[Non-burning lantern] shook in Ohara's hands.

The lantern was not lit, and there was only a wriggling dark mass beneath the shade.

In the next second, the bottomless black spread out from the [Non-Burning Lantern] and spread towards the mountain forest.

The wildfires that were still raging quickly covered up.

The flames were swept into the darkness, and neither the light nor the heat was extinguished.

After extinguishing the surrounding forest fires, Ohara re-engined the car, leaving only the remains of carbonized trees and charred black earth in his pass, and all of them lost their temperature and were cold, leaving only a little curling green smoke wafting in the night.

The wildfire, which threatened the fawns, was quickly extinguished.

"Meow ——!"

The train cat demon sensed that something was wrong, and the wooden wheel under his feet turned again.

However, the flames on the two huge wooden wheels were also extinguished by the [Non-Burning Lantern], and even if they were to operate again, they would lose their previous momentum.

Without the protection of the flames, the cat demon's combat power seems to have dropped another notch.

At this moment, she didn't want to fight anymore.

The train turned around and was about to run away, but there was a rumbling chain flicking behind it.

Like a python out of a hole, the incense burner shot out nimbly, wrapping around her injured right foot, and the "fallen leaf incense" in the incense burner scraped her body like a knife blade.

"Don't try to run!"

The fawn rushed up with the Shikigami in a menacing manner.

This cat demon has made her and her good friends suffer a lot, but she can't just let her run!

"Yo!"

The deer's stupidity swelled again.

"Ugh!"

Sending the wolf is another throwing out the golden dagger.

……

The train head-on battle is no match for the small team of Shikanoya.

The environmental advantages that have been accumulated and can be turned around have also been easily resolved by Xiao Yuan's early failure to use non-combustible lanterns.

The winner is decided.

Another ten minutes passed—

Syllable!

Shikanoya threw out the incense burner and slammed the cat demon's face door, knocking her off the wooden wheel.

The wolf tacit understanding was pounced with the golden dagger, and this time the dagger pierced the cat demon's already scarred chest.

This C-class monster is finally unable to move.

Bang bang!

The fawn didn't approach right away, and emptied another round of magazines at the cat demon in the right position.

Master said—

It is also very important to mend the sword before the enemy is defeated.

The bullets engraved with the scriptures fell on the cat demon like a shower, and the glass fireworks flickered, blooming into blood-colored lotus flowers.

The huge body of the train finally began to slowly dissipate into ashes.

"Win?"

Shikanoya breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately during the battle, the body and mind were in a high degree of tension and excitement, but when I relaxed, I felt like my whole body was falling apart.

"Whew-"

The fawn staggered down in the muddy and blackened woodland.

"No wonder Master is tired every time he comes home after a big battle......"

The battle was just too tiring.

But even so, the afterglow of excitement in the fawn's heart still lingered.

Really won.

In the first real sense of the actual battle, he didn't rely on the master and the eight-foot adult, and relied on his small team to defeat the C-level tough monster!

But......

It can't be said that it is completely on oneself and the two Shikigami.

After all, Sister Ohara also made a move.

Without the lantern that my good sister brought to extinguish the fire, we couldn't have won the battle tonight.

But even so, the deer's performance is not a disgrace to Kamiya.

"And Nahiro, I got her back."

Thinking of his friend, Xiaolu hurriedly took out his mobile phone, and after unlocking, several Line messages popped up.

She dialed a number, and was quickly connected—

"Yukino!? Woo - how are you? I—I don't dare call you, I'm ...... I ......"

On the other end of the phone, Nai Xun was crying.

It's okay, it's okay.

Being able to cry so loudly in a healthy way means she's fine.

This guy is a crybaby.

"Naihiro, where are you now?"

"I'm on the highway and there are a lot of policemen here...... What about the youkai? The police have just come into the mountains looking for you......"

Kanoya feels that the police mentioned by Akimichi should be the people of the countermeasures room.

After contacting the master earlier, it seems that the master's side has contacted the countermeasure room branch on Aomori's side.

"I'm fine, I've won."

"Won...... What is it...... Could it be that the youkai was ...... by Yukino, you" Nahiro on the other end of the phone was so surprised that he forgot to sob.

"yes, I won."

The mountain breeze slid across Kanoya's smoky-blackened cheeks and ruffled her soft hair.

The fawn took a deep breath and hung up.

The air carried the cold air of the mountains and forests, and a little cold smell of fireworks burned, which poured into her lungs, but she felt more relaxed than ever.

……

Click, click.

Xiao Yuan had not carried the [non-burning lantern] for a long time, and walked briskly to the side of the deer field.

She took off her cat-eared helmet and shook her head out of it, and just as she put it back on her neck in a daze, the fawn sitting on the ground sprang up and gave her a big bear hug.

"Thanks to Sister Ohara for saving me, wow!"

"Hmm...... Hmmm......"

Xiao Yuan's head, which had not been settled for a long time, almost fell again, and he was in a hurry to hold it down.

Let Xiaolu hold himself affectionately and coquettishly, after a while, Xiao Yuan seemed to remember something, and said word by word: "The boss said, he didn't come to Aomori together, only I came." ”

"Huh?" Shikanoya lifted the small face buried in Ohara's chest.

"Really, well, it's just me, that's it. Trust me, no lie...... Yes, I didn't lie to you. ”

"I believe it."

Sister Ohara is what she says.

As for Master...... Sometimes, he's quite arrogant.

It's not much different from Master Pranya.

Just as he had not spoken to Xiao Yuan for a long time, he sent the wolf back to the deer's side slowly, and gently arched the back of her hand with his head.

Looking in the direction indicated by the little she-wolf—

At the point where the train cat demon dissipated, two wooden wheels remained on the charred woodland.

The red deer would be standing there, looking up and down the two wheels with curious eyes.

"It didn't dissipate with the strange talk of being retired, that is to say, those two big wooden wheels are trophies!"

This common sense fawn is still clear.

Although I don't know what these two big wooden wheels are for, I will take them back and honor them to the master.

"This is the harvest of a good apprentice's first actual battle, Master, he will be happy, right?"

The fawn thought happily.

And at the same time—

Above the half-burned mountain forest, under the cover of clouds, a skeletal whale was hovering.

Kamiyagawa was sitting on the back of a whale, his eyes constricting and looking down, the wind in the air shaking his clothes and hair.

Beside him, all the Shikami appeared, including the eight-foot woman.

"Isn't that a good job?"

Kamiyagawa seems to be in a good mood.

In fact, during the battle between the fawn and the train, he had already arrived here with Ohara.

A C-level strange story, with Kamiya sitting here, it can be easily solved in an instant, plus the scout clone who follows the fawn also carries the [Cloud Outer Mirror], so there will be no accidents.

The apprentice's actual combat tonight should be a "drill" in a sense.

It's time to see how far the fawn has grown.

"Although I suffered a loss of terrain in the end, with Xiaolu's current strength, I played beautifully."

At the end of the battle, at the signal of Kamiyagawa, Ohara who came over with him intervened with the [non-burning lantern].

Compared to the master's rescue, one move to solve the enemy.

Sure enough, it was better to let the weaker Ohara pass, help deal with the disadvantages of the environment, give the fawn more room to play, and end the battle with her own strength.

In this way, the girl should have a greater sense of accomplishment.

The experience gained from this important battle will also be even more.

Moreover, after tonight's battle, according to the current momentum, Kamiyagawa felt that the negative physique carried by the little apprentice as a spirit fetus was nothing.

When she grows further, she will definitely be able to get rid of it in the future.

"Kamiya-sama, Yukino is a child who is like this, thanks to you."

The eight-foot woman pressed the hem of her clothes, walked up to Kamiya, and bowed to him dignifiedly.

"It's also on her own, and she's been working hard since she came back from Matsuzawa."

"Kamiya-sama, don't be modest, in order to celebrate Yukino's growth, I will serve you tonight."

The eight-foot woman's soft eyes were drawn, and her curved red lips rose, as if she had premeditated, hugged Kamiya and buried him in her chest.

But then Mary on the side grabbed Kamiya, and Pranya grabbed the eight-foot girl and separated them abruptly.

"po~po~ Really, it's too bullying for Miss Mary and Miss Pranya to declare sovereignty in partnership, right? It's not just a day, and obviously my love for Kamiya-sama is going to pop out of my chest. ”

“……”

The huge skeleton whale tail, birds, animals, swimming fish, and other gods, consciously kept a certain distance from Kamiyagawa and the others in front.

"Huh."

Inugami sat upright and barked lowly, his big fluffy tail flicking back and forth behind him.

Looking at its eyes, it seems to be showing off something to the dream-eating tapirs, black tengus, and whales sitting with it.

See!

Sending wolves through my basement training is doing very well, right?

It has become a reliable help for Miss Kanoya!

"Uh-huh!"

In the face of the show-off of the dog god, only the little whale nodded vigorously.

As for the little tapir and the tengu, they looked at each other helplessly, and the two of them really felt that it shouldn't be this that the dog god should show off......

……

On the highway of Hakkoda

Several police cars stopped with their lights on, and the red and blue lights flashed in the night, which was particularly conspicuous.

As expected by the deer, the police who came over were indeed from the Aomori countermeasures office.

Nahiro Akido is wearing a blanket and sitting in the back seat of a police car. She was quite frightened tonight, but now she is back in shape.

Her parents have been notified by the countermeasures room to come over.

As for the subdued ghost who left the mountain forest with Akimichi, it seems that he disappeared shortly after arriving at the highway without incident.

"Miss Kanoya, you say...... The strange talk that appeared here tonight is the train? ”

The team leader who came from the Aomori countermeasures room was a woman in her 30s who called herself Shiomi.

It seems to be the priest of a shrine over here.

At this moment, this Shiomi lady is talking alone with Shikanoya who she found in the mountains and forests later.

"Uh-huh, probably C-class."

"About 10 years ago, there was a train here in Hakkoda as well. However, it was later retired by the soul exterminators, and this time it was probably a new comeback of the same kind of strange story. Priest Shiomi didn't question the deer's words.

As she spoke, she was still casually looking through the gun documents that Xiaolu had just handed her.

It can be seen that the certificate has the seal of the headquarters of the Tokyo Countermeasures Office, and it also bears the signature of the big man over there.

Ms. Shiomi admired and admired this gentleman and was familiar with his handwriting.

It doesn't look like there's going to be a fake.

Priest Shiomi plans to check with the Telephone headquarters later.

But then again, the girl in front of me, who looks like she's just a high school student, looks pretty and cute, Kanoya Yukino......

It's a relatively unfamiliar name for Ms. Shiomi.

It's also normal that this lady doesn't know the identity of the fawn.

After all, Shikanoya has only been formally learning to remove spirits for a year, and he has been under the protection of Kamiya, so he is unknown.

There are quite a few soul slayers in Tokyo who recognize her, after all, she often goes in and out of the headquarters of the countermeasure room to practice target shooting or something.

In other regions, like Ms. Shiomi, she has indeed heard that the hot "ghost disciple" seems to have an apprentice.

But how can hearsay be remembered so firmly.

Usually, in addition to the spirit master, the industry talks more about the "ghost and god disciple" himself, plus Ms. Shiomi is only the leader of the team, and her status is not high, in fact, she has never even seen Kamiya, let alone Shikanoya.

However, because Shikanoya has the strength to retreat from C-level strange talks, he is so young.

Combined with the fact that the documents she holds come from the headquarters of the countermeasures room.

Ms. Shiomi has reason to suspect that this child may be the descendant of a family of soul slayers, or it may be the apprentice of a great spirit slayer master, and his identity is estimated to be not small.

So she's quite polite to the fawn.

"Miss Kanoya, your soul removal skills seem to be exceptionally good, uh, can you tell me where you learned it?" Ms. Shiomi asked tentatively.

"Oh, my master taught me. My Master, he ......"

The fawn wasn't trying to hide anything.

Master said that when you meet someone in the strategy room, you can directly report his name.

The face of ghost and god disciples is generally given by spirit remover in the industry, which can save a lot of trouble.

And for Shikanoya, such a thing as reporting Master's name is super proud!

"Master?"

Ms. Shiomi understood in an instant before Kanoya finished speaking.

Really, I should have thought of it a long time ago.

She had just checked the traces of the battle in the mountains and forests, and it was certain that this girl was good at driving Shikkai, and she also used the spirit removal firearm to fight.

And the signature on her ID......

Isn't the truth already in front of us!

"It's disrespectful, it turns out that Miss Shikanoya is the apprentice of Mr. Kenyu." Ms. Shiomi looked approvingly, "Mr. Yucheng really has a good disciple." ”

I've heard before that Mr. Yusei has an unknown disciple who helped in the battle to retreat from the earthquake catfish.

It must be the girl in front of you.

Sure enough, the apprentice of the big man is extraordinary.

As for the fawn, her flickering eyes suddenly became dull: "Huh? ”