I, Seimei, can't be an audiophile

After returning to the hotel, Qihai Jianren was entangled in whether to go out at night to find out, but when they thought that the whole village was equivalent to an enchantment, they had "bound" with Nagumo Mitsuhiko before coming in, and finally decided to adopt a conservative attitude .

——Things are more troublesome than he thought. It's not just a problem of a spell spirit. There is at least one warlock in this village, otherwise it can't explain the enchantment and restraint in the village, as well as the suspicious torii gate.

Their main purpose is to collect intelligence, and there is no time pressure to rescue anyone, and there is no need to force themselves to solve the problem at once.

Qihai Jianren couldn't help but think of their fellow travelers at this time, but unfortunately he was not good at words, otherwise he might be able to get more information.

So they lived peacefully all night, and the three of them failed to see Nanyun Mitsuhiko the next day. They heard from the restaurant waiter that someone had come to the village again, and Mr. Mitsuhiko, who was in charge of reception, went to pick them up.

"Wait a minute, how did he know someone was coming? Isn't there no communication method here?"

Qihai Jianren noticed blind spots.

The waiter explained: "There is no direct external communication equipment here, but there is a direct connection with the Desert Hotel? Otherwise, how would we know that the Desert Hotel has guests?"

After learning that sending the message to the desert hotel had to go through Mitsuhiko Nagumo, Jianren Qihai gave up his heart.

Now he is quite sure that there is something wrong with this person named Nanyun Guangyan. He is probably a magician. He suspects that their village wants to spread the news. Isn't this person a warning?

"Mr. Mitsuhiko is not here, why don't we go directly to the torii gate? I'm very interested in that."

Seimei-sama's words fit Nanami's intentions, and even Haibara Yuu nodded in agreement.

"That's right, that's right! When I got up in the morning, I had a long chat with the people in the store, and they said it was a well-known scenic spot!"

Hui Yuanxiong's social skills are very strong. It turned out that in the morning before the other two woke up, he had already chatted with other breakfast eaters in the store during breakfast, and obtained a lot of news.

The torii is a shrine dedicated to ghost generals. It is said that the shrine has been passed down for thousands of years, and the amulets inside are even dumped all over the world. It is very confusing that such a place with inconvenient transportation can still sell amulets. up.

"It is said that the successors of the shrine have been witches since ancient times. I think the priestess must be very clear about the belief of ghost generals. Let's go meet the witches!"

Hui Yuanxiong is full of energy, and has already begun to imagine whether Miss Miko is a great beauty.

To be honest, the biggest problem with the High School of Conjuration is that there are too few students enrolled, just like he only has one classmate, Jianren Qihai, a male.

During the time in the college, I was either studying or doing missions, and I had no chance to meet beautiful women. Miko, how many men's fantasies!

Jianren Qihai is worried that the witch is the conjurer who set up the barrier, but there is no other way. If they stay where they are, they will not be able to get more information. Besides, if they don't go, the professor Li who claims to understand folk customs will definitely go. It's better to act together.

The three of them came to the torii. The pure black torii is made of wood painted black - this is very rare. In ancient times, black was mostly a representative of "death", just like funerals are mostly black, and happy events are mostly white. Unfortunately, it is very rare to appear at the shrine.

After the torii is a shrine. It seems that the building is not too old. It was probably established when the whole village moved to this place.

There is a cedar tree in the shrine, which is very common. Many shrines like to use ancient trees as "sacred trees" as the guardian of the shrine.This tree seems to be quite old. I don't know if the shrine was built at this location because of this tree.

Maybe it was because the shrine was too small, and I didn't see anyone when I entered it, but the ground was very clean, there were no fallen leaves, and it was obviously cleaned by someone.After a few people visited the periphery, they entered the main hall of the shrine.

Contrary to what they thought, what is enshrined in the main hall is not a statue of a god or a shrine, but a long knife that looks very simple.

"Wow! It's an antique! Could this be the knife used by the ghost general?"

Hui Yuanxiong was amazed, although he felt a burst of evil spirit before taking it out of the sheath, it must be a powerful spell!

"So that's how it is. The deity in the shrine is a sword, so other swords are prohibited from entering the village."

Jianren Qihai lamented that it was unexpected and reasonable.

The so-called deity is something enshrined in the shrine, and the customs are different in different places. Here, I am afraid that it is the knife used by the city lord back then, and it is enshrined here as his substitute.

At this distance, I can already clearly feel the thick and viscous spell power on the knife. Qihai Jianren has only seen this level of spell equipment once in the hands of a Buddhist monk. I am afraid that the price is worth mentioning. [-] million.

Wait, could it be that it is actually not the curse spirit that is 'causing trouble' here, but this very powerful spell tool?

Many people don't know that the magic tool is not everyone can control it, it is a great weapon for the conjurer.

But it is highly poisonous to ordinary people. The more powerful the spell is, the more so it is. Some high-level spells need to abide by specific conditions and rules before they can be used, otherwise they will even devour the master.

Seimei-sama showed a smile on his face, and a flash of innocence flashed in his eyes.So that's how it is, this village...

"Who are you guys?"

The man's voice awakened the attention of several people from the long knife, and they turned their heads to look at the person who came, it was a man wearing a priest's costume, what was surprising was that he looked almost the same as Nagumo Mitsuhiko!The only difference is that Mitsuhiko Nagumo has a scar near his forehead, while this person does not.

"Sorry, we are tourists, are you Mr. Nagumo Mitsuhiko's brother?"

Jianren Qihai quickly said, looking at the clothes, he should be the priest of the shrine, but he didn't expect the priest here to be related to Mitsuhiko Nagumo!

The man frowned, but still answered him: "I'm his elder brother Nanyun Mingyan. Why isn't Mitsuhiko with you? He should be in charge of receiving guests."

Seimei-sama smiled: "He is going to pick up other tourists. Can we visit here? Can you tell us about the history of this shrine and the belief culture here? Sorry, I forgot to introduce, we are Specialized in folklore, interested in the history of the village."

Nanyun Mingyan lowered his face: "There is nothing to introduce, and there is nothing to visit here. It is a shrine in a small village. You can go after you have seen it."

"Are there any guests?"

It's a pity that before Mingyan chased them away, a girl's voice had already asked, and then hearing the sound of footsteps, a girl in a priestess costume was running towards them wearing wooden clogs.

Hui Yuanxiong was surprised at first, and then a sad expression: "It turned out to be a child! Woohoo, I thought I could see the beautiful witch sister!"

That's right, the little girl who looks like a shrine maiden, at most twelve or thirteen years old, is completely out of the defense range of the mature-loving Yuu Haibara!

Ming Yan frowned, and glared at Hui Yuan angrily: "This guest, please be careful."

Huiyuan put his hands together quickly: "Sorry, sorry, I was talking too fast."

The little girl looked up at them, cleared her throat, and pretended to puff her chest out like her master, which made people feel a little cute.

"Cough. Hello, I'm the shrine maiden Yumeko. Welcome to our shrine. Don't worry about this bitter-faced guy. Let me introduce the shrine to you. Come here with me first, follow the route, otherwise Will you miss something good?"

Saying that, the little witch ran out da da da, and turned her head to wave at them.

No one could refuse such a cute little witch, so the three of them went out with her and returned to the door.

On the contrary, the lord priest still stayed in the temple, standing at the entrance of the temple and looking at them vaguely, with an extremely gloomy expression.

Jianren Qihai raised his eyebrows slightly, it seemed that he didn't welcome them very much.

"Don't worry about him, he has such a temper, just let me introduce you."

Mengzi began to introduce the shrine to them. The previous content was the same as Seimei told them before. The village was originally a city.

In the end, the water source changed, the original city became a desert, the people in the city moved here, and the shrine was also changed to this place.

"Did you see the platycodon flowers here? The talismans in our shrine are all made of platycodon flowers. They have magical powers and can bless you to break up with the scumbag and have a smooth relationship with the right man! Our amulets are very effective, so they are sold all over the country They are all very good, and the Desert Hotel usually sells them for us.”

The corner of Qihai Jianren's mouth twitched: "Why does this guarding content sound so strange!"

Master Mengzi nodded in general: "I don't understand, it is said that the first maiden of the shrine, in memory of her husband's ex-girlfriend Bai Yueguang, named Kikyo, planted the bellflower flower and used it as a talisman, so there is this And so on, it is said that Kikyo-sama is also a shrine maiden."

Qihai Jianren: "..."

The more you listen, the weirder it gets!

Mengzi led them forward, introducing the meaning and origin of various objects and buildings in the shrine, and introducing the history of the shrine.

"The first Miko-sama was a friend of Oni-sama before his death. The shrine was built in order to keep Oni-sama from falling into the ghost world, so the witches of all generations will pray for Oni-sama. It's a coincidence that you came here. Tomorrow is the annual festival." Do you want to participate in the Choushi Sacrifice?"

Mengzi smiled and looked back at them.

Jianren Qihai's heart trembled.

The time of ugliness is the most powerful and suitable for cursing. Generally, there will be no shrine activities at all. On the contrary, it is more suitable for cursing at this time.

And it must be dark at this time. Mitsuhiko Nagumo had warned them before that they must abide by the rules and not leave the room at night. Wouldn't it be a violation of the rules if they participated in the Chou Shi Sacrifice?

"it is good--"

Before Jianren Qihai figured it out, the hateful Hui Yuanxiong really wanted to agree with his mouth faster than his brain!

"I would like to ask, is Choushi's sacrifice in the shrine of the shrine? Mitsuhiko-sama told us not to go outside at night."

Fortunately, the 'Professor Li' who was with them interrupted Hui Yuanxiong's words.

Mengzi's expression was a little strange, like a puppet wearing a smiling mask, and there was no real smile in it after hearing the question.

"Exactly," she said.

That tone was actually very similar to Nagumo Mitsuhiko before, a creepy chill spread.