Chapter 240

"Is that so?" Yae Sakura didn't seem moved. She stood up and said, "Someone said the same thing to you before. She said she would protect me."

"But she has already run away."

"I don't find her behavior funny or shameful," Yae Sakura said. "You can't protect everyone."

"It's impossible to save everyone."

"Why?" Theresa stood up as well, as if arguing, and said, "I will definitely save them!"

"No," Yae Sakura shook her head and said, "You can't do it!"

"Unless you're willing to kill," Yae Sakura said, "You can't persuade the villagers unless you choose to run away or kill everyone here. Otherwise, you can't do anything!"

"But if you really choose to solve this by killing everyone."

"Then what's the difference between you and the Honkai?"

"What exactly is this so-called salvation?"

This seems to be a standard trolley crossing problem: one person and one trolley of people.

It seems there is no perfect solution at all.

You have to choose one of these two.

That...

How should I choose?

Is running away the only option?

Chapter 275 Sakura's Plans

There's no way I can escape; there's no way I can ever run away in this lifetime.

We can't fight back, so we can only stay here and waste time.

It feels like they're implementing the Indian spirit of nonviolent non-cooperation.

It has to be said that the Chief Priest is quite interesting, his speech is funny, and he is also very shameless.

I really want to hit him with a hammer.

Learn how to be a decent human being!

That was Theresa's idea.

My most honest thoughts!

Chief Priest!

This guy, who takes moral blackmail to the extreme, just keeps begging and pleading, using all sorts of names and righteous indignations, and standing on the high ground of this era to repeatedly criticize Theresa.

Why was Theresa being repeatedly struck?

Nonsense!

Because times have changed!

The moral high ground is also different.

One of the most important characteristics is its view on life and death.

Simply put, Theresa's era and education taught her that the living are the most important. The question is how to protect the rights of the living, and their right to live.

And people in this era die again! ②

To value death more than life.

Living may not be that important, but how you die is.

There's an interesting joke from that era about samurai.

What does a samurai have in his home? A pot, a blanket, and a stone. What's the stone for? He can lift it to warm himself when he's cold.

Although most people may not understand the humor in this joke.

But this joke can, to some extent, illustrate the cultural characteristics of Area 11 today.

To value death more than life.

Living may not be important, but how you die is very important.

Especially how one dies—it has to be creative, unique, and spectacular. If you don't understand the culture of this era, it's hard to understand why Japan has seppuku as a form of death.

Moreover, there were a series of rules and regulations surrounding seppuku, and it was a method of death that could only be used by people of high status.

So now a very interesting thing has happened.

Both sides thought the other was stubborn and narrow-minded.

Why are you so slow to understand?

Theresa really wanted to teach the Chief Priest what natural human rights were, while the Chief Priest wanted to open Theresa's head and stuff the idea of dying with glory and pride into it.

The two sides remained deadlocked, neither able to persuade the other.

The Chief Priest dared not resort to violence.

He estimated that Theresa's fighting ability was not very strong, but as long as Theresa did not use force, he did not want to risk his life.

"This is your honor, and also the honor of Yae Village," the Chief Priest maiden said gruffly. "Ordinary women don't even deserve this. You really are..."

"Ignorance!"

The Chief Priest snorted coldly, waved his wide sleeves, and walked out of the room.

Theresa is also having a headache.

Why...

This granite-headed person just can't understand the idea that life has meaning.

The two sides parted on bad terms.

The Chief Priest stepped out of the door and saw Yae Sakura standing there.

'This Yae Sakura...'

The Chief Priest's anger flared instantly. Did Yae Sakura, as the Chief Priest of the shrine, really think she could hide her little schemes from him?

Making your sister the Wife of the God is an honor bestowed upon you sisters by the village and by the gods!

Why is everyone so resistant?

Could it be that spending too much time with these Heavenly Being from elsewhere has turned me into this?

The Chief Priest was filled with intense hatred!

This Sacrifice Ritual was all set except for one crucial element: the offerings. They were practically at the final stage, and the deadline was fast approaching. How did it all come to this, stuck on the issue of the sacrificial offerings?

The Chief Priest flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.

But then he suddenly remembered something.

Turning to Yae Sakura, he smiled rarely and said, "Sakura, there's something I want to tell you."

"Yes, Chief Priest God, I am listening," Yae Sakura said respectfully.

"That's right," the Chief Priest said. "Yesterday, a deity from above appeared to me in a dream, saying that I don't need too many Wife of the God. One is enough."

"Therefore, after much thought, I've come to the conclusion that this is the will of the gods above."

"Then let's waive your sister's title of Wife of the God."

"What a pity, Yae Sakura."

"Yes, Chief Priest God." Although Yae Sakura appeared respectful, she couldn't help but feel relieved upon hearing the Chief Priest's words. It seemed that history had indeed changed.

Perhaps this time the ending will be different.

"But!" the Chief Priest said with difficulty, "Wife of the God cannot be without."

"This Heavenly Being was very resistant to becoming the Wife of the God."

"Now I'm going to give you a very important task."

The Chief Priest's words instantly plunged Yae Sakura back into the ice cave.

"Wife of the God is necessary," the Chief Priest said. "The gods above do not care who becomes the Wife of the God. Of course, it would be best if it were that Heavenly Being."

"But it would be acceptable for an ordinary person as well."

"So," the Chief Priest said, patting Yae Sakura's shoulder as if giving her a solemn entrustment, "Sakura."

"This task is very important, if it cannot be completed."

"Then only your sister can do it."

"This is an honorable mission."

Yae Sakura seemed a little dazed.

She looked at the face of the Chief Priest, that smiling face.

Can...

But now! An unprecedented anger and hatred surged into her heart. That smiling face! Yae Sakura really wanted to tear it to shreds and grind it repeatedly on the ground.

But Yae Sakura cannot.

Not at least not now.

She was also a shrine Miko, and she had a bet with that fox.

She couldn't lay a hand on the villagers, much less on the hypocritical Chief Priest before her.

She could only stand there blankly, watching the Chief Priest depart without taking any action.

Yae Sakura clenched her fists but eventually relaxed them.

She lowered her head, opened the door, and went inside.

"Yae Sakura!" Theresa exclaimed, a mix of surprise and delight. "You've come!"

"Yae Sakura?" Theresa hadn't even had time to enjoy herself when she saw Yae Sakura's serious expression. Her heart skipped a beat; this was definitely not a good sign!

"Yae Sakura?"

Theresa wanted to offer comfort, but also wanted to know what had happened, so she asked, "What happened?"

"I just ran into the Chief Priest at the door," Yae Sakura said. "I..."

Yae Sakura gritted her teeth and decided to tell Yae Sakura what the Chief Priest had just told her.

The girl is narrating...

After Yae Sakura finished recounting what had happened at the door, Theresa became even more restless. She stood up angrily and said, "This kind of thing!"

"This Chief Priest has no good intentions at all!"

"I, Theresa, am not going to ignore this matter."

"I want to go..."

Go and continue arguing with that Chief Priest!

Theresa cannot yet engage in physical discussions with this Chief Priest.

It can only be theoretical in words and thoughts.

But can this convince someone?

Theresa was about to leave.

Smack!

Yae Sakura grabbed Theresa's hand and shook her head, saying, "It's no use. Theory is useless."

"The Chief Priest will not listen to you."

"No one knows better than me what the Chief Priest is thinking."

As Miko of the Yae Shrine, Yae Sakura certainly understood the Chief Priest better than anyone else. She knew what he was thinking, but Yae Sakura now realized that she had underestimated this Chief Priest a little.