In Zongman, the evil spirits are eliminated physically.

Mitsuha remembered that there was such a stone in her own shrine.

"Yes."

"I've seen offerings always involve chewing sake, and I thought the deity would be a lecherous old man, but I didn't expect it to be such a beautiful big cat."

Upon hearing that the Left Minister's offering was Kuchikamizake, everyone except 2B looked at him.

I didn’t expect that a cute little kitten like you would have such a strong taste and even like to drink rice wine fermented with young girls’ saliva.

The strange looks from the crowd didn't affect the Left Minister in the slightest. He swung his long tail and returned to Ling Ya's feet, saying, "Back then, I was just a stone, unable to eat or drink. I don't know how your offerings came about. I remember that the offerings you sent not long ago were just fruits and cakes."

"But I heard that my grandmother offered chewed sake as a gift when she was little."

"So, that wasn't decades ago?"

As an important stone and a god, the Left Minister's concept of time is very different from that of Mitsuha.

"Then after we rescue everyone, I will definitely return to offering you fruits and cakes."

Sanye clasped his hands together and bowed, then said hopefully: "Then, Lord God, since you came out of the town, do you have any way to rescue everyone?"

"I do not have."

The Left Minister shook his head decisively.

"Since the Left Minister was waiting for Miss Iwato and the Minister at the station so early in the morning, does that mean that you knew that Miss Iwato was the key to solving this problem?"

Kaguya stated her calculations.

"In fact, I do not know."

Ling Ya scratched her head and said embarrassedly, "On the way here, the Left Minister kept urging me to hurry up. He hasn't told me what to do specifically yet."

"So, Minister Zuo, do you want me to rescue the residents trapped in the world while closing the door?"

Ling Ya said coquettishly: "Such an important matter, you should have told me in advance. I thought there was no rush and even had breakfast at the station."

"unnecessary."

The Left Minister's words froze Suzuya's smile on her face.

"Its job is to guard the gate and help Iwato, the gate closer, close it. She probably doesn't care much about the lives of the people in the town."

Ouyang Sun said: "She went to the station entrance to wait for Iwato. It should just be because the door was about to open."

"Is that so? Minister of the Left."

Lingya pressed the left minister's shoulders, and the human head and the cat head were almost touching each other.

"The main task is to close the door. The entire town and its inhabitants have been pulled into the Undying World. This has caused an extreme imbalance in the energy within the Undying World. Soon, a catastrophe even more intense and massive than the one in Tokyo yesterday will occur."

The Left Minister calmly explained the current situation to Ling Ya, "It would be best if we could rescue those people from the Changshi world. That way, they won't serve as food to further strengthen the Yin'er."

"But with Ling Ya's strength, it's difficult for her to enter the town that has been pulled into the Changshi world and deal with the guys who came down from the sky with the meteorite while rescuing everyone. So, the safest thing to do now is to quickly close the door and lock all dangerous factors in the Changshi world."

The Left Minister's approach to handling the situation was very calm and stern. Compared to the lives of thousands of people in the town, he was more concerned about the earthworm plague that would be caused and the life of Ling Ya that might be in danger.

"Aren't you the god worshipped in our shrine?!"

Mitsuha angrily pulled the Left Minister's face in front of her and stared at him with wide eyes, "Why can you sacrifice everyone in our town so comfortably?"

"I was just there. You guys built a temple on me and worshipped me."

The Left Minister looked directly into Sanye's eyes and said, "From the beginning to the end, I was only fulfilling my responsibility to seal the Yin Evil."

"you!?"

Sanye was shaking with anger. What the Left Minister said made sense. At that time, he was silently fulfilling his responsibility to seal the earthworm in the cave. Suddenly, a group of humans appeared, built a temple on his body with wood, and then began to put things in front of him that he could not eat at all. Now he had to violate his responsibility because of their own behavior.

"Close the door, and then lock those people up in the world of mortals."

Ouyang Sun walked forward and 2B supported Sanye's somewhat weak body.

"Then can I pass through that door and enter the eternal world?"

"Mr. Boss, do you want to enter the eternal world?"

Ling Ya was startled. "Boss, the Changshi is no place to joke around. It's the border between life and death. There's no concept of time there, and it's extremely easy to get lost. Once you get lost there, you can't escape until you find the next door."

"Yes."

The Left Minister confirmed Ouyang Xuan's statement, "People in the present world can pass through the door and enter the eternal world."

"Where is the door?"

Now that he had found a way to break the deadlock, Ouyang Xuan didn't want to waste time talking to Minister Zuo anymore. As long as the enemy had a bright health bar, he could kill them, and as long as he could enter the dungeon, he could pass the level. If you couldn't even enter the dungeon, how could you say that you had tried your best?

"boss……"

Mitsuha's tone was both pleading and uneasy.

"It's not just your friends and family who are in there, my colleagues are in there too."

Kaguya knew that Mitsuha must be feeling complicated at this moment. On the one hand, she hoped that Ouyang Falcon could enter the mortal world to rescue her family and friends. On the other hand, out of the most simple kindness, Mitsuha did not want Ouyang Falcon to take the risk and enter the extremely dangerous place inside Lingya's mouth.

"For both Hina and your family and friends, I will go and see it."

"Since you blocked Iwato and her pet at the station, you must know the location of the door."

Ouyang Xuan looked at the Left Minister on the ground and asked her to lead the way. "If you don't want Yanhu to take the risk, then let me do it."

[Just follow me. This is part of your job description, and it's for your safety.]

When he first met Hina and when she started working, Ouyang Xuan told her that he would protect her safety. Since he had said it, Ouyang Xuan would definitely do it. He was going to bring Hina out today and see who dared to stop him.

The Left Minister proposed to close the door directly and lock up Yin'er, the guy who came down from the sky, and the residents of the town into the ordinary world in order to ensure the life safety of this generation of closed-door master Lingya. Although it may be inhumane and against the will of nature, as long as the closed-door master is guaranteed to survive, more people can be locked up and more disasters can be avoided. In the case of insufficient power, the Left Minister can only choose to sacrifice the minority residents of the town.

But if someone is willing to replace Lingya and enter the ordinary world, then the Left Minister will definitely not stop him. If Ouyang Xuan succeeds, he can save more lives, eliminate the guys falling from the sky, and reduce the enemies that the future closed-door master may encounter. Even if Ouyang Xuan fails, as long as Lingya closes the door immediately outside, the result will be similar.

Of course, the Left Minister sealed the stone of the earthworm in order to protect mankind. If it weren't for Ouyang Falcon's powerful shot just now, no matter what Ouyang Falcon said, the Left Minister would not have allowed him to enter the ordinary world. The Left Minister wanted a warrior who could solve problems, not a kamikaze team member who would commit suicide and send a powerless person to the battlefield. The Left Minister was just a minister, not a real minister.

"follow me."

The Left Minister walked in front with a cat-like gait, leading the way, Ouyang Sun followed behind. Seeing their boss move, Kaguya and Mitsuha also followed. 2B walked at the end of the team, on the one hand to be alert for attacks, and also to prevent the retreat from being cut off all of a sudden. Since the Left Minister came out, 2B has never put away the White Contract.

"Mr. Boss, Minister Zuo, please wait for me!"

Lingya grabbed the minister and chased after him.

44

Chapter 44 The distance between you and me.

A few decades ago, the entire Itomori Town was not located at its current location. Half of the old city area of the current Itomori Town has been completely abandoned, and the newly built city area is also in the direction of the old city area. After decades of population changes, the part of the old city area close to the new city area still has people, but the part far away from the new city area has been submerged in the mountains and forests. It was a blessing in disguise that in this disaster that dragged the entire Itomori Town into the mortal world, the old city area hiding in the mountains and forests survived.

Most of the houses in the old city have collapsed, and the roads are covered with weeds and moss. You don’t know which bricks under your feet are loose. If you step on them, you may step on a loose brick, and the sewage hidden underneath will splash out, which will wet your shoes at best and spray you in the face at worst.

After Lingya had her face lightly washed by the dirty water, everyone else followed the left minister's footsteps to avoid stepping on loose bricks.

The group passed through the old town, and their destination was the door that connected the present world and the eternal world. The door was now inside the old elementary school in Itomori Town.

"Many buildings have collapsed, but the school is still fine."

With her hands on her eyes, Ling Ya looked at the school which was not far away.

"It seems that the old elementary school was originally intended to be a bunker, but it surrendered before it was completed, and the subsequent townspeople simply used it as a school."

Sanye is quite clear about the history of his town.

Although she was still nervous and anxious, no matter how excited and upset she was outside, it would be of no use to her grandmother and sister who were trapped in the world. It would only make Ouyang Falcon and Kaguya devote more energy to taking care of her. Mitsuha forced herself to cheer up, and in the face of Kaguya's concern, she could smile and say that it was okay.

Mitsuha, the soul, is now in her second year of high school. Logically, Kaguya, who is only in her first year of high school, should call her "senior", but now Mitsuha is wearing the appearance of Haruna, who is in the second year of junior high school. Kaguya wonders if she can now be considered Mitsuha's senior.

Kaguya patted Mitsuha's head gently and said softly, "Ms. Miyamizu, if you want to revitalize your hometown, after this incident is over, I can arrange for the Shinomiya family's local tourism industry to be transferred to your town."

"Ms. Shinomiya, your method of encouragement is really weird."

Mitsuye was at a loss for words. In fact, rather than staying in her hometown to revitalize it, Mitsuye wanted to leave her hometown and go to Tokyo more.

"Who would encourage you to help revitalize your hometown? I don't plan to stay at home and work. I still want to go to Tokyo in the future. Miss Shinomiya, you might as well say that when I go to Tokyo in the future, you can arrange a good job for me."

"Then this is my fault."

Kaguya continued, "I heard you say that your father is the mayor of your town. As the mayor's daughter, I thought Miss Miyamizu would be the kind of person who was influenced by her family and cares deeply about the revitalization of her hometown."

"Our town is almost empty of people, how can we revitalize it?"

Sanye said dejectedly, "Because my father is the mayor, I'm very passionate about my hometown work under his influence. That wouldn't happen in my family. I was raised by my grandmother, and my relationship with my father isn't particularly good."

"Yeah, I understand."

Kaguya, who also doesn't have a particularly good relationship with her father, patted Mitsuha's shoulder with an expression that said, "I understand you."

While strolling leisurely and cautiously, Ouyang Jun and his group arrived at the school gate. The dilapidated gate was covered with rust, and the one-meter-high sliding door was completely rusted and could not be opened. Sanye wanted to try to open the door, but she couldn't move it at all even with all her strength. In the end, 2B kicked the door away.

The sliding door jumped up from its original position like a spring and hit the teaching building hard. The pillars and doors, whose tiles and cement had mostly fallen off, could not withstand the blow at all. Along with the broken cement blocks and bricks, some monsters the size of bears flew up.

The heads of these monsters are sewn together, as if the heads of pandas, dogs and cats were sewn together very roughly. It is possible that when they turned into monsters, the corpses of the three animals were mixed and overlapped together, and when the flesh grew out, all three were mixed in.

But none of this matters. These monsters were originally sleeping peacefully in the teaching building. Who knew that a group of people suddenly came from outside, and without saying a word, they first tore down the door of their house and smashed it into their room. This is really intolerable.

"How can there be such a monster in this school?!"

Suzuya let out a small scream, then quickly hid behind Ouyang Falcon. With Suzuya were Kaguya and Mitsuha.

"Suzume, you can hide behind me."

The Left Minister seemed to want Ling Ya to hide behind him.

"Ah, sorry, sorry, I'm used to it. I always feel safer hiding behind Mr. Boss."

Ling Ya said embarrassedly, "Waaaa, those monsters are coming, Mr. Boss, use your invincible sniper rifle to think of a way!"

"Owner."

2B prepares to charge.

"No need to bother."

The monsters crowded together and charging in dense formations were simply an excellent target. The bullets shot from the shotgun in Ouyang Sun's hand did not need to be controlled in direction. All he had to do was spread the attack range a little to include them.

There was a sound of steel balls hitting the pork, and several monsters turned into ashes in an instant, and disappeared without a trace when the breeze blew.

"What you hold in your hand is a weapon called a musket, created by modern humans?"

Minister Zuo looked at the shotgun in Ouyang Xuan's hand.

"Correct."

"Injecting a large amount of mana into it, and then urging the steel balls inside to attack, this consumes a lot of mana."

The Left Minister was puzzled. "Most of your attacks just now missed, and most of your mana was wasted. Why did you choose such a cost-effective fighting method?"

Mana is the blue bar. Without the blue bar, whether it is a Taoist priest or an Onmyoji, they can only rely on their own physical body to fight. Although some Taoist priests have strong physical strength, it is ultimately not as good as magic. Therefore, how to manage and use one's own mana in the most efficient and effective way is a compulsory course and basic skill for any person in the other world.

Ouyang Xuan's mana consumption was a waste, and the Left Minister seemed very puzzled. In her memory, people similar to Ouyang Xuan should have used bows and arrows as weapons in the past, but they were very cautious in the use of mana, ensuring that every arrow could be put to great use, and would not waste mana like Ouyang Xuan, who scattered flowers like a fairy.

"Because, he's handsome."

Ouyang Xuan said expressionlessly.

"what?"

The Left Minister was even more confused. Could being handsome be more important than life?

The Left Minister expressed his thoughts, and Ouyang Xuan thought for a while and then told the Left Minister.

"Maybe."

Ouyang Falcon said vaguely, "Anyway, as long as we can kill the opponent, it will be fine. After my magic power is low, I won't need a gun. I can use the Golden Light Curse and physical skills to fight."

Ouyang Xuan said this: If you have handed over most of your skills, how can you fight in a team?

How do you play it? Isn't it enough to just move A over?

Although he didn't quite understand what Ouyang Xuan said, the Left Minister still silently took note of it in his heart, thinking that he might understand it later. He wanted stones, and the thing he had the most was boring time to think.

[Your only long-range attack is thunder magic? This won't do.]

"Why not? I don't know, but Lao Si said we need to diversify our attack methods. I don't understand why, though. Wouldn't it be better to just blow the opponent's head off?"

"How about using firearms? Bang bang bang shooting is super cool. Don't you like that green iron bull? He uses firearms anyway, so why not give it a try?"

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In normal times, Miyamizu Shrine is now bustling with activity.