When Jing Huang woke up again, he only felt that it was dark outside.

She propped herself up and cupped her forehead.

"I'll go, why are the lights off?"

She was lying in a tatami room with a quilt over her, and not far in front of her was a screen with ukiyo-e painted on it.

"What time is it? I'm hungry. ”

Beishan Jinghuang remembered that after she talked with her sister-in-law for a while, her sister-in-law went to find her brother. And she was bored alone in the room playing games. But I got tired while playing, so I started playing.

Fighting, fighting, and falling asleep.

She looked at her phone, and it was already half past six. Dinner starts at 7 o'clock.

She stood up, walked behind the screen, and opened the sliding door inside, which was silent outside.

"Anyone?"

After a long time, a maid in a black kimono walked out. Inside the ancestral shrine, almost everyone wears a kimono, and Jinghuang at this time is no exception.

"Miss Jinghuang, are you awake?"

"Hmm."

Jing Huang still felt a little groggy now, and said at the same time: "Well, I want to wash my face and help me get a clean towel." ”

"Okay, Miss Jinghuang."

"Also, turn the lights on. The Kitayama family has no shortage of electricity bills, and as far as I know, you even have an independent power supply system in this Morira town, so even if the entire town loses power, it will be lit up, right? ”

"Yes...... Miss. ”

Beishan Jinghuang is very disgusted with the dark. This is especially true in the family's ancestral home.

As the lights were turned back on, she was relieved.

Walking into the bathroom, she quickly filled the basin with water. She made sure the maid had brought a new towel that had not been used, and then put it in the hot water while looking up at herself in the mirror.

She was disgusted with herself who finally compromised and came here.

If it were possible, she wouldn't want to be here for the rest of her life. There is no place where Aunt Koeda is, and there is really nothing to be nostalgic for Jinghuang.

The memories of this place for her are now all about pain.

At this moment, the maid outside suddenly spoke, "Miss Jinghuang." That one...... It seems that something is going on outside, and Lord Shinshin has ordered us to go to the Luo Bride House as soon as possible. ”

Inside this ancestral shrine, there is a pavilion in the east, west, north, south, and center. Zashiki Children's Hall in the center of the shrine, Sakutsu Children's Hall in the east, Rinirin Dokan in the west, Ron Bride Museum in the south, and ...... The Gushou Bird House to the north.

The Guhou Bird Pavilion is a place where only the witch and the head of the family can enter and exit. For others, it's an absolute forbidden place. Once someone in the family dares to offend, they will be handed over by the family to the gangsters who have business dealings with the family to deal with. As we all know, Japan is a strange country where gangsters exist legally. If it is delivered to them, it is better to die, or it is better to live than to die. It's just that although the rules are so established, in most cases, they will not go to the step of punishment at all. Because...... Except for the head of the house and the shrine maiden, no one who went in ever came out alive.

And now the scarlet village Garo, who is temporarily serving as a shrine maiden, should not be allowed to enter. In fact, if it weren't for Aunt Koeda's untimely death, it would not have been her turn to be a shrine maiden. In the past, the family never seemed to have such a precedent, and it was her grandfather's strength to override public opinion that allowed her to sit in the position of temporary shrine maiden.

She picked up the towel, covered it over her face, scrubbed it carefully, put it down again, and opened her eyes......

"Huh?"

She was surprised to find that the entire bathroom was actually darkened!

"What's going on?"

She was most tired of the dark, and the light switch was only in the bathroom, could it be that the power was out?

She immediately walked up and pressed the switch, but it turned on.

"This?"

She felt incredible. The family bought a large piece of land in the area and built their own independent power supply system, and tripping and blowing the fuse were almost impossible.

She immediately pushed open the door and looked at the maid in a kimono outside.

"You...... You couldn't have turned off the lights, did you? ”

The maid hurriedly shook her head, revealing a very frightened look: "Miss Jinghuang, how is it possible!" You said you were most afraid of the dark. ”

"What the hell is going on?"

At this time, Jing Huang felt a chill.

Those bad memories of my childhood have resurfaced in my heart.

"You seem to have told me just now, something happened out there?"

"I don't know exactly what happened, but the situation on the outside seemed to be very tense. Miss Jinghuang, let's go. ”

Jing Huang felt even more uneasy, what was going on?

Why was it when she came here?

"Also, please bring an umbrella, it's raining heavily outside right now."

"It's raining?"

The soundproofing in the house was also very good, and she didn't hear the rain at all.

When I walked out of the room, it was pouring rain outside.

"It doesn't match the weather forecast, but I said that it would be sunny in the Tokyo metropolitan area for the past few days."

Then, she sensed something was wrong.

"You're the only one, take me to the bridal house?" Jing Huang looked at the maid who was holding an umbrella for her on the side.

Inside this ancestral house shrine, the number of servants is about a hundred, and an eldest lady like her, who is regarded as the future heir to the position of a shrine maiden, is normal to follow three or five maids around her, but now there is only one maid to take her to the bridal hall?

Could it be that something really happened?

"What the hell is going on? I didn't meet any other servants other than you when I came out of the house just now. Jing Huang's sense of uneasiness became stronger and stronger, and he couldn't help asking, "What are these people?" ”

"Well, as far as I know, about half of them went out and lost in the sea of trees."

"What?"

Jing Huang knew very well that only people with the blood of the Beishan family could shuttle through the sea of lost trees without the lantern, and even so, his uncle was still almost lost in the sea of trees while driving. Ordinary servants, usually without special circumstances, will not leave the shrine, which is originally surrounded by the sea of trees.

"I, I don't know, but something must have happened over there. Miss, if you are specific, you should ask Mrs. Garro or Lord Jinxin. ”

Beishan Jinghuang felt that this maid looked like she was about to cry, what the hell was going on?

Walking in the heavy rain, she felt more and more uneasy. Even if it's raining heavily, the shrine shouldn't be so deserted. What's more, tomorrow is my brother's wedding, and there should already be a few important relatives from Hokkaido.

This shrine is too big, and the rain is too heavy, so I walked slowly, and I walked for a long time before I came to the front of the Luo Bride House.

And looking at the front of the bride's house, there are more notes and ropes entangled.

This made Beishan Jinghuang frown slightly.

Walking into the house, as soon as she stepped into the entrance, she saw dozens of umbrellas piled up at the door.

It is rare for so many people to gather at the bridal house.

At this moment, she suddenly subconsciously looked back.

In the opposite direction of this Luo Bride House, it is located in the north of the Gu Bird House. There, that is, the biggest forbidden place of this shrine.

She had a gut feeling that it might have something to do with it.

Under the maid's guidance, she walked slowly, noticing water stains and footprints all over the floor.

In a society like Japan, which values cleanliness to the point of obsessive-compulsive disorder, it's hard to believe that so many people in the shrine have left a lot of water stains and footprints on the floor.

What the hell is going on?

Walk slowly along the quaint narrow corridor to the front.

Most of the buildings at this shrine are very retro, close to the Edo period. However, this Luo Bride House was built after the black ship opened the door to Japan, so it is closer to the architectural style of Europe and the United States, so it is often used to receive European and American entrusted guests. Walking in the corridor, I also saw some photos of family ancestors from time to time. However, after the photo arrived at the Taisho period, it jumped directly to the Tokyo Olympics in Showa 39.

Jing Huang remembers that Aunt Yukieda was born that year. When I was a child, Aunt Koeda often told me about the year she was born. In the photo, my grandfather and grandmother when I was young, holding Aunt Kochieda, who was born at that time, with Tokyo Tower in the background. At that time, the family's investment in the Olympics was an opportunity for the family to re-emerge after the war. Not only that, but Japan as a whole began to take off economically, thanks to the lost Olympics (Japan had won the 1940 Olympics but cancelled due to the war), and it has been hosting the Summer Olympics for the second time.

And at the end of the Taisho period, between the 39th year of Showa, it was a history that was erased for the Kitayama family, and during this period, not a single photo could be found. The only thing that can be known is that the Guhou Bird Pavilion was built during this blank period.

The only thing she knew was ...... During that blank period, the family got something.

Something that allowed them to take on the commission of the Soul Destroyer...... 8)