"Ise Jingu" located in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, is the most special existence among the more than 80,000 shrines in Japan, because it is the leader of all shrines and even the spiritual pillar of the entire "Shinto religion".
"Ise Jingu" does not refer to a specific shrine, but a general name for the 125 surrounding shrines. Among them, the largest inner shrine is dedicated to the ancestor god of the royal family, "Amaterasu Omikami", while the outer shrine is dedicated to "Amaterasu Omikami". The Great Harvest God."
The main hall dedicated to Amaterasu is located in the center of the inner palace. The main hall is a forbidden area, isolated and blocked by several wooden walls. No one is allowed to enter except members of the royal family.
And when Ryuu Dou quickly flew to Ise City on the "Wallace" and arrived at Ise Shrine according to the navigation map, he almost laughed out loud when he saw the so-called "Spiritual Pillar Shrine".
what the hell? Is this shrine serious
Looking down from mid-air where Ryū Dou was, the entire "Ise Shrine" interior and exterior scenes could almost be seen.
According to rumors, the architectural style of "Ise Jingu" comes from the rice warehouse of Japan's Yayoi period. The so-called rice warehouse is naturally a place where rice is stored, which is just a small warehouse.
Such a warehouse-type building looks pitifully small when viewed from above, as if hundreds of small wooden warehouses are piled together in a gaudy way.
The most irritating thing is that these small warehouse-like shrines also have words such as "Emperor Daijingu Shrine", "Arasai Shrine", "Tsukiyomi Palace", "Takihara Agu Shrine", "Fenghiji Shrine" written on the map navigation. "Gong" and other names that look very tacky and bluffing.
But actually when you look closer, it's nothing more than a bunch of messy millet warehouses leaning together. It feels like you've entered some kind of strange wood art exhibition. It just ruins the word "shrine".
It didn't take long for Ryuuto to find the main hall of "Ise Jingu Shrine" in the sky, which was a forbidden area that was said to enshrine "Amaterasu God" and only members of the royal family could enter.
Looking from above, you can see many tourists visiting around the shrine.
However, the surroundings of the main hall are deserted, because tourists are not allowed to enter here at all, and will be blocked by the clergy working here.
And unlike other shrines, the security guards of Ise Shrine are all self-defense force policemen. This in itself shows that this shrine has special political significance. It is no wonder that its "priest head" has been able to take over as "Yagarasu Kinlu" for generations. "s position.
According to what Ruri said, the "priest head" Takihara Palace should be in the main hall.
Long Dou raised his lips, flew directly towards the main hall, and even stopped arrogantly above the brittle-looking wooden main hall.
Click! When the heavy "Wallace" landed on the roof of the wooden structure of the main hall, Long Dou could clearly hear a strange clicking sound.
So he quickly got off the plane and took the small plane back into the prop space. Then he climbed down from the corner of the roof and slipped into the main hall.
When Long Dou slipped in, several clergymen also ran out of the main hall and looked toward the roof.
"What's going on? I just heard a click from the roof?"
"Did something fall on it?"
"Go get the ladder, I'll climb up and have a look."
Just as the group of clergymen were preparing to climb to the roof, Long Dou quietly slipped in from the side of the main hall.
The main hall is not too big. Once you enter, you can almost see the end of it.
There is a statue of "Amaterasu Daimyojin" in the wooden shrine filled with the smell of incense. However, the decorations around it are a bit too boring. If it were not specially explained, it would be difficult for people to know that this is actually the statue. The legendary king of shrines.
However, there was no one in the depths of the main hall. Naturally, the centenarian and the "priest head" Takihara Palace was not there.
Um? Strange, is that guy off today? Or.
When Ryuudou walked towards the back of the statue of "Amaterasu Daimyojin" with curiosity, he suddenly stopped because he felt a slight cold wind coming from under a wooden floor in front of him.
Crunch. So Long Dou went to the floor and groped around it, and then lifted it open, revealing a rock tunnel inside that led underground.
So is this the main body of the "main hall" down below? The above is just a decoration used to deceive others. It really knows how to play.
When Long Dou went deeper along the underground passage, what he saw at the end was a huge double-leaf door.
The quaint door is covered with vermilion paint and looks particularly scary in this dark passage, like the door to hell.
But Long Dou naturally didn't care about this. He gently opened the door and walked in. What appeared in front of him was a huge inner hall.
Yes, an inner hall, an inner hall buried underground, an inner hall that looks majestic, but actually exudes gusts of sinister wind.
It was the tenth hour of the clear morning, and the bright sunlight poured into the interior through the faintly visible lighting gaps in the ceiling above. Under the light, it was like mirrors decorated with broken silver everywhere inside, illuminating the entire underground inner hall. Shining brightly.
In the deepest part of the inner hall, stands a magnificent statue of a god.
Different from the "Amaterasu Daimyojin" in the upper main hall, this statue is actually made of pure gold, and its shape is also different, making it look very expensive.
There are also a large number of wooden plaques that are obviously hand-carved placed around the statue, and a large number of tribute items are placed in front of the wooden plaques.
The number of these wooden signs is so large that except for a three-meter-wide walkway in the inner hall, almost all the space on the left and right sides has been occupied by these things.
Ryū Dou took a closer look and saw that the names of gods and gods were all written on the wooden plaques, such as "Uga no Soul Controlling God", "Qiong Qiong Chu Zun", "Sugu Wu Zun", "Ebisu" , "Kagutu" and so on, perfect score for the second breath.
Walking into this place is like walking into an exhibition hall of "Shinto" gods. The names of almost all the "Shinto" gods recorded in writing are engraved on the wooden plaques.
"You're finally here, Ryuuto Kiryu."
However, when Long Dou reached the depths of the inner hall, the old figure kneeling in front of the huge pure gold statue said without looking back.
According to the intelligence, Takihara Palace is very old, a hundred years old.
So much so that when his body was kneeling in front of the golden statue, Long Dou didn't realize for a moment that this was actually a living person, and he thought it was some kind of statue.
Is this the "Golden Heron" Takihara Palace? Yes, it does have the aura of a Shinto leader.
Seeing the rickety old man slowly stand up from the cushion, Long Dou walked towards that side and said with a smile: "You seem to know that I am coming."
Although Ryuu Dou appeared suddenly, Takihara Palace didn't seem surprised at all, and even greeted the Yakuza leader calmly.
"Of course, I am a person who has dedicated his life to eight million gods, so he is naturally protected by the gods in the heavens. How can things in the world be hidden from the eyes of the gods."
When Takihara Palace stood up, Ryuu Dou realized that his body looked very thin, as if he would fly away if blown by the wind, but his pair of slightly turbid pupils exuded a strange energy.
This is an old man who wears traditional Shinto clothes and seems to be able to see through everything while staying in such an underground inner hall where eight million gods are worshiped.
When most people meet Takihara Palace, they will feel as if their hearts have been seen through, so that they further believe that he is really the messenger of the gods.
However, Long Dou would not be fooled by him, because in the "Rogue Analysis Mirror", he had thoroughly seen the old man's attributes.
At this time, the personal attributes of this "Ise Shrine Priest" are as follows:
Name: Takihara Palace
Age: one hundred years old
Attributes: Intelligence LV4, Physique LV1, Courage LV3, Insight LV5, Charm LV4
sharp.
Even from Ryuu Dou's point of view, Takihara Miya is one of the top weirdos among humans.
Years of religious life have given him a pair of eyes that can see through everything, which is directly reflected in his attributes as "LV5 Insight. Extreme Superman" level of vision.
With such amazing insight, combined with powerful resourcefulness and charm, coupled with the mysterious aura brought by years of practice, Takihara Palace indeed has the power to lead the entire "religious world".
And besides that, the old man is also very cunning.
After hearing the extremely pretentious words of Takihara Palace just now, Ryū Dou smiled and said: "By being blessed by the gods, do you mean the camera installed at the entrance of the underground passage? The camera belongs to you. Which of these eight million gods is in charge?”
In fact, when he came in from the underground passage, Long Dou had already discovered the camera installed in the passage, but he just pretended not to notice it.
Takihara Palace just said that he knew that Ryuu Dou was coming because of the blessings of the gods. In fact, he only saw it in advance through the camera installed at the entrance. He was talking about gods and monsters. Who was he fooling
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After Ryū Dou exposed the truth, Takihara Palace raised his brows slightly, but still said expressionlessly: "Everything in the world is given by God, and so is technology. Of course it is blessed by God."
"Pfft! Hahahahaha!"
When he heard these extremely shameless words, Long Dou couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "You religious people are still so shameless. Anyway, it's all the work of gods and has nothing to do with humans, right?"
"It can be said that compared to Lao Shen and other Shinto's tens of millions of years of foundation, a human's short life of a hundred years is just a drop in the ocean, not worth mentioning."
"I won't watch the next debate without you. Since you know everything, you should also know why I came to you, right?"
"Of course, you are here to take my life, that's all."
Although he knew that Ryuu Dou was here to take his life, Takihara Palace still showed a strange smile.
(End of chapter)