Countless white robes were filled with broken flesh and blood, and stood up unsteadily from the deep pool.

Kamiyagawa's guess is probably correct, they should all be shrine maidens of the Tsuchimikado family.

The young bodies reassembled from the minced meat were either standing on the water and swaying, or they were floating in the water, and it was impossible to tell how many there were.

Their long black hair and blood-soaked miko uniforms stuck to their bodies, exposing large areas of red, white, and watery skin.

"Woo-"

The witches howled and cried.

Red ropes can be seen wrapped around their bodies.

It was not the thin red line that connected Kamiya and Onizuka, but red hemp ropes as thick as a wrist. Those rough ropes bound the hands and feet of the shrine maidens, and they squirmed like wild snakes.

"Woo-"

The crying and wailing continued, hysterical and painful.

Then, the group of people turned their necks stiffly in synchronization, and their eye sockets enlarged until they were lifeless, and they all turned straight to the location of Kamiya River.

Strong resentment and murderous intention.

Those wet black hair and red ropes were entangled with each other, stretched as hard as they could, and swept in like cannonballs!

"Ah——Hum——"

Fighting was inevitable, Kamiyakawa breathed in and out.

The left hand that was not holding the knife was raised towards his side, and the emerald green thunder light beat in the palm of his hand, condensing into a shining and dazzling thunder spear.

The lightning pierced the waterfall filled with water vapor, and the electric arc sputtered, whipping around like a whip. The powerful thunder smashed the water droplets in the air into pieces, and evaporated into curls of white smoke and heat waves.

Zila——!

The green jade-like thunder gun was thrown out with great force by the Kamiya River. The thunder undulated like a dragon breaking through the waves and sputtered rapidly, hitting the curtain wall woven with black hair and red rope in front of it.

The turbulent green shattered the entangled red and black, and then crashed into the deep pool of blood.

There was a thunderous explosion that was enough to cover up the sound of the waterfall and the howling of the witches.

The thunder gun shattered into a tree-root-shaped electrical grid, and thunder roared in pursuit. The dazzling lightning completely swept away the white-clothed and crimson men in the pool.

And in the clear emerald light, there is another sword that is as bright as a star, and a gloomy ghost-like sword, buzzing in symphony, and violently crashing out with the violent wind and waves!

Kamiyagawa, who had already summoned Onigiri, charged into the enemy's formation with Doji Kiri and Onikiri in hand.

"Can fight!"

His black hair was stained with moisture and flying freely.

The black pupils that were condensed to the extreme reflected the white-clothed feathers falling down one after another.

The determination and sharpness emanating from these eyes are so sharp that they are not far behind the blades of the two famous demon-slaying swords.

Although there are no shikigami to fight with us now, the brave one wins when we meet on a narrow road!

Kamiyagawa also wanted to investigate carefully and find clues about the missing bronze mirror fragments.

But the space he was in didn't give him a chance to use his brain.

There are so many of these shrine maidens who are suspected of being members of the Tsuchimikado family. Why did they die miserably here?

Judging from the state when they first appeared, these young witches, without exception, had turned into broken pieces of flesh floating in the deep pool waterfall. Who then cruelly chopped them into pieces?

have no idea.

No clue at all.

But since they want to fight, according to Kamiya’s idea, they should fight first and then talk!

Thinking optimistically, maybe there is a piece of bronze mirror you are looking for under this strange deep pool?

…

In the gloomy and miasmatic village of Tsuchimikado.

call!

Blazing fireworks soared from a ferocious undead body.

The fire light fluttered like soft ribbons, and the small and illusory golden talisman symbols shrank and spread in the heat wave. In the center of the flame, the hottest and brightest part, contained infinite power, constantly surging upward.

In a matter of seconds, the undead trying to break free will be burned to ashes.

"Hmm... I still haven't left any evidence that I can channel the spirit."

Onizuka Kiriho puts out the talisman fire on her knuckles.

While exploring the village following the traces of Teito Toshima, the little miko encountered attacks from several undead spirits one after another.

Of course, it was cured without much effort.

The undead encountered in the village were equally ferocious and unrecognizable, but their clothes could be roughly seen. They were all simple linen jackets and trousers. They looked like the attire of the working people during the Taisho period, or even longer ago.

The little miko estimated that these undead souls should have been villagers of Tsuchimikado Village when they were alive.

"Although I am not psychic, I can still feel that these villagers suffered great pain before they died. When this village disappeared from reality, some major event that was unknown to the outside world must have happened."

Onizuka held onto Yuri Sakai's missing person notice a little tighter.

Ahead, the traces left by Teshima Toshima once again appeared.

After following Toshima for a while, the little miko came to a large mansion. Although the mansion was also decayed and shrouded in a ghostly aura, it was much more imposing than the short thatched wooden houses seen along the road.

few.

However, the surname on the sign at the door is "Tachibana", not "Tsuchimikado".

Standing at the gate, Onizuka Kiriho's palms flowed with concrete spiritual power, and once again wrapped the missing person notice.

She sensed a psychic scene, and Teto Toshima must have encountered something here...

…

In February 1997, Teto Toshima came to the area near Mount Kiyomizu in Kyoto in search of his missing lover, Yuri Sakai. Whether it was an accident or a wish, he was involved in the Tsuchimikado Village that had long since ceased to exist in reality.

He undoubtedly loves Yuri deeply and is willing to take risks for his lover.

However, Teito Toshima overestimated his mental endurance.

This village is really weird.

On the surface it looks deserted and abandoned, but there are some terrifying things that seem human and inhuman wandering around inside...

"Hu-ha-hu-ha-"

Wearing a leather jacket, Teito Toshima was breathing heavily and stumbling around.

Although he couldn't see anything when he turned around, he knew that the twisted and ferocious humanoid monster that appeared out of nowhere just now was still chasing him.

Plop.

Perhaps he was running too fast. When he rushed to the door of Tachibana's house, Toshima Teto's feet stumbled and he fell to the muddy ground.

Just as he was struggling to get up, a hand suddenly grabbed his wrist.

"ah!"

Toshima was frightened, but when he turned his head, he saw a very familiar face.

The expression on his face changed from horror to joy.

"Yuri?"

"Shh."

Yuri Sakai signaled her boyfriend to be silent, and then pulled him into the door of Tachibana's house.

The reunited lovers embraced each other in a gloomy old house, and then quickly separated.

"Tate, why are you here?"

"I'm coming to find you."

Sakai Yuri shook her head with a bitter expression: "You shouldn't have come, and now you are even trapped here."

"I'm coming to find you!" Teto Toshima just repeated so firmly.

"Ho ho..."

Outside the house, the hoarse roar of the humanoid monster sounded again.

The couple looked horrified, holding each other's hands tightly and quieting down.

After hiding like this for a while, Sakai Yuri spoke again: "I found something here."

She obviously didn't intend to delve deeper into why her boyfriend came here.

Now that something has happened and the surroundings are so dangerous, the most important thing now is for the two of them to escape together.

Sakai Yuri fished out a photo and several folded manuscript papers from her pocket.

She has been trapped in Tsuchimikado Village for about three days and found something here.
To be continued...