The only person in the room stood nearby, folding his arms and frowning at the noisy device.
"..."
After being unable to get through on the phone for a long time, Zonggu had no choice but to give up.
He completely ignored the possibility that the person on the other end wouldn't answer the phone.
Although it was agreed yesterday to stay at most one night, the half-hearted god did not agree directly at that time, so Souya felt that he had to go back first.
"Speaking of which, is there a TV installed in the social affairs office?"
Kyoko shook her head.
"The TV can be installed at any time, but there is no signal on the mountain. It seems that the satellite antenna needs to be installed first... I don't know much about this, so I'll leave it to someone else. They said it will take some time."
In short, it means it won’t work today.
"Yeah."
Zonggu had a headache.
In this case, Tsukuyomi would most likely not want to come back. He suddenly understood literally what "it's easy to invite gods but hard to send them away".
At this time, he and Kyoko were staying in a corner of the shrine, with a pile of burning papers in front of them.
The cardboard used to identify psychic abilities was very difficult to burn. He originally planned to throw it away. After all, no one would bother to dig through the scraps of paper in the trash can;
As a result, Kyoko came out of the social office and suddenly felt something when she passed the trash can. Then she picked up the piece of paper and started observing it.
Zonggu had no choice but to go over and explain.
She looked at the clear palm prints on the shredded paper and was silent for a moment. Then she took a pile of talisman papers and took him to an uninhabited corner of the shrine.
The spiritual fire caused by the talisman immediately ignited the cardboard, and the first thing to fade away was his palm print;
It would take some time for it to burn completely, and they couldn't leave it alone, so the two of them waited aside.
"I didn't expect Soya-san to choose to join the organization." Kyoko suddenly said.
Soya stared at the flames, "Isn't this what Kyoko planned before?"
"No."
She shook her head, "Because of Soya-san's resistance, I plan to hire Soya-san in my own name first... From Soya-san's point of view, it's just a part-time job."
"Yeah."
Compared to formally joining an organization, this form of employment was undoubtedly much freer for him. However, he was really resistant to it at the time and did not think of it.
"Compared to Miss Noma, my negotiation skills are still far behind."
Kyoko spoke calmly, and Sogu seemed to hear a sigh.
"I think this is not a difference in means."
He suddenly felt that he was talking too much, but the words had already been spoken, and Jingzi also looked over.
"What?"
"position."
Zonggu took a breath and gathered his thoughts.
"When Kyoko negotiated with me, she represented either Fuyun Shrine or the Spirit Awakened Organization; and Miss Noma was first Miss Noma, and then the shrine maiden of Fuyun Shrine and a member of the organization."
Jingzi looked at him, then rolled her eyes and looked directly into his eyes.
"..."
Apparently he didn't understand.
"Miss Noma cares more about her own interests, and so do I. And in some aspects, our interests are the same."
Zonggu picked up a branch from the side and pulled the fire.
"I am a person who escaped from hell. The things that Jingzi wants to represent are too far away from me."
He suddenly paused.
"Bundling each other's interests together... This seems to be a means, if she really has the intention."
He finished speaking, but Kyoko just remained silent.
All the pieces of cardboard on the ground were burned to ashes. Zonggu stood up and moved his numb legs, preparing to go back to the ancestral hall to sort out the information.
"I can understand what Soya-san means..."
When he turned around, the miko took the branch he dropped and half-heartedly moved the paper ashes on the ground near the roots of the tree.
"That's all."
...
As dusk approached, Yuzi came to the wooden house of the ancestral hall and called Soya out.
"Brother Soya, the festival is about to begin."
"Yeah."
He glanced at the sky, and when he looked away, he fell on her miko uniform and exquisite crown.
"I'm looking forward to it."
"..."
The careful dressing up could not hide the reluctance on the face of the young miko, but it could not change anything.
Zonggu smiled and followed her outside.
"This tiara looks very formal."
"Hmm, this is the crown of the day before yesterday. It is only worn when holding ceremonies and ceremonies."
"It's very exquisite."
"Yes. Brother Soya, do you want to try it?"
"May I?"
"Hey, do you really want to try..."
The place where the ceremony is held is in the atrium of the shrine. There is no special decoration, but it is quite clean.
Tamako called Soya and went to get ready. He saw Akane Kirino and three others on the other side.
"Have they not gone back yet?"
The three of them also saw Soya. Asaguri Suzu walked directly towards him, followed by the other two.
"Where's Mr. Noma?"
"I'm going to collect the commission."
"Eh?"
"Nothing. I thought you had gone back."
Kirino Akane shook her head, "We have been staying in the social affairs office."
"Isn't it boring?"
She glanced at Jingzi not far away and lowered her voice mysteriously: "It's so boring."
Soya smiled.
"But Sogu never came back, so we can't just leave like this."
"You plan to wait for me and go back together?"
"Eh...can't you?"
Zonggu shook his head, "It's not impossible. It's just that I went back very late, around eight or nine o'clock."
"Ah, then we won't wait."
"Um."
"Where's Hongzi?"
Yoshikawa was startled, not expecting that he needed to express his position alone.
"...I'm with Akane."
Kirino Akane looked at her.
"..."
The two looked at each other, and Yoshikawa suddenly understood what she meant, pursed his lips, grabbed the corner of her clothes and pulled her twice.
"Let's talk about it next time..."
Kirino Akane smiled slightly.
Zong Gu looked at the two of them and asked, "What will you do next time?"
"Hey, I'll tell Souya next time."
While a few people were chatting, the dusk became darker.
At a certain moment, the sun hanging in the west disappeared from the sky, and the forest filled with light fog suddenly became dark.
As the bell rang, Kyoko, Tamako and another shrine maiden whom Soya could not name stood in front of the main halls of the Sky Palace, the Moon Palace and the God Palace respectively, and danced at the same time.
"here we go."
Shaking fans and dancing bells, the dances of the witches may be unfamiliar or skillful, with different postures.
Jingzi's eyes were slightly closed, with a pious expression. She held the bell in one hand, and held up the black and white ribbon tied to the bell in the other hand. She walked slowly towards the center with dance steps that sometimes revolved and sometimes bowed down;
Although Tamako and another shrine maiden were holding gold and silver fans instead of Kagura bells, their dance steps were generally similar to hers. They also danced while moving closer to the center.
As if he was worried about disturbing the ceremony, Yoshikawa spoke in a low voice.
"It's a little different from other shrine festivals."
"Yeah?"
"As far as the rituals I have seen myself, there is no such thing as this one... However, the colors of the Kagura bell's ribbons are very consistent, all black and white. Generally speaking, the ribbons are either red or all five colors, right?"
Zonggu didn't see much, so he couldn't give a definite answer.
"The black and white hanging belt represents the other world and the human world." Chaowu Ling suddenly said.
The three witches took dancing steps and gradually moved closer to each other.
"The Three Noble Sons are worshiped here, which now symbolizes the unity of the three gods."
"..."
Soya and Yoshikawa looked at her and were stunned for a while.
"Does Suzu know the meaning of the festival?"
Yoshikawa asked in a low voice, "I heard from my senior sister that all the ancient records were lost hundreds of years ago, and in the end only the form was retained."
Asagiri Suzu looked at the field and saw that the three shrine maidens had gathered together and prostrated themselves on the ground at the same time.
Then Kyoko stood up alone, danced her long sleeves, held the Kagura bell high, and turned it rapidly in her hand.
Ring ring ring——
After dancing, she returned to her original place and prostrated herself to the ground in a more solemn manner.
Asagiri Suzu said at this time: "Amaterasu begs the mother goddess to return to the underworld."
"..."
Yoshikawa was at a loss, Sogu looked at her for a moment, and Yuzi stood up.
Shaking the gold and silver double-sided fan, she repeated her sister's dance steps, and finally returned to her side.
Asagiri Suzu: "Tsukiyomi Begging Mother Goddess returns to the underworld."
Yoshikawa looked at her and then at Soya, who was expressionless.
"The Mother Goddess...referring to Lady Izanami?"
"Maybe."
He dropped these words and then pulled Chao Wuling aside.
"I remember Kyoko said...this is a dance originating from Takamagahara."
She nodded.
"When the teacher left Huangquan, Gao Tianyuan had been sealed, and the gods could not directly interfere with the world and the other world. In order to let the master of Huangquan return to Huangquan and end the chaotic and disorderly state, this ritual was taught to the world."
She raised her gaze and looked into the forest, and Zonggu followed suit.
The light mist flowed, gathered, and vaguely condensed into a familiar face.
It was blurry and distorted, but he recognized it immediately.
"No matter where you are in the world, the teacher will be affected by this ritual and suffer the pain of splitting the gods..."