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"It's a little strange."

Qiao Qiao also became curious.

Tianyuan is close to the urban area of ​​Okuzumo Town. The miko is walking on the road alone in such a carefree manner. The few spirits around her don't care about the humans around them. It looks like the miko is walking her dog.

No, maybe he was actually walking his dog.

"Shall we go take a look?"

Thinking that people from all the major shrines in the whole country will gather in Izumo recently, then maybe this miko is also a member of a certain shrine. As a spiritual exterminator, it is natural for Qiao Qiao to say hello.

"Um."

Sayoko followed Qiao Qiao, and the two walked through the city, but the miko kept a distance from Qiao Qiao and Sayoko.

"It's strange. You obviously feel like you can keep up with me by taking just two steps, right?"

Sayoko was a little confused.

Then, she saw the miko walking into a shrine hidden deep in the city.

However, when passing through the torii gate.

The witch disappeared.

Disappeared.

"well?"

Sayoko rubbed her eyes and confirmed again.

In the quiet bamboo forest, there is a red torii gate.

The shrine is deserted, except for the afternoon sunlight filtering through the shadows of the trees.

"Like some kind of barrier or something."

Qiao Qiao had read some texts about enchantments in Shinto. Although the writing was very vague because it involved core techniques, it generally gave a certain description of common enchantments.

Shinto's boundaries come from the concept of the divine kingdom of gods, and are a generalized system of this concept.

The divine kingdom of gods is a certain space that they can control and change. It can also be said to be an advanced memetic operation space.

Correspondingly, general enchantments also include defense type, expulsion type, concealment type, etc.

Qiao Qiao could only feel a special spiritual power lingering around the shrine, which was different from the divine power he had seen in other shrines.

For insurance purposes, he first sent a message to Miss Sakura, briefly describing the situation he encountered and the coordinates of where he was now.

However, Miss Sakura may still be busy and has not responded yet.

Qiaoqiao came to the torii gate of the shrine.

"Um?"

When you stretch out your hand, you can feel ripples like water waves spreading through the space.

There seems to be no concept of eviction.

Think about it for a while.

Qiao Qiao decided to go in and take a look.

If you ask why, it's because the weirdness is there.

He and Sayoko held hands and walked towards the torii together.

Whoosh——

There was no time to react, and Qiao Qiao felt that his surroundings had become very dazzling.

No, to be precise, it's sunlight.

Qiao Qiao and Xiao Yezi were standing on the stone steps, with the dazzling sunlight shining down, giving them a clear view of the surrounding environment.

Behind it is a tall red torii gate.

This torii is built halfway up the mountain, and there are long steps going down.

Surrounded by green mountains, at the foot of the mountains sits a small, ordinary-looking village.

"?"

Yes.

The city of Okuzumo Town and the bustling streets have all disappeared.

"Time traveled?"

Sayoko thought of the comics she read recently.

"The mobile phone signal seems to be gone, but the emergency contact information is still available."

Qiao Qiao looked at his phone and felt Wu Ye in his blood again.

Well, this guy was still playing an otome game, but Qiaoqiao sucked a lot of blood from Kiriye before leaving. It seemed like he couldn't satisfy her at all.

This is more like some kind of large-scale barrier than traveling through time.

Qiao Qiao looked back.

On the mountain, there is a shrine.

"Let's go up the mountain first."

Qiao Qiao made a decision.

He assembled the revolver he carried with him, holding the gun in one hand and holding Sayoko with the other, and climbed up the steps step by step.

The two of them were very fast.

Sayoko's fatigue will be transferred to Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao's vampire physique is not tiring at all.

very perfect.

In less than ten minutes, the two climbed up to the shrine on the mountain.

There is no name outside the shrine gate.

Judging from the shape of the torii gate and shrine, it is made by a large shrine and conforms to the specifications of a shrine in the Izumo area.

There was no one else in the shrine. Qiaoqiao and Sayoko followed the normal worship etiquette, washed their hands at Mitarai, and walked into the shrine.

"Um?"

Qiao Qiao came to the entrance of the main hall, feeling a little strange.

Because there is a huge rope hanging in front of the offering box in the shrine hall.

Because it is so huge, it even feels oppressive.

As a spiritual master, Qiao Qiao is very aware of such a huge stake in the rope.

Only Izumo Taisha Shrine has such a huge shrine rope.

"Is this Izumo Grand Shrine?"

Qiao Qiao couldn't help but have such an idea.

After hearing Qiao Qiao's words, Xiaoyezi had already imagined a heart-stirring time-travel drama.

He and Qiao Qiao traveled to the ancient Izumo Grand Shrine, helped eight million gods fight against evil spirits, and finally spent their lives happily, leaving only a simple message of "We are very happy" to the people who came after us.

By the way, Xiao Yezi has been reading "The Three-Body Problem" that Qiao Qiao bought recently as a material for learning Chinese, and she has already finished the third part.

"At least it's not something like Hakurei Shrine."

Qiao Qiao turned around and saw no other people except for the numerous shrines.

The entire shrine was empty.

Sayoko looked at the donation box, touched her wallet, and found a coin.

Bow slightly, put it into the offering box, and ring the bell gently.

The huge rope swayed slightly, and the sweet bells echoed in the shrine grounds.

She saluted twice more, clapped her hands twice more, and saluted again.

"Hey, you're saluting the wrong way."

At this time, a voice came from behind Xiao Yezi.

Looking back, it was the miko wearing a different miko uniform.

She looks like a junior high school student, very short, with black hair tied back with red sandalwood paper. She is wearing white clothes and dark blue hakama. She is holding a broom in her hand. She is surrounded by several translucent white spirits. .

"You should clap your hands four times. Isn't this common sense? Hey, you don't seem to be from here?"

Only then did the miko notice the clothes on Sayoko.

"Wait, you are an outsider? How can you come in?"

She seemed to be panicking, and the spirits around her began to move irregularly, showing her inner shake.

"where is this place?"

Qiao Qiao turned around from the side of the shrine and saw the witch. He was alert and asked.

"There is still one?"

The miko's eyes widened.

"I have never encountered this kind of situation before."

He took out a book from the spirit body next to him and flipped through it hurriedly.

Qiao Qiao glanced at it with his vampire vision and found that the cover of the book had words similar to "Paradise Management Manual" written on it.

Management manual?

Is this miko an administrator-like existence?

After flipping through it for a long time, the miko finally gave up.

"This is a situation that has never happened before. Ordinary humans have entered the paradise. What are they doing!"

The witch scratched her head, looking like she had given up on treatment and was hopeless.

"Um, where exactly is this place?"

Sayoko approached and asked.

"This is the headquarters of Izumo Taisha Shrine, but it is also an abandoned place. It is now a paradise for monsters."

The miko replied weakly.