Me and the Doll Girl of Zhidiao Island

Chapter 115 113. At the Autumnal Equinox, the Doll Kagura

The puppet girl in front of him was too real, which filled Jiang Yuanshen with an unbelievable feeling.

He even felt that all of this was a bad joke played by fate, and suddenly he half-opened his mouth in bewilderment.

She just stood there, silent as if she was dead, but like a phantom woman, she always flashed in her eyes and never left.

——Why do you keep appearing in front of yourself?

Jiang Yuanshen's expression was a little nervous, and he couldn't help walking towards her.

But Chaokong Yaoxing and the two beside him were carefully tying his "semi-fierce" magic lottery.

Seeing him coming, the chick girl turned around and walked to the depths of the corridor. It was a shadow without light, as quiet as the bottom of the sea.

Jiang Yuan carefully followed the figure and left the dappled courtyard.

He was like in a fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel following the little stone in the moonlight home.

Passing the corner again, as expected, the figure of the doll girl disappeared again.

——Is it a doll god?Or is it the deep moon in the sea of ​​tranquility?Or night see Xunshi?But what is their reason for doing this?

Just as Jiang Yuanshen thought so, there was a slight sound of clogs behind him.

At that moment, Jiang Yuanshen's spirit was tense like a devil, or he was just scared in his heart, but he still couldn't help holding his breath.

He turned around slowly, and there was a person wearing a puppet mask and priestess costume standing there.

Physically, she looks like a girl.

The two stared at each other for a long time, but the sound of breathing became particularly obvious, as if they were immersed in the vast sea, unable to withstand the erosion of water first.

". Huasha?"

Jiang Yuanshen asked like this, but in fact he didn't think the person in front of him was Huasha, because she was a head taller than Huasha, and her hands exposed from the cuffs were extremely white without any scars.

"What are you doing back here?"

Even through the puppet mask and with the help of words, Jiang Yuanshen could still imagine the suspicious look on her face.

Her voice is like the spring water in the long mountain, simple and quiet, but so cold that it makes people's lungs feel chilly.

Jiang Yuan Shen stared blankly at the puppet mask that didn't show any expression, her words were neither sad, nor sad, but pure confusion.

What does come back mean?What time did she say it?
"If it's not Huasha, can you tell me who you are?"

Although Jiang Yuan pretended to be a big brother and smiled, he was actually very nervous inside.

"Don't ask too much, now go back and pack your things and leave Zhiniao Island, don't do other meaningless things."

Listening to her earnest advice, Jiang Yuanshen felt chills in his heart.

"Why should I leave?" he asked.

The girl in front of her was frozen as if in deep thought, only her chest was rising and falling slightly.

She seemed to sigh lightly, and lowered her voice, obviously complaining:

"The last earthquake has caused dissatisfaction. From now on, you are not allowed to speak any more. I am doing it for your own good. Go back immediately."

Jiang Yuanshen was choked up by her and couldn't say a word, mainly because he was too inexplicable, which made him unable to make the most correct judgment.

"What do you mean? You let me go without explaining anything?"

"I can only speak five sentences a day, and what I write counts, so I don't have time to explain, otherwise she will think I am noisy."

--she?

Jiang Yuanshen asked curiously: "Who is she? The queen? Or the god here?"

The doll girl finally crossed her arms impatiently, as if explaining to a fool:

"Before she wakes up and finds you, get out of here early and come with me."

She passed by silently, but didn't reach out to touch Jiang Yuanshen, and walked straight to the door of the building.

Faced with this sudden "exit order", Jiang Yuanshen was very confused, as if he was a fish tightly wrapped in a fishing net and was at the mercy of others.

The puppet girl turned around, even though she was wearing a mask, Jiang Yuanshen could feel that the gaze was looking at him directly, as if urging him to hurry up.

Just when Jiang Yuanshen didn't know what to do, a voice drifted through the air, bouncing on the wooden boards of the corridor and falling into his ears.

"Xiao Shen? What are you doing here?"

Chaokong Yaoxing walked over curiously, and the "semi-fierce" magic lotus had already been tied to the branches and leaves of the potted plants.

She kept flipping the front of her T-shirt, as if she wanted to fan the wind, and the sweat dripping from her forehead wet her eyebrows.

Jiang Yuanshen came back to his senses, and subconsciously looked at the door of the building, only to find that the puppet girl had disappeared again.

"I seem to see that person again."

"Hua Sha? This little girl is more naughty than when we were young!"

Her hanging eyebrows moved with her every frown and smile, as if reflecting her inner voice.

Chaokong Yaoxing seems to regard the "that person" Jiang Yuanshen said as Huasha from the bottom of her heart, even if she has never seen it with her own eyes, she doesn't want to admit that he is dazzled.

Just at the right time, the cicadas chirped one after another continuously with the wind blowing in from outside the wall. He was surprised by the frequency of the cicadas' chirping, which kept ringing uninterrupted.

"Jiang Yuan, did something happen again?" Igarashi stole the paper and walked over with a confused expression on his face.

"No."

At this moment, Jiang Yuanshen finally understood that only she could see that puppet girl, or maybe she only allowed herself to see it.

Seeing his natural expression, Igarashi immediately smiled and said:
"Then let's go. Feel free to ask any questions. Now there are not many children who are willing to know about the shrine, let alone summer homework. Just thinking about it will give them a headache."

"I'm actually quite interested in these." Jiang Yuanshen responded with a smile.

"Then we may have a lot in common." After Igarashi finished speaking, he led the two of them towards the social affairs office.

The shrine office is usually a resting place for priests and maidens, but Zhidiao Shrine occupies a limited area, and it has also become a place where Igarashi steals paper to entertain guests.

A huge blue and white vortex spread over the island, as if someone was using a huge transparent spoon to continuously rotate and stir. The blue and white like ice cream enveloped the entire Zhiniao Island.

In front of Jiang Yuanshen's field of vision is a clean and tidy small courtyard, with stone-paved roads on both sides, and a surrounded "sacred tree" in the middle.

The wind blew so that even the branches swayed, like thousands of emotionless green eyes, looking down at the crowd.

Here there is the smell of moss and moist land, and the smell of blooming flowers with morning dew. The place where the breeze must pass is the commotion of sunlight falling from among the leaves.

If there is a puppet girl appearing in the shade of the tree now, he probably won't feel strange now.

Unknowingly, he felt the weight here. Jiang Yuanshen sat on the tatami with his chest upright, and Chaokong shook the apricot duck sitting beside him, but he always felt uncomfortable and twisted his body from time to time.

He looked at the shrine on the side, which had a small wooden torii gate "Chidori Shrine".

"Mr. Igarashi, what is the doll god?" Jiang Yuanshen asked.

Igarashi stole the paper and poured the tea into the emerald-colored tea bowl. The aroma was very strong, and the water was so tender that just looking at it could soothe the soul.

"It is the god of Zhidiao Island since ancient times, and the queen is her "hina doll" who lives on the island. The queen is no longer herself, but the "human body" of the god. "

He poured tea while talking, and didn't have the extra energy to look at the two of them.

Jiang Yuanshen always felt that when Mr. Paper Stealing mentioned the young puppet god, the awe-inspiring atmosphere exuded from his whole body swallowed the hot air.

In his capable words, it seems that there is a world view that does not need anything superfluous, a tradition that has been passed down for a long time, breathing quietly in his body.

Jiang Yuanshen slightly lowered his eyes, Igarashi probably meant that the woman who was chosen as the queen on Zhiniao Island had lost the meaning of her own existence, and lived only for Zhiniao Island.

"Since when have there been queens?" he asked.

Igarashi pondered for a while while stealing the paper, then opened his mouth and said, "The Tianming famine period was more than 300 years ago."

It was the first time Chaokong Yaoxing heard this, and then supported the tatami with both hands, leaned forward slightly, and asked in confusion:
"Famine at dawn? What is that?"

From this angle, you can vaguely see her underwear straps, which are the same color as the sky.

Jiang Yuanshen said calmly:

"It was a great famine caused by natural disasters in the middle of the Edo period. At that time, the northern part of Japan continued to suffer from freezing rain and snow, crop production decreased, and volcanoes in the mountains erupted on a large scale. Large areas of crop masks were destroyed, and all feudal clans were basically paralyzed. situation."

"Jiang Yuan, you know a lot." Igarashi smiled without the slightest surprise.

Jiang Yuanshen rested his hand on his chin and continued:
"During that time, the social management of human beings was basically out of touch. Shrines sprang up all over the country, and everyone pinned their hopes on the gods. It seems that the shrines on Zhidiao Island were also established during this time."

Igarashi cast an affirmative gaze on him, then looked at the "Picture of Lichu" hanging on the wall and said:

"Yes, people are good at creating thoughts into reality. The gossip of the folks will evolve into a huge spiritual power over time. In the end, this huge spiritual power must be borne by objects. In the end, people at that time pinned their hopes on the celebration of the Girl's Day. On the puppet."

Jiang Yuanshen followed his line of sight, and found that "Lichu Tu" is the style of Nagano grass in the Meiji period. The style of painting looks simple, but some places are meticulous.

"Then what is the opportunity to become the queen of Zhiniao Island? Or how to become the queen of Zhiniao Island?" Jiang Yuanshen looked very serious.

Igarashi brushed the folds of the fabric with his paper-stealing hand, and said softly:

"After the previous queen disappeared, a beautiful girl was selected on this island, and a doll Kagura was held on the day of the autumnal equinox."

Chaokong Yaoxing was stunned when he heard it, but because he couldn't understand, he had to speak anxiously:
"What is Doll Kagura?"

"It's a séance ceremony, dedicated to the puppet god, and let it accept a new divine body in the world."

"Is it a dance?"

"Yes, it's the new queen wearing a puppet mask performing the dance. It is said that the more devout the queen dances, the stronger the power she will get."

"Did student Jinghai dance?"

"Well, she was 12 years old at the time, and she danced beautifully even after only a few days of learning, which amazed the people on the island." Igarashi folded his arms, and the light from the eaves engulfed the tea table corner of .

Jiang Yuan took a careful look at Chaokong Yaoxing. The white socks covered half of her calf, and the skirt hung down like a trumpet flower, covering the beautiful curve of her buttocks.

But one corner was caught in the gap between the thigh and thigh.

With a smirk on his face, he pulled out her suppressed skirt as a prank and said:
"What? You want to dance too?"

Kaoru Kaname felt something pulled out between his legs, and his body was shocked.

When she realized that it was Jiang Yuanshen who adjusted her skirt, her trembling eyes were filled with undisguised shame.

"I'm clumsy with my limbs, and I don't look good when I dance."

Zhaokong Yaoxing bit his lips lightly, like a lost child, and said in a voice that seemed to be disappearing,
"I don't have the courage to jump in front of so many people."

"You can just dance for me, no matter how beautiful the dance is, I will laugh at you."

Jiang Yuanshen's remarks are as intoxicating as the warm water for boiling frogs, making Chaokong Yaoxing's eyes blink, and finally feel ashamed of what he said, and hurriedly explained:

"No, no, no, I don't know how to dance. Let me play ball and swim, but I can't dance! Wait! Are you kidding me? You said it the other way around!"

"I don't think so at all." Jiang Yuanshen said with a smile.

In Chaokong Yaoxing's heart, the smile of the young man in front of him is not only a bewitching devil, but also a bewitching angel.

She was also in a hurry, but only the angry expression of a child was left. A ray of light penetrated through her black hair, and was divided into tiny light spots, which kept dancing.

"I think you just want to watch girls dance, pervert."

Jiang Yuanshen leaned slightly towards her, and said with a smile, "Is this a compliment?"

"It's definitely a compliment to you!"

"Then I'll be happy."

"???"

Jiang Yuanshen raised his hand and patted her on the head before taking it away.

Chaokong Yaoxing raised his head and smoothed his messy hair with his hands.

Igarashi looked at the childlike actions of the two, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Yao Xing, if you want to try it, it's okay, I have a book here"

"No, no, no! Don't let him talk about it! I don't know how to jump!" Chaokong shook his head in great resistance, and his short hair was also protesting.

Seeing her like this, provocative thoughts emerged in Jiang Yuanshen's heart.

He smiled and said:
"If I want to watch you dance, will you dance for me?"

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Chaokong Yaoxing blushed suddenly, her short hair fluttered slightly in the wind, she suddenly lost her words and her expression was complicated.

But soon, perhaps because her brain made up for her clumsy dancing and her embarrassing appearance in front of him, she twisted her lower lip for a moment——

"Don't! Absolutely, absolutely, don't jump!"

"Hahaha—" Igarashi laughed out loud.

"Stubbornness dictates."

Jiang Yuanshen also smiled reassuringly, then continued to ask coldly,

"Mr. Igarashi, I have a question. If the queen insists on leaving Zhiniao Island, will Zhiniao Island disappear in the end?"

The smile on Igarashi's face suddenly faded, replaced by a solemn expression:

"I'm not sure, but the reason why the queen is formed is for the survival of the collective, and sacrificing the individual for the survival of the collective is correct from the overall perspective."

Immediately afterwards, he took another deep breath and let out a full sigh.

"But in the eyes of the "Queen", the islanders closest to them became jailers who tied them with iron chains, and their parents also participated in the action of restraining their own flesh and blood. Pain and guilt are inevitable, but in front of the public , blood and freedom are vulnerable. "

Igarashi looked at the falling maple leaves, and his inner fatigue seemed to be reaching its peak.

He took a deep breath, and the refreshing air penetrated into his feverish body, mixed with a stream of tea in his body——

"I can't find a reason to leave this shrine."

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