Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 43 The Gate of Yellow Springs
Kyoko Sugawara stared at the arrow in front of her, neither understanding how the nearly charred piece of wood was embedded in the metal arrowhead, nor believing that it was once the property of the creator god Izanagi.

Doubts became more.

"It looks like you can't shoot arrows anymore."

Sogu retracted the Demon-Breaking Arrow, twirled it in his hand, and waved it again.

"If you use it directly as a weapon, it really is a bit short..."

Kyoko immediately understood his plan, but his doubts still persisted.

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

"Do not."

Soya shook his head, "This comb doesn't have any divine power, it just has a lot of Izanagi's breath on it."

Although it was handed over to him by Asagiri Ling, but this comb can only come from Izanami, he lied, "I picked it up when I was wandering in the underworld."

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

"For example, his..."

"--here we go."

Jingzi suddenly turned her head to look at the forest not far away.

The fluctuation over there instantly attracted the attention of all the psychics present except Soya, and he was only delayed for a second or two.

"bell."

"No."

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

——Countless daughters of the underworld floated in mid-air, gathered into an airtight circular dome, covered the forest below, and slowly landed;

On the ground, a larger number of Huangquan Army assembled into a square formation, advancing ruthlessly towards the center of the forest.

The forest farm has become a battlefield, and no one cares about Zong Gu who suddenly "appeared".The faint breath of the underworld on his body is not even worth taking a second look at this moment.

The long halberd entered the forest, and many daughters of the underworld, who seemed to be one, also descended to the top of the forest and launched an offensive.

Dense dark clouds covered the night sky, and the surrounding fields were dim but faintly visible, but at this time, there suddenly appeared a series of cracks that were even more black.

"..."

Zonggu held his breath and concentrated, looking at the inside of the crack that was quickly connected under the daughter of Huangquan.

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

"... Huangquan."

The other world is opened, and darkness descends.

Even though he was driving, Noma Minami arrived at the gathering place of the enlightened ones only ten minutes earlier than Soya and the others who were walking.

And Kyoko Sugawara, who was "abducted" halfway, sent her a message before, expressing that he would act together with Soya.

This made her feel relieved, but also more annoyed.

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

Still when she was in charge of operations!
Stopping the car at the platform on the mountainside, Noma Minami looked back at the other shrine maidens.

"Anyway, it's the same result in the end. The matter of Jingzi running away with that kid, let's just pretend it never happened—don't talk nonsense when you go back."

"... Anan." Someone was helpless.

"What if it happened?" Some people watching the excitement don't think it's a big deal.

"People from Shiramaru Shrine have come to say hello." There were also people looking out the window, more concerned about the current affairs.

Noma Minami quickly turned his head to take a look, and he spoke much faster, "Anyway, it's decided first, and I'll settle the score with that kid later."

"Yes Yes……"

In this operation, Baimaru Shrine, like Fuyun Shrine, is part of the aftermath.

"Toyosaki...what's your situation?"

Minami Noma looked at the approaching young miko, her upper body seemed to have swollen overnight.

Toyosaki smiled slightly, hooked his neckline seductively, and winked at her again.

"Anan, do you want to see my inside...Yeah!"

Several nearby priests followed their reputation and quickly turned their heads away.Minami Noma looked at the inside of the shrine maiden's clothes and sneered.

"Paste so many talisman papers, are they used as underwear?"

"...I'm wearing it inside!"

Toyosaki pulled the clothes together while staying away from her, the talisman papers plastered in the priestess clothes rattled as they rubbed against each other.

"You expect to rely on these talisman papers to resist the shock wave?"

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

"I don't know." Toyosaki tidied up his clothes and puffed out his chest again, "Even if it's a bulletproof vest, you won't know if it's useful until you get shot."

"What a mess..."

"I don't want to experience the feeling of being so sore and unable to move again last time."

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

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

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

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

"Why did you change the subject?"

"Ah—it's so cold, it's so cold!"

The familiar maidens were waiting on the mountainside platform, and staff from other shrines arrived one after another.

Occasionally, someone would come over to say hello and chat, but most of the time, the psychics were looking at the sky.

"Are they going to cover that forest?"

"It was the same way last time at Lake Biwa."

"I wasn't there that time."

"let me tell you……"

The young shrine maiden talked eloquently and stuck closely.

The faint fragrance from her body kept wafting, Minami Noma listened absent-mindedly, and suddenly said:

"Toyosaki is in the third grade now."

"..."

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

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

"Too busy."

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

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

"There are people from Chengnan Palace over there. They seem to be preparing some prayers... praying to gods..."

"Prayer for peace of mind."

She looked at Toyosaki who followed, the maiden costume covered with talisman paper was ridiculously bloated, but her delicate face was still too cute.

"I said, Toyosaki..."

"Ok?"

Noma Minami hadn't finished half a sentence when he was interrupted.

Above the forest, the circular dome composed of countless daughters of the underworld seems to have opened a hole in the sky, exposing the darker part inside.

"This is the first time I have seen so many daughters of the underworld open the gate of the underworld at the same time..."

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

"be prepared--"

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

Without her reminding, the witches have all entered a state of readiness.

The daughter of the underworld floated in the sky, controlling the gaping dark mouth to sink slowly, as if to swallow the entire forest;

The Huangquan army gathered from all directions also blocked every direction leaving the forest.

At this moment, a small but conspicuous figure suddenly rose from the center of the forest, and pierced the darkness above at an invisible speed, hanging above the dome composed of the daughters of the underworld.

"The evil spirit has appeared."

Compared with the ghosts of the underworld, the ominous spirits floating in mid-air looked no different from ordinary people, quite harmless.

However, this illusion only lasted for a moment, and the majestic black flame rising rapidly from his body immediately shattered the illusions of all onlookers.

"What kind of monster is this..."

On the slope, the voice of blessing suddenly became louder.

The witch rang the bell, and the priest raised the oak board and sang the majestic prayer, which could be heard from here.

If it was said that the soothing words just now made people calm down unknowingly, but now it is pressured by force, making people irresistible and forced to be at peace.

However, no matter how majestic the ritual is, it has no effect on the ominous spirit in midair.

The ferocious flames were raging, and the black mist opened its teeth and claws. Its appearance was ever-changing.

The prayer ceremony did not stop there.

Talisman paper, magic-breaking arrows, monks chanting Buddha's name in formation... all the attempts to prepare from just now have also been let go.

A round of arrows shot into the sky, one after another submerged in the black air, so Noma Nan noticed the magic-breaking arrow array on the other side of the high ground.

"The first round is over... there are two more rounds."

She just happened to understand the arrangement there: shoot three rounds of magic-breaking arrows in salvo, and retreat if they fail.After all, the magic-breaking arrows have a limited range, the closer they are, the greater the impact they will receive.

The next two rounds of arrow rain also quickly shot into the sky, but they were the same as the first round, without any effect.

The witches left one after another. Minami Noma was about to look away when he suddenly saw a familiar witch standing in front of him.

Raising her bamboo bow, she aimed her arrow at the shadow in the sky.

"...Kyoko?"

After recognizing her, Noma Minami was very surprised, and what surprised her even more was yet to come—someone stopped Kyoko.

"Songya!"

Suddenly, a creepy feeling enveloped her, and something seemed to ring in her ears;
Then, the world in front of me fluctuated.

"..."

Toyosaki fell on top of her without warning, and she couldn't even raise her hand to support her, so she fell too.

"Well!"

"Anan..."

"I'm fine...ah, it hurts."

Minami Noma grinned in pain, and finally felt the filthy aura of the underworld filling her body.

"This is too sudden..."

Looking up at the sky, she found that it was snowing on an April night.

"wrong."

Letting Toyosaki move away from her body, Minami Noma sat up with difficulty, gray "snowflakes" fell on her hands, fleeting.

And the daughter of Huangquan who was floating in the sky, and the army of Huangquan on the ground, all disappeared.

"It's really gone..."

The black flames that shrouded the fierce spirit's body also subsided, leaving only a solitary figure in the sky.

But on the ground, the spiritual sensers collapsed into one, helplessly ushering in the expected defeat.

Whoosh!
An arrow pierced the sky and landed on the body of the fierce spirit, right in the middle of the mouth.

Then, he fell.

　It's almost the last day of 2021.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)