Blue sea and blue sky.

A warship is breaking the waves.

This is an Izumo-class helicopter destroyer of the Wakuni Self-Defense Forces.

The name is a destroyer, but in fact, the Izumo-class can be said to be an aircraft carrier at all, and it is only for some historical reasons that such a self-deluding name was taken.

On the deck of the carrier aircraft, in addition to the four helicopters parked, there were many people.

These people wore priests' hunting robes, monk's robes, witch robes, etc., and they were all soul slayers of the country.

In the aircraft carrier ...... Around the helicopter destroyer, there was also a group of missile frigates, as well as a large-tonnage freighter, and farther away, the fleets of other camps were also slowly moving towards their destination.

It's March 7th.

After Izumo Heavy Industries' tenth expedition to Hell, the Soul Slayer Association Alliance has finally decided to go on an expedition to Hell.

At this moment, the fleet in the Pacific Ocean is the escort fleet of this expedition.

"It's a dolphin!"

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa stood by the window, the sea breeze blowing in her ears and picking up a few strands of hair.

She wears a formal shrine maiden costume, which has been redesigned by Izumo Heavy Industries, made of high-strength composite materials, and has added a spell that can resonate with her own spiritual power, and has a very good defense against physics and weirdness in an ordinary earth environment.

In the environment of Hell, this shrine maiden suit can be used with an anti-Einstein reality augmented anchor to reach the level of miniature hell border armor, and it has specialized attack power, which is most suitable for shrine maidens like Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa, who mainly use long-range attacks.

Satoma Kita-Shirakawa is undoubtedly seeing the sea for the first time.

She has been very excited since she set sail.

"Are there huge whales, flying fish, diving squid, or anything like that?"

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa asked curiously, looking at the sparkling sea.

"With so many ships over here, those animals probably won't show up."

Qiao Qiao explained seriously.

"And it's not a good sign that such a creature is appearing now, maybe it's a spy disguised by some of the old gods' family."

"Teacher, don't be so nervous."

Seeing this, Yariko hurriedly comforted Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa, who was hit.

Following Qiao Qiao, there were only two people, Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa and Yariko.

Sayoko and Suzuka naturally don't mention it.

Foggy Night was Qiao Qiao for insurance, so she stayed at home as a bodyguard to protect the two.

Qiao Qiao glanced at the flight deck.

Massaharu Ii is directing something.

As the young master of Meiji Jingu, he was the leader of this expedition of the Wakuni Spiritual Exterminator Association, and he was very busy.

Qiao Qiao looked at the back of the cloud level again.

That freighter.

This freighter is full of soul killers.

From self-propelled artillery, to main battle tanks, and all sorts of weird things, and, of course, huge reserves of ammunition.

The reason why there was such a long time between the events in Tokyo and the official expedition was that in addition to the detection of hell, it was the real big deal to create these things.

These weapons may seem like ordinary equipment, but in fact, most of them are equipped with anti-Einstein reality augmented anchors, which can exert 200% energy efficiency in hellish environments.

In addition, based on the data from Qiaoqiao's exploration of the Hell Frontier last time, Izumo Heavy Industries was able to develop a means to mass-produce soul-removing ammunition, which greatly accelerated the speed of mass production compared to the previous manual manufacturing, and ensured the supply of ammunition.

Modern war equipment, coupled with the performance of soul slayers, has led to the feat of human expedition to the unknown hell.

"At the current speed, we can get to our destination today."

Qiao Qiao looked at the time.

By the time of its departure on March 1, the fleet had been on the Pacific Ocean for a week.

This is mainly to match the speed of the freighter.

During these seven days, the fleet experienced a storm, and in the furious black clouds, the frequency of thunder and lightning flashed extremely fast, making the night like day, and the waves were surging, even on a huge ship, people could feel the fear of the heavens and the earth capsizing.

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa was completely frightened, and even had to hide in Qiao Qiao's bed to feel at ease.

Although Yariko didn't care too much, she was also frightened when she saw Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa hiding in Qiao Qiao's bed, and hurriedly followed and hid in.

That night, the two girls were shivering in Qiao Qiao's room.

Qiao Qiao himself stood in front of the window, watching the storm outside the window.

It's hard to say if the storm was caused by the Old Gods discovering the Soul Hunter's actions, but thankfully, the ship didn't run into any major problems, and everyone made it through the storm belt unharmed.

At this moment, the afternoon sun illuminated the sea golden, and a black spot suddenly appeared on the sea surface in front of it.

It was an island.

Next to the island, there are several scientific research vessels, and even an offshore platform similar to an oil rig.

"Have you arrived?"

Qiao Qiao saw that the slayer on the deck had become busy.

A helicopter lifted off and headed for the island.

The fleet also slowed down.

"This is the Old Gods. According to the coordinates provided by the wish, this island is an isolated uninhabited island, and depending on the condition of the sea, it will be flooded into a reef for about three months a year, and the rest of the time, it will be an isolated island with only stones. ”

He explained to Ariko and Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa in the room.

Izumo Heavy Industries built these facilities next to the island, which is now at the forefront of human research into hell.

The phone in the room rang, and it was Ii Masaharu calling, inviting Qiao Qiao and the others to take a helicopter to the operation platform first.

"Let's clean up."

Qiao Qiao didn't have much luggage, only Kita-Shirakawa Satoka, and he also brought a bow.

The three got on the helicopter.

"This is my first helicopter ride."

Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa looks at the sea under her feet like a curious baby.

"I haven't sat on it before."

Qiao replied that the last time he flew in a propeller plane in Bermuda, he was a little apprehensive.

It shouldn't be a problem this time, right?

He couldn't help but look at the driver.

"Rest assured, we are professional pilots, no matter ......"

"Stop."

Qiao Qiao interrupted the other party's flag-raising behavior in time.

It doesn't matter to him himself, but the two of them, Sayaka Kita-Shirakawa and Yariko, can't fly.

As he spoke, the helicopter landed smoothly on the platform.

It looks like the whole island is black and unremarkable, unlike the island in Bermuda.

"This is the entrance to hell? Where is it? ”

Ya Lizi frowned slightly, her nose moved slightly, sniffed, and found no problems.

"This island is."

In the building of the platform, a short, white-coated researcher walked.

"Elementary school students?"

Yariko tilted her head and looked at this girl who was not even as tall as herself.

"Introduction, this is Professor Kaguya Taketori of Izumo Heavy Industries."

Qiao Qiao introduced the two shrine maidens.