I’m a Witch In Dongying

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Waiting patiently for the group of big guys on the podium to finish speaking, Bai Shuiqiu left the distribution area of ​​Narita High School and followed a staff member to the place where the lottery was drawn.

At this time, shots of players from all over the world began to be cut out on the big screen in the stadium.

The group table of the game is constantly refreshed as the lottery proceeds.

When some players from the Kansai region played on the stage, there would be applause and cheering in the audience at the right time. It is estimated that it may be teachers and students from the same school who are waving the flag as a support team. As players from Chiba Prefecture, Shirasaki and Ogata don't have this kind of treatment. First, they played away games. Second, they didn't have any historical results, so they just flashed on the big screen.

Even if a few viewers from Chiba recognized them and waved and yelled a few words, they were soon drowned in a louder sound.

In fact...

If it weren’t for the third runner-up Kurimi Sanae in last year’s competition, Narita High School might not be eligible to be included in the media’s shots...

In this regard, Bai Shuiqiu does not matter.

After all, she came to participate in the competition, not to perform for others to see, such things as supporting the team may have a little effect on boosting morale, but it will not affect the final result of the game.

but……

As he walked back after the lottery was drawn, Bai Shuiqiu noticed a figure.

Is a girl.

She is close to one meter and seven meters tall, and she is quite tall among the Dongying girls, and she looks good, with a simple and neat shawl and short hair, and her expression is slightly stern. When this girl appeared on stage, the audience cheered like a landslide and tsunami, and many people were yelling loudly.

"... Liu Yuan?"

Bai Shuiqiu was startled when he heard the surname clearly, then suddenly realized.

It seems that this girl is last year's champion Liu Yuan Mixia.

According to the information provided by the old monster, Mika Ryumoto is a second-year student in Ritsumeikan High School. His ancestor has a close relationship with Naito Masaaki and has a good family background.

Judging from the look and temperament she is showing now, she does have the demeanor of a master.

When Bai Shuiqiu looked at Liu Yuan Meixia, the latter seemed to be keenly aware of something, and turned his head and glanced at her, looked at her vigilantly, and when he found that he did not know someone, he took it back again. Sight. From beginning to end, neither of them spoke, nor did they even nod their heads.

Then, the two of them were two or three meters apart and passed by in the aisle.

"It looks cold..."

Bai Shuiqiu murmured silently and returned to the distribution area of ​​Narita High School.

Washamine Shion had been waiting here for a while, and when she saw her coming over, she smiled slightly: "Good luck, you and Ogata's opponents in the same group in the first round are all unknown people. The game in the first two days should be very difficult. It's easy."

"Really? That's pretty good."

Bai Shuiqiu also smiled, raised his head, followed Jiufeng Ziyuan's gaze towards the big screen, and found his name in the dense grouping list.

"The first game is this afternoon..."

Each game of the archery competition takes a long time, and sometimes because the players are close in strength, it is necessary to decide the winner through an extra game.

The number of participants in the national competition is a bit large, so the schedule is still a bit tight.

Bai Shuiqiu wrote down his game time, secretly planning to go to Luo Lei Valley.

Before coming to Kyoto, she had checked the location of the "Luo Lei Valley" on the map. It was located on the west side of Kyoto City, and it was a little bit far away from Shimadzu Stadium, dozens of miles away. And in order to ensure sufficient current, it is necessary to wait for a thunderstorm.

The latter condition should not be difficult to achieve.

Because the rainy season in Kansai has not completely ended, it is theoretically possible to rain at any time in recent days.

But considering that he has no experience in "charging" Mingleiyu, in order to deal with possible unexpected situations, at least half a day must be reserved. In this case, it would be a little troublesome, especially, how to go over there is a question worth thinking about.

She thought about taking a taxi.

However, taxis in Dongying are too expensive... and the "Luo Lei Valley" belongs to the wild mountains and wild areas off the beaten track. It is also a "dangerous area" officially marked by Kyoto. The average taxi driver may not dare to go there unless they add money. ...

"Teacher Shion, you are here in Kyoto... Do you have any idle private cars?"

Bai Shuiqiu thought for a while, and tentatively asked the old monster standing nearby.

"Ok?"

Jiufeng Ziyuan was stunned, rubbing his chin and thinking for a while: "Private car... If I remember correctly, there should be a few in the garage of my manor, but even the newest one is already idle. For many years, I’m not sure if it can start smoothly. Why, is there anything you want to go in particular?"

"I have been idle for more than ten years..."

Can that still be opened?

If you don’t hire someone to do maintenance regularly, I’m afraid you’re already struggling to start a fire, right?

The corner of Bai Shuiqiu's mouth twitched, then lowered his voice, and slowly said about the Luo Lei Valley: "There is such a place to go..."

When I went to Chiba City to look for Matsudaira Kenji, she had already used the [Mingleiyu] hole card in front of Shion Shumine, so there was no need to conceal it deliberately at this time.

She doesn't know how to drive anyway. If you ask Jiufeng Ziyuan or someone to drive her over, the latter will definitely know what she's doing, so it's better to just admit it now.

"Oh, it was for this."

Jiufeng Ziyuan listened calmly, and nodded: "I know the place you mentioned is close to Dajiangshan, but it's not that far away. It was used by some Onmyojis as a trial site before. Sharpen your own magic skills...

Since you are going to train the magical artifacts, make time to take a trip. Just tell me when you want to go. "

"Do you mean to go with me? Actually, it doesn't need to be so troublesome. If Mr. Shion knows someone here..."

Bai Shuiqiu said carefully.

But before I finished speaking, I saw Jiufeng Shiyuan smile and said, "The people I know here in Kyoto are basically already in the soil. Are you sure you want them to take you there?"

"Forehead……"

Bai Shuiqiu's voice stagnated.

"Well, you can prepare for the game with peace of mind. I will prepare for the matter of going to Luo Lei Valley, just as you accompany me out to relax, how about?"

After a pause, Jiufeng Ziyuan added: "Don't worry, although Yu Nui is not here, I won't do anything strange to you."

"..."

All that said, Bai Shuiqiu could only respond with an entertaining nod after hesitating for a moment.

The atmosphere was silent for a while.

Suddenly, Jiufeng Ziyuan said in a low voice: "By the way, there is one little thing...Although I think it's just a coincidence, let me tell you."

"Ok?"

"It is said that the night before yesterday, the'Mantis Mountain' on the side of the west cave had a slight condition. It seems that the arm of the praying mantis was broken for unknown reasons. Although it was quickly repaired manually by the staff of Yasaka Shrine, It still caused a small riot..."

"Mantis Mountain..."

Listening to the old monster's words, Bai Shuiqiu narrowed his eyes slightly.

The so-called "Mantis Mountain" is actually one of the 23 mountain ferns at Gion Festival.

The names of these mountain bikes are not arranged randomly, but strictly exquisite. The larger ones are called "鉾" and the smaller ones are called "mountains". Each mountain has its own allusions, such as "Hangu鉾". The story of Monarch Mengchang passing the Hangu Pass, "Meng Zongshan" tells the story of "Meng Zong crying bamboo" in 24 filial piety, "Bai Le Tianshan" tells the story of Bai Juyi asking the Buddhist master Daolin...

Well, almost half of these allusions are taken from China.

A large part of the Dongying culture belongs to the subculture derived from China, but it is well-preserved and promoted. There are even some cultural traditions that have been in a state of half-death in the country of origin, but some can be found in Dongying. Traces, this phenomenon is somewhat subtle...

The allusion of Mantis Mountain is derived from the idiom "Mantis arm as a car."

This word comes from "Zhuangzi", which originally meant to be self-defeating.

However, after it was introduced to Dongying, the people of Dongying gradually understood the meaning of "small insects do not flinch in front of powerful enemies, and possess fearless courage." Instead, it became a commendatory word that praised others for their courage. , Very appreciated by Dongying people.

The sign of the roller coaster of Mantis Mountain is an emerald green praying mantis.

In ancient times, this praying mantis was an ordinary woodwork product.

But as the times change, it gradually becomes a fine model controlled by a mechanical movable device, which will keep shaking its wings and sickle.

By the way, the order of the gion festival's roller coasters is not the same every year. In the previous festival, except for the long-sword scorpion, the other rollers are drawn to determine the order. The first one is called the "mountain". Something". In the past few years, "Tanglang Mountain" had drew "Mountain One" for two consecutive years. The luck was indeed amazing.

And now...

The mantis model, which represents courage, suddenly broke his arm, which inevitably revealed a little inexplicable meaning.

"Sure, something took the opportunity to mess up?"

As soon as this idea came up, Bai Shuiqiu immediately felt that it was impossible.

Because the deity enshrined at Yasaka Shrine is one of the famous three noble sons, Susanoo, the younger brother of Amaterasu. This **** is a fierce **** with infinite power in mythology. Even the Big Snake has been beheaded by him. It's hard to imagine any sneaky sneakers who dare to run into this great god's place...

unless……

The "God welcoming ceremony" of this festival was not successful at all, and Susanoo was not invited back.

if that's the case……

"Well, I just heard from hearsay, I haven't seen the specific situation with my own eyes. Don't think too much."

Jiufeng Shiyuan seemed to see Bai Shuiqiu's thoughts and smiled: "Perhaps it was only because the components of the praying mantis had a problem, and the people at Yasaka Shrine were negligent and did not check carefully. This kind of accident happened. Also. Maybe some resentful spirit passed by...If it's the latter, the people at Yasaka Shrine will take care of it properly.

If there is any serious evil, it will not only make such a small movement. "

"makes sense……"

Next, neither Bai Shuiqiu nor Jiufeng Ziyuan spoke again.

As the performing teams on the field withdrew one by one, the national archery competition finally officially kicked off.

In the voice of the announcer, a group of players entered the arena in an orderly manner.

The people who can enter the national competition are basically elite players selected from various prefectures and prefectures. Although the level is different, picking one at random can almost get rid of ordinary archery enthusiasts.

Such a group of people get together to play the game, it is still very interesting.

Whenever a player with an outstanding performance appeared in a group, there would be a film of cheers in the audience. Various TV stations and campus reporter teams also took out their cameras and kept shooting the game scenes.

Bai Shuiqiu watched for a while, feeling a little boring.

Thinking that there was nothing to do anyway, he simply took out the notes of Shirasui Sana that he had copied from his arms, and looked down.

After waiting until the afternoon, it was finally her turn.

At Jiufeng Shiyuan’s reminder, Bai Shuiqiu broke away from the world of magic techniques, put the notes back in his arms, then tidied up the archery uniform and appearance, and walked through the aisle with the players of the same group to the arena. Go.

Although the venue has been changed, the competition process of the national competition is still the same as that of the trials.

First salute to the judging seat, then kneel and sit in a row on the wooden floor, slowly place the arrows on the strings, and then follow the order of the queue, stand up, step on the feet, and pose... the shooting will be eight knots. The actions are made one by one.

Bai Shuiqiu has done this set of moves too many times, and he has long since become familiar with it.

And the moment she lifted her bow and arrow, she once again entered the realm of "mind and eye", the perfect unity of essence, energy, and spirit, as if the whole person was in a deserted wilderness, and the goal in front of her was only tens of meters. Outside the target, between the bow and the arrow, the movements are like splashing ink and painting, and they are free and easy.

"Ok?"

It was almost the moment when I entered the realm of "Mind Eyes".

Bai Shuiqiu vaguely caught a vaguely fluctuating spirit of spiritual energy, which seemed to be coming from the direction of the auditorium.

From the perspective of the texture of the breath, it is not like a monster—the texture of the monster power and spiritual power is still slightly different—but because the owner of the breath did not deliberately do not aim at her, and the distance is really far away, so The perceived abnormality only appeared for a brief moment, and then disappeared.

"...Is it a practitioner from Kyoto?"

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At the same time this thought came out, Bai Shuiqiu's thoughts moved.

As early as at the festival two days ago, she had already confirmed that there were practitioners in Kyoto.

Moreover, the number may be quite large.

After all, this city is the ancient capital of Dongying for a thousand years. There are a large number of shrines and temples, including old shrines such as Yasaka Shrine, and Buddhist temples such as Kiyomizu Temple and Kinkakuji Temple. The number of clergy is almost equal to one in other regions. The number of counties, even if calculated on a proportional basis, should have a lot of practitioners.

What's more, here is the birthplace of Yin Yang Dao.

Although the profession of Onmyoji has been half-dead in Dongying, the ancestors still have it. The foundation accumulated over thousands of years is not inferior to Shintoism and Buddhism. To be honest, Chigen from the Jiuju faction before was actually an onmyoji, just belonging to the evil camp.

So……

What about this one now?

call out!

The sound of the bowstring trembling slowly echoed in the air.

Taking advantage of the gap between drawing a bow and shooting an arrow, Bai Shuiqiu raised his eyes calmly, and swept the auditorium with his peripheral light.

Ok……