Zongman: Please stop destroying the worldview!

"What's going on? Why don't you just tell me directly?"

Chen Mo pulled a chair and sat next to Jianzi. "Indeed, you guys are getting me excited with your riddles. Now, bring out the shocking truth."

Rom smiled sarcastically and took out a handful of paper sticks hung with tiny bells.

"The truth is, the evil god's goal is to find someone with a suitable physique to serve as his vessel, but a single human being as a vessel cannot always hold him.

He chooses a new vessel every hundred years, and until that chosen one is sacrificed, his interference and curse on the mortal world will not cease."

Sanzhi: "Rom, shut up!"

Rom: “So, the best option now is to sacrifice Jianzi and send her to the shrine in exchange for a hundred years of peace for the evil god.

You don't want your family and friends to be cursed by evil spirits and turn into evil spirits, right?"

Jianzi was shocked: "! Sacrifice, sacrifice me?"

Before she could react, Ling Xuan on the side couldn't stand it anymore. He slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Rom and questioning him imposingly:

"What, this is your plan? To calm that god down, you're going to sacrifice this innocent child?

What do you think of human life?! I, Linghuan Xinlong, am truly ashamed to work with you!

Granny Sanzhi stopped pretending and angrily yelled at Rom, "Rom, I really misjudged you. Have you lost your conscience? I thought you'd finally muster up the courage to put an end to what happened back then!"

Rom: "You are too idealistic, mother-in-law. Your thinking is still immersed in old-fashioned theories. What we are facing is not a mere 'evil spirit', but a god.

The last time we tried to stop God, we wasted Towako-sensei's life and allowed the evil spirit to wreak havoc for another thirty years."

Sanzhi: "Do you think I'm senile? God is just a monster that is worshipped! I have summoned the strongest exorcists. While the thing that spreads the curse is weak, we can completely-"

Rom: "Impossible, everyone."

Rom grabbed his messy hair, his voice filled with unprecedented despair:

"After that happened, I've been researching that mountain. I've been collecting all the literature I could find about it, and you know what I found?"

Chen Mo immediately chimed in: "What did you discover? What kind of truth makes you so desperate?"

Rom: "Records of that evil god began three hundred years ago. At the same time, all the priests and onmyojis' records of the 'God's disappearance' also occurred three hundred years ago. I've carefully researched it, and to be precise, these two events occurred at the same time.

Since a certain day three hundred years ago, the Japanese gods have not performed any miracles. The shrines are empty, and the only one who still answers wishes is the evil god enshrined in the mountain. Do you understand what this means?

Whether the gods we worship have disappeared or gone into hiding, they are powerless to fight this evil god. If the gods are helpless, what can we mortals do?

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Jianzi whispered to Chen Mo: "Um, Master Mage, could it be that the gods really..."

Chen Mo also replied in a low voice: "According to my observation, it is indeed like this. There are no gods in the several shrines I have observed. The only exception is the fox we found in Itomori Town, which is about to dissipate. Rom's judgment should be correct."

Seeing her son was like being struck by lightning, and the huge panic threw her heart into a tide of despair.

Yes, ever since she could see, the number of evil spirits she had encountered was truly excessive. A small number of ordinary people might become ghosts after death, but those who could become ghosts had to hold heavy obsessions or harbor immense resentment to become evil spirits.

The hundreds, even thousands, of evil spirits he encountered in his daily life, what kind of torture had they endured in their lives to transform into those twisted evil spirits? How many innocent souls had the evil god already murdered in his quest to become a vessel for himself?

I've searched for so many mysterious items, but none of them are useful. The terrifying evil spirits are becoming more and more numerous, and their impact on our lives is becoming more and more serious.

My friend Hua has been haunted by evil spirits many times, and each time it was a dangerous experience. Another friend, Yulia, has nearly lost her life several times because of her psychic vision ability. Recently, even my younger brother has started seeing vague black shadows at home...

If you continue like this, your family and friends will be in danger one day, and strangers will be injured or even die because of your cowardly survival.

No one can help me, even the gods themselves can't save themselves. Is it really the right decision for me to sacrifice myself?

But I don’t want to die. I’m still young, I haven’t had a normal high school life yet, I still want to continue to eat delicious food and see fun things;

I still want to go shopping with Hua, Yulia and the others. I don’t want to say goodbye to my mother. My father has already left, and she will be so hurt if I disappear.

Jianzi grabbed the corner of Chen Mo's clothes with tears in his eyes: "Master Mage, do I really need to sacrifice myself to protect everyone? But I don't want to die..."

Chen Mo: "If you don't want to die, then don't die. Do you think sacrificing yourself to save the world is cool? Then I won't stop you."

Jianzi: "Do you have a way to deal with that evil god?"

Chen Mo: "Of course, didn't I tell you? Before, it was mainly because it was well hidden that I couldn't find it. Now that I can locate it, I will go directly over and destroy this mountain god and the mountain together."

Jianzi's tears stopped immediately: "Why didn't you say so earlier! After hearing what Rom said, I thought I had to die."

Chen Mo: "Look, now you don't mind the damage I caused. Right? As long as the roof is taken off, no one will care about opening the windows."

Jianzi: "What a strange metaphor! But it scared me to death. I thought I was going to die."

Chen Mo: "You're too fragile, but Rom is quite good at telling stories. He's worthy of being a supernatural internet celebrity. He created a very good atmosphere and made something that couldn't even destroy Tokyo seem so oppressive."

"Also, I can tell Rom doesn't really want to sacrifice you. This guy hasn't told the truth yet."

Chapter 69: Speak More Truthfully

"Well, there's no need to do this. Do we have to sacrifice this lovely girl? This is too cruel!"

Toribatsu was also confused at this time and started talking nonsense:

"Well, since it's all about sacrifice, why not let me do it? I'm very popular with ghosts. On holidays, ghosts line up to possess me and experience what it's like to be alive.

I have a lot of experience in this area, and maybe that evil god will be very satisfied after getting behind me once, and won't harm others again."

Ling Xuan couldn't hold it in any longer: "What the hell are you talking about! Don't make it sound like making a sacrifice is some kind of special job!"

Toritsuk: "What's wrong with doing special work? Don't underestimate using your body to make money, uncle. After repeated training, my body has become so warm that any kind of ghost can feel at home when possessed! With my talent, if I can satisfy the evil god, maybe we can have a happy ending!"

Ling Huan: "Don't call me uncle! I'm still young and handsome!"

Jianzi: The atmosphere is completely ruined. What was I so sad about just now?

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Chen Mo: "It's a fascinating story, but Rom, you said you have to share information to gain trust. But I can tell that you're still hiding something."

Chen Mo's words drew everyone's attention back to Rom. The man still looked dejected.

"I've already told you everything I know. As for what happened thirty years ago, that was a private matter between me and Granny Sanzhi. It won't have any impact."

Chen Mo: "Really? But what I want to know is, is this really your action plan?

Lead the exorcists through the forest filled with evil spirits, feed Jianzi to the mountain god, and then leave. Is this your entire action plan? "

Rom's expression wavered for a moment, but he still replied, "Yes, that's my plan.

By sacrificing just one person, the Tokyo area can be protected from the harassment of evil spirits, and no one will be cursed by the mountain god and turned into an evil spirit.

Just sacrifice one person, like in the trolley problem, so that more people can be saved, and I will pull the lever to change the track."

Chen Mo: "Really? If you lie about the action plan, everyone will be in danger.

As it happens, I recently learned a new spell that forces you to tell the truth if you admit defeat in a game. To ensure your credibility, how about a game of Truth or Dare, Prodigy Rom?

Toribatsu: "There's such a powerful spell? Please teach me, so I can play games with the girls later—"

Linghuan pinched Niaoshu's mouth and said, "Shut up, you pervert! Can't you see we're talking about something important right now?"

Rom finally showed a look of panic. He opened his mouth to refuse, but saw the complicated look in Grandma Sanzhi's eyes:

"Rom, could it be that you want to... I see, this is how you are."

Rom closed his eyes and took a deep breath:

"This kind of thing really doesn't suit me. Well, I didn't expect that you, a planeswalker who claims to only know how to fight, could cast such a game-like spell."

Chen Mo: "I can also use [Thought Grab] on you, but that's too rough, so, are you coming or not?"

Rom: "Come on then."

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truth or Dare

Costs 1 black mana

Source: Planeswalker Chen Mo

Category enchantment

effect

When all creatures participating in the game within the barrier agree to play, the game can be launched.

Play the game rules specified by the spell operator. The winner can ask the loser to play a "truth or dare" game.

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Black mana formed a small barrier connecting the two of them. Chen Mo said, "Just admit defeat and tell me the truth."

Roma: “,,,I give up.”

An invisible spell enveloped Rom, and his throat seemed to be strangled.

Chen Mo: "Then I want to ask, what is your real plan for this operation?"

Rom felt like his mouth was no longer his own: "I'm still using Jianzi as bait to lure the evil god out and officially become the vessel for sacrifice. The last step in the ritual is to touch the bell that comes out of the evil god's mouth.

When the time comes, I will be the first to take the bell."

Everyone showed a look of surprise. Chen Mo continued to ask: "So, the person who needs to be sacrificed is not Jianzi at all, but you, right?"

Rom wanted to stop, but the desire to talk was so strong that he couldn't control his body at all:

"Yes, I am the first chosen vessel in these hundred years. I am the one who should be sacrificed as the vessel of the evil god, and the one who should be responsible for the soul corrupted by the evil god."

Grandma Sanzhi: "Ram, what happened back then was not your fault."

Rom shook his head: "I have known since I was a child that I am a freak. This cursed talent will not have a good result, Master.

At that time, I heard the cry for help from the soul of the previous vessel from a hundred years ago, so I secretly climbed the mountain and entered the shrine.

I should have died at that time, but Master Chiwako saved me and became a sacrifice in my place.

But her soul is not that unique, and the evil god is still not satisfied and is still tempting people with wishes to accept the curse.

So, I will go to the shrine again, I will face the fate that I should have faced long ago, and also - I will save Master Towako's soul."

Granny Sanzhi became excited, tears seeming to flow from her old, cloudy eyes: "It doesn't have to be like this, apprentice, it doesn't have to be like this!

We will definitely find another way. There are so many experts in the world, there will always be a way."