Japan, suburbs of Tokyo, Yamashiju, shrine.

Snow is falling, and the snow is slowly dripping from the end of the eaves, and the stone steps that were once sprinkled with cherry blossoms are covered with a thin curtain of snow.

In front of the shrine, men in dark black suits, with short knives pinned to their waists, walked up the stone steps in unison, until the stone statue standing in front of the shrine bowed deeply and then dispersed to both sides.

The crowd came in waves, and even on a cold winter day, they were all dressed in formal black kimonos, with white socks and clogs under their feet, and they looked ahead in a cautious and orderly manner. There was no one who spoke at the scene, and even the sound of breathing was slight, and the whole venue was like a grand funeral, that is, I don't know who the person who was buried was......

Men in black suits stood on the periphery of the shrine, and they didn't seem to feel the cold in the wind and snow. Holding umbrellas, people in kimonos walk through the hall, men clutching the sleeves of their kimonos so as not to walk in the wind, and women bow their heads slightly, their red lips pursed under their veils.

It is a shrine deep in the mountains, and it has been renovated many times after years of wind and rain, and it is rarely visited on weekdays, and only when a large family has a meeting, everyone gathers here.

The interior of the shrine is covered with a layer of tatami mats, all the doors and windows are open to let the snow drop, and on the wall of the inner circle is a long painting of the family, which mainly talks about the origin of the family from its rise to the present day. The men and women knelt in their respective positions, in unison, without any mistakes.

"I'm sorry to bring you here at this point in time, I think many people already know what I'm going to say, and our family is about to face what may be the biggest difficulty yet! ”

Hisami Hisao, the current patriarch of the Usami family, and only him, has the right to use this shrine, Hisao turned his head slightly and asked softly to his wife in the dark, "Where is Yukihime?"

Li Yutaozi sat upright, nodded, and returned: "I don't know, I've asked Feng'er to find ......."

"Hmm. Hisao answered, then sat up straight, and said in a loud voice: "I have been the patriarch for twelve years, I took office at the age of twenty-two, and in the past twelve years, I Usami Hisao, it can be said that I have no regrets!"

The applause floated, and everyone stood up together and shouted, "Thank you very much, Mr. Hisao!"

"Hehe, everyone's serious. Waving his hand, motioning for everyone to sit down, looking at the wind and snow outside the window, he said: "Along the way, it can be said that I have witnessed the rise of the family, here, I thank you again for your support and efforts, especially my wife, the Li family!"

Momoko stood up, bowed deeply to everyone, and then sat down to applause.

Hisao nodded and continued: "However, times are changing, and the position of the head of the family has always been filled by a capable person, and only in this way can our family grow longer and more prosperous. I'm old, the opportunity should be young, I think everyone already knows, 21 days later, I will remove the patriarch and replace it with my daughter, Usami Yukihime. ”

In the audience, the head of the Koike family said: "We have always seen Miss's efforts. ”

"Well, the disaster five years ago can be said to have completely brought our efforts back to the starting point for so many years, and all the children who awakened the ability mutated or died, and that night, I even thought that the Usami family was over. Hisao looked out the window and said slowly.

"Thank God for bless us and leave us with the only hope, my daughter, Yukihime. I often wonder if this disaster is a test for our Usami family, and if that's the case, then the only person who passes this test will be the next patriarch to lead the family to prosperity!"

The atmosphere was set to the extreme, and everyone shouted "Usami" in unison.

Hisao pressed his hand and motioned for everyone to be quiet: "What happened recently, I think everyone knows about it." That's right, it's Deadpool! Those black monsters have inexplicably appeared all over JD.com, causing a commotion and chaos not once or twice, why is that? Why did such a thing happen before the coming-of-age ceremony?"

"Obviously, someone wants to deliberately destroy the coming-of-age ceremony, or even completely encroach on the Usami family. ”

"Dugu ......," said the head of the Koike family.

"Is it Dugu?" the heads of the family all discussed.

"That's right, yes, it's Dugu, that place full of darkness, although we are underworlds, but our hearts are towards God, and Dugu ...... They are a group of "green ghosts" in ukiyo-e, with sharp fangs and hideous faces, chasing and diluting women's bones and blood for thousands of miles, they are ghosts! They are demons!"

He was full of energy, and his voice was like a bell, as if he wanted to completely explode the emotions aroused in his chest.

"But it's a pity, we are not afraid of demons, we were born to be warriors against demons, demons are our old enemies who have shed blood and want to erase, don't do it for this coming-of-age ceremony, it is for ourselves, we also have to fight this group of demons to the end. ”

For a while, the hall was silent, the wind blew like a ghost, no one spoke, but everyone looked straight at Hisao, the short knife in their hands trembling slightly represented the determination that could not be changed, since they were sitting here, they had the consciousness to ensure the success of this coming-of-age ceremony, even if the final result was a river of blood, they would never look back.

The samurai had made up their minds, and only needed the general to give orders.

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The pavilion on the top of the mountain, without guardrails and shelter from the wind, has long since peeled off the mahogany, leaving only a few ugly stone pillars.

The red hair is carried forward, the girl stands in front of the pavilion, letting the snowflakes fall on her body, it is still a big red kimono, beautiful posture, red and white, sharp contrast, all highlight the girl's temperament.

And at the back of the pavilion stood a man, unlike the others, with a heavy coat wrapped around his kimono, warm leather shoes under his feet, and his hands in his pockets, and even then, he could not help but shiver in this weather.

"Xue-chan, the conference is about to end, you can just let me go back......" The man was not restrained, but he used the word "put", which can be seen how much the girl deterred him.

"A week ago, my uncle's mobile phone had a call log with Huaxia......"

"I said it, it's just a Chinese friend of mine who sells tobacco and alcohol, you know, uncle, I only smoke Chinese cigarettes. The man hurriedly interrupted, at this time, he could only use the method of "seizing the opportunity" to fool the past, Hasegawa Kimoto knew how much the girl outside the pavilion missed that person, but the more this happened, he must not let go.

The girl looked into the distance, and the cold wind blew her kimono, revealing the katana pinned to her waist, and after a while, the girl said, "Uncle, you go first." ”

"Really, really?"

"Well, I'm sorry to have you here, let's go. ”

Hasegawa Jun almost didn't kneel down and shout long live the eldest lady! He hurriedly stepped on the stone steps and ran down the mountain, and after just a few steps, he looked back again and shouted, "Come back quickly, don't catch a cold." ”

"Okay. The girl nodded slightly in thanks.

When the man left, silence returned to the top of the mountain, and the cold wind howled, and the girl still stood there, looking into the distance, and no one knew what she was looking at.

At this moment, the faint white mist seemed to be blown away by the wind, a black and red kimono, a high headband, a beautiful figure, and a faint crimson between the eyebrows, I don't know when, the woman stood there.

"Miss, the conference has begun, and the head of the house is looking for you. ”

"Just come up and take a look at the view, I'll go back. ”

The woman doesn't speak, she keeps her head down, it seems that if the girl doesn't leave, she will always stand there.

"Let's go. The girl said slowly.

Then, the two of them jumped one after the other, as if there was not an abyss in front of them, and the next moment, the figure disappeared into the snow mist.

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It wasn't until the evening that the meeting ended, and the young man left the shrine and returned to Jingdong, and it was already midnight, saying goodbye to his best friends and walking towards a small noodle shop on the corner.

The noodle shop seems to have opened a few days ago, not big, a decent wooden house, at this point in time the noodle restaurant has long been out of customers, even the latest one, was pulled home by his wife an hour ago, it is said that the owner is a Chinese, but can make wonderful Japanese food.

The young man opened the curtain, pushed open the wooden door, and felt the heat from the shop, "Phew, hoo, I'm freezing to death!" Hurry up, bring me a bowl of noodle soup, it's better to fry a few Tianluo women, I'm dying of cold." ”

A rough man, with messy hair and an unshaven beard, with a white apron in front of him, yes, this is the owner of the noodle shop, he just glanced at the young man, and then he threw himself into the process of boiling noodles, with a tumbling thick soup on one side and a steaming oil pot on the other, and the boss stood in the middle, and the young man sat behind him.

"How's it going?" the man said in Chinese.

The young man ate the side dishes on the counter, and also said in Huaxia: "They have decided to start a war with Dugu, but I don't know how it is, after all, I am only a small surname in the Usami family, and it is good enough to be invited to this meeting...... Man, do you still have any alcohol?"

"Well, that's right. The boss took out the sake that had already been warmed and handed it to the young man, "Mr. is calling again in the morning." ”

The young man paused slightly in his drinking, and said with a serious expression: "How is it?

"Everything is going according to plan, he will be in Japan immediately, you have to approach him as soon as possible. ”

The young man let out a long sigh of relief and took a sip of the sake in his glass, "Sa! this wine is really good...... Don't worry, how many times, I'm fine!"

The boss shook his head, brought the hot noodles to the table, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, it's almost over." ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, then smiled, sucked a chopstick noodle, and there was still a noodle hanging from his mouth, "You should leave it to them to say this...... Hehe, it's only been a few days since I came to Japan, and I'm delirious, what a waste......!