Chapter 226 224. Hoshimi Haruka's Divine Power
The temples and attics of Hidaka Shrine are extremely large. Apart from the main halls in the front that are open to the public and allow tourists to visit, the attic courtyards in the back are full of tall and strong women. They are one of the shrine's standing armed forces, guarding the entire shrine with a post every five steps and a sentry every three steps. Not even a mosquito or a fly is allowed to fly in.

The bedrooms of Hoshimi Haruka and Hidaka Mari are facing each other from afar, both located in the center of the east-west terraced attics, creating a sense of two suns hanging in the sky.

On the corridors between the buildings and courtyards, there were also female priests standing guard all the time, all of them kept silent. The surroundings were empty and deserted, with only the pale and bright halo illuminating the shrine complex in distinct light and darkness.

Mari Hidaka usually needs to practice in the main hall of the shrine. Even if it is useless, she still hopes for that tiny possibility. Her bedroom is arranged on the first floor.

But Xing Jianyao likes to be on top. She likes to look down at everything from a high position, so all the private spaces related to Xing Jianyao are on the second floor of her bedroom.

This is also the place where Haruka Hoshimi and Toru Watanabe slept in each other's arms many times.

She didn't like it to be too dark or too bright when she did that, so Xing Jianyao ordered people to put a circle of dim wall lamps on the ceiling of the four sides of the room, so that she could enjoy the wonderful fairyland with her brother Toru in the dim light.

Therefore, unless you are hugging each other, face to face, with your bodies tightly fitted together, you cannot clearly and immediately notice the subtle and quick facial expressions and demeanor of the person in front of you.

It was at this first glance that the young Watanabe recognized, based solely on the familiar expression and tone in his memory, that the "Hoshimi Haruka" in front of him was actually Asahina Yuna's younger sister.

"who are you?"

But he still tried to ask, and got no specific response. Watanabe saw the girl opening her arms and falling into his arms, so he had to reach out to take her.

"Brother Toru! Yuna is finally out! These days have been a living hell. Yuna has been locked up in a dark house... There is no light at all. She is going crazy!"

She hugged Watanabe Toru and started to accuse him, swallowing back the words he was about to ask. The girl said viciously: "It's all the fault of that woman Hoshimi Haruka!!

"Brother Toru, do you know? It turns out that there is such a thing as superpowers in this world. The shrine has supernatural powers!"

The piece of news that was spoken immediately was extremely shocking to ordinary people, but after experiencing his own time travel and the mysterious "shadow warrior" around Yue Jianli, Dubian had already gained a certain degree of acceptance of the existence of super powers.

Watanabe Toru wiped away the girl's tears and tear marks left by her sudden return to the light of day or her previous excessive joy, and held her shoulders: "So Yuuna knows what happened between you and the aunt and nephew, right? Without further ado, can you briefly tell your brother?"

"Hmm~!" The girl didn't ask any more questions and told him everything she knew:
“That day was the last day before summer vacation. I was going to go back to the orphanage after school in the afternoon, and then I received a call from Director Naoko, saying that my sister was playing in the yard and had run out and disappeared.

"I originally wanted to go directly to my sister, but I didn't expect that guy Xing Jianyao to call me again and said that my sister was with her, so I went to the shrine alone.

“I knew it was risky, but there was no other way… As expected, as soon as I arrived at the shrine, I was blindfolded and taken to a secret room that looked like a cave.

“It’s a very strange secret room, filled with complicated patterns that I can’t understand, and all kinds of strange instruments, like some kind of sacrificial ritual.

"I also saw my sister, but I couldn't even get close to her because I was hung up and tied to a strange device like her...

"Then, Hoshimi Haruka and the Hidaka God Lord came out."

Just like telling a story, when it came to the key point, the girl's pause made Watanabe Toru hesitate to speak.

"Maybe they saw that my sister and I were already like fish on the chopping board, waiting for them to slaughter us, so they told me and my sister a secret."

This is the classic case of a villain who dies because he talks too much and has to reveal his true purpose or means before the final blow in order to achieve a mocking effect.

Toru Watanabe didn't expect that a plot that only existed in anime and TV dramas would appear. After all, online novels these days wouldn't write such clichéd plots.

"What did they say?" Toru Watanabe gave her a timely compliment.

“The Hidaka priest said that 116 years ago, there was no island called Amami-naka-cho in the island nation. It suddenly appeared on this planet, like a hotbed, nurturing and carrying a life that was about to come.

“But the vast majority of people, almost everyone, have tacitly accepted that [Amenaka Town] has always existed.

“At that time, the island nation was the stage for the Western imperial powers and the royalist faction. Combined with the extraordinary people and extraordinary powers that had appeared since 1900, they confirmed that [Amenaka Town] was one of the extraordinary phenomena, and it was the largest extraordinary phenomenon in the next twenty years.

"The Europeans and Americans and the royalists wanted to seize the initiative and obtain the extraordinary, but they attracted the attention of the projection of the 'God'..."

"God!?"

Watanabe Toru could understand extraordinary people, extraordinary powers, and other strange phenomena, but the "god" mentioned by the girl really made his brain short-circuit.

Isn’t it... too unscientific?

The fantasy tone is too strong!

"This 'God'... is it the kind of God that I understand? The kind in the true sense..." The young boy Watanabe gestured with his hands. He really didn't know how to describe it.

“I don’t know… that’s what the Hidaka God said!
"Because of the warning and punishment from the 'god', no one dared to interfere in the affairs of [Amenaka Town]. The 'god' chose two people from the village near [Amenaka Town], the first generation of Hidaka Shinto Lord and Shimizu Shinto Lord, and gave each of them a part of divine power, and let them build two shrines to rule [Amenaka Town]...

“Therefore, people who are not of the Hidaka or Shimizu family bloodline cannot connect with the ‘gods’, nor will they possess any ‘divine power’.

"And that Hidaka priest said that my sister and I are both the bloodline of the Hidaka family left behind. We are two of the only three bloodlines left in this generation. The last one is..."

"Hoshimi Haruka." said Toru Watanabe.

The girl smiled sadly: "Yes, Brother Che~!"

At this point, she deliberately looked at Watanabe Toru's reaction: "I was also shocked when I found out, just like that guy Hoshimi Haruka! It's hard to imagine that she and I are half sisters with the same father...

"It's really unbelievable and unacceptable!" The girl was disappointed. When she mentioned this unimportant secret, Watanabe Toru's expression did not change significantly. She had no choice but to continue to act as an information dealer:
“No one knows exactly what the power of [Kiyomizu Shrine] is except for them, but there have been speculations from the outside world, and one of the possibilities is that it is very similar to [predicting the future].

"As for the divine powers of Hidaka Shrine, I don't know exactly how many kinds there are, but based on Hoshimi Haruka's current performance, there are two. The first one is related to space. From the memories I read, Hoshimi Haruka rarely uses it. It is probably similar to the [Space Folding], which allows parts of the body or the entire body to quickly appear and move between two spaces.

"The second is to perfectly separate a person's flesh and soul. My sister and I are living examples of this." The girl sneered.

He asked, "So... tying the two sisters Yuina and Rina to a strange altar is actually using them as nutrients and fuel to increase the concentration of Hoshimi Haruka's blood, so as to help her connect with the so-called 'god' as quickly and efficiently as possible?"

Toru Watanabe stared at the still smiling girl in front of him, and his eyes turned cold.

Not to mention past lives, even in this world’s novels, games, anime, and other entertainment works, there are many related settings.

"Brother Che is so smart~!" The girl retracted her smile, not knowing whether to be thankful or lamenting: "That Hidaka God and Hoshimi Haruka had a good plan, but unfortunately man proposes, God disposes. Since Hoshimi Haruka wanted to plunder my sister and me to increase the concentration of her bloodline, the price is naturally that my sister and I's consciousness occupy her brain, and we have the opportunity to occupy her body anytime and anywhere!"

“But it looks like I can’t rely on my sister anymore… But that’s okay, even though I’m locked up in a dark house, I can still seize the opportunity to break through the darkness and temporarily occupy Hoshimi Haruka’s body!

"Brother Toru~ Ever since I entered Hoshimi Haruka's mind, I can share our memories..." The girl was silent for a moment before she forced a bitter smile:
"Let's not worry about anything else. Because we share memories, I know how to rescue my sister and I from her mind."

"What is it?" Toru Watanabe did not seem too excited.

The girl didn't pay attention to Watanabe Toru's attitude. She was still too young and immature, and couldn't wait to solve the problem once and for all:

"That's what Lord Hidaka told Haruka Hoshimi. The consciousness occupying the head is actually a remnant body, which means that it still has unfulfilled wishes, so it will always exist in the brain. As long as the mind is relaxed, the body will be taken over by the cuckoo. In serious cases, I am afraid that I will never be able to regain control.

"And it is very simple to resolve the residual thoughts of consciousness. It is enough to satisfy the residual thoughts. The thing, object or person that the original owner of the consciousness wants the most will automatically dissipate once the degree of satisfaction is reached!"

The girl said as she held Watanabe Toru's hands with both hands: "Since I can read Hoshimi Haruka's memory, it means that she can also read my sister and me...

"I think the shrine and Hidaka Shinto are ready to satisfy our regrets!

"Then how can my sister and I just sit there and wait for death!?"

"So what you mean is..."

“Yeah, that’s right, Brother Toru…we have to strike first!
"I know that brother Toru will definitely help me and my sister, right?" The girl held Watanabe Toru's hand tightly and did not let go. She tilted her head to look at her brother with an aggrieved look.

Looking at Hoshimi Haruka's face, the indifference in Watanabe Toru's eyes became more and more intense: "He will die."

"Eh?"

"What I mean is that once the regret is satisfied and disappears... the original owner of the regret will be completely dead and cannot die anymore."

"...Yes. So...what does Brother Toru think?"

The young Watanabe shook his head and did not respond. Instead, he asked, "What is the remnant of Hoshimi Haruka's consciousness? Can I alone satisfy it?"

“Only Brother Toru can satisfy me!” The girl said firmly, “Because this girl, Hoshimi Haruka, her regret is Brother Toru’s love!

"As long as she feels that Brother Che's love is sincere and genuine, it will probably only take one or two months if it's fast, or one or two years if it's slow..."

The girl was still explaining, but Watanabe Toru no longer had the patience to listen. He pulled out one hand, reached out in front of her confused look, and grabbed her neck.

"enough."

Watanabe had already noticed something was wrong with the girl halfway through. If it was really Yuuna, she wouldn't just keep saying this and that.

No matter how anxious she was, she would first check on her sister Rina's current situation, whether it was really the same as hers, and whether she could come out of the small dark room and breathe a sigh of relief; then she would also be concerned about the situation of Naoko and everyone in the welfare home.

With such a strong sense of purpose and the ability to analyze rationally from beginning to end, it is obvious that he has made sufficient preparations.

According to "Haruka Hoshimi", how could the Asahina sisters, who were locked in a small dark room with only consciousness and regret left, have the energy to think deeply?
I'm afraid she will be just like Rina who just came out briefly. She only said two sentences and because it's not her own body, she couldn't hold on and fell down. How could she be so energetic?
Toru Watanabe is not a fool. According to logic and rules, since Rina was the first one to gain control of Hoshimi Haruka's body, the purity of her Hidaka family bloodline and her own qualifications must be at least higher than her sister Yuna.

It doesn't make sense that when Rina first came out, she consumed a lot of energy after controlling Hoshimi Haruka's body for only two or three minutes, while Yuna used it as if she had an infinite blue bar!
Is it because Rina is stupid?!
Haha, it may be silly, but this has nothing to do with the purity of blood!
Choking Hoshimi Haruka's neck, Toru Watanabe no longer had any good feelings towards his sister.

He held on tightly, using just the right amount of force, and turned over to press Hoshimi Haruka down on the tatami: "Do you really think I'm that easy to fool? Your expression and tone are so full of loopholes that it's ridiculous.

"As for that consciousness and regret you mentioned, it's all for the purpose of making me fall in love with you later, right?"

Looking up and opening her eyes, she saw the undisguised murderous intent on the part of the man on her body, and Xing Jianyao's flushed face was filled with boundless bitterness.

Just like pinching the sea water, the young Watanabe's hands could not grasp anything, and his consciousness and his entire body seemed to have fallen into a vast ocean of soft water.

The Xing Jianyao under him...had disappeared.

Before Watanabe Toru opened his mouth in surprise, he felt a body as light and soft as cotton and as heavy as a jellyfish pressing on him again.

Hoshimi Haruka's tender arms reached down and wrapped around Watanabe Toru's neck. The girl, who had switched positions, rode on the boy and whispered softly in his ear:

"So...I want Brother Toru to fall in love with Xiaoyao."

(End of this chapter)