, don't look for him far away, Lingshan Mountain is only in your heart. Everyone has a Lingshan Pagoda, so it is good to practice under the Lingshan Pagoda.

By the way, are you implying that Patriarch Subhuti is paying special attention to this (live broadcast)? "

The communication was immediately disconnected.

In short, Aziz Dahaka knew that he had fallen into the error of empiricism.

It is true that the Five Wisdom Mantras used by Shirou are a technique that uses the power of faith in the Buddha to fight against evil.

But, before that - Buddhism was not originally a belief or a religion, but 'enlightenment'.

The Dragon Demon was thinking too complicatedly. He wanted to send down a trial, but unexpectedly he was taught a lesson by a junior.

The answer is simple: Shirou and Toosaka Rin did not borrow the power of any Shura gods or Buddhas to deal with them.

It's just pure 'enlightenment'.

It was just a simple promise of "protection" made by a boy to a girl, which made that warm and innocent heart burst into miracles.

As for the strange virtual image of Guanyin behind Shirou, it is simply a projection of the image in Shirou's mind.

The image of 'the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering' that Shirou imagines is Toosaka Rin.

Why not Miss Musashi, who also saved his life and has a higher status in his heart?

Because Shirou could see that Miss Musashi had her own little plans in mind when it came to saving him. The first and foremost of them was to train Shirou into a peerless master, and then fight Shirou to the death.

But Toosaka Rin is different. She really doesn't have any demands on Shirou, and all she says are tsundere words, but in fact, she is really saving a stranger for free and simply out of "kindness".

Shirou didn't know what the ideal of 'partner of justice' that his father, Emiya Kiritsugu, pursued was.

But Shirou felt that no one fit the definition of a 'companion of justice' better than the 'Tousaka Rin' he knew.

In that case, Shirou wants to become the 'partner' of 'Partner of Justice (Tousaka Rin)'.

If Toosaka Rin wishes, then Shirou can also become a 'partner of justice'.

The Dragon Demon may feel emotional, but after this episode, the trial will continue.

Perhaps Shirou's performance will make some of the Shura gods and Buddhas who are paying attention to him give him a higher score and then give him some good rewards in the future?

But – that alone is not enough.

Unable to satisfy the Dragon Demon.

To be precise, this is not what the Dragon Demon wants to see.

"like?

The awareness of protection?
That kind of thing can be good or - evil!

In order to love someone, you make enemies with more people.

In order to protect someone, one must eliminate those who might harm her.

I just want to be someone's righteous partner.
Out-of-control 'love' and 'protection' can also become the evil of humanity!

Not enough, not enough!
If you want to become a 'Dark Warrior' who can kill the Demon King, this alone is not enough!

You have not yet demonstrated to my satisfaction the power to fight against or even kill the Absolute Demon King!"

In order to usurp the power of the Dragon Demon, in order to obtain the power of the "Dark Warrior" and to save the countless victims affected by the black mud in Fuyuki City.

The trial is not over yet!
Unlike the Buddha who gave trials simply to test the target.

There are rewards for the Dragon Demon’s Trial, and he is never stingy with rewards!
"Prove to me that you have the power to control the Dark Warrior and will not be consumed and corrupted by it - your Justice!"

Although we are not stingy with rewards, it is not easy to get the good ones!
The Dragon Demon Trial enters the next stage!

In Shirou's spiritual world, the dragon demon stabbed its claws into the hole in the center of Shirou's chest.

——But in the real world.

In Toosaka Rin's eyes, Shirou's body clearly began to resist. He pressed his hands on the dragon bone mask covering his head, as if trying to forcibly take it off.

But just at this moment!
Ominous fluctuations suddenly spread from the dragon bone mask!
Shirou himself, as well as Miss Musashi who was standing in front of Toosaka Rin, were both affected by that wave!

This is the power of the Dragon Demon!
'Power: Absolute Demon King'

In other words, the first round was just a 'prelude' to the 'warm-up' (although an accident occurred).

This is the beginning of the trial carefully planned by the Dragon Demon!
The first target of the trial - wasn't actually Shirou.

It's Toosaka Rin!
Because the person who planned and performed this ceremony was Toosaka Rin!

The Dragon Demon used the power of the 'Absolute Demon King (God of Evil Thoughts)' to detonate the 'evil thoughts' in the hearts of Toosaka Rin's two companions - Miyamoto Musashi and Emiya Shirou!
Or: The inner demon

A test of the heart!

[Tousaka Rin initiates a ritual with the goal of usurping the power of the Dragon Demon]

[But despite all her calculations, Rin Tousaka had not expected that Azi Dahaka himself had already appeared in the world, not through the barrier of the mortal world, but was directly fighting with her.]

【Dragon Demon Vs. Toosaka Rin】

[The Dragon Demon activated the power of 'Absolute Evil (God of Evil)', and induced the evil in Shirou and Musashi's hearts, and used it to control their bodies——]

[Shirou and Musashi are "resisting". If they fail, the two's right to act will be temporarily under the control of the Dragon Demon (the Dragon Demon's previous 1D300=297 big success reward)]

[Difficulty: 90]

[Shirou's 'Heart (Imitation)': 1D100=3 (?)]

[Musashi's 'heart (will)': 1D100=97 (?)]

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