At around two o'clock in the morning, Soya received the news and went out with Asagiri Suzu.
Walking out of the dim yard, the white commercial car parked at the alley turned on its lights, and he also raised his hand under the streetlight.
"Go over there."
Earlier, Kyoko Sugawara called him and said that the Spirit Awareness Agency had observed large-scale actions by the Daughter of the Underworld and judged that they had discovered traces of the peerless evil spirit;
According to the plan, when the evil spirit is dealing with the underworld army, many shrines from various places in Kinki will also try to eliminate it using their own methods.
The task assigned to several mikos from Fuyun Shrine this time was mainly to deal with the aftermath, that is, to find the spiritual awakeners who had wandered around in the expected defeat.
After getting closer, Noma Minami and Sugawara Kyoko's eyes fell on Asagiri Suzu. This was the first time for the former to see her.
She was only aware of her identity as a spiritual awakener.
"Soya's sister?"
"no."
"Girlfriend? If you dare to nod, I will call the police."
"...She is a high school student, seventeen years old."
"..."
Noma Minami shrank back, her double chin was not enough to express her shock, and then looked at each of them again.
"Let's talk after we get in the car."
There was only one seat left in the back seat. Soya asked Asagiri Suzu to get in the car, and then looked to the front. Minami Noma was also looking at him.
"What are you thinking about?"
"..."
He got into the passenger seat, Noma Minami stepped on the accelerator, and the commercial vehicle drove forward along the narrow alley.
In addition to Sugawara Kyoko and Asagiri Suzu, there were three shrine maidens he was not familiar with sitting behind them.
"Let's make an agreement first. When we get there later, you two can only follow me. You are not allowed to move at will, and you are not allowed to leave my sight."
Zonggu immediately looked back at Jingzi, "This seems to be different from what we discussed before."
"..."
Asagiri Suzu sat behind him, with Kyoko next to her. Before she could explain, Noma Minami spoke again.
"This is my decision. I am the person in charge of today's actions."
Soya turned around and looked at her, "We are not Miss Noma's subordinates."
"Then get off the car."
"..."
Seeing that he was silent, Noma Minami snorted, "You're just a high school student. I'll deal with you properly after I finish my work these days."
Zonggu was helpless, but now was not the time to show off his words.
And she didn't finish her words:
"I can't think of any way ordinary people can come up with to eliminate evil spirits. It's Jingzi who insists on bringing you along.
But if we are also affected, it will be up to you, an ordinary person who is not affected, to rescue you."
Noma Minami said and looked at him again.
"I didn't participate in the last operation. I heard from Jingzi that after receiving the shock wave, my whole body was filled with the filthy air of the underworld and it was difficult to move. You can't take advantage of the chaos to touch me."
"No."
She puffed out her sizable breasts and said, "Jingzi and I are different."
Zonggu turned his head and looked aside.
"We are about to face that peerless evil spirit. Miss Noma seems to be quite relaxed."
"It's not like I'm going to die. I might get touched a few times by you, but it won't be too much of a disadvantage."
Zonggu heard something unexpected and turned around again.
"Hasn't that evil spirit killed anyone so far?"
"No. Don't you know?"
Noma Minami turned the steering wheel and the commercial vehicle turned at the intersection.
"We have only come into contact with it once, and the most serious case was Jingzi's. But she was lucky and was rescued by you. Many people were buried in the snow for most of the day and almost froze to death."
She looked at the road ahead, "According to Jingzi's description, it's not so much that it doesn't want to kill people, it's more that it doesn't pay attention to us spiritual beings at all.
It roared, and the underworld army was wiped out. The spiritual awakeners were also shocked and scared away, and then it continued to hide."
"On the contrary, when it first escaped from the underworld, the other spirits that came out with it caused a lot of murders, but they were quickly wiped out."
Soya looked at her, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Kyoko looking at him after hearing these words.
He ignored it, "Then what's the reason why the spiritually aware organization is obsessed with destroying it?"
"Because it is too powerful and is a threat to all spiritually aware people." Noma Minami glanced at him, "Just one roar can make us unable to move. What if it has murderous intentions?"
"What's more, those things in the underworld will spare no effort to hunt it down, so you can't go wrong by following them."
"This is the only point I cannot agree with." The victim Zonggu expressed dissatisfaction.
"If you don't agree, just don't agree, and I won't listen to you."
"..."
Kyoko's smile in the back seat was not obvious, and she quickly stopped when he looked at her.
There were almost no vehicles on the market in the early morning. After driving out of the alley, Noma Minami stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. Soya checked the seat belt, then leaned back in his chair and stopped talking.
More than twenty minutes later, the commercial vehicle from Fuyun Shrine stopped at the foot of a certain mountain.
It was dark at night, and Zonggu had never been here before, so he couldn't recognize where it was.
"This is Xueye Mountain, coming to the east."
Noma Minami got out of the car, took a look, and then took out his cell phone to contact someone.
After a while, she waved to the miko who were looking at the sky and Soya, who couldn't see anything, and motioned for them to get in the car.
"Let's go, the evil spirit seems to have escaped to Pingke Mountain again."
Pingkei Mountain is not too far away from here. As Minami drove her car, she would bend down slightly and look up at the sky from time to time.
"If nothing else, it's quite spectacular to have so many Daughters of the Underworld floating in the sky... It's a pity that you can't see anything."
Zong Gu smiled at the side and said nothing.
After driving within the range of Pingke Mountain, the wild speed suddenly slowed down.
Including Minami Noma, several of the shrine maidens at Fuyun Shrine had solemn expressions on their faces, as if they were afraid to express their dignity.
"Huangquan Army."
Everyone looked at Asagiri Suzu, who spoke for the first time after getting in the car, and then looked at Soya, who nodded in response.
This is the center of the encirclement, and they are shuttled among the formations of the Huangquan Army.
The speed of the car became slower and slower, and Soya could understand Noma Minami's fear. Just because he couldn't see it at this time, it didn't mean that he hadn't seen Huang Quanjun:
The almost transparent light blue body is covered with ancient-style armor and carries a halberd on its shoulder. It moves silently and floats, as if it is in the outer world.
Even if ants gather in large numbers, most people will get goosebumps when they see them, let alone these cold ghosts.
"It won't hurt if you hit them. Just go a little faster." Soya suggested.
"Come on!" Noma Minami raised her voice to get rid of her fear.
"I can't drive."
"If you feel it's too slow, just get off the car and walk over by yourself. You won't see anything anyway."
And this was exactly what Soya wanted, "Suzaya wants to be with me."
"coward."
Noma Minami thought he was afraid of going up the mountain alone, "I'll follow you in the car. You won't be able to go far."
"Stop the car first."
The car stopped, Sogu got out of the car and opened the rear door.
After Asagiri Suzu got out of the car, he looked at Kyoko inside again, "Sugawara-senpai, have you brought the demon bow?"
"...Bring it."
Kyoko hesitated and asked, "Does Soya-san need it?"
"Yeah. Although I can't use it, it can at least increase my sense of security."
Noma Minami in front suddenly sneered.
The Huangquan Army, armed and strong, passed silently on both sides. Jingzi took a deep breath and got out of the car.
"It's in the trunk, let me get it for you."
Open the trunk and there are several bows and some magic-breaking arrows inside.
"How many are needed?"
"One."
Kyoko looked at Soya and Asagiri Suzu who were asking and answering questions. Before she had time to think about it, a demon-breaking bow was stuffed into her hand.
"……do what?"
Zonggu didn't answer, took the amulet from his neck, wrapped it around his hand, and then held her hand.
"..."
The spiritual sense was cut off instantly, and the Huangquan army around him disappeared.
And she also "disappeared".
Several miko who were still sitting in the car turned around at the same time, and could only see the back of Soya pulling Kyoko away in a hurry.