As the savior, I only want to play single-player games.

Rom discovered that Yotsuya Miko was missing.

The black mist, representing the mountain god, lingered where Miss Miko stood.

But nothing could be seen there, as if a living person had vanished.

No, it shouldn't be like this.

Why didn't the power behind Ms. Yotsuya Miko appear?

……

Kagura Tendou's hand, which was picking up food, suddenly paused. He looked up, put down his chopsticks, and said softly, "You guys eat first, I'm going out for a bit."

Nishimiya Yuzuru and Ise Suzuka watched Tendo Kagura's silent departure until he disappeared into the entrance hall.

"Where are you going, Ni-chan?"

"I don't know, but he'll be back soon anyway," Suzuka said without looking up.

Yuzuru Nishimiya used the living room window to observe the front yard, but his view was limited, and he did not see Kagura Tendo.

Night fell outside.

Suzuka Ise was eating with relish, while Yuzuru Nishimiya stopped what she was doing, sat down in a chair, and looked out the window.

Unfortunately, she couldn't spot Kagura Tendo, and thought that her brother might have something come up.

I only saw the sky outside brighten for a moment.

It was an extremely brilliant light, but it vanished like lightning, almost imperceptible, like an illusion.

But Yuzuru Nishimiya noticed it because a brilliant shooting star streaked across the night sky.

Its trajectory was extremely strange, giving the impression that it was not a meteorite that brushed past Earth from outer space, but rather that it was going against the current—more like a shooting star from the earth, flying headlong into the deepest night sky.

Yuzuru Nishimiya was captivated by the brilliant shooting star.

She had never seen such a dazzling and bright shooting star.

Even though that thing had long since disappeared, Yuzuru Nishimiya instinctively made a wish.

"I hope my sister gets better and is healthy, so she won't be bullied anymore, and I hope she can be with Ni-chan..."

……

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Please, gentlemen, stop arguing. The reason for deleting the chapter is that we felt it would negatively impact the reading experience for subsequent readers.

After all, when it comes to stories, fluency is paramount. My abilities are limited, and I only hope to write books quietly.

We admit that the main character's appearances were indeed limited, so we've changed it. We've compressed the shrine storyline into a few chapters, and it will end in the next chapter. The original plan was for four or five chapters.

You say this is water, and we dare not disagree; we are also making improvements. But please don't misunderstand my intention in issuing this statement.

We used to guarantee at least three updates a day, averaging four updates a day. The reason we reduced it to two updates a day is because too much of the story has been cut, and we need to adjust the subsequent plot.

This thing has far-reaching consequences.

On the very first day of publication, I was caught off guard. An error occurred in the author's backend, which resulted in the first chapter being a free chapter and a whole bunch of my completed manuscripts being lost. This left me with no choice but to desperately revise the first draft. The reason it's called a first draft is because it's written so roughly.

Even now, the second volume is still criticized for not being well done, so I've always felt bad for all the subscribers.

I'm so sorry.

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Chapter Twenty-Five: Piercing Through the Ancient Curtain!

Tendo Kagura did indeed return very quickly.

Just as Suzuka said.

But his face was pale, and his eyes were tired; only his spine looked like a javelin.

He sat back down as if he had never left.

Yuzuru Nishimiya wanted to ask him where he had gone, but she didn't, feeling that their relationship wasn't quite there yet. She gently shut her mouth, and then said with a smile, "Nii-chan, I just saw a shooting star."

She shared the beautiful scenery she had just witnessed, saying she had never seen such a dazzling sight before, and felt overjoyed, believing it to be a good omen.

The Heavenly God was somewhat surprised. He nodded slightly but did not reply.

"It's a pity that it disappeared too quickly; I didn't even have time to tell Suzuka." She made a wish right away.

Although Nishimiya Yuzuru is still young, they get along surprisingly well, and he is considerate and thoughtful in his actions.

Suzuka Ise raised her face and subconsciously glanced out the window, her little face showing no concern.

She doesn't care about making wishes.

Just like so-called gods, they are completely unbelievable.

The only reliable information comes from what Grandma and Kagura Tendo said.

Because only they wouldn't deceive themselves.

"Yuzuru-chan, according to the textbook, meteors are just dust particles that drift in space. They are extremely light and will be quickly consumed by friction, turning into a beam of light and disappearing." Suzuka said, shaking her head.

Nishimiya Yuzuru smiled, her eyes crinkling, "Suzuka-chan, being too rational can cause you to miss out on a lot of happiness."

She then looked at Kagura Tendo, her bright eyes filled with anticipation: "What do you think, Nii-chan?"

"It will go where it is meant to go," Kagura Tendo murmured, her expression slightly weary.

His eyes were deep, with tiny, dark glints appearing in the depths of his pupils.

……

Jianzi found herself in darkness.

This is an endless, boundless darkness.

But she didn't panic; she was surprisingly calm.

'I remember being swallowed whole by the mountain god,' she murmured to herself. Judging from her current situation, she should be inside the mountain god's body, but what was this dark space?

This is a situation she must have experienced.

She once crossed paths with an evil spirit while protecting Xiaohua, and her experience at that time was also one of sudden darkness, similar to what she is experiencing now.

But if that's the case, then I shouldn't be in any danger.

Why would the mountain god swallow itself?

Could it be because of the blood-red jade pendant he always carries with him?

But that thing didn't merge with me.

She stood quietly, puzzled, when suddenly she heard the sound of bells coming from the darkness.

Ding-ling!

jingle!

More and more bells rang out, one after another, even mixed with indistinct murmurs.

Help me...

Seeing Zi slightly frown, but more and more bell sounds entered her ears, like demonic sounds, possessing a tangible power, causing her a severe headache. She subconsciously grabbed her head and shook it desperately, trying to shake away the pain.

But it doesn't seem to be of much use.

The babbling became increasingly clear.

Jianzi indeed heard that sentence filled with a painful cry for help.

"help me!"

She suddenly looked up, and all the pain and abnormality vanished. Her eyes shone brightly, and her golden eyes illuminated the path ahead, the environment she was in.

It was still in front of the shrine's hall.

As she expected, the previous darkness was because she was inside the mountain god's body, and the latter did not harm her.

But why? The mountain god shouldn't have shown mercy.

Seeing that Zi subconsciously looked up, the light emanating from her golden eyes allowed her to see the current appearance of the mountain god within his body.

It struggled violently, seemingly in great pain, and roared. Its original beastly fur was torn away, transforming into a twisted and grotesque form.

The mountain god, after his transformation, became humanoid.

Image: "Mountain God's Metamorphosis", Location: "Images/1647508872-100299341-108503628.jpg"

Its head is like a demon, covered in animal skin, with long arms and two rows of arms in the shape of ribs in its abdominal cavity, which is bulging with bells.

Golden eyes illuminated the path ahead. Seeing Zi staring at his own palm, clenched into a fist, he murmured to himself, 'Is this my true power?'

The spiritual realm.

A crystal radiated boundless light, silently resisting all invading forces.

Seeing that the child no longer hesitated, he stepped onto the shrine and pushed open the ancient door, but footsteps came from behind him, and a person stepped inside first.

"Seeing you, I have won!" Yuria said with great joy.

But before she could even observe the situation, the space above her suddenly became much wider, the roof had vanished, the four wooden walls were badly damaged, and the entire shrine was trembling.

Jianzi saw the monster tear open the roof with its hands, and the terrifying human face looked down.

But Yuria remained completely unaware.

She looked around and found the place extremely simple, with many talismans pasted on the floor. In the center was a square table, with seven or eight ropes hanging from the wall. Each rope was hung with many pieces of paper and strips of cloth, and the other end of each rope was tied to an item on the table. The item was wrapped in white cloth, so its true appearance could not be seen.

Image: "Ancestral Hall", Location: "Images/1647508961-100299341-108503628.jpg"

Seeing that Zi strode to the center and picked up the thing with both hands.

Is this the sealed artifact that Rom was referring to?

In a daze, she saw a young girl in a kimono standing in front of her. Her face was covered by a white cloth, but she was slender and looked very young.

From beneath the white veil came a painful, delirious murmur: "Save me..."

Just as the mountain god was about to make a move, a sudden burst of magical power struck it, causing it to stumble.

It was that right divine messenger. He and another divine messenger were supposed to be restraining Baihechuan Hua, but the situation there was unexpected.