The shock wave released by the peerless evil spirit not only wiped out the underworld army, but also caused the spiritual awakeners nearby to fall one after another.
The filthy air of Huangquan fills the body and is difficult to dissipate without removal. Although it is not fatal, it will always have an impact on various body functions.
However, the physical pain could not conceal their inner joy:
The peerless evil spirit has been eliminated!
——Sugawara Kyoko from Fuun Shrine, shot the evil spirit in the vital point with an arrow, ending its record of causing trouble in the Kinki land for more than two months.
This is what the spiritual awakeners who rushed to the mountain from the outside heard after receiving the news.
The spiritual awakeners who were originally on the platform on the mountain naturally knew more: it was indeed Kyoko Sugawara who shot down the evil spirit, but there was someone else who really ended it.
Although the subsequent battle was short, it was more intense, enough to make people forget about the previous arrow.
"Since you are still alive and kicking, go and help with Jingzi."
Sitting slumped in the last row of the business car, Minami Noma tilted her head and looked at Soya in front of her, "You're an 'ordinary person'."
"I'm injured."
Sogu glanced at her and continued to look after Asagiri Suzu, who was also limp.
"Injured? You didn't receive a single attack when you were fighting that black shadow. Do you think I didn't see it?
Having said that, your skills are so flexible, are you hiding them too deeply?"
"...It's not convenient for me to show up now."
"Even if you hide from people, no one will forget what happened tonight."
"It's true that there are so many caring people who have too much time to take care of themselves."
Soya picked off the blades of grass stuck in Asagiri Suzu's hair and threw them out of the car.
"And I have been following Sugawara-senpai tonight. Those who still remember clearly now may be blurred after a while."
"..."
Noma Minami tried to sit up straight, but the pain immediately responded. He screamed for a long time without success, so he had to give up.
"This state is so uncomfortable..."
She looked at the two shrine maidens leaning on her left and right, and they both looked the same. Among the people in the car when they came, only Soya and Kyoko were safe.
"How did you do it?"
Zonggu pretended to be stupid, "What?"
Noma Minami raised his foot, but did not kick him. Instead, he grimaced in pain.
"It hurts...what do you think?"
"By the way, Miss Noma is no longer able to drive in this condition, right? Can Sugawara-senpai know how to drive?"
"Don't change the subject - you don't need to worry about this. Someone will take us back to the shrine later. Please answer me honestly first."
Staying in a car, Zonggu couldn't avoid it after all, so he took out the amulet from his clothes and showed it to her.
"That's all?"
"I find it incredible too."
"Take it off and show it to me."
"You think beautifully."
However, he still let Asagiri Suzu hold the amulet and demonstrated the effect of spiritual suppression on the spot.
"..."
The three witches in the back row stared at the amulet and then looked at each other.
"Has anything like this happened before?"
"There are similar records, but you may not see them once in hundreds of years."
"Do you want to report it to the agency?"
"forget it……"
It was hard for Zongya to be sure whether they really gave it up, or whether they changed their words temporarily because they were worried that he was still here, "This amulet is very important to me."
"Okay, okay, I promise."
Noma Minami waved his hands to show his understanding.
"what time is it now?"
"Around four o'clock."
"That's it..."
She fell back and looked out the dark car window.
"Then I won't be able to go to work tomorrow."
...
Because Asagiri Suzu was also affected by the shock wave and needed to go to the shrine to rid her body of the filthy odor of underworld, the commercial vehicle on the return trip did not turn around to go to Kirino's house, but drove directly to Fuyun Shrine.
The miko who temporarily served as the driver was one of the peripheral agency personnel who was not directly involved in exterminating spirits. No one knew her. Sugawara Kyoko only learned her name before she left.
The two sides had nothing to say, so they walked in silence until they returned to Fuyun Shrine.
The shrine maidens who stayed at the social office had already made preparations and immediately began the ritual to remove the filthy air.
"This process will take some time." Asagiri Suzu sat among the three shrine maidens. Kyoko looked at Soya who looked tired and said, "Soya-san can go and rest first."
"good."
She took him to her room in the Social Affairs Office, "If Soya-san is still planning to go to school today, I will wake you up then."
"Sugawara-senpai, aren't you going to rest?"
"I can still hold on."
Zonggu nodded.
"If it were me, I wouldn't be able to sleep either."
"..."
Kyoko, who had already reached the door, stopped, then closed the sliding door and looked back at him.
"Sotani-san, have you completely killed Tsukuyomi-sama?"
"Sugawara-senpai finally believes that he is Tsukuyomi."
"...I have never seen a spirit like that."
"This doesn't mean he is Tsukuyomi."
"..."
Jingzi looked at him for a while, this was obviously what he told her.
"So, what's Soya-san's answer?"
"of course not."
Zonggu took out a small piece of wood from his pocket, which was the burnt comb tooth.
"After completely removing those unclean things, Tsukuyomi has returned to his true nature. Let's let him cling to it for the time being."
thump.
Kyoko immediately fell to the ground, "Tsukuyomi-sama——"
Zonggu, who was holding the teeth of his comb, was startled, and then suddenly laughed.
"Sugawara-senpai, do you believe it now?"
"..."
Jingzi immediately raised her head, with a cold light in her eyes, stared at him and got up without saying a word.
"Sorry, just kidding...although I really didn't lie to you."
Soya looked back at her bed and said, "I can't just rest yet. Sugawara-senpai also needs to stay awake. I have an important thing to ask of you."
Jingzi just looked at him without moving her eyes.
"I will prove to senior that he is Tsukuyomi. Accordingly, I need senior to open the palace door of the Moon Palace - at this time, the palace door should be locked."
"It's locked. Why did you open the door?"
"He said he was dying."
"...It doesn't work anymore?"
Zonggu didn't explain much and simply threw the comb teeth over.
Jingzi quickly caught it, and as soon as it touched the comb teeth, a voice sounded in her mind:
"Be a little gentler!"
"..."
Her hand shook, and the tiny comb teeth slipped from between her fingers and fell to the ground.
Zong Gu glanced at her and, not wanting to delay any longer, picked up the comb teeth and pulled her outside.
"Are you still alive?"
The god attached to the teeth of the comb did not respond, and I don't know whether he fainted or simply dissipated.
Pulling the stunned Kyoko all the way to the Moon Palace, Soya was just about to ask her to open the door when a shimmer of light appeared on the teeth of the comb, and he slipped into the palace along the gap.
He looked through the gap and saw the ball of light flying straight towards the Tsukuyomi statue in the center of the hall. After getting in, there was no movement.
"Although Tsukuyomi was not born from human faith, it can still be nourished by it. It just so happens that he is enshrined here, and it has absorbed the power of faith from many believers over the years..."
These are Tsukuyomi's original words.
On the Haseori Mountain, Kyoko's precise arrow sent the comb teeth stained with Izanagi's breath into Tsukuyomi's body, awakening his hazy consciousness;
Then Soya eliminated the energy body that had absorbed most of the evil thoughts, and pierced the heavenly spirit with the evil-breaking arrow, eliminating the last lingering part, and Tsukuyomi's consciousness completely returned to normal.
It's just that the energy body of evil thoughts that was separated from him consumed his own divine power. After eliminating the evil thoughts, he himself was about to die, so he could only temporarily rely on his father's comb teeth.
The disappearance of ordinary spirits is unstoppable, but gods can survive for a long time by absorbing faith, so I asked Soya to bring him here.
"After some time, he will be able to regain a somewhat decent body."
Soya said, looking back at Kyoko.
She glanced at him and slowly took her hand out.
"Feel sorry."
Kyoko shook her head, opened the temple door, walked to the statue of Tsukuyomi and began to pray.
"Tsukuyomi-sama..."
Zong Gu stood outside the Moon Palace, "He is in a deep sleep state now and cannot respond to you."
Jingzi was silent for a while, then turned around.
"What can I do for Tsukuyomi-sama?"
"Nothing can be done. It is most practical to interrupt less."
"I see."
She bowed to the statue again, exited the hall, and locked the door again.
At this time, the sky was no longer as dark as before. Kyoko looked at the sky and bent slightly towards Soya.
"Thank you, Soya-san."
Zonggu accepted it calmly and then returned the gift.