Sugawara Kyoko stared at the arrow in front of her. She neither understood how the nearly burnt wood chip was embedded in the metal arrowhead, nor did she believe that it was once the property of the creator god Izanagi.

The doubts grew.

"It seems you can no longer shoot."

Zonggu took back the Demon-Breaking Arrow, turned it around in his hand, and waved it again.

"If you use it directly as a weapon, it's still a bit short..."

Kyoko immediately understood his plan, but her doubts were still lingering.

"If what Soya-san said is true, is it to use Izanagi-sama's divine power to destroy this evil spirit?"

"No."

Soya shook his head, "This comb tooth has no magical power, it just contains a lot of Izanagi's breath."

Although Asagiri Suzu gave it to him, the comb teeth could only come from Izanami. He told a little lie, "I picked it up when I was living in hell."

"Other than igniting fire, it has no other function, but the aura attached to it can make people who are close to Izanagi immediately think of him."

"For example, his..."

"--here we go."

Jingzi suddenly turned around and looked at the woods not far away.

The fluctuations over there instantly attracted the attention of all spiritual awakeners present except Zonggu, and he only delayed it for a second or two.

"bell."

"No."

After confirming that there was no danger around him, he took off his amulet and saw the shocking scene.

——Countless girls of the underworld floated in the air, converging into an airtight circular dome, covering the woods below, and slowly descending;

On the ground, a larger number of Huangquan troops gathered into a square formation and advanced ruthlessly towards the center of the forest.

The forest farm turned into a battlefield, and no one paid attention to Zonggu who suddenly "appeared". The faint aura of underworld on his body was not even worth a second glance at this moment.

The long halberds entered the forest, and many girls of the underworld, who seemed to be one body, also landed on the top of the forest and launched an offensive.

Thick dark clouds obscured the night sky, and the surrounding fields were dim but vaguely visible. At this time, cracks that became purer and darker suddenly appeared.

"..."

Zonggu held his breath and stared at the interior of the cracks that quickly connected under the Girl of the Underworld.

Just over two months ago, he was still eating tasteless food there, fearfully guarding and distinguishing every spirit he met, and imagining his first love that he might never see again.

"...Yellow Spring."

The hole in the other world opens and darkness falls.

...

Although he was driving, Noma Minami arrived at the gathering place for spiritual awakeners only ten minutes earlier than Soya and the others who were walking.

And Sugawara Kyoko, who was "abducted" halfway, had sent her a message before, saying that she wanted to act together with Soya.

This made her relieved and at the same time even more annoyed.

A mere ordinary high school student actually acted without authorization at such a time and abducted the eldest lady of the shrine.

This was back when she was the head of operations!

Stopping the car at the platform on the mountainside, Noma Minami looked back at the other shrine maidens at the same shrine.

"Anyway, the result is the same in the end. Just pretend that Jingzi ran away with that kid never happened - don't talk nonsense when you go back."

"...Anan." Someone was helpless.

"What if something happens?" Some people watched the fun and didn't think it was a big deal.

"People from Shiromaru Shrine came to say hello." Some people looked out of the car window, more concerned about the current matter.

Noma Minami quickly turned around and looked around, and spoke much faster, "Anyway, let's make this decision first, and then I'll settle the score with that kid."

"Yes yes..."

In this operation, Shiromaru Shrine, like Fuyun Shrine, was responsible for the aftermath.

"Toyosaki...what's going on with you?"

Noma Minami looked at the young miko who was approaching. Her upper body seemed to have become bloated overnight.

Toyosaki smiled slightly, raised his collar in an enchanting manner, and winked at her again.

"Anan, do you want to see the inside of me...ah!"

Several nearby priests followed the sound and quickly turned their heads. Noma Minami looked inside the opened miko uniform and sneered.

"With so many talisman stickers on it, can it be used as underwear?"

"...I wore it underneath!"

Toyosaki pulled up his clothes and moved away from her. The talisman paper covered in the miko's uniform made a rustling sound as it rubbed against her.

"Do you expect these talismans to withstand the shock wave?"

Noma Minami looked at her, "Can it be useful?"

"I don't know." Toyosaki straightened his clothes and puffed out his chest, "Even if it's a bulletproof vest, you won't know whether it's useful until you're shot."

"What a mess..."

"I don't want to experience the feeling of pain all over my body and being unable to move again like last time."

"It's better not to go up the mountain."

Noma Minami shook his head, "It's just a shudder if you stay far away."

"Speaking of which, why didn't you see Jingzi?"

"...It's really a bit cold in the early morning."

"Why did you change the subject?"

"Ah - it's so cold! It's so cold!"

Familiar shrine maidens were waiting on the mountainside platform, and people from other shrines arrived one after another.

Occasionally, people would come over to say hello and chat for a while, but most of the time, the spiritually aware people were looking at the sky.

"Are they planning to cover that forest?"

"It was like this last time at Lake Biwa."

"I wasn't there that time."

"I'm telling you..."

The young miko chatted freely and stayed very close to each other.

The faint fragrance from her body continued to float, Noma Minami listened absently, and suddenly said:

"Toyosaki is in third grade now, right?"

"..."

Toyosaki stopped abruptly, then nodded again, "Yes."

"Ah, by the way, Anan hasn't been to school yet this semester, right?"

"Too busy."

Noma Minami walked a few steps elsewhere, "But I can't ask for leave anymore, I have to at least show up."

Looking at the countless armors marching in the forest, she looked up at the slope not far away.

"Over there are the people from Chengnan Palace. They seem to be preparing some kind of prayer... praying to the gods..."

"A prayer for peace of mind."

She looked at Toyosaki who was following him. The miko uniform covered with talismans was ridiculously bloated, but her delicate face was still too cute.

"I said, Toyosaki..."

"Um?"

Noma Minami was interrupted before he could finish the rest of his sentence.

Above the woods, the circular dome composed of countless Daughters of the Underworld seemed to have opened a hole in the sky, revealing a darker part inside.

"This is the first time I have seen so many girls from the underworld opening the gate to the underworld at the same time..."

Toyosaki leaned closer to her, leaning on her shoulder, "It's a bit scary to say."

"Be prepared—"

Noma Minami looked at her, then turned back and shouted to his companions, "It's about to begin!"

Without her reminding, all the witches were in a state of preparedness.
To be continued...