Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu searched the temple, yet the place was too crowded with people from Xixiong City or other places. It was impossible to find the demon spirit among the crowd.
They decided to visit the city after failing to find any clues in the temple. The city was lively and busy, but for so reason, there was sothing missing.
Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu walked from the temple to the city. They took the sa stairs, the sa path, walked on the sa street. Even the owner of the izakaya was the sa. Mo Fan clearly rembered his gently flickering, tiny eyes.
However, Mo Fan could tell sothing was wrong with the city. He finally realized what it was when he almost reached the other side of Xixiong City.
The world in the illusion was like a GIF image. Unlike the real world where everyone was carrying on with their lives, the people and events in the illusion were like a scripted program. They would all return to their initial position after the loop restarted.
For example, they had seen an old woman dropping so fruits from her basket on the side of the road an hour ago. However, when they walked past the sa place again, they saw the old woman dropping the fruits again in the sa manner. Even the trails of the fruits when rolling on the ground were exactly the sa. An old, yellow truck had just driven past, but it would drive past again so ti later. They also heard the sa honks from the harbor repeating after the sa period of ti.
“It seems like everything here is constructed based on the Wooden Clapper Demon Spirit’s mories, which is why the events kept repeating in the ti fra that she rembered. Didn’t you notice the one particular area is sowhat blurry? It ans she has never been to that part of the city, so she doesn’t have any mory of it.” Ai Jiangtu possessed the Space Elent, and soon discovered the bugs in this illusionary world!
Mo Fan nodded, although he was fairly surprised on the inside. He did not think a small wooden clapper would be able to construct such an enormous world. He could not help but wonder at the wooden clapper’s background.
“If this world is constructed based on her mories, it’s most likely she’s still using her own identity here...” said Mo Fan.
“That’s right, you’ve already seen the demon spirit, you know what she looks like. All we need to do is to find her,” said Ai Jiangtu.
“I believe we’ve taken the situation too lightly. If we can wait until Jiang Yu and the others co back with so information, it will be easier for us to find Miyata!” said Mo Fan.
Ai Jiangtu nodded. He was about to say sothing when he slled sothing. He subconsciously turned around, but there was nothing behind him.
“Did you sll sothing?” asked Ai Jiangtu.
“I did, it slls like Chinese mugwort,” said Mo Fan
It was fairly easy to identify the sll of Chinese mugwort when it was set afla. Mo Fan rembered his dad often burned it to provide so relief for his stomach.
“Is there Chinese mugwort nearby?”
“I don’t think so... hang on, we have no sense of sll in this world. The scent has co from the outside. Strange, aren’t Nanyu and Jiang Shaoxu keeping an eye for us? Why are they burning Chinese mugwort? I think it’s right in front of...(cough cough) Holy crap, are they burning it right beside my nose? The sll, it’s too strong!” Mo Fan began coughing.
“What are they up to? Why are they burning Chinese mugwort close to us?” Ai Jiangtu was confused.
—
Back in the run-down temple, Jiang Yu was holding a stalk of burning Chinese mugwort and fanning it into Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu’s noses. The two almost teared up from the strong sll.
“Is it going to work? Chinese mugwort is pretty common in our country, but the environnt here in Japan isn’t suitable for their growth,” said Mu Tingying.
“Which is why, if they can find the place with Chinese mugwort, they will be able to find Miyata too. Didn’t you hear them sleep talking? They are most likely in Xixiong City from a few years ago,” said Jiang Yu.
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Mo Fan and Ai Jiangtu were unaware that every conversation they had in the illusion would be spoken too in the real world. To the others, it simply looked like they were talking in their sleep.
Through their speech, Jiang Shaoxu and Nanyu were able to understand the world inside the vessel.
“By the way, didn’t you say that Miyata is actually a person from Xixiong City?” said Jiang Shaoxu to Jiang Yu.
“Yeah, Miyata’s house has a herb garden planted with wild chrysanthemums and Chinese mugwort. When so monk that knows the art of healing ca to the temple, he needed to find a supply of natural herbs. Miyata would visit the temple occasionally to deliver the dried herbs, so she’s quite a regular of the temple,” said Jiang Yu.
“Then how did she beco a dangerous demon spirit?” asked Jiang Shaoxu.
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Inside the illusion of the wooden clapper...
The quick-witted Mo Fan imdiately realized that soone in the outside world was trying to give them hints when he slled Chinese mugwort. Otherwise, it did not make sense for them to burn a stalk of Chinese mugwort and fan its scent at them!
“It doesn’t make any sense. Why would they know what’s happening in this world?” said Ai Jiangtu.
“I feel like they do, should I try?”
“How?”
“Hey, if you assholes know what’s happening in here, please move the herb away, I can’t even breathe!” Mo Fan raised his head and cursed pointing at a cloud.
Ai Jiangtu was left speechless. He had failed to understand Mo Fan’s intelligence, coming up with such an unreliable approach!
However, Ai Jiangtu was soon dumbfounded when he discovered the scent of the Chinese mugwort weakening!
The heck? Did it actually work?
Ai Jiangtu was lost for words.
“It actually worked, HAH!” Mo Fan grinned. To confirm it once again, he added, “Ask Jiang Shaoxu to co closer, so I can sll her perfu!”
A while later, after the scent of the Chinese mugwort weakened, Mo Fan imdiately captured Jiang Shaoxu’s alluring rose fragrance.
Ai Jiangtu had slled it too. His tanned face had an utterly impressed expression.
“Co closer, co closer...hey, Ai Jiangtu, do you know that vixen Jiang Shaoxu has a natural body fragrance? She slls like roses even though she isn’t using any perfu. It slls quite nice. Mm? The sll is stronger, are her boobs right in front of us? Could this be the so-called boob fragrance?” Mo Fan wondered aloud.
As soon as Mo Fan finished the sentence, he imdiately felt his face burning with pain.
Ai Jiangtu was startled, too. He took a closer look and saw a palmprint on Mo Fan’s face...
“It seems like they can hear whatever we say...” Ai Jangtu coughed awkwardly. “You should watch what you say.”
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