Zongman, daily life starting from hunting the supernatural

Only after a heavy rain, when the humidity of the air reaches a certain concentration and at the extremely special time of the Demonic Hour, will the projection of the temple in another world briefly appear in this world.

So the next thing to do is to get there?

Rather than slowly searching for a path that you don't know if it exists, Sakurai prefers...

Vigorously miracle.

A simple and direct solution has emerged in Sakurai's mind.

That is...

【The shortest line segment between two points】

After a little thought, Sakurai simply planned his route and let go of the oil-paper umbrella in his hand. Looking at the oil-paper umbrella floating down, Sakurai pulled out the dagger from his shoulder bag.

Spread your arms, close your eyes and fall straight forward.

Sakurai's feet left the ground and his body fell downwards at high speed.

Along the way, he used the short dagger that could cut through iron like mud to poke holes in the cliffs from time to time, playing a good show called high-speed forced landing.

Soon...

Sakurai arrived at the bottom of the valley.

He raised his hand and caught the oil-paper umbrella that just happened to float to the bottom of the valley.

The whole process was completed in one go.

I shook the umbrella and put the almost dry umbrella into my shoulder bag.

Sakurai carefully looked at the entire surrounding scenery.

【Nothing】

Looking at the barren and wet ground, after a quick walk around, Sakurai came to this conclusion quite easily.

“Is this a temple that only people with a destiny can see?”

trouble...

In his heart, Sakurai complained helplessly.

He hates solving puzzles the most.

Well, start thinking -

I have met all the conditions recorded in the rumors, and I have also done everything the old man said.

If that's the case, I should be able to see the true appearance of the temple.

"What else is missing?"

"Could it be that I really missed something?"

After a brief exploration of the valley bottom, Sakurai saw nothing but barrenness.

Perhaps the answer lies in that record.

Supporting his body with one hand and half leaning against the cliff, Sakurai closed his eyes and recalled the rumor.

According to legend, somewhere in this country there is a hidden temple that only people with a destiny can see. Once you get there...

You can get everything you want.

"Can you get everything you want?"

So that's how it is. I understand.

Opening his eyes again, Sakurai realized he had missed something.

It's greed.

There are only those who ask for things from the temple, and only those who come with wishes.

Only then can you be recognized by this temple.

After all, only people like this are the kind of people that the Gods and Buddhas like.

This is a bit difficult for me.

I thought, what qualifies as desire?

Let's give it a try.

"Please, I have a goal that I want to achieve no matter what."

Sakurai put the dagger into his shoulder bag, clasped his hands together and read with an expressionless face.

Then...

A wooden door appeared in front of him out of nowhere.

Good guy...

Is it really triggered by voice?

It's really casual to judge this destined pair.

Well, it's just an evil spirit after all, so we can't ask for too much.

He pushed open the door in front of him with deep speechlessness.

With a creaking sound, Sakurai stepped into it.

16. I said it, and I mean it

When Sakurai could see again, he had already arrived at the very center of the temple.

He skipped the main gate and the front hall and came directly to the final hall.

In the center of the main hall, there is a huge golden Buddha with a round and plump face, honest, gentle, kind, and majestic without being angry.

The Buddha is seated cross-legged on a lotus seat, with his left hand placed horizontally on his knees in the mudra of concentration, and his right hand placed on his right knee with his palm facing inward and his fingers pointing to the ground, indicating that the earth is his witness.

This is the holy image of enlightenment.

However...

Unlike the magnificent Buddha statue, other parts of the hall are extremely dirty and messy.

This is a scene that is so contradictory and weird.

"The last place that was this messy was Madoka's room."

Sakurai waved his hand to blow away all the dust in the air, then stepped on the tattered futon on the ground and looked up at the golden stone statue that seemed to be a Buddha.

"My destined one, kneel down and pray sincerely, and I will fulfill your long-cherished wish."

The faint sound of help echoed in Fenwen's ears, a special tone that was incomprehensible to humans.

Sakurai understood.

"Come on, I don't think you have the right to make me kneel down."

"I say, if you are a god or Buddha, you should be omnipotent. Can you guess my purpose?"

Sakurai snapped his fingers, temporarily hiding his intentions and spoke loudly.

"You rude human being, you are not destined to be with me."

"He is a blasphemer and a follower of the demon king Mara."

The strange tone of the stone statue in the burning text was rebuking Sakurai's unreasonableness, and it was about to bring down [divine punishment].

[The demon king Mara said: When your Dharma ends, I will ask my disciples to infiltrate your Buddhist monastic community, wear your robes, and destroy your Dharma. They will misinterpret your scriptures and destroy your precepts in order to achieve the goals that I cannot achieve with force today.]

"Stop it, you are a follower of the demon king, Po Xun. I think..."

"The disciples mentioned in this sentence are you, aren't they?"

"After all, isn't your goal to [eat me]?"

"Well..."

"Your brain capacity is only so big."

"Since you can't guess it, I will mercifully tell you."

"You monster who impersonates the gods and Buddhas, my target is you."

That’s all, the next thing is——

Fight.

The light of the knife flashed.

After cutting off the head of the stone statue, Sakurai raised his head, held the dagger in his backhand, and kicked the head in mid-air to pieces.

Tilting his head to avoid the rubble that exploded in the air, Sakurai took several steps back after landing, leaning his back against the wall and staring at the headless stone statue in the center of the temple.

In Sakurai's eyes——

The dark gas poured out from the majestic Buddha statue and eventually swallowed up the golden Buddha.

The stone statue was completely devoured, and in its place was a beast whose appearance was completely unclear.

The beast disguised itself as the Buddha to satisfy its selfish desires.

The beast chanted Buddhist scriptures to deceive people.

The beast stretched and twisted its body to destroy its enemies.

The destined person is the sacrifice, and the fulfilled wish is the bait.

It transforms itself into a god or Buddha and devours life.

The world is dangerous right now...

Demons are rampant and humans have no means to deal with them. They can only become blind and deaf to save their lives.

Such a world can perhaps really be called the Dharma Ending Age.

but...

Even in such a world, the guy in front of me is definitely not a god.