There is also a trail to climb Mt. Fuji in the Sato-world area.

However, unlike in the real world, Kamiyagawa has the impression that Mt. Fuji in the outside world has several hiking routes.

Among them, the Yoshida Line is the most well-equipped and suitable for beginners.

If you take the Yoshida Line, you can hike for about five hours to reach the summit.

However, there were not so many passages to Mt. Fuji in the Sato-world world, and with the help of the little old man, only one trail was finally found.

The trail is not wide and is entirely paved with black volcanic rock that has been crushed into granular form.

Parting the dense green vegetation at the foot of the mountain, the road winds all the way up the rugged area, the slope is not small, and there is no end in sight.

All in all, the trail doesn't look particularly easy to climb.

But it's better than no road.

"Inujiro."

Kamiyagawa summoned his own large dog and expertly climbed onto its back, grabbing the stiff hair on the back of its neck.

Then greet the little old man.

"Let's go."

"Drive!"

……

This is the only mountain trail, and some of it resembles the approach that was used in ancient times for pilgrims to practice on Mt. Fuji or to climb it.

It's really not that easy to walk.

If you walk this way, you will never reach the top of the mountain in five hours.

At the foot of Mt. Fuji, the Kamiya River can still encounter monsters in the sea of trees, but the higher you climb, the less likely you are to encounter wild monsters.

After climbing the mountain for more than 3 hours, there was not a single monster to encounter, and there was no vegetation around, only bare black rock and mud soil.

As you walk up the approach, you can see a few white torii gates stretched across the mountain path.

Black Rock Road, White Torii.

The superposition of two monotonous colors, black and white, combined with the atmosphere of the inner world, gives people a feeling of only desolation.

Kamiyagawa patted Inugami's head and motioned for it to stop, squinting slightly and looking down.

I only saw a dark green cascading sea of trees in the lower place, which was in the midst of the mountain wind howling, rolling the boundless Lin Tao.

Steep mountain trail entrance at high altitude.

Kamiyagawa rode on Inujiro's back, holding an unsheathed text in one hand, and pulled the good-looking, but somewhat thin, black-veined array of haori on his body.

The cold wind from above drilled into his sleeves, pulling at his beautiful black coat and making a hunting sound, blowing Inujiro's long hair and swaying.

As the altitude of your location increases, the temperature and pressure decrease.

Such an unscientific place in the world, in such an inconsequential aspect, is inexplicably scientific.

"It's a little cold."

"Whew-"

Inujiro understood, and his sturdy body began to shine red, and the sparks stirred.

And it also just rightly grasped the temperature of the karmic fire.

Give only enough heat, but not to the noble ass of the owner.

"Thanks, much better."

Once again, Kamiyagawa reached out and patted Inujiro's head, which was covered in a hard skull.

The latter responded by flicking his tail vigorously.

Your own dog is really versatile.

It can even act as a large warm baby when necessary.

……

The pilgrim route and the crater shrine are carved along the scattered ruins that can be seen along the way.

These include the shrine of St. Kinga, stone houses, and natural volcanic features such as lava tree molds, lakes, springs, and waterfalls, which are reverently enshrined.

This is what one man and one dog can see during the lonely climb of Mt. Fuji in the world, except for the monotonous black rock and the white torii gate that appears from time to time.

Another three hours or so passed.

The Kamiya River has finally reached the top of the snow-capped Mt. Fuji.

In the real world, the mountain started at 7 a.m., and it was 1 p.m. when I reached the top.

This was achieved on the premise that Inujiro's feet were fast enough.

If you rely on human power to climb, God knows how long you will have to climb.

"I never thought that the most painful thing in this map of Aokigahara so far would be to hurry. With such a large map and only two gods, who is trying to exhaust it! ”

Because he rode Inujiro up the whole time, Kamiyagawa is in good shape now.

It's nothing more than a pain in the butt along the way.

And the problem of hypoxia at high altitude, because he has the Moo breathing method to regulate, does not pose any threat at all.

As for Inujiro, its physical strength and endurance are far better than Kamiyagawa's imagination, I don't know how many times.

After climbing the mountain trail for six hours, I only stopped to take a small break with my tongue stuck out my tongue in the process.

"Good work."

"Whew."

The moment Kamiyagawa jumped off the dog's back and stepped on the thick white snow on the top of the mountain, he could hear the rustling of snow.

The position he was in now was not too far from the main crater of Mt. Fuji, a vertical distance of only a few hundred meters, and he could see it when he looked up.

On the crater wall, the volcanic accumulation layer crashes into a slope, and the silt-red layer blends with the snow.

"Standing closer, the main crater is really big."

Kamiyagawa sighed slightly.

Compared to such a mountain, the image of human beings is indeed too small.

It is no wonder that mountains were often worshipped as gods throughout ancient Japan, giving rise to various mountain cultures and legends of mountain spirits and gods.

And according to the previous statement given by the mountain grandmother, the source of the fall of the sea of trees is at the crater.

Kamiyagawa stood in his current position, and indeed there was a depraved and filthy aura coming from above.

It's the same as the feeling of the pig king at the beginning.

Jingle Bell – Jingle Bell -

Inside the [Mirage Cloth Bag], the golden ball bell where the Zashiki boy was sheltered shook vigorously, making a loud and crisp crashing sound.

The little god of good fortune once again triggered the ability to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and was giving a warning to the old father.

Considering that this is likely to be the hideout of Fallen Yamahiko, there may be black maggots, and it is certain that there is danger.

Even if the seat does not ring the bell, Kamiyagawa does not plan to go directly to investigate.

"It seems to be about the same distance."

Kamiyagawa took out the [Kabuki puppet], so the trick was repeated, and he pinched out a puppet in the shape of a mad dead man.

Let's go up to the puppet to explore the reality and see what lies beneath the pass.

Kamiya sat down on the spot and distracted himself from manipulating the mad death.

Inujiro, who had been following closely, lay close to him, keeping him warm with the temperature provided by the karmic fire.

The wind at the summit of Mt. Fuji is very strong, and from time to time it brings snow chips flying on the ground.

The brightly dressed mad man climbed hand and foot towards the main crater, his movements slightly stiff.

But looking at the puppet's climbing back from below, it looks like a devout pilgrim.

The bright red and ostentatious Kabuki costumes are blown by the wind and flutter in a field of flying snow, like a sparkling flame dancing in the snow.

There is no real road to walk on the outer walls of the crater.

Kamiyagawa's operation of the Crazy Death Golem climbed with great difficulty, and after several slips and falls, it took more than 40 minutes before finally standing above the main crater.

He looked around with the help of the vision provided by the golem.

On the rim of the crater, there are wells and springs formed by snowmelt and shallow underground permafrost.

Inside the large bowl-shaped crater, there is only snow and moss.

"I can feel that the same filthy and depraved aura as the pig king is stronger here, but if you look at it with the naked eye, it seems that there is nothing."

Kamiyagawa hesitated for a moment, trying to control the mad Death Lang as he climbed towards the inside of the crater.

Although Mt. Fuji is an active volcano, the crater is covered with solid rock when it is dormant.

The weight of a puppet goes into it, and nothing happens.

However, considering that this is the Sato world, it is likely that Fallen Yamahiko is here, so it should still be quite dangerous to go down directly, and I don't know what will happen.

But it doesn't matter.

Kabuki puppets were originally used to travel to mines. If it's really scrapped, it's scrapped, anyway, after 24 hours, you can pinch a new one again.

Whoop –

The Mad Dead Man carefully climbed a third of the way down the rock wall, and suddenly stepped on the moss and slipped, bringing down a patch of reddish rocky soil.

After Kamiyagawa finally managed to control him and stabilize his body, he suddenly felt the crater wall under the puppet loosen.

A large black tentacle creeped out from beneath the rocky soil.

Slippery and greasy, it slumped softly against the arm of the mad dead man, twisting his body back and forth.

Soon, not only under the mad dead man, but also in other parts of the huge crater, similar things came out.

The crater, which was originally only red and white, instantly turned into a disgusting wriggling black.

Kamiyagawa quickly recognized what was coming out of the rocky soil.

That's not a tentacle.

It's a black maggot!

The black maggots are many, many times bigger than the ones I had seen on the King of Pigs!

Fat maggots burst out of the soil under the red-colored rocky soil and gathered more and more.

They all came together and surged up towards the crater wall with the momentum of a volcanic eruption.

The Crazy Dead Puppet, which was still hanging on the rock wall for the time being, couldn't cope with such a scene at all, and his hands and feet slipped and fell directly towards the large entangled black maggots.

For a while, the nauseous squirming sensation spread all over the body.

Kamiyagawa directly chose to disconnect the link to the mad dead man and completely return his attention to himself.

It's disgusting.

The puppet can't be wanted.

Kamiya, who was sitting about 500 meters vertically from the crater, looked up and saw that in the crater above, strands of wriggling black were overflowing and rolling down.

The top of Mt. Fuji, which was originally covered in snow and smelled holy even in the inner world, was covered in filth in an instant.

This scene is familiar.

I haven't seen it with my own eyes in reality or anywhere in the world.

But on the murals of the Pig King Cave before, I once felt such a scene.

The content of that painting, Kamiya still remembers it vividly-

Filthy black maggots erupted from the crater, causing the fall of the god Mt. Fuji at the time.

The scene of maggots gushing out of the volcano in front of me is nothing compared to the momentum given in that painting.

But Kamiyagawa still felt that it was difficult to cope.

Jingle Bell – Jingle Bell -

The Zashiki boy in the [Mirage Cloth Bag] rattles the bell again.

Shake louder than ever before.

She can feel that Kamiyagawa's current situation is very dangerous, and if she is not careful, she will be ruined!

"Woo!"

The dog god, who was originally curled up and leaning on his master, also quickly bounced off the ground, bowed his body, and bared his teeth to protect the master.

At this time, we can't stay on the bare hillside any longer.

The terrain here is too poor.

Countless black maggots poured out like an avalanche from top to bottom, and with no shelter around, it was impossible to avoid it.

The scene in front of him coincided with the worst-case scenario that Kamiyagawa had predicted before his trip.

Although the situation is critical and things are going in the worst direction, since Kamiyagawa dared to climb Mount Fuji directly to explore the mountain pass on the premise of seeing the cave paintings of the King of Pigs, it shows that he was not completely unprepared.

He was sitting in the snow, and the [High Heaven Origin Divine Tree] that had been prepared long ago by his side was standing, and the yellow and green fluorescence was flying on it.

At the same time that he had just disconnected the perception of the Crazy Death Puppet and looked up at the crater, his right hand had reached out and touched the Divine Tree.

The yellow-green shards of light spread out like fireflies on a summer night.

In the next second, a man and a dog disappeared.

And about a minute after Kamiya teleported to Takamagahara, the overflowing black maggots hit like an avalanche, washed over where he was sitting, and rolled down Mt. Fuji......

……

Kikai Kami.

It's quite a long way from Mt. Fuji.

Kamiyagawa teleported back from Takamagahara and quickly summoned Prajna.

He asked Pranya to pick him up and fly out of the sheltered sky above the forest to check on the situation on Mt. Fuji.

This kind of request, Prajna naturally does it.

Oh......

She still chose to pick up her onmyoji princess.

But at a critical moment, Kamiya didn't have time to care about whether the posture was awkward.

Flying out of the blockade of the dense branches of the forest sea, the field of vision suddenly became wider.

When the Kamiya River looked in the direction of Mt. Fuji, the white cover above the sacred mountain, which was supposed to be covered with snow and clouds, had turned black.

And the black, like ink, is still flowing slowly down the mountain.

However, after a small part of the mountain was polluted, it stopped, or it became extremely slow to flow downward.

The top of the mountain no longer continued to spew out black stuff.

"It's the worst-case scenario, but it's about the same as I expected."

When Kamiyagawa was looking at the murals in the Pig King Cave, he noticed some details.

For example, the painting depicting the fall of the god Mt. Fuji -

Even when the mountain god fell, the maggots that erupted from the crater of Mt. Fuji covered only one-third of the size of the mountain.

The maggots were indeed numerous, but it was impossible to swallow up the entire Mt. Fuji and even the vast forest below.

"The next thing to do is to prepare to meet the enemy in the flat area under Mt. Fuji, and it is likely that I have already seduced him! Prajna, let's go down! ”

Perhaps because of the plan, Kamiyagawa was a little excited as he spoke, wrapping one hand around Pranya's slender and soft waist, and the other hand on her shoulder.

This action caused the faces of the two to be very close at once.

"Hmm......"

The two masks of the hideous and grotesque around Prajna swirled back and forth quickly.

Now it was her turn to feel awkward.