Chapter 696

"Father, I have been confessing with you for 23 minutes and 51 seconds. According to normal circumstances, the shortest time for confession is 30 minutes, so no one will discover the situation here within 30 minutes. Ten seconds ago, the nun in the church left, which means there are only the two of us in the church, which makes it much more convenient. I ask, you answer."

Su Xiao controlled the Boundary Breaking Line to wrap around the old priest's neck. Feeling the sharp Boundary Breaking Line, the old priest swallowed his saliva.

"Ryudoji Temple, are you sure?"

The old priest threw away the only half of the phone in his hand, seemingly having made some kind of determination. He had already discovered that Su Xiao was not an ordinary person.

"Eh? What's different about that place?"

"If it were in the past, it would just be a local scenic spot. Now, it is heavily guarded. Don't talk about humans; even Heroic Spirits have no return if they enter it."

The old priest sighed. He calmed down and knocked on the wooden board beside him.

"Young man, give me a cigarette."

The old priest's request made Su Xiao quite surprised, but he still handed over a cigarette. Across the wooden board, he lit the cigarette that was passed over.

Coming to find Risei Kotomine, Su Xiao didn't immediately take violent measures, but only controlled the other party after he took out his phone. The reason for choosing this way was because of the current difficulty of the talent awakening mission.

Given the difficulty of the Holy Grail world, the Lv. 3 mission was very likely not to involve combat. Don't think that just because the mission is simple, you can use violent means to complete it. Blindly using violent means will only cause the mission difficulty to climb.

The old priest took a deep breath of the cigarette; he had quit smoking for many years.

"I can tell you the method to enter Ryudoji Temple. It can be said that except for me, no more than ten people know the method to enter there now. However, after entering there, you have to help me do one thing."

"What thing?"

"If, I say if, you can come out alive, help me open the 'Spirit Expelling Barrier' there. Opening that barrier from the inside is not difficult."

The old priest tried to touch the Boundary Breaking Line on his neck. This thing made his blood circulation poor, so Su Xiao simply retracted the Boundary Breaking Line.

"Can do."

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, the Reincarnation Paradise notification appeared.

【You have contacted one of the holders of the Ryudoji Temple "Key": Father Risei Kotomine. There are eight "Key" holders in total.】

【Notification: Father Risei Kotomine will be converted into neutral personnel. Favorability is fixed to friendly. From this moment on, you cannot use attacks, threats, extortion, etc., against the old priest, and the old priest cannot use deception, threats, attacks, etc., against you.】

【Notification: Hidden location Ryudoji Temple has been activated. Ryudoji Temple is extremely dangerous; please be cautious, Hunter.】

【Notification: Risei Kotomine is an important person related to Ryudoji Temple.】

Receiving this series of notifications, Su Xiao nodded. It was similar to his guess. Low-difficulty missions have low-difficulty mission completion methods, but he was lucky to find someone related to Ryudoji Temple directly. But it wasn't all luck; his previous reasoning, although different from the facts, was relatively close.

"I don't know how to address you."

The old priest seemed to have relaxed his vigilance, and his tone returned to calm.

"My address... is it important?"

"Yes, it's not important. As long as you dare to enter Ryudoji Temple at this time, then we don't have a hostile relationship."

"Why?"

"You will understand when you get there. Remember one thing: don't trust anyone in Ryudoji Temple, anyone. The people there don't have normal brains. What they believe in is different from me. No, that cannot be called faith."

The old priest's eyes narrowed, and blue smoke rose between his fingers.

"Originally, I wanted to let my son go there to clear out certain things, but he is a son I had in my old age. Whether it's selfishness or reluctance, I don't want him to step into that place during this period. That place is 'hell'."

Mentioning his son, the old priest sat up straight inadvertently. He was extremely satisfied with his son.

"What exactly is there?"

Su Xiao realized the seriousness of the matter. Risei Kotomine's attitude changed greatly, even beginning to show kindness. This was definitely not a good thing.

This could only explain one thing: the old priest also wanted to go to Ryudoji Temple, but he didn't dare. Now that someone who wasn't afraid of death had finally come, the old priest naturally welcomed him warmly. It was just short of setting off firecrackers. Even if the other party died as soon as they entered Ryudoji Temple, it wouldn't be a loss for the old priest.

"There is one thing I want to confirm: how is your ability? Especially in terms of martial arts."

The old priest was perhaps also worried that Su Xiao would die as soon as he entered Ryudoji Temple.

"Eh, it's passable."

Su Xiao grabbed the wooden board beside him with his bare hands. With a snap, the wooden board that separated him from the old priest shattered into pieces. This was a deep mastery of force.

Seeing Su Xiao grab and break the wooden board as if grabbing and breaking a piece of paper with strange strength, the old priest's face showed contemplation. He was considering whether to "invest" in Su Xiao.

After a struggle in his heart, the old priest made up his mind. It was hard to find someone who wasn't afraid of death, so he had to invest a little.

"Follow me."

The old priest pushed open the door of the confessional and walked toward the depths of the church. Su Xiao followed behind him.

Actually, it wasn't just finding the old priest that could get this treatment. As long as Su Xiao found anyone with a Ryudoji Temple "Key," the other party would have this reaction.

Among these people were the original abbot of Ryudoji Temple, a high-level member of the Mage Association, the vice president of the Mage Association, an old man in Fuyuki City, etc., eight people in total.

One month before the start of the Fourth Holy Grail War, Ryudoji Temple had already become a sacrifice for negotiations between major forces. Using the safety of a city + stopping the hunting of ordinary people as chips, a group of "lunatics" obtained that place, with the time limit until the end of the Fourth Holy Grail War.

During this period, except for that group of "lunatics," anyone from any force who dared to step into Ryudoji Temple would be killed without mercy.

Su Xiao followed the old priest to a wall in the depths of the church.

The old priest looked around, seemingly afraid that others would see his next move.

"Rest assured, there are no living things around."

Su Xiao signaled the old priest to continue, but the old priest didn't know Su Xiao well. After confirming that there was no one around, he aligned the protruding cross on the cover of the Bible in his hand with a groove on the wall.

The cross on the Bible and the groove fit perfectly.

With a click, the mechanism inside the wall was triggered. Su Xiao stared fixedly at the wall in front of him; this should be a secret door.

Click~

The ground under Su Xiao's feet suddenly emptied, and the stone slab under his feet opened. He fell downward. At this moment, his gaze became sharp, looking at the old priest.

When Su Xiao discovered that the old priest was also falling, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The moment he was stared at by Su Xiao, the old priest's feeling could only be described as hair standing on end.

After falling at a constant speed for a few meters, Su Xiao felt the momentum of the fall slow down; an invisible energy lifted him up.

Landing steadily, the two stone slabs above locked with a click, and a passage appeared in front, leading to who knows where.

The lights on the wall turned on. This was not magic, but the old priest pressing the switch on the wall.

A passage built of stones appeared. It was initially estimated that this passage had been built for over a hundred years. Because it was relatively damp underground and the ventilation was poor, the stones were covered with moss-like plants.

"I'll take you to get the 'Key', as well as the necessary items you need to enter Ryudoji Temple. This is my personal secret room; stealing is not allowed."

The old priest walked into the passage, and Su Xiao hesitated for a moment before choosing to follow.