I’m Really Unnerved In Tokyo

The scene in front of him reminded Fujiwara Takumi of watching Uncle Keigo's chest pierced by the Sotokuin under the big torii more than a month ago.

"Let go of Sousuke!!!"

He, who originally kept these terrifying dolls at arm's length, subconsciously rushed forward, and the short "Royal Coin" in his hand faintly glowed with golden light...

"No, go and help!"

At the same time, Nakaijiro also got on the back of a man and ran towards Araki Sousuke.

Although this "outsider" has shown the formidable strength to defeat the protection of bear spirits and cut through the attacks of ghosts and gods with only a wooden knife.

But they have just experienced a life-and-death struggle, and they know how terrifying the sharp limbs and ghostly speed of these strange dolls are.

To be buried by such a large number of puppets is like falling into a meat grinder...

"Up right C down left B down right up left AB down right A!"

Arriving in front of the crazily wriggling hill made up of "March Figures", Fujiwara Takumi waved the chrysanthemum patterns surging and golden light bursting towards the front of the coin...

"Great Spirit Bear, please bless your descendants and drive away the evil spirits from the Holy Land!"

On the other hand, Nikaijiro, who was riding on the back of the clansman and came first, burst out with green light from the "holy stick" in his hand, and a super-large bear head with a huge mouth opened...

"Hey, you nagging kids, it's almost enough..."

At the same time, the impenetrable hill piled up by the "March Dolls" erupted wisps of white light from the cracks where the puppet wriggled...

"I don't know there is a saying called, eat chili for crying children?!"

In the next second, a doll on the "hill" was covered with white light like a lighted bulb, reflecting a dazzling glare on the white snow that could not be seen directly.

"Hiss... this is..."

"Zongsuke!"

Suddenly encountered a "flash bomb" attack, the few people who came to the front lost their ability to see things in an instant, and subconsciously stopped...

"This is the soul's return to the Kingdom of God, the unique light..."

Only Nijiro, still staring at the tearful eyes, knelt in front of the "hill" where the white light was blooming, and repeatedly made pilgrimages close to the ground.

The Ainu people believe that bear spirits came to the human world with the body of a bear.

Therefore, they give everything they have, even when food is scarce, they do not hesitate to use their own milk to raise bear cubs.

After the bear becomes an adult, at the "Bear Spirit Sacrifice", by allowing the bear raised by the hand to die voluntarily, the spirit of the god can be separated from the flesh, and the god can be sent back to the realm of the gods.

The bear skin, meat, and bones left behind are the clothes worn by the gods, and they are gifts from the gods to the people.

And the white light in front of him is a unique "divine omen" that will only appear when the bear spirit successfully returns to the kingdom of God during the "Bear Spirit Sacrifice".

"Ling Ling Manifestation..."

Seeing Nakaijiro's move, all the Ainu people, no matter how far or near, all knelt down and performed the pilgrimage.

In the shining white light, the densely packed "March Figures" quietly turned into a delicate girl in a kimono with big round eyes and a chubby face...

"Pain, pain, pain...you little girls, you really can do it..."

Araki Zongsuke with a face full of veins struggled out from the "hill", and the whole body was covered with little girls biting his hands and feet tightly with their teeth.

"Aju, you're not a bad person!"

"Don't catch Aju!"

"Dad...Mom..."

Looking around at the hundreds of cute girls kneeling clumsily with their hands clasped together, he was slightly taken aback...

"So, these years, is Aju taking care of you in Wannian Temple, so that you don't run around?"

Immediately, he stretched out his hand to pinch the chubby cheek of a girl next to him, and smiled with relief: "In the next life, work hard to grow up healthy!"

"Huh... scare, scare me to death, it's okay to say something!"

After recovering his eyesight, Fujiwara Takumi was relieved to see that Araki Sousuke was safe and sound.

"Eh?"

He turned his head and saw that on the imperial coin that he had not loosened all this time, a super-giant "little daisy" with a diameter of about one meter and clear lines appeared out of nowhere...

"What the hell, I don't remember learning this strange Shinto technique?"

His feet went limp and he fell down on the snowy ground, and threw the giant chrysanthemum into the air, and the golden awns bloomed like fireworks in an instant.

"Old host, I really didn't lie to Aju... Obedient child, one day, a Buddha will come to pick him up..."

On the top of a tall pine tree, the "Aju doll" wearing a black kimono is standing quietly on the branch, looking at the beautiful scenery on the snow from a distance.

Two lines of bright red blood drops slipped from her eye sockets.

"Everyone...is finally free...you must be happy...Aju said with a reluctant expression."

Flying snowflakes, dots of fluorescent light, and chrysanthemums all over the sky, with the man standing with a knife as the center, countless petite figures that make people feel distressed, seem to have turned into hexagonal snow crystals, disappearing in the wind...

Only the periphery remained, and the Ainu whose name looked like a bear from a distance was still kneeling unremittingly towards him.

At the same time, the man in the distance suddenly looked in this direction as if feeling something...

"Only this time... Aju can't be obedient..."

The petite black shadow among the branches disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"There are still two days... Even if there is only Aju left, I still have to stay and protect everyone... Aju said with a stubborn expression."

...

Hokkaido, National Highway 230, Toya-cho section, Abuta County.

Thousands of miles of snow, tireless, but more and more heavy.

Not far from the outskirts of Lake Toya, the original four-lane road has turned into a vast expanse of white snow.

Since there are no vehicles that can drive normally, even the rut marks can't be seen, and the original appearance can't be seen at all.

It was as if everything on the earth was covered, eroded, and gradually lost its vitality by the white color that represented death and severe cold, returning to the appearance before the birth of civilization.

"So, that bus, the last positioning signal, was cut off near here?"

"That's right, the positioning deviation of a single base station is about 500 meters, and there is only one road nearby."

In front of the military tent, Fujiwara Takumi was communicating with several police officers stationed at the scene responsible for the search and rescue work.

"However, because most of the electronic equipment and communication signals have been subject to unknown interference, it is impossible to confirm whether it is the GPS of the bus or the nearby base station that has a problem..."

A day ago, a temporary search and rescue team camped at the location where the bus lost contact, and started the search and rescue work against the raging blizzard.

"Because of this terrible snow disaster, rescue forces are urgently needed in all parts of Hokkaido. However, the vehicles and communication equipment cannot be used normally. At present, the only manpower can only use sleds to search together along this national road. The efficiency is very low..."

However, due to factors such as limited personnel, electronic equipment and communication failures, and the ability of search and rescue personnel to act and their own safety cannot be effectively guaranteed, the progress of search and rescue has been slow.