A Show from the Underworld
Lu Ban The first thing he saw was a group of monsters.
In theory, these monsters should be dressed up and dancing.
But in Lu Ban's eyes, all that was left was the weird scene of monsters and monsters entangled with each other.
Even the music is like mournful music.
Normally, Lu Ban is criticized for liking to do things in the underworld, but Lu Ban feels that this festival performance in front of him is the real underworld.
Those monsters with exposed skeletons that looked like insects came and went, as if they were rehearsing a grand drama.
"This is a performance that represents the birth, destruction and rebirth of Harmony Island. It's quite good."
"Yes, yes, this form of artistic expression is unique and amazing."
"I saw the future, hope, and spirit of Harmony Island from these people's performances."
"What moved me and brought tears to my eyes, this year's Poetry Festival is so great!"
"It is precisely because of people like this that Harmony Island can survive with difficulty!"
Everyone expressed emotion one after another, thanking Wa Island Grand Shrine and the people around them.
It seems that this performance is quite artistic.
"Master Lu Ban, what are you looking for? Such performances are rare elsewhere."
Ginpei on the side waved his fan and asked Lu Ban who was looking around.
"It's really rare."
Lu Ban Watching the centipede-like monster twisting and turning, he felt that he really couldn't appreciate such art.
He's looking for people who don't have the mutation.
Or at least a monster that behaves relatively abnormally.
Unfortunately, Lu Ban did not find it.
Old people with children, couples holding hands, friends walking together, and artists attending alone all turned into monsters.
These monsters cheered, celebrated, cheered, danced, sang, and recited poems in the atrium. They looked like humans, but they were not human.
Lu Ban even saw that the eaves, corners, and tall pavilions were all stained with a deep purple color, as if stained by blood coagulation, making the entire courtyard a terrifying hell.
"I once read a novel that said that in order to complete his painting, a painter asked the local lord to find a woman to put in a car and burn her alive as a reference. Unexpectedly, the lord found a woman who was the painter's daughter. The painter was horrified at first, but in the end he showed a fanatical look and painted a painting while his daughter Affliction was wailing."
Lu Ban Watching the monsters' joyful performance enter the next stage, the soundtrack of the underworld echoed in the atrium, he said casually.
"What does this mean, brother Lu Ban?"
Tachibana Masamune's eyes were densely packed with eyes. His body was rotten and full of abscesses. He turned around and asked.
"Because the name of the painting is "Hellscreen", I think it fits the current scene very well."
Lu Ban chuckled lightly, picked up Momiji and walked towards the entrance and exit leaving the atrium.
" Master Lu Ban is leaving now, the most exciting show is about to begin."
Ginpei dissuaded him with great regret.
"Well, I'll be right back when I go."
Lu Ban replied, taking one last look at the hellish scene.
Those Island Magistrate guarding the atrium did not stop them. Lu Ban easily came to Anxinyuan's prison with Momiji, where the man who went crazy yesterday was imprisoned.
The monster-like Island Magistrate was guarding the door. I don't know why, but Lu Ban could actually see the warning from the faces of these monsters.
I feel like if I stay with them for a while, Lu Ban will be able to fully understand every move of these monsters.
"I am the witch of Harmony Island Shrine. Here is the proof. We suspect that the prisoners detained here are contaminated and need to be investigated."
Momiji took out a piece of sandalwood paper, which looked like the identity certificate of the Harmony Island shrine.
"So convenient!"
Lu Ban saw those Island Magistrate retreated to both sides and made way for them.
Momiji and Lu Ban walked down the dark and damp cell one after another. They could see that it was very empty and there were no other prisoners.
There was only a ball of dark green flesh, curled up in the corner of the cell.
Lu Ban couldn't tell whether this person was the one from yesterday, but Momiji leaned over.
"Are you Wan Ye?"
There was a little bit of light on her body, and the warm light was like the clear brilliance of the moon, causing the green flesh to react.
". Save me, save me, I'm not a monster, I'm a human, I'm not a monster, I'm a human"
The meat ball made a vague sound, and Lu Ban could vaguely tell that it was the madman he saw yesterday.
"Are you Wan Ye?"
Lu Ban also asked for confirmation.
"Wan Ye. Yes, yes, yes, I am Wan Ye, I am Wan Ye, please save me, save me Lord Calamity Priestess, Lord Calamity Priestess, save me, save me."
The voice of the meat ball was urgent, as if it was begging.
"I've lost my mind."
Lu Ban murmured to himself. In his field of vision, the tangle of straw in the dungeon formed systematic words under the soundtrack of the underworld coming from outside.
[Participate in Poetry Festival: 1/1]
[Looking for the missing artist: 1/1]
[Survived until Poetry Festival ended: 69:41:16]
It seems this is Wan Ye.
Lu Ban Relax.
If he hadn't gone to Song Island's shrine, he probably wouldn't have been able to discover the abnormality on the entire island by acquiring knowledge, and thus deduce the true identity of Wan Ye.
Now all that's left is to survive until the end of Poetry Festival.
"Can you cure him?"
Lu Ban asked Momiji.
"I can give it a try."
Momiji raised his hand.
Some kind of golden light flowed from her fingertips, turned into silk thread, and wrapped around the ball of Mass of Flesh.
In Lu Ban's eyes, Mass of Flesh quickly twisted and shrank, becoming a human being.
Although the limbs are still a little thin and the skin is dark, at least he looks human.
"Perhaps this person has a special constitution, so he can still remain rational despite being alienated?"
Lu Ban is thinking about what makes Wan Ye special.
But the sound coming from outside didn't leave Lu Ban much time.
He heard that the originally gloomy music became a certain melody, a melody that he was somewhat familiar with.
". Praying to God, in this life, my body is sad and my dreams are gone."
This is the song Lu Ban heard when Torii Gate was lost in the mountains!
He directly used a crowbar to open the dungeon door, let Momiji help the weak painter, and walked out of the dungeon himself.
Arriving on the tower and looking into the atrium, Lu Ban saw that the performance had reached a fever pitch, with countless monsters gathering together, and among the things surrounding them, stood a witch.
The miko was wearing traditional white clothes and scarlet hakama. She was holding a rusty Kagura bell in her hand. She was surrounded by mist and seemed to be dancing.
All the monsters were kneeling towards her, lowering their heads, as if they were worshiping something.
"This is, Calamity Priestess?"
Lu Ban faintly touched the deepest secret of this island.
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