Volume 4: The Undead Chapter 189: Tenmanji Temple (Part 2)
"Song Hai." Ogata couldn't help but ask, "This island...what happened? Where did those monsters that can't be killed come from?"
"donor."
As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Zong Hai said softly.
"Save these questions for after you enter the temple. I will tell you everything I know."
“Look…”
The monk pointed forward.
"We're here."
Ogata and Atachi hurriedly looked in the direction where Soumi's finger was pointing.
At the end of the mountain road below their feet, there was a small wooden building.
"That is where I practiced Buddhism - Tenmanji Temple."
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Ogata, carrying Atachi on his back, slowly approached Tenmanji Temple.
As he approached Tenmanji Temple, Ogata began to look at its exterior.
Tenmanji Temple is not very large and its shape is not magnificent.
It is just an extremely simple temple with a plaque hanging on it with three big Chinese characters "Tenmanji" written on it.
Outside the gate of Tenmanji Temple, a short monk with a shaved head was sweeping the ground with a broom made of dead branches.
Seeing Zong Hai coming back, the monk who was sweeping the floor immediately walked towards him with the broom in his hand.
"Master Zong Hai!"
After exchanging a few greetings with Zong Hai, the monk cast a puzzled look at Ogata and Atachi who were following behind Zong Hai.
"Master Zong Hai, who are these two?"
"I met these two donors by chance when I was out picking wild vegetables. They were among the fourth batch of prisoners who landed on the island."
As soon as Zong Hai finished speaking, the monk immediately cast a surprised look at Ogata and the other man.
“Are you also prisoners thrown onto this island…” the monk murmured.
"Two donors." Zong Hai turned around and introduced to Ogata and the others, "This is the one I just told you about. He was one of the second batch of prisoners who landed on the island. He has now converted to Buddhism and is practicing Buddhism here with me."
As soon as Zong Hai finished speaking, the monk immediately put his hands together and said respectfully to Ogata and Ating:
"My Buddhist name is 'Xian Hai'."
After introducing Xianhai to Ogata and Atachi, Zonghai slowly took off the evil ghost mask on his face, revealing his young face underneath the mask. He also took off the bamboo hat on his head, revealing his shiny bald head.
Zong Hai has a young face that matches his youthful voice, and is about 25 years old.
He has a handsome face and a pair of calm and deep eyes that are not at all like those of a person of this age.
"I've wanted to ask you this question for a long time." Ating curled his lips, "Why are you wearing such a scary devil mask?"
The fact that Atachi will take a "hot bath" with Ogata today is directly related to the fact that Sokai is wearing this scary evil ghost mask.
So when asking this question, Ating's tone couldn't help but carry a hint of resentment.
"Oh, this one." Zong Hai shook the evil ghost mask in his hand, "This is just my personal interest. I like to wear this when I go out."
After saying that, Zong Hai looked up at the current sky.
Ogata also looked up at the position of the sun in the sky along with Sokai.
According to Ogata's guess, the current time is around 16:00 in the afternoon.
"My two benefactors, it's getting a little late now."
While withdrawing his gaze from the sky, Zong Hai asked Ogata and Atachi.
"If you two don't mind, please have dinner in Tenmanji Temple."
"Although Tenmanji is not a wealthy temple, there is still enough food and water."
"You have water here?!"*2
Ogata and Atachi shouted in unison.
The two of them hadn't had any water since this morning, and their throats were so dry that they were almost smoking.
"We have a well here. It leads directly to the sewer."
"We also have a large amount of firewood here specifically for boiling water."
"If you two donors are willing, you can also take a hot bath here..."
"Please let us take a bath!!"
Before Zong Hai finished speaking, Ating, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw or heard some voice of salvation, hurriedly shouted.
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Bear…bear…bear…
Snap… Snap… Snap…
The flames licked the wood, making a roaring sound and sparks popping.
Along with the sounds of burning flames , there was also the sound of Ating paddling water.
The bathroom at Tenmanji Temple is a small, square wooden house.
Inside the cabin is a bathtub that is big enough for one person to sit in.
There is a small window for ventilation on one side of the wooden house.
Once this small ventilation window and the bathroom door are closed, people outside the bathroom will not be able to see what is happening inside the bathroom.
There is a stove under the bathtub.
The stove mouth is outside the bathroom.
When you want to take a hot bath, you just need to light the stove, and then let someone outside the bathroom continue to add firewood into the stove through the stove mouth.
Now, Atachi was taking a comfortable hot bath in this bathroom, while Ogata was adding firewood to the stove outside the bathroom.
At this time, Ogata had already changed out of the clothes that were emitting a strange smell and put on the monk's robes provided by Zong Hai.
There seemed to be only monk robes available at Tenmanji Temple, so Ogata had to make do with them.
After putting the broken firewood into the stove, Ogata took the bamboo tube next to him for blowing air and blew air into the stove.
After letting the fire in the stove burn brighter, Ogata looked up at Atachi in the bathroom and asked:
"A-Ming! How's the water temperature?"
“Just right!”
After Ating finished speaking, there were sounds of splashing water and Ating's moans.
"It feels so comfortable... I feel like my whole body is melting..."
After another comfortable moan, Atachi suddenly said to Ogata in a joking tone:
"Ayi, the water temperature is just right now. Do you want to come in and take a bath with me?"
"Okay! I'll come in now!"
After saying that, Ogata began to undress, and deliberately made the sound of taking off his clothes very loud.
"Wait, wait!" A-Ming's anxious voice sounded in the bathroom, "I'm kidding! I'm kidding! Don't come in!"
"I was just joking." Ogata said as he put back the clothes he had just taken off. "Next time, if you play such a stupid joke on me, I will really rush in."
"Yes..." A-Ming's dissatisfied grumble came from the bathroom, "Hmm...? Do I smell the fragrance of rice?"
"That's Zong Hai and the others preparing dinner for today." Ogata replied.
"...Ayi, do you think Zong Hai and the others are worthy of being confidant in?" A-Ming suddenly lowered his voice and asked Ogata.
"We've only known him for a short time, so who knows if he 's worth confiding in." Ogata said softly, "Anyway - there's no doubt that he and Xianhai have a lot of information to dig out. Not only can we ask them where they have a ship that can go out to sea, but we can also ask them about the cannibals."
