I, enter the zero world, change the ending

It was discovered!

His brows immediately furrowed, he drew out the Chu Yeshi knife and protected Gu Du behind him, his spirit tense like a slingshot that was stretched to the limit and about to break. Hearing the sudden noise here, Shen Hong and Yae hurried over.

"What's wrong?" While asking, Shenhong skillfully set up the camera and looked around.

"Over there...over there..." Gudu's eyes were filled with tears. Perhaps he was frightened and his words were incoherent. "The other side of the mask...the eyes are..."

Following the direction pointed by Gudu, Yae immediately moved forward to see what was inside. After a moment, he withdrew and said, "There's nothing inside."

Shenhong also came forward to observe and found that it was pitch black inside and there was indeed nothing.

Seeing that the two of them obviously didn't believe him, Gu Du was so anxious that he wanted to stamp his feet.

"Sikong, you saw it too, right!" She grabbed Zhiyao's hand with all her strength.

"What she said is true." Zhiyao immediately confirmed her. As soon as she spoke, Xiao Wuhui's voice sounded, "Behind the wall is the room where the Eye Hidden Ceremony is held. What you two saw should be images from the past."

Having been stopped by someone before, Shenhong and Gudu learned their lesson this time and did not ask anything for the time being.

Only Yae expressed curiosity.

"What is the Mekakuro ritual?"

Kirie was much more forthright than before, and answered directly, "The Mekakuro ritual is a ceremony where a demon wears a mask to cover his eyes. After putting on the mask, the demon plays a game similar to hide-and-seek with several seven-year-old girls. This game is called Onimushi. The first child caught will become the next in line for the Mekakuro ritual, and the last one caught will be the one to perform the Rope-splitting ritual ten years later."

"Put on a mask... It's not just a simple mask..." Gu Du stammered, "I saw it. There are thorns on the mask. The girl's eyes are..."

"Blinding the eyes is a necessary process, because according to legend, the eyes of the Muyingui represent the eyes of the Yellow Springs Gate. This must be done to weaken the resentment of the Yellow Springs Gate, so as to prepare for the rope-splitting ceremony ten years later." Xiao Wuhui explained calmly.

"Xiao Wuhui, the Eye Hidden Ceremony and the Rope Breaking Ceremony are both related to the Yellow Springs Gate, right?" Shenhong asked.

"Yes, these two rituals must be performed strictly according to the procedures to ensure that the Gate of Hell is finally sealed. What Kurosawa just saw should be the clip of Master Chiba performing the ritual."

With so much information appearing at once, except for Sikong Zhiyao who knew the inside story, the other three felt confused, so that the space fell into a deathly silence.

Shenhong really wanted to inquire about the relevant information about the rope-breaking ceremony. Yae was shocked that this place also had the Gate to the Underworld and that a sealing ceremony was being held. The most chaotic place was the ancient capital of Kurosawa. The scene he just saw was still lingering in his mind.

"The Eye-hidden Ritual... Is it going to blind the girl's eyes alive..." Gu Du muttered to himself.

"Lord Chiba did it voluntarily." Xiao Wuhui patted the back of her hand and said calmly.

"Chiba, so this is her name..." Gu Du murmured, and the image of an old acquaintance appeared in his mind.

Zhiyao vaguely read something from that face.

"Kurosawa!"

"what?"

"Do you feel sorry for Qianye and can't bear to hurt her?" Zhiyao changed her tone to a firm one.

"Eh? I..." Suddenly not knowing how to reply, Gu Du hesitated.

"It's okay. If you don't want to, just say it. We can just wake up another one, right?" Zhiyao said, pointing at Yae. "Here's a real success story."

Yami looked away and smiled awkwardly.

Gu Du looked at Ya Chong and Zhi Yao in turn, and said in a very troubled voice, "I don't know how to see..."

"I can." Grinning, Zhiyao pointed at himself with great pride.

Then he was rudely interrupted by Kirie.

"Sikong!"

Zhiyao quickly covered the little girl's mouth, lowered her voice, and said, "Keep your voice down, don't attract Qianye here."

Xiao Wuhui pulled his hand away, looking angry.

"Since you like Kantori so much, why don't you just become a shrine maiden?"

"What witch?" Zhiyao was confused, and the other three were also confused.

"The shrine maiden on Mount Hiyama." Xiao Wuhui raised her little head. "There are people who specialize in this over there. I promise you'll see enough."

"But I don't have any spiritual power. Do you want to come with me?"

"Sorry, that's not my territory, but you can ask that Baiju to possess me like me. As long as you are sincere, she will probably be merciful and agree."

"But... the most crucial problem is that I'm a man."

"It's better to have sex reassignment surgery."

When the last sentence came out, Shenhong and others finally couldn't help but burst into laughter, while Zhiyao's mouth twitched and his claws reached out to the little girl's face.

It must be squeezed carefully.

Chapter 42: [Wu Hui's Little Friend]

a long time.

"I found it."

An excited voice came from the right rear area, and the others gathered around.

"It's a happy mask." Shenhong said to everyone while holding the mask of a kind-looking old man.

After saying that, he walked to the wall at the end of the house and hung the happy mask on the protruding wooden stake.

The wall didn't respond at all. Shenhong pushed hard, but the wall remained motionless.

"Let's try somewhere else." Zhiyao suggested.

Returning to the corridor outside the room, everyone walked along the fork in the road to the end. They saw protruding wooden stakes on the wall at the end. Shenhong hung the happy mask on it, and a sound so tiny that it was almost inaudible came from the wall.

It looks like this is the right place.

Shenhong was thinking about pushing it open like the secret door in the entrance hall, but out of the corner of his eye he caught his great-grandmother turning around and heading towards another door on the right rear side. Gudu also noticed it and followed her without saying a word.

"Come and look at this." Gudu said, calling out to the other two, "There is also a mask here."

Shenhong followed the sound and walked forward. What caught her eye was a human face with wide eyes. The expression on the face seemed to show something terrible, which made her feel uncomfortable. She stepped closer to take a closer look and came to a conclusion after a moment.

"It's probably not a mask, more like a decoration on the door."

Yae tried to pry it open with her hands, and then agreed with her great-granddaughter, "It's true that I can't take it off."

What would be behind the door? Shenhong was curious and put her eyes to the eye position of the mask, intending to peek at something from inside.

In fact, behind the door is the place where the Mekakure ceremony is held. The reason why Xiao Wuhui did not stand up to answer was because she and Zhiyao were still in their previous positions.

"What's behind the door?" Zhiyao asked Xiao Wuhui, placing her palm two inches next to the Kai Xin mask.

"It's been so long since I've been here, I don't remember clearly." Xiao Wuhui shook her head, "I just know that the mask must have been tampered with."

"It's unreliable." Zhiyao laughed and complained maliciously.

"Hmph." Xiao Wuhui puffed up her cheeks and responded with a muffled nasal sound.

That unhappy look was so adorable that Zhiyao wanted to hug him and rub him hard.

The premise is that there is no other person present.

The next moment, as Zhiyao pushed forward with his palm, the secret door on the wall opened. After calming himself down, Zhiyao walked through.

After entering, Zhiyao found that the environment seemed familiar. She used her flashlight to explore all directions and suddenly realized, "This must be the corridor behind the door on the inner side of the hearth."

By the way, is there a door in that corridor?

How come I didn’t notice it before?

Puzzled, Zhiyao gently closed the revolving door and shone a flashlight on the wall, and then finally understood the reason - the wall in front of him looked like an ordinary wall, the gap between the secret door and the wooden boards merged into one, and there was no sign of anything unusual.

Perhaps the Mekakushi shrine maiden entered and exited through this place.

It doesn't seem right.

The happy mask is not on the door, so the door cannot be opened. There must be other secret passages inside.

"Xiao Wuhui, do you think there might be other secret doors hidden in the wall of this corridor, and Chiba happens to be behind that secret door?" Zhiyao said casually after looking around.

It turns out that he is a jinx.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a slight sound of a door closing from the end of the corridor. The sound was so loud that his heart began to tremble violently. He glanced at the source of the sound and saw a woman with long flowing hair slowly walking out of his blind spot.

His eyes widened subconsciously, and in an instant, Zhiyao's breathing stopped. As the long-haired woman got closer, Zhiyao finally saw clearly that the woman had her eyes closed, and there were shocking bloodstains on her eyes.

It should be the legendary Mekakushi shrine maiden, Chiba herself.

Unlike in the game where she would immediately pounce on someone after bumping into them, because she couldn't see, when they first met, Mekakure Miko didn't react at all, even when the distance was shortened to about five meters.

Finding that the aisle was quite wide, the Mekakure Miko was on the left and hers was on the right, so Zhiyao turned off the flashlight, bit her lower lip, and pretended to be a statue, not moving.

Xiao Wuhui wanted to remind him to be careful, but she remained silent after learning his thoughts.

Later, the Meguro Shrine Maiden continued to move towards this side step by step. Zhiyao did nothing except keeping her eyes fixed on her, until the Meguro Shrine Maiden passed by on the left as if no one was around.

Looking at the other person's gradually leaving back, Zhiyao smiled and felt relaxed.

It turned out to be just as I guessed. If I don’t make any noise, I won’t be discovered.

But the next moment, the wall made a strange sound. Someone on the opposite side was pushing the secret door. After pushing it a few times and finding that it would not move, he knocked on the secret door and shouted.

Shen Hong: "Si Kong, are you over there?"

Gudu: "The door seems to be stuck, try kicking it twice."

In an instant, Zhiyao's expression froze, his scalp went numb, and he kept cursing the two idiots in his heart.

At the same time, the Mekakuro Miko suddenly turned around, turned around, and rushed towards this side quickly, like a shark that smelled blood.

“Oh my god—!”

Frightened, Zhiyao fled in panic, passing through two rooms where kimonos were stored, then entering the puppet room from the secret door inside, and then escaping from the puppet room to the outdoor courtyard. During this period, the Megumi Miko chased her relentlessly. Even though she couldn't see with her eyes, she managed to keep up with her target just by the sound of her footsteps, and finally caught up with her all the way to the courtyard.

The battle was inevitable, and Zhiyao drew out his knife.

Suddenly, there was a sound of something hitting a wooden wall. The sound kept repeating itself. As the sound became more and more frequent, the attention of the Mukakure Miko was drawn to it and she gave up her target and headed towards the source of the sound. Soon, the sound disappeared without a trace.

Nearly half a minute passed, and there was still no sign of Mekakuro Miko returning.

After confirming again and again that the Megumi-no-Mikoto had gone far away, Zhiyao put the blade back into the sheath, thinking that he had to quickly reunite with his companions.

Who would have thought that just as my left foot stepped onto the corridor stairs...

At the end of the right side, a short-haired girl in a white wedding dress walked out from the corner of the blind spot and then quickly approached this side.

Zhiyao, feeling as if facing a formidable enemy, drew out the knife again and took a defensive stance. However, when the distance was shortened to only about three meters, the short-haired girl stopped moving, blinking her eyes smartly and looking at him curiously.

"You..." After a while of confrontation, he spoke first.

Who would have thought that the voice of the short-haired girl would appear at the same time.

"Kiribei?"

Zhiyao, who was interrupted, looked down and saw that Xiao Wuhui had already crawled out most of her body.

"Ringtone?"

Seeing an acquaintance, the short-haired girl walked over in three or two steps.

"Kirie, is it really you?"

"Well, yes, it's me." Xiao Wuhui nodded her head.

"Why are you like this?" Lingyin was puzzled. "Aren't you already seventeen years old?"

"It's a long story. Lingyin, what are you...wait, were you just..."

"Yeah, I threw the ball against the wall and lured Master Chiba away."

The person opposite her was a new face that had never appeared in the game, and was also an acquaintance of Xiao Wuhui. Zhiyao didn't care much about it. "Um, wait a minute, I have a question."

"Suzune is the child who played hide-and-seek with me. I am the candidate for the Rope-no-Mikoto, and she is the candidate for the next generation of Mekakuro-Mikoto." Komiya helped him clear up his doubts.

Xiao Wuhui had mentioned this matter not long ago, so Zhiyao began to look at Lingyin.

"Hello, Lingyin, I'm Sikong Zhiyao."