The World Shakes
Chapter 9
Holding a burning candle in his hand, The World Trembled left the house with his main body after he was done searching the house. There was a door on both sides of the hallway that led to the end of the hallway. The size and shape of the doors were all the same. The World Trembled twisted the doorknob, but it did not open.
There was a keyhole outside the door. It seemed that the room was locked. He banged the door a few times, but it did not open. He stuck his ear to the door and listened. There was no sound inside, so he gave up and went to the next door. Coincidentally, the next door was also locked.
The World Trembled walked down the hallway. The doors on both sides of the hallway were locked. Just as the first candle was about to go out and he was about to go back to look for the key, he finally reached the end of the hallway. There was a door that was half open.
"Is someone … there?"
There was some dim light in the half-open door. The World Trembled cautiously drew his main body and quietly approached the door. There was no sound of talking behind the door, but there was the sound of clashing steel. There was something inside.
After carefully pushing open the door, World Shaking discovered that the light in the room was actually from the overhead light. This place was also connected to electricity. After looking at the extinguished candle in his hand, he began to look around the room. This was a room that was exactly the same as the first room he had seen. The only difference was that there was a door inside, and the sound of steel colliding that he had heard just now came from behind the door.
Unsurprisingly, the door was locked. However, after searching around the room, One Tremble World actually found the key. He did not know what was behind the door, but he could not rashly open the door. One Tremble World could only try to communicate with the thing behind the door and see what it was.
"Can I come in?"
The World Trembled's voice was not soft. The thing in the room should have heard him. The clashing sound came to an abrupt stop, but he could vaguely hear someone talking.
"Is that … Phase One Hall?"
There was a person in the room who recognized One Period One Rise. The World Trembled felt relieved. If that was the case, he should be able to go in and take a look.
"No, I'm Phase One's older brother. I'm The World Trembled, the odachi made by Yoshimitsu Awaguchi. The Government of the Hour just installed it today. However, I accidentally angered the inquisitors and was brought here by Phase One … I just found the key to this door. Can I come in?"
After saying that, World Shaking waited for a reply from the person inside the house. However, after waiting for a long time, he still didn't receive a reply. The sound of clanking iron chains came from inside the house. When World Shaking was getting impatient, a weak reply came from inside the house.
"Come in …"
As expected, the key was to this door. Tianxia Yizhen, who had opened the door slightly, apologized to the people inside and pushed the door open. He, who was still a little vigilant, was stunned when he saw the situation inside the room. Other than the door, the room was completely a huge iron cage. The inside of the cage was covered with layers of iron chains. It didn't look like a place to lock people up. Instead, it looked like some kind of ferocious beast.
Sitting in the center of the cage was a person. No, it shouldn't be called a person. His body was covered in bony spikes, and his tail was dragging on the ground. He looked even more terrifying than the Time Reversal Army. His face was covered by a bony mask, making it impossible to see his face clearly. For a moment, World Shaken didn't know what to say. He was a little frightened.
"Are you scared?
A monster locked up in a cage by me … "The voice of the person in the cage was a little hoarse. He should have understood World Shake's thoughts. His face was covered by the bone mask, so World Shake could not see his expression. However, World Shake could hear a strong sense of self-mockery in his voice.
"You … are the Time Turner army?"
The World Trembled was puzzled. The person in front of him was similar to the Time Turner army in many ways, but he was better than the ones he had seen before. At least, the Time Turner army could not speak.
"No … I am the sword of This Pill."
"Sword?
… I just arrived at This Pill. Can you tell me more about the situation? "
The World Trembled did not believe that the person in front of him was the Fu Mourning God of This Pill. Although he did not know many Fu Mourning Gods, his aura and appearance did not match with any of the Fu Mourning Gods in his memory. Not to mention, all the Fu Mourning Gods were handsome. Such a face did not look like the one created by the Government of the Hour to keep the God's Inquisitors.
"Since you are here, it must be the First Prince who brought you here …"
"Yes, I just arrived at This Pill today. Because I could not stand the God's Inquisitor's attitude, I knocked her out. The First Prince was afraid that I would be punished by the God's Inquisitor, so he brought me here."
"Knocked her out …?
Did you not receive any punishment from the contract? "
The person in front of him was obviously afraid when he mentioned the contract. His tail curled up.
"Contract?
Punishment?
No, I did not. "
The World Trembled replied frankly. However, in the eyes of the person in front of him, this sentence became a ray of hope.
"… If that's the case, if it's you … you can definitely kill her, right?"
"Kill … who?"
"The God's Inquisitor."
For a moment, the atmosphere between the two suddenly quieted down. Seeing that World Shaking had suddenly become silent, the person in front of him realized that World Shaking had just been forged today, so he probably did not know what had happened in the Honbao. So, he could only patiently explain why he wanted World Shaking to kill the inquisitor.
"The God's Inquisitor for This Pill was originally a girl named Sakura …"
Sakura was only 12 years old when she became the God's Inquisitor. Although she was at the age where she was playful and active, Sakura was a very mature child who was raised as an heir. It was this maturity that made the Fu Mourning God dote on her even more. Sakura's family was a rather famous family of Demon Slayers. Her parents originally planned to have Sakura subdue the Fu Mourning God and secretly bring him back to the Modern World without the Government of the Hour's knowledge. However, Sakura knew that Demon Slayers were different from Onmyojis. The Demon Slayers' Shikigami were all puppets that had no thoughts of their own and only followed their master's orders. After experiencing the warmth of a family and the care of This Pill, Sakura rejected her parents' suggestion. She did not even want to return to the Modern World anymore. As she grew up, Sakura fell in love with the Fu Mourning God of This Pill, the Komusubi of the Sanjo family.
Sakura's parents were furious. They only treated the Fu Mourning God as a tool that could be used. They would not allow their family's rare genius daughter to fall in love with a tool, not to mention that the tool was a clone created by the Government of the Hour.
The Government of the Hour also clearly stated that the God's Inquisitor and the Fu Mourning God could not fall in love. In order to appease Sakura's parents' anger, the Government of the Hour gave the Komusubi to them as an apology. After all, it was just a clone. Sakura's family still had some power, so they just had to make a big deal out of it.
The Komusubi that Sakura liked was transformed into the Shikigami of Sakura's younger sister, Momo. Although Momo was not as talented as Sakura, she had a sweet mouth, knew how to speak well, and knew how to read people's faces. Therefore, she had always been the spoiled little princess in the family. The person Momo hated the most was her older sister, Sakura, because she felt that it was unreasonable for the position of the head of the family to be given to Sakura just because she did not have the talent to slay demons.
After losing the Komusubi, Sakura became thinner and thinner under the influence of This Pill. In addition, the Government of the Hour and the family's suppression made This Pill's life even more difficult. This dragged on for a long time, so long that This Pill could not provide any resources to repair the swords. Finally, Sakura returned home … But this time, she did not return.
Momo took over This Pill and became the new God's Inquisitor. All the swords in This Pill became her "toys." What she meant by "playing" was to transform the Fu Mourning God into the shape she liked, and then fight with the Komusubi behind her.
The Komusubi was transformed by the family into a "monster" with no sense of reason. The sword in front of him was probably transformed by Momo herself, so it still retained its sense of reason. However, it would occasionally turn into a ferocious beast that was difficult to suppress. This underground corridor was originally built by Sakura as a last resort for them. Now, it had become a prison that restrained him.
At this point, The World Trembled understood everything. Perhaps it was because he was a new sword and did not have a deep contract with the God's Inquisitor. Or perhaps it was because his original body was not a clone, so he did not feel the so-called contract punishment after knocking out the God's Inquisitor. The World Trembled wanted to ask the name of the sword in front of him, but he saw the sword curl up and roar like a wild beast.
"Hurry … Hurry up and get out … At least in this form … I don't want to be seen by you, who is no different from the First Phase Hall."
The World Trembled's words seemed to be stuck in his throat in an instant. Inadvertently, he saw a pair of eyes through the gap of the mask, just like the crescent moon he saw in the first glimpse.




