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"You mean drills?"

When Qiao Qiao heard this word, he immediately became energetic.

"Yeah, that's right."

Maki Araki nodded.

"Hosted by Heian Shrine, more than a dozen shrines including Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Yasaka Shrine, Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Atago Shrine, Kifune Shrine, Ishikimizu Hachimangu Shrine, and our Kamo Shrine will be participate."

"For a month after the start of the Gion Festival, a spirit exorcism performance will be held every night near Mount Hiei. In the end, the winner will be decided based on the state of the spirit exorcism and the time."

"seems very amazing."

Suzuka said that she had watched several documentaries recently, including one about military exercises, and it must be similar to the martial arts exercises.

"So, Miss Araki, do you want me to give you some suggestions for Shimogamo Shrine?"

Qiao Qiao asked.

"To be precise, it's training our witches."

Maki Araki's smile was a little bitter.

"?"

Qiao Qiao didn't quite understand.

Kamo Shrine is a large shrine with a long history, and its methods of removing spirits must be exquisite. It shouldn't be my turn to help, right?

Seeing Qiao Qiao's doubts, Maki Araki explained.

"Qiao Sang doesn't know that there are two Kamo Shrine in Kyoto. Kamigamo Shrine is also called Kamo Betsu Rai Shrine. It is dedicated to Kamo Betsu Thunder God. This shrine has a rich heritage. Needless to say, ."

"Our shrine is Shimogamo Shrine, which is commonly known as Shimogamo Shrine. It enshrines Tamayori Hime no Mikoto and Kamo Kenkaku no Mikoto. It is far inferior to Kamo Betsu Raijin Shrine."

"In recent years, all the capable newcomers have gone to Kamo Shrine. The ones we have left here are all those who are not very popular. In last year's Gion Festival, they were ranked last."

"If we still come in last this year, I'm afraid our shrine won't be able to participate in the next Gion Festival."

"This is incredible."

Ariko Asano sighed.

"Isn't the Aoi Festival at Shimogamo Shrine quite popular? How come it suddenly..."

The Aoi Matsuri of Shimogamo Shrine, the Gion Matsuri of Yasaka Shrine, and the Jiji Matsuri of Heian Shrine are known as the three major festivals in Kyoto, and they are quite grand.

"To be honest, we can only do these festivals and things like that, but we are not good at removing spirits at all."

While Araki Maki was speaking, the black limousine also arrived at its destination, the side entrance of Shimogamo Shrine.

"It's so quiet here."

Suzuka said as soon as she got off the car.

"Yes, there are not many tourists."

Qiao Qiao looked around.

The Kamogawa River flows quietly, and Shimogamo Shrine looks particularly quiet.

The shrine is located in a virgin forest.

This forest is called Zou no Mori, and it is said that the trees in it range from 200 to 600 years old.

The most famous thing in the forest is the two entangled knot trees. Therefore, Shimogamo Shrine has become the most famous shrine in Kyoto for seeking love.

"This is where the witches live and practice. There are usually no people there."

Araki Maki led two people and one demon into the shrine, walked through the quiet forest road, and came to a side hall.

Taking off his shoes and walking into the palace, Qiao Qiao quickly saw several women.

They are similar in age to Qiao Qiao and are both young.

only.

"Hey, I couldn't go to Cheng Su's concert. I feel like my whole life has become gloomy."

"Are you going to KTV this afternoon? Do you want me to date some handsome guys?"

"It's a rare summer vacation. I didn't expect to spend my life in a shrine. Ahhhh. I just rented several DVDs. I want to have fun at home."

"Stop talking, I even canceled my family trip to Hawaii. Now that I think about it, the loss is too serious. I should have been sunbathing on Waikiki Beach at this time."

"Shh, stop talking, Sister Maki is here."

Several girls saw Araki Maki walking in and quickly sat down.

"Let me introduce, this is Ariko Asano, the shrine maiden from Atsuta Shrine, Qiao Qiao, the spiritual exterminator from Tokyo, and Miss Suzuka."

Maki Araki briefly introduced the three of them.

"By the way, Ms. Suzuka is a deer monster, so don't make a fuss."

Just finished speaking.

The girls turned pale and hid in the corner.

"Y-monster!??"

"Are you finally going to eat us?"

"Don't come over here!"

"I, I haven't been in love yet, at least let me get away from [beep——] before you die."

"?"

Qiao Qiao looked at the performance of these witches and seemed to understand some of Maki Araki's worries.

A normal spirit slayer would be a little scared when seeing monsters, but he wouldn't be so scared.

What's more, Suzuka is only a three-year-old fawn.

"Kitagawa Ryoko, her family runs a supermarket. She awakened her spiritual power at the age of sixteen and was sent to Shimogamo Shrine."

"Haruka Sasaki has just awakened his spiritual power less than a year ago. He has recorded three times of exterminating spirits and failed three times."

"Kotone Hashimoto is the daughter of the priest at the shrine. She discovered spiritual power when she was fifteen years old, but so far she has not had to exorcise the spirit."

"Have met Nanase. He is a freshman in high school. He discovered that he has spiritual power half a year ago and is still learning."

Araki Maki pointed at the four girls again and introduced them one by one.

"They are all young."

Qiao Qiao sighed.

And judging from what Maki Araki said, these shrine maidens awakened their spiritual power very late.

Originally, Qiao Qiao thought that shrine maidens awakened their spiritual power and started learning from a young age. After all, that was what Asano Ariko was like.

Now it seems that those who only discovered their spiritual powers in their teens and were sent to the shrine by their families are the mainstream?

Whether it is people like Ii Masaharu who were trained as young masters from birth, Hoshikawa Mikoto who has made rapid progress after awakening spiritual power, or even people like Asano Miko and Fujiwara Miko who have been practicing since childhood, in the circle of spiritual masters, they are all few?

Realize this.

Qiao Qiao felt that his research was of extraordinary significance.

Even spirit exterminators are so rare and rare. It is urgent to research weapons that can allow ordinary people to deal with evil spirits.

"Despite their young age, they are actually all rookies. Although they have spiritual power, they are only capable of destroying resentful spirits."

Araki Maki said directly without caring about the faces of those girls.

"Not to mention that one or two of them are very timid. Not to mention the ghosts, they don't even dare to watch horror movies."

"I see."

Qiao Qiao could actually understand their mood a little bit.

Think about it, you are just an ordinary high school student, and suddenly one day you are told that you have spiritual power and can get rid of spirits, and then you are thrown into a shrine and have to deal with resentful spirits and monsters every day. Even a normal person would not be able to bear it. Bar.

"And they are also very lazy in their practice. They even want to find boyfriends to help them [beep--] in order to avoid practicing. Wake up, it's already the 21st century, and witches no longer have [beep--] restrictions."

Araki Maki said helplessly.

Was there no limit originally?

This was the first time Qiao Qiao heard about it.

He had always thought that since she was the spokesperson of the gods, the miko should remain [beep——].

No, no, no, that's not the point.

"In short, with these few people now, it is absolutely impossible to get a ranking other than the last one in the spirit-killing martial arts."

As Maki Araki said, she lowered her head deeply towards Qiao Qiao and assumed a posture of sitting down.

"Qiao Sang, please train them well and let them become excellent spiritual masters within a month."