Facing this huge human face made of bamboo leaves, Nana Hashimoto shouted calmly: "We're not a youkai, we're here to visit Senya-san!" ”

"What a bold youkai! Dare to quibble! With the shouts of the human faces, the bamboo leaves in the sky flew down towards Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi, and the two suddenly fell into a dangerous situation.

Facing the bamboo leaves that shot like flying knives, Nana Hashimoto subconsciously hugged Mai Shiraishi tightly and protected her under her. And Mai Shiraishi, who had fallen into an extreme panic, felt Nanami Hashimoto's movements, and at this moment, the idea of wanting to protect Nanami Hashimoto suddenly surged in her heart, and under the stimulation of this thought, Mai Shiraishi had a change beyond her and Nanami Hashimoto's imagination.

The vertical pupils of Mai Shiraishi's eyes widened angrily, and after a roar that was not like a human voice, there was a compelling aura all over her body. With her roar, nine huge white foxtails burst out from behind her, shielding her and Nanami Hashimoto. The bamboo leaves shot at the fox's tail, but there was a sound of gold and iron clashing, and sparks splashed out.

Seeing that the bamboo leaves' attack had no effect, the huge human face formed by the bamboo leaves seemed to be annoyed and angry, and after letting out a chagrin sound, it suddenly split into two halves, turning into two whirlwinds, and rolling the bamboo leaves in the sky.

When the whirlwind stopped, the bamboo leaves dispersed, and Nana Hashimoto didn't see clearly, what appeared in front of her and Mai Shiraishi were two figures.

One of the figures is Qianye, but at this moment, Qianye is not wearing a hunting suit, and his eyes are not burning with flames, he is wearing a dark round-necked narrow-sleeved robe, and the section on the chest under the neck is not closed, and the placket in front of the robe is naturally loosened and hangs down, forming a lapel. And the one in his hand is not a cypress fan that Nana Hashimoto has never seen, but a gorgeously decorated horizontal knife, at this moment Qianye is already a knife in his hand, and the blade is flashing with a cold light, pointing at Nana Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi.

The other figure was dressed similarly to Qianya's usual outfit, except that it was holding a purple five-bone bat fan in his hand. The man covered his mouth with a bat fan, revealing only a pair of fox-like eyes.

Nana Hashimoto didn't see Chiya and hurriedly shouted, "Chiya! What's going on? How do you point a knife at us? It's Mai, it's not a monster! ”

However, as if she didn't hear Nanami Hashimoto's shouting, she looked at her and Mai Shiraishi with cold eyes, and the horizontal knife in her hand faintly locked Nanami Hashimoto's throat, making Nanami Hashimoto feel a stinging pain on her neck like a knife, and even the next moment her throat would be cut.

The other figure set his eyes on Mai Shiraishi, who had already shown a foxtail, and his eyes showed wisdom in his cunning. The figure stared at Mai Shiraishi, and suddenly put away the five-bone bat fan, and with the other hand, drew a Qingming bellflower mark on his chest, and read in his mouth: "The Eastern Green Emperor, the Southern Red Emperor, the Western White Emperor, the Northern Black Emperor, the Central Yellow Emperor, the Big Dipper Santai, the Astronomical Five Stars, and the Demon Seal!" After reading it, he pointed into a sword and pushed it towards Mai Shiraishi, and a huge five-pointed star flew towards Mai Shiraishi.

And at the same time as the figure moved, Qianye's figure also flashed suddenly, and the horizontal knife in his hand drew an arc, like a crescent moon appearing, towards Nana Hashimoto.

Looking at Nanami Hashimoto who was in danger, Mai Shiraishi ignored the pentagram that was attacking her in front of her, and waved nine huge fox tails without thinking, protecting Nanami Hashimoto. And the fox tail, which was unscathed in the bamboo leaf shot just now, was instantly defeated in the face of Qianye's knife, and even the tip of the tail of a fox tail was cut off, but in the end it still blocked this knife.

Qianye saw that the knife was useless, his body did not stop, and the horizontal knife in his hand turned sharply, driving the whole body to rotate. Nana Hashimoto looked at the sword light that swept towards him as if he was a little stunned, and there was some disbelief in his eyes. Qianye's body has been hidden in the sword light, looking at the bleak and cold sword light in front of him, Nana Hashimoto seems to see the cherry blossom petals sweeping in the sky, which makes people intoxicated by the poignancy of the cherry blossom blowing snow.

Mai Shiraishi changed even more under the stimulation of the pain of the fox's tail being cut off, a pair of pointed ears appeared on top of her head, her long hair turned white, and some dark purple aura appeared on her body, blowing Mai's dress up in Shiraishi Mai. Just as Mai Shiraishi wanted to block the attack of Thousand Nights for Nana Hashimoto, the pentagram that attacked Mai Shiraishi suddenly imprinted on her body, instantly repelling her, and at the same time, it turned into five iron chains, firmly tying Mai Shiraishi's limbs and waist.

Mai Shiraishi, who was trapped, saw that the blade of Qianya was about to cut Nanami Hashimoto's throat, and couldn't help but shout bitterly: "Nanamin! ”

Just as Nanami Hashimoto looked at the blade slashing towards her and felt despair, a bamboo leaf flying from behind her blocked the blade.

This bamboo leaf is different from the bamboo leaf that shot at Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi just now, and it is soft as if it has just been blown by the wind. However, it was such a soft bamboo leaf, but it was just in front of Qianye's blade, not only blocking the knife that intended to kill Nana Hashimoto, but also repelling Qianya with a knife.

Nana Hashimoto turned her head suddenly, and saw another Senya standing in front of the torii in a familiar outfit, one hand still in a throwing position.

Nana Hashimoto was surprised and puzzled, and was about to speak, but he heard Mai Shiraishi's voice: "Nanamin, be careful!" ”

Following Mai Shiraishi's line of sight, the repulsed black-clothed Chiya was dragging the horizontal knife to the ground and rushing towards Nanami Hashimoto. The tip of the knife sparked on the ground, slashing out violently from the bottom up in front of Nanami Hashimoto.

Nanami Hashimoto, who was born in Hokkaido, the land of snow, seems to have seen the winter in his hometown, and the snowflakes under the strong wind are blowing towards him, with a biting cold.

However, this knife was blocked by Chiya, which Nana Hashimoto was not familiar with. Chiya, who was wearing a hunting suit, suddenly appeared in front of Nanami Hashimoto, and two fingers caught the blade of the horizontal knife in the hand of the black-clothed Chiya. It was as if he had been standing there, gently pinching the blade of the horizontal knife with two fingers.

"It turns out that there are so many flaws in this knife." Qianye let out a light sigh, and with a wave of his sleeves, the black-clothed Qianye and another figure in front of him disappeared into bamboo leaves flying all over the sky.

At the same time as the figure disappeared, the chain that held Mai Shiraishi disappeared as well. Mai Shiraishi, who had lost her restraints, couldn't help but sit on the ground, and while Nana Hashimoto rushed over to help her up, she asked Qianye with a worried face: "Qianye, what the hell is going on!" ”

Looking at Nanami Hashimoto, who was helping Mai Shiraishi up, Qianye couldn't help but praise secretly, even if he had just brushed shoulders with death, he could still ask himself questions without panic at this moment, is it really Nanami Hashimoto?

Thinking of this, Qianye spoke: "It was my negligence, I didn't expect that Mai had been completely demonized, so that when you walked into this Taisha, you touched the defensive barrier. ”

"What happened to those two people just now? The one in black, you almost killed Nanamin! Mai Shiraishi, who was not lifted up by Nana Hashimoto, asked Asahi Chiya with anger and fear in her eyes.

Qianye's eyes were full of nostalgia, and she looked apologetically at Mai Shiraishi and Nanami Hashimoto who was holding her and said, "That's the shadow left by me and Qingming in the past." Used by me to build a defensive barrier to block any enemy who wants to enter 'here'. It should have been Mai's demonic aura that triggered the defensive enchantment just now, and it would have triggered these two shadows. If it wasn't for Mai who stopped that knife just now, Nanami would really be in danger, thank you. After speaking, Qianye sincerely bowed deeply to Mai Shiraishi.

Looking at the sincere attitude of Qianye, Mai Shiraishi turned her head angrily, not wanting to look at Qianye again. And Nana Hashimoto listened to Chiya's explanation, let go of his dissatisfaction with Chiya and the fear in his heart, looked around and asked, "Is this the legendary enchantment?" ”

Chiya shook her head, walked up to Nanami Hashimoto, combed the messy hair on her forehead, looked at her and said, "This is 'here', the 'here' of 'this Taisha', a place between fantasy and reality. ”

"Why are we here when we triggered the enchantment?" Mai Shiraishi on the side finally stopped being angry, and looked at Qianye and asked suspiciously.

"The entrance to 'here' is the torii gate of the shrine, and whether you enter the main shrine or enter 'here', you must enter through the torii." Qianye looked at Nanami Hashimoto, who also looked curious, and explained in detail: "In order to prevent the Taisha of the present world from being destroyed by the monsters who came to make trouble, and also to prevent the monsters from appearing in front of people, once the defensive enchantment is triggered, the monsters that triggered the enchantment will be sent to 'here'." ”

Nanami Hashimoto nodded a little clearly, looked at Mai Shiraishi and said, "It turns out that Mai is the reason why you really became a monster." ”

Mai Shiraishi said to Nanami Hashimoto with a flattering face: "I'm sorry, people don't want to become monsters." Mai Shiraishi, who thought that she had become a youkai, was depressed again, and even the pointed ears on her head and tail behind her were lowered.

Looking at Mai Shiraishi, who was depressed, Nanami Hashimoto hurriedly asked Qianye, "Qianya, do you have a way to solve Mai's situation?" She really doesn't want to become a youkai! ”

Qianye shook his head apologetically and said, "Demonization is irreversible, and even me and Qingming can't do anything about this." If you want to turn a youkai into a human, even me and Qingming can't do it. ”

Looking at Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi, who were disappointed in their eyes, Chiya added: "If you just want to live a normal life, there is still a way to do this." As long as Mai learns to control your own demonic power, when you don't use demonic power, you can be no different from a normal person. ”

Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi immediately focused their eyes on Qianye, their eyes were blazing, and they asked hopefully, "Then how can you control the demonic power?" ”