Chapter 105 Tokyo Bay is on fire! The flame appeared quietly again! But it’s obviously not late yet! Kurokawagoe, who was leading the patrol, looked at a ball of yellow flame faintly appearing in the bushes ahead. It rides inside a red lantern. The red lantern paper is thin and light, which fully highlights the shape of the flame inside. It was patrolling back and forth along the grass, as if looking for something. Its movements are somewhat like those of a human child who is curious and playful, sometimes hiding and sometimes quietly popping out to take a look. Sneaky, this word is very suitable for it at this moment. Kurokawagoe did not disturb the fire, nor did he let anyone else disturb it. He asked his patrol security personnel to guard the nearby area and try their best to prevent tourists from disturbing it. Leaving a certain habitat for all living things is the ancient wisdom of their village.
Even though he was now in a big city like Tokyo, the sight of the drifting yellow flames gradually awakened his forgotten memories of the countryside. The other patrolling security guards were so scared that they moved away, but he was the only one still staring at the flames. Although he did not have those magical powers, he could vaguely sense that this ball of fire had no malicious intent. But, it usually comes out late at night, and it’s only 9 o’clock in the evening now, right? What caused it to appear here ahead of time? Kurokawagoe kept a distance, staring at the flame that seemed to be playing hide-and-seek through a patch of grass. About ten minutes later, another ball of yellow flame floated over. It was like an older adult, grabbing the first flame by the ear and forcibly taking it away. At this point, everything here is back to normal. Kurokawagoe breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he was safe tonight. drop!Drip! The sudden ringing of the cell phone gave Kurokawa Yue a bad feeling. When I answered the phone, it was a call from a security guard patrolling the beach. They said that during their patrol just now, they discovered a large group of red lanterns on the sea, which were gradually approaching the coast with the surging of the sea water. Red lanterns floating on the sea? Kurokawagoe could say with certainty that there was absolutely no such event scheduled at the Seaside Park tonight. Tonight is the Sumida River Fireworks Festival, which mainly features fireworks and no lanterns. Not to mention that large group of red lanterns were floating from the sea towards the coast. After hanging up the phone, Kurokawa felt it necessary to go and see it in person.
He left the patrol mission here to others and headed to the coast where the red lanterns were seen. When he arrived nearby, many tourists had already gathered around. They were holding up their mobile phones to take pictures and talking excitedly to each other. They must have attributed the beautiful scene of the sea floodlit before their eyes to the staff of the seaside park. Kurokawagoe walked through the crowd and came to the front shore. Standing on the beach, you can witness with your own eyes the red lanterns being pushed by the sea water, slowly but constantly approaching the shore. Shocked. It looked like a burning flame! Under the moonlight, flames spread from the depths of the sea. After coming back to his senses, Kurokawa Koshi suddenly realized that the red lantern floating from the depths of the sea was exactly the one he had just seen deep in the grass! If the ball of intelligent fire inside the lantern just now can be called a lantern monster, then what about the scene in front of us? What kind of monster could cause such a phenomenon? Kurokawagoe didn't have time to think too much. The coastline was very long and there were a lot of tourists tonight. The patrolling security personnel alone could not set up an effective defense line. Soon, many tourists broke through the barriers and came to the beach despite the dissuasion. The flames spreading from the sea were getting closer and clearer. Seeing some tourists going into the water and trying to get close to the drifting lanterns, Kurokawagoe hurriedly took out a loudspeaker and started shouting loudly. Don’t they know that you can’t just pick up anything that floats in the sea? Stupid, stupid! Kurokawagoe was anxious, but facing so many tourists flocking in, he had no good solution for the time being. 《Mysterious lanterns float from the depths of the sea at Tokyo Bay Seaside Park! 》 Tokyo Bay is on fire! 《The flames are coming from Tokyo Bay! 》 "It seems that a fishing boat deliberately dropped lanterns from the depths of the sea to hold a celebration!" Short video titles like this quickly went viral on the Internet. In the video, where the sea and the sky meet, a large area of red lanterns, like clusters of burning flames, are drifting from the depths of the sea to the coastline. The Sumida River Fireworks Festival had just ended, and many tourists who were still not satisfied saw the unusual phenomenon and rushed here to see the excitement. The love of watching fun seems to be engraved in human genes. More and more people gathered, and soon the coastline was filled with a huge crowd. "Is this Ebisu?" "No." Pinggong Qianye gave his answer with certainty. In Japan, people like to call all unidentified objects floating down the river Ebisu.
But the scene at this moment does not seem to be something that happened naturally. It seems more like there is someone or some other supernatural force pushing it from behind. We cannot simply attribute these lanterns to Ebisu. Speaking of the god Ebisu, Chiya Hiramiya left a deep impression on him. If you often go fishing but catch nothing, you can get a statue of Ebisu to worship. Well, sincerity is the key to success. "Hiramiya-san, do you know the reason?" "I don't know." Pinggong Qianye looked at Horii Suzune who looked like a curious baby and chuckled, "I am just a Buddhist practitioner, not a Buddha who knows everything. If I don't understand what happened, I can't make a correct judgment." "Don't you Buddhists have some special magical powers that can see into the past and the future?" "You should be talking about the Buddhist supernatural powers such as clairvoyance, knowledge of destiny, and clairaudience. Unfortunately, I haven't learned any of them." "what!" Horii Suzune showed a shocked expression, "Aren't you already a very powerful monk? Why haven't you learned these magical powers?" "I can't learn it all. Human energy is limited. I'm also an ordinary person..." Pinggong Qianye's words were full of emotion. He has not yet fully mastered the two profound and wonderful Dharmas, the Mahavairocana Sutra and the Vajrasekhara Sutra. Mantras, Dharma images, secret seals, talismans, drawing mandalas, etc., none of them requires him to consume a lot of energy. Plus, he has to go to school, so he just can't manage his time. People like Horii Suzune always have a misunderstanding, thinking that they should know everything because of their powerful cultivation. But in reality, I am only 16 years old this year. How can the knowledge I have actually learned be compared with those old monks in their seventies or eighties? What is more important is that in the tradition of Weilian Ancient Temple, there is no true transmission of such supernatural powers as clairvoyance, clairaudience, telepathy, knowledge of past lives, divine powers, and the ability to eliminate all defilements. If we really have to say it now, the magical power closest to him should be the six-foot-tall golden body practiced by the Buddha. After he has fully entered the realm of human Vajra, he should have the foundation to practice this special Buddhist magical power. However, he did not have the true ability of the six-foot-tall golden body. Hiramiya Chiya and Horii Suzune stood near the coastline and observed the sea conditions for a while. When the red lanterns floating down the sea came closer, Hiramiya Chiya discovered some clues. Those red lanterns are not purely the power of ghosts and gods, but are made by humans. He once had the experience of transforming a green lantern into a soul-guiding lantern and then into a bright lantern, so he had some experience in pasting lantern paper. The lantern paper on the surface of each lantern is not exactly the same, but there are certain slight deviations. After all, people are not machines, and it is impossible for every lantern to be the same since the lantern paper is pasted by humans. Since there are people involved, then these lanterns must have been thrown into the sea by someone first. And in the depths of the ocean, there is some existence or power that responds to this.
This is how we see the spectacular sight of "flames spreading across Tokyo Bay". "Anyone involved?" After hearing Hiramiya Chiya's speculation, Horii Suzune's eyes lit up instantly, and she said with a smile: "Hiramiya-san, arousing other people's curiosity but not being satisfied is a crime." "Let's go." "You want to start your investigation from the nearby river that flows into Tokyo Bay?" Horii Suzune understood immediately and followed Hiramiya Chiye to the nearby river. If you want to throw lanterns into the sea, then rushing into the sea along the river should be a normal choice. Not long after, Kurokawagoe, who was still on the coast, received a new call. The patrol security officer on the other end of the phone told him that there were two young people, a man and a woman, who should be high school students, and were heading in the direction where the yellow flame had appeared before! Kurokawa Goshi's face was dark and he really wanted to scold them. How could they let anyone in that place so easily! But it's useless to blame anyone now. Venting your anger out on others without any competence won't solve any problems. He looked at the coastline, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and felt that the situation of the high school couple was more dangerous. After all, there are so many people here, and one more person wouldn't be of much use. "It's just a lot of trouble!" Kurokawa cursed softly and hurried to the bushy area. When he arrived, the high school couple had disappeared. After asking the nearby patrol security personnel, he learned that the two had gone deep into the bushes and were nowhere to be found. He shouted a few times, and finally only a younger security guard was willing to go with him into the deep bushes to look for someone. In this regard, Kurokawa Koshi did not force it. The two of them took high-powered flashlights and self-defense batons and moved forward along the route that the high school couple had taken before. Night, silent. As we went deeper, the noisy sounds of the crowd in the distance gradually faded away. Kurokawagoe was indeed a little scared, but he was more curious and worried about the high school couple. If the people who broke in here tonight were an adult couple, he would not have taken the risk. Adults should be responsible for the choices they make. But he couldn't bear to see those high school students, who were in their prime years, wither away. Walking along the grassy path to the end, a river appeared in front of them. The red lanterns there were very similar to the flames floating on the sea! Kurokawa also saw balls of yellow flames inside the red lanterns. At this moment they are extremely quiet, no different from a normal burning flame. Nothing twinkled like a star, nor floated up and poked around in the grass. "Go, don't disturb them." Seeing the young team member squatting down and trying to reach out to touch and pick up a lantern, Kurokawagoe hurriedly stopped him.
In this case, anything could be a deadly killer. The two people went deeper into the river along the river where the lantern floated. After walking for about twenty minutes, I finally saw the young couple. And another girl wearing red clothes, which looked like wisps of flames woven into clothes and fitting tightly to her body. The girl was squatting by the river, concentrating on releasing river lanterns into the river and letting them float away with the water. (End of this chapter)
