The Book of Maiden Contract

The banquet is a very important event in Gensokyo. During the banquet, anyone who wants to participate, no matter how strong or weak, whether human or demon, can participate. The atmosphere of the banquet is also mainly festive, but at this moment, with Unexpected changes happened, and the banquet that was supposed to be joyous was shrouded in a heavy and sad atmosphere.

The heartbeat is gone, the pulse is gone, the breath is gone, the physiological cycle is gone, and even the brain has completely stopped the most basic life movement... No matter how you look at it, the witch Hakurei Reimu of Hakurei Shrine, The current state can only be described by two words - death!

As You Youzi said, as long as a person is a person, there will be birth, old age, sickness and death. As long as a person's life essence cannot escape the realm of life and death, then he cannot escape the six realms of reincarnation, then no matter how strong this person is, he will eventually die one day... ...Hakurei Miko is no exception, but!

Under normal circumstances, would someone die suddenly like Hakurei Reimu?

There was no accident, no disease, no attack, no curse... All the monsters gathered in this banquet, each of them has one or more ways to kill people. Of course, it can also be seen from the state of a person's death why the other person died.

However, no one could see the cause of Reimu's death!

She didn't die from any magical attack, nor did she die from human birth, old age, sickness and death, as if... as if the sky wanted you to die, and you had to die!

Because of the bizarre death of Hakurei Miko, half of the banquet was naturally interrupted. Everyone felt an unspeakable heaviness in their hearts. Even the entire Gensokyo was shrouded in a dark cloud, as if the real doomsday coming soon.

In fact, Yakumo Lan, who often observes the Great Barrier of Gensokyo, clearly feels that the Great Barrier is beginning to weaken bit by bit... Although Gensokyo cannot live without the existence of shrine maidens, in the past, even The witch died, the new witch did not officially take office, and the big results can still work, but this time... To use the worst analogy, even if Hakurei Reimu really can't come back to life, as the next witch, Hakurei Mingmu is still alive. If it is alive, the foundation of Hakurei Shrine will not be shaken. At the same time, Yakumo Zi, who personally created the Great Barrier, is also alive. In theory, the Great Barrier will not be affected.

but why?

Without any grounds, Gensokyo is facing the greatest crisis in history!

Inside the Hakurei Shrine, the dead Hakurei Reimu lay peacefully on the bed with her eyes closed, surrounded by people. However, because the room is not very big, at least it is impossible to accommodate all the people attending the banquet, so all the people who appear here are those who are closely related to Reimu, or are powerful and knowledgeable characters.

"Father, what's wrong with Mom? Why did you become like this?" Ming Meng stood beside the bed, holding Lin Luo's hand, with tears oozing from her eyes, her face full of sadness.

If it was an ignorant toddler, Lin Luo could still lie to her and say that her mother was asleep, but Ming Meng was not ignorant even though she was young, and she was not ignorant of the meaning of death.

Lin Luo squatted down, rubbed her head, and said softly: "It's okay, mom has only become like this temporarily, as long as it takes a while... at most a few days, she will definitely wake up." In fact, When he said this, he really didn't have much confidence, because even he didn't know how Reimu died. If you don't even know the reason, how can you save her?

However, as a father, he cannot say that he cannot be saved!

"real?"

"Of course, believe me." Lin Luo wiped away the tears on her face, and said seriously, "Your father and I have saved many people in my life, some of whom I have never met, and some important partners. Many people call them heroes, but I've always thought that if you can't even save the important people around you, how can you be called a hero? So, trust your father, he is a hero!"

Lin Luo used this sentence to comfort Mingmeng, and at the same time to encourage himself... Because he is a hero, he can definitely be saved!

"Well, I trust father." Ming Meng nodded obediently.

Lin Luo smiled slightly, and then looked to the side, "Mercury Lamp, and Fran, take Mingmeng outside to play for a while, you don't have to worry about things here."

"Father..." Mercury Lamp showed a worried expression.

Although Mercury Lamp wants to stay here with Lin Luo, she also knows that she can't do anything about it, and when Ming Meng looks at her mother, she will inevitably feel grief. She is more than anyone else about this kind of pain. To understand, I can't bear it.

So, after hesitating for less than a moment, she and Fulan pulled Mingmeng out of the room.

After the three of them left, Lin Luo stood up again, but just as he got up, a huge dizziness and powerlessness hit him violently, almost making him faint. Although he barely stood still, his expression was It was so pale that there was no trace of blood.

"Are you okay?" Looking at his appearance, Yayi Yonglin couldn't help asking.

Lin Luo stopped her from feeling her pulse, and shook her head, "It's okay, it's just a little dizzy suddenly, it's not a big deal."

In fact, it is impossible for him to be fine. Although Reimu has not yet signed a contract with him, for some reason, Reimu's death still brought him a very huge impact. Although his strength was not damaged, his physical and mental state were not. So bad that even a combination of Heal and Create couldn't recover.

However, compared to the death state of Reimu, this little pain is really nothing, and he didn't want to bring pressure to others. While supporting his weak body, he said: "Let's continue the topic just now, what about Reimu's death? , what do you think?"

Although he can't even see the reason, it is even more difficult for others to see it, but now he is not in a good state, which leads to some confusion in thinking, and although the people here are not as strong as him, but the direction they are dabbling in But there are all kinds of people, and the wisdom of all people may be gathered, and maybe they can really hit a ray of life.

At least, Lin Luo doesn't think that Lingmeng can't be saved, because if Lingmeng really dies completely, then the heart of fantasy should leave her, so... Lingmeng's death is not complete!

That means there is still help!

Everyone nodded.

Afterwards, Sheng Bailian said: "As a human being, it's normal for Reimu to die. After all, human beings are born, old, sick and die, but Reimu's death is too strange. To be honest, I can't see the cause of her death at all."

"Could it be a problem at the soul level? If there is something wrong with Reimu's soul, then even if the body does not show any signs, it is reasonable to die suddenly." Paqiuli said.

Shenqi shook her head, "As for the soul, I think I should have a say. Even if I didn't observe deliberately, before Reimu's death, there was no problem with her soul."

"It's not because of the body, nor because of the soul. Then why did Reimu die for no reason? Damn!" Marisa punched the wall and said bitterly, "Obviously I was so happy before, This kind of thing...is too unreasonable!"

No one to comfort her, because everyone's heart is equally heavy.

After discussing for a while, there was no result, Yayi Yonglin suddenly said: "We can't find the reason for Reimu's death at the moment, so let's try to see if we can bring her back to life."

"Come back to life?" Everyone was stunned, only Meihong quickly thought of the reason, and said in surprise, "Are you planning to use Penglai medicine?"

The person who answered her was Kaguya, and she only heard her say: "Yes, it is the medicine of Penglai. Although this medicine was originally effective only for the living, but that was only in the past. Now Yonglin and I tried to make it. The new batch of Penglai medicine, even if the dead eat it, as long as the body is not decomposed and still has the ability to consume the medicine, the medicine will work. Although the success rate is only one in ten thousand, only one was produced. But it’s not impossible to try.”

"In this case, let Reimu eat it quickly." Remilia said quickly.

Yonglin nodded, took out a pill from her bosom, stuffed it into Reimu's mouth, and then used her medical ability to dissolve the pill, and at the same time briefly activated Reimu's body, allowing it to absorb all the power of the medicine absorb.

A few minutes later, Yonglin withdrew her hand, "She has absorbed the power of the medicine. If it works for her, she will wake up within ten minutes."

So, everyone began to wait.

However, ten minutes later, Reimu still did not wake up.

"Is the Penglai medicine useless?" Sanae frowned.

Yonglin checked it carefully, shook her head and said, "No, although she has absorbed all the effects of the medicine just now, but now she can't feel it, it seems to have been lost... Sigh."

Although Yonglin was greatly disappointed, Lin Luo's eyes lit up when he heard it... The effect of the medicine should not be lost, but absorbed by the heart of the world. Even if the heart of the world is still functioning, doesn't it indirectly explain the spiritual Can dreams really be saved? !

"Let me try it next." After Yonglin failed, Sakuya stepped forward and said, "My ability can turn back time, as long as you don't resist me, even if someone stronger than me, I will I can rewind her time, including the state of life and death, although I don't know if it will work for Reimu."

Then, Sakuya put his hand on Reimu's body.

Sakuya's ability is very buggy, but in fact there are still many disadvantages, because time will eventually return to a normal state, so once she loses her power support, the resurrected person will die in the end, but... If Reimu can temporarily come back to life, and with the wish-making ability of the heart of the world, even if Sakuya removes her ability, Reimu should not die again.

For this, Lin Luo had three-point expectations, but as the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. When Sakuya retreated with a disappointed face, he knew that Sakuya had also failed.

Reimu is dead, obviously she will not resist Sakuya's power, but the heart of the world is not. With Sakuya's current strength, it is obviously impossible to touch the heart of the world of others. Like Yonglin's Penglai medicine, her ability is blocked The Heart of the World is completely repulsed.

Lin Luo knew that after the death of the host, the heart of the world would leave the body, and the dead host would disappear completely. It was because the heart of the world was still in Lingmeng's body that she did not disappear, barely keeping her existence, but At the same time, because of the existence of the heart of the world, all the resurrection abilities are unable to work... Success is also the heart of the world, and failure is also the heart of the world, this has completely become an endless loop with no solution!

For a moment, everyone was speechless.

"There is no life without a reason in this world, and there will be no death without a reason." After a while, Yuka Kazami said suddenly, "Although we can't find the reason, there must be a reason for Reimu's death. If the reason is not there In herself, perhaps in another place."

Lin Luo nodded and was about to speak, but at this moment, a voice suddenly came in, "What if Lingmeng's death is just a cause, not an effect?"

Everyone hurriedly looked towards the source of the sound, only to see a black crack in the room, and the person who came out of the crack was Yakumo Zi.

Looking at her, everyone was silent.

Yakumo Zi looked at Reimu lying on the bed, and after a while, she said to Yakumo Lan: "Lan, go and prepare for the succession of the new witch."

"Huh?!" Yakumo Lan was taken aback.

"What did you say!" I was expecting Yakumo Zi to say something to save people, but when she heard her say such a thing, Marisa rushed to her and said with suppressed anger, "What do you mean? ?”

"Literally, Reimu is dead and needs the next Miko." Zi Yakumo said calmly.

Marisa immediately ran away and said angrily, "What are you kidding! Although people are different from monsters, you are too heartless to do this! If Reimu dies, it's fine if you don't save her, but you are in a hurry to find a new witch. And Mingmeng is only two years old, so you put such a big responsibility on her, don't tell me, in your eyes, the witch is just a tool?!"

Yakumo Zi remained expressionless, and said flatly, "Gensokyo needs shrine maidens."

"That's enough. I don't want to listen to your nonsense. If you want to find a witch, you can go to other places. No matter Reimu or Mingmu, they are not your props. If you dare to mess around, I..."

"Shut up!" Before Marisa finished speaking, Yakumo Lan stood in front of her and said in a deep voice, "Marisa, I know you are sad, but! Humans who have lived for more than ten years, How much do you know Zi-sama? Zi-sama has never used witches as tools. In order to maintain the existence of Gensokyo, you will never be able to compare with Zi-sama! In the five hundred years of Gensokyo, how can you I once knew how many times Master Zi has experienced life and death..."

"Lan, don't say any more." Yakumo Zi stretched out her hand and stuffed Yakumo Lan's words back. She closed her eyes, looking tired, "The matter has been decided, please don't interfere."

After speaking, the gap opened, Yakumo Zi turned around and was about to leave, but!

One hand pressed on the gap, blocking Yakumo Zi's way.

Yakumo Zi looked at the person blocking her way, and Lin Luo also looked at her, but she was not as angry as Marisa, but smiled and said: "Zi, don't carry this burden, I will bear it. "

(to be continued)