【Good Leaf】Eclipse of the Crimson Moon

Chapter 36

【Growing up 3】

Stepping into the Abyss of Darkness again before the main sacrifice exceeded my expectations.

The attitude that should be expressed should be enough, and I don't want to look at Ye Simu again, but things always backfire.

The irritated Kurosawa Shinichi provoked trouble again by discovering new clues of the traitor.He was targeting me and Ye, but there was also a hint of irrational rage.In this season when the crimson moon is full, probably the whole world is also falling into the abyss of madness.

Anna couldn't stop the situation from getting worse, so I had to come forward again to dispel his concerns about me as the chief priest.

I used to be lucky before, hoping that I would not need to achieve this level, but now it is obviously a luxury.

I have to show him my determination.And this time, I must let him completely trust me, otherwise all the previous efforts will be in vain.

I have always made the mistake of not being decisive enough in this matter and evading it.Now, instead of helping him, Ye's trust in me made him suffer even more, all because of my continued ambiguous attitude.If he has to be hurt anyway, I hope that the process will not be too long, and there will be no room for speculation.

I will definitely be able to do it, because in this world, I understand him better than anyone else, and only I can make that stubborn person let go of his persistence completely.

★★★

When I arrived at the Abyss of Darkness, Anna was almost fighting with the priest of the Kurosawa family.

Naturally, there are not so many coincidences in this world. I arrived just at this time because Quanzong had been staying here before, reporting to me the development of the situation.

The old man Heisawa had an annoyed look on his face, as if he thought I had disturbed his good business.You can also question me at the regular meeting if you catch the mistakes made by the lower priests. He really said this in his heart, but it is a pity that he is not the only one who set up the law of peeping.

Seeing me coming, he really immediately used "inquiry" as the reason for suddenly coming to be rough on Ye Dong, and also cited the opinions of the other three families and the duties of the chief priest to exert pressure.He is full of confidence in his actions for two reasons, even without using the power of spiritual vision, I know it well.

If he gets his way, I don’t know how Ye will be treated, and if he takes this opportunity to re-investigate the Nishi Kujo family and the relevant personnel at that time, he may be found to have tampered with memory traces... Although I am very concerned about my own spells I am very confident, but the scale of the operation at that time was too large, and there were too many people involved, and there would always be some unusual clues... On the other hand, if I rejected his proposal, it would only make him think that I was deliberately protecting Yeh, that's exactly what I try to avoid.

"No, this method is wrong, Mr. Kurosawa." I deliberately slowed down my tone to give him time to think.The old man in front of him really looked surprised.

"Do you want me to teach you?" I glanced at Ye at the end of the room. The priests beside him were also attracted by our conversation and relaxed their strength. The young man who had been suppressed all this time was able to look up at me. All bewildered.

"What?" The old man was confused.

"If you want to make him suffer, the best way is to hurt his friends." I casually threw out the words he wanted to hear the most. Almost at the same time, in the dead prison, everyone's hearts were like bombs It burst open, shocking my nerves.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Okay!" Ye's angry roar was the first to tear through the frozen atmosphere. Although it was completely in my expectation, it still made me shake for a moment——

No, that's it, that's what I expected...so I can't stop here...

His forehead was dripping with blood, which was a new wound caused by the atrocities committed by the priests of the Kurosawa family just now.But the deeper wounds lie beyond the reach of the human eye.He must have understood the meaning of what I just said earlier than anyone else, because he is my younger brother.

The convulsions in the heart at this moment did not come from himself, but from Ye's heart.He is denying his guess, but he can't explain my behavior, and he can't stop everything after that.The most intolerable thing for Ye is about to happen, those things that he spared his life to maintain, and now, I am about to tear them apart with my own hands.

"As you heard, Master Ye. Kurosawa's method is a bit off. I don't want any accidents to happen before the ceremony, so I will remind you a little bit. If you cooperate well, everyone will be more relaxed." I lightly Shrugging his shoulders lightly, and taking another look at Shinichi Kurosawa, he was really confused.At this moment, there is only one thing churning in his mind: to confirm the intention of my words, he can't believe that I will do something that disgusts Ye, and he even suspects that our brothers are acting together.

"What else do you want to hear! I've told you everything I know! Don't attack other people! It has nothing to do with them!" Ye's voice was already hoarse, and his attempt to get up was suppressed by the priests behind him again.As the men tightened the chains that bound his back shoulders, the throbbing in my heart increased.

"Tsk, what do you want me to say about you, little brother." I took a step closer to him, less than five meters away from the end of the stone chamber, looking at him from this angle is the most stressful angle of depression.Because of the existence of the mask, it is enough to keep a small smile on the corner of the mouth.If he stares directly into his eyes, I can't guarantee that he will understand something...

"Care about a few friends but don't care about the life and death of thousands of people in the whole month?" When I asked this sentence, he trembled violently again.He can't refute me, because he is also the priest who shoulders the fate of the entire Tsukimi.

If you can really live a little more selfishly, it will be much easier, Ye.

The tearing pain in my heart became more intense, it was Ye's pain.If possible, let me take it all for him...but it's impossible.I am the one who brought Ye pain, and I will continue it until it makes him completely desperate.

Breaking through the restrictions of the curse and forcibly using the Thunder Curse is the limit of what he can do, but that can't stop me, it can't stop Kurosawa, and it can't stop Yuejian from gradually distorting towards the abyss.

Ye's eyes were burning with cold anger and despair, the first time I saw him show such an expression.That was his cold and threatening side that he had never shown to anyone. The dangerous light that can only be seen in birds of prey appeared in his topaz-like eyes, which made me tremble——

He didn't lie to me.

Ye, he will never forgive me.

★★★

——My lord, something happened to Mr. Ye.

I opened my hazy and dry eyes, and Quanzong was emerging from the darkness not far away.

I haven't slept all this time, but I still lie here lest the servants have any disturbing associations.Long-term thinking about breaking the spell made me habitually suffer from insomnia, and I only saw Ye during the day.At times like this, it is impossible to fall asleep even if you are extremely tired.Moreover, the idea of ​​"probably something will happen" has been entrenched in my heart, and it would surprise me if Ye honestly did nothing after that.

"Does he want to escape?" I asked it in my heart, and the cat seemed a little surprised.

——Since you know why you still...?

"That's natural. The thing Ye can't bear the most is to hurt others, and those are his friends."

The cat was silent for a while, and then said solemnly:

——Xiaosheng can't understand, must the result you want be achieved in this way?

"If there is a better way, you can tell me." The scalp hurts, and the tone of answering its questions is a little impatient.

It fell silent again.After staring at me for several minutes, I finally added:

——Aren’t you going to stop it?It would be life-threatening to let him act like that.

"No. I shouldn't have known about such things, should I?"

—My lord!He is very hurt now...

"Of course he has a sense of propriety, he can only die in the dark sacrifice, otherwise he will fall into the moon and ignore it." I simply lay back on the quilt and stopped looking at it.

—But now it's different!There's no way he'll keep his cool after you say something like that!Do you want to watch him die?

I turned my head and glanced at it, and said firmly:

"Have you forgotten, there are people watching there besides you."

- you mean...

"They're not going to let it go, just watch. Almost 'discovered'."

Pulling the quilt over my head, indicating that I don't want to continue with this topic, no matter what it talks about...

After a while, there was no sound from around me, and the breath of the spirit had disappeared.Although it didn't say anything, I could clearly "hear" its inner voice:

——Why do you treat yourself like this?My lord...if this continues, you will gradually fall into the dark abyss just like that lord.

Because I have no other choice, right?Can anyone else help me?

★★★

The next morning, a priest came to report the strange situation in the Abyss of Darkness.

Ma Cangye tried to break free from the "ghost bondage" and escape, but in the end he was severely injured and fell to the ground.In the early hours of the morning, the priest on duty found out that the doctor had been consulted for diagnosis and treatment, and his life was not in danger for the time being.

"It is necessary to increase the restraint on him, otherwise it will be bad if there is another accident before the ceremony."

"Yes, immediately follow the wishes of the priest. We will definitely step up our guard and never let this kind of incident happen again."

Ye always does things that exceed my expectations.How will he act after this time?One thing I can be sure of is that if he can't guarantee the safety of his friends, he will not give up.

So, I still need to work a little harder to make him completely stop that kind of thought.

It is not difficult to know how Kurosawa will act.Although they have my permission, they can't openly stir up trouble in front of the townspeople, so naturally they act when the night is dark and the wind is high.

Anna operates in private.She couldn't understand our behavior, and decided to send the priests of the Ma Cang family to secretly protect Ye's friends, which was a great help to me.In this way, Kuisawa's actions were limited to a very limited time period, and their plans could be clarified after a little investigation using Spirit Vision.

Their goal was indeed the group of unscrupulous youths who had previously clashed with them in the Kokubun Shrine.This kind of person always behaves differently from ordinary people, and likes to cause trouble, even if something happens, it is easy to be accepted as an accident.

On the night of the New Year's Festival, the people of Kurosawa started their operations as scheduled.Taking advantage of the chaos of the crowd, distracting the attention of the priests who were protecting the safety of the townspeople during the festival, inciting someone from the group of youths to enter the Forbidden Forest was indeed a beautiful move.Most coincidentally, the young man who broke into the Forbidden Forest seemed to have some special physique and was not blocked by the barrier.Kurosawa probably wouldn't bet on such a small probability event, it might be more appropriate to regard it as the result of their investigation.

It was too late when Anna got the report from her subordinates.When it gets dark, the Forbidden Forest is a dangerous place for ordinary priests. If they are not careful, they will get lost in the endless and far-reaching world of different dimensions.In this case, it is impossible for Sou Shan to gain anything.

This is exactly the result I need.When Ye heard the news, what kind of expression would he have?It will probably be about the same as last time, right?

That alone is certainly not enough.

I want to see him give up struggling and resisting in complete despair, become a puppet at the mercy of others, stop thinking, stop resisting my and Yu Wujia's decision, accept the verdict and complete the mission of atonement.

—My lord...you...? ...what to do...

"remove!"

While I was chanting the mantra, Quan Zong's figure quickly faded into the air.It really deserves to be Ye Wang's imperial spirit, even without the ability of spiritual vision, it can guess my thoughts.Or maybe, the aura emanating from my body at this moment is so ominous that it is aware of it.

I didn't break its spirit, I just made it impossible to appear here for a short time, because I don't want to be hindered by anyone, especially the kind of long-winded guy.

Ye Zheng, who was locked on the stone wall at the end, looked at me with complex expressions in his eyes.Several questions from his heart flooded into my mind together, including the incomprehension of the mantra just chanted, but the strongest emotions are still anger and despair.

"Do you know what day it is today?" I approached him with a chuckle, but he just gritted his teeth and didn't answer me.

"You've been here for too long, I'm afraid you don't have any impression of it? It's the New Year Festival." I walked up to him and squatted down to look at him.

Ye Hou's shoulder injury still hasn't healed, and his physical strength is extremely poor, so now he's just hanging by his arms in a half-kneeling position.His skin was almost as white as the plain clothes on his body, his messy hair hung down in front of him and behind his shoulders, his eye sockets were sunken in deep shadows, and there were sharp and piercing eyes in the darkness, and he still stared at me motionlessly. , like a broken doll.

No, dolls don't have that look.This is the expression of still not giving up. Although he is exhausted and has tried all methods, he is still not completely desperate.

So, what makes you so stubborn?

My twin brother, who I have never been able to fully see through in the past, now I have the forbidden power of the demon god, and you can no longer hide anything from me——

—Okay, please, stop!

——If you really don't forgive me, you can do whatever you want with me, but don't do anything to others!You can't, can you?You would never do that...

The heart almost missed a few beats.

I raised my head, and finally suppressed the bitterness that swarmed up and almost drowned me.Fortunately, with the existence of the mask, he will not see anything.Then I just have to keep this defiant chuckle and tell him everything.

"The Kurosawa family moved, just as I expected." I said close to his ear.

"Do not--!"

He suddenly screamed and made my tympanic membranes hurt, and he was already struggling frantically when he moved away, causing the chains on the stone wall to make scattered knocking sounds.But in order to prevent him from hurting himself again, the restraints cleverly restricted his movement this time.

"You...! You won't let this happen, will you? Stop them... Please!" Ye's roar was full of tears, and the fierce struggle did not reveal that he was still like a walking corpse just now. "Okay... No matter what happened before, no matter how much you hate me, don't involve others... Can't I bear it alone? Please..."

Was it only now that he understood that this whole thing was going exactly as I wanted it to?Now do you still believe that I won't do this?

"Hahahahahahahaha!" I really couldn't help laughing out loud, what a stupid brother... Even if we used to be brothers with the same heart, even if we once agreed to forever together, that is already in the past.

The me now is not worthy of being trusted by you, don't you understand?

"Isn't it all because of you! If you hadn't escaped, everyone wouldn't have died! Everything wouldn't be like this! Now how can you bear it alone? Tell me!"

Amidst my frenzied laughter, Ye's expression changed from sadness to shock, as if he couldn't believe what happened before his eyes.He doesn't understand at all why we are the way we are.Big teardrops rolled in his eyes, and finally couldn't stop sliding down his pale cheeks.

"That person will never be rescued, because he will disappear into this world forever! It's all because of you!" I pointed at him and snapped.

"Why... why..." His voice changed due to choking, and he muttered completely irrelevantly: "Tell me the reason... is it okay..."

I looked at him with a sneer.

My silly brother, can I tell you here?

Of course he is not expected to hear this sentence, but I think he seems to understand that he will not get an answer.The fingers that gripped the chain gradually loosened, he lost his center of gravity, and fell back into the chain surrounding him.

Ye's heart is weakening, which means that he no longer holds the expectation of rescuing his friend.

That's it.

As long as you don’t think about anything, you won’t be hurt again, and it’s like this until the time of the dark sacrifice, everything——

I reached out and stroked his cheek gently.The cold skin is still reflexively tense to my approach, and I feel his trembling and silent whimpering.

——…

The outstretched fingers froze in the air for an instant.

--good…

The voice from the bottom of his heart was weak but continued to spread, making it impossible for me to avoid it.

--it is good.

--it is good.

--it is good.

--it is good.

--it is good.

--it is good.

--it is good.

--it is good.

--it is good.

——…

……

I slumped and took half a step back, falling to the ground.Ye was still sitting there like a puppet with broken strings, but his voice kept coming, and I couldn't refuse it.The small and low voices in my mind are intertwined, reverberating, and resonating, like a trickle, like a buzzer, continuous and expanding, almost occupying my entire consciousness, and my head is almost about to explode——

click lang lang lang———

Before my mind could react, my body had already acted on its own.

Ye Lian didn't have time to let out a scream before I strangled her throat.The line with the faint pulse of life is undulating in my grasp, and he can only make intermittent gasps like a dying animal because of difficulty breathing.

The other hand made a curse mark at the same time, and the chains bound on Ye's arms fell one after another. In this way, he lost the support of the chains, and my neck was taken along by me, and he fell face-to-face on the ground.At the same time I had straddled him, preventing him from getting up.

The priest on duty should be aware of the abnormality of the barrier when the chain is untied, but at this moment no one dares to rush into the Abyss of Darkness at will, because I have ordered them to wait outside.

"Cough!...cough cough..." When his throat was finally released, he coughed continuously, and his cheeks were flushed with blood.But apart from coughing, he didn't say anything, and he didn't struggle.

--good…

--good…

--good…

My nerves tightened, and I grabbed his hair and lifted it upwards.For a moment, the pain roiled his mind again, but then it returned to an endless loop calling my name inwardly.

asshole!

asshole!

Asakura leaves!Can't you just shut up!

Stop calling!

When he pressed his knees hard on his already scarred shoulder blades, he let out a short and shrill whine.I saw his fingers deeply inserted into the crevices of the bluestone ground, and bloodstains were torn on the pale skin.

How can it make you more miserable?How can I make you stop thinking about me?How can this end?

Shinichi Kurosawa is watching!

He knows what kind of experience Ye and I have had, and knows our relationship, so he doesn't believe that I can completely abandon Ye!So now I want him to understand that I can do it!I can make Ma Cangye fall into despair completely!I can break all ties to sinners!

The sound of silk shattering was extremely ear-piercing in this dead prison, and the two thin coats on the boy's body were quickly trampled under his feet.Ye, who had been gritting his teeth all this time, screamed again. Like a burnt person, he tried his best to avoid the temperature that didn't belong to him cruising along his skin. It was a flame that was equally cold and could burn everything.

It is very easy to suppress his resistance. After all kinds of tortures before, no matter how much people practiced, they will become crippled. Ye is still active now, it is just an extra favor from the Yuwu family to the priest, just to make him " Sacrifice in its entirety."

The boy who was strangled at the most vulnerable point arched his body reflexively, he trembled violently, and tears kept sliding along the contours of his face into the messy hair.I know very well what he hates most about being treated, and I know the way to make his life worse than death.I am all too familiar with everything about that body, and even though I haven't touched him for several years, the memory is still clear.I run my hand along the inside of his thigh, and suddenly—

"At this time, do you still want to rely on our previous relationship to save yourself?" I said fiercely in his ear:

"How long do you want to fool me? You broke our agreement, remember?"

Grabbing his hair tightly, I thrust deeply into it.The stabbing pain repeatedly involved in my mind continued to swell, making me go berserk and lose my mind.

Destroy everything like this, and then it will all be over.

My pain finally eased as the chaos that was so frantic that I forgot everything, the name that kept ringing in my head, and where I was, gradually dissipated into a blinding white light.

Even in this situation, I still remember what I just did.

The paleness gradually turned dark, as if the feeling of returning to reality but not fact filled my mind.There is nothing around, only a dark world and endless void.

The place I am in now is not the abyss of darkness, but it is not reality either.

This is the maze that has stuck with me.I have been wandering here for many days, but I can't find a way out.No matter where I go, there is boundless darkness.

My mood has already merged with the chaos around me. I am extremely tired, and the feeling of exhaustion makes me not want to take another step.

Once you think this way, you will no longer have the strength to take a step forward.I fell limply to the ground, hugging my knees and curling up.

enough.

I'm tired.

Just let me rest, I don't want to go anymore...

Just when I was drowsy and almost fell asleep, something bright flashed in front of my eyes.

I slowly opened my eyes, and the faintly beating light cluster was not a hallucination.It was floating in a place far away from me but seemed very close, like a small flame, or a seed about to germinate.The light gradually became dazzling, and I couldn't help stretching out my hand to block it in front of my forehead.

I do not know when, Ye has appeared in front of me.His whole body glowed faintly, and his waist-length hair fluttered in the dim air, looking so unreal.

Even if that wasn't the case, I knew he was just a phantom.Because my leaf will no longer show this expression to me.

The leaf in the haze had a clear and shallow smile, but looked extremely sad.He gently raised his hand, pointing at the dancing light——