After restarting, the white business car gradually accelerated and drove forward along the slightly narrow alley.
In the rearview mirror, Hongko's figure quickly disappeared, and the silence in the car continued until Noma Nan took the initiative to speak and was broken.
"It's so youthful."
“…”
In the passenger seat, Zong Gu did not say a word, looking ahead with his eyes.
"If Yoshikawa is really worried, let her go with us." Noma Nan said again.
He pursed his lips, "Don't joke."
"Let her stay in the car and not participate in the action."
“That won’t work either.”
Noma Nan looked at Kyoko from the rearview mirror again, and she was much calmer than she expected.
After all, it was the child who hugged Soya, not Soya who hugged her... If it were the other way around, what would Kyoko look like now?
“…”
Work is more important, Noma Nan reminds himself.
"Kyoko."
"Um."
"Is there new news over there?"
"No."
After driving for a while, the path in front of her finally reached its end. She slowed down and turned into the wide county road, and her speed suddenly increased.
"The two bread clips are quite loud... If you lose everything, it would be funny."
Noma Nan held the steering wheel, "I heard that guy is very good at running away, otherwise he would not be able to escape from the gum to this place."
Soya couldn't laugh at all, "If it was let go, the entire Kinki Lingjue people would have to work overtime."
"Yes. Is Soya worried about his travel plan being ruined?"
"Well, I've been waiting for this day for a long time."
Noma Nan gave him a look, "To go to the beach with Kyoko?"
“…”
Zong Gu understood it, "Of course."
"It's so good... I've wanted to relax at the beach for a few days, so why don't you just take me with me?"
Noma Nan looked at the shrine lady in the back seat again, "What do Kyoko think?"
"Please don't talk about unrelated things while performing tasks."
“…ah, OK, Miss.”
The driver kept silent and focused on driving.
Looking ahead, Kyoko sat up straight tensely and sighed in her heart.
Although she was currently carrying out a very important task and did not want to be distracted from the small thing she had just witnessed, she was inevitably affected;
For the sake of herself and the safety of her peers, she wanted to eliminate a trace of hesitation in her heart as soon as possible...
A little rustling sound made Kyoko come back to her senses.
There was a hand looking back between the passenger seat and the tiny gap between the vehicle body.
“…”
She looked at Sayaka Hasegawa, who was in the seat next to her, who turned his head and looked out the car window.
The hand stopped quickly, as if waiting.
After looking for a while, Kyoko raised her hand and pinched one of the fingers and pressed it a few times.
She could not deny that her strength contained some venting meaning.
And the hand did not hide or avoid, and then stretched backwards, slowly wrapping her stopping hand.
“…”
As his body gradually relaxed, Kyoko leaned on the back of the chair.
After holding it for a while, she held him back, squeezed it gently, and then let go of her hand.
Feeling her attitude, Zong Gu also withdrew his hand.
"Miss Noma, there is new news."
Noma Nan looked at the rearview mirror, and Kyoko looked down at her cell phone.
"The evil spirit appears near Ibuki Mountain."
......
It takes more than an hour to drive from Neihu to Miyuan. It was almost dusk when we set off. When we arrived in Miyuan, it was completely dark.
While waiting for the red light at the intersection, Nomanan received the latest instructions.
"Go to Ibu Mountain to participate in the siege? Are you sure that the evil spirit is still on Ibu Mountain? Such a big mountain, where can it be surrounded? Driving? Not everyone can drive there... Okay, I understand.
.”
After hanging up the phone, there are only a few seconds left in the red light.
"Look at that side."
She raised her hand and pointed out the window. Zong Gu looked over, and only a large area of darkness could be seen in the distance.
"If it were daytime, I would have seen Mount Ibuki long ago."
Ibuki Mountain is the highest mountain in Shiga Prefecture and one of the top 100 mountains in Japan. You can see the entire city of Yonehara on the top and also overlook the jasper-like Lake Biwa. The view is very wide, but unfortunately they were not here to travel today.
"Prepare to do your work all night and then watch the sunrise at the top of Mount Ibuki."
“…”
Zong Gu shook his head, "Do you want to bring some food?"
"You really plan to stay in the mountain overnight... there are a lot of instant noodles in the trunk."
"There is no hot water."
“Dry chew.”
“…”
The red light turned green, Nomanan stepped on the accelerator and passed through a slightly busy intersection.
It's still a little distance from Ibukiyama here, so I need to pass through the city of Mihara first. Looking at the bright lights and wine on both sides, she suggested finding a place to eat a bowl of ramen first, but was rejected by Kyoko in any accident.
More than ten minutes later, the surrounding area became deserted again, and the prosperity of the cities on both sides turned into large areas of farmland that could not be seen clearly at night.
After walking for a while, the terrain gradually rose, Zong Gu realized that they had entered the mountain range.
When they arrived at the parking lot of Ibukiyama Pass, Fuyun Shrine and his party finally met with the spiritual enlightened people who came from other places.
Just looking at the few dozen people in front of him, Soya didn't know how the commander would dispatch it to block the Ibuki Mountain, which was invisible.
"Now it is certain that the spirit body escaped into Ibuki Mountain. At present, people have been sent to guard the four mountain passes, and we are responsible for the south."
A middle-aged man stood up, as if he was the highest-level person among their small group of Lingjuemen. Shortly after the arrival of the Fuyun Shrine, he began to explain specific action arrangements to the person in charge of each shrine.
.
“Based on the intelligence compiled by all parties over the past period of time, the spirit was very alert.
When encountering spiritual enlightened people, the highest priority is to avoid and escape. Only when they cannot avoid them will they attack head-on.
Although it is very fierce, it still aims to escape as its main goal…”
"Using its fear of war, the organization made some deployments... The task of the other teams was to drive away, create momentum as much as possible, and prompt it to escape to the four ambushed passes."
He paused for a moment and looked around the spiritual enlightened people present.
"And your mission to me is to intercept and kill the spirit when it chooses to escape to this side."
“…”
After a brief silence, discussions arose.
Stopping and killing the evil spirit is an important task assigned by the organization, and more importantly, saving one's own life. After all, the evil spirit is fierce, and the fighting ability of the spiritual enlightened person in the field is also strong and weak.
"Sayaka, you and Kobayashi stay in the car." Noma Nan arranged, "Soya, you and Kyoko take care of each other, and Mairi and I will go up the mountain with you."
“…”
There was still a scar from the last time he was pierced, and Hasegawa agreed with a complicated expression.
"good."
Soya responded, looked at Kyoko and smiled, then looked down at the black knife in his hand.
This is a spiritual weapon made of special materials. It is made of non-metallic material, but it has extremely high strength and the efficiency of spiritual power coverage is much higher than that of ordinary wooden swords. Moreover, the size and weight are specially designed according to his feel;
For him, when dealing with spirits, there is no more weapon than this sword.
Noma Nan and Kyoko are better at using bows, but they also have a spare short knife on their waists.
The combat meeting ended soon, and each shrine went up the mountain and opened with the people who stayed there.
The middle-aged man in charge of the command looked around and nodded again.