Chapter 1162 New Singularity (End)
"I didn't expect that she was actually Tamamonomae's teacher, and could discipline these people so well."
The new Heroic Spirits who came in were Tamamonomae, Kiyohime, Tomoe Gozen and others. These people were naturally not honest Heroic Spirits, but in front of Hong Yanma, even the most jumpy Kiyohime was honest. Through their conversation, Shen Fei knew that Hong Yanma was their cooking teacher. They all learned cooking from him here, but from the expressions of these three people, it can be known that it was a very terrifying experience.
In addition to them, other Heroic Spirits who did not come, such as Suzuka Gozen, Keibuhime, Murasaki Shikibu and others, seemed to be Heroic Spirits from Japan, who had come here to learn.
For a long time, Shen Fei would know what kind of existence form the Heroic Spirits in the Hall of Heroes were. It felt very strange. It was impossible for them to be in a small dark room when they were not summoned, or like the First Emperor, in a state similar to being frozen.
You have to know that the Heroic Spirits are all unruly, and even the restraining force cannot make them always so honest. From the current situation, the Heroic Spirits seem to have their own activities.
"You know Ritsuka, did you meet at the singularity before?"
When seeing Ritsuka come forward to talk to Tamamonomae and others, Shen Fei immediately understood what was going on. When Fujimaru Ritsuka repaired the burning of human reason before, he experienced not only the seven major singularities, but also some micro singularities.
It is not only Goetia who can create singularities, but others can do it as well, such as what the First Emperor is busy with, and the Yama Pavilion where they are now.
"It's been a long time since so many guests came, and the food is a little insufficient."
With more guests, Hong Yanmo is naturally very happy, but because this place has been desolate for a long time, she did not prepare too many ingredients, so Tamamonomae and other Heroic Spirits who used to be her disciples were asked by her to collect ingredients. The forest outside Yama Pavilion has a variety of rich natural ingredients, and there are all kinds of mountain delicacies and river flavors.
"What a rare enjoyment." After the hot spring was opened, the fat director immediately went to enjoy it. After becoming the new director of Chaldea, this was the first time he was so relaxed.
"Indeed, the singularity here will not be repaired. I can bring them here later." The hot spring hotel far away from the human habitation is a good place to relax. If there were not too many people here now, he would have wanted to go back and bring King Arthur and others here. However, since the singularity will not be repaired, there is still time in the future.
Boom.
Just when Shen Fei and the fat director were enjoying the hot spring, the sudden explosion startled them, and the two immediately had no idea of continuing to soak in the hot spring.
"What happened?" When the two arrived at the scene, Mashu, Ritsuka, Tamamonomae, and Hong Yanma had already arrived. In addition to them, there were two people with colorful animal masks.
"The merit box was destroyed. It was the group of demon apes." Mashu immediately spoke and roughly told the story. The monkeys who had been making trouble outside before now began to invade the hot spring.
"We should teach them a lesson." Tomoe Gozen angrily changed her clothes, not casual clothes, but combat armor.
"Xiaoba, I will handle this matter, let's go back." Just when Tomoe Gozen was about to chase out, Hong Yan Mo stopped her. After returning to the room, Hong Yan Mo told the reason.
Yan Mo Ting was originally a place to entertain gods and monsters. Of course, this god is not a god like Ishtar, but the eight million gods of Japan. It used to be very lively, but because of the development of human technology and the mysterious retreat, the current Yan Mo Ting has become very deserted, with only sporadic guests coming. This time Chaldea came, it can be said that it was the most lively time for Yan Mo Ting in 500 years.
"Those apes and monkeys should be forced here by humans. They were originally very honest, but they started to make trouble recently."
"They made trouble recently and broke the important merit box. It's interesting. If Holmes comes, he must be very interested." After listening to Hong Yan Mo's narration, Shen Fei couldn't help muttering in his heart.
"By the way, who were those two people just now?" Shen Fei immediately asked the identities of the two people wearing animal masks.
"They are monsters, they are guests who have been living in Yanmo Pavilion for the past five hundred years." Hong Yanmo then briefly explained the identities of the two people. In addition to the two monsters, there is another monster. This is the only three permanent guests before they came to Yanmo Pavilion, and they have directly paid for more than five hundred years. "
"Is that merit box important?" After Hong Yanmo left, Shen Fei asked Tamamonomae and the other two. Although Hong Yanmo seemed to have nothing to do, from her expression and the attitude of Tamamonomae and others, it can be known that it should be a very important thing.
"Of course, it is a merit box for gratitude and appreciation. "Tamamonomae then talked about the role of the merit box.
The gods and monsters in Japan are very different from the gods and monsters in the Celestial Empire that Shen Fei knows. That is, they are extremely dependent on human belief. When humans no longer believe in them, their existence will disappear. The gratitude and thanks in the merit box are actually the power of faith, which is considered hard currency between gods and monsters.
This belief is not the same as the belief of the believers in the church, but knowing their existence and not forgetting them. Forgetting is the greatest fear of these existences, which will make them completely extinct.
And those gratitude can maintain the existence of gods and monsters. Under normal circumstances, no one will destroy the merit box, because destroying it will encounter heavenly punishment, but for those demon apes, it seems that they don’t care about this, but it is very important for the existence of Yanma Pavilion. Without it, Yanma Pavilion will also perish.
"Senior, let us help." After listening to Tamamonomae's narration, Mashu immediately said to Ritsuka.
"How can we help?" Ritsuka then looked at Tamamonomae, Kiyohime, and Tomoe Gozen.
"Guests." Tamamonomae gave the answer. As long as Yanma Pavilion has enough guests, gratitude can be collected again.
"Yanma-tei, Red Yanma, it turns out to be the Tongue-cut Sparrow. It sounds like a very interesting place, hot springs, I want to go there too." When Mashu, Ritsuka, Tamamonomae and others went to find Red Yanma to express their help, Shen Fei contacted New Chaldea and told them the situation.
"Tiger Name Master, Snake House, Monkey Elder, are you sure it's these three monsters?" Holmes then asked.
"Yes." Shen Fei immediately said affirmatively.
"This is quite interesting. I have some ideas here, but there is no evidence at present. Let's see how things develop." Holmes seemed to have discovered something, but because of his habit, he naturally did not say what he discovered.
"A monster transformed from a human?"
Shen Fei heard the legend of the Tongue-cut Sparrow Red Yanma from Leonardo da Vinci. She was originally a human girl who turned into a monster after death and later became the adopted daughter of King Yanma.
"Please give me a few days."
The day after the merit box was destroyed, an old man came to Yan Mo Ting and asked Hong Yan Mo to pay back the debt. However, because the merit box was destroyed, Hong Yan Mo could not even pay the interest this time. At Hong Yan Mo's request, the old man decided to give him a week's grace period. However, this time it was not just Li Xiang, but all the debts had to be paid off, otherwise the Yan Mo Ting would be used to pay off the debt. After saying that, the old man left immediately.
"This is really interesting. What a coincidence." After seeing the old man leave, Shen Fei's figure flashed and followed him secretly. Perhaps Mashu, Li Xiang, and others did not see the problem here, but it was different for him because everything was too coincidental.
"As expected, Tiger Name Master, the only guest who did not come out of the room, but now we have to find out what happened five hundred years ago."
The old man probably never thought that someone would follow him secretly. After entering the forest in front of Yan Mo Ting, he quickly changed into his original appearance and sneaked back to Yan Mo Ting. His room was exactly the room of the one called Tiger Name Master.
The culprit was found, but Shen Fei did not expose him. Instead, he decided to find out why Yan Mo Ting was in debt. According to Holmes, this is to find out the cause and effect of the case so that the criminal cannot refute it.
"It was because he lost five treasures in Yan Mo Ting that year." After asking the little sparrows, the group found out what happened five hundred years ago. The old man was called Bamboo Cutter. He lived in Yan Mo Ting five hundred years ago, but lost the five treasures he came to.
"The stone bowl in front of the Buddha, the jade branch of Penglai, the fire rat fur, the beads on the dragon head, the Yan Zi An Bei, what a familiar name, Bamboo Cutter, this name really has a sense of déjà vu. In this way, Hong Yan Mo has been deceived for five hundred years and paid interest for five hundred years."
After knowing the cause and effect of the matter, Shen Fei was immediately speechless. Hong Yan Mo was too naive.
"Elder Monkey, and the people from Snake House are witnesses. It seems that those two are in the same group with him."
"How could such a thing happen? There are such rules in the inn there." Hearing the little sparrow talking about the cause and effect, the fat director immediately shouted.
"This is the rule between gods." Tamamonomae's words left the fat director speechless.
"How can this be? In just seven days, we can't collect enough gratitude." Mashu and Ritsuka immediately got entangled.
"Even if we collect enough, the other party can say it's not enough. It's a priceless treasure. The value is determined by the other party, unless we can find it back." The fat director suddenly spoke up. As a rich second-generation from a magician family, he knows this method too well.
"But it's been five hundred years." If it's something that just happened, you can still search for it, but it's impossible to find something that happened five hundred years ago.
"Maybe the original one may not be found, but we can find new ones, such as the beads on the dragon head. Isn't it ready? If there are other people coming later, it's not impossible to do it." The fat director looked at Qingji and suddenly spoke up.
"I see." After hearing this, the others turned their eyes to Qing Ji, and then immediately understood what the fat director meant.
For ordinary people, any of these five treasures may not be obtained, but for the heroic spirit, it is nothing.
"Since it is for Teacher Hong, of course there is no problem." Qing Ji has a bead on her head, and she is a dragon. Who dares to say that this is not the bead on the dragon head.
So the group immediately cleaned up and began to tidy up the Yama Pavilion. After all, because of the desolation of 500 years, many rooms have been abandoned and need to be cleaned again to entertain guests.
"Sasaki Kojiro, you are really lucky. If anyone has a Swallow's Koan Shell, only he has it."
The five treasures lost by Taketori are actually the treasures mentioned by Princess Kaguya in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Their pricelessness is not because of how valuable they are, but because of their uniqueness, just like the Swallow's Koan Shell, strictly speaking, it is just the shell in the swallow's nest.
Under normal circumstances, no one would go to the swallow's nest to look for shells, but Sasaki Kojiro is different. His Swallow Return was trained with swallows, and he must have dealt with swallows a lot.
"Swallow's Koan Shell, I am so lucky to have one. Since it is to help people, there is no problem." As expected, Sasaki Kojiro had a Swallow's Koan Shell on him. The reason why he came to Yanmo Pavilion was to find a place to practice swinging a bat. After seeing the Red Yanmo, he wanted to compete with him and learn the Yanque sword-drawing technique, but it was a pity that the Red Yanmo had no interest in this aspect.
Because Miyamoto Musashi had made a scene here before, she had no good feelings towards these samurai. It was because Kojiro was a guest, otherwise they would have been driven away long ago.
"Thank you."
Shen Fei was very happy to get Yan Zi's Zi'anbei, but he was a little speechless about Sasaki Kojiro's usual modesty. The person who could fight Miyamoto Musashi claimed to be a little proficient in swordsmanship, so how could others live like this.
"The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, I remember that no one got the five treasures." When Shen Fei contacted Chaldea again, Da Vinci heard that the matter was related to the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter and became more curious.
"Is that so? But it doesn't matter. I already know who is behind the scenes."
"You already know?" Holmes' voice appeared.
"Yes, I followed that Bamboo Cutter and found out his true face."
Shen Fei's words made Holmes silent. He originally thought that Shen Fei had speculated, but it turned out to be secretly following, which was not detective at all.
"Hahaha." Da Vinci suddenly laughed and asked, "Who is it?"
"It's the three monsters who lived here before." Shen Fei immediately gave the answer.
"Since you know the mastermind, why do you still want to collect treasures?"
"I'm a little curious about these five treasures. You also know my ability. If I met Kaguya that day, would it be interesting to take out these five treasures?"
"Indeed." Da Vinci seemed to be curious about this scene.
Collecting these five treasures was Shen Fei's impromptu idea, because they were not too valuable. Even if the enemy's true face was finally exposed, it would not matter if he took them away. At this time, he didn't think that what he said casually before would really be met by Kaguya later.
"Repay a billion times, you are really worthy of being the princess of Ursus."
As more and more heroes arrived, the princess who had been met in the first strange belt also came. She came with Queen Mary. Strictly speaking, the two are some relatives, but the princess's luck is not very good.