Keisuke Aoi and Hoshino arrive in Ozawa Village.

The ruins of the ruins are soaked in rainwater, and the lush vegetation casts shadows, spreading the cold throughout the village.

Fujiko Hoshino subconsciously hugged his arm, resisting the biting cold in his heart.

Compared to the time when he came here with Yozakura Tetsuya, the current Ozawa Village is becoming more and more weird, as if there is an indescribable gap from the real world, and it is about to break away and disappear.

Or rather, the hidden gods.

Spiritual power gathers here, and with the momentum and determination to encroach on everything, it blooms malice into the world.

In a trance, she seemed to see the past Ozawa Village from these ruins, and every thing and tile was visible, and even human voices were heard in her ears from afar.

"■■, you're coming back ■■? Come over for dinner in the evening. ”

"Welcome to home."

Hoshino gently covered her ears with her hands, not letting the gentle voice drag her into it.

"Where's the entrance?" She turned to Keisuke Aoi and asked.

"The entrance is not in the village, I just want to come over and see the ruins first."

Keisuke Aoi looked around, and finally came to the former site of the original Toyotsu Shrine.

There was nothing left here, all traces were washed away by the floods, leaving clumps of weeds.

Keisuke Aoi picked up some of the damp dirt and threw it away.

Hoshino watched him quietly, probing for information and intelligence that Keisuke Aoi would not resort to.

The two roughly circled around Ozawa Village, and Hoshino knew that Keisuke Aoi had quietly set up a formation here.

Then the two of them continue to follow the traces of the flood to find the source, and when she and Yasakura Tetsuya arrived, they went around and rounded, but never reached their destination.

This time with Keisuke Ao, she inexplicably gained more confidence.

"Once the Pure Domain is opened, can we avoid going around here?" She continued to ask.

"Hmmm......"

Aokeisuke thought for a moment when he heard this, and replied, "Strictly speaking, no.

First of all, you can't find your way here before and you can't blame it on the Pure Domain.

Fundamentally, it is the instinctive resistance of the spirituality entrenched here, and the corresponding effect because of the resistance, which belongs to the most simple application of spirituality itself. ”

Hoshino understood that the spirituality of the here and now had not disappeared, and even more so than before.

It's just that Keisuke Aoi can still see the right path from it.

"Of course, after the Pure Domain is opened, this resistance itself is a layer of screening, whether it is the material that attracts the blood sacrifice, or the chosen person."

Even without his guidance, Hoshino, who could hear strange sounds, would definitely be able to find the entrance.

Of course, if she came alone, whether she went in actively or passively, it was not necessarily.

They walked in the gloomy mountain forest, and the rain around them gradually merged into a stream, flowing down the roots of the trees, the earth and rocks.

Then, they actually found a stream.

The only anomaly was that the stream, quietly suspended in mid-air, pierced through the canopy of the trees, not taking away any leaves or a drop of rain.

"Uh......"

When Fujiko Hoshino walked here, she suddenly pressed her head in pain.

"Listen to me......"

The sudden heaviness of spirituality fell on her soul like a giant hammer, and an indescribable image appeared in her mind, until Keisuke Ao's finger was held down on her eyebrows, and the pain gradually faded.

"Are you better, President?"

Keisuke Aoi smiled and said, "Your inspiration is really good." ”

He meant something, but Hoshino only gasped violently and didn't respond to his temptation.

"If you can't even do a good job as a bodyguard, it should be a good choice to bury yourself directly in the mountains."

"Yes, yes, I'll pay attention next time."

Keisuke Aoi wiped away the tears that almost fell from the corners of her eyes and said expectantly, "We're about to arrive." ”

“……”

Hoshino paused when he heard this, and said, "I just saw it...... Something. ”

"Oh?"

"I see...... Wildfires, huge shrines, and corpses, one by one, floated on the water. ”

The image that appeared in Hoshino's mind was too chaotic, and she could only use fragmented expressions to describe it as best she could, and she even saw the image of her and Keisuke Aoi lying in a pool of blood together.

What she didn't know was that Keisuke Aoi had a deeper misunderstanding of her abilities because of her words.

He pondered for a moment, then finally decided to pay attention to the strange images Hoshino saw in his spirits.

"Don't worry, President."

Sei Keisuke drives spirituality, constructs secret rituals, communicates to a mysterious space, and his temperament changes in an instant.

"Whatever it is, let me crush it."

A black spell slowly appeared on his eyebrows and under his eyes, making his expression look a little feminine and cold at this time.

！

After witnessing the influence of Ozawa Mountain on Cryoko, Keisuke Aoi has finally perfected the entire technique!

Hanako One's illusory eyes opened behind his shoulder, then slowly closed again.

Hoshino couldn't fully understand the changes in Keisuke Aoi at this time, and even if he could listen to his heart, it would be absolutely impossible to understand the origin of this power.

The only thing she could feel was Keisuke Ao's satisfaction with his strength at this time, and ...... Megalomania.

As they walk through the floating river, which symbolizes secrecy, the world begins to grow strange.

- They are on their way to the Pure Domain!

Hoshino saw flowers blooming in the shadowy mountain forest, flowers, woodlands, twisted tall trees, all gathered in one place, even merged, but bloomed freely without disturbance.

It's as if two worlds are converging here.

The air was rumbling, and the path they were moving on was gradually compressed and smallened, and the folds of the edge of the whole "world" could already be seen, and the things in front of them became more and more distorted.

In Hoshino Fujiko's eyes, only Keisuke Ao's back was still tall and calm, shielding her from all the erosion.

"Toyotsu Okami! Toyotsu Okami! ”

The somber song sounded again, and beyond the edge they could not approach, a procession of festivals was singing and dancing, walking through the sea of black flowers, carrying an enclosed sarcophagus.

"Thank you for the supreme blessing! Blessings to the supreme honor! ”

"Sacrifice your flesh and blood! Help you get back to Earth! ”

Spiritual blood and bones were sprinkled and discarded along the way, and these things all came from the spiritual animals bred in Daze Mountain.

Keisuke Aoi and Hoshino watched the team disappear at the end of space before continuing on.

"Are you scared, President?"

"Nope." Hoshino replied coldly.

"Then move on."

At the end of the space, there is a blinding light, where all the sounds are silent, and even the images are swallowed up by pure light.

In the silence, Keisuke Aoi reached out to hold Hoshino's palm, and waved his hand to cut through the thin barrier of the Pure Domain in front of him.

"Click-"

The light curtain shattered like glass, and at this moment, a fresh mountain breeze came towards the two of them.

"Ah......h

Hoshino's heart throbbed involuntarily.

In front of her, a clear and boundless lake sits quietly in the middle of the mountains, reflecting the pure sky overhead, and the gentle breeze setting off gentle, golden blue waves.

"Jingle bell—"

She heard the crunch of wind chimes and the faint rustle of blades of grass disturbed by the wind.

In a trance, she seemed to return to the dream of falling asleep with the weeping child, and then she was about to fall into the quiet beauty of the lake again, and all the depression, fear, and worry were all blown away by the breeze at this moment.

The soul is clear, almost merging with the world.

"President."

But the next moment, Keisuke Ao's voice sounded suddenly, and Hoshino subconsciously looked down.

At this time, she realized that her legs had been immersed in the lake at some point, and she was almost swallowed by the lake.

But her wrist was grabbed by a large, powerful hand behind her, making it impossible for her to move forward again.

"Ahh

She came back to her senses completely, and the lake water that originally felt warm became cold and biting in an instant, but it was only for a moment that she was forcibly pulled out of the lake by Keisuke Aoi.

The pale flames ignited from under her feet, and Hoshino didn't feel the slightest warmth or damage, this cluster of flames just gently burned the lake water on her body for her.

"Do you like to play in the water so much, president?"

Hoshino raised his head when he heard this, and Keisuke Aoi was looking down at her, with the same disgusting smile on the corner of his mouth.

But no matter how disgusted she was, she couldn't deny the handsomeness of this face.

Especially after the changes outside the net domain, Keisuke Aoi has added a bit of femininity and beauty, which makes it difficult to take your eyes off.

But Hoshino didn't indulge in this beauty, she just stared at Keisuke Aoi's face, and said in a firm and cold tone, "Are you using me to test the Pure Domain?" ”

- Keisuke Aoi could have stopped her sooner.

"It's so hurtful to say that, President."

"Have you been hurt?"

"Hah, just a little bit."

As they fell back to the lake, Hoshino smacked Keisuke Ao's chest hard.

"I'm not weak enough to take advantage of you, President." Keisuke Aoi let go of her wrist and explained with a smile.

Hoshino pursed her lips, and Keisuke Aoi didn't say anything, silencing her.

"With such a big tone, I can't even do the job of a bodyguard well!"

Finally, she said this to Keisuke Aoi.

Some people died, but not completely......