I'm a ghost story witch in Tokyo

Chapter 16 16. Another Witch?
There is a large circular open space in the center of Asahina Town, and there are wooden road signs along the way to mark the direction. The scarlet paint looks like blood under the light of the crimson moon, and the characters squirm on the rotten wooden board.

Rui Ji read the word "town square" in her heart, and countless chaotic voices poured into her ears in an instant, turning into an annoying repeater, constantly repeating the content of the street signs in her ears.

The best way is not to pay attention to the infiltration of thinking from ghost stories.

The mental erosion is sometimes more serious than the physical injury. She moved her eyes away from the street sign, and the noisy noise disappeared with the wind.The sound of leather shoes and sneakers rubbing against the concrete road is very clear at night, and the chirping of cicadas and the sound of frogs in the fields that should be heard in summer nights can not be heard near Kisaragi Station.

The field was occupied by withered yellow weeds, and the supposedly soft and fertile soil was dry and cracked, as if it had been sucked out of all its vitality overnight by something.

Having seen too many abnormal things in strange stories, Rui Ji no longer makes a fuss.

"Where are we going next?"

There is less than one-third of the bottle of marked potion left, and sooner or later there will be no drop left after consumption.There are no materials for refining potions, no crucibles and test tubes, and no conditions for rubbing medicine with bare hands. Getting lost in the world of ghost stories is no different from death.

From just now, Rui Ji has noticed that the environment is constantly changing. She obviously didn't go back, but the place she passed by appeared right in front of her again, with a kind of beauty like a ghost hitting a wall.

Marking the potion is the guarantee of not getting lost, and the compass and map will not work in the regional ghost story.The remaining dose reminds her all the time that she can no longer continue to explore the way, wasting time and resources.

The sailor suit witch—Yonara Chiyo, introduced herself to Rui Ji when crossing the bridge.They are not familiar enough to address each other by their surnames and use honorifics to avoid offending each other.

Yona Ridge points to the mountains and forests in the northeast direction.

"There's a shrine over there, why don't we go to the shrine to rest first. I heard that as long as we step through the torii, the ghosts won't be able to harass us."

At the end of the mountain road shaded by green trees, there is a more primitive shrine.It is smaller than the Sakuma Shrine, built on the top of the mountain, and may be less than a hundred square meters in size.

The sacred place where the gods live is usually free from evil spirits and ghosts. The sacred place of the Westerners is the church, and the sacred place of the Japanese is the shrine. The two serve the same function.

She has an inexplicable affection and love for the shrine, perhaps because of the shrine at home. The ancient buildings surrounded by logs and vermilion torii always bring a sense of stability that cannot be replaced by other things.

The clue to leaving Asahina might be hidden in the shrine on the mountain, Rui Ji thought.

"Let's go, there will always be a way."

Then came another long walk.First pass through the low Japanese-style two-story buildings with the same style, and step into the narrow walking path surrounded by green trees and covering the sky.

This road is also paved with neatly cut thick gray stone slabs. The road leading to the residence of the gods is cleaner and more tidy than in the town. There is no weeds on both sides, and there are no piles of yellow-green fallen leaves on the road.

When he came to the foot of the mountain, Rui Ji was shocked for half a minute by the mountain road extending to a high place.

Starting from the first step, the vermilion torii gates stretch to the front of the shrine on the top of the mountain, and there are more than one hundred in number.Although torii gates are composed of two pillars and one beam, there are slight differences in color, shape, and height.

Layers of vermilion, it is very spectacular to look up from the foothills.

The weird environment and atmosphere made the sacred torii tainted with evil. It was supposed to be a barrier to keep the filth out, but Rui Ji didn't dare to step in immediately.The right eyelid has been twitching a lot since just now, it must be nothing good.

Some strange stories about the shrine have mentioned that it is not so easy to leave after stepping into the torii gate.It is not an ordinary door, and you must not visit it with the mood of entering and leaving as you want.

Especially since there are so many torii gates on this mountain, it is suspicious no matter how you look at it.If it is such a famous shrine as Fushimi Inari Taisha, there are tens of thousands of torii gates on the road leading to the main shrine on the top of the mountain, which will not make people who want to go up the mountain feel uneasy and suspicious.

Rui Ji hesitated in front of the torii, and Yona Ling next to him kept urging her, wanting her to make up her mind earlier.

"It's okay, the shrine protects us, it's dangerous to stay outside all the time. Do you want to become a 'human' hanging on a carp streamer? No, right?"

"Of course I don't want to, but these torii gates give me a very subtle feeling."

The most obvious reaction is that the closer you are to them, the faster the magic power in your body will be lost.Behind the torii is not an auspicious place, but a whirlpool that sucks magic and vitality.

She retreated to a place five meters away, and the feeling of loss of magic power was cut off.

This shrine is very evil, the most fortunate thing is that there is still a walk in.

Rui Ji realizes that there might be something wrong with the witch named Yona Ridge.She will keep taking other witches to places where she is sucking magic power, so it is difficult for people to treat her as a good person.

Having said that, the way back was blocked.

The carp flag hanging on the flagpole followed at an unknown time, blocking the only way out and making it airtight.The wide gaps between the trees also disappeared, and the thick trunks crowded together into a thick wooden wall.

The landforms and scenery in the regional ghost talk will change at any time. She has tasted it several times, and only has some elegant and easy-going beautiful words in her heart to offer.

"Top you a lung……"

Some words cannot be expressed in Japanese and must be changed to another dialect.

A simple sentence was not enough to vent all her dissatisfaction, she didn't even have the time to swear the next sentence, the ferocious Kai Tan Hua Carp Banner grinned, revealing her saw-like fangs underneath.

Being bitten by fangs is not as light as a little skin trauma, at least it will be missing arms and legs, serious decapitation.If the witch who has learned advanced healing techniques is not rescued and the damaged part is repaired, the witch will face disability or death after a certain period of time, and the result is quite cruel.

I just learned the level 2 fire attribute spell [Meteor] this afternoon, so I have nothing to hide, I will do it when it's time to do it.

The carp banner locked Rui Ji as the target, and rushed forward, flying extremely fast, like an arrow leaving the string.Spell builds are a second or two behind when they strike.

Before she could swing her Taidao, the situation was dangerous.

"Whoosh-"

Objects flying from the dark hit the head of one of the carp streamers, followed by the second and third.The penetrating flag let out a sharp roar while leaking wind, and the body spontaneously ignited without fire.

The items made by the cloth turned into fly ash under the engulfing of the flames, and Rui Ji's spell was finally completed. A huge circular magic circle with a diameter of six meters appeared in the sky. In the center of the magic circle, golden Latin words rotated, jumped, and Dense rain of fire fell from the sky.

Behind the gray smoke, another strange witch walked out.

(End of this chapter)