Retracting his gaze, Tsukasa Kurihara's gaze wandered between the three of them, and finally spoke: "It's already started." ”

At the same time as Kurihara's voice fell, the mist also broke through the barrier of the torii gate and spread to the shrine, quickly surrounding the three of them. This was the first time Sato had encountered such a situation and shouted in a panic, "Eh, what happened?" Why is this fog so thick? Ah, why can't I see you???? Where are you? ”

Watanabe, who was next to Sato, said, "Look to the side, we're all here." It is normal for this level of fog to be able to see the outline. ”

"Ah, I see you."

"Hmm."

Watanabe stabilized Sato's mood, and Nishijima, who was next to him, answered: "Did you see it····· The fluorescence in front of him, a road appeared. ”

In a world that Tsukasa Kurihara could not see, the thick fog in front of Nishijima's eyes emitted sporadic fluorescents, flickering in the fog like fireflies in the night. The fluorescence converged in a mass of condensation and did not disperse, floating in the air waiting for Nishijima to step forward. Beneath the light was a two-man wide dirt road.

"Is there fluorescence?"

Unexpectedly, Watanabe asked this sentence, he didn't see such a fluorescence, and there was nothing in front of him except the fog that covered the sky. The same is true for Sato.

It seems that only Nishijima can see it.

That's when Tsukasa Kurihara thought about what to do if no one could see the way back······ It seems that Nishijima is not a random one. Tsukasa Kurihara had a vague thought of something, but it didn't form a substance.

"Wait." Tsukasa Kurihara said.

Tsukasa Kurihara took out the rope he found from Yoshijiro's room and tied the three of them to the castle, while he walked to Nishijima's side and said to the three in a deep voice: "Nishijima leads the way, Sato in the middle, and Watanabe is behind." Except for what is under your feet, you don't care, even if there are any demons and monsters, I can't see them. ”

"You must not stop under your feet, no matter what you encounter, you must not stop." Tsukasa Kurihara looked at the strange talk in the distance, his body was cold, and he moved his fingers slightly to grasp the relics left by Kishijiro, and felt confident in his heart, "I'll take you out, definitely." ”

With that, Tsukasa Kurihara walked to Nishijima's side and handed her a knife. Under the cover of the fog, Watanabe and Sato couldn't see Tsukasa Kurihara's small movements.

Nishijima was stunned when he touched the metallic blade, and he turned his head sideways to see Tsukasa Kurihara's expression, but he could only see his black silhouette, feeling Tsukasa Kurihara walk to his side.

Tsukasa Kurihara whispered beside her, "If there is a special situation, or if the person behind you drags you down, take a knife and cut the rope and do as I just said." Do you understand? ”

Nishijima lowered his head and held the knife in front of him to see it clearly, and his heart was more moved than when Tsukasa Kurihara suddenly appeared to save her before, as if he saw Tsukasa Kurihara through the fog, and asked him, "Aren't you sure yourself?" ”

"Three people are not sure." After answering Nishijima's question, Tsukasa Kurihara's voice became louder again, "Nishijima, let's go." ”

Carefully holding the knife that Tsukasa Kurihara had given him in the palm of his hand, Nishijima took a deep breath and began to walk forward with the flickering fluorescence.

At first, there was nothing special, except that occasionally Tsukasa Kurihara would make a noise to tell them to walk on the left or right. Once, Sato accidentally stumbled and stepped an extra inch to the side, and the originally solid ground suddenly sunk down into a pit. There are also spikes in the pit that shimmer with cold light, but if they fall, they will directly become a hole in the thorns.

Sato was so frightened that he almost became incontinent, but fortunately, Watanabe, who was behind him, quickly pulled him back from the ghost gate.

Sato, who came to life, sat on the ground gasping for breath with a dull look in his eyes, which also startled Nishijima, who was walking in the front row, and Tsukasa Kurihara subconsciously grabbed her wrist to prevent her from falling in.

Tsukasa Kurihara was the first to react, and said coldly: "You must follow what I say, and don't have any doubts and slackness." I can see what you can't see, I don't know how many deadly things are hidden under those normal pavements. If you don't want to die in your eyes, let me shine a little. ”

"Ming, understood." Swallowing his saliva, Sato replied.

"Got it, then get up and keep walking, there's not much time left." Tsukasa Kurihara showed no mercy.

Now Sato fully understands his situation, and the little luck in his heart is completely gone. He didn't have a second life to test if the current situation was a dream.

Sato gritted his teeth and stood up, although his feet were still a little weak, but his feet kept following Nishijima.

Nishijima and Watanabe completely trust Tsukasa Kurihara and follow his words, and Sato, who has experienced the ground thorn incident, no longer doubts it. Because the speed of the group increased because of the twisting of the mind, it soon reached the human wall composed of strange talks.

"There will be strange talk next, don't be afraid of your steps and don't panic, move forward, and I'll take care of the rest." After saying this, Kurihara Tsukasa pulled out his katana, and the cold blade was exposed to the air, and he stared at the strange talk that appeared first with thick body hair and couldn't see his appearance.

Taking a deep breath, Nishijima continued to walk forward, and she could feel the difference in the situation around her—there was something else next to her, not just Tsukasa Kurihara. But because of the fog, she couldn't see clearly.

Nishijima walked forward step by step, and soon her skin began to develop goosebumps, and although she couldn't see clearly, her surroundings made her react physically. Just as she took the next step, something suddenly flashed in front of her, and her body froze.

Next to him, Tsukasa Kurihara quickly swung his katana in front of Nishijima, and one of the claws of the hairy monster finally slapped on the blade. The body hair monster took his hand away in pain, his eyes glowed red, and he looked at Tsukasa Kurihara with resentment, and pounced on him with a roar.

Tsukasa Kurihara's expression was overcast, and instead of retreating, he advanced to meet him.

Although they couldn't see the specific situation, the three of them could hear the sound coming from the fog, and the sound was loud in their ears. The dull sound of footsteps highlights the sheer size of the blockers, and the sound of breaking through the air indicates the fierceness of the battle.

Sato swallowed again, scared to death and unable to walk. Fortunately, Nishijima also stopped at this time, giving him a chance to rest and be a shrunken turtle. And Watanabe's expression in the back was solemn, and in addition to his worries about Tsukasa Kurihara, there was also a kind of powerlessness.

In this world, Watanabe's martial arts are useless, and he has not felt such powerlessness for a long time.

The sounds of the fight soon became dense and dispersed. The three people who couldn't see the situation could only rely on their voices to experience the current ups and downs. At present, Tsukasa Kurihara, who has come to listen to the sword, has the upper hand.

In the end, only scattered touches remained, and Tsukasa Kurihara also had his mind free to say to them, "Go!" ”

Nishijima woke up like a dream and looked at the fog in front of him, and the sound of Tsukasa Kurihara's fight was in his ears. She gritted her teeth, her lower lip almost bleeding, and thought about what Tsukasa Kurihara had said, clenching her knife and stepping forward.

The squad moved on.