“…… Besides that, you don't want to ask anything else? ”

Suddenly stunned for a moment, Reiko Arakawa looked at Rosetta with a faint gaze and said, as if it was some kind of condemnation.

"I'm sorry, but now is not the time to say anything else." Rosetta said seriously: "I need to know about this matter. ”

"Okay." As if sensing his sudden serious attitude, Reiko Arakawa quickly replied: "I'll say okay first, the process of discovering this matter is a bit of a coincidence, and I also accidentally found it because of work reasons, when I was investigating strange rumors and rumors around Antgawa City." ”

"You should know about the arson case that happened in the old town of Antgawa City a few years ago, right?"

"I know, I heard that it was the real estate developer who was in charge of developing the area, and I found that someone had set fire to the house," Rosetta said. ”

"But there is actually a follow-up to this arson case."

Reiko Arakawa said: "At that time, it was rumored that the fire was not committed by a living person, but the Takase family, who were persecuted and burned to death by real estate developers in the old town and could not become a Buddha, turned into a resentful spirit and came back for revenge. ”

"But when I asked a friend in the police station to help me check, he told me a small piece of information that in fact, not all of the Takase family were burned to death, and at that time, there was also a part-time shrine maiden who worked at the shrine and subsidized the family's Takase dance clothes, which happened to escape this catastrophe."

"Following this clue, I found the news that it is said that Maii Takase, who had lost all her family at the beginning, was not housed at a relative's house, but for some reason, she was finally adopted by the 'Anxin Temple', who doesn't know whether it is the name of a person or a place or an organization."

"This 'Anishin-in' at Inari Shrine?"

"That's right, it's the 'Anxin Temple' that presides over the shrine maiden's 'Anxin-in-sama' in the mouth of the previous witch lady of Inari Shrine."

Reiko Arakawa said helplessly: "So I said it's a coincidence, when Takase Maii was adopted by the 'Anxin-in', a year or two later, this 'Anxin-sama' of Inari Shrine appeared, and it was hard not to think of it." ”

"Waiting for the meeting, we will know if these two people are the same person."

Rosetta just said that.

Immediately after, he pulled Reiko Arakawa's wrist again, led her forward, and slowly pushed open the door of the dance hall.

At the same time, he also said in a low voice: "If you see anything strange later, don't speak, just hide behind me, if there is an accident, just run outside and leave me alone." ”

"What ......accidents can there be at Inari Shrine?"

Although she muttered so quietly, hearing Rosetta's serious tone, Reiko Arakawa still took these things to heart, and decided that if something happened, she would turn around and run directly, not like those little girls, but to stay and cause trouble.

"Alright, let's go inside."

Rosetta pushed the door of the dance hall open completely, but before she could actually step inside, some voices had already been heard.

Whoosh –

Whoosh –

Whoosh——!

The sound of three sharp arrows breaking through the air in quick succession.

When he looked up, he saw the empty dance hall that had been used for Kagura and dance, and at this time, the left side of the wall was full of rows of targets.

And on the right.

The black-haired witch in white, scarlet hakama, with a fox mask on her side face, stretched out her bow and arrows, slowly pulled the bowstring, and in just a moment, shattered the picture that seemed to be static, with the sound of piercing the air, and the previous arrow in the center of the extremely accurate target split in two—just like the first dozen arrows on the ground.

"I'll keep you waiting."

As if sensing the arrival of the two, she put down the longbow in her hand and suddenly spoke, her voice clear and cold, and when she looked at the dark pupils, Rosetta had the illusion that she was staring at Shen Tan.

But...... This 'peace of mind house' is actually a black pupil?

Realizing this, Rosetta was a little surprised, he had thought that the chief priestess of Inari Shrine was also a 'reincarnation' with special abilities like him, but the unmistakable color of his eyes and the 'sense of threat' that he had never found in the other party made him puzzled.

But he still has one thing to be sure, and that is that Inari Shrine does have an anomaly.

"I should say that we bothered."

Unmistakable emotion on his face, Rosetta let out a long breath and said.

"It is the witch's duty to pray for the guests who come to the door and ward off evil spirits, and she does not disturb at any time."

Anxin Hospital...... Or rather, Takase Mai spoke, and her voice was calm and calm, with a sense of convincing that made people settle down.

"The specific situation, this Miss Arakawa has told me in the contact tool, so this time, do you both need to use the demon purification ritual to transfer?"

Unlike Reiko Arakawa, who doesn't know anything, as a folklorist, Rosetta certainly knows what the 'demon purification ceremony' in the other party's mouth is.

More precisely, this should be called the 'sacrifice to eliminate evil'.

It is believed that at a specific time, with the help of aromatic herbs, the act of washing the body with water has the effect of washing away dirt and eliminating bad luck, and in the regulations of the Zhou ceremony, this ritual is controlled by the female witch.

"No, she's the only one who wants to perform the ritual of purification."

In order to avoid the possible embarrassment at that time, Rosetta of course refused, and he had come for another purpose.

"As for me......"

Immediately after, he lowered his head and took off the contact lens in his eye, calmly showing his abnormal iron gray pupil color.

"Coming to you as a shrine maiden is another reason."

The abnormal color of the eyes of the reborn is essentially caused by the change in the nature of the soul projected onto the physical body, and under normal circumstances, only those who have also experienced the ability of rebirth can see it.

But when Maii Takase saw Rosetta take off her contact lenses, she seemed to know what it meant, and there were slight emotional fluctuations in her dark eyes, and her tone became less flat: "What do you mean by this guest?" ”

"I've been thinking about it for a long time, so I'll just get straight to the point."

Rosetta said, "I want to see the real 'Anishin,' not the Takase Mai in front of me." ”

Hearing her original name, Miss Witch was stunned for a moment, but quickly reverted to that cold attitude, shook her head and said: "'Anxinyuan' is not only a surname, but also an identity, and it is also an organization, if you can say this, it means that you are not a 'Five Courtyards' or a 'Chinese'." ”

Five Hospitals? Chinese?

Rosetta didn't expect to come up with the information all at once.

Judging from the name, the 'Five Hospitals' should be five similar in nature to the 'Anxin Hospital', but parallel institutions.

And 'Chinese' is better understood.

Under the rule of the Liupola shogunate, the country of Yingzhou still has the remnants of the invisible four-people system, the former old Chinese refers to the hereditary nobles and daimyo lords of Yingzhou, and the current Xinhua refers to the meritorious nobles who quickly relied on meritorious service during the establishment of the new shogunate supported by the Great Shun of the Liupola shogunate, and became a meritorious nobleman of comprador merchants.

In this day and age, their name is 'Foundation'.

"Most of the many businesses of the 'Anxin Hospital' are only open to the inside of the Five Hospitals, and for those with wild abilities like you who have not joined any party, I can only provide you with some free news and basic paid services."

"Your 'Anxin Hospital' is an intelligence organization?"

Hearing this, Rosetta was a little surprised, he thought that what he could find at Inari Shrine was other local people in Antgawa City, but he didn't expect that although the chief shrine maiden here was not his kind, but behind her was suspected to be the 'Anxin Temple' of the official subordinate organization, but she was still doing part-time intelligence business.

"To be more precise, in addition to clearly violating the law, weapons, intelligence, personnel hiring, identity fabrication, and post-facto closure...... All the services that can make guests feel 'at ease', we can do it for our customers, and 'happiness and peace of mind is an obligation' is our aim. ”

"As long as the reward is sufficient, even the Overseers of the Monastery and the cultivators of the Killing Aylum, who have been on the front line of the Iron Curtain all the year round, can be invited by the Anxin Monastery for guests."

Miss Mikoto's voice was still faint and calm.

But the fox mask that was originally on the side face was quietly pulled to the front face by her, with gold edges on a white background and inlaid with gorgeous red patterns, which made her look a little more indescribably demonic.

Syllable.

Suddenly, she raised her hand and snapped her fingers.

A certain spiritual level of fluctuation spread out in an instant, enveloping the entire dance hall.

"As a free meeting gift, what this Miss Arakawa heard that she shouldn't hear, I used the ability of 'Anxin Yuan' to shield her for you, and you don't have to worry about anything else in the next transaction."

"Now, please let the guest say what you need."

After a moment of silence, facing the shrine maiden lady wearing a fox mask, Rosetta said, "You're not Mai Takase anymore, who are you?" ”

"I'm Dyejin, Anxin-in Dye-ma, the 'real Anxin-in' you want to see.'"

Miss Shrine Maiden lowered her head slightly and said, "In Anxinin, everyone is 'Anxinin', but only the real 'Anxinin' is eligible to regain a name and put Anxinin as a surname in front of their own name. ”

"Wuyi is not a real reincarnation after all, and it is not equal to come to negotiate a deal with the guest, so the next step is that I am responsible for making the guest 'feel at ease' and solving the guest's needs."

"I guess I understand." Rosetta said: "So what if I say I want some information about the Foot Club? ”

Hearing this, Anxin Yuan Dye Zhen suddenly fell silent.

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