People are collapsing, but Kevin

"Don't make any noise!"

The chattering of discussions made the mother more and more irritated. Finally, she summoned her authority as the de facto leader of the village and shouted loudly, calming the situation.

"I... will think about this matter. Please go back, everyone."

After leaving these words, she stood up and left, ordering the guest to leave without hesitation.

Her duties as a shrine maiden constantly forced her to do things she was extremely reluctant to do, but her daughter's situation only dealt her a heavier blow.

"Mom... cough! Xiaolin... Xiaolin might really be dying. She couldn't breathe this morning and coughed up a lot of blood... I'm so tired, I can't eat anything, I'm so cold, I really want to rest..."

The mother silently picked up her weak daughter, feeling the sickly and frail body in her arms, as if life was slipping away every minute and every second, and she couldn't help but choke up with sobs.

"I really want to go back to the past... when I was held in my mother's arms while sleeping, warm and comfortable... cough! cough cough!"

As if affected by her mother's emotions, the daughter sobbed softly. She was interrupted by a violent cough halfway through her words, and a stream of bright red blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

“小凛不想离开妈妈！”她忍不住泪流，蜷缩在母亲的怀抱中，“要是小凛不在了，还有谁来陪着妈妈…外/|群{５@-1=7+-8<=8>>0+7$@6|1>%

Inherit my mother's duties and become the most powerful miko...If I'm really gone, what will my mother do?"

Her lungs were riddled with holes and she couldn't continue talking. She coughed again, but her voice was no longer as loud as before and seemed to be getting weaker and weaker...

"I'm sorry, Rin-chan... I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

In the pouring rain, the falling water droplets covered the traces of tears, and even the screams of collapse were drowned out by the cheers of the crowd. A cherry-haired woman knelt on the ground in despair, her lavender eyes had lost all their luster.

On the altar not far away, the girl’s blood was particularly bright, staining a large area of ​​the ground red…

The girl eventually died at the hands of her beloved mother.

But she was also freed from the torment of illness.

This is the whole story.

ps: I've written a lot of stories about Mei recently, and I found that I seem to have written her as the second male lead in my outline. Well, this time it will definitely not be the breast bud.

Chapter 65: A Little Fox Jumped Out of the Rock

"Um…wait, what is that?!"

The memories of the girl emerged in her mind like a kaleidoscope of light, and in a trance, Mei's vision became clear again, but this time she did not see the ghost.

Instead, a smaller creature jumped out from the top of the collapsed tombstone. It had a pair of fox ears on its head and four moving tails behind it. It looked like the legendary nine-tailed fox (but a mini version).

Obviously, this strange creature whose image fits the definition of a "fox monster" very well immediately triggered Mei's recent monster PTSD, especially since it's a fox!

"What the hell are you? A fox monster?!"

Mei grabbed the little girl's tail and lifted her up, putting the sword in her hand against her neck. Just as she was about to ask something, the little girl was frightened and started to tremble, crying loudly.

"No, no, no, no! Don't kill me, I surrender, I surrender!"

The mini fox monster looked at the blade on its neck in horror, struggled a few times with its two short arms, then raised them above its head and gave a standard military salute of a certain country.

“Wuwuwuwu… Big… Big sister! Please don’t kill me, I’m so small and don’t have much meat… I’m not tasty at all!” Seeing that Mei still didn’t react, she narrowed her eyes as if resigned to her fate and cried even louder, “It’s all the fault of that bad guy on the mountain who locked me up here! I’m really dead this time… Wuwaaaaaa!”

"Who said I was going to eat you? I just needed to make sure you were safe... Okay, okay, it's okay, don't cry."

Seeing the little girl crying so pitifully, Mei, as a girl, felt a little sorry for her. She gently touched her chubby face with her finger and comforted her:

"Don't worry, I won't kill innocent people. Little fox, can you tell me who locked you up here?"

"Woooo..."

The little fox sobbed a few times, glanced at Mei cautiously, hesitated for a moment, and then dared to speak:

"I... I'm not a little fox! My name is Hiyumaru, and I'm a human, not a fox monster... Um, big sister, can you put me down?"

"Oh, sorry."

Mei loosened her fingers and put Hiyumaru back on the ground. The latter shook his tail, combed the messy pink hair on his tail with his two short hands, and put on a flattering smile.

"Hehe... Thank you, big sis." Hiyomaru wiped his tears, floated into the air, and happily circled around Mei's head. "If you hadn't split that broken stone, I don't know how long I would have been locked up in that dark place~"

Breaking stones?

Mei didn't realize what she was saying for a moment. When she looked again, she saw that the obelisk-shaped tombstone had been broken vertically into two pieces. Judging from the flat shape of the crack, it must have been cut by something sharp.

She looked at the crack, then at the sword in her hand, which was made of pure arc energy, and finally realized that she had just split someone's tomb in a panic...

This is so disrespectful to the deceased!

“Sorry for the offense! (? ? ?? ”

Thinking of this, Mei quickly bowed deeply with full of apology.

"Are you okay, sis? You saved me, why are you apologizing?"

Hiyomaru tilted his head in confusion, touched the back of his head with his spherical little hand, and asked in a tender voice, but this only made Mei feel even more guilty.

Poor little guy, it must be because the tombstone is broken, so now he has become a wandering ghost...

Mei cast a sympathetic look at Hiyomaru who was lying obediently on her shoulder, bent down, and tried to move the two split pieces of the stone tablet on the ground back to their original position.

"Wow! Sister, how come you are so strong? Those broken rocks are very heavy!"

Mei was also a little curious about this. Moving the stone tablet was easier than she had imagined. Somehow, she didn't have to expend much effort to move those things that looked very heavy.

Logically speaking, my slender body shouldn't be so strong...

No, maybe not.

Mei easily straightened the cracked stone tablet, but she felt like she had done nothing.

"Big sister, big sister, you are really awesome!" Feiyuwan cheered from the side, "If I were big sister, I would definitely teach those little bad guys on the mountain a lesson!"

Mei gradually realized the problem after hearing what Higyokumaru said - indeed, it seemed that she was too good in many aspects, too good to be a normal person.

It is about a thousand meters from the foot of the mountain to the shrine at the top. Even if you don't consider the steep slope, it would be very difficult to run down it in one breath.

But she did it anyway, and after running she just took a few breaths, and because she encountered a ghost, she jumped up and down again. It seems that her physical fitness is not just ordinary strong, but far exceeds the level of a normal girl.

So, who and what am I?

Mei didn't feel like she was in some nonsensical comedy. Even if it was an outburst in a desperate situation, it shouldn't have been so outrageously intense.

Not to mention that even when she was calm she could still easily straighten the heavy tombstone. Does this really make sense?

Thinking about the "outsider" she had just heard in the hallucination, she began to feel that her identity should not be just an ordinary adopted girl.

Come to think of it, this place and everything in it are not normal! If she remembered correctly——

The matter became extremely terrifying when she thought about it carefully. Mei reached out to wipe off the dust on the surface of the tombstone, and saw a series of words engraved on it. The words she read out were roughly:

"My beloved daughter...Yae Rin's grave?"

Yae Rin, this should be the name of that girl...

So who is that guy in the shrine? !

Mei suddenly became alert, and there was a strange look in her eyes as she looked towards the top of the mountain. She now suspected that it might not have been accidental that she wanted to strangle "Yae Rin" to death.

Hmm... could it be that some kind of demon transformed into the appearance of Miss Shen Zi's deceased daughter and used evil magic to bewitch Miss Shen Zi's mind?

Then, unfortunately, he was discovered by himself, which seemed to explain all the strange things that happened before.

From this point of view, the situation seems to be just the opposite. It is not me who is possessed by evil spirits, but Miss Shen Zi, the professional exorcist, who is possessed by a demon!

"Higyokumaru, that little scoundrel you're talking about, isn't he a kid with cherry-colored hair and twin ponytails who looks very weak?"

Mei asked.

"Yes! It's her! That little rascal looks cute and obedient, but she's actually very hateful. I was just taking a nap in the shrine, but she locked me up in this broken stone!"

Feiyumaru clenched her fists angrily and put on a ferocious look, as if she was imitating the other person's performance, but on her petite and cute face, it just looked funny.

"It's pitch black inside, and there's nothing there. The surrounding area is still so gloomy and scary. Sister, do you know how scary that is? It can keep people awake for several nights in a row..."

Halfway through her speech, she couldn't help trembling and wiping away tears again:

“Wuwuwu, big sister! Please… stand up for me and teach that brat a lesson!”

"It must be so."

After saying this, Mei narrowed her eyes, and was basically certain that the "sister" she tried to strangle was a disguised evil spirit. She looked up at the top of the mountain, and the torii at the entrance of the shrine was looming among the dense bamboo forest.

She had a hunch that as long as she dealt with that guy and made Miss Shen Zi wake up completely, everything would be solved.

"Great!" Feiyuwan raised her hands and cheered, "Big sister, let's go and teach that bad guy a lesson!"

ps: I have a draft in my collection. The update may be a little slow, but I will definitely update twice a day at least, because I hope to write something that I am satisfied with and then show it to my family~

Chapter 66: Get new equipment!

After a brutal analysis, Tesla and Einstein came to the conclusion that Mei must have been eroded by the stigmata on her chest, and her will was trapped in the stigmata space.

"This should explain why Mei's brain waves are abnormally active." Tesla continued to explain, "Because in a sense, she is not 'comatose' at all, but her consciousness is operating in an unreal realm!"

Kevin, who lacked academic experience, was completely confused by this. He pondered for a long time before he could barely understand what it meant.

"Uh... something like a brain-computer interface game? Like that series of light novels called Sword Art Online?"

"Yes, you can understand it that way." Tesla rolled his eyes and tentatively acknowledged this layman's statement.

Seeing that the professionals did not deny his statement, Kevin nodded and gave his own suggestions:

"Does that mean we can use similar technology to go in and help her? No matter what we do, at least get her out of this lying corpse state as soon as possible, if this technology really exists..."

At this point, Kevin himself felt that this idea was indeed a bit far-fetched. Using fictional things in novels to solve problems was not a work of science fiction.

But considering the endless stream of black technologies in Tianming, maybe Saint Freya really has similar technologies. With the mentality of trying everything possible, he turned to Theresa and the two scientists and asked:

"Aunt, do we have this kind of thing?"

"Of course there is! Kevin, remember the practical training class last week? We collectively connected to a virtual space. Maybe that's the technology you're talking about?"

Before Theresa answered, Yuno raised her hand to answer. She winked at her left eye playfully and swung her fair arm down to hug Kevin's neck.

"You were having a lot of fun playing with Mei at that time. You practiced with her for almost a whole class. How come you forgot it so quickly? You have to keep happy memories in mind, okay?"

"Oh yeah, I remember now, it's that thing!"

Hearing this, Kevin suddenly realized and punched his palm, ignoring the soft touch on his back for a moment. He looked back and exchanged glances with Yuno, and shouted:

"Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and use that thing to connect to Mei's stigmata space, send us in, find the guy who caused the trouble, and then give him two punches!"

As he spoke, Kevin waved his fists in the air a few times, appearing eager to try.

Now that he already knew the problem, it was his style to take action immediately, especially after witnessing Mei's terrifying performance just now. Kevin, who was also frightened at the time, now just wanted to rush in and beat up the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Okay!"

Yuno, who was standing behind him, also raised her arm and cheered.

……

The two people who were full of fighting spirit did not get any response. The scene was silent and it was very awkward for a moment.

How is this going?

Kevin was a little confused.

Is this a stupid idea? No, even though I am not good at science and engineering subjects, I don't think I can silence all the adults present, right? !

In the end, Tesla pinched his glasses helplessly and stepped forward to act as the person who broke the deadlock.

"Well, I don't want to spoil your fun, but I feel I need to tell you some bad news." She sighed, "Due to the electromagnetic pulse that Mei just released, most of the precision equipment in the academy has been damaged. It will take at least a whole night to repair it, Principal?"

After saying that, she turned back to look at Theresa with despair. The little white-haired girl smiled and stepped forward to hold her hand. She pleaded in a sweet tone:

"Please, Doctor, most of Saint Freya's defense system has been paralyzed. If it continues like this, something bad might happen! Ugh... It's so scary just thinking about it..."

Theresa moved closer to Tesla's legs, and gently scraped her delicate fingers around his eyes, pretending to wipe away tears, and from time to time she rubbed her legs, which were also wearing white stockings.

"Please, please, I'll give you more research funding later. Can you just work hard for the next two days?"

Like a spoiled child, she is totally irresistible.