The Secret Seal Club, although it is called a club, only has two members, Usami Renko and Maailubelli Hearn, even if you add Nalan Yu, who joined recently, there are only three people in total. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

So it's not a club at all, it's a small gang at best.

Most of the activities of this small group revolve around folklore and paranormal phenomena. In the past, Nalan Twilight would definitely scoff at such a boring organization. However, a notebook from Usami Renzi's hand made him intrigued.

He had picked it up in a wild graveyard, and it contained intermittent records of Maellubelle Hearn's dreams, and read like a poorly written fantasy novel. However, a place called "Gensokyo" mentioned in it caught his attention.

According to the note, Melly traveled to Gensokyo in a dream and communicated with its inhabitants. Among the inhabitants, Nalan Twilight saw several familiar names. Those were all people who had dealings with him, and they all disappeared inexplicably, as if the world had evaporated.

If what Melly said was true, then he really needed to go to that "Gensokyo" to see it for himself. To do this, he wasted a lot of effort to find the owner of the note, and persuaded them to allow him to join. He believed that by following the actions of these two humans, he would be able to get closer to Gensokyo.

Moreover, there is some unknown power in their bodies, and even Nalan Twilight is fascinated by it. Recently, even werewolves who hate human society have begun to target them, which is a testament to their speciality.

Therefore, he would never give up on those two humans easily, and his intuition told him that they were very important.

"Hey, Nalan, what are you thinking?" asked Lianzi with a wave of her hand in front of Nalan's eyes.

"Uh-huh......" Nalan Yu's gaze returned from the window back to the car, and finally landed on the two girls in front of him, "I was thinking about what happened when I met you two." ”

"Oh, that's it!" said Hasuko, remembering a few months ago, "I thought I would never get the notes back, but who knew that you would pick them up." ”

"What's even more coincidental is that you are also a student at the University of Tokyo. ”

"Hehe, sometimes it's just that coincidental. ”

Especially when everything is artificially arranged.

"But the room I went to see at that time was really scary. "I didn't think I would be able to come back. ”

"That's it!" Lianzi also remembered the incident, and said dissatisfiedly: "I just don't believe you, as for being so serious?"

"I said I'm an expert in this area, and if you don't believe me, then I'll have to make you suffer a little. Nalan stretched and said slowly.

"That room" is a real haunted house that Nalan took them to a few months ago in order to convince the two.

For him, even if he didn't take action personally, it would be easy to intimidate these two little girls.

"Okay, I know you're amazing!" said Lianzi angrily, "Occultist Nalan Twilight!"

"Everywhere, I'm a materialist. ”

"Ding Dong!"

"The train is about to arrive, Hakuba Station. ”

The sound of the train radio interrupted the small talk between the three of them without a word. The scene outside the car window that was rapidly receding gradually slowed down and finally stopped completely.

Hakuba Village is a small village nestled in the mountains of northwestern Nagano Prefecture, and is home to two shrines, Suwa Shrine, which worships the god of rain, and the long-abandoned Joryo Shrine, the destination of the Secret Seal Club's trip.

The three of them got out of the car, and after walking a few steps, they couldn't see any buildings. Instead, there are low bungalows, lush fields, and mountains as far as the eye can see.

White Horse Village is surrounded by mountains, and the mountains are wrapped in dense forests, and the woods are surrounded by clouds and mist. Even if he met the immortals in these mountains, Nalan Yu would not be surprised at all.

The three of them left the flat avenue and walked a long muddy mountain road before they came to the torii gate of the shrine. On the top of this hill there is an artificially carved out glade, where the Joryi Shrine used to be.

The reason why it is said "was" is because the shrine has long since collapsed.

All that remains of the shrine is a vermilion torii gate and a dilapidated hut, the rest of which was razed to the ground in the earthquake a few years ago.

It seems that this shrine will not be rebuilt. However, it is no wonder that the castle shrine is located deep in the mountains, and the age and purpose of its construction are unknown, and the last generation of priests and shrine maidens have long since passed away, and no one even knows who the gods it enshrines are. It can be said that Joryo Shrine is a shrine that has been completely forgotten by history.

Probably only the surrounding trees are older than the shrine, but you still remember what the shrine used to look like!

"It's a pity, I came all the way here, but I only saw a ruin. Lianzi sighed and said, "I wouldn't have come if I knew I wouldn't have come." ”

"The shrine is gone, but the barrier is still there. Melly closed her eyes and said, "The barrier here doesn't seem to be as stable as it was the last time I came." ”

"Last time" refers to Melly, who was a high school student a few years ago and sensed the existence of the "enchantment" when she passed by. At that time, the castle shrine was still well preserved, and there was even an old man cleaning the house.

And now, time has passed, the shrine has long since ceased to exist, and I don't know if the old man is okay.

"Melly," said Renko, patting Melly on the shoulder, "this broken shrine is all down, and there's nothing to look at." ”

"I think the rain falling palace Suwa Shrine on the side of the road just now is quite interesting, let's go there and have a look. ”

As he spoke, Lianzi ran down the mountain, ran a few steps and turned around and shouted, "I'm not waiting for you!"

"Wait a minute, Lotus Seed!" Merry wanted to chase Lotus Seed, but found Nalan Twilight standing motionless, looking thoughtful.

"Nalan-kun, aren't you leaving?" she asked.

"Ah, you guys go first, I'm here for the first time, and I want to take a few more looks. ”

"Yes, then we'll be waiting for you at Suwa Shrine, so please be safe. ”

"No problem, don't worry. ”

Melly waved her hand to Nalan Twilight and went after her friend.

Nalan responded with a smile, and when the figures of the two girls disappeared into the fog, they walked towards the only hut that was still standing on the ground.

Ever since he came here, he had felt a familiar wave of energy. And the source of that energy is in this hut.

Even if it hadn't been shattered by the earthquake, the wooden hut that had fallen into disrepair was crumbling, and it didn't seem long before it suffered the same fate as the main hall of the shrine. Strictly speaking, this cottage is definitely a dilapidated house.

But Nalan Twilight walked in unconcernedly, he didn't think that thin piece of rotten wood roof could smash him to death.

The corners of the room were covered in cobwebs, large and small, and the floors and walls were covered in slippery moss. He paced two steps into the house, leaving two lonely footprints on the floor, indicating that he was the only person to have stepped into the house in years.

The house used to be a warehouse, with all sorts of old miscellaneous items piled up in it, such as imperial coins, strings, wine barrels, and so on. Everything is covered with a thick layer of dust, and if you don't look closely, you can't even tell the shape and color.

In this old and messy garbage heap, Nalan suddenly found a shining spot. He leaned down, picked up the object that was out of place in his surroundings, and held it in the palm of his hand to study it carefully.

It was a palm-sized solid jade cake, in the shape of a flat circle, the jade cake was divided into black and white halves, which seemed to be made by joining a piece of black jade and a piece of white jade, and there was a white spot in the black jade, and there was a black spot in the white jade, which looked like two yin and yang fish. The wonderful thing is that the black jade and the white jade are integrated, and there is no trace of artificial splicing, and the whole jade is a perfect Tai Chi pattern.

"Oh, it's here!"

Nalan remembered that the name of the item was Yin-Yang Jade, and it was a tool used by exorcists in ancient Japan to defeat youkai. He had fought with people who used this jade before, and he had suffered a lot.

He remembered the red and white figure, the incredible girl flying in the air. Hundreds of years have passed, and she, who once governed herself obediently, is long gone, but her own defeated general has survived.

Time, sometimes it's a cruel thing.

"It's not good to take other people's things, this little brother?"

A sudden voice from behind interrupted Nalan Yu's thoughts. When he looked back, he saw a magnificent figure.