Truth is everywhere within range

Gion Festival.

Kyoto is also one of the largest festivals in Japan.

Starting at five o'clock in the morning, Shimogamo Shrine starts to get busy.

Araki Maki wore a red and white miko uniform and walked hurriedly in the yard.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the equipment sitting in the corner, covered with a tarp.

The expression is a little complicated.

But there is no time for Maki Araki to think so much today.

Just dealing with the Gion Festival affairs left her in a panic.

Shimogamo Shrine does not have a corresponding Yamaboko and shrine, but as one of the shrines in Kyoto, it is still responsible for the performances in related areas.

Qiao Qiao also woke up very early today and walked out of the room at six o'clock.

Compared with the Yamaboko parade during the day, Qiao Qiao cared more about the spirit-killing performance at night.

Tonight is the opening ceremony of the spirit-killing performance, and it is also the first spirit-removing performance, so representatives from each shrine must be present.

According to the previous draw, the shrine maidens from Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine will appear tonight.

"Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine."

There is no need for Qiao Qiao to read the information about Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine again. As long as he knows that this is the most famous shrine in Kyoto and the most visited shrine.

Compared with Shimogamo Shrine, which is located in the forest and shared with other shrines.

Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, which occupies a hill alone, is obviously more powerful.

"Teacher, are you going to the festival today?"

In order to distinguish herself from the shrine maidens who are actually working, Ariko Asano did not wear a shrine maiden uniform today. Instead, she put on a blue kimono embroidered with a sword pattern. Her long hair was tied up and decorated with a snow-white pear blossom.

It has the feeling of a gentle beauty.

"Well, it's rare to come to Kyoto after all."

Qiao Qiao looked at his phone.

"Suzuka also said she was going to the festival today, so I need to wake her up."

"Hey, are you coming too, Suzuka-san?"

Ariko Asano asked somewhat unexpectedly.

"Well, probably."

"Then I have to stay with the teacher even more."

Ariko Asano followed Qiao Qiao obediently.

It took nearly an hour to wake up Suzuka.

Suzuka didn't prepare a kimono, so she only wore a lace dress and her signature red scarf before going out.

One on the left and one on the right, a modern beautiful girl and a Japanese style beautiful girl.

Qiao Qiao attracted a lot of people's attention.

At nine o'clock, the Yamaboko parade officially begins.

The three shrines start from Yasaka Shrine, pass through Gion Kaikan, Pontocho, Sanjo Bridge and other places, and finally gather in Kawaramachi.

The entire parade lasts until 4 p.m., and then begins the Kamiko Matsuri, the main ceremony of the Gion Festival.

There will be various singing, dancing, performances, fireworks and temple fairs in the evening.

The day's festival was not over until eleven o'clock in the evening.

"This is the shrine of Lord Suzhanming."

Ariko Asano looked at the mikoshi carried by hundreds of people and felt a little emotional.

On the sedan chair of wooden structure is a gilt-decorated shrine with a phoenix on the top. Suzhan Mingzun is the chief deity of Yasaka Shrine, and the chief deity of Atsuta Shrine where Ariko Asano is located, Amancong Unkenyu Sensi. Inextricably linked.

No wonder she was so emotional.

Qiao Qiao thought.

Suzuka on the other side was constantly taking photos on her phone and tweeting from time to time.

Just like a tourist.

"Jo San Cho San, let's go eat soba noodles."

Suzuka pulled Qiao Qiao's sleeve and pointed to a small shop on the street.

Nowadays, the shops along the Yamaboko cruise route have become very popular, and there is always a long queue at any one.

On the street, countless men and women looked at the yamabokos of different shapes and the people performing on them, and they were very happy.

After queuing for a while, the three of them were finally able to sit down and eat noodles.

The soba noodles in Kyoto are different from those in Tokyo. Especially in this hot summer, cold buckwheat is a must-have to cool down.

Just as Qiao Qiao picked up the chopsticks, his cell phone rang again.

After a brief conversation, he put down the phone.

"Is it Sister Maki?"

Asano Ariko had already eaten several mouthfuls of noodles, and there was still a little soup left in the corner of her mouth.

"No, they are from the Kyoto Spiritual Exterminator Association."

Qiao Qiao picked up the noodles and subconsciously blew them to cool them down. He realized that they were cold noodles. After entering his mouth, he waited until he swallowed them before continuing to speak.

"There have been too many coincidences in recent events. I submitted some information in the hope that they could investigate. Sure enough, in addition to the few incidents I encountered, other spiritual masters also encountered similar incidents."

Qiao Qiao said.

Sculptures and carvings that look like evil gods suddenly appear on a large scale, and anyone will feel that something is wrong.

Qiao Qiao submitted these records to the past and received feedback quickly.

"Just now, an exorcist from the Exorcist Association found another guy in Fushimi District who was influenced by the evil god sculpture. It seems to have been deeply affected. The person hoarded a lot of gasoline and bought knives. Looking at the computer records It looks like he is going to launch an attack on a company somewhere tomorrow."

"Oh, that's terrible."

Suzuka sucked on the noodles and sighed indecently.

"Fortunately, that person has been taken into custody by the police, so the original plan probably won't be implemented."

Qiao Qiao has seen many resentful spirits.

I have also seen many people haunted by evil spirits.

Some people try to gain sympathy by saying that they committed those crimes because they were haunted by evil spirits or possessed by ghosts.

But Qiao Qiao knows very well that in this world, sometimes people are more terrifying than ghosts.

Even a grudge cannot commit a crime, but someone can commit it without expression.

The matter came to an end, and Qiao Qiao also finished eating the soba noodles.

"Ah, it's a contact from a friend."

Suzuka looked at Line.

"Is it that Vtuber friend?"

Qiao Qiao asked.

"Hmm, she's looking for Suzuka to go to the temple fair!"

Suzuka stood up.

"Although I feel a bit uneasy leaving Qiao Sang with the little witch, I guess the little witch won't be able to do anything big, so I'll leave first."

She then left the store.

"This deer"

Ariko Asano clenched her fists.

"You guys have a very good relationship."

Qiao Qiao sighed.

In the afternoon, while Qiao Qiao accompanied Asano Ariko to visit the Gion Festival, he used his mobile phone to contact the Kyoto Spirit Exorcist Association from time to time to obtain the latest information.

In fact, two months before Qiao Qiao came to Kyoto, starting after the Golden Week, incidents related to the evil god statue were discovered in Kyoto.

Of course, most of these evil god statues and markings were not discovered at the beginning, but many were only discovered after re-investigating the scene after being reminded by Qiao Qiao and some spirit exterminators.

The commissions handled by an exorcist are limited. First of all, he may not be able to discover such a statue with weak memetic control ability. Secondly, even if it is discovered, if it is only once, it will be considered as an accident.

If it weren't for Qiaoqiao, who took over the entire Shimogamo Shrine's ghost removal commission, and attacked many times in a short period of time, it would probably be difficult to notice the impact.

In the evening, before he had time to go to the temple fair, Qiao Qiao received a call from Maki Araki.

The first performance of the spirit-killing martial arts show is about to begin.