The formation in the knot used Lingsu's spiritual power, so naturally, when it was activated, Lingsu could feel it directly.
As expected …
Lingsu narrowed her eyes.
Although This Pill Inquisitor No. 3304 was captured and the tragedy at the shrine was put back on track, there were still some abnormalities in this era.
And this change might have occurred even earlier.
Could it be that history had been slightly altered, or …?
She pondered for a moment and finally contacted Fox's Aid.
Connecting across time and space required a large amount of spiritual power.
But this was insignificant to Lingsu.
After all, she had allowed her spiritual body to stay in the other world to help her little friend get through the recovery period of his memory.
This kind of spiritual power transfer was not a problem.
Unfortunately, as the evidence provider, Fox's Aid was busy with the follow-up of This Pill Inquisitor No. 3304 and could not return for the time being, so they could only use a video call.
After the connection was established, Fox's Aid's patterned fox face appeared in mid-air. The connection signal was sent out by the Government of the Time and the information that the Inquisitor wanted was conveyed to them one by one.
"My Lord, the System's current search did not detect any abnormalities.
There are no abnormalities in the history of the Modern World. "Fox's Aid searched for information.
He did not need to rely on external facilities, he himself was a high-speed computing machine.
"But something happened to my brother, this is a fact confirmed by the Lord, and we have walked that route many times, he could not have encountered any danger." Yiqi Yizhen frowned, obviously disagreeing with Fox's Aid's conclusion.
"This … is Mr. Yiqi, this is all we can find out."
Fox's Aid said, "Maybe it was just a small accident, but not enough to be included in the incidents we are guarding against.
Also, we have just confirmed the location of the sword, there is nothing wrong with it.
Putting it in the same case as This Pill Inquisitor No. 3304, I am afraid it will be a little hasty. "
"After the previous series of events.
I believe that the Funerary Deities understand your mission and how tight time is … We cannot tolerate any failure or waste of time.
Therefore, before we have clear evidence, we will only deal with it as an ordinary case. "
In other words, the Pharmaceutical Research Institute's injury was an accident. There was no intentional injury, nor was there any historical disconnect that caused changes.
"…" Yiqi Yizhen clenched his fist.
Pharmaceutical Research's safety made him feel relieved, but Fox's Aid's words still enraged him.
He was not the only one who was angered at the same time. Shanmaqie, who always covered himself with a blanket, and Zong San Zuo Language, who often mocked himself as a caged bird.
Although his expression did not immediately turn cold, as a saber, the austere aura of his main body instantly spread out.
Even the Divine Inquisitors standing in front of them with their backs to them could feel it clearly.
Lingsu chuckled inwardly.
What a bunch of impatient Funerary Deities …
"It's good that you've confirmed that nothing happened. Then we can also change the direction of our investigation and focus on the real Akechi Mitsuhide.
You continue with your work. Remember to compile a detailed report for me after the results are out. "She did not refute Fox's Aid's words.
Instead, she went along with what it said.
Then, she waved the fox projection in front of her with her sleeve and turned to face the space-time formation in front of her.
It seemed to be studying how to break it.
After all, it was not a space-time formation produced by the government. Even they would need a few days to decipher it.
Rather than wait for them, it was better to think of a way on their own.
"Then, thank you, my Lord." Fox's Aid bowed and disappeared in mid-air.
The air was silent for a long time until the young man's voice broke the silence.
"… My Lord."
Yiqi Yizhen spoke to the Divine Inquisitor. Under his gentle voice, there was a hint of despair and suppressed pain.
His pain was not because something happened to Pharmaceutical Research Institute, or rather, it was not entirely because of that.
It was also because he felt the Government of the Time's attitude towards them from Fox's Aid's attitude.
Even if they were awakened from the Funerary Deities and had thoughts of their own.
In the eyes of humans, they were just tools.
They could be replaced at any time, so no matter what happened to them, it did not matter.
Just like the Compressional Hasselblad beside them.
If the Divine Inquisitor had not insisted on keeping him, what would have been waiting for him?
It was probably the Government of the Time's interrogation methods that could not see the light of day. They did not care about why he was on the verge of falling. After digging out all his secrets, they cut him up with a knife and burned him for a minute.
Or perhaps, not even ashes would be left.
Actually, it was quite interesting when one thought about it.
When they were knives, they did not have much consciousness. They did not have much contact with it, and they did not even know what kind of knife it was.
But after becoming the Death God Fu, that kind of blood-like emotion naturally emerged. It was as if they had really missed each other for hundreds of years. They missed those brothers who had been made by the same swordsmiths, and the swordsmiths who had served the same master.
It was as if they were really family, brothers.
It was as if they had intentionally added emotional recognition to please humans.
Because of this, Death God Fu would not be the bright and clean moon. Instead, he would be pulled down from the altar. Just like humans, he would feel pain, despair, and even beg. He was just a similarly weak person.
Lingsu's gaze fell on the tall young man. She saw his somewhat lonely expression, but she had no choice but to wait silently for her Lord's order.
Her eyes narrowed slightly.
She suddenly recalled a very long time ago.
That was a long, long time ago … It was so long ago that these famous knives in Japan had not been forged yet, and her name was not Lingsu. And at that time … she was not as peaceful and quiet as she was today, living in her own mansion as if she was living a retired life.
At that time, she had the power to overturn countless kingdoms, and countless lives were on her hands. Wherever she went, there would be rivers of blood.
But no matter how cruel she was, and how evil she was described by outsiders, there would always be someone who would speak to her with a compassionate voice.
"You strategized and overturned the world. What do you want?"
He had always tried to drag her out of that abyss.
In the end, the cruel person lived on, and the gentle person who always smiled died.
When he was alive, he could not stop her … But after he died, she stopped.
Because of that person's death, she changed.
And now, the knife in front of her, the young man who always smiled gently, also had bloodshot eyes after learning that his brother was injured and the others were unmoved.
She was not such a person … Her knife in Honmaru was not such a knife before it became the Funerary Deities.
Lingsu looked at Ichijinx in front of her and suddenly smiled.
Her eyes curved like the arc of a crescent moon, curved and supported the waves, causing ripples.
The curve of her red lips was light, but beautiful.
Ichijinx was slightly stunned.
"Don't be too nervous."
He heard His Lord say softly to him, "I can feel the condition of Pharmaceutical Research. He is fine, and nothing happened."
"I see."
Ichijinx finally relaxed.
He had just heard the same words from the Fox Protector, but only when this sentence came from the Lord's mouth did he truly believe that his younger brother was safe and sound from the bottom of his heart.
After relaxing, he realized that he was a little too nervous just now.
He actually talked to Fox's Aid without His Lord. He could not help but feel a little nervous, "Sorry, I …"
"It's okay." Lingsu interrupted him, "You were talking to Fox's Aid just now.
Did you notice what he said just now? Is there anything wrong? "
"Huh?" Ichijinx and the two knives beside him looked at each other, "This … I don't think so."
"You didn't notice?"
Lingsu was puzzled. After thinking, she said, "After all, that Shikigami only talked to me alone. It's normal that you don't know."
"Is there something wrong with that fox?" Shanmaqie asked in a muffled voice.
Obviously, he was still in a bad mood.
"Kind of. When it was talking to Ichijinx just now, it used a very interesting word."
Lingsu said softly, "It said 'we', not 'me'."
'I, behind the scenes, represent Fox's Aid.'
'But we, behind the scenes, may be the government, or something else …'
There were two manipulators behind Fox's Aid.
One of them was Fox's Aid himself. Most of the time, Fox's Aid stayed by her side and helped her.
The other was a high-ranking official appointed by the government to deal with things that Fox's Aid was not allowed to touch because of its authority.
At the same time, in order to make this mission more secretive, the message was transmitted through Fox's Aid's body instead of face-to-face contact.
In the entire government of the time, there were very few officials who knew about this secret.
Usually, when Fox's Aid and its manipulator changed places, there would be a notification. Usually, its pupils would turn into a fluorescent blue color to receive information, and there would be flowing data in its pupils.
However, when she observed Fox's Aid's pupils just now, she found that there was no change.
In other words, either the high-ranking official in charge of contacting her forgot about this arrangement, or the information was leaked, and there was a mole among the high-ranking officials who wanted to mess with her.
Judging from Hu Zhizhu's previous attitude and his previous attitude, there was a huge difference between his previous attitude and his previous attitude.
This was not something that could be done by one person.
"What a messy pot of porridge."
After telling the men with swords and sabers her guess, Lingsu quickly came up with a plan:
"He knows that his words won't convince you, he's just stalling for time.
Now it seems that there must be a secret in this era that some of the high-ranking officials don't want us to find out. The attack on Pharmaceutical Research was nothing more than a hindrance to their plans.
The amulet was an accident, so with precautions, the next wave of attacks will probably come soon.
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"My lord, you mean …" Yiqi Yizhen, who had finally calmed down, was unable to remain calm again.
Lingsu raised her hand and hit him directly on the forehead with spiritual energy, leaving a shallow red mark and a barely audible "Ugh …" sound from the youth.
"What are you panicking for?"
Lingsu looked at him with a smile and said, "Don't you still have me?"
"Then we."
"You guys stay here." Lingsu knew what he wanted to say and directly interrupted him, "I'll bring back Pharmaceutical Research.
You guys stay here. "
"Yes."
Shanmaqie, Yiqi Yizhen, Zong San.
Hasselblad also bowed.
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In a hidden street corner in the town, it was a mess.
The barrier door had been broken from the outside, the walls were sprinkled with specks of blood. The wooden furniture in the house had been split in two and fell on the tatami, splashing wood.
A pair of crimson shoes embroidered with gold stepped on the tatami, revealing the white and smooth instep.
The young girl brandished a longsword, her body dancing with the tip of the sword. Her sleeves fluttered, and her long white hair danced in the air.
She nimbly drew her sword and pulled it out. Countless blades slashed towards her back and face, but were all blocked by her sword. The strength of her sword dance changed, and she lifted the blades up and gently threw them in a certain direction.
The blades that had been lifted up by the force of her attack were thrown out of the hands of the enemy, and then fell together in the air.
"Swish — — Swish — — Swish — —"
The momentum of ten thousand arrows was nothing more than this. Dozens of blades fell out of the hands of the enemy at the same time and stabbed into a place, standing on the tatami.
The blades produced a buzzing sound when they touched the ground, like the roar of the enemy on the battlefield.
The young girl's raised eyes seemed to have a stream of light flashing, and a strange green color appeared. She stood in the shadows of the room, like a poisonous snake hiding in a dark corner. Her whole person looked gloomy and ghostly, and her white hair made her look like a ghost returning from hell.
"General."
Near the tatami with dozens of blades stabbed into it, a young man stood up from a corner.
He opened his mouth.
He didn't take a step forward because his leg was injured. Although he had done some basic bandaging before the General's arrival, it seemed that there was a slight fracture, and the bandaging had little effect.
"Pharmaceutical Research."
Seeing the young man's figure, the wantonly killing girl finally stopped. She ignored the secretly vigilant guards surrounding her, withdrew the sword in her hand, and turned to walk in the direction of Pharmaceutical Research.
"It's not serious."
"It's not serious.
It's just a slight fracture of the leg, "Pharmaceutical Research replied calmly.
Then his gaze fell on the Divine Inquisitor. "After all, this was a decision made after the General's assessment.
With my detection and evasion ability, plus the effect of the protective knot.
I can avoid the attack no matter what … right? "
Lingsu raised her eyebrows.
"It seems that before I came, you had already thought through the cause and effect of the matter very clearly."
"Yes."
"Let's hear it."
Pharmaceutical Research untied the red knot from his wrist. The bell on it had shattered and disappeared without a trace.
He picked up the knot and said to the Divine Inquisitor, "You said before that this knot is a protective talisman that will protect my life from danger.
But at the same time, you also said that this bell is made of Spiritual Power, and ordinary people can't hear it. "
"This is why you insisted on me going.
You think that there are still anomalies here, but the enemy is too well-hidden, so you used a bell with Spiritual Power as bait. I followed Akechi Mitsuhide all the way, and I'm alone.
It's best to do it. "
Pharmaceutical Research supported his fractured leg and walked to the Divine Inquisitor with difficulty. Ignoring the pain, he half-knelt and tied the red knot back to the Divine Inquisitor's ankle.
"… So you sent me, and put bait on me, and a protective formation on me. From the beginning, you wanted me to be the bait to lure them."
"So," Lingsu looked down at him and said calmly, "Are you criticizing me now?"
Pharmaceutical Research lowered his head.
He recalled Yi Zhen's criticism of the General. He gripped the knot in his hand and laughed bitterly. "What … do you think we are?"
There's still some disappointment …
He thought. After all, no matter what, the girl in front of him was their master.
Regardless of whether they had pledged their loyalty or not, they were truly listening to her orders and working for her.
They fought for her.
But in the end, they were used as bait when they were unaware.
How could he not be sad at all?
However, at this moment.
What responded to him was still the smiling voice above his head, and the cold words spoken in a gentle tone.
"You are my subordinates, that's all."
The girl said word by word, "Pharmaceutical Research, control your emotions. You've seen a lot of things like this when you were making knives."
"Don't think that you are a fledgling just because you have the body of a human," Lingsu leaned over and gently lifted his chin, looking at the young man's delicate and fair face.
And that pair of steady purple eyes.
There was a complicated look in its eyes, making the purple mist even thicker.
If she had not seen it with her own eyes, Lingsu would have found it hard to imagine how a knife could produce such complicated emotions.
She shook her head and chuckled softly. "In any case, this is a blade that once served the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven. You should act more like him."
"But I'm not in a hurry for you to learn these things. We still have a lot of time.
But now … "
She tightened her grip on his chin. Spiritual power surged out of her body and gathered on Pharmaceutical Research's injured leg.
Inside the body structure that could not be seen by the human eye, the broken bones gradually connected together. The injured muscles were nourished, and the wound quietly healed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was back to normal.