rpbooks Chapter 288 The One Who Received the Seal, the Man in White Robes
Chapter 288 The One Who Received the Seal, the Man in White Robes
Banquet hall of Yunshu Hotel.
This place has been booked out tonight. It's ostentatious and luxurious, but extremely confidential. Hotel staff are not allowed to enter.
Please show me the invitation.
Yukiyo Arikawa took out the specially made invitation as naturally as possible, and was only allowed to enter after the hotel staff checked it.
Upon entering the banquet hall, the first thing that catches the eye is the huge portrait of a goddess hanging there.
It was drawn by the cult leader himself, with delicate brushstrokes, making the goddess even more lifelike than in the photograph.
Yukiyo Arikawa restrained herself, trying not to look around. She knew he had already come in.
All she can do is to act the way she should right now.
Jiuzhiche glanced at the portrait and then looked away.
The head of evil has such keen senses that it can perceive even a portrait.
His gaze caught her attention.
Jiuzhiche then scanned the people around him.
The group consisted of fewer than 50 people, none of whom had their faces covered. They looked like any ordinary person, common and ordinary.
Throughout the banquet hall, everyone was talking in hushed tones, and everyone was gazing up at the portrait in front of them.
Thanks to the portrait, Jiuzhiche sensed that the surrounding atmosphere was thick with evil.
The person he impersonated entered using his own appearance, so no one should have recognized him, but people still took the initiative to strike up a conversation.
"I have been a member of the Lost Heart Cult for 33 days. I am fortunate to be sealed today. When I become a servant, or even a priest, I will be able to get closer to the goddess."
The guy got more and more excited as he talked.
Jiuzhi Che nodded perfunctorily.
The followers of the Faithless Religion are divided into ranks, from lowest to highest: believers, signer, servants, and priests.
The condition for becoming a recipient of the seal is to break up three families.
Whether it's seduction or deception, as long as you achieve your goal, you'll receive the seal!
That perfectly suits Tomie's perverse sense of humor.
Jiuzhiche looked around, then listlessly picked up a glass of red wine and slowly sipped it.
If you curse them with obedience, will they still be controlled by the evil head?
A few days ago, Jiuzhiche unlocked the new template.
He had to choose one of the three options: "succubus," "supersensory," or "curse," and he chose the curse.
Curse: The higher the activation progress, the faster the curse can be deconstructed. Successfully deconstructing the curse will grant you mastery of it.
Jiuzhiche increased the progress of "Curse" by 30%.
At the same time, Jiuzhiche also increased the "immunity" template to 100%, so the next time the template is triggered, the initial spirituality will need to be 250%.
But it wasn't a loss, because the Curse of Deep Desire and the Curse of Heaven's Jealousy disappeared from his status bar.
The curse flickered twice and was about to disappear, but Jiuzhi Che sensed that it was some kind of deep connection between him and Kayako, so he seized this connection and the curse was not completely removed. Of course, he can also dispel the curse at any time.
Along with the curse of vengeful dreams, which is related to the curse of Ju-on, it also remained.
Currently, Jiuzhiche is deconstructing the Curse of Heaven's Jealousy, and the progress is 0.2%.
He still had 55% of his spirituality left and was considering whether to add more to the curse template to speed up the deconstruction process, but it wasn't important, so he ultimately didn't add it.
Immunity: Current activation progress is 100%, immune to all curses, illusions, and other effects.
Getting back to the main point, when Jiu Zhiche was checking the progress of the curse deconstruction, the main character also made his appearance.
It was a person wearing a white robe, slender in build, whose aura was very similar to that of Tomie.
"I'm sorry, I'm late."
A girl's voice came from the doorway. It wasn't loud, but it carried throughout the banquet hall, which had fallen silent in an instant. None of the believers turned around, because there was something more important for them ahead.
Jiuzhiche didn't turn around either, until a shadow appeared beside him—it was that girl.
Out of the corner of his eye, Jiuzhiche caught a glimpse of a balloon floating in the air next to the human-shaped shadow.
He tilted his head slightly, and immediately wanted to punch the other person.
It's Terumi Fujino.
Fujino Terumi noticed Kyuuji Tsutomu immediately. Her face lit up with joy, but she was about to call out to him when she realized it wasn't the right occasion, so she lowered her voice:
"Jiuzhi-jun, what are you doing here? You're already so handsome, do you still want to get even better looking?"
Jiu Zhiche: "Heh."
They're really courting death.
Fujino Terumi remained silent.
Seeing Jiu Zhiche's indifferent expression, she dared not.
In front of the portrait of the goddess, people dressed in white robes were already prepared.
Next to it was an iron rack with a fire burning inside and a soldering iron on it.
"The sealing begins."
The man in white robes spoke, and the followers spontaneously began to line up.
"ah----"
With the sound of flesh burning, the first person to be marked screamed in agony.
Such a primitive brand, it's no wonder it hurts.
Behind Kyuuji Tsutomu was Fujino Terumi, whose face turned deathly pale. "So he was sealed like this!"
"How did you get involved in this cult?"
When Jiuzhi Che defined it as a cult, Fujino Terumi felt guilty. "I heard it from a fan. I happened to run into her after her car accident, and an invitation fell out, so I thought I'd come and check it out."
She didn't tell Jiu Zhiche about it.
I made a promise to tell him everything.
Jiu Zhiche: "What a coincidence."
Just then, a fan told her, just then, a fan was in a car accident, and just then, the invitation fell out...
Furthermore, entry requires a special check to verify if one is a registered member; Fujino Terumi entered so easily...
Jiuzhiche glanced at the human head balloon around her neck.
The line of people receiving their seals reached Arikawa Yukiyo.
Her expression remained relatively natural as she extended her hand, and the man in white robes branded her arm.
At first, there was a sharp pain, but soon the pain turned into a warm current. Yukiyo Arikawa felt lighter than ever before. She walked away unsteadily, and after a while, the warm current gradually moved to a certain place.
That was the master's blood.
Yukiyo Arikawa returned to normal and quietly glanced at the others who had been marked; they all seemed somewhat dazed.
Soon, they were in line ahead of Jiu Zhiche.
The head in the portrait has its gaze fixed on the spot where the seal was placed.
The followers discovered this and felt honored by it.
Look, the goddess is watching them.
Jiuzhiche remained unfazed, seemingly oblivious to the malice surrounding him, which appeared to be tangible and directed at him.
"Priest, could you be a little gentler?"
Jiuzhiche stretched out his hand and stared straight at the man in white robes.
Beneath the robe, a pair of eyes met his gaze.
The woman in white paused almost imperceptibly. The next second, she raised her hand, grabbed Jiu Zhiche's wrist, and at the same time bit her other hand, smearing the blood on Jiu Zhiche's wrist.
It was the branded pattern—the shape of the head of evil.
I don't know how she did it, but in any case, it was quickly drawn on Jiu Zhiche's hand. The pattern was not big, but it was very lifelike.
Jiuzhiche gave up resisting that force, but prevented it from running amok. In the end, the force stopped at his wrist.
The blood faded, and the drawn pattern seemed to be etched onto his hand.
Before letting go of him, the man in white rubbed his thumb on his hand a few times.
Jiuzhi Che raised an eyebrow, took two steps, then suddenly clutched his hand and bent over: "Ouch!"
Terumi Fujino, terrified and at a loss for what to do: "..."
Before I could see anything clearly, the man in white had vanished.
She looked and saw that the man in white robes had already helped Jiu Zhiche up and was leading him into the inner hall.
Fujino Terumi looked completely bewildered: "???"