Mt. Hiei, Kyoto.

Most of the people in Kyoto gather at the festival near the Kamogawa River, waiting for the fireworks.

Mt. Hiei, however, has gathered a lot of soul slayers.

By the time Qiaoqiao arrived at Mt. Hiei, the opening ceremony of this year's Martial Arts had ended.

According to Shinki Shinki, the opening ceremony was actually a speech by representatives of several shrines, talking about the history and looking forward to the future.

"Anyway, Qiao San definitely doesn't like to hear it."

Shinki Shinki said.

"It's not that I don't like to listen, it's just that it's too inefficient to convey information this way."

Qiao Qiao sat on a chair, how to say that the lower duck shrine is also a shrine with a long history, the position is not too far back, next to it is the priest and shrine maiden of Kamoberi Shrine.

Asano Ariko followed Qiao Qiao to Mt. Hiei, and although the temple fair was very much anticipated by girls, it was really more interesting for a witch like Asano Ariko.

Moreover, the way of removing spirits at other shrines, Asano Ariko has not seen much of it.

Visitors sit on a makeshift observation deck at Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Temple, which overlooks most of Mt. Hiei.

"Wait, is this just the way to observe with the naked eye?"

Qiao Qiao looked at the mountains, it was night at the moment, the mountains were dark, only the moonlight shone on some sparse trees, not to mention any resentful spirits, even the witch who had removed the spirit before couldn't see it.

"Of course not, Josan look."

Shinki Shinki pointed to a screen in front of him.

It was the screens of several projectors, which were gradually lighting up at the moment.

“？”

Asano Riko tilted her head.

"I see, it's worthy of Kyoto."

Qiao Qiao realized.

Six projection screens, five of which show footage from cameras carried by the five shrine maidens of Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine.

The sixth one seems to be a picture taken by multiple cameras controlled by Shikigami.

"Then everyone, this year's Gion Festival Soul Eradication Martial Arts is still explained by the two of us, and I am Nishimoto of the Kyoto Soul Eradication Association."

"I'm Higashino of Yinyangliao."

In front of the seats, two men in suits are talking into the microphone.

"Is there a commentary, it's really professional."

Qiao Qiao touched his chin.

"The whole process of the Gion Festival's Soul Removal Exercise was recorded, and then sent to the Soul Removal Association in each prefecture as a reference material."

Maki Shinki explained, not knowing when she had an extra packet of potato chips in her hand.

"It's open, it's open."

On the side, there was also a man in the priest's clothes holding a handful of banknotes in his hand, shouting quietly.

"Is there a handicap for this?"

Qiao Qiao glanced at it curiously.

Since Fushimi Inari Taisha is a famous shrine and has a strong strength, today's handicap is not to the extent that it can succeed in removing spirits.

From the 30-minute to the 30-minute market, to the number of spirits, to the final score, there are corresponding markets.

Some of the odds are quite high.

Qiao Qiao is naturally not such a person who believes in luck.

However, Ariko Asano did join in the fun, and went down for thirty minutes to complete the removal of the spirit for 3,000 yen.

If she wins, she will be able to get 3,300 yen, which is a very low odds, but relatively safe.

Compared to the removal of spirits.

The scene looks more like the venue of a competition.

Well, in addition to the spirit of martial arts, it is actually a competition.

Qiao Qiao focused his attention on the explanation.

"The opening battle is the powerful Fushimi Inari, Higashino-san, as a professional commentator, is there anything you want to say?"

"I don't think I have to work overtime today."

"Haha, then first of all, let's introduce the contestants who will compete today, Kataoka Shrine Maiden from Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, twenty years old this year, has participated in three Soul Removal Martial Arts, and is a heavy firepower witch who is good at bowing."

"The second player, the same Kumagai shrine maiden, is twenty-one years old this year, and has also participated in two Soul Removal Martial Arts, and last year he also won the title of MVP Spirit Eliminator, and his strength is quite strong."

When the two commentators introduced, their own photos and six measurements including spiritual power, physical strength, and dexterity appeared in the perspective of each witch, which made it feel like looking at a game character.

"Heavy firepower shrine maiden?"

Qiao Qiao's eyes lit up and he looked at the perspective of the No. 1 player.

The sixth screen is also introducing the site at this time, which is roughly an abandoned village in Mt. Hiei, and as Qiaoqiao knows, most of the buildings are wooden structures, and a few are concrete buildings.

In the venue, there are various obstacles and objectives, including the source of resentment and the simulation of resentful spirits.

"What, isn't it a real wraith?"

Qiao Qiao seemed a little disappointed.

"Of course, the source of resentment used in the spirit removal martial arts is a device that can emit yin energy created by special means, and the simulated resentful spirit is an illusion created by spiritual power, even so, the combination of the two is no different from the resentful spirit for ordinary witches."

Shinki Shinki explained for Qiao Qiao, who was watching the spirit of the martial arts for the first time.

"Indeed."

Qiao Qiao nodded.

"Ah, Kataoka shrine maiden stopped, at this distance, is she going to shoot an arrow?"

With the commentary, the sixth screen also captured Kataoka shrine maidens from the side.

Dressed in a red and white witch costume and holding a huge bow, she stood on a slope and looked ahead, a kilometer away, at the Spiritual Removal Ground.

Then, he pulled the bow and bowed.

Buzz –

The dazzling light forms the arrow, ready to fire on the bowstring.

Kataoka shrine maiden closed her eyes.

Boom –

The bowstring in his hand was released, and the arrow went straight forward, hitting the second-floor window of one of the small two-story buildings at a high speed that was difficult for a camera to track.

Click-

The sixth screen quickly switched there, and between them, an object that looked like a tumbler and exuded yin qi had been hit by an arrow and was torn apart.

"What a wonderful removal!"

"That's right, Kataoka Shrine Maiden still maintains a broken heart, this arrow, both in effect and action, is impeccable."

"But I'm afraid that the only one who can shoot such an arrow at this distance is Kataoka Shrine Maiden."

"That's right, but the source of resentment is more hidden in the corners of the house, and it's not enough to rely on the bow alone."

"Higashino-san is exactly what he said, the other four shrine maidens have also begun to gradually move towards the spirit removal area, and this year's Fushimi Inari Taisha still looks very strong."

The two commentators continued.

“？”

A question mark popped up Qiao Qiao.

How did Kataoka shrine maidens see what was going on in the house?

Even the eye of the heart is difficult to capture in the case of all the unknown.

Qiao Qiao asked Asano Ariko about the question, the heart eye is not omnipotent, if you don't have a basic understanding of the resentful spirit, you can't shoot the target.

Otherwise, as long as the powerful shrine maiden stood in place and shot every day, the world would not be infested by evil spirits.

"This is very simple, because this type of resentment source will be set up, which is basically a fixed time for the removal of spirits and martial arts."

Shinki Shinki said.

"Qiao San shouldn't have had time to see the video materials of the past Soul Removal Martial Arts, right?"

"Well, I was going to study it in the next two days."

Qiao Qiao nodded.

"In short, there are actually many routines for the removal of spirits, such as the placement of some resentment sources, and the appearance patterns of some resentful spirits, as long as you master these, at least the basic score can be obtained."

"I see, to put it simply, it's more like an exam that follows some kind of planned route than a sandbox-like exercise."

Qiao Qiao nodded, clicked on the information on the spirit removal martial arts that he put in his mobile phone and prepared to study at night.

During this period, the shrine maidens of Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine broke a source of resentment and two simulated resentment spirits.

After watching for two minutes, he suddenly stopped the dealer who was about to close the stall.

"Can I still place a bet?"

"Yes, yes, but the odds within thirty minutes are already very low, and I can't make much money now."

The man was a little confused.

Then I saw Qiao Qiao take out his wallet and hand over two 10,000 yuan bills to the dealer.

"I'll be down for more than thirty minutes."

“？？？”

The dealer looked at the two bills in his hand and didn't understand.