"The adults of Rabbit God Town were greedy and arrogant. They wanted to create a god under their control. No matter who that god was, they would be imprisoned here and made to grant their wishes.
"Lord Rabbit God—or rather, Kannagi Shichiro—you should know that I am merely a player passing through this world. I have no desire to involve myself in this endless cycle of Sin. Being used by them to deal with you was not my intention."
Qi Si lowered his eyes and sighed softly. "I already possess the authority of contracts. Trapping myself in Rabbit God Town for such insignificant divine power would clearly not be worth it. Unfortunately, things have come to this, and I cannot leave this place...
"So I was thinking, could we cooperate? I will refuse to assist them in holding the Rabbit God Festival, giving you the chance to escape your restraints; in return, you will preserve my life and let me escape Rabbit God Town alive?"
A long, scarlet contract scroll materialized before him, its clauses written line after line in gilded lettering.
Three incense sticks burned quietly in the censer, wisps of green smoke drifting upward and blurring the face of The Idol within the shrine.
Qi Si remained kneeling for a while longer. When no reply came, he said nothing further.
No matter how ignorant the Rabbit God might be of worldly affairs, They had still lived through several centuries. There was no way They would immediately trust the promise of a strange player—especially one so closely connected to the authority of contracts.
But there was still plenty of time. Over the next five days, Qi Si believed he would have many opportunities to persuade the Rabbit God and successfully form a contract with Them.
The black-haired young man