Chapter 399
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Chapter 399: The Ambition of the Kujo Family
Chu Jiang thought for a moment and then said, "Okay, for now, let me try to solve the situation here. If I seal Yamata no Orochi and break the closed loop on my side, and you’re still trapped, I’ll come and rescue you."
"Of course, if I die here, you’ll have to figure it out on your own."
"By the way," Chu Jiang remembered something, "What roles do the other two people play in The Tale of Taketori?"
"They play the roles of Taketori no Okina and Chūnagon," Soga Hayayuki replied, "Kujo Kazuki, who plays Chūnagon, is very dangerous. In the story, that character should already be dead."
Chu Jiang was surprised, "Isn’t this guy one of the strongest in your group? They say he’s the only Ghost Master on the island with the potential to become a [kami-gami], so he shouldn’t die so easily, right?"
Hayayuki shook her head, "I’m not sure, but I don’t think he’d die that easily either."
……
Meanwhile, in the backyard of the Kujo family’s family shrine, a cruel ritual was taking place.
"No, don’t!"
"Help, I don’t want to die!"
The servants of the Kujo family, expressionless, were pushing one man and woman after another into a large pit.
At the bottom of the pit was a squirming mass of flesh with countless mouths. It devoured the terrified crying humans one by one. After consuming around thirty or fifty people, the flesh finally transformed back into human form.
This was a pale-faced man dressed in a kimono. At this moment, his expression looked a bit unpleasant.
This was exactly Kujo Kazuki. Previously, he had indeed died in the Ghost Abyss.
However, because Kujo Kazuki had a "Sunny Doll," which could serve as a substitute for death, at the moment of his death, the doll left in the Kujo family shrine synchronized and transformed into his original form.
Although this was an incredibly extraordinary method, it also had a great cost.
When Kujo Kazuki "came back to life," all the ghosts within him would also revive simultaneously. In other words, humans and ghosts would resurrect together.
This one is not good, not only does it cause the user to be killed by ghosts, but it also creates a wide range of supernatural events.
Luckily, the most evil and vicious ghost inside Kujo Kazuki can be easily controlled as long as there are human bones, human blood, and human flesh for him to enjoy.
So, after Kujo Kazuki returned to the shrine, the Kujo family, who had prepared the "sacrifices," immediately offered their blood and flesh.
Kujo Kazuki used this ghost to suppress the other three ghosts inside him, allowing him to transform back into a human appearance.
Kujo Yoshii didn’t have a good expression upon witnessing this scene. This doll was the confidence he was willing to let the Kujo family’s ace have when entering the Ghost Abyss adventure.
Now that the doll has been consumed, it’s clear that the Ghost Abyss incident has not been resolved yet.
"What’s the situation over there? Did you die at the hands of the serpent? And what about that person from Kyushu?"
Kujo Kazuki slowly floated up from the bottom of the pit, his face gloomy as he said, "After we entered the Ghost Abyss, we got separated, and I don’t know about the others’ situations."
After saying that, he looked at his own hands with a complex expression. "I had the chance to break free from the illusion, but perhaps deep down I knew that I still had a life-saving doll. So, my struggle in the illusion wasn’t as intense as I had imagined."
"As for Tanakano, if nothing unexpected happens, he should be in big trouble; Soga Hayayuki might be able to escape; that person from Kyushu probably won’t die."
Muttering to himself, Kujo Kazuki looked at the head of the family and said, "Let me go again, even if I end up in the illusion again, I have confidence in breaking free."
Kujo Yoshii shook his head firmly, "If something were to happen to you, our Kujo family wouldn’t be able to bear that loss."
"And there’s a problem on Aino’s side too, even though she’s still reporting to me; but when I asked her to return to the main family temporarily, she made all sorts of excuses to refuse."
"I suspect that Chu Jiang might already know that we’re planning to take action against him."
"In this situation, you can’t afford to die in the Ghost Abyss."
"In that case," Kujo Yoshii said in a negotiating tone, "if Chu Jiang dies down there, although it would be a pity, the plan can only be temporarily suspended."
"If he can come back alive, regardless of whether the Ghost Abyss incident is resolved or not, we must quickly take the initiative and lure him to the shrine."
"This plan, it concerns the interests of our Kujo family for generations to come, even for hundreds of generations. We must only succeed, failure is not allowed!"
Kujo Kazuki paused for a moment. He had read about Chu Jiang and knew that he was the kind of person who always sought revenge.
As a result, it was inevitable that there would be conflicts between the two parties in the future. The Kujo family really needed a high-end fighting force to temporarily counterbalance the other side.
Finally, he nodded and said, "For the sake of the Kujo family, my personal reputation and ambitions are insignificant."
"Let’s start preparing for the final battle. I don’t think it will be easy for him to die beneath the Ghost Abyss."
……
On Chu Jiang’s side, after severing contact with Soga Hayayuki, he began to flip through the pages of the Ghost Diary.
Don’t misunderstand, he wasn’t reading the prophecy. He was just looking to see if there were any abilities that could counter negative emotions, considering that there were so many ghosts sealed inside.
After searching for a while, Chu Jiang didn’t find anything particularly effective. Even though he had become a emotionless ghost himself, there was still a limit to the negative emotions he could handle.
If he carried too much, just like the five ghost dragons, he would become stiff, sluggish, and unable to move. The most he would feel is a lack of pain.
So, how about a different approach? Chu Jiang had already flipped through the diary from beginning to end, and now he started flipping from end to beginning.
When he reached the page about the "Masked Ghost" and placed his palm on it to activate its sensing ability, Chu Jiang paused for a moment. This… could be useful, perhaps?
The Masked Ghost’s appearance resembled a bronze ceremonial mask in the style of the Sanxingdui civilization.
People who put it on would gradually become assimilated by the ghost, first losing their emotions and eventually their memories, ultimately becoming puppets controlled by the mask.
At the same time, the wearer would also gain some of the ghost’s abilities and characteristics.
However, Chu Jiang believed that compared to the ultimate price paid, these abilities were not worth mentioning.
He held his hand on that page for a long time, and suddenly, a slight smile appeared on Chu Jiang’s lips. He thought of an interesting way to use it.
Chu Jiang looked at the Ghost Diary and said, "Hey buddy, it’s about time you contribute too. You can’t just show up and dance around every time I’m about to die."
After finishing speaking, Chu Jiang didn’t put the diary away. Instead, he held it in his left hand and approached the Headless Guardian Deity.
He firmly extended his right hand and touched the statue again, entering into a state where he was surrounded by countless child spirits and could only see the Yamata no Orochi from a distance.
As soon as the children saw Chu Jiang appear, they all started uttering eerie chants from their mouths, rushing towards him like undead disasters…
