Truth is everywhere within range

"Night attack?"

Ariko thought of passages in some works that were not suitable for reading in front of the public.

"No, how could the teacher fall into your hands?"

Let me go!

Ariko jumped up from the quilt.

"Stop, this sneaky cat?"

All she saw was that the woman was none other than Kamijou Shiori, who had previously led them to the village chief.

However, Kamijou Shiori, who was half-dressed, also looked confused.

Because there was no trace of Qiao Qiao under the opened quilt, not even half a person, not even the pillow used to pretend that someone was lying in it.

Where is such a big person under the quilt?

"What do you want from me, Ms. Kamijou?"

When the two girls looked at each other, Qiao Qiao's voice came from one side, in the shadow of the house.

He was well-dressed and sitting cross-legged in the corner, seemingly thinking about a problem.

"I-I want to see how you two are resting and see if you can help."

Kamijou Shiori put on his kimono and said a little shyly.

"Grandma said that as the village chief's daughter, she should entertain guests well and so on."

"Thank you for your concern. We have nothing to help you with."

Qiao Qiao said indifferently, making Kamijou Shishi tremble a little, picked up the belt on the ground and left the house.

"Teacher, didn't you lie down just now?"

After Kamijou Shiori left, Ariko looked at Qiao Qiao's bedding with some curiosity.

"This is it."

Qiao Qiao raised his left hand, and blood flowed from the wound on his finger.

The blood flowed along the ground, got into the bed, expanded like a balloon, and gradually turned into Qiao Qiao's appearance.

"Just like this, you can pretend to be sleeping quietly. If you encounter a sneak attack or something, you can counterattack as soon as possible. This is a useful function I have recently developed."

"?"

Although she knew that the teacher was such a person, Ariko still felt that it was a bit too exaggerated when she listened to Qiao Qiao's explanation.

"Come to think of it, that woman just now wanted to attack the teacher at night. It's really obscene!"

Ariko said angrily.

Clay cat!

"Is this a tradition in Yamanashi Prefecture?"

Qiao Qiao touched his chin.

"No, no, no, this kind of tradition can only be seen in "Quick O Day"."

Ariko waved her hands vigorously.

"However, this village is indeed strange."

Qiao Qiao looked out the window.

The snow has stopped, and in the silent world, only the moonlight leaves large areas of clear light on the snow, and the entire mountain forest is silent.

"It's unreasonable to be in the mountains and forests where the old gods are sealed, but it doesn't seem to be affected at all."

This is like the only pure love opening work in a magazine that is full of heavy-handed and taste-heavy themes.

Looking at pure love, she may actually have more fun than anyone else.

If you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss.

"Teacher, the children don't understand your metaphor at all."

Ariko complained.

"Did you notice the trees next to us when we were walking in the mountains in the afternoon?"

Qiao Qiao asked.

"It's just an ordinary tree, nothing special about it."

Ariko didn't quite understand.

"No, the growth of those trees has been distorted."

Qiao Qiao took out his mobile phone and opened the photo album.

The first page shows Suzuka in her Christmas costume, with antlers on her head, dressed like a reindeer.

I remember this was taken while playing the punishment game at Christmas time.

"?"

A question mark appeared on Ariko's head.

"Ahem, that's not it."

Qiao Qiao flipped through the photo album, and another photo popped up of Sayoko wearing a New Year's kimono and exhaling into her hands.

"??"

There are more and more question marks on Ariko’s head.

"strangeness."

Qiao Qiao flipped it again.

This time it was a photo of Kiriye showing a V-shaped hand with a mischievous expression on his face.

"Wait a minute, I definitely didn't take this picture."

Qiao Qiao deleted the photo in time before the question mark on Yalizi's head turned into an exclamation mark.

What is this vampire doing with someone else's cell phone?

Qiao Qiao carefully flipped through the photo album, found the photos taken during the day, and placed them in front of Yalizi who puffed up her cheeks.

"You see, these trees are supposed to grow straight, but now they are twisted by some force."

The trees in the photo have bent trunks and twisted branches, giving them a sense of perversion and chaos, which can make people feel dizzy after looking at them for a long time.

Even just looking at the photo, Ariko could feel the madness contained in it.

"These trees."

The strangely affected earth gave birth to strange trees.

And how can the animals and humans who rely on these trees be normal?

Therefore, this Pingye Village, which looks very normal, may actually be the craziest one.

That's when.

Suddenly there was a strange sound outside the window.

It was like the sharp sound of fingernails scratching on a blackboard, which made people feel nervous.

Boom——

Some creature tapped on the window sill.

嗗——

Another sharp sound sounded from the other side of the wooden wall.

There seemed to be a dark shadow sweeping outside the window, or it seemed like it was just a simple shadow of a tree.

"The flow of Yin Qi has changed."

Qiao Qiao said something.

Relying on the vampire's perception ability and his own spiritual vision, he could see that outside the house, twisted and struggling resentful spirits and evil spirits were trying to break into the house.

It's just that they seem to be too weak to find the gap.

When Qiao Qiao was about to clean up these resentful spirits, a man appeared outside the house.

Kamijou Shiori was standing in the courtyard wearing a red and white miko uniform.

"This is not the place you should be."

She held a strange-shaped royal coin in her hand, like a hanging silk thread. As she waved it, the resentful spirits and evil spirits seemed to be extremely frightened and quickly disappeared into the wind and snow.

"Miko?"

Qiao Qiao frowned slightly.

Just now, I didn't feel much spiritual power on Kamijou Shiori's body, and during the process of removing the spirits, the spiritual power released between the coins didn't seem to be enough to destroy these evil spirits.

Is it simply to expel the evil spirit rather than to completely eliminate it?

Qiao Qiao thought and opened the window.

"Miss Kamijou."

He stopped Kamijou Shiori who was about to leave.

"Ah, Lord Soul Exterminator."

Kamijou Shizuki's face turned crimson in the snow, as if he was not used to appearing in front of strangers in such a dress.

"What happened just now?"

Qiao Qiao asked.

"this."

Kamijou Shiori hesitated for a moment.

Then he walked through the courtyard and came to Qiao Qiao and Ariko's room.

She looked at the two of them, knelt down and bowed.

"Two spiritual masters, in fact, Pingye Village has always been troubled by monsters, but we can't tell outsiders. I only hope that you two can help us get rid of the evil."

Kamijou Shiori said solemnly.

"?"

Ariko felt a little strange. Since she had encountered something strange, why couldn't she tell others?

"To be honest, Pingye Village has a curse."

Kamijou Shiori saw Ariko's confusion and explained.

"If you learn the secret of Pingye Village, you will not be able to leave here. Once you leave, you will be punished by the God of the Mountain and die suddenly. And after learning the secret, if you do not return here within half a year, the same will happen. You’ll also be cursed.”

"In the past, we have sought help from spirit exterminators, but they were unable to solve the problem. Instead, they died because they violated the curse. Later, the people in the village were gradually isolated from the outside world to prevent the curse from spreading and harming more people."

"However, the power of monsters has become stronger and stronger recently. I, a miko, can no longer resist them."

"Please, save this village."