Truth is everywhere within range

The initial explosion came from the center of the abandoned village.

The plasticine-like object stuck to the load-bearing wall of the building that used to be a residential activity center exploded hugely.

Wall after wall was blasted, and the weight of the entire building had nowhere to rely on. It gradually lost its support and began to collapse.

At the same time, other buildings gradually exploded, and the entire village began to raise dust as if it had been forcibly demolished.

"All personnel calibrate, one, two, launch."

In the open space outside the village, the witches set up three simple mortars. Sasaki Haruka gave an order, and grenades were fired from the barrels.

In the night sky, three grenades hit three open spaces in the abandoned village in a precise parabola.

Boom——

The airflow from the explosion disturbed the nearby woods and startled a flock of birds.

"Second round, one two, launch."

Boom——

As the buildings gradually collapsed due to the explosives, the grenades further made the entire village look like it had been plowed through, leaving no part intact.

After a total of three rounds of shelling.

The shrine maidens of Shimogamo Shrine took out another long rod-like object.

Ariko Asano recognized it. This was the individual incendiary bomb that Qiao Qiao had used to destroy the Yuanmu.

Five witches, one for each person.

"Nishimoto-san, they seem to have no intention of stopping yet."

"Yes, it seems that the source of resentment has not been completely eliminated."

"I wonder where the final source of resentment lies?"

"It's amazing that this level of destruction has been done."

The two commentators spoke for a long time before speaking.

"emission."

On the screen, Sasaki Haruka issued an order.

Five light spots trailing long trails fell to every corner of the abandoned village.

Just as it was about to land, the light exploded and countless white fragments covered the village.

When these fragments fell to the ground, they began to burn violently, and the fire engulfed the entire area at once.

Something seemed to be destroyed in the flames.

The last source of resentment was eliminated.

At this time, it was exactly twenty-five minutes before the spirit removal began.

"What is the last source of resentment?"

Asano Ariko was excited and even more curious.

After all, according to Maki Araki's method of removing spirits, there is probably no way to verify where the last source of resentment is.

"Speaking of which, why didn't Sister Maki and the others adopt this strategy of total destruction from the beginning?"

This is obviously more efficient.

Ariko Asano is also very curious.

"Well, first of all, there is a certain cost to cleaning the ground with artillery fire. I don't recommend using artillery fire to clean the ground directly unless necessary."

Hearing this, Qiao Qiao explained.

"Furthermore, because this method is too simple and crude, and it is easy for people to develop bad habits of removing spirits, so I have restricted the use of heavy firepower weapons by Maki-san and the others."

"Tell them that they can only use this method when they can't think of other ways, and once they do it, they must do their best."

"in addition."

Qiao Qiao glanced at Ariko Asano.

"The last source of resentment is actually the structure of this village."

He used his mobile phone to find the design drawings of the village that were left online, and then pointed at them briefly.

"The structure of this village has become a source of resentment through the layout of the organizer. It is like an alley or a city in some urban legends. In fact, it is enough to simply destroy a few of the buildings. However, for the sake of safety, this village will be destroyed. Complete destruction of the abandoned village is also an option."

"Oh~"

Ariko Asano nodded.

It turns out there is such a way here.

Worthy of being a teacher.

In a room at the headquarters of the Spirit Exorcist Association in Kyoto.

Several people were gathered around a table, seemingly discussing something.

"Well, the spirit removal time is very fast. It should be the fastest this time. I remember that the time at Yasaka Shrine seems to be twenty-eight minutes."

A middle-aged man wearing a blue and white Onmyoji hunting suit said.

"But this method of removing spirits is hard for people to accept."

A man dressed as a priest shook his head and sighed.

"Indeed, the way Shimogamo Shrine removes spirits reminds me of a not-so-good existence."

A master wearing a monk's robe touched his white beard, seeming to be frightened.

"Although the method of exorcising spirits at Shimogamo Shrine is too rough, it has achieved the goal of performing martial arts after all. I think we cannot treat them differently because of different methods."

"However, it is impossible to use this method to remove spirits in actual combat. The degree of damage is far greater than that caused by the resentful spirits, and the profit is not as much as the compensation."

"It's not impossible. There must have been similar cases before. The entire village was bloodbathed by monsters and occupied by the evil spirits controlled by them. It had to be completely destroyed."

"Wait a minute, this should be an example from more than seventy years ago, right? Why is there still a situation where the entire village is being bloodbathed?"

"I think there is no problem with Shimogamo Shrine's method of exorcism at least within the scope allowed by the rules of exorcism. The judging criteria cannot be affected just because they use firearms instead of bows. Our evaluation principle should still be based on speed. and skills.”

A man in a suit with gray hair knocked on the table and said.

It seemed that he had the highest status among everyone present.

"Then let's rate it."

Seeing that no one had any objections, he waved his hand.

Everyone present picked up the tablets that had been placed on the table.

Um.

Yes, spirit exterminators are not decadent and conservative beings. The timely introduction of advanced technology is also a part of spirit eradication.

I heard that in Tokyo, in order to deal with monsters that may use firearms, the Soul Slayer Association also equips Soul Slayers with helmets and body armor.

Although Kyoto has not taken it so seriously, it is very common to use electronic devices in daily work.

At this time, in the conference room, everyone was anonymously scoring through the APP on the tablet computer.

In the end, only a summary will appear instead of each person's individual score. It is a fairly simple and fair system.

After a while.

The man in the suit took a breath.

The tablet APP displays the comprehensive score of Shimogamo Shrine’s exorcism performance.

90 marks.

Although he didn't get a perfect score, in fact, in the previous martial arts exorcism exercises, getting 80 points was already the best.

Due to the average scoring mechanism, being able to score 90 points is enough to be written into the history of the Gion Festival.

"The next two shrines are, well, it seems that the first place in this year's spirit-killing performance should be Shimogamo Shrine."

The man in a suit took a look at the schedule for the spirit-removing martial arts show. The next two shrines were not particularly famous. He also knew the spirit-removing techniques of these two shrines.

"That's it, go and announce the scores."