Truth is everywhere within range

Outside Atsuta Shrine.

A figure slowly emerged.

He was wearing a hoodie and looked to be in his early twenties, with spiky hair and an earring in his left ear.

"Ah."

He smiled, and the vertical pupils of his eyes narrowed slightly.

"There are a total of one hundred and twenty-seven barriers, dozens more than last time."

Having said this, there was no sense of nervousness in his movements as he took one step forward and entered the area surrounding the shrine.

It can be seen that an invisible ripple spreads at the tip of his toes, but it is just a ripple, nothing unusual happens.

He walked in wholeheartedly.

Atsuta Jingu Shrine is not only a shrine, but also a scenic spot with a long history.

The man looked at the surrounding scenery as if admiring the scenery.

But whenever he walked by.

Grass and trees decline, the land rots, and living things wither.

If any spiritual master saw this scene, he would definitely exclaim.

This is anaconda.

It is also a big monster recorded by the association, but the anaconda is obviously more mysterious than the python.

The reason why python is famous is that he started as a little monster, gradually evaded the encirclement and suppression of the spiritual master, and grew up by fighting wits and courage with humans for hundreds of years.

But anaconda is different.

Anacondas are born noble.

When it was born, it possessed spiritual power that was equivalent to what ordinary monsters could accumulate for a hundred years. In the following five hundred years of history, although Anaconda did not recognize the management of the spirit exterminator, he never fought against the spirit exterminator.

Therefore, no one knows the secret of the anaconda.

Strolling in the courtyard, the anaconda walks slowly on the stone road.

There's still plenty of time tonight.

Sensations of spiritual power came from the west, and pillars of light that could only be seen with spiritual vision lit up again and again.

This is good.

Anaconda thought.

Forty years ago, it encountered a python by chance.

The python was so overwhelmed that he challenged it.

Naturally, the result was that he was almost knocked back to his original shape.

After that, the python became anaconda's defeated enemy.

Just like tonight, the python is a chess piece.

A chess piece used to weaken the defense of Atsuta Shrine.

The protective barrier can detect monsters and expel evil spirits, but it is useless against anacondas.

This is Anaconda's biggest trump card.

Because it is the descendant of that one being.

A snake demon who once fought with Susano'o and was eventually killed.

The Yamata no Orochi has eight heads and eight tails.

The Tiancongyun Sword was born from the body of the Yamata no Orochi and has the power of the snake itself.

Most of the spells related to Atsuta Shrine are derived from the Amancongyun Sword.

In other words, they are all derived from Yamata no Orochi.

Since they are the same kind, how could there be any rejection?

Anaconda passed through several more barriers and gradually approached the main hall of the shrine from the mountain road in the back mountain.

The reason why it was able to steal the Tiancongyun Sword without anyone noticing was because of its own bloodline.

Tian Cong Yun Sword cannot resist the bloodline of Yamata no Orochi.

Unfortunately, something went wrong halfway, and Anaconda had to go through a lot of trouble, and even had to sacrifice the python to attract attention and return to the temple.

In the spiritual vision, there were many people in the palace.

Kill them all.

Anaconda thought casually.

Just at this time.

It suddenly felt as if it had been tripped by something.

Click——

The tight steel wire pulled up a certain tab. While Anaconda was still confused, the shock wave of the explosion had already swallowed him up.

Boom——

"There is a situation."

Qiao Qiao heard the sound of the explosion and immediately stopped what he was doing.

He took out the assembled revolver and checked the bullets.

At this time, the second explosion sounded again.

Not long after it was quiet, explosions sounded one after another, getting closer and closer.

"Coming this way?"

Qiao Qiao frowned slightly.

Now, in addition to a pistol, twenty-four explosive rounds, thirty rounds of deactivating bullets, six deactivating grenades, half a box of plastic [beep——] pills, ten detonators, and two directional deactivating mines, I have , there are no weapons available.

What a shame, the sniper howitzer should not have been taken out just to save weight.

Qiao Qiao made a prompt decision and quickly made a simple arrangement.

At the same time, I called Masato Kotokui, but unfortunately, there was something wrong with the signal and I couldn't get through.

As for Ariko Asano, she held the model of the Yamato and watched Qiao Qiao make these preparations.

"It may only be able to delay the opponent's actions, but it's enough."

Qiao Qiao stood up and was about to evacuate with Asano Ariko.

A figure emerged from between the trees.

His face was covered with black marks and burn marks, and his clothes were in tatters and full of holes. It was obvious that this was the guy who triggered Qiao Qiao's trap.

The embarrassed appearance did not hide the arrogance of its expression, and its orange vertical pupils looked at Qiao Qiao.

"Mines? Grenades? Explosives?"

It spoke with a hoarse voice.

"Humanity has fallen to this level, haha."

"Don't go any further."

Qiao Qiao raised his gun. Since the distance between the two sides was several meters, he loaded it with ordinary exorcism bullets.

"Please raise your hands and state your name, where you belong, and your purpose of coming, otherwise I will shoot."

"Innocent!"

Anaconda sneered, ignored Qiao Qiao's warning, and took a step forward.

Boom——

As soon as he stepped on the landmine, countless fragments and steel balls burst out from under his feet, covering Anaconda's body in an instant.

"I warned you."

Qiao Qiao adjusted his position.

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After the smoke cleared, Anaconda still stood there, motionless as if he had been greatly traumatized.

The clothes are even more torn.

The wounds on his body are healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Sure enough, for a big monster, this level of spiritual power is not fatal enough."

Qiao Qiao muttered to himself.

"Teacher, should we run first?"

Ariko Asano held the model of Yamato, glanced at Anaconda, and said to Qiao Qiao.

"No, no need to run."

Qiao Qiao rejected this proposal.

"Even if we escape here, this monster will catch up with us."

"Because its target is none other than you, Asano Miko."

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Ariko Asano was stunned.

On the other side, Anaconda's eyes swept across the two people and quickly settled on Ariko Asano.

"found it."

It comes to mind.

"Why the monsters could steal the Amancong Unsword but never left Nagoya? That's because what they stole was only part of the Amancong Unsword."

Qiao Qiao said simply while on guard.

This is not a simple explanation, but more like a ritual.

Some kind of ritual to break down barriers.

"The warehouse that has been left unattended for a hundred years has become a fusangshen. So why can't the Tiancongyun Sword, which has been left for a thousand years and has been enshrined, not have its own spiritual consciousness?"

"The snake monsters stole the Tiancongyun Sword, but after they got it, they discovered that the spiritual consciousness of the Tiancongyun Sword, or the sword spirit of the Tiancongyun Sword, was missing."

"They can only stay in Nagoya and search for the sword spirit."

"But what I didn't expect was that the sword spirit of the Amancongyun Sword had attached itself to a trainee shrine maiden at Atsuta Shrine through the manipulation of memes."

"This is you, Asano Miko."