Chapter 171: You're Telling Me Heian Capital Already Exists in This Era?
Noah looked at the four options and directly chose the fourth one.
Namely, [(Epic) Random Communication Connection].
Starting from the first volume of the simulation, Noah had noticed that the Simulation System actually contained a lot of random elements. For instance, there was the [(Epic) Foreigner] that randomly gave him the bloodline of Charlotte Linlin from One Piece, and now there was this random communication.
To be honest, as Noah looked at these tags, he couldn't help but think how great it would be if there were a game like this to play.
After all, if it weren't translated into reality, then when playing games, naturally having more random elements and more tag combinations would be more interesting and allow for more casual gameplay.
However, he was only on the second volume of the simulation. Not to mention tag combinations, he hadn't even seen the highest-level Root-grade tags yet. Moreover, it seemed the system updated volume by volume. This update introduced: choose one of four, exclusive enhancement tags that didn't appear in the previous volume, and the ability to take ten items out of the simulation every ten volumes. Who knows what the next update would bring.
With such thoughts in mind, Noah clicked directly.
Simulation, begin!
[You woke up only the next morning]
[Random Communication Connection, activated]
[Singer, activated]
[You suddenly heard a voice from a distant place, and because you originally possessed the talent to hear many voices, you determined that this voice was transmitted from the east]
[It was a message without sound, only text, but through your innate ability to hear voices, you could roughly tell that the other party was female]
[She said she could clearly feel her connection with you, but she was quite curious about why such a connection had formed between you two. She also gave a self-introduction without mentioning her name]
[She said she was a nun from a branch of the Esoteric Tachikawa-ryu located in the Heian Capital, called Esoteric Tachikawa Eiten-ryu, also known as Shingon Tachikawa Eiten-ryu, and told you to address her as you pleased]
Huh!?
Noah was visibly stunned when he read this.
Esoteric Tachikawa-ryu or Shingon Tachikawa-ryu—this might be a bit obscure, but he definitely knew about it.
It wasn't a good sect.
But putting that aside for now, wasn't Esoteric Tachikawa-ryu a sect from Japan's Kamakura period…
At this point, not only was the Kamakura period after the Heian period, but even the Heian Capital wouldn't be established for another two or three hundred years!
And it was located in the Heian Capital…
Noah felt like the timeline on the other side was completely messed up!
And there was another issue here.
That was, Esoteric Tachikawa-ryu seemingly didn't have a branch called Esoteric Tachikawa Eiten-ryu. He had only heard this branch name once before.
And the translation he heard was Esoteric Tachibana Eiten-ryu.
Which was… the sect where Kiara Sessyoin belonged.
If it were just her appearing in Japan during this era, Noah would think that she, like Mary and Manaka Sajyou, might have been sent here by the Distortion that Mary mentioned.
But what about the Heian Capital?
Did the Distortion send the entire Heian Capital over to Japan?
Thinking this, Noah became serious and continued reading.
[You suspect the other party might be Kiara Sessyoin, but what piques your curiosity even more is why she is in the Heian Capital. So you ask her to temporarily address you as the Blue Lancer, and then you begin inquiring about the Heian Capital.]
[You aren't particularly skilled at beating around the bush, but you realize the other party seems even less adept at it—almost as if she struggles with communication.]
Kiara Sessyoin, bad at communication?
Noah's first thought upon hearing this was whether he had mistaken her identity, but then it suddenly dawned on him: if this really was Kiara Sessyoin, then indeed, it made sense.
Because Kiara Sessyoin was precisely the type who was introverted yet proactive...
Before she completely indulged herself, she seemed to possess a certain degree of Clairvoyance. Though she couldn't see far into the distance, she could perceive the emotions and thoughts of those right in front of her.
Then, as she gradually gave in to indulgence, she used these eyes—which seemed like a standard trait of saints—to constantly provoke malice in others.
It could be said that she became a Beast not because she was forced to, nor because she was corrupted and thus became one—it was entirely because she wanted to become a Beast, so she did.
That's just how dangerous she was.
But in the simulation, since this was a remote connection with considerable distance, if it was Kiara Sessyoin before she fully indulged herself, then without the enhancement of Clairvoyance, she might indeed appear unaccustomed to communicating like this.
Additionally, since this felt akin to online communication, her proactive nature couldn't easily come into play, leaving only her introverted side.
Yet, her behaving this way likely also stemmed from her own intention to use it as a disguise or pretense...
[You suspect this might be her disguise, but she does indeed share her situation with you.]
[She says the Heian Capital she resides in was established by the Four-Tails Heavenly Fox Empress, who claims to be the Avatar of Amaterasu and is also the shrine maiden chosen by Amaterasu.]
[It has been established for a long time, but the surroundings of the Heian Capital are perpetually covered by a Barrier. Those inside cannot leave, and those outside find it difficult to enter.]
[The entire Heian Capital is under the illumination and protection of the Yata no Kagami held by that Heavenly Fox Empress. Hyakki cannot invade, and malicious thoughts cannot corrupt it. However, those inside are not allowed to leave, and once they commit evil deeds, they are incinerated by Heavenly Fire.]
Huh??
Noah thinks either Kiara Sessyoin is lying to him, or the situation there is similar to that of the First Emperor, where something unexpected has occurred.
That so-called Four-Tails Heavenly Fox Empress gives Noah a slight clue.
After all, Four-Tails, and a fox... Could this be Tamamo-no-Mae who has regained her Four-Tails power?
But from the sound of it, based on her actions, it doesn't seem like her at all...
Then there's another question—if everything Kiara Sessyoin said is true, and evil inside the Heian Capital gets burned to death, then why are you inside the Heian Capital?
And what about your cult? Shouldn't that have been burned to death long ago?
It's just...
Completely baffling what's going on over in Japan.
Moreover, what she said about the entire Heian Capital being obscured by a Barrier—Noah could understand that. Otherwise, Mary would have likely reminded him earlier when he was planning to create the Grand Crown to become the King of the World.
After all, when she was drawing the map for him in Qin, she mentioned that the entire land was unclear.
However, there seemed to be no similar accounts regarding the Eastern Isles.
The maps of that region were also quite clear, appearing rather desolate, and there was no mention of anything like the Heian Capital. Not even a single area on the map was shown as obscured.
If everything Kiara Sessyoin said was true,
then the situation here seemed quite complex.
This once again reminded Noah of the phenomenon Mary had mentioned during their first meeting—the phenomenon that brought Mary and Manaka Sajyou to this world line.
————Distortion.