Old Gods. Aspiration...... I didn't expect Qiao San to be able to talk and laugh even with the old gods. ”

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa said with some disbelief.

“？”

Qiao Qiao sat in his room, a little confused.

Old Gods. There is no need to come to me at this time, Ise Jingu is a heavily guarded place, and there must be other reasons for him to come.

"Attracted by the fragrance of wishes?"

Qiao Qiao noticed something special in His Word, the Old Gods. If the wish is really the embodiment of human prayer, then it is natural that it can sense the wishes of others, that is, there is someone nearby who has a desire that is strong enough, or attractive enough to him?

If you really want to talk about it, maybe only the desire of Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa to leave the shrine and see the outside world can make the old gods. If you want to take any risks, come to Ise Jingu Shrine.

"But at least one thing is certain, the old gods who held the power of decay have fallen, and those corpses may have another reason."

"Qiao San, do you have an idea?"

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa asked.

"There is a proverb in Huaxia."

Qiao Qiao replied.

"After all impossible answers have been removed, the remaining one, no matter how bizarre and unbelievable, is the right answer."

"This matter has nothing to do with the old gods, so naturally there needs to be a corresponding existence to complete all this."

He closed his eyes and thought for a moment.

I already have the answer in my mind.

......

Three days later.

Qiao Qiao's room was full of books.

These are the lists of the dungeons of Ise Jingu that Qiao Qiao asked Jun Kuroda to take, the entry and exit records of the last six months, and all kinds of miscellaneous information.

Although the materials were neatly arranged, there were so many of them that the whole room was too crowded to get off your feet.

At the door, Jun Kuroda came over with another stack of documents, looked at the room where he couldn't stay, and sighed.

"Qiao San, I haven't been out for three days, and the other priests are waiting to investigate, sitting here and reading these documents, can you really find the location of the old god?"

Jun Kuroda was a little skeptical.

"Put it there, thanks."

Qiao Qiaotou said without raising his head.

“...... Now everyone in the shrine is panicking, everyone is worried that there are people who have been polluted by the old gods to mix into the shrine, and they are also worried that such an incident will happen again, Qiao San, is it really a serious investigation? ”

Kuroda's words were tinged with accusations.

Originally, the atmosphere in the Ise Jingu was a little more serious, but now, the atmosphere where everyone is in danger, distrusting each other, and afraid of the attack of the old gods really makes Kuroda Jun not like it very much.

Hearing Kuroda's words, Qiao Qiao stopped turning the pages of the book and raised his head.

"Kuroda-san, there's a rehearsal for the New Year's festival tonight, right?"

“...... Yes, but now everyone's hearts are not on it. ”

Jun Kuroda nodded.

"Kuroda-san should also play?"

Qiao Qiao asked again.

Junichi Kuroda was stunned and hesitated for a moment to reply.

"Yes, as a representative of this generation, I'm going to dance the Kagura dance and perform the ritual at Kaguraden during the New Year's Festival, and I'll be rehearsing tonight."

At the New Year's Festival, shrine maidens of Ise Jingu Shrine dance in front of Kagura-den as an offering to please the gods.

Amaterasu Daigojin came out to see the dance of the Tenden Maiden in Tenwado and let the sun reappear in the world, so the Kagura dance is one of the most important ceremonies at festivals related to Ise Jingu.

Wearing the crown of the former heaven, wearing a thousand haya, and holding a kagura bell in their hands, the shrine maidens danced to classical music, and probably Qiao Qiao couldn't help but look at it twice.

It's no wonder that Amagasu would leave the house.

"Be careful tonight, if possible, it's best not to go to Kaguraden, that's all I'll say."

Qiao Qiao reminded.

"Huh?"

Jun Kuroda wanted to ask, but Qiao Qiao had already lowered his head.

After talking and stopping, Jun Kuroda finally closed the door and left.

In the room, Qiao Qiao put down the file.

"Is something going to happen tonight?"

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa also accompanied Qiao Qiao to read the dossier for the past three days.

And two people can also read separately and speed up reading.

Men and women match, work without getting tired.

During the break, Qiao Qiao told some things about the outside world to Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa.

For example, the rotating Ferris wheel, the fireworks display in summer, the sun and the beach and the sea.

But Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa was most interested in school-related matters.

She didn't go to school, and all the knowledge was taught by the priests.

Therefore, when she heard Qiao Qiao talk about the school, Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa was very excited.

What was caught being late for school, grabbing bread with classmates in the cafeteria, and club activities after school, as well as part-time jobs or something.

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa listened to it with relish.

Compared with Sayoko, she has no social common sense, and she yearns for that kind of life even more.

"I checked the dungeon's shift schedule and found that tonight was the dungeon's shift day."

Qiao Qiao glanced at the information he had sorted out on the laptop screen next to him.

"Dungeon?"

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa couldn't figure out what this had to do with the dungeon.

The dungeon, in addition to being the place where Shinji Fujinami died, should have nothing to do with this series of cases.

"Well, according to my speculation, there will be no more similar killings near Ise Jingu, and all preparations are over."

Qiao Qiao explained.

"Ready?"

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa thought of those summoning rituals.

But Qiao Qiao also said that this incident had nothing to do with the old gods.

What is this preparation and for what?

I don't understand it at all.

"Qiao San, can you explain it a little bit more clearly?"

"Well, this matter starts with the dungeon of Ise Jingu."

Qiao Qiao flipped through the structure of the dungeon and the weirdness of the detention that he had summarized.

"On the third floor of the dungeon, there are about twelve powerful big youkai, or it would be more accurate to call them quasi-old god-level monsters, such as the descendants of the Yaki Orochi like Python, such as the Tengu who once caused chaos in Heiankyo, etc."

"These youkai are strictly suppressed on weekdays, and they are guarded by the large array of Ise Jingu, so they can't be troubled."

"But if Ise Jingu is attacked or even most of it is destroyed, then it is very likely that these youkai will escape."

When Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa heard Qiao Qiao's words, her eyes widened in disbelief.

"Destroy Ise Jingu...... This,This can't be done.,The dungeon has a powerful enchantment.,And the protection of the Eight Mirrors.,It's weird that there's no way to break through that barrier.。 ”

"Of course it can't be weird."

Qiao Qiao paused.

"But humans can."

"Human ......"

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa was in a trance, and then recalled a lot of things.

"Josan, which means ......"

She thought of the Chinese proverb Qiao Qiao had said.

After all impossible answers have been removed, the remaining one, no matter how bizarre and unbelievable, is the correct answer.