In the evening, near the Tsukihata Shrine.

"The spicy and merciless sun,

Fierce shine, on the beach.

The temperature of narcissism rises suddenly,

Impetuous and impetuous is the nature of midsummer......"

A man and a woman with a slight height difference are walking side by side on the stairs up the hill in front of them, and the man is humming a song...... Of course, that doesn't mean he's in a good mood.

"Lijun, what are you doing here?"

Sing if you want to? Aoi Manaka feels a little inexplicable.

"Don't you know this song, yes, this is an early version of a large idol group's 'cultural relics' song, and now singing this kind of song is not a 'talent show' but an 'archaeological discovery'...... But I sing pretty well, and I think I sing like Sugata *Hui. ”

"No, I mean to say...... Why sing? ”

"For a variety of complex reasons, I need to express some kind of strong subjective emotion, specifically...... For the sake of courage. I've never dealt with spirits or anything, so it's only natural that I'm scared. Fu Jixian explained.

Although he said that he was scared, he didn't look like he was any different from usual, and his mood seemed to be quite high.

"Any questions?"

"Yes, who is Sugata *Hui?"

“…… Equivalent to aliens. ”

Life will always produce a sense of distance between such inadvertent people, for example, Fu Jixian is obviously talking about the things of the island country, but the real island people are expressing confusion, because ...... This island country is not another island country.

"So, what's the so-called 'ceremony' that needs to be done at the shrine?"

"Oh, it's certainly not what you understand.

The main thing is that it's spacious, and there's just a group of high school students going to be here tonight for a 'test of courage'...... Rituals are used by high school students, or among the various ritual elements, high school students are more important than shrines. ”

Aoi Manaka's statement seems to be a material for high school students.

"What about the group of high school students below me...... Sister Aoi, let me remind you that it is illegal to sacrifice a living person, even if the living person is a high school student. ”

Fu Jixian had just met the group of high school students, and his statement was that he regarded high school students as something that people hated ghosts...... May be limited to male high school students, excluding JK.

"Where do you think again, don't I have a basic sense of morality and law?"

"It's a bit hanging, you didn't show any special emotions when you burned Mr. Soya to ashes."

“……”

Aoi Manaka wants to ask if this is the same thing?

"But the 'test of courage'? Isn't it a little too idle? ”

"After all, Japanese high schools pay more attention to social practice and club activities, and the results of some activities will be related to their club funds. As far as I know, this group of high school students should want to do some relaxing activities to wrap up after doing some social practice, and then draw a successful end to their summer life......

So the conclusion is that although it is in the summer, at least these high school students should not be particularly idle. ”

Aoi Manaka explained, and she didn't know where she got the "information" from.

"Relaxing activities? In two or three years, they will understand the essence of all team-building activities – can there be any other description than 'torture'? ”

Fu Jixian dissected the "essence" of this kind of activity, or did he say that it was a vicious curse?

And just as the two of them were walking up to it, a woman who looked to be in her late twenties descended from it.

"Are you two here to visit the shrine, the time is a little wrong, the shrine is closed."

When passing by Fu Ji Xianli and the others, she stopped and gave a kind reminder.

"No, my cousin and I are related to this shrine." Fu Ji Xianli said.

"I'm sorry, it seems that I misunderstood, and I thank you for agreeing to hold an event here in the evening...... Oh, I'm a teacher at a city high school. ”

As he spoke, the teacher bowed slightly to Fu Ji Xianli and the others.

"It's nothing, please take care of yourself."

Fu Jixian smiled, and after a short exchange, the two sides staggered.

Probably for the safety of the students, this teacher has the intention of finding out the identities of Fu Ji Xianli and the others, after all, ordinary people will not come to the shrine during this time period. Therefore, after hearing Fu Jixian say that they were related to the shrine, she was relieved.

"Lijun, why do you say I'm your cousin?" After the two sides distanced themselves slightly, Aoi Manaka asked.

Of course, she couldn't like what Fu Jixian had just described.

"Because I looked at the teacher's face, I suspected that she thought we were a couple, what to say...... This kind of misunderstanding makes me feel a little at a loss. ”

“……”

How to say it, the question just now, it's better not to ask.

After walking to the side of the shrine, Fu Ji Xianli found a row of wrapped gifts under the money box at the door, and after a little thought, he understood that this should be the group of high school students' belongings - this is a gift to exchange with each other.

"What are we going to do next?"

"Let me give you an explanation, starting with the high school students' courage test......

The position we see below the staircase is the starting point of the 'Test of Courage', from where the high school students will set off, and then they will go around the foot of the hill for half a circle, and after walking to the cemetery gate at the back, they will pick up a stone from there. ”

"Not going into the cemetery?" Fu Jixian interjected.

"Of course I won't enter, on the one hand, it's really gloomy for ordinary people, and it's hard to guarantee that someone will really be frightened; On the other hand, it is unlikely that the management will agree to let a group of high school students wander around the cemetery at night. ”

So on the whole, they are really just playing, called the "Test of Courage", but in fact, it is not considered death.

"I went on to say that after picking up the stones, they would follow the path back to the shrine, drop the stones under the money box, choose a gift, and then descend the other side of the mountain...... It's like going around here. ”

"So what? I don't see what you mean. ”

Fu Jixian listened to the "activity explanation of high school students" for a long time, but what does this have to do with what they have to do.

"Without appearances, this kind of activity can be seen as some kind of ritual, and what we have to do is replace that gift with a 'sacrifice' when a high school student comes to get it...... That is, Soya's left hand. ”

“……

I feel that high school students are more unlucky than car rental companies. ”

Fu Jixian thinks that once someone finds out that the gift they are exchanging is a hand, it may scare out mental problems...... This is true for model hands, let alone real hands.

The real thing and the fake thing, the intuitive impact on people and the terrifying effect caused are not the same.

But it's the high school students who are unlucky, what does this have to do with Fu Jixian's reason, or even ......

"I've already figured out who I'm going to give the 'sacrifice' to, and when I just passed by below, I found a couple of high school students who were tired of being together - high school students are tasked with studying, and I firmly resist campus love, so this is an opportunity to correct their wrong behavior."

Fu Jixianli's theory is......

Since someone is sure to be unlucky, he hopes that the unlucky person is a couple.

"Lijun, do you still want to listen to my explanation?"

Manaka Aoi felt a sense of resentment and even revenge from Fu Jixianli's words.

"Listen, Sister Aoi, you continue to ......"