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Not far away, a large number of crows were flying rapidly towards them.
"what happened?"
The shrine's chief priest, Mamegaki, was also awakened. As soon as the old man arrived in front of the main hall, he saw a large flock of crows pounding on the wooden door of the main hall.
"How could these crows have dared to trespass on the temple of the Crow God?"
Because the Mihara Shrine enshrines a crow deity, it is usually frequented by a large number of crows.
But these crows are usually very docile, and they have never attacked the main hall of the shrine like they did today!
……
Chapter 54 Within the Torii Gate Lies the Divine Realm
A man and a woman who were talking in front of the worship hall of Mika Shrine were also startled by the strange phenomenon in the sky.
"Have all these crows gone mad?" asked Anzai Morio, the film crew's cinematographer, in surprise.
Taeko Mamegaki, standing to the side, also stared wide-eyed.
She grew up at the Mihana Shrine and always thought the crows living there were docile; this was the first time she had ever seen them so ferocious.
Behind the second torii gate, not far from the worship hall, Mr. Shimazaki, Miss Mamegaki's fiancé, was also staring blankly at the sky.
Meanwhile, in the grove of trees not far behind him, Ran, Yoko, and Conan were also dumbfounded as they stared at the dense flock of crows in the sky.
"Are there really that many crows in Beika Town?" Ran murmured to herself.
"How scary..." Yoko's face turned pale.
"Did someone put something in front of us?" Conan asked in shock. "How could this attract so many crows?"
……
Inside the main hall of the shrine, Matsuda felt a chill run down his spine as he listened to the persistent knocking on the wooden door.
With the sheer number of crows outside, it probably won't be long before they peck through the wooden door of the main hall.
The system was right; even a weakened god still has some hidden skills.
If the crow spirit of Mihana Shrine had used this tactic from the beginning, Matsuda probably wouldn't have been able to handle it.
Hopefully, once this guy is taken care of, the crows outside will stop causing trouble.
Matsuda looked at the raven spirit, who was bound by silver chains and occasionally twitched from the electric shocks of the talismans.
Sensing his master's intentions, the Ghost Knight raised his sword and swung it down at the Raven God's head!
With a swift stroke of its blade, the raven god's head fell to the ground and began to slowly dissipate.
Immediately afterwards, its remaining body also began to turn into specks of starlight.
Above the Raven God, the dark underworld vortex reappeared, slowly absorbing the Raven God's body.
"Human, how dare you slaughter gods! I curse you..."
The raven god's head was still raging in vain, but before it could finish speaking, its entire raven head turned into specks of light and was sucked into the vortex of the underworld.
When the raven spirit's body completely disappeared, Matsuda also received a system notification.
"The crow spirit enshrined at the Mika Shrine has gone to the underworld. The host has received three thousand merit points, and the puppet body of the crow spirit has been distributed!"
Following the system's notification, a giant raven, identical to the raven spirit from before, with jet-black plumage and blood-red eyes, appeared beside Matsuda.
puppet?
So, does that mean I can control it?
Matsuda's heart stirred, and his mind wandered.
The next moment, his consciousness shifted to the puppet body of the raven god.
Controlling the crow's body, Matsuda carefully took two steps forward.
Fortunately, although I was born as a human, I didn't feel much discomfort after my consciousness entered the crow's body.
At least when walking, there is no problem at all.
At this moment, the wooden door of the shrine's main hall finally revealed a hole more than half a meter wide under the crows' frantic pecking.
Then the crows came in one by one.
Oh no! Matsuda immediately thought to himself, "This is terrible!"
With so many crows, even with the Ghost Knight protecting him, he would probably still be pecked to pieces.
But what happened next was beyond Matsuda's expectations.
The crows that crawled through the wooden door into the main hall did not attack Matsuda. Instead, they stopped in various places, tilting their heads and looking at the puppet body of the crow god with suspicion.
Are they mistaking the puppet body of the raven god for the original raven god?
Matsuda had an idea and quickly gave it a try.
Get down!
"Cuck!"
The puppet's body automatically turned Matsuda's thoughts into cries, and the crows that had already flown into the house obediently lay down.
stand up!
"Cuck!"
As the puppet's body cawed, the crows in the room changed their posture and stood up.
It must be said that crows are indeed very clever.
As Matsuda commanded them, he felt as if he were commanding a human army.
It's no wonder that some countries train crows specifically to pick up trash and maintain environmental hygiene.
After they had had their fill of playing, Matsuda ordered all the crows to fly away.
Watching the crows line up and pass through the large hole in the door,
Matsuda suddenly wondered what was happening outside.
The unusual sight of the flock of crows attacking the main hall just now must have alarmed quite a few people, right?
Matsuda, whose consciousness was still inside the puppet body of the god crow, had just had this thought when he discovered that the entire shrine, from the first torii gate at the beginning of the approach to the main hall, and all the scenes along the way were imprinted in his mind!
He looked at the old shrine master, Mamegaki, who was gazing at the crows in front of the main hall.
Looking at Mamegaki Taeko and Anzai Morio facing off in front of the worship hall,
Looking at Mr. Shimazaki hiding behind the second torii gate,
Ran, Yoko, and Conan were secretly observing from the woods behind Mr. Shimazaki.
So, what are these three groups of people doing?
Are you playing a spying game?
This magical field of vision is divided by the outermost torii gate, which is the starting point of the approach.
Matsuda knew everything about the area inside the first torii gate, including all the sights and sounds.
But once you cross the first torii gate, both the view before your eyes and the sounds around you cease.
No wonder the Japanese say that behind the torii gate is the dwelling place of the gods, and that everything within the torii gate is under their control!
That feeling did indeed resemble a divine realm.
Matsuda suddenly realized.
At that moment, he suddenly noticed that the atmosphere between Mamegaki Myoko and Anzai Morio in front of the worship hall seemed a bit off.
"Have you thought it through? Where is the money I want?" Anzai Morio asked.
“I won’t give you the money!” Taeko Mamegaki said through gritted teeth.
"How dare you refuse?" Anzai Morio threatened. "You haven't forgotten about the theft at the shrine back then, have you? And what was the name of that caretaker who committed suicide because the shrine's ritual items were stolen?"
"You are not allowed to mention Mr. Sugiyama! You are the one who killed him!" Mamegaki Taeko said angrily.
"Me? You've forgotten someone, haven't you?" Anzai Morio sneered. "Don't forget, you were also the culprit who killed him! If you hadn't told me that there were valuable ritual items stored in the shrine's storeroom, how would I have known about them, and how would I have gone to steal them!"
"You and I are both accomplices!"
"Stop talking!" Taeko Mamegaki shouted, her eyes red.
"So, have you thought it through now? If you don't give me the money, I'll expose what happened back then. At most, I'll just get arrested and taught a lesson by the police for petty theft, but it'll be a different story for you!"
Anzai Morio said with ill intent,
"The wedding date that was already set will definitely be canceled. And, if Shimazaki Yuji finds out about your past, there's a good chance he'll break up with you right away!"
Chapter 55 Conan: The Ability to Be Flexible
"Stop talking!" Miss Mameyuki suddenly pulled out a knife from behind her back. "You're not allowed to say anything more about this. If you dare to bring up what happened back then, I'll..."
"What will you do? Kill me?"
Anzai Morio scoffed disdainfully, took a step forward, and was about to snatch the knife.
Got it!
Yuji Shimazaki hurriedly ran out from behind the second torii gate, wanting to help his fiancée.
Got it!
Conan also rushed out of the woods, trying to stop Mamegaki Taeko and Anzai Morio.
Although he couldn't hear clearly what the two were arguing about because they were too far apart, the fact that they had already used knives meant it was obviously not a good thing!
However, Shimazaki Yuji, who is currently the closest to the others, is quite a distance away from Mamegaki Taeko and Anzai Morio, not to mention Conan, who is hiding even further behind.
As Anzai Morio approached Mamegaki Taeko, and the knife in Mamegaki Taeko's hand was about to stab Anzai Morio,
Just when Conan and Shimazaki Yuji thought a bloody murder was about to happen, a large flock of crows suddenly descended from the sky and surrounded Anzai Morio.
"What's going on? Why are the crows flying over here!"