"It's another fire festival, it's really good. "When Fujiwara Meihong was camping in the wilderness, a huge campfire was lit in the town below the mountain, and people were singing and dancing around the campfire.

"But I'm not destined to join them. Dispersing what she was thinking, Fujiwara shook her head and poked the crackling fire with the wooden stick in her hand to make it burn more fully.

Boom Boom Boom ――――――

White dust suddenly began to fall from the air, and there was a violent noise from the mountains not far away, and even the ground began to tremble along with it.

"What's going on?!" The sudden change made Fujiwara Meihong also a little confused, and when she looked up, the top of Mt. Fuji, which was covered with snow all year round, revealed its true appearance at this time, and sparks appeared from the mountain pass from time to time.

"Volcano... Revived?" Fujiwara Meihong couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth, there was a volcanic eruption during the Fire Suppression Festival, this is not a joke.

But Fujiwara Meihong didn't know that it was true, this was not a volcanic eruption, but it was descended on Fujiwara Meihong, an immortal...

Heavenly punishment.

It didn't take long for the volcanic activity to disappear, making people feel a false alarm, and Fujiwara Meihong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Really, don't be so scary all of a sudden. Fujiwara stroked her chest and leaned against the tree again.

After all, if Mt. Fuji does erupt, then there is obviously no way for the nearby villages to escape this catastrophe, and they will definitely be swallowed by the relentless magma.

Although she is no longer old and immortal, she is no longer a human being, but Fujiwara Meihong still does not want to see this kind of human tragedy, and it is precisely because of these consciences that Fujiwara Meihong will continue to live like a walking corpse like this, instead of falling into the evil way...

"It's strange, how do you feel that it's getting hotter and hotter..."If it was just a little hot, then Fujiwara Meihong wouldn't take it seriously, but now the surroundings are getting hotter and hotter, as if the woods will burn because of this, and sweat begins to secrete from the surface of Fujiwara Meihong's skin.

Along with the heat, there was light, like the sun, and from time to time there was a majestic call of birds in the sky, and each cry could hit the heart of the person.

"What kind of bird doesn't sleep in the middle of the night, it's annoying! Drop..."Fujiwara Meihong thought at first that she was just making too much of a fuss, but the increasingly obvious phenomenon made Fujiwara Meihong no longer take it seriously, and looked back with some annoyance, and what she saw made her stop shouting, and suddenly jumped up from the ground, holding the hilt of the sword at her waist tightly.

It was a huge, flaming bird with nine beautiful tail feathers, and the giant bird was holding on to the trunk of a tree that could hold its body, and the surrounding leaves and branches began to burn after touching the body of the giant bird, and at this moment the amber eyes of the giant bird were staring at Fujiwara Meihong, like an eagle staring at its prey.

When did you fly behind me?!Fujiwara Meihong couldn't help but be shocked by the strength of this flame giant bird, but such obvious characteristics made her have to be so close to discover this giant bird's movements.

"Phoenix?" Fujiwara asked tentatively.

"Immortal birds. "From the mouth of the immortal bird, there is a clear voice, although it is impossible to distinguish between men and women, but from the immortal bird's increasingly unkind eyes, it can be seen that the immortal bird is very unhappy with Fujiwara Meihong's mistaken name, presumably it is often mistaken by others.

“… Are you here for me?" Fujiwara Mei Hong saw that the immortal bird had been staring at her, and it was obviously a very hot environment but it made people's bodies chill, so she knew that the bird was not good.

The immortal bird nodded, did not speak, and the flames on his body burned more violently, as if he would pounce in the next second, and did not hide the killing intent on his body at all.

"Hey, I don't know why you found me, but don't you think it's too exaggerated to make such a big scene?" Fujiwara smiled and pointed to the surrounding trees that had turned into charcoal, her body secretly accumulating.

But how can this kind of small action be hidden from the eyes of the immortal bird, this giant bird with flames shook its head, and there was a trace of pity in its eyes, looking at Fujiwara Mei and said: "There is no need to hide your small actions, your actions are clear in my eyes, and mortal martial arts are not worth mentioning in my eyes." ”

"......" Although she heard the words of the giant bird, Mei Hong didn't take it seriously and was silent.

"If you take that medicine, maybe in a few hundred years, you will become unmanageable, and the future is limitless. The immortal bird spat out human words from its beak, and said with regret in his voice, "But you are also this Penglai medicine, but your defeat is also in this Penglai medicine..."

“… Penglai medicine. Fujiwara frowned, obviously thinking of some bad memories.

"That's not something you can touch, you've already gotten into trouble, Penglai people. "The immortal bird flew up from the tree.

"Annoying... Cut, it's really troublesome, I've swallowed all the medicine, it's all melted into slag, do you still want me to spit it out to you. Fujiwara Mei Hong saw the immortal bird like this, and knew that she was going to go through a hard battle, this is a creature that really exists in mythology, but it is not something that she can deal with as a half-hung swordsman, but she still said stiffly, "If you want my life, just come here, it's just a rotten life anyway, it's worthless at all, but..."

"Whether you take it or not, I won't give it to you so easily!!"

"Huh!!!" the immortal bird no longer spat out human words, and wanted to replace it with a blazing sacred flame that matched its identity.

……

"Why is the fire burning so hot today, it's clear that the lights are out and I'm going to bed at this time, right? The girl sat on a small bench and watched with Isara at the bottom of the mountain.

[Today is the Fire Festival, that's why it's so lively. Isara glanced at Yamashita and began to read the parchment in her hand again.

"On the Deeper Meaning of the Mantis Arm Blocking the Car"

"Huh... No one told me at all, but today is the Fire Festival. The girl sat on the small bench and shook it, "It's so good, I want to play too, it's so boring every day." ”

[But if you go now, I guess it's almost over.] Isara poured cold water on the side.

“… Indeed it is. The girl scratched her head, but her good dynamic vision allowed her to see something, and she tugged at the corner of Izara's clothes and said, "Hey, Ishara, look at Mt. Fuji!"

[Hmm?... Fire, but this one seems to be too big. Isara put the parchment aside and started cross-eyed!

Don't mistake Ishara for being a psychopath, this is one of Isara's abilities, called clairvoyance, and as the name suggests, this ability can only be activated when it is made in a cross-eyed shape.

"But I still think you're a psycho right now—" the girl said, twitching the corner of her mouth.

[Don't look. Isara glared at the girl beside her, paid attention to the movement on Mt. Fuji again, and frowned, "Bird?

"Humans and birds?... I want to go see it. The girl thought for a moment and decided to go up the mountain.

"Do you want to save that girl?"

"Isara, does that girl have a red bow on her head?" the girl smelled inexplicably.

[That's right, although it's already a little burnt, what's the problem?] Isara turned and asked, only to see the girl run away in the blink of an eye.

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