Tengu Mountain.
It is a high mountain located southwest of Otaru City, Hokkaido.
From the top of Mount Tengu, people can see a panoramic view of the city, making it one of the three night views of Hokkaido, together with the night view of Hakodate on Mount Hakodate and the night view of Sapporo on Mount Moiwa, and is very famous.
As a Chinese ethnic group in this far east island country, the base of Izanagi-ryu is on this mountain. With this as its source, it holds absolute power in this country.
Unlike the Akabane clan, which has been on the road to turmoil, the Izanagi-ryu have had deep exchanges with aristocratic society since the Heian period, and they still dominate the country as a Chinese clan. Their existence itself can even influence national policies. Life and death can directly affect the survival of the country. It is conceivable that the status is high.
Naturally, if you want to visit such a nobleman, you cannot do it hastily.
On this day, the Akabane clan formed an impressive motorcade, letting a total of ten luxurious carriages walk on the road, causing bursts of wheel sounds and vast smoke and dust along the way.
The members of the Akabane clan were also distributed around the convoy, and released the puppets controlled by them, making the puppets fill every corner of the convoy, looking extremely imposing.
These puppets are not the ones manipulated by Luo Zhen.
The so-called puppets, as the name suggests, are just puppets made of wood that look like humans and have little value at all.
The puppets controlled by the Akabane clan not only look the same as humans on the surface, but their movements are so flexible that they don't look like inorganic objects at all. They also carry various weapons and armors. The level of sophistication is simply astonishing.
Of course, even the puppets of the Akabane clan are still just puppets with fur.
A true automatic doll has a built-in magic circuit, can use magic, is equipped with a life mechanism, and has a will. It is no different from an artificial human being.
Using that kind of puppet can be said to be using the concept of "Ingenious Magic" and becoming a puppet user.
Although the Akabane clan has the secret technique of controlling puppets and the mysteries of the "Red Wing Formation", if they debut as puppet masters, they will definitely be able to shock the world. Unfortunately, in this far east island country, the use of automatic puppets Popularization has not yet begun. Real dolls with life are still relatively common in Western countries. It will take some time before they are popularized in this far east island country.
And when they really become popular, that will be the real opportunity for the Akabane clan to get ahead.
With the superb secret technique of "Red Wing Formation", when the era of automatic dolls truly comes, the Akabane clan will definitely be able to be at the top of the country.
Izanagi-ryu saw that the Akabane clan had such potential, so he wanted to marry with the Akabane clan. This is what Akabane Soukan said to the people in the clan.
No one knows whether there is another hidden secret in this.
At least, except for the senior members of the clan, there must be very few people who know the secret behind it.
The tribesmen thought that Izanagi-ryu really valued the potential of the Akabane clan and had just allowed the princess from the direct line to marry. Therefore, everyone looked proud and led the convoy with their chests and heads held high. Heading towards Tengu Mountain in a mighty manner.
Luo Zhen and Akabane Raijin were naturally in one of the carriages, and they were still in the center, second only to the center of the carriage where Akabane Soukan was.
The two of them were sitting in the carriage together, playing cards.
"Okay, I win again."
Luo Zhen drew one of the two cards in Akabane Leizhen's hand. After pairing them, he spread them directly in front of him and declared his victory.
"Damn it, I lost again."
Akabane Lei Zhen looked unwilling.
From the beginning to now, after playing dozens of rounds of cards, Akabane Raijin has not won even one round.
"There's no reason. Why haven't you won even once?" Akabane Leizhen said to Luo Zhen: "Is there some skill in this that I don't know about?"
After all, this kind of entertainment was created by Luo Zhen and taught to the three siblings of the Akabane family.
Of course, Akabane Raijin didn't know that this was just a simple playing card.
"It's just playing poker. Practice makes perfect. How can there be any secret skills?" Luo Zhen spread his hands and said: "This kind of game is just the simplest game. If it weren't for the fact that there were no computers in this era, I wouldn't Can play."
It has been ten years since he came to this world. The only thing Luo Zhen feels unhappy about is that this era is too backward. There are no computers at all and he cannot play games. This makes Luo Zhen, who is already a well-known Internet addict in Chaldea, very dissatisfied. .
Even if the main purpose of coming to this world is to improve himself, when his magic power is exhausted and he can't do any exercise, Luo Zhen still hopes to play games and relax himself, otherwise wouldn't he have to die of boredom at home
As a result, there are no computers in this world yet, so Luo Zhen can only invent these small games in his spare time, teach them to the three brothers and sisters of the Akabane family, and entertain them together.
And since it is entertainment, Luo Zhen will naturally not hide any secrets in order to win.
"Then it's because you used some magic..."
Akabane Raijin seemed not relieved yet.
Indeed, if you use the "Celestial Eye", it will be easy to know what kind of cards Akabane Raijin has in his hand.
However, Luo Zhen still wanted to say it.
"To deal with you, there is no need to use magic at all." Luo Zhen said unceremoniously: "I think back then, when I was playing the game, you were not born yet. How could you beat me like this?"
"Yes, yes." Akabane Lei said disapprovingly: "You always say things that others don't understand. You are obviously the same age as me. Why was I not born when you were playing?"
The two were playing and bickering in the carriage.
While playing, the two talked about the purpose of this time.
"To be honest, Narukami, do you really not want to marry that princess?" Akabane Leizhen asked: "If it succeeds, even if you are an adopted son, your status in the clan will not be lower than Brother Tian in the future. , or even higher?”
"What about you?" Luo Zhen curled his lips and said, "The benefits are so obvious, why don't you get married?"
"I don't want to marry a girl I've never met." Akabane Leizhen said directly: "Besides, I want to be a man who practices martial arts in the future, and I don't want to be an official."
"Then it's the same for me." Luo Zhen advocated: "I also want to study magic and improve my strength. I don't want to play the wedding planning game with a ten-year-old girl."
"You..." Akabane Lei was really angry, but he immediately lost his anger and said, "Forget it, they will definitely choose you in the end anyway. I'm not a genius, so I won't be chosen."
"I will return this sentence to you intact." Luo Zhen laughed and said: "Izanagi-sama would not choose an adopted son of unknown origin. He would definitely choose the "Blood of Red Wings" Of yours.”
Both of them had this kind of mood and just came here to have fun.
As for the final result, only God knows.
So, not long after, the convoy of the Akabane clan came to Mount Tengu, and finally arrived at Izanagi-ryu's mansion.
Here, people have been waiting for me for a long time.