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Izumo Taisha Headquarters?

Qiao Qiao looked around.

Indeed, the buildings here are basically consistent with the photos of Izumo Taisha Shrine seen online.

But shouldn't the real Izumo Taisha Shrine be in Izumo City? This is Okuzumo Town, and it's also in an inexplicable barrier. It doesn't look like the real Izumo Grand Shrine.

In addition, the witch mentioned a paradise for yokai, and it felt more like a yokai holding facility than a residence of gods.

"My name is Kohakugawa Shigure, you can call me Shigure."

The miko stood up and dusted herself off.

"I am the only shrine maiden of this shrine and the manager of this paradise."

"Wait a minute, Kohakugawa-san, Paradise refers to"

"Don't call me by my last name."

The witch interrupted Qiao Qiao's inquiry and looked at the village down the mountain.

"Since you are from there, you must also know that in today's human society, monsters either disguise themselves as humans and live in modern society, or they hide in the mountains and forests."

She pointed there.

"The monsters hidden among the mountains and forests live there."

"This is a place where only people and monsters recognized by the barrier can enter. Ah, that's why I don't understand why you two ordinary people can come in."

Shigure scratched his head again.

"To put it this way, she and I are not ordinary people."

Qiao Qiao said.

"ha?"

Shigure opened his mouth and made a questioning sound.

Qiao Qiao briefly told what happened between himself and Sayoko.

Shigure was stunned for a moment.

It's like the feeling of a girl from the countryside who suddenly comes into contact with a smartphone.

"I see. If there is such a weird existence, it's not an accident for you and her. It scares me to death."

Shigure said as if a big stone in his heart had finally fallen to the ground.

"The exit of the paradise is at the shrine on the other side. I will take you there."

Surrounded by spirits, Shigure pointed to the top of the mountain opposite, where there was only a huge mountain gate.

"Of course, if you want to stay, I have no objection."

Every move she made was generous and natural, and did not change because of their status as outsiders.

"Speaking of which, if this is the headquarters of Izumo Taisha Shrine, what about the one outside?"

Qiao Qiao asked as he followed Shigure.

"The one outside was rebuilt later, probably during the Heian period."

Shigure replied, teasing the spirits around him from time to time.

"These guys are called Yuling. They are spirits recognized by the shrine. They are my good friends."

She looked at the town below the mountain and said.

"The real Izumo Grand Shrine was first built in the Oku-Izumo area. It was later destroyed due to an accident and was rebuilt in Izumo."

"But the destroyed Izumo Grand Shrine was not abandoned. Instead, it used magic techniques to create the paradise it is today to house some monsters."

"I am the No. 1 here. I can't remember clearly. Anyway, I am the current miko."

"He is responsible for managing the monsters here. The world over there is your world. He is a high school student."

"Well, there is also contact with the Spiritualist Association, but they usually don't care about the affairs of this world."

"High school student?"

Qiao Qiao looked up and down at this miko, who had the size of a standard junior high school student.

"This is where monsters live, right? Shigure-chan, can you, a miko, handle it?"

Sayoko thought of the green lantern yesterday.

Monsters are such terrifying existences. Can this girl about her own age really control them?

But if you think about it carefully, Qiao Sang is also that big.

Sayoko suddenly felt that nothing was wrong again.

"Don't look at me like this, I'm very fierce."

As he said that, Shigure turned around and showed his teeth and claws, but it only made people feel cute.

Are the monsters here all copper smelters?

Qiao Qiao didn't quite understand.

However, there was indeed something extraordinary about Shigure's movements, and Qiao Qiao's spiritual vision scanned it, and it was almost impossible to see Shigure's spiritual power level.

It has almost reached the level of Sakamoto Kazuya.

Very powerful.

As they walked down the mountain, Qiaoqiao and Sayoko naturally didn't have to talk to each other, and Shigure didn't even take a breath.

In front is a quaint Japanese-style house.

Qiao Qiao soon saw the monster.

Most of these monsters have taken the form of humans, but their true bodies can still be seen with spiritual vision.

Tengu, Zashiki Warashi, Kappa, one-eyed monk, tanuki, all kinds of monsters are living like humans.

This place looks like a small Japanese village hundreds of years ago.

"Lord Shigure."

"It's Shigure-sama!"

"Shigure-sama is back from school!"

"Master Shigure, this is my new tofu, please have a taste."

And so on, when the monsters saw Shigure, they all came up to say hello.

It seems to be really popular.

Qiao Qiao and Xiao Yezi looked at each other.

"The only drawback here is that there are no modern things like electricity and Internet, so I usually sleep in the world over there at night. Well, it's the shrine you see."

Shigure said.

"How long have you been here?"

Qiao Qiao looked at those docile monsters and asked again.

"How long? I have been in the paradise since I was born. According to Chun Yu, I should be an abandoned child."

Shigure talked about his own affairs, but there was no sadness at all.

"Ah, Haru Yu was the previous Paradise Miko. She was a very good person. Well, she might have been a very bad person."

"Are there other mikos here?"

Sayoko asked.

"No, no, Chunyu has passed away, so I can become the shrine maiden here."

Walking out of the town, the three of them came to a bamboo forest.

Only then did Qiao Qiao notice that there were tombs at regular intervals in the bamboo forest beside the road.

Amber River autumn leaves.

Kohakugawa Mafuyu.

Amber River is like the moon.

And so on.

All of them are the graves of women named Kohakugawa.

The handwriting on the tombs are all different, some are mottled, and some are still new.

Soon, Qiao Qiao saw a stone tablet.

Spring rain in Amber River.

The handwriting is a bit casual, which is completely different from the heavy text content.

"I heard from Chunyu that we can only have one miko here. Every miko will find a successor before she dies, but there are only a few mikos like me who grew up in paradise."

Shigure stopped in front of Chunyu's grave and bowed.

"However, with the development of the times, the area here seems to be gradually getting smaller. I heard that you could still see the sea in the beginning, but now there is only such a small area."

"Ah, what is this?"

Sayoko raised her head and saw something strange on the bamboo forest.

Qiao Qiao also looked over.

Elegant and beautiful flowers bloomed on each section of bamboo.

"So lovely."

Sayoko sighed with emotion.

However, Qiao Qiao noticed that Shigure beside him looked at the flowers blooming on the bamboo, showing a little fear in his astonishment.

"When the Bamboo Flowers Bloom"

Shigure muttered to himself.

At this time, a loud noise suddenly came from the distant shrine, startling countless birds.