"This is a medicinal tea blended by my master. It can prevent colds and the flu, and the taste is exceptional. Even the high and mighty Raiden Shogun has never had such a treat."
Yashumoto must have taken the time to wash his hair. He was wiping his still-steaming hair as he served the two of them the hot tea that had already been brewed.
"Doesn't your house have a conical hat and a straw raincoat? Why did you still go out in the rain?"
Bai Luo looked at the straw raincoat and conical hat hanging on the living room wall and asked.
In this situation, even with this medicinal tea, it was really unwise to go out in the rain.
"Those were left by Teacher Nao. She was also affected by the Tatarigami after following those terminally ill patients, and as a result, she went mad. The village chief decided to lock her in the cellar, and in the end..."
Yashumoto didn't continue, but Bai Luo and Gorou had basically already understood the doctor's fate.
"Village Chief Washizu is actually a good person. According to the village's rules, this kind of situation should result in expulsion, but the village chief went against everyone's opinion and saved the teacher. But the price was to be locked up. Actually, being locked up is also quite good... in Teacher Nao's state, she would not only hurt others outside, but also herself."
Perhaps fearing that Bai Luo and Gorou would misunderstand, Yashumoto specially said a good word for Washizu, but this sentence sounded more like he was comforting himself.
That village chief could indeed be considered a good person. At least before he was affected by the Tatarigami, he sincerely wanted to save everyone.
But thinking of the other party's eyes in the village before, both Gorou and Bai Luo, who was hiding in the dark at the time, felt that at least they could no longer trust that village chief.
"After Teacher Nao passed away, her belongings were also destroyed by the villagers. Only this was saved by me with an excuse."
Looking at the straw raincoat and conical hat on the wall, Yashumoto's expression became dejected.
Who would have thought that a farewell at that time would become an eternal farewell?
Even though the teacher was already dead, her body was still in that dark cellar.
Because she had been completely affected by the Tatarigami, that house was even uninhabitable because of it, and no one could go there.
"So you've already found a way to treat the Tatarigami?"
Looking at the cart and the large pot in the rain shelter outside the door, Bai Luo basically understood what was going on.
If he remembered correctly, there was a similar quest on Yashiori Island in the game.
And the protagonist of the quest was this Yashumoto.
Hearing Bai Luo's words, the one who reacted the most was Gorou beside him.
Why did both the resistance and the Shogunate attach great importance to the Tatarigami? It was precisely because the power of the Tatarigami could not be cured. Apart from being suppressed by the ward, it could only be allowed to wreak havoc on Yashiori Island.
Now that he knew that this Yashumoto could actually deal with this Tatarigami, how could he not be excited?
"Actually, it's just violetgrass soup."
Hougen was stunned for a moment, then said with a bitter smile.
Neither Bai Luo nor Gorou were from the village, so he was not afraid to tell them the truth.
Besides... it wasn't as if the villagers hadn't drunk violetgrass soup before. Even if he had added some nutritious herbs and changed the taste of the violetgrass soup, how could they not taste it?
He was using this method to put everyone at ease, and the villagers were just using this method to hypnotize themselves.
"Even the teacher couldn't do anything about the Tatarigami, let alone an apprentice like me. All I can do is add some nutrients to the violetgrass soup to help some of the guys who have already gone mad hang on to their lives for a little longer."
Yashumoto's words also explained why everything in Higi Village was in ruins, but the people were still alive.
From the current situation... it was entirely Yashumoto who was keeping them alive.
"The rain on this Yashiori Island won't stop. While it's not yet dark, you two take this leaflet and go to the Kujou Encampment. At least... the boats there should be able to send you back to Inazuma City."
Yashumoto looked at the medicinal tea in front of the two of them, which had not been touched at all, and did not find it strange.
Perhaps in the eyes of these two city dwellers, he, who often stayed with those madmen, should also be a madman.
Indeed, if he wasn't mad, who would be willing to stay here?
"Can this be trusted? I see that many people in Higi Village seem to be very resistant to the people of the Shogunate."
Bai Luo casually put away the leaflet and asked.
He felt that this thing should be of great use later.
"Actually, when the Shogunate's army found out that I was providing medicinal liquid to Higi Village, they had invited me."
Scratching his head in embarrassment, Yashumoto said.
"Especially after they knew that I was Teacher Nao's student, their officer specially took the risk to come and invite me. But think about it... there won't be a shortage of famous doctors around the commissioner, but what about Yashiori Island? The patients here only have me as a doctor, so I won't leave, and I can't leave. My enemy... is only the Tatarigami."
When he said the last sentence, Yashumoto's expression became firm.
Did he really not care about the teacher's death as he seemed?
If that were the case, he wouldn't have gone against the grain and kept the teacher's straw raincoat and conical hat, preferring to get sick himself rather than use them.
But he couldn't vent the anger of losing his teacher on those ignorant and foolish villagers, because he knew very well that his and his teacher's greatest enemy was actually the Tatarigami on this Yashiori Island.
After the teacher's death, his only enemy was the Tatarigami.
"It seems you've made progress in your research on the Tatarigami?"
The other party's slightly determined attitude gave Bai Luo a bold guess.
Perhaps he... had made some discovery about the Tatarigami?
"As the saying goes, where there are poisonous snakes, there must be an antidote within seven steps. The place most deeply affected by the Tatarigami is the Musoujin Gorge cut by the Raiden Shogun. The resentment of the serpent god in it is also the deepest. Before Teacher Nao completely went mad, she once told me that she had followed those refugees into the Musoujin Gorge and had also taken out this thing there."
As Hougen spoke, he carefully took out a strange-looking dried grass from his pocket.
"Naku Weed?"
When he was in the Musoujin Gorge, Bai Luo had also seen this special plant.
In the past, in order to ascend Yoimiya, he had shamelessly gone to other people's worlds to ask for Naku Weed.
"Yes, this plant grows in the Musoujin Gorge. It must be the best medicine to treat the Tatarigami. I have been trying to use Naku Weed in medicine during this period of time, but apart from the one taken out by the teacher, there is no other, so I have never dared to use a large dose. I have only been testing the medicine on myself. If I had a large dose of the medicine..."
"..."
Looking at the Naku Weed in Yashumoto's hand, Bai Luo actually wanted to tell him that this plant did not grow on land affected by the Tatarigami, but in places with abundant Electro element.
This Musoujin Gorge was cut by the Shogun with the Musou no Hitotachi. The Electro element contained in it was extraordinary. It was certainly not strange for this plant to appear.
But whether it could treat the Tatarigami... that was really an unknown, because it really had nothing to do with the Tatarigami.
But he did not say it out loud.
Just as the villagers regarded his violetgrass soup as a spiritual pillar, was he not also regarding this Naku Weed as a spiritual pillar left to him by his teacher?
Telling him the truth would not be a good thing for him.
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