Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

Although he often came to Shibuya because of his part-time job, he had walked all the nearby roads countless times and was already very familiar with them.

But considering what he was planning to do next, he couldn't be too cautious.

His father had reminded him more than once that 'details determine success or failure', and this time - he would never allow himself to fail!

He wants to break the chains that bind his family!

But he also wants to return to them!

This is his determination!

It is also his promise!

At this moment, Emiya Shirou had changed his usual good-natured temperament and exuded a sharp aura. Coupled with his current outfit, most passers-by chose to stay away from him silently.

Just as Shirou Emiya started to scout the destination, Lan Ke on the other side had already taken the subway, and Lan Ke, who had evaded the fare through the "cognitive space", also appeared at the subway station near the destination.

After taking out his phone to check the map and confirming the approximate distance, Lan Ke returned to the "Impression Space" again.

Obviously, because of the fear of possible exposure, Lan Ke also did not choose public transportation or a taxi to reach his destination. However, unlike Shirou Emiya who rode a bicycle, Lan Ke had his own car.

"Bicorn, I'm going to trouble you next!"

"Please leave it to me, Master!!"

The two-horned beast seemed extremely excited at this moment, as if it realized that it would have a good meal soon...

Chapter 44 'Wine Pond and Meat Forest'

"A pool of wine and a forest of meat" comes from "Records of the Grand Historian: The Basic Annals of Yin". King Zhou of Yin used wine as a pool and meat as a forest for drinking all night long. It is generally used to refer to a licentious, corrupt and extremely luxurious life. Later, it was also used to describe an abundance of wine and meat.

But it is obvious that 'Renren'... no, it should be said that 'Murashita Hongji's' palace' refers to the former.

Lan Ke rode the 'Bicorn' to the outside of 'Tachikawa Temple' and used the 'Different Dimension Navigation' again to enter the palace of 'Murashita Hongji'.

It was a solemn and dignified-looking temple with a wisp of white mist rising from it, which immediately reminded people of the words "prosperous incense".

However, Lan Ke, who was riding on the "two-horned beast", frowned slightly, as if he was extremely resistant to the surrounding environment.

In fact, this was true. The strong smell of alcohol made Lan Ke instinctively resist it.

It's not that he doesn't touch "alcohol". In fact, because he often performs surgical operations, he often uses iodine and various medical alcohols.

But even so, he still instinctively stays away from alcohol, because alcohol not only corrodes a person's spirit, but also destroys a person's body.

Lan Ke couldn't imagine the scene of his hands shaking and unable to hold the scalpel because of alcohol.

It’s a pity that what this world lacks the least is dramatic developments.

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Although Lan Ke resisted the temptation of alcohol, he still lost the qualification to hold the scalpel in the end.

So even though he has changed his job to a 'Phantom Thief', he still has an instinctive aversion to alcohol.

What's more, knowing that the other party's palace was a "pool of wine and forest of meat", Lan Ke could almost imagine the scene inside, which naturally made him even more disgusted.

But if you want to defeat the opponent, you must conquer the opponent's palace.

No matter how much he hates it, he can't change this!

Compared to Lan Ke, whose disgust was almost written all over his face, the "two-horned beast" he was riding looked extremely excited.

The two horns on its head were raised high, its scarlet eyes were staring at the temple gate in the distance, and its front limbs constantly digging the ground and its nostrils spewing white mist were enough to show its excitement.

Obviously, no matter how reserved and funny the other party behaves, it cannot change the fact that he is essentially a "devil", but even so, he still maintains the most basic restraint.

What on earth could keep a demon born from desire and feeding on desire in check?

There are only two possibilities.

First, when faced with an evil more powerful than oneself, one has no choice but to surrender;

Second, the foreseeable greater gains prompted them to let go of immediate gains and losses and focus on the more distant future.

As for the 'Bicorn'?

Probably a bit of both, right?

For his loyal "subordinate", Lan Ke simply touched the other's head to comfort him and then took him back.

Obviously, out of caution, Lan Ke did not break the goal directly, but instead circled around the periphery looking for a 'shortcut' to invade.

Soon, he found a tall tree very close to the temple.

Things that are meaningless to ordinary people are the best tools for Lan Ke, who possesses superhuman abilities.

"Crack~"

Lan Ke, wearing a thief costume, kicked a tall tree hard. His hard boots left a big footprint on the tree. Then, with the help of the force, Lan Ke rushed up two meters.

Just as his body was about to fall, his metal-wrapped right hand suddenly pierced into the tree trunk.

At this moment, Lan Ke leaned forward slightly, relying on the triangle formed by his arms. His whole body was like a longbow arrow gathering strength, until——————

"boom!"

With a loud bang, debris from the tree trunk flew everywhere, and Lan Ke rushed out like an arrow.

At this moment, he flipped in the air like a real big bird and landed in the garden.

When Lan Ke was on the tree before, he deliberately made that strange triangular shape in order to use his "third eye" to confirm the situation in the yard.

Luckily, there were no ambushers or traps.

Thanks to this, Lan Ke landed safely.

However, the expression hidden behind the "bird-beak mask" became even uglier, because he seemed to have seen the Buddha statue in the distant hall.

The various Buddha statues, which were originally either kind or majestic, have been given all kinds of meaningless gorgeous shapes and decorations, and what looks like "incense" from a distance is actually the smoke from heated wine mixed with the aroma of meat.

He was only on the periphery and had not seen the core "pool of wine and forest of meat". All the images and smells he saw before his eyes had begun to "attack" Lan Ke's nerves.

Even though he knew that everything he would see next would have a severe impact on his three views, Lan Ke still quickened his pace in order to fulfill his promise with Illya.

And soon, a bell suddenly rang.

This was nothing, after all, 'morning bells and evening drums' were one of the main functions of the temple. However, as the bells rang, the originally calm 'wine pool' suddenly began to boil, and a burst of misty sounds followed.

It was as if the entire temple had come alive.

Lan Ke raised his brows slightly.

Change often corresponds to instability, but it also means that "flaws" may appear.

Lan Ke rushed over in the direction of the sound, and finally when he was lying on the roof of a building, Lan Ke finally saw clearly what was happening in front of him.

There was an old man in a gorgeous robe sitting on the water, but if you look closely, you can notice that there is actually a lotus seat under him.

The face that looked kind but actually looked like an evil ghost now had a bright smile on it.

I saw him muttering unfamiliar Buddhist scriptures, which seemed to be true at first glance.

But if you listen carefully, you can tell that although the other party is chanting, it is actually just the same few sentences over and over again. At the same time, although the "believers" listening to the other party chanting below are of both genders, and some are even beautiful and ugly, the only thing in common is that most of them are dressed thinly. Even if they are just lying on top of them, Lan Ke seems to be able to see something vaguely visible.

Even though the palace had not been breached yet, after seeing this scene, Lan Ke had basically confirmed his previous guess.

"Damn it, why is this the Temple of Desire again?"

The reason why Lan Ke sighed like this was because there would be no repeated halls in the game, but Lan Ke encountered two halls of 'S Desire' in a row, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should complain about his fate with it.

While Lan Ke was quietly looking at "Murashita Koji/Renjin (Shadow)", a speech near the Hachiko statue in Shibuya also began.

Emiya Shirou, who had undergone a preliminary disguise, was also hiding among them...

Chapter 45: Plan B! (4K)

Early in the morning, when Lan Ke started to follow the "Death Note" all the way A, Shirou Emiya on the other side had also arrived in Shibuya and started to scout the area.

After finishing his reconnaissance, Lan Ke also rushed to "Ritakawa Temple".

But strangely, not long after, the speaker 'Ren Ren' appeared at the lecture venue in a somewhat shabby Honda sedan. Emiya Shirou almost immediately locked onto the old man with a big bald head, and then his appearance gradually overlapped with the photo.

But Shirou Emiya discovered something else.

For example, the tall man who appeared with him and was suspected to be his disciple looked like a bodyguard.

No, it seemed that it was not just the other party. There were also many people in ordinary clothes who appeared outside at some point.

The biggest difference between these people and ordinary people is that their attention is not on 'Lian Ren', but they keep scanning the surroundings as if they are searching for something.

It was obvious that these people were also bodyguards, and they did this in order to identify the "dangerous people" in the crowd in advance.

For this reason, Shirou Emiya had to suppress his thoughts temporarily.

After all, as long as he stared at the other person, Emiya Shirou could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

However, the appearance of these bodyguards undoubtedly brought trouble to Shirou Emiya.

Originally, Shirou Emiya was planning to use the Glock 17. This Glock 17, passed down from his adoptive father, Emiya Kiritsugu, was a well-worn weapon. However, it was also the one Shirou Emiya had used most often since he was a child practicing design. He was confident that he could hit the target 100% of the time within the maximum range of this gun.

But then he changed his plans.

His goal is not only to kill 'Lianren', the scum who has set his sights on his family, but also to protect his own identity, because once it is exposed, he will no longer be able to live a peaceful life with his sister.

So he gave up the Glock 17.

After all, even if the gun and bullets were obtained by his father through special channels, there would be no record of them in the police database. However, once such munitions appear, it will inevitably cause unnecessary trouble and may even attract intervention from national security.

These guys are much more troublesome than ordinary policemen. Once they are targeted, he has no confidence in escaping completely.

So he tried a different method—making his own guns.

Homemade firearms made from the most common materials that can be bought on the street.

This will not only make it less likely to attract the police, but will also cause considerable trouble in tracing their origins, which will help Shirou Emiya hide his identity.

More importantly, as an "ordinary male high school student", Shirou Emiya would naturally not be listed as a suspect.

But everything has its pros and cons. The biggest disadvantage of 'homemade firearms' is their power and range. If Emiya Shirou wants to kill the target, he must get close enough, but these bodyguards make it impossible for him to 'kill the enemy with one shot'.

But even so, Shirou Emiya still appeared very calm, because his father had told him more than once.

"Contingency plans are important, but they are not everything. You need to prepare enough contingency plans, but you also need to learn to adapt to circumstances, because the world will not revolve around your will."

So Shirou Emiya simply chose plan B.

Since we have to delay time, then... let him use this time!!

Compared to 'Shadow' who was smiling in the 'hall' but actually chanting the sutras in a perfunctory manner, 'Lotus' who was in front of the 'Hachiko Statue' was much more dedicated.

At this time, the kind-looking old man was preaching Buddhism to everyone with a smile.

Although the "Tachikawa School" is almost the same as the "Xiejiao" in Lan Ke's opinion, it is derived from one of the "Eight Sects" of Japanese Buddhism, and the "Shingon Sect" itself has a wide audience in Japan.

After all, compared to other complex religions, the Shingon sect has a much lower entry threshold for ordinary believers, as they do not need to study scriptures but only need to recite certain specific "mantras".

As for ordinary people, they probably don't understand how much difference there is between "Shingon Buddhism·Tachikawa-ryu" and "Shingon Buddhism" itself. Tachikawa-ryu, which does not require observing precepts and even advocates "the great way of men and women", is not only attractive to ordinary people, but even young people without faith are unconsciously attracted to it.

In addition, there were believers disguised as "ordinary passers-by" to liven up the atmosphere, and the atmosphere of the entire speech was quite lively.

Emiya Shirou, who was standing in the crowd, just watched the other party's "nonsense" in silence.

However, in order to avoid people noticing anything unusual, he would clap along when others clapped, but his movements were a beat slower than those of ordinary people. His unique temperament made him look out of place with the people around him, and even several bodyguards couldn't help but look at him several times.

However, Shirou Emiya didn't seem to have any intention of taking action. The bodyguards glanced at Shirou Emiya a few times and then stopped paying attention to him.

In Shirou Emiya's opinion, although these people are bodyguards, their professional skills do not seem to be very strong, and his "desensitization therapy" seems to have had some effect.

But at this moment, Emiya Shirou suddenly found that 'Ren Ren' was looking in his direction, and that burning gaze made Emiya Shirou's body suddenly tense up.

not good!

That scumbag wouldn’t have discovered him in advance!

It has to be said that you get what you pay for. The information that Emiya Shirou spent a lot of money to obtain is not a waste of paper. It not only includes the life of 'Ren Ren', but also includes the process of the 'Tachikawa Ryu' school's continuous development in his hands.

Whether it's exchanging interests with certain politicians and businessmen, or collaborating with the underworld to ruin certain families through mortgages and gambling and trick them into joining a sect, or using videos shot at "fa conferences" to control certain people...

In Shirou Emiya's opinion, he might also be one of the targets of the other party.

So he hopes to kill the other party directly to prevent future troubles.