PDLP Chapter 148 Cherry Blossom Chaos
Chapter 148 Cherry Blossom Chaos
The moment the scream rang out, everyone in the arena froze.
Abe Shōkichi turned his head sharply towards the direction from which the sound came.
That's the entrance to the athletes' rest area next to the podium.
A young woman dressed in a white shrine maiden's outfit was covering her head with her hands and screaming shrilly.
Mayumi Hasegawa.
The champion of this extraordinary event, Aoandon, was promoted by Sakura Media as a "genius girl who appears only once in three thousand years".
At this moment, her beautiful face was contorted beyond recognition.
Blood began to seep from his seven orifices!
"Mayumi!" someone exclaimed, trying to rush over.
But before the person could get close...
hum! ! !
A deep hum emanated from Mayumi Hasegawa's body.
Immediately afterwards, a dark blue-green light shot up from her body into the sky!
The light condensed in mid-air, transforming into a giant lantern.
Blue Lantern.
A legendary monster from the land of cherry blossoms, capable of leading people astray and devouring their souls.
At this moment, the blue lantern was trembling violently, emitting an eerie light.
Meanwhile, Mayumi Hasegawa screamed and fell to her knees.
Her hair began to turn white.
Her skin began to dry out.
Her life force was being frantically drained by that blue lantern!
"No...don't..."
She reached out, as if trying to grab something.
But you can't grasp anything.
A few seconds later.
Her body was completely withered.
Like a dried corpse that has been dried for a thousand years, it lay on the ground, silent and still.
The blue lantern spun once in mid-air, then transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the horizon.
The entire room fell silent.
Everyone stared blankly at the scene, their minds completely blank.
A genius girl who appears only once every three thousand years.
That's it...
died?
Was he drained dry by the ghost he had contracted with?
however.
This is just the beginning.
Before everyone could recover from their shock...
From another direction in the arena, screams rang out again.
A young man in a black suit was convulsing violently, his eyes rolling back.
Behind him, a hideous phantom was coalescing.
It was a giant spider with eight eyes that gleamed with a scarlet light.
Earth Spider.
A legendary monster with immense strength.
At that moment, it bared its fangs and bit down on the young man's neck!
puff!
Blood splattered everywhere!
The young man's body instantly withered and shrank.
The earth spider drained him dry, then turned into black smoke and disappeared.
Followed by.
The third.
the fourth.
the fifth.
Almost simultaneously, all the qualified athletes from the Sakura Kingdom screamed throughout the arena!
The spirits and deities they had made pacts with manifested one by one!
There are women with bones, hairy prostitutes, and mountain boys...
These monsters, which they usually regarded as the source of their power, have now all turned into deadly demons!
It was frantically draining their life force!
Screams of agony rose and fell!
Blood was splattered everywhere!
Abe Shokichi stood on the stage, his face ashen.
He watched helplessly as the eligible candidates fell one by one, and there was nothing he could do.
His mind went completely blank.
Only one thought kept recurring:
How could this happen?
How could this happen?!
The Shikigami Contract is a transcendent system that has been passed down for thousands of years in the land of cherry blossoms.
While there is indeed a risk of backlash, there has never been such a large-scale and violent loss of control!
What's wrong with me today?
Is it...
He suddenly remembered that feeling of "losing something" from just now.
That golden giant sword...
Those golden specks of light...
That's it!
It must be that one!
Those scattered golden specks of light, though they didn't cause any physical damage, changed something!
It changed the connection between all the people of Japan and their shikigami!
even……
It changed the very people of Japan!
"Lord Changji!"
A trusted subordinate rushed onto the stage, his face covered in blood and his voice hoarse.
"Get out of here! It's not safe! Those shikigami have gone completely mad!"
Abe Shōkichi came to his senses.
He looked down at the audience.
Sure enough, some out-of-control shikigami, after draining their contractors dry, began to pounce on the ordinary people around them!
The screams grew even more agonizing.
The entire arena is completely out of control.
Abe Shōkichi took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
"Pass down the order!" he roared. "All Onmyoji and priests, immediately suppress the out-of-control shikigami! At all costs!"
"Hi!"
The subordinates obeyed and rushed off the stage.
Abe Shōkichi turned around and looked at Bernard and Eric.
The two men have been protected by their respective subordinates and are preparing to evacuate.
"Gentlemen!" Abe Shōkichi strode forward. "Wait!"
Bernard glanced at him, his expression complex.
"Lord Changji, now is not the time to talk," he said in a deep voice. "We must also evacuate immediately."
"I know!" Abe Shōkichi said hastily, "But before that, I want to ask you something: when that golden light swept past just now, did you sense anything unusual?"
Bernard and Eric exchanged a glance.
"No," Bernard shook his head. "I don't feel anything."
Eric shook his head as well.
Abe Shōkichi's heart sank.
Only him...
Or is it just that people from Japan who feel this way?
What exactly did that golden giant sword do to the people of Japan?!
He was about to press for more information.
boom!!!
A loud bang came from afar.
That's on the other side of Kyoto, in the direction of a certain shrine.
boom!!!
A loud bang came from afar.
That's on the other side of Kyoto, in the direction of a certain shrine.
Flames shot skyward!
Another ghost or spirit has gone out of control!
"Lord Changji!" His men rushed forward again. "Run! It's too dangerous here!"
Abe Shōkichi gritted his teeth.
He knew that now was not the time to press for answers.
"You two," he said in a deep voice, looking at Bernard and Eric, "this matter is strange. I hope we can stay in touch and work together to find out the truth."
Bernard nodded.
"must."
After saying that, he hurriedly left with his men.
Eric and his men also left quickly.
Abe Shōkichi stood there, looking at the chaotic arena, at his screaming compatriots, at the out-of-control shikigami...
He clenched his fist.
The fingernails dug deep into the flesh.
"Pass down the order," he whispered. "Activate the highest-level emergency plan, suppress the out-of-control shikigami with all our might, and at the same time... thoroughly investigate the entire country to see what impact that golden light wave has had!"
"Hi!"
……
Outside the arena.
Bernard and Eric, each with their own people, hurriedly got into the car.
As soon as the car door closed, Eric couldn't wait to speak:
"Your Excellency, what exactly happened just now?"
Bernard shook his head.
"I don't know either." He frowned. "But one thing is certain..."
He paused, then continued, "Did you notice? That golden giant sword only affected the people of Japan."
Eric nodded.
"The shikigami went out of control after the golden giant sword exploded."
"That's right," Bernard said in a deep voice. "So, that golden greatsword may have changed something about the people of Japan...in a certain way."
Eric gasped.
"Change its essence? Is that... even possible?"
Bernard did not answer.
He simply looked out the window, at the chaotic streets, at the terrified crowds fleeing.
for a long time.
He spoke slowly:
"Whether it's possible or not, what we need to do now is get out of here as soon as possible."
"Japan is no longer safe."
"And..." he paused, "we must find out the origin of that golden greatsword as soon as possible."
Eric nodded.
"Flights are definitely out of the question now, but we at New Continent have a base in Yokohama, so we can rush there and use their resources to evacuate."
"That's troublesome," Bernard said.
The car started and headed towards the New Continent's cherry blossom base.