The hotel that Yuki Akabane helped them book is located near Yasaka Shrine in the north of Kiyomizudera Temple.

"Stronghold, successfully replaced!"

At the door of the hotel with a silver fox motif, bareback to the fountain gestures scissor hands.

Arisa pressed the shutter button on her phone and took a picture of her.

"I didn't expect this to happen...... The big monster who escaped the seal, the positive force that was killed, what will happen next? ”

Shiratori Mao pulled the suitcase with a rather ugly face, not knowing what to make up in his head.

After the remaining two people checked in at the front desk, everyone temporarily gathered in Li Wu's room.

The TV set was playing the news, saying that an unknown body was found in the area along the Kamogawa River in Heii Town this morning, and more clues depend on further investigation, so please pay attention to the safety of the public.

"I asked Sister Yuki, it seems that this is not the first case committed by an escaped drunken boy, but it just happened that the body was found by ordinary people."

Aoi Hoshikawa sat on the edge of the single bed with the tablet she had brought with her on her lap.

The Kamogawa River, which runs from north to south, seems to divide the ancient city into two sides, where the city is surrounded by a few striking red dots, reminiscent of the crimson clouds that form on both sides of the cherry blossoms in spring.

"In less than a day, there were several homicides......"

She zoomed in on the map and muttered to herself, a little confused, "It feels like the heat is too low." ”

"Hoshikawa-san, didn't you say the high and the low in reverse?"

Shiratori had a shocked expression on his face, "Or is it just me who doesn't know that we actually live in a dark world where killing people is like eating and drinking?" ”

"She was probably referring to the unusual state of affairs compared to the habits of drunken boys."

Li Wu took over, "After all, the story is a big monster that shocked Kyoto, and its origin also has a legend as a bandit in Tanba, this kind of guy didn't kill indiscriminately, but ran around like a serial murderer and committed a secret crime, right?" ”

"The shrine union also expects that the drunken boy is arrogant and violent by nature, and he won't tolerate the status quo of hiding for long, so he is resting and preparing for war while mobilizing new forces."

The magical girl threw the tablet aside: "For safety, let's go back to Chiyo City tomorrow, I want to stay for the time being." ”

"It's easier to be in danger now when you act separately, right? Don't forget that Arisa is also a reliable combat force. ”

"Why, why do you want to stress about it?"

Arisa muttered a clenched fist, "I'll protect everyone!" ”

Hoshikawa Aoi thought for a moment: "...... Indeed, judging by its current mode of action, it is unlikely to encounter it directly. ”

She looked away a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, this happened when I invited everyone here, and now I'm staying in Kyoto because of my willfulness." ”

The rest of the people looked at each other.

"What."

Shiratori Mao was the first to laugh, "Although it's fake to say that you're not afraid, how can you blame Hoshikawa-san." Not to mention, don't forget the purpose of my trip. ”

She swept away her previous worries and suddenly became excited.

"This is a monster reincarnation that takes place in Kyoto, and there is no other family that can compare to it as an experience, right? Maybe even the big event of the intrusion of the shogi star invasion of the earth will happen! ”

"No, that can't be."

Li Wu complained.

"And...... Although there is no way to fight, I want to record the stories of your active activities, and even if you forget this experience after you go back, it will be a valuable memento. ”

As she spoke, her head lowered, her earlobes stained cherry red.

Li Wu looked at Hoshikawa Aoi: "That big monster can be regarded as ruining our trip, and I approve of slaughtering it." ”

"Li Jun, obviously it's not for this reason, are you the so-called tsundere attribute?"

Hoshikawa Aoi sighed, looked around the room, and smiled, "I suddenly remembered that this seems to be the first time that all members of our community have been involved in a supernatural event in the strict sense. ”

"Does it matter?"

Eri is unknown.

"Well, Arisa's parents may not have told you that there are many loose associations large and small in the inner world, and groups like ours that have a community name and are involved in such a hierarchical event as the resurrection of the drunken boy are already more emboldened than many of them to claim that they are members of the same organization."

She raised her right hand, "I propose that the Association of Survival Preparations for the Rest of the World officially intervene in the abnormal situation in Kyoto from now on!" ”

Arisa and Li Wu also raised their hands.

After all, Shiratori Mao is a person who can mix with light, and at this moment, under the impetus of the atmosphere, he joined on the spot: "I, as the president, also agreed to intervene - but what should I do next?" ”

The warm atmosphere was instantly cold.

The elder looked at everyone at a loss, "I thought you should have a way to find that monster right away......"

"I have a way to give it a try, but it's really unlikely."

Li Wu said that it is naturally the skill of self-fulfilling prophecy, but luck may not be reliable without any clues, "Then again, what about light? ”

He suddenly realized that something was wrong.

In the announcement link of the second explosion just now, the childhood sweetheart, she was absent!

"I've seen the truth."

From behind Aoi Hoshikawa came the sound of light.

I saw her sitting cross-legged on the bed, drawing a line on the tablet that had been thrown away.

"The enemy codenamed [WINE] kills along the river."

"Regardless of the strange code name, there was actually one case that didn't happen on the Kamogawa River."

Li Wu leaned over and squeezed together with Hoshikawa Aoi, "It's the red dot on the west side." ”

With his fingers, he connected the red dots that broke away from the river and the two other killings that took place on his left and right sides, forming a triangle.

"Xiao Wu, believe my feelings."

She looked at Li Wu, "I think it was dragged back to the river halfway through, and I had to continue along the Kamogawa River." ”

The idea of being dragged back to the river in the middle of the way is indeed very apt in terms of the trajectory of the map.

It's like a drunken boy who tried to break free from the shackles of the river but failed in the end, and could only kill people to vent his anger.

"Even if it were, is there any reason for it to kill people along the river?"

As if to answer his question, there was a knock on the door of the hotel room.

Arissa, who was closest, opened the door, only to see no one, only the sound of wails echoing through the hallway.

A hint of coldness crept up her spine.

(End of chapter)