Chapter 17: Summer Whiteness (3)

The speech of the instant and the original Tianhua made the discussion suddenly inclined to the expedition theory, and then it was time for the self-play of a bad stomach. Everyone went to the place where they had planned to camp tonight, made traces of the pit of the tent support and the bonfire, and then deliberately buried it hastily.

"Then the rest of the class will think we've stayed here for one night." Jue said with a satisfied face. Why haven't I seen him do a good deed, and show such an expression after the fact?

Back on the surface of the lake, everyone's dinghy cut through the water at a speed beyond common sense. The white-fronted tern in the sky was determined to challenge their speed, but it was only a few seconds ahead of Sakura Trout II before it was overtaken. The little bird that was left behind changed direction and flew somewhere.

In the early season, he stretched out happily and sat down in the bow of the boat, his whole body in the wind. Take off your straw hat that is always in danger, and your hair floats straight back. The towel used to replace the headscarf was tied in two knots on the chest, but it was still blown by the strong wind.

Although the surrounding 360 degrees are full of water features, it is not boring. The little sunlight leaking from the clouds dances wantonly on the water, forming a beautiful and dazzling picture. The splash of the speeding dinghy even brought out rainbows.

Early Ji looked at this scene stupidly, and for a moment he couldn't make out the anomaly in his field of vision. The scene was so dazzling that the afterimages of all colors and their complementary colors shook her eyes.

She looked over at Satoru and saw that he was staring at the lake with a straight face. When using mana to manipulate an object floating on the water, such as a boat, initially focus on the water in front of you, imagining that the distance between it and the boat is decreasing; When the speed reaches a certain level, it is necessary to construct the conformation of the water surface propelled forward by the repulsive force, and at the same time, it is necessary to maintain the feeling that the bottom of the boat is gliding.

No matter what the part is, you need to be extremely focused, and you will feel very tired after a long time. And because the water waves make the boat sway up and down constantly, it is quite easy to get seasick just by staring at the water.

Jue saw that the early season turned around, as if he had misunderstood, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Really, don't think you can be lazy, shouldn't you change with me?" ”

Zaoji shook his head slowly, "I don't think so." ”

"Can't do it? No, what does that mean? "I felt a little angry.

"Eye discomfort. It should be too much to look forward to. The little girl explained the symptoms. Jue was a little surprised at first, and then he barely understood.

"I really can't help you. Alright then, I'll take the boat. ”

After thanking Jue, Morning took out a pair of red sunglasses from his bag and put them on. This is something that her father asked her to bring with her in the early season, and the selection of materials is made of high-purity glass, which is made by the efforts of glass craftsmen, and the reddish-brown pigment made by blending akane and persimmon lacquer is thin and uniformly penetrates into the lens, which has a good protection against dazzling blue light. If I had thought about wearing it in the first place, my eyes would have felt better, "I'm really careless." "I thought a little distracted in the early season.

After putting on the sunglasses, the scenery of Kasumigaura suddenly sank into the rich sunset, and the glare in front of me finally dissipated, and it was a lot more relaxed.

It is strictly forbidden to use mana when vision is poor. Although an expert of the level of the Kamiki Shoshi Clan can freely control mana even in the dark, for a beginner like this group of children, if they can't carefully observe the object and grasp their state, it may have unexpected consequences.

A few people had been driving into Kasumigaura for a full hour. When they reached the deepest point, there was a sudden loud sound of water in the reeds, and a black shadow quickly flashed under the water, and then disappeared. The black shadow looks like a large diamond, so it must be a tiger crab catcher. In the past, tiger crabs could only be seen on land, but I didn't expect them to swim so well, which is really beyond imagination and amazing.

Through the reeds, you can see the green river that meanders through the forest and flows into Kasumigura. According to the results of a prior investigation, the river should be called Sakuragawa. Mt. Tsukuba, which was supposed to stand in front of us, was obscured by the trees on both sides of the river as it traveled up the Sakura River.

On the way, the river split into two branches, and a few half-grown children hesitated a little, chose the wider channel on the left and continued to walk. Then, after about a kilometer or so, I finally drove out of the wooded forest, and my eyes suddenly opened up. The Sakuragawa River is supposed to go around the west side of Mt. Tsukuba and head north.

If they went any further, they would be farther away from Mount Tsukuba, and they decided to go ashore from here.

"It's here! It's time to get to this place! Instant Joy, who was the first to step on land, said with a smile. Then the early season, the truth of Ya, and Shou got off the ship one after another, and finally it was Jue and Yuan Tianhua. Jue, because he has been alone for a long time and has been concentrating, he now looks very tired and his complexion is very poor. Jue walked to the bushes to the side, and half-bent down as if he was vomiting. I can't help but feel guilty in my heart in the early season.

However, Yuan Tianhua is because of a trip to the waterway, constantly treading waves, which consumes a lot of energy, but it looks much stronger than Jue on the complexion, but it just looks sluggish.

Anyway, hide the dinghy in the reeds first. Although no one will come here, it is better to hide it just in case. As a precaution, in order to prevent the waves from attacking, several men drove the anchor deep into the dirt.

"What's next? In a little while it will be time for lunch. Mamoru seemed to be a little hungry and looked at the others with an expectant expression.

"Anyway, let's just pick up some luggage that you can carry up the mountain and eat a bento in a place with a good view of the surroundings."

Because I was still groggy, I instantly took on the task of leading everyone. In the same way, if you let Jue say it, everyone may complain, but the instantaneous command is unimpeded. So everyone decided to grab their backpacks and start hiking.

That said, the trail, which is not a mountain trail, is much more strenuous than expected. The first man had to use his magic to cut through the vines and weeds to make the way, which was very tiring, and he had to change people in less than five minutes at a time.

What makes them even more anxious is the attack of blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes. These annoying insects have almost no place to stand near the bading standard, but they can't be killed here, and they are surging one after another. The few people who had to use mana all the time for these extra things were very depleted. And in the early season, because of wearing sunglasses, it is difficult to see the small bugs clearly, so it can be said that I am already exhausted.

Therefore, when strange ruins appeared in front of them, everyone couldn't help but stop.

"What, this." Truth said with a look of disgust. It's not surprising that it feels scary. The ruins were about the size of a public hall, completely covered in vines and moss-like greenery, almost becoming one with the forest, and breathing silently.

“…… Probably Mt. Tsukuba Shrine. Jue flipped through the ancient map he brought and said. Although he was still a little different from usual, he had finally recovered some of his vitality since he came ashore.

"Shrine?" As he spoke, he held back the screams he let out from almost stepping on the toad under his feet. Once on the mountain, these ugly creatures are bouncing around slowly.

"At least a shrine with a history of two or three thousand years, this building was very old a thousand years ago." Instant added.

"Do you want to eat a bento here?" Mamoru asked. It's true that everyone is hungry, but it's still a little creepy to have lunch in a place like this.

As Morning Ji was about to raise an objection, a low scream came from the left-hand side. Did someone almost step on a toad again? I thought so, and suddenly I saw a stunned feeling. Then, the moment of rushing was completely frozen.

"What's wrong?"

When he came back to his senses, the four of them, except for Early Season and Yuan Tianhua, all fell into the state of wooden people, and no one wanted to answer Early Season's questions.

What the hell is going on? Early Season gradually descended into a dangerous panic, looking in the direction of the four's eyes, and let out a piercing scream.

Strange creatures that had never been seen before were just sitting there quietly.

"Demon's whiteness" and "Imitation whiteness", these words came to her mind. It is true that this creature looks a lot like Celestial White at first glance, but if you look closely, you can see that they are completely different from each other.

The length is about fifty or sixty centimeters, and the body is constantly expanding and contracting back and forth as if it is made of rubber, and part of the epidermis is also expanding and contracting irregularly, so the whole body can only be described as amorphous. Moreover, there are many translucent protrusions on its back that resemble the spines of sea urchins, each of which radiates a rainbow fluorescence that is much stronger than the tentacles of the white body.

The ever-changing colored light overlaps and interferes in the air, revealing a picture like stripes and whirlpools. Even through the red sunglasses, the scenery is still mesmerizing.

Mock white left a rainbow-colored afterimage behind it, and slowly slid into the bottom of the shrine hall.

As if his scream had awakened a part of his brain, Zaoji shouted to Jue and Instant, "Hurry up...... Straight! Blink! Grab it! I'm going to escape! ”

However, the two of them did not move at all, and just watched the white leave blankly.

I wanted to cast a spell in the early season, but I gave up. As mentioned earlier, it is very dangerous for multiple people's mana to affect the same object. While the person in front is fixed in sight, the person behind should be cautious no matter what happens.

Jue, and for a moment, are staring at the pseudo-white. In normal times, they should have used their mana right away, but the two of them remained motionless as if they were frozen.

A long time passed in his consciousness, but in fact, it was only a few seconds, and the white disappeared leisurely from under the corridor of the hall covered with vines and weeds a foot high.

And Yuan Tianhua just watched quietly, watching the disappearance of this strange lifeform, even if he had the ability to grasp this strange thing, this was the first time in this world that he told them the true history of the existence.