Suzu –

The moment she heard the Kagura bell, Riko suddenly came to her senses.

"Huh? Where am I and what did I just do? ”

looked at the unfamiliar clothes on his body, and then looked at Qiao Qiao by the windowsill.

Ya Lizi's face suddenly turned red.

Woowoo woo –

The train is turning at high speed and is about to derail.

Could it be that after getting drunk, I and my teacher made some mistakes because we were young?

What to do, the name Joya Riko seems a little strange, but it seems that the teacher's country does not need to change the surname.

Is the child learning Shinto or learning the teacher's spiritualism?

Etcetera.

In her mind, Yariko, who had spent her whole life with Qiao Qiao, didn't recall what happened before until Sayoko, who was next to her, also woke up.

I fell into a drunken state because I ate too much wine and made dumplings.

After that, I probably just fell asleep?

Sayoko helped herself change her clothes?

It seems that something important has happened, no, I can't remember.

Probably because she vomited out the contents of her stomach, Ya Lizi's brain cleared up a lot.

As a result, she soon noticed that her phone was vibrating as well.

Picking up the phone, it was my father's voice.

"Riko, Izumo City has a powerful and strange reaction, and Jingu speculates that it may be the Oni Clan."

Although Shoji Asano's voice was as steady as he could, he could still hear a little panic.

"Ghosts?"

Ariko's eyes widened.

At the same time, Qiao Qiao also finished the call.

It's a newsletter from Miss Sakura.

"There was an explosion of unknown cause at the third research institute of Izumo Heavy Industries, and the casualties are currently being counted, according to the results of the psychic of the soul slayer who was present, it was a very powerful monster who caused this explosion, and according to the level of destruction, it has reached the limit of ghosts."

Qiao Qiao said simply.

"Ghosts?"

Sayoko didn't quite understand and looked at Qiao Qiao in confusion.

"Ghosts are the third category of weirdness demarcated by the National Soul Eradication Association, and unlike monsters, ghosts are not only scarce in number, but also more destructive every time they appear."

Qiao Qiao explained.

"Once a ghost appears, it is a threat of natural disaster, and in the past fifty years of history, there have only been five incidents that have been identified as ghostly."

Due to the fact that there are very few ghosts and even less information from the Soul Removal Association, Qiao Qiao didn't know much about it before, but after the old gods appeared, Qiao Qiao learned some information about the ghost clan through Miss Sakura's permission.

To put it simply, why are youkai and oni similar in many cases, but they must be distinguished.

That's because, by their very nature, ghosts are fallen soul destroyers.

A man with powerful spiritual powers, addicted to power, in order to pursue some nothing, gained the power of a youkai, and degenerated into an enemy of mankind.

Youkai have a powerful body and a long lifespan, but the use of spiritual power is very rudimentary.

The Soul Killer has strong spiritual powers, but his lifespan is short and his body is weak.

The Oni Clan is a combination of the two.

Because he was a former soul slayer, the ghost clan was very familiar with the various responses of the spirit slayers, and every time he appeared, he could accurately hit the weakest link.

Of course, because the ghost clan is very dangerous, once it appears, almost all the soul slayers in the country will be dispatched to extinguish it.

Not to mention the divination of the Yin and Yang Liao, even the one witch in the Ise Shrine is enough to suppress the ghost clan with little qualifications to a large extent.

So in the past ten years, there has been no trace of the ghost clan at all.

Is it now appearing, or is it in Izumo where the soul slayer gathers?

This is a blatant provocation.

Qiao Qiao thought.

He immediately called Kanji Sakagami's phone again, although Kanji Sakagami should have gone home directly, Qiao Qiao was still a little inexplicably worried.

Calls went unanswered.

Qiao Qiao was stunned.

"Arika, pack up your things, and according to the instructions of the association, all Izumo's soul slayers will go to Izumo Taisha to gather."

He remained calm and said to Arriko.

"Sayoko, too."

Now it seems that Izumo Taisha is the safest place.

It was late at night, but it was not quiet in the hotel.

Among the second-year students of the high school attached to Fengcheng University, there are a large number of soul killers.

For example, the Mizuki sisters of the Washinomiya Shrine, and the poetry of Natsume.

Qiao Qiao packed up his things and left the room with Ariko and Sayoko, when he saw Natsume's poetry who had changed into a shrine maiden costume.

"Qiao San, too...... Well? ”

Just now, did this person bring out two girls from the room?

Natsume Shishi's eyes looked at Qiao Qiao, and suddenly turned into the eyes of looking at a scumbag.

"Natsume-san, let's go to Izumo Taisha Shrine together."

Qiao Qiao took it for granted, and sent out an invitation.

Izumo Taisha had already arranged a chartered bus pick-up, and Qiao Qiao and the others soon came from the hotel to the mountain base of Izumo Taisha.

Next to the huge torii gate with a quaint shape is a pillar with the Izumo Taisha Shrine written on it.

At the top of the long staircase is an open space.

The scale here is smaller than what Qiao Qiao saw in the paradise, and the stairs are not as long.

When he came to Kaguraden, Qiao Qiao saw the iconic giant rope of the Izumo Taisha Shrine.

Legend has it that if you throw the coin up and it doesn't fall but stays on the string, your wish will come true.

Qiao Qiao doesn't know the authenticity of this legend, but because everyone throws coins, it makes the note rope heavy, and similar behavior has been banned recently.

Passing through the Kagura Temple, several people came to the side hall.

It is worthy of the Izumo Taisha Shrine, even the side hall used to discuss things is very large, Qiao Qiao looked at the building and sighed.

Walking into the hall, I soon heard a commotion.

In the main hall, thousands of people from various shrines are seated densely according to the area.

Judging by the way they dressed, these were just the lower-level personnel of each shrine, and the stewards of each shrine seemed to be holding a meeting in the shrine hall next door.

Ariko and Qiao Qiao said a word, and also returned to the team of Atsuta Shrine.

"That's a lot of people."

Sayoko looked around and found that there were no more people in civilian clothes except for herself and Qiao Qiao, and she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"Take it easy."

Qiao Qiao let Sayoko grab his hand and glanced at the shrine maidens and priests.

"Well, it's there."

After a little searching, Qiao Qiao saw the shrine maiden of Shimogamo Shrine.

The five shrine maidens sat upright with their eyes closed, very different from the witch goddesses of the other shrines around them, who were a little flustered.

Although they were wearing shrine maiden costumes, they were one size larger than usual, and it looked like they were wearing other clothes inside, and there were several large black boxes next to the shrine maidens at Shimogamo Shrine, which looked like some kind of equipment.

Qiao Qiao saw it and was very satisfied.

Ten minutes later, the noisy hall suddenly fell silent.

The door on one side of the main hall was opened, and from the next room, many people came out.

All of them are dressed as priests, and there are also a few witches.

These are the heads of the various shrines.

At the head was an old man dressed in clean clothes.

"From now on, all the soul slayer organizations in the entire territory of the country will be put on first-level alert to deal with the strange disasters that may arise next."

"It has been determined that the strangeness that appeared in Izumo City this time is indeed a ghost clan."

His volume was not high, but it was extremely penetrating, and the entire hall could hear it clearly.

"The general of the ghost clan, Ibaraki Boy."