Chapter 997: Ritual

Through the introduction of Matsumura Sayuri, Qin Heqing also knew the identities of the four strange girls - they are all members of Nogizaka, or they are all descendants of Matsumura Sayuri, a first-term student. They are: Hinako Kitano with short shoulder-length hair, Ayane Suzuki with long hair hanging down and a somewhat gloomy face, Renka Iwamoto with long hair tied into a ponytail, and Minami Umezawa, who is significantly taller than her companions.

Several people gathered together and looked at Qin Heqing, the only green leaf among the many flowers, with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Everyone has arrived." Qin and Qingchong nodded, looked at Matsumura and asked.

"It's all here...... Matsumura said, turning his head to look at his companions, hesitating.

"Another person said she would come." Endo Sakura raised her hand timidly and said.

"Who?" Sayuri Matsukawa said unexpectedly.

"It's Kaede Sato-senpai." Sakura Endo replied.

"It's her." Matsumura said suddenly.

Like Endo Sakura, Sato Kaede is also a member of the island country of Aichi Prefecture, but he is a third-term student, older than Endo Sakura, a fourth-term student, and has a good personality, so when he was in the team, he took care of Endo Sakura's back from the same region.

Although there are also some of them who want to form small groups and keep warm.

But it does explain why she was willing to take the risk to participate in this secret gathering.

"Then let's wait." Qin Heqing nodded and replied.

"I'm going to rush her." Matsumura Sayuri hurriedly said.

"Okay."

"Then the rest of the people should change their clothes." Seeing this, Kitami Reika stepped forward and said to Kaori Saeki, who was carrying a pack of cloaks.

"Then I'll go out and avoid it." Qin Heqing glanced at everyone, didn't say anything, turned around and walked to the door, pushed open the frosted glass door specially installed to prevent peeping and walked out of the practice room.

"How?" Ayukawa, who consciously returned from the Qin and Qing dynasties, asked.

"There are paparazzi around, but they've been hypnotized and destroyed the storage in their cameras, so we don't have to worry about him coming out and causing us trouble until we leave." Ayukawa replied.

"That's good."

……

Then it didn't take long, accompanied by a slightly hurried footsteps, wearing a baseball cap on his head, a mask on his face, covering himself tightly, and the strange woman who was afraid that others would recognize him appeared in Qin Heqing's sight, and the eyes of both sides were wrong, and the latter did not stop drilling into the gate behind Qin Heqing and disappeared from his sight.

"It seems that the last female member named Kaede Sato is also here." Qin Heqing looked at the door that had been closed again, and muttered thoughtfully.

However, it was not immediately followed up. After all, there is still a change of clothes inside, no matter whether the change is completed or not, with the arrival of this woman named Sato Kaede, the time inside will inevitably be extended! Coupled with some other things, it was not necessary for Qin Heqing to walk back now, embarrassing the people inside.

Of course, this time will not make him wait too long.

After all, the use time of this side of the practice room is limited, in order to avoid the trouble caused by not being able to solve the problem after the time runs out, the action inside is bound to be very fast, I believe that it will not take five or six minutes, Matsumura Sayuri or the people of Kitami Lihua will come out and call themselves, let themselves go back and start to implement the plan.

And that's true, no, as soon as five minutes passed, Kaori Saeki, dressed in a cloak, appeared at the door and asked him to go back to preside over the work.

"All ready?" Qin Heqing confirmed.

"It's all set. You can launch the ceremony at any time and summon the demon in the mirror. Kaori Saeki replied.

Qin Heqing nodded, and left to return to the room-

Sure enough, the situation at this time was very different from when I entered it just now.

What's the difference?

Environment!

Although the lights were still on, the windows for ventilation and the glass doors of the practice room had been covered with black curtains, and the floor was covered with a white blanket, which was not completely covered, but it was painted with a black magic circle that I don't know if it was blood, paint, or some other magical material. Several members of Nogizaka, who had changed their costumes and were barefoot, stood in a specific position according to the instructions, holding Western-style candlesticks in their hands, and the flames were rising, which made the whole atmosphere strange and eerie.

The people brought by Kitami Reika stood on the periphery of the members of Nogizaka, next to some animal corpses and materials that were supposed to be sacrifices, with expressionless faces, waiting for the order of Kitami Reika, who was wearing only a white coat and completely vacuumed inside.

"Turn off the lights." Kitami Lihua glanced at Qin Heqing, who had walked in, her expression remained unchanged, and she directly ordered Kaori Saeki, who was also at the door and was responsible for guarding the gate to prevent outsiders from breaking in.

"Yes." Kaori Saeki then found the switch and turned off the lights in the dance studio.

"Smack."

"Hoo ......"

Matsumura and the others were taken aback, and their breath shook the flames in front of them.

"As I said beforehand, no matter what happens next, you must not leave your current position, otherwise I will not be responsible for any accidents. Do you understand? Kitami Lihua turned around and looked at the girls who had become nervous because of the darkness, candle flames, atmosphere, and the pressure brought by the environment, and reminded in a cold voice.

"Yes!"

"Let's get started!" Kitami Lihua didn't care whether they really remembered or fakely remembered, raised her hand and swiped it on the palm of her hand, and a red mark and a touch of blood quickly flowed out of the wound in her palm, converging into blood droplets, and fell down on the white step with a magic array painted at her feet.

Then it was Kitami Lihua's subordinates on the periphery, their palms ached slightly, and a gurgling of blood inexplicably poured out of their cracked palms, dripping, pouring on the magic array, activating it, and a blood-like red light emerged!

Then Matsumura and the others also felt a pain in their palms, and a gurgling of warm blood flowed down their palms......

In an instant, the expressions of Matsumura and the others changed, and their hearts became more and more panicked-

Kitami Lihua didn't say that this time they still need to bleed.

Then the sound of the incantation sounded in unison, as if it was a religious ceremony, destroying everyone's consciousness, demonizing the space, and making the environment of the whole dance room more and more strange and deep......

"It, it appeared!" At this time, Horimi Nana, who had been paying attention to the situation on the mirrors on both sides, whispered with a slightly changed expression.

"Don't get distracted and keep doing what you're doing." Kaori Saeki, who did not participate in the chanting of the incantation, immediately shouted.

"Are you coming......" Qin Heqing turned his head and also looked at the censorship mirror on one side-

"Hey, it really happened."