"They are still in the police station. We don't plan to let them leave for the time being. We have arranged for several other spirit exterminators from Kyoto to stay with them."

"Okay, Uncle Jiecheng has also sent someone over. They will probably arrive at night at the latest. Let's go to Xiangshan first to see if there are any clues."

Kamiyagawa made a prompt decision.

Onizuka did not object to his judgment, and the moment he arrived, he tacitly handed over the leadership to him.

…

Because of what happened last night, the festival site in Xiangshan has been cleared, and a cordon has been set up on the site.

However, the booths, stage and confetti from last night's celebration were still left at the scene.

The excitement has gone through riots, leaving only a mess.

After stepping on the colored paper on the ground, Kamiya and Onizuka, led by Ms. Sugita, began to climb up the slender mountain path of Hibikiyama.

"Has anything ever happened in the Xiang Mountain? Maybe it was related to the noise in the valley."

Both Kamiya and Onizuka were experienced spirit exterminators. While heading towards the destination halfway up the mountain, they focused on the key points and talked with Ms. Sugita who was in charge of the local area.

What we have to do now is to peel off the cocoons.

Although the most important target is the one who wears the Wraith Spirit Aspect and is suspected of encountering the Demonic Hour, the first thing we need to understand is why that person appeared at the Echo Festival ritual celebration, and why he wants to escape from the group of valley echoes.

What do you get?

Anyway, according to what the Shinagawa sisters said, Kamiya and Onitsuka felt the same way——

The masked man seemed to be heading towards the deep valley.

"Yugu Hibiki...there are some rumors in the Hibiki Mountain area related to the Echo Festival. However, according to the records, it happened a long time ago." Ms. Sugita seemed to have a hard time speaking, but the two people did not dare to come down from the top.

Hidden in front of the big man, he said, "That's right, the Echo Sacrifice here at Xiangsheng seems to have been accompanied by human sacrifice when it first took shape."

"Living sacrifice?"

"Yes, the rock halfway up Xiangshan Mountain is a place to make wishes to the gods. When famine occurs and there is a lack of food, or a long drought and water shortage, when encountering these things, people just need to climb up here and shout,

It can convey wishes to the ears of gods."

Generally speaking, echo refers to your own voice, no matter which mountain you are on.

It's a bit reluctant to think of it as a response from a god.

Therefore, in order for the gods to listen to your wishes, something should be necessary.

Sacrifice.

Ms. Sugita: "When we came from Kyoto last night, our people there temporarily checked some information on Xiangshan. We found some vague and vague ancient records related to sacrifices."

Human sacrifice is a custom that is incomprehensible to modern society.

But in a long, long time ago, when it was still a barbaric era, it might not be so rare.

Maybe it can be vaguely found in old era materials that are scattered in many places in Japan.

Ms. Sugita: "Combined with the valley noises that appeared last night, I think they may be the undead ghost stories of people who were chosen as sacrifices in the old days."

Sounds coming from below the cliff.

The god who grants wishes.

The sacrifice that was pushed off the cliff.

I don’t know if those people who died under the cliff in the old era really believed that their death would bring happiness to other individuals. But their will and thoughts remain at the bottom of the valley. As the months go by this year, more people’s "

"Wish" comes down...

This is probably the reason why those valley noises were formed.

Onizuka recalled the conversation he had just had with the Shinagawa sisters. Shinagawa sister Misako added at the end that she seemed to hear the Yutani Hibiki climbing up from the cliff. Those many mouths were opening and closing, and they were all whispering repeatedly.

: "Please, please..."

Therefore, those valley sounds are probably responding to the wishes of those who make wishes in their own way.

Of course, Onizuka didn't think those ghost stories about the undead could fulfill people's wishes.

Maybe he was just responding desperately and mechanically.

The three of them continued to climb the stairs, and Ms. Sugita added: "But the custom of living sacrifices must have been abolished a long time ago. The current Echo Festival only retains the part of shouting wishes on the rocks. And

, there has never been a valley sound here before.”

"It never appeared? Maybe Tatsuki inspired those resentful spirits in some way? Then the plan was accidentally interrupted by the girl named Shinagawa Misako."

Kamiya speculated in his heart.

"Resentment, Achuan." Onizuka thought for a while and gently touched Kamiyakawa with his elbow.

"Um?"

"Misako seems to have a very high level of inspiration. She said she felt a strong sense of resentment in Yutani Hibiki."

If those valley noises are really the sacrifices from the past, it is normal to have resentment.

"Resentment..." Kamiya thought again.

Kohata Jiyue, who married into the Kohata family, had a lot of resentment in her body, so much so that she gave birth to a doppelgänger.

In the deep valley under the cliff of Xiangshan Mountain, the souls who died for the wishes of others also carried heavy resentment.

Also, Heishōmon, one of the four most evil spirits in Japan.

The aspect of the resentful spirit that changes due to the influence of resentment.

All these things that have happened recently cannot be avoided with "resentment".

What does Chenshi want to do?
Chapter completed!