The Tokaido Shinkansen does not go directly to Ise and must be transferred to the Railway's Yamada Line to reach Ise City.

Fortunately, Ise City Station is not far from Ise Jingu.

When Qiao Qiao walked out of the station, it was already completely dark.

The days are really short in winter.

The cold wind blew on Qiao Qiao's face, making him shrink his neck and bury his face in his scarf.

The scarf was a Christmas gift from Suzuka, and the red color scheme was almost the same as the one she usually wore.

By the way, Sayoko's Christmas present is the horn-buttoned coat that Joehashi is wearing now.

Qiao Qiao's Christmas gift on a foggy night is a random card marked three times, Qiao Qiao suspects that this guy just didn't prepare a Christmas gift, so he wrote a note to fill it.

However, in order to prevent others from abusing it, Qiao Qiao still put away this card for free use.

As for the Christmas gift that Yariko prepared for Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao looked at his left wrist.

It was a red rope in the style of a rope, and at one end of the rope was a silver ornament in the shape of a sword.

It is said that this is a guardian who has been personally protected by Atsuta Okami, and at critical moments, he can obtain the protection of the Heavenly Cloud Sword.

Qiao Qiao just listened to it.

It's not like he hasn't seen the Tiancong Cloud Sword.

That guy's blessing may be creamy ice cream flavored.

Ise City has a population of less than 130,000, some of whom are priests from Ise Jingu, and the whole city has a sense of loneliness and decline, and there are few pedestrians outside the train station.

Walking along the road, there are low houses on both sides, and from time to time you can see some old-style canteens, the lights are on at the door, and most of the guests sitting inside are elderly uncles, and even students can't see a few along the way.

"It's really a realistic portrayal of the declining birthrate."

Due to the declining birthrate and aging population, and the frenzied migration of young people to big cities such as Tokyo, it is becoming more and more difficult to gather young people in places like Ise City, and this is a vicious circle.

Qiao Qiao walked for less than ten minutes and came to the mountain gate of Ise Jingu.

The shrine is built on a mountain, and the main hall is located on the mountain, and the torii gate at the bottom of the mountain is a typical style of the gods, which is simple and heavy.

At night, the shrine is no longer able to be visited, and the only lights on the approach are flickering, and the lush trees on both sides make the path winding.

Qiao Qiao directly began to climb up, and by the way, he took out his mobile phone, ready to call the person who connected the Ise Jingu side.

"Remember the phone number is ......"

Qiao Qiao was still flipping through the address book, and he felt that he was being targeted by something.

"Huh?"

When I turned around, Qiao Bridge, which had climbed halfway up the mountain, overlooked the small half of Ise, and found no trace of anyone else.

"Delusion?"

Qiao Qiao didn't think that there could be anything strange in this Ise Shrine, and as for the rest, he didn't know very well.

Turning around, a face suddenly appeared in front of Qiao Qiao.

"Is it Mr. Qiao Qiao from the Tokyo Soul Killer Association?"

It was a shrine maiden, wearing a slightly different style of shrine maiden costume from Ariko, holding a lantern in her hand, and she was standing in front of Qiao Qiao.

She was several years older than Qiao Qiao, about twenty-two or three, with short hair and a well-informed appearance.

"Uh, yes."

Qiao Qiao didn't know when she came, and the perception of the blood clan almost didn't play a role, although because she was in the Divine Palace, Qiao Qiao himself deliberately restrained the corresponding ability, coupled with the influence of the Divine Palace Great Array, but being able to come to Qiao Qiao's side so easily, you can also see the level of this witch.

"I'm Jun Kuroda from Ise Jingu, a shrine maiden in charge of receiving you."

She saluted and gave her name.

Without waiting for Qiao Qiao to say anything, she turned around and walked up towards the main hall.

Qiao Qiao followed her honestly.

"Well, I wanted to make a call first, but I didn't expect to meet you."

In the silent night, one in front of the other, Qiao Qiao tried to talk.

According to Suzuka, this is the first step in establishing a good personal image.

"Hmm."

Jun Kuroda only answered, and there were no more words.

"Anyway, Ise Jingu is really big, this whole mountain is a shrine, I feel like it's much bigger than Meiji Jingu."

Qiao Qiao looked around.

"Hmm."

Jun Kuroda is still so cold.

"It's really thanks to Sakura-sama that I'm able to come here to practice this time......"

Before Qiao Qiao's words were finished, Jun Kuroda suddenly stopped, making Qiao Qiao almost bump into her.

"It's better not to mention her name here, especially in front of that one."

Jun Kuroda said a long sentence this time.

"Which one?"

Qiao Qiao thought about it for a while, but he didn't quite understand.

The two of them just talked about it and came to a platform.

Behind the tall torii gate is a large number of shrines with lights on.

Jun Kuroda walked along the edge of the square with Qiao Qiao and came to the backyard of the shrine.

It's a little more noisy here than in front of the solemn shrine hall, and you can see young witches walking together, looking at Qiao Qiao curiously, and you can also see the priest holding a mobile phone, not knowing whether she is playing a mobile game or watching a live broadcast.

There is obviously a breath of more people.

Taking Qiao Qiao outside a more secluded house, Jun Kuroda said.

"This is the guest room, and you're going to stay here for the next month."

She was about to take Qiao Qiao to his room, and on the other side, a younger shrine maiden hurriedly walked over, carrying the hem of her skirt, whispering a few words in Kuroda's ear, and looked at Qiao Qiao again.

I don't know if it's Qiao Qiao's illusion, her eyes are a little worried.

Jun Kuroda's body stiffened a little, but soon returned to normal.

She turned around and spoke to Qiao Qiao.

"Please come out when you put down your things, I'll take you to a place first."

"Oh."

Qiao Qiao didn't have any luggage, because this time Miss Sakura specially told Qiao Qiao to maintain a good image in Ise Jingu, so, in order to live up to Miss Sakura's expectations, Qiao Qiao didn't bring a gun and a bullet.

Even the lunch box containing the plastic O bomb was properly locked in the safe.

Except for that pocket watch-like Einstein reality augmented anchor.

It can be said that it is alone.

He glanced at his residence, which was an ordinary six-stack Japanese-style room, almost unfurnished, but clean and free of dust.

Putting down his backpack, he walked out.

"Please."

Jun Kuroda led Qiao Bridge through the crowded residential area and returned to the shrine hall community.

“？”

Qiao Qiao didn't understand a little, came here so late, did he want to pay homage?

The gods are supposed to be off work too, right?

He followed Jun Kuroda to a wooden shrine hall.

On the sign on the side, it is marked that this is the "Wild Sacrifice Palace".

"Please walk in from the side of the road."

Jun Kuroda saluted Qiao Qiao.

"The Lord Priest wants to see you."