Mikamiki.

In Japan it means an ancient tree or a giant tree, while in China it means a sacred tree. Trees were believed to have spirituality by people in ancient times because of their age, and it was also a belief of people in ancient times to burn incense and worship.

Although the Sunset Shrine had not yet been built around Mikagi at this time, the bone-eating wells near Kamiki had existed since fifty years ago or even longer.

Of course, there is also no ancestral hall built around it to enshrine this ancient well, because at this time, this ancient well is still playing a practical role and is not simply symbolic -

It's not about providing water or anything, but it's about the villagers of Kaede Village, who live nearby, throwing the remains of some dead monsters into the well and disposing of them like that.

The reason why the ancient well is called the bone-eating well is because of this reason, the remains of the monsters thrown into the well will disappear directly after a period of time.

But in fact, it's not that Furui really "ate" the corpses of the monsters, but because the wood used by it is the wood of the Mijinki next to it. And the essence of the latter is said to be an era tree, which exists in multiple eras at the same time and has the power to interfere with time.

The bones of the monsters were not "eaten", but were banished into the long river of time in the well, where they quietly floated and drifted, but there were also a very small number of monster corpses that went to another era for some reason.

It's like what happened to Sunset Kagome.

This is also the real beginning of this story, a middle school girl in modern society, dragged into the Warring States period five hundred years ago by youkai, and was involved in various old feuds and disputes in her previous life.

However, Mo Chen didn't pay attention to this, he just knew that he had smuggled in with the help of the shadow attached to Sunset Kagome, but it was also impossible to go back by himself.

He wasn't prepared to adjust his plan and time according to the other party's actions every time, so the only solution was to have a fragment of the Jade of the Four Souls-

That thing is the true passport, which allows people to travel back and forth through the Well of Bones between two planes in five hundred years.

And if he only got a fragment in his hand, then it shouldn't be a big problem, and Mo Chen felt that he would definitely be able to withstand it now. It's just that you need to wait until the Jade of the Four Souls is broken, how long is this time?

It seems to be a matter of three or four days...... That's okay, he can afford to wait.

Jumping out of the bone-eating well, Mo Chen summoned a rapid air current, washing away all the remaining odor molecules in the well. That half-demon inherits the bloodline of the canine clan's big monster, and is the most sensitive to the capture of smells.

Even if it's because he's only a half-demon, this olfactory ability has been weakened a lot, but it's still incredible to humans.

Especially in a narrow space like the one under the ancient well, where the air does not circulate much, if Mo Chen doesn't do this, he may be discovered by that guy every half a month.

This is not good, Mo Chen has no plans to meet them at all now...... After all, he didn't come for the protagonist and his party at all.

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……

The outlines of the fields and ridges are faintly visible in the twilight, and the night of the village seems so quiet and empty.

The chirping of insects came from among the fields, and the villagers returned to their homes one after another after the sun set, closing the doors and windows tightly. Except for the small and faint sounds of conversation, only the roaring light of the fire shines through the cracks in the doors and windows of each house.

“…… I have an older sister named Kikyo who is a shrine maiden who guards this village. ”

An old woman with a pleasant face and an eye patch in a wide shrine maiden costume sat on the edge of the fire pit in the house, stretching out her spoon to stir the steaming food in the steaming pot.

She seemed to be recalling some long time, her eyes were more severe than during the day, and at this moment there was only softness and sighing, and when she turned to the black-haired girl next to her, she couldn't help but sigh.

"That was fifty years ago...... When I was very young, my sister died. ”

Sunset Kagome was slightly stunned, a little unsure of what to say, and she subconsciously thought of what happened before, the old woman in front of her seemed to say that she was very similar to her bellflower sister?

"Why don't you eat?" The old woman known as Granny Kaede shook her head, then looked at the black-haired girl with some surprise and asked.

“…… Well, please at least help me loosen my hand first. ”

Sunset Kagome came back to her senses, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, her hands were still tied behind her back now, how could she eat?

It's really unlucky to say that she fell into an ancient well from the ancestral shrine of her family, and encountered a series of bizarre events that cannot be explained by science. Not only did I find that the shrine had disappeared entirely, but even other familiar things seemed to have become unfamiliar.

She came to the forest where she didn't know where it was, and on the sacred tree that was supposed to be a shrine, she saw a young man in red who had been nailed to death by an arrow, and the strangest thing was that the other party had a pair of dog ears on his head.

The girl who really wanted to touch it did take action.,But then it was discovered by the villagers in the next village and arrested.。

I heard them say that they had broken into some "Inuyasha's forest", so it aroused their suspicion and hostility.

The old woman in front of her seems to be a witch who has been guarding the village all along, and it is said that fifty years have passed, and she is indeed old, but she is a respected person in the village who really takes ideas.

The villagers hand over the captured Sunset Kagome to Granny Kaede, but thankfully, perhaps because the girl's appearance resembles Granny Kaede's sister Kikyo who died fifty years ago, nothing terrible happened to her.

It's just that, despite all the dangers, this should have been a peaceful day!

— and it's her birthday...... So, why is it like this?

Thinking back to the strange things she had experienced from this morning to the present, Sunset Kagome couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was a very "fulfilling" day, and I had never experienced such a feeling of exhaustion.

She rubbed her wrists, which had become red and numb from being tied by the rope for too long, and did not rush to pick up the wooden bowl and eat the food distributed by Granny Feng.

Although she was hungry now, she still asked the question she was most concerned about at the moment-

"Excuse me...... Isn't it Tokyo? ”

“……”

“……”

"Tokyo? Haven't heard of that kind of place...... Is that your hometown? Granny Kaede thought for a moment and shook her head.

"Well, yes...... It's almost time for me to go back......" Sunset Kagome smiled awkwardly but politely, but she couldn't help but secretly complain in her heart, the bad premonition seemed to have really come true, what should she do to go back?

After all, from today to now, she has also thought of some questions, but she can't confirm it yet.

- But now it seems...... This is a big problem.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of screams and strange noises outside, and for a time it seemed quite lively in the quiet village night.

Granny Kaede and Sunset Kagome both subconsciously looked outside, showing surprised expressions, and then they both looked at each other and put down their wooden bowls, and at the same time stood up and walked out of the house.

Bang!

As soon as Granny Feng lifted the bamboo curtain at the door, she heard a heavy muffled sound, accompanied by a mournful roar. But it was a horse that fell from a great height and slammed into the ground in front of her house.

Not to mention the tragic impact, just by seeing a large piece of flesh torn from the horse's ribs, and being able to see the miserable appearance of the internal organs, we knew that it would definitely not survive.

It struggled desperately to support its body, but it couldn't get up, its nostrils opened to the limit, and as it spewed white gas, a trace of blood oozed out.

The villagers were running around and shouting in the chaos, and the women were screaming desperately looking for their relatives and children in the chaos. The men, on the other hand, were roaring, grabbing their bows and swords, but more often they were carrying hoes and pitchforks, rushing to the source of the chaos—

The huge figure hovered and undulated, and above the sky was a huge centipede with a lower body, and a naked woman with six arms but only five intact on the upper body, she was ...... at the moment

No, it was tilting its head up and swallowing the tender flesh in its mouth.

"Wait...... Is it the previous youkai? Sunset Kagome was startled, she thought she had gotten rid of the other party.

At the same time, the thing also happened to see the existence of the black-haired girl, and immediately became excited, circled its body and turned its direction, and swooped directly towards it, as if it was an eagle hunting-

"Give me the Jade of the Four Souls!"

"The Jade of the Four Souls?" The black-haired girl was stunned again, it was the name again, she always felt a sense of familiarity, but she just couldn't remember it.

"What?! You have the Jade of the Four Souls?! Even Granny Kaede was stunned, she thought it was just an ordinary youkai attack on the village, how could it involve that thing?

That thing had been with Sister Kikyo fifty years ago...... At that time, it was still the same thing that she handled with her own hands!

"I—I don't know......" Sunset Kagome replied with no confidence, she couldn't deny that she did find the word familiar, she must have been exposed to the concept before, but she couldn't remember it.

Could it be that when did he really get the Jade of the Four Souls?

"This youkai is targeting me...... I'm going to lure her out of the village, or you'll ......" Looking at the giant centipede monster that had been blocked by the seemingly well-trained villagers and had fallen into a state of madness, Sunset Kagome suddenly realized that this was not going to work.

Although it seems that this is not the first time that the villagers have encountered this kind of thing, the situation is still very unfavorable, and if it drags on, there will be casualties.

"Guns and bows and arrows are useless!"

"I can only find a way to drive it into the dry well!"

"Where is the dry well?" Sunset Kagome asked subconsciously, vaguely having a conjecture.

"In the forest of Inuyasha...... Granny Kaede fired several arrows in a row to contain the hundred-legged youkai, but after all, she was old and frail, and the consumption of the bow was too great to open one after another, and she couldn't help but panting.

"Is that the place where it glows?" All of a sudden, she thought of the well and the forest she came out of, and the black-haired girl gritted her teeth and turned around and ran in that direction!

The hundred-legged demon woman showed a fierce look in her eyes, and she didn't entangle with the villagers, twisting her long centipede body and chasing after her like a snake.

Granny Feng was stunned, that girl was able to directly see the miasma of the forest?

At the same time, in the dark and silent forest, the dog ears of the red-clothed young man who was crucified on the sacred tree suddenly moved. Slowly, he actually raised his head, opened his eyes and gritted his teeth-

"This smell ......"

"The smell of the woman who killed me ......"

"Approaching this ......"