You say this is a love game?

Mizutani Makoto fell silent for a moment.

...withered.

He turned around and saw Yoshiko Satori crunching on a biscuit. When she noticed Makoto Mizutani looking at her, she blinked innocently, her eyes clearer than those of a college student.

Mizutani Makoto silently withdrew his gaze.

"I almost forgot, I only have one Shikigami, Kako, and she's not even a combat-focused one..."

Zashiki-warashi, Out!

Mizutani Makoto scratched his hair hard, and a light bulb went off in his head.

"No! Yoshiko, she has another trick called the inverse zashiki stance."

Asking a Zashiki-warashi to possess one's body is a bit funny.

He has been working with Satori Yoshiko for so long, how could he not know that Zashiki-warashi has no killing power at all?

However, the reverse zashiki is different...that form is simply sinister.

If only he could combine his skills with Kako's reverse zashiki posture and get her "cursed coat"...

There is an explanation!

I'll try the crevice later.

Mizutani Makoto opened his personal interface and focused his attention on the skill column. Now he finally had another skill.

[Kendo Niten Ichiryu]: 1455/5000 (Mastery)

【Shugendo God of Destiny】:1／500 (Beginner)

"But is this move, 'Enlisting the Gods to Descend,' the hope that Miss Furuya mentioned?"

strange.

According to Furuya Ruriko, this golden box was a gift from the gods after they granted her request, and it contains the hope she once longed for.

But he didn't quite understand what this secret method of cultivation had to do with hope?

As he said this, Mizutani Makoto took out the [Gorgeous Gold Box] from his backpack.

Furuya Ruriko's bow is definitely not "Hope". If Shugendo is no longer the one, then it can only be this box.

Isn't this funny?

At the beginning, Mizutani Makoto really didn't expect that this box would be counted as equipment.

When an empty box appeared in his backpack, he thought the system was broken, but after a closer look, he found that the golden box could actually withstand the impact of the "strong upper position" and remained unscathed.

Paper, and, strong.

He is at the peak of Paper Level, and the strongest enemy he has ever encountered is only at the Parallel Level.

As for forcing one to take power, that is completely unimaginable.

If a box can have such terrifying defensive power, then it should indeed be considered as equipment.

Mizutani Makoto gestured and said that the box was not big, about the size of his chest. He could barely cover his chest by holding it up with both hands.

There was indeed a Japanese bow in this golden box before, but that storage method must be related to "space folding". Otherwise, in terms of space, there would be no way to fit the seven-foot-three-inch, approximately 2.2-meter Japanese bow.

"My defense is worse than a box."

This is simply his ideal box.

Inside the apartment, the light reflected from the blinds fell on the box, making the golden treasure chest sparkle. The rich gold color almost blinded Mizutani Makoto, and he couldn't help but think again.

I took out a ruler from the drawer and measured that the box was about 30cm high, 20cm wide and 15cm deep.

Suppose, suppose it is really made of 24K gold, and I felt it with my hand, it should be around seven or eight kilograms.

"This isn't a box, this isn't the countless Fukuzawa Yukichis?"

Based on the current gold price, the price of this box must be sky-high!

Makoto Mizutani threw the box back into his backpack angrily without looking at it any more.

I cry after watching too much!

So what if it can be sold to equal the total assets of N Mizutani families?

There was no way he could really sell something with such superb defensive power.

He now had an immature idea in his mind, which was to use this box to do something bad... but before that, he had to go find Furuya Ruriko first.

Gap, start!

【Number of explorations: 3/3】

He had logged off near the vermilion torii gate before, and his life had not been wasted yet.

Gray blocks of color filled the field of vision, and the warm afternoon sun dimmed until it disappeared without a trace. The small apartment disappeared. When I opened my eyes again, I saw the witch sitting quietly on the chair with her face downcast, as if she was lost in thought.

What will Furuya Ruriko do while he is offline?

Mizutani Makoto couldn't help but think.

...I probably won't do anything.

Just like the Fire Keeper in Dark Souls 3, when the ash is gone, the Fire Keeper just sits silently in the sacrificial ground. No one knows what she is thinking in her heart, or how she endures the dead silence and loneliness.

Miss Miko's situation is really similar to that of the Fire Keeper.

But she is very different from the women who were trained as fire keepers in the background stories. Furuya Ruriko was a shrine maiden in her lifetime... A shrine maiden is not necessarily dignified and serious, but at least she can laugh and dance. As a once normal person, she was trapped in this dark crevice for thirty-seven years, and was confined to the school building three years ago, sitting on this chair for three years.

In this lonely darkness, with even her past stripped away and forgotten, what is she thinking?

"Hello again, Miss Furuya."

Therefore, the place where Makoto Mizutani goes online recently is specifically chosen to be the school building.

There was no reason, he just found that whenever he came online, Furuya Ruriko would always smile and she would take the initiative to greet him, so he did it.

"Greetings, Lord Mizutani."

Mizutani Makoto reached out and took out the [Senko Kurei] from his backpack. The 2.2-meter-long bow was a "big bow". When placed horizontally in his hand, it took up an astonishing amount of space.

"This is?"

Furuya Ruriko seemed to sense something.

Her eyes were bandaged, yet one could sense her momentary hesitation. The witch tilted her face slightly, her hand subconsciously raised, only to return it to her thigh with restraint.

Mizutani Makoto didn't hesitate: "I found a bow here, let me show you."

He handed the bow to Furuya Ruriko.

The witch took the bow.

This bow did not change at all when it was in Mizutani Makoto's hand, but as soon as Furuya Ruriko took it, it immediately produced a strange phenomenon. A warm crimson luster flashed on the bow, and then with the sound of flames ignited, the whole bow was filled with flames, and its warm light illuminated the dark corridor in the long night.

He felt that the bow was a living thing, emitting joy.

"It turns out it's you..."

Then, Furuya Ruriko was silent for a long time.

She raised her head and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Thank you, Mizutani-sama."

"No need to thank me, but by the way, does this bow mean a lot to you?"

Furuya Ruriko said, "Well, this bow is very helpful to me. When I got it, some of my memories were revived."

"memory?"

Mizutani Makoto perked up.

"The God took my eyes and my memories... I thought all my memories were stored in my lost eyes, but now it seems that the God has divided my memories into two, one of which is placed in this bow."

Mizutani Makoto asked with concern: "Do you remember the past?"

Furuya Ruriko shook her head and said, "A little, but most of these memories have nothing to do with the past. They are more about the skills I once mastered."

"skill?"

"I've been training at the shrine since childhood, and I've mastered many of the necessary miscellaneous knowledge... Well, it was fine before, but now I'm in the crevice, and it might be a little more difficult to find the raw materials. If you, Mizutani-sama, can find a way to get the raw materials I need into the crevice, and provide some souls, I can help you make some special items."

[The shrine maiden Furuya Ruriko will provide you with the "secret medicine refining" service. ]

[Players can provide raw materials and consume souls to have the shrine maiden Furuya Ruriko help them refine the secret medicine.]

[Secret medicine that can be refined now:]

[1. Secret Medicine for the Flesh]

[Second, the secret medicine of spirit]

[3. Secret medicine for boiling blood]

Mizutani Makoto examined it. He was very familiar with the first two secret medicines. As for the third one, the [Boiling Blood Secret Medicine], it was an explosive type secret medicine with huge side effects, used in life-threatening situations.

Make secret medicines at Ruriko's house in Furuya. All three secret medicines only require 100 souls.

As for Kurosawa Yoshihito, he dares to sell each secret medicine for 800 souls!

"Lao Hei, how much difference did he make from me?"

Makoto Mizutani carefully examined the "formulas" of these secret medicines again. Furuya Ruriko had marked out for him all the raw materials needed for these secret medicines.

Most of them were herbs. He had never studied herbal medicine, so he didn't know much about the prices of these raw materials and couldn't even recognize them all.

Then there are some rare elixirs...

The concept of "spiritual medicine" was explained to him on the spot by Furuya Ruriko. It means herbs that are imbued with spiritual power and are definitely not available on the market. She used to grow spiritual medicine privately in the shrine, so she didn't have to ask others for help.

Looking at it this way, it seems that Lao Hei hasn't taken too much from him?

The only black mark against Kurosawa Ryouhito is that he most likely dug up Furuya Ruriko's grave and sold her props to him at a high price...

But this high price doesn't seem to be completely high. You can't scold him even if you want to. After all, businessmen must make money. But if you don't scold him, it's embarrassing that he is doing such a good business with no cost.

Mizutani Makoto shook his head and drew his attention back.

What this means is that Furuya Ruriko can also farm?

But then I thought, the god worshipped by Furuya Ruriko is "Inari Daimyojin", who is indeed the god in charge of the harvest. As a shrine maiden of Inari Daimyojin, she even has a combat skill called "Fox Holding Ears of Harvest". It seems natural that she would know how to cultivate herbs.

Just as Mizutani Makoto was wondering how the shrine maiden could be so virtuous and good at managing the household, Furuya Ruriko lowered her head slightly. Her eyes were gone from under the bandages, and her empty eye sockets drooped, as if she was staring at the bow in her hand.

Suddenly, she whispered.

"Mr. Mizutani, can you help me take care of this child?"

"Ah? What child?"

Mizutani Makoto was stunned for a moment, then saw Furuya Ruriko handing over the bow in her hand.

"I am no longer able to take care of this child. Even if you send it back to me, it will only gather dust in my hands... If you don't mind, Master Mizutani, please take care of this child for me."

Furuya Ruriko held the [Senko Guri] in both hands. This Japanese bow, once held by the shrine maiden, was now handed over to the next owner by her own hands.

"If I guarantee it, even Lord Inari will forgive me."

This sword and bow are a contract between the gods and the shrine maiden, and ordinary people cannot touch them at all.

However, with the once most favored priestess as a guarantee, even the gods would turn a blind eye and allow outsiders to control this divine bow.

When Makoto Mizutani took the Japanese bow from Ruriko Furuya, he still felt a little unreal.

"Is this really okay?"

Mizutani Makoto asked subconsciously.

"Isn't this bow very important to Miss Furuya?"

"But now, it's more important to you."

Yes, Miss Furuya.

I love you from the bottom of my heart!

Chapter 96 Jiazi, I want you to help me practice!