As a medium-sized ninja village located in the middle of the world, "Rain Hidden Village" has always had a completely different architectural pattern from other villages.

Because of the continuous rain, the buildings in Yuyin Village are made of steel shells, and various drainage pipes are crisscrossed around the village, and the ubiquitous lake looks like a strange world in the near future.

For Goyuki, the name of "Rain Hidden Village" has long been heard by thunder, and he himself has been to this rain village several times, but when he and Hinata come again, they see a huge, very sacred-looking building.

From a large distance, this "palace-shaped" building, which covers the entire area of "Amakuin Village" and replaces all the original structures, consists of two parts, the inner palace and the outer palace, and with the eyesight of Goyuki and Hinata, you can see the structure of most of the palaces even from here.

Among them, the most magnificent main hall is located in the center of the inner palace, which is a typical example of one of the ancient architectural formats of "made by the gods", with a plane rectangle, a long-sided entrance, an excavation column, a mountain flower column on the gable, a hanging mountain roof, a straight roof, and several fences and walls from the outer palace to the inner palace surround, forming layers of space.

In front of the two of them, on the outer wall of this shrine, there is a quadrangular torii gate, and the vermilion torii represents the entrance to the divine realm, which is used to distinguish the divine realm where the gods inhabit and the secular realm where humans live.

One step in the realm of the gods, one step in the world, these vermilion pillars are such sacred things.

"In folklore, torii is present to remind visitors that stepping into the torii means entering the realm of the gods, and that all subsequent behaviors should be treated with special attention...... I see, is it really an arrogant guy who claims to be a god? ”

Speaking of this, Yu Xing couldn't help but snort, although he had long known that after the command center of the "Cocoon" was set up in Yuyin Village, Dou had transferred almost all the original inhabitants of Yuyin Village to other allies in the "World Alliance", but he didn't expect this guy to do such an exaggerated thing.

"But no, wasn't this a normal village yesterday? Why is this happening? At this time, Hinata suddenly thought of this strange question.

In the past few months, "Xiao" and the "Five Great Powers" have never relaxed their surveillance of "Yuyin Village", and even made one last survey before they decided to attack yesterday, but there is no such strange giant structure at all.

In this case, it is strange that this building, which is the size of the entire Yuyin Village, was built in a single day, right?

"No, if you look closely, this palace is not really a building, but ....... Scapegoat. ”

Unlike Hinata, after observing it for a while, Goyuki discovered the mystery.

Although the brother and sister have white eyes, compared to Hinata's slackness in the cultivation of pupil power, Yuxing's current pupil power can be said to be the best in ancient and modern times, and his white eyes can not only see any position and angle within ten miles, but also can clearly see the lines of a fly's wings when it flies.

That's right, in the eyes of the Imperial Palace, although this shrine can almost be said to be fake in most places, the fake is fake after all, and no matter how fake it is, it can't hide that completely unnatural atmosphere.

Slap, slap, slap....... Just as Goyuki finished saying this, a young man wearing a purple dark pattern hunting suit and a black hat appeared from under the vermilion torii not far away.

This man's appearance is delicate and elegant, his body is awe-inspiring, although he is not very old when he looks at the mountain, but his eyes show the solemnity of serving the god for a long time, which makes people can't help but consciously straighten his posture in front of him.

When did this guy appear? When the man showed up and finished clapping, the same question popped up in the minds of Miyuki and Hinata.

There are many ways to make people appear out of nowhere in this world, but even if you use the most covert "time and space ninjutsu" to teleport, it is difficult to escape the sight of the two siblings.

"It's worthy of His Royal Highness, but he can see at a glance that the "Smoke God Palace" below is not a real thing, and only Lord Dou has done this before. ”

At this moment, the young man smiled and said to the two siblings, but judging from the feeling he gave him, the man did not seem to have any intention of fighting them.

In fact, it is true, from the eyes of Goyuki and Hinata, this young man's physical fitness is only equivalent to the level of ordinary people, and it is not at all like he has been trained, let alone fighting, I am afraid that it will take some effort to kill a chicken.

"Smoke Shrine....... Is this your stand-in? Very interesting stuff. ”

"It's over.,Served in the shrine since childhood.,So I have a deep affection for these scenes.,It's such a strange stand-in.。

"Speaking of which, the young god ....... That is, the priest who was responsible for maintaining the normal operation of the shrine showed a hint of a smile, turned his back and made a "respectful" gesture to the brother and sister, and said with a smile: "Please, Lord Dou is waiting for the two of you at the main hall." ”

Goyuki wasn't at all surprised that the guy had expected him to come, but just as he walked towards the vermilion torii without hesitation, something unexpected happened.

Even though he knew that this huge building was a stand-in for the enemy, Goyuki was not half afraid, but took one step at a time, and appeared in the red torii gate with a strange step that seemed to shorten the space.

"Ah, please wait......."

"Huh?"

However, just as Goxing stepped in, the Smoke Lord immediately opened his mouth to warn him, but before he could finish speaking, Goxing's body reappeared where he had been standing.

Am I back where I was? What's going on? Could it be the ability of this stand-in?

"Your Royal Highness, although you know the core of the torii gate very well, you have forgotten to observe the etiquette, please don't do this next time."

At this time, the young god lord also explained with a wry smile: "Within the confines of the Divine Palace, you must follow the established "etiquette", otherwise you will be invited out like this. ”

Propriety? Ah, I see.

Yuxing wasn't stupid either, so he immediately understood what this guy meant.

Bow your head, bow and salute.

When Goyuki took a deep breath and completed the ritual, he stepped into the torii gate again, and this time he didn't have the power to drive him out of it.

"What's going on?" After seeing her brother's actions, Hinata showed a somewhat puzzled look, after all, she lacked knowledge in this area, so she didn't know what was going on.

"Before entering the torii gate, one should bow and salute, which is the ritual of worship, and it seems that the stand-in ability of this "smoke shrine" is to force others to observe "etiquette", otherwise they will be banished to the outside world. ”

Cut, it's really a troublesome stand-in. After explaining his understanding, Yuxing's eyes showed a hint of trouble.

"Wow....... Isn't that bad? Want to fight them within the confines of this stand-in? Why don't you just destroy it all first. ”

Glancing at the stand-in that had shrouded the territory of the "Rain Hidden Village" and replaced all the things of reality, Hinata touched her smooth chin and made a very constructive proposal.

The "Smoke Shrine" is a stand-in for the enemy's forces, and it would be fine if they just entered here, but in the end, Goyuki and Hinata still have to face this powerful enemy, which is very dangerous.

"What a realistic and scary idea....... But it's a pity that this shrine can't be solved by strength alone, and even killing me can't solve this problem. ”

If it's an ordinary stand-in, it will disappear after the death of the deity, but the "Smoke Shrine" is special, and if the god master dies, this stand-in will have a more deep-rooted obsession, and even merge with the land, and it is completely impossible to pull it out.

"The etiquette that needs to be observed here....... Does this also apply to the pocket? After looking at the priest to make sure he wasn't lying, the royal line asked.

"Of course, as long as you step into it, no one is exempt."

"Then it's no problem, go in, Hinata, there's no need to be afraid of this."

As long as the conditions were the same, the Imperial Journey would not be afraid of any challenge, so he turned to look at the final battle, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

The Shrine of Smoke is a little too luxurious as your cemetery, but it doesn't matter, what's there to do with a dead man.