As a traitor, I should raise the banner of rebellion

It’s not like I really want to spread the glory of the Lord…

After a brief discussion with Sharan, the two finally decided on the function of religion:

medicine.

For a long time, Sakurajima did not have a complete medical system. Once someone fell ill, they could only leave it to fate and hope to survive.

This situation continued until the 5th or 6th century AD.

It was at that time that traditional Chinese medicine from China was introduced to Sakurajima.

The people of Sakurajima call it 'Kampo medicine'.

In terms of timing, it's almost just right.

Yuanhui and Sharan planned to portray the god who blessed Yuanhui as a god of medicine from the other side of the ocean.

He was kind-hearted by nature and could not bear to see the people of this island nation suffer from the disease, so he crossed the sea to the East and bestowed his blessings on this tiny country.

And Yuanhui is the preacher He chose.

This is the general idea of ​​the two people.

No matter what era, disease is always an unavoidable topic.

In today's Sakurajima, this area is still wild and suitable for cultivation.

Moreover, curing illnesses and saving lives is the fastest way to gather faith and support from the people.

This point can be clearly seen by looking at the famous predecessor Zhang Jiao.

The Taiping Dao he founded was originally established to cure diseases and save lives.

After determining these things, Yuanhui's three wishes every day naturally became items related to these aspects.

The most important of these are some medicines that have not yet appeared in this era.

Although "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" does not explicitly state it, according to Sharan's account, the "Gift from Heaven" will only last until Princess Kaguya grows up, which is three months later.

Before that, the two had to stockpile enough medicine.

By the way, only three wishes can be granted every day, Princess Kaguya takes three months to grow up, and the events of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter also span three years...

[Tsukuyomi] It seems that she has a special liking for the number 'three'.

Is this a coincidence, or is this a rule she needs to follow?

The boy was naturally less focused as he was thinking about these things in his mind.

If it is a normal situation, there is naturally no problem.

Yuanhui has walked this mountain road countless times, and it has almost become muscle memory.

Even with his eyes closed, he could find the bamboo forest.

But at this moment, a pair of scarlet, animalistic eyes were staring at him.

Just as the young man walked under a huge pine tree, the sturdy tree suddenly shook violently. He subconsciously looked up and saw a huge long-haired bear showing him a very human-like ferocious smile.

This is truly a terrifying beast. At a glance, it seems to be at least three or four meters tall, with dense yellow and white hair all over its body.

This is a brown bear, or 'bear'.

Because its posture and facial features are similar to those of a human, it is fierce and strong, and can plunder cattle and horses for food, so it is also called "human bear".

Not only that, its eyes were a terrifying blood red, which made it look even more hideous.

According to legend, this is a sign that it once preyed on humans.

Yuan Hui seemed to be frightened by the sudden appearance of this terrifying giant beast, and for a moment he was at a loss as to what to do.

In fact, it’s useless even if you react.

When Yuanhui saw it, it had already swooped down from the pine tree, and its weight of more than half a ton was smashing straight towards him.

Brown bears are great tree climbers.

But generally speaking, they can only climb up trees and not come down, so they can only fall down directly once they let go.

It usually climbs to the top of a tree and then falls down from the tree, over and over again.

This is not only a form of entertainment for it, but also a way for it to practice its brute strength and polish its thick hide.

Just like a wild boar rolling in the mud and then bumping into a tree.

It has practiced this move countless times.

Once the prey is targeted by it, there is almost no chance of escaping from this move.

Apparently it's the same this time.

Under this sudden attack that was like a mountain falling down on his head, the young man had no time to escape the attack range of the giant bear.

With a sound like popping beans, he was knocked to the ground by the giant beast. His whole body was shattered and he could only breathe in but not out.

The brown bear let out a roar full of victory, then rolled to the side with an agility that was totally inconsistent with its fat body, and began to enjoy this long-lost meal impatiently.

It had just woken up from hibernation, but when it came out of the tree hole, it found that this was no longer the mountain it had been in before hibernation.

Before it could feel confused, an inexplicable instruction entered its mind, telling it to hunt down the weak human in front of it.

The instruction even taught it how to deliberately leave fake footprints and where to ambush...

The giant bear wasn't quite sure where this order came from, but he felt a deep fear of her.

It didn't dare to question it at all.

However, she promised it that she would 'let it go' as long as it could complete the task.

But the moment I heard it, I still felt a surge of excitement from the soul.

This seemed to be something it had been pursuing but could not obtain, but now it did not even understand the meaning of this word...

The depression caused by such a contradiction almost drove it crazy.

Fortunately, it now has someone to vent its anger on.

As it gnawed on the boy's tender flesh, it let out a somewhat refreshing roar.

Just as it was immersed in the joy of eating, its pair of blood-stained eyes suddenly saw a young man walking straight towards it along a path.

The giant bear's eyes suddenly widened.

Although it is such a ferocious and terrifying beast, when it makes this expression, it still exudes a somewhat funny and ridiculous aura.

how can that be!

It had clearly killed the young man, and even swallowed his hot heart into its stomach.

From every perspective, he is dead as hell.

If that’s the case, then who is this young man appearing in front of it now?

Its current soul is simply unable to support it in any overly complex thinking.

But its long-standing hunting instinct told it that no matter whether he had come back to life from the dead or in any other situation, it had to kill the young man in front of it immediately.

But just when it wanted to stop eating and take an attacking posture.

But it was extremely shocked to find that this was completely impossible!

In its opinion, it was actually enjoying the boy's body and devouring his internal organs.

But this idea is wrong.

It was the young boy's flesh that was actively moving towards its mouth.

And when the delicious raw meat enters its throat, it will turn into a liquid that is warm but makes it subconsciously shudder, and then flow into its body.

Just as it realized this, the boy's mutilated body, which had been lying quietly on the ground, suddenly stood up shakily.

This body, which had clearly lost its vitality and even had all its bones crushed, was now climbing onto the giant bear's body with a nonchalant attitude, and actively putting the rest of its body into the giant bear's mouth.

At this moment, the new boy also walked in front of it.

He raised his head and looked at the huge beast with an almost unscrupulous look, as if asking it -

“Am I delicious?”

Although he was shocked by this incredible scene, he couldn't stop eating.

But the giant bear's limbs were not restrained in any way.

There was a flash of cold light, and in the next second a fatal wound appeared on the boy's chest.

After shaking a few times, the young man who appeared out of nowhere fell to the ground again.

But before the giant bear could breathe a sigh of relief, almost in the next second, it found the boy again at the end of the road.

Not just there.

He also jumped down from the tree, walked through the woods, and ran from behind it...

And the body that had just been killed by it now staggered back to its feet.

After helping his 'predecessor' by stuffing his remains completely into its mouth, he also put his own hands in...

A giant bear's desperate roar was heard in the forest.

But soon, the sound seemed to be blocked by something and turned into an unclear "humming" sound...

……

……

Yuan Hui seemed a little surprised as he looked at the giant bear in front of him, who was behaving extremely well, even showing a bit of fear and flattery.

As early as when he saw the huge footprint, he had actually already thought of how to deal with this assassin who was obviously instructed by "Tsukuyomi".

In this era, there are no mobile phones, so the [Lika Doll] cannot be used.

Her greatest use now is actually to serve as a playmate for Mako Jingu.

And of course, a pillow for the night.

But even if there is no way to use this weapon, Yuanhui still has other ways to deal with this big stupid bear.

The boy it attacked before and the identical figure that appeared later were actually mimics created by Genki using the [Blood Field].

Although creating each mimicry consumes blood and soul from the blood field, it is a necessary loss and Yuanhui naturally would not be reluctant to do so.

He originally planned to use this method to burst the giant bear's stomach and kill it on the spot.

This plan went very smoothly. In front of the endless 'him', the giant bear had no ability to resist and could only be filled up by him continuously.

But when the plan was about to be completed, [Good Neighbor] appeared again and delivered a message to Yuanhui -

Its conditions have been met, and it can take this giant bear as its [property].

This was completely beyond Yuan Hui's expectations.

...【Tsukuyomi】It is indeed possible that the tree where the giant bear lives has long been moved to this mountain.

In this case, it does meet the condition of "neighbor".

Although Yuanhui's action just now was intended to starve it to death, objectively speaking, it was indeed feeding the giant bear that had just woken up from hibernation.

In this case, the condition of [providing help] is also met.

But the problem is——

[Be kind to your neighbors] will not work on beasts without intelligence.

This is Yuanhui's ability, and he is naturally very clear about it.

Even if this is a dream space created by [Tsukuyomi], the rule of [being friendly and good neighbors] will not change at all.

If that's the case, there is only one possibility.

"So, were you once a human?" Yuanhui looked at the giant beast in front of him and said in a slightly complicated tone.

[Be kind to others and be good neighbors] is a weirdness that goes straight to the soul.

The physical wrapping has no meaning to it.

In other words, what resides inside this giant bear is actually a human soul.

A soul lost in this space and time.