Liangzi's home is on the hillside at the corner of the road, and the straight-line distance from the intersection where accidents occur frequently is less than 300 meters. There are no other villages around, and this is the only single-family house within a few miles.

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The road leading to Liangzi's house is full of knee-high grass. With Lingya's height, the grass is already waist-high. Just like the name of this plain, there are many fireflies flying in the whole grass. At night, the shining insects are like the sky.

Like stars, they are all over the mountains and plains, lingering around and illuminating the darkness, like a fairy tale.

"How is it? It's beautiful, isn't it?" Beidou said.

Upon learning of Reiye's arrival, Beidou was arranged by Captain Long to receive him. The TAC team investigated the firefly plain for two days. Except for the "ghost" witnessed by Nan Xizi alone in the early morning, there was no other trace of anything else in the two days.

A valuable discovery.

There are no super beasts and no cosmic beings.

The only thing that attracts attention is probably the group of fireflies dancing dreamily among the patches of grass.

There are so many stars, just like the stars in the sky, you can’t count how many there are. As soon as night falls, the sky and the earth become a paradise of starry fireflies.

"Well, it's very beautiful." Ling nodded, but there was some confusion in her expression.

"What's wrong? Did you find anything?"

"No, it's nothing."

Ling didn't find anything. It's just that the creatures in nature usually get closer to her. It's not a deliberate closeness, but a natural feeling. Just like when she wants to feed bread crumbs, the birds will

She took the initiative to fly into her hand. When she saw the beautiful butterflies gathering nectar on the flowers, she stretched out her fingers and the butterflies would stop on her fingertips.

She can slightly feel the thoughts of some little creatures, and these little creatures can also feel her thoughts.

But this group of fireflies didn’t feel that way.

Why?

Ling didn't quite understand, she just noticed that in this open wilderness, there seemed to be no other life except fireflies. There were no crickets flapping their wings, and no frogs croaking. Only fireflies were flying all over the sky. They seemed to occupy this space and become

The only life within a few miles.

Although it is beautiful, the beauty is a bit unreal.

But if you look carefully, you won't notice anything strange about these fireflies. They suck tree sap, use the fluorescence of their breath to talk, dance, and reproduce, just like ordinary fireflies.

Follow the path between the grass and walk for a few minutes to see a single-story house with an ancient wooden structure.

The house is not very big, and it only covers an area of ​​about one acre including the garden. It is an ordinary Japanese-style country villa. The floors entering the house are paved with old tatami mats, old, but very clean.

When you enter the entrance, you are facing a corridor extending inward, and a sliding door separates the hall space on one side.

Ling doesn't understand Feng Shui either, so she just thinks this layout is a bit weird, but she can't explain why.

At this time, the sliding door from the entrance to the hall was opened, and you could see the girl in the wheelchair in the hall, wearing two braids. She looked about fourteen or five years old, somewhere between junior high school and high school.

In the meantime, it should be Liangzi, the owner of this place.

On the tatami opposite Ryoko, there were two strangers sitting on their knees.

It was a girl wearing a miko uniform like Ling, and next to her was a young man wearing a priest uniform.

Ling also looked at Beidou and asked him with her eyes.

"This is the Kuze shrine maiden of Izumo Taisha Shrine, and the one next to her is Priest Tsumugi." Hokuto Seiji introduced.

Both sides exchanged greetings, but Ling also asked more than that.

Didn’t you say that Yun Dashe does not have the business of exterminating demons?

Before Beidou could say anything, Kuze Miko took a step forward and bowed. She sat upright on the tatami, folded her hands in front of her knees, bent down and bowed deeply.

For well-known reasons, a girl’s specific age cannot be seen when she is dressed up. According to ancient customs, witches should not wear heavy makeup, but in modern times, this rule has long become empty words. How can a girl go out without makeup?
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Ling also guessed that the miko opposite should also be wearing makeup, otherwise her skin would be too delicate and fair - this was definitely not out of jealousy.

And I don’t know if she has dyed her hair. The color of Kuze Miko’s hair is not very similar to that of Asians. It is light and silvery. It is not an old white, but a more moist and light silver color.

Her hair is very delicately braided. She first ties it up and picks out a small ponytail, twists it into a bun and secures it at the back of her head. Then she separates the excess hair into two braids and wraps them around the bun. As for her sideburns

Just wear it casually, beautiful and generous.

This is actually not difficult. If Ling is willing to put some effort into it, she can dress up so beautifully, but she admits that she is really lazy. She gets up and takes care of her hair every day. When it is smooth, she simply uses a hair flower to braid her hair, even before and after.

It doesn’t take five minutes.

I usually don't care about it, after all, Tomoyo and Sakura are like this too. Tomoyo only uses a hairband to fix her bangs and even skips the braid. Now the comparison is hurtful.

What's even more surprising is that the color of Kuze Miko's eyes is not pure black, but has a hint of crimson.

Makeup, hair dye, contact lenses?

Kuze's greeting was so deep that he almost pressed his forehead to the tatami, and then straightened up after a moment. This was obviously not just a polite greeting, but a more formal etiquette.

Ling also didn't know how to return the gift for a moment - she had not received any similar training.

"Gui'an, Oshima Miko, please forgive me for disturbing you. I am Kuze Kanon, the miko of Izumo Taisha Shrine..." At this point, Kuze Miko was a little stuck, as if she didn't know how to organize her words.

Kuze Kanon is a shrine maiden of Izumo Taisha Shrine, but she is not an ordinary shrine maiden, but the master of the temple who is about to succeed. Rei did not dare to judge her age from her appearance. In fact, she is just as visually inspected. Kuze is 15 years old this year.

No makeup, no hair dye, and no contact lenses.

She was abandoned since she was a child and grew up in a shrine. Her hair color and eye color are both natural. For some reason, she was considered by the shrine master of Izumo Taisha Shrine as a symbol of closeness to the gods, and she was trained as a shrine master since she was a child.
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But no matter what others say, Kuze knows very well that she is not close to the gods. She has never felt the existence of the gods, and has never heard the so-called oracle. Sitting, meditating, and practicing, apart from making her feel calmer, have never done anything.

Have you received any other inspiration?

Many years ago, Kuze realized something - gods do not exist.

Like the emperor's new clothes.

One day, the child suddenly understood that Santa Claus did not exist, but he still celebrated Christmas every year. Everyone in the shrine knew that God did not exist, but everyone pretended. Pretended homework, pretended faith, and pretended to practice. The so-called actions

There are gods in the first three feet, but the ones who don’t believe in gods the most are actually the clergy.

Just like a salesman who doesn't believe what he's selling. Everyone knows it's fake, but he still has to act more real than it is.

Kuze is a little tired of such dramas. Calling it a "drama" or a glorification, in fact, in her mind, there is no difference between the so-called shrine and a scam.

So when he heard that there really was a shrine maiden who could subjugate demons, Kuze Kanon asked for leave from Lord Izumo, hoping to come here to observe.

The expression used is of course to communicate the reasons for practicing.

In fact, she knew very well that the so-called demon slaying was most likely a farce, no different from the disaster relief rituals they held for dignitaries at Izumo Shrine.

But she still holds on to some hope in her heart, hoping that someone will tell her that what she has believed in since she was a child is not actually the emperor's new clothes. She hopes that someone will tell her that the invisible new clothes actually exist.
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She is not an accomplice of the fraud gang. Her years of practice can truly pray for people and are truly meaningful.

"Actually, that's the case." Seeing that his shrine maiden suddenly lost his composure, Priest Tsumugi answered, "I heard that Oshima shrine maiden can really subjugate and eliminate demons. To be honest, we no longer have such practice at Izumo Taisha Shrine.

Although it is rude, please allow us to observe a moment or two."

In fact, this kind of thing is indeed taboo. In the past era, the so-called methods of "subduing demons and eliminating demons" and the methods of spiritual practice were treasured by the respective shrine factions, just like secret books. They were kept in the deepest part of the shrine, regardless of

No matter what, it cannot be leaked.

It's just that in today's era, there is no longer such mystery. All kinds of "originals", "faculties", and "secret books" are labeled by publishers and printed with recommended retail prices. Even ordinary bookstores can

Bought.

Various masters and practitioners talk about how to practice in books and even on videos, just like the "Success Sutra" of businessmen. The mystery is no longer mysterious, and it loses its meaning.

Ling didn't mind. In fact, she thought she had nothing worth observing. Her so-called exorcism was just a few Kagura dance moves she learned from Granny Miyamizu. Compared with Kuze, who had been practicing since childhood,

The witch knows more than she does.

"Do I need to prepare anything?" Big Dipper asked.

In the past, at Miyamizu Shrine, altars and various ritual objects existed, but of course they do not exist here.

What is needed for an exorcism ritual? If Kuze Huayin were to answer, she could give many very specific answers.

First of all, a shrine maiden must wear a formal shrine maiden costume and a chihaya that matches her identity. The accessories she wears include a maternity crown or a flower hairpin, and the props she uses include a kagura bell, a spear bell, a cypress fan, a bat fan, etc. In addition, you can

There are swords, mirrors, sakaki, etc. to choose from. The most famous ones are naturally the three sacred weapons, which can even subdue the demon Yamata no Orochi.

During the ceremony, the priest also needs to be accompanied by Kagura flutes and Japanese drums.

But Lingya's answer was very simple.

"If it's convenient, please prepare a Kagura bell."

"Do you want Kagura bells only?" Kuze interjected feeling a little weird.

"Yes."

It's not that Lingya is arrogant, but because she has only seen her mother-in-law use a Kagura bell, so she only knows how to use it. She can't use other props, and she can't even name them.
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Beidou was not surprised. According to Shinto, all these utensils actually have only one function, which is to please the gods and get their attention.

But Ling doesn’t need it. Just because God is always with her.

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