The practice of the shrine is not easy.

At five o'clock, the bell rang, Qiao Qiao got up, dressed in a simple version of the hunting clothes, and practiced with the others.

The content is nothing more than meditation, spiritual removal teaching, technique explanation, strange knowledge, physical exercise, etc.

The group that Qiao Qiao followed seems to be half-newcomers, and they have been in the shrine for less than three years, and they are all in the category of miscellaneous work.

In Ise Jingu, newcomers have to train for at least three years before they can obtain the official rank of priest, and witches are simpler, and it takes a year to become a teacher.

As for the temporary shrine maiden, it is a simple working boy.

Qiao Qiao was very serious in class and kept taking notes, even if what the teacher said was a little inconsistent with the reality or what Qiao Qiao knew, he did not rashly raise objections.

Therefore, there is no such thing as a slap in the face where the teacher wins an amazement in the plot unfolds.

At lunchtime, Qiao Qiao sat alone at the table and ate lunch.

A small strip of grilled fish, pickled vegetables, miso soup, boiled radish, white rice, he ate it deliciously.

"Qiao Jun, can I sit here?"

A man wearing the same clothes as Qiao Qiao asked, holding a plate.

"Please."

Qiao Qiao moved his plate and made room.

"I heard that Qiao San came here from Tokyo for an internship, and it was really hard."

The man sat down, took a few bites, and sighed.

"It's not very hard."

Qiao Qiao raised his head and recalled the other party's name slightly.

Koji Tanizaki.

"Did Tanizaki-san grow up here?"

Qiao Qiao asked.

"Alas, do you remember my name, I still want to introduce myself, haha, my father is a priest here, so naturally he inherited this job."

Koji Tanizaki smiled, he looked more cheerful, probably why he was able to talk to Qiao Qiao.

"But I still really want to go to Tokyo to have a look, otherwise when I become an official priest in the future, I will have to be stationed as a priest, and I will hardly have a chance to go outside again."

"Haven't you been to Tokyo before?"

Qiao Qiao was a little surprised.

Originally, he and most of the young people in the country should have been to Tokyo to a greater or lesser extent, but he didn't expect that Koji Tanizaki, the second generation of priests of Ise Jingu, had not been there.

"Well, I was born here and grew up here, and since I am the only child in the family, I naturally want to inherit my father's position, and I stayed here to study after graduating from high school."

He was a few years older than Qiao Qiao.

"If you become an official priest in the future, you basically won't have a chance to leave the shrine, unless you are sent to attend some meetings, but it won't be our turn to be a little handyman, but well, I'm okay, I have a lovely girlfriend and a stable job, so it's okay to stay here."

"Does Qiao Jun have a girlfriend or something, girls in Tokyo are not easy to deal with, right?"

"Nope."

Qiao Qiao shook his head.

"That's a pity, I have to work hard while I'm young."

Familiar with the joke, Tanizaki Koji asked with some curiosity.

"I heard that Qiao San is already a registered soul slayer of the Soul Remover Association, has he already done the work of soul slayer?"

"Hmm."

Qiao Qiao nodded.

"That's pretty impressive."

Koji Tanizaki put the rice in his mouth in two bites, chewed and swallowed it.

"We priests, in fact, don't have much chance of removing spirits, like my father, who has been a priest for decades, has only eliminated resentful spirits once, and it is good to be able to remove spirits with his own hands, eliminate strangeness, and help victims."

Ise Jingu was in charge of the entire Mie Prefecture, as well as the nearby Wakayama Prefecture and Nara Prefecture.

However, since the total population of these prefectures is less than 5 million, and they are located under the radiation of Ise Jingu, it is difficult for evil spirits to be troubled, so there is not much work to eliminate spirits.

With so many priests and shrine maidens in Ise Jingu, plus the stragglers of other shrines, it is estimated that there are not enough resentful spirits.

Therefore, Tanizaki Koji seems to be quite eager to eliminate the profession of spirit master.

Although Qiao Qiao felt that he seemed to be a little too idealistic, he didn't break it, and only responded loudly.

Be cautious in words and deeds, this is the essence of the internship summarized by Qiao Qiao.

Don't worry about superfluous things, don't say superfluous words, don't look at superfluous things, and spend a month in peace.

Otherwise, if he makes a big move in Ise Jingu, his reputation in the entire industry will be harmed.

Nowadays, because few of the priests and shrine maidens who get along with each other have carefully understood the dynamics of the soul removal industry, or they have no authority to know about the old gods and the like, Qiao Qiao is still just an ordinary spirit slayer in everyone's minds, and not the culprit who blew up half of Izumo Taisha.

In this state, Qiao Qiao is very satisfied.

In the afternoon, it is a group of training activities patrolling around Ise City.

To put it simply, the priests and shrine maidens of Ise Jingu will patrol Ise City to see if there is anything noteworthy, mainly because they are familiar with the urban environment, and of course, there may be factors that enhance the influence of Ise Jingu.

A group of Johashi Nature and Koji Tanizaki.

There is also a shrine maiden in the same group, and Qiao Qiao discovers that this is the same one who sent a message to Jun Kuroda yesterday.

Makoto Kuroda, judging by the name, seems to be Jun Kuroda's younger sister.

"Ah, it's Tokyo's violent madman."

As soon as she saw Qiao Qiao, she let out an exclamation.

"Violent maniac?"

Koji Tanizaki looked at Qiao Qiao, this guy who looks gentle and elegant, is he a violent maniac?

"Don't give people nicknames."

Qiao Qiao didn't explain much.

Probably Jun Kuroda instilled that knowledge in his sister.

The trio were responsible for the area around Mt. Toro on the east side of Ise Jingu, along the Kintetsu-Tori Line, about the area between Ujiyamada Station and Isuzugawa Station.

Because there is a mountain, this has always been a disliked patrol location, and Qiao Qiao was very unlucky and won this piece.

"That mountain is also called Fortress Hill, and it is said that there were forts built in the past, but now there is only one monument."

Koji Tanizaki acted as a tour guide and pointed to the low hills not far away.

"There's an animation that's about it, and then I made a movie, and I remember that there was a film crew that came to shoot and asked us to be passers-by."

Qiao Qiao knew about the anime that Tanizaki Koji said, but he only read the original as a learning material, and following Tanizaki Koji's introduction, he looked at the mountain.

It is not so much a mountain as a higher mound, Huwei Mountain is full of trees, lush, there is no blockage around, but there is only a small road to go up, not very smooth.

"Let's go over there one last time."

Tanizaki Koji suggested that if he had climbed the mountain first, he would have been very tired from the rest of the patrol.

Makoto Kuroda and Qiao Qiao have no opinion.

Two priests and a shrine maiden walked down the street like this.

Today is Friday, there are no people on the street, it is deserted, Qiao Qiao scanned it, and did not find anything abnormal.

Thinking about it, too, in the place where you can see Ise Jingu when you look up, the youkai can't think about it.

After a brief inspection, the three of them followed the path and climbed Huwei Mountain.

“？”

However, after a long trek, the three finally reached the top of the mountain, when the monument came.

only to find a corpse lying here.