I loaded the ghost talk game

Kamiyagawa moved the whale's shrine from Takamagahara and placed the little whale's shikigami in it.

Everything is ready, and the Shrine of Sorrow and Ocean begins its operation.

The ocean atmosphere with a sad emotion is like the tide washing back and forth in the main hall in the center of the shrine, which is mostly made of jade.

You can feel that the power of faith is slowly being absorbed.

"Great, let's get to work."

Kamiyakawa nodded with satisfaction.

The new shrine was able to start work so quickly, thanks to the Cropokulu missionaries headed by Grandma Locust. These villains had previously promoted the name of the whale in the other world. Moreover, once the authority of the Little Whale Shrine was determined, they responded quickly and updated the doctrine.

Therefore, the name of the god who transformed into a whale has been officially spread in the permanent area currently controlled.

And I don’t know if it’s because of his identity as the king of the Little Whale Sea Kingdom and the protection of the three goddesses Munakata. His speed of absorbing faith from the eternal world is not inferior to that of the veteran Aragami Mary and Dream-Eating Tapir.

"Perhaps the faith of the sea tribe is fed back to the little whale and there may be a bonus."

The situation in the ordinary world is good, and naturally we will also have to consider the spread of Whale's faith in the real world.

However, GENIE Animation Studio writer Mr. Miyake has completed the creation of all six unit stories for the first season of "Uncertain Lady Mary" and is currently revising the last two unit scripts.

The stories in the first quarter have nothing to do with monsters like Whale.

As an enlightened boss, Kamiyagawa naturally would not give random orders and let his employees rush to revise the manuscript and forcefully insert a character into it.

Doing so may degrade the quality of the entire animation.

The image of a transformed whale that was created in a hurry may not be as eye-catching as the exquisitely crafted Miss Mary and the Dream-Eating Tapir.

"Judging from the current operation of the Ocean Shrine, the belief in the whale is enough. In reality, it is better not to encourage others. The first season of "Miss Mary" created by GENIE Animation Studio is really doing well. Due to the response, it’s not too late to add the character of the whale in the second season.”

"Alternatively, if we can build GENIE Animation Studio, we can start other animation or animated movies with Hua Whale as the protagonist in the future."

I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and the GENIE Animation Studio hasn't even figured out the horoscope yet, so it's better to operate it safely.

…

Osaka, near Kyoto.

On the road leading to the countryside and through the fields, a commercial vehicle was driving rapidly.

Onizuka Kirihotari, the divine son of Juqiong Shrine, sat in the back row, wearing casual clothes that were convenient for moving around. Her hair was tied into a high ponytail, but it was tied with sandalwood paper, which added a little sense of mystery to her.

The little miko brought the bows and various talismans she commonly used with her. Props such as Kagura bells and painted fans were packed in the suitcase and leaned against the edge of her seat.

With this heavily armed appearance, it was obvious that he was on a business trip.

Last night, several rural villages here jointly held a celebration.

At the celebration, unexpected and strange things happened, and several children disappeared as a result.

The locals quickly called the police, and the matter was reported to the Countermeasures Room branch here. However, except for the elite spiritual masters, all the branches here have been dispatched, so the matter was finally reported to the Tokyo headquarters.

After some planning, the little miko received the notice and flew to Kyoto overnight as an expatriate.

Buzz——

Onizuka was resting against the window with his eyes closed, half asleep, when he felt his cell phone vibrating on his lap.

I picked it up and looked at it. It was a message from Kamiya: [Pay attention to safety. ]

[Don’t worry, don’t underestimate me, I am also practicing well. ]

Onizuka quickly replied to the message.

I opened the navigation again and looked at it. It seemed that my destination was almost here.

The place we want to go to this time is the police station in the countryside here.

The exorcists from the Kyoto Countermeasures Room branch were already waiting there.

The little witch dragged her suitcase out of the car and was received at the door of the police station.

The person who greeted her was a middle-aged woman who looked ordinary and had a very nervous expression on her face: "Miss Shenzi, you are Miss Shenzi from Tokyo, right? I am Sugita who is temporarily in charge here."

"Just call me Onizuka." The little miko is only a college student, but she is already experienced in exterminating ghosts abroad. She goes straight to the point, "Although I received the notice, the incident happened suddenly, and I have no idea what happened here. I’m not very clear, could you please explain it to me, Ms. Sugita?”

"Of course. Oh, but Miss Onizuka...the children who were reported missing during the celebration were found more than an hour ago. They are here now. There are some things that may have been told by the two children themselves. Better."

"Then take me there."

During this celebration, the two children who disappeared and were found this morning are a pair of sisters.

Because the two sisters were both victims of the incident and were still young, they were naturally not placed in the inquiry room, but stayed in the office.

The little witch entered the office and saw a pair of little girls five or six years apart sitting on the sofa.

After introduction, I learned that one of the sisters was a junior high school student named Shinagawa Misako.

The younger sister is still a primary school student, named Shinagawa Rieko.

The two sisters were accompanied by an adult woman who looked like their mother. The younger sister looked frightened, but there was more excitement left on her face.

"Misa-chan, Rie-chan, can you tell this sister what happened last night?"

Ms. Sugita leaned forward.

"We've already talked about it once."

Although she was in the police station and faced with unfamiliar adults, Shinagawa Misako didn't look timid at all.

"Can you tell me again? This Onizuka sister came from Tokyo. She can solve the bad things you encounter."

"But I don't think anything bad happened to us." Shinagawa Misako shook her head.

"elder sister……"

The younger sister of the Shinagawa family timidly pulled her sister's sleeve and spoke weakly.

"But..." Shinagawa Misako looked at Onizuka up and down, and became excited again, "Onizuka-sama, you are so beautiful! Well...it's not impossible to say it again specifically for you, sister."

"Thank you, Sister Shinagawa."

The little miko was speechless when a junior high school girl praised her beauty with all her eyes.

How should I put it, I feel like this Shinagawa Misako is a bit like a radio-type girl who goes her own way.

Onizuka moved a chair, took out his notebook and sat down in front of the Shinagawa sisters.

The two police officers in the office took Shinagawa's mother out of the door temporarily.

Then, the telling of the story begins——

…

In the countryside of Kyoto, there is a large mountain called "Xiangshan".

There are several villages scattered around Xiangshan Mountain.

Every autumn, these villages unite to hold a celebration called the "Echo Festival."

Shinagawa's mother's hometown is near Hibikiyama, but after getting married, she and her husband moved to the city of Osaka. This time, she took her two daughters home to visit relatives while taking advantage of the break.

Yesterday morning, my eldest daughter heard about the unique Echo Festival around Xiangshan Mountain. She was very interested and begged her mother to take her to see it.

Originally, there were no special arrangements for yesterday, so Shinagawa's mother complied with her daughter's wish.

That night we drove to the venue where the celebration was held.

Including the village where the festival is held, the surrounding areas are located in relatively high mountainous areas. The festival venue is a little further up the mountain. It is a square next to the reservoir lake.

When the Shinagawa mother and daughter arrived, the festival had already begun.

There is a stage in the center of the square, surrounded by red and white lanterns and vendors.

"I originally thought it was just a small festival in the countryside, but it was much more lively than I imagined!"

My sister Misako enjoyed the atmosphere of the celebration.

They bought octopus balls, apple candies, and grilled squid to eat. The food at the festival is also common in other places, but I don’t know if it was affected by the lively atmosphere. I always felt that the food at the festival stalls was more delicious.

After shopping for a while, Misako took her mother and sister to fish for goldfish.

The nets used to catch goldfish at Japanese festivals are made of glutinous rice paper and are easily broken.

It’s not meant to let everyone get too much.

But Misako was well prepared for this. Taking advantage of her mother's conversation with the villagers, she quietly took out the small unbreakable net she brought with her.

By the time Shinagawa's mother came to her senses, her eldest daughter was already squatting by the stall's pond, earnestly catching nearly sixty or seventy goldfish.

The stall owner's face turned green.

After reacting, Shinagawa's mother quickly grabbed her eldest daughter and apologized to the stall owner. In the end, she only picked two goldfish and put them in plastic bags and distributed them to her two daughters. The rest were put back into the pond.

After staying at the celebration for more than an hour, a voice came out from the central loudspeaker: "It's time for the celebration ceremony, please gather the children."

This is a special event at the Hibikiyama Echo Festival.

There has been a saying in this area since ancient times that "the echo is the response of the mountain god". In the past, it was a custom to stand on the protruding rocks on the top of the mountain and shout when you wished for a good harvest, rain, or other wishes.

This is how the Echo Festival evolved.

This habit is still retained today. Whenever the "Echo Festival" comes to an end, the finale event is for the children to climb the mountain and shout out their wishes.

"Go, go, it sounds fun!"

As soon as Misako heard that there was a special event, she became interested immediately.

However, the event itself is nothing. As a local, Shinagawa’s mother also participated in it when she was a child.

Moreover, she had just seen that the celebration was hosted by an acquaintance of her natal family.

Shinagawa's mother asked her acquaintances to take care of her two daughters, and then asked her daughters to follow the group of children in the celebration.

The children were divided into several teams, and under the leadership of the adults who presided over the celebration, they began to climb along the slender mountain path and along the stone steps towards the middle of Xiangshan Mountain.

Every few sections of the procession there were escorts with lanterns to guide the way, and there were four or five adults following at the front and at the back. With the light of the lantern, the surroundings are not too dark, but the further away from the light of the festival, the scary atmosphere in the mountains at night gradually increases.

"elder sister……"

Rieko, who was still a primary school student, became scared while walking and grabbed her sister's clothes.

No one spoke along the way, only the chirping of insects and birds could be heard.

And because most of the team is children, it feels like a test of courage.

Rieko was young and felt tired after walking along the mountain path for a while. And he began to regret that he should not have followed his sister here, but should have stayed with his mother.

While grumbling in their hearts, the team came to an open place.

A huge rock protruded from the face of the mountain, and everyone stood on top of the rock.

Rieko looked around nervously and felt a little relieved when she saw that there were fences all around.

"Now, go to the front in order and shout out your wishes."

The adult responsible for guiding said so.

Soon there were boys in the front row standing at the railing and shouting.

The first little boy was very brave and confessed his love loudly to the person he liked.

But it is estimated that the person he likes is not in the team for tonight's celebration. After all, most of the people attending this kind of event are boys, and there are only a few girls. Among them are the Shinagawa sisters who came from the city to visit relatives on vacation.

After a while, the boy's echo echoed in the mountains.

Everything is normal.

Sister Rieko, who had settled down a little, also began to think about what wish she should shout out when it is her turn.

Why not just make a wish to become smarter?

Just as she was thinking about this, Rieko suddenly heard her sister whisper: "What was that sound just now?"

"Isn't it just an echo?"

Rieko was speechless.

Xin said that even a primary school student knew common sense, but her sister, a junior high school student, still made a fuss about it.

However, the elder sister Misako ignored her sister completely and looked around.

It seems that the bottom of the rock is a valley or a cliff. It is not sure because the environment is very dark, but looking into the distance, you can slightly see the continuous black shadow of the mountains in the distance.

At this time, one after another children stood on the railing and shouted their wishes.

I hope that I will be stronger and can achieve good results in future football games; I hope to get a brand new game console and so on.

All the content of the shouting turned into echoes.

"Rieko, did you hear that? Someone is repeating everyone's voice."

My sister Misako's reaction became even stranger.

"Isn't this an echo? Sister, don't scare me!"

"No, no, this is not an echo. If it were an echo, it should be coming from all directions." Misako shook her head vigorously.

At this time, someone from the front shouted again.

"I hope I can date Misato-chan! Misato-chan, I like you!"

Huhu——

The wind sounded in the darkness, accompanied by layers of echoes.

"I like you!" "I like you!" "I like you!"

Rieko listened carefully.

Because of her sister's reminder, she paid special attention to the direction from which the sound came. The repetitive echo really did not come from all directions in the valley.

But it comes from the valley under the rock!

Before she could react, the sister next to her ignored the order in the queue and rushed towards the railing in front.

Rieko reached out to grab her sister.

But he failed to hold on firmly and was staggered instead.

Because she was unsteady, her vision was spinning, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a figure standing upright under the shadow of a forest on the outskirts of the mountainside site.

Judging from his body shape, he should be an adult.

But it seemed that they were not the ones conducting the ceremony, because all the adults who followed the children had lights in their hands.

But there was no figure, just standing stiffly in the shadows.

Rieko seemed to see a strange mask on the face of the figure.

But when she wanted to confirm again, as soon as she opened her eyes, she couldn't see the figure again.

A series of strange things made Rieko feel a creeping fear.

And her sister Misako, regardless of the others, rushed to the front of the team, grabbed the edge of the railing, and shouted down: "Hey - come out! Who is it!?"

Misako shouted loudly.

But after a few seconds, her reply still didn't come.

Instead, there was a strong, smelly wind that swept up from the valley and made everyone blind.

The sound of the wind was mixed with murmurs that resembled human voices.

Such a change shocked everyone present except Misako Shinagawa.

She grabbed the railing and shouted, while waving to the crowd behind her: "I knew it! I knew it wasn't an echo! Hey! Hey! Come and see, those things are climbing up!"