Why can't humans do it too?

He suddenly remembered what the city looked like when he flew over the treetops and looked into the distance. He couldn't determine the exact era, but the cars driving on the road, the people's clothing, and the buildings all indicated that it was not yet the era before he first traveled through time. In other words, it was relatively backward. Of course, it was also possible that it was just a remote town.

Regardless of the possibility, if you want to quickly gather relevant information about the world when you can't use the internet or the internet is underdeveloped, the library is the most comprehensive and convenient place.

And this shrine, why did I end up in a well in this shrine? Suer didn't believe it was just a coincidence. There must be something special about this shrine and this well, and they had to be carefully examined.

Sur, who does not believe that a god or monster arranged everything behind what she has experienced and has always maintained a connection with the world, has such confidence. In other words, is it possible that this passage through time and space is a special natural wonder?

Even though there were signs of summer's scorching heat, the surrounding air didn't feel dry. In fact, you could feel the moisture on your skin when you stretched out your hand. It was slightly damp. Was it a coastal city?

"Woof! Woof woof! Woof woof woof!"

"Ah! Taro! Slow down! Hey!"

Just as Suer and Xinke were pondering and examining the special features of the well, they suddenly heard a constant barking of dogs. Interspersed among the barking was the voice of a young girl, who was definitely not very old and even sounded quite immature.

They exchanged a glance, and Xin Ke temporarily concealed herself, while Su Er stood by the well waiting, showing no intention of running away.

'Could it be someone from this shrine?' Suer wondered.

He and Xin Ke didn't have to wait long; soon, a girl walking a dog was forced to rush out.

Chapter 86 The Witch?

The reason it's called "forced" is because you can tell that the girl wanted to hide herself first to observe the situation before showing herself, but unfortunately, people's plans are often changed by various unexpected things... just like her dog.

It's less that she was leading the dog and more that the dog was leading her. If the girl were any lighter, she would probably have been dragged to the ground. But even though she wasn't dragged down, the dog forcibly led her out of the bushes and into front of Suer.

After being transformed into a formal school uniform through the Westernization movement, the sailor uniform, unlike the common dark blue collar, is a slightly bright green with a red bow tie tied in front. The knee-length skirt reveals two slender legs, and the clean white socks suggest a fearlessness of mosquitoes. The girl is not very old, probably just starting junior high school, or in Japanese terms, she should be called a first-year junior high school student. She even has a bit of baby fat on her face.

Her short black hair, combined with her bright, expressive eyes, makes her seem to have inexhaustible energy.

The little girl walking the dog... even the dog itself wasn't very big; Suer couldn't quite tell the breed, but it had the feel of a Pomeranian with its owner by its side, highlighting a fierce exterior but a weak interior.

Raising an eyebrow, Su Er suddenly felt that the dog should be called Dairou rather than Taro. However, compared to his relaxed appearance, the girl walking the dog looked extremely nervous.

"Who are you! Why are you in my family's shrine!" The black-haired girl seemed to know exactly how powerful her dog was, and she questioned Suer while desperately pulling the little dog that was struggling towards Suer back.

good question.

"...Is this your family's shrine?" Su Er asked after a moment of contemplation. Although he considered it a small shrine, it actually occupied a fairly large area.

In other words, feudal landlords?

"Of course it's my family's shrine! Wait, why are you here?!" The little girl answered instinctively, then seemed a little angry. "I'm the one asking you!"

“Yes, I’m sorry, I apologize,” Suer lowered his head to show his remorse, “I just… got lost.”

"Lost?!" she cried out incredulously, raising her voice once more, making her already high-pitched girlish voice sound even more strained.

“Yes, we got lost,” Su Er said, picking his ear.

Since this is her family's shrine, then this girl must be a shrine maiden, right? Suer didn't know much about the traditions of Japanese shrines; he only cared about one thing: whether this girl possessed extraordinary abilities.

The answer is yes.

With just a slight shift in perspective, one can see the spiritual energy emanating from the girl's body. For weaker demons, even getting close would result in burns, let alone standing in front of them as an enemy. It can almost be described as a sun that radiates spiritual energy at all times.

And the core of this sun is in her chest... a pure white circle.

This is a sight that only beings with extraordinary powers can see; ordinary people or those whose perspectives are not open cannot see it at all.

But she herself doesn't seem to realize the power she possesses?

Suer didn't miss a single detail.

“Alright, if you’re lost, then may I ask you to leave?” The girl took a deep breath and outwardly accepted Suer’s explanation: “This is the shrine’s backyard and is not open to worshippers. I’m so sorry.”

Having received a good education and possessing excellent character, it's hard to imagine that the young girl would actually bow and beg an uninvited guest to leave her home, making Suer feel a little ashamed.

"Uh, sorry, sorry, I'll be leaving right away... But before I leave, can I ask you one more question?" While apologizing, Su Er looked at the well beside him, and only then did he suddenly realize a serious problem.

Just from the marks on the building in front of you, you can tell that this is a shrine with a long history. Similarly, in a place that can be considered a protected cultural relic, even a well needs to be protected. However, he just removed the well cover... along with the talismans and knots pasted on it.

In China, this would probably mean living in a small single room.

The black-haired girl had been so focused on Suer that she only noticed the tragedy beside the strange man when Suer brought it up himself.

She couldn't say she grew up in this shrine, but after her father died in a traffic accident, the girl moved to live at the shrine with her grandfather, mother, and younger brother. Over the years, she had become very familiar with every plant and tree in the backyard. Because of this, she was so stunned that she could hardly close her mouth and could only point at Suer with one trembling hand.

To be precise, he wanted to point to both Suer and his own well, but he couldn't decide where to put it.

"Ahhh—ah! You! You opened it!"

The black-haired girl could only utter illogical words. Then, she lost some control of the dog because she loosened her grip on the leash. With a loud bark, her whole body was pulled forward by the leash, but when she hurriedly steadied herself and looked up, the man had already disappeared from her sight.

The well, once sealed by wooden planks and talismans, was now empty, with only broken planks and overgrown vines remaining – Suerrun.

Terrified, the black-haired girl covered her mouth and twisted her head frantically, searching her surroundings, but she couldn't see anyone else. In just a moment, where could that man have gone?!

'ghost?!!!'

After dragging the rope around the well a few times, Taro barked at the black-haired girl again, his little tail wagging wildly. However, the girl didn't have time to comfort her dog. She ran as fast as she could to the well, which her grandfather had always warned her to stay away from, and peered inside in the sunlight—the man had indeed not jumped in while she was stumbling.

So where did he go?

Wait, was someone really here just now?

The girl suddenly began to doubt herself.

Hallucination?

This can't be a hallucination!

"No, no, no! This isn't the time to think about these things!" the black-haired girl suddenly cried out, clutching her head. "The well has definitely been opened! No, Grandpa? Grandpa!"

Grabbing the dog leash beside her, the black-haired girl started running along the path she had come from, shouting as she ran.

Chapter 87 Kind Passerby

Suer ran very fast.

It's not that they lack experience in taking care of children. In Riku's world, where manpower is scarce, almost everyone has experience in caring for young children in the settlement. However, that world is special. Rather than taking care of children, it's more like teaching some precocious little adults forced by their environment. Even if they still seem immature, they can already distinguish right from wrong.

They don't cry or make a fuss, and they even do some chores within their capabilities. Suer loves taking care of them. However, even so, he knows that the children in that world are abnormal. If possible, he would prefer that the children show the innocence and naivety that is appropriate for their age—even though he himself doesn't particularly like children.

It's just too noisy, especially since it destroys everything it can touch, and some even roll around on the ground... It's a nightmare.

Although it was somewhat prejudiced, it was enough to make Suer feel fear and keep his distance. After all, for children growing up in a peaceful world, this kind of operation was far too common.

That's why, when the little black-haired girl rushed over with a shrill, ear-piercing scream, Suer gave up on any idea of ​​explaining and chose to run away at the speed of light.

Just thinking about being grabbed and not allowed to leave made his scalp tingle.

Well, there's also the reason why even Suer himself doesn't know how to explain it, since he was the one who demolished the cultural relics and historical sites. He can only make compensation after he figures out this world.

The birds hopped on the power lines. They weren't afraid of humans in the city, but now they were tilting their heads with curiosity to look at the strange bipedal creatures below.

"That shrine over there?" the girl with glasses and braided hair said slowly, pondering. "If I remember correctly, it should be called Higurashi Shrine."

“Higurashi Shrine…” After pondering the rather evocative name of the shrine, Suer continued to ask, “Could you please tell me more about this shrine? For example, what miraculous stories have been told about it?”

"Um...excuse me, are you a tourist from abroad?" Instead of answering Suer's question, the girl with the braided hair asked curiously in return.

"Well, I am indeed a tourist. I've always been curious about shrines, which are unique to Japan, so... haha, actually I also wanted to pray for my marriage. Maybe the gods from a foreign country will be more effective." Like a shy young man from abroad, Su laughed heartily, with a kind of youthful spirit of being troubled by love and giving up when talking about his own story.

How shameless!

'Shut up. ’

A brief mental battle ensued with Xin Ke, ending with Su Er feeling slightly dizzy after being kicked.

"gentlemen?"

"Oh no, it's nothing, I was just a little distracted. Sorry, please continue."

"Actually, it's nothing. With your looks, sir, finding love shouldn't be difficult. You just need to try more... By the way, your hair is very beautiful, isn't it?" the girl with braided hair said with a smile. However, it wasn't entirely a compliment. The man who had suddenly turned out from the street corner and stopped her to chat did indeed have hair of her favorite color, which shone brightly in the sunlight.

Yes, Sull randomly picked a passerby who seemed easy to talk to after escaping the Higurashi Shrine.

"Haha, it feels so good to receive such a compliment from such a beautiful student! There's a saying that students' words are always sincere; they always speak their minds. So, I'll thank you for your blessing in advance, haha," Suer cheerfully returned the compliment, then pointed towards the shrine on the other side and continued, "By the way, about that shrine..."

"That shrine? Actually, compared to the other shrines in the city, Higurashi Shrine is quite low-key. Some people thought it was abandoned like the White Snake Shrine, but when they went up to check at night, they found that people were still living there. It is said that they were very startled at the time, and it caused a lot of discussion on the forum." The girl with braided hair tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and searched through her memories.

"Huh? Why? Did you encounter something strange?" Sul, acting like someone who had been curious about the supernatural since childhood but had never actually seen anything, displayed a gleam in his eyes, gesturing wildly with both hands. "—What is it? A ghost? A monster?"

"Pfft, sir, you seem to know quite a bit about our country's legends. Shouldn't foreigners usually refer to them as ghosts and demons?" The girl with the braided hair was amused by Su Er, after all, Su Er's platinum blonde hair and tall stature made him look quite unlike an Asian.

However, her Japanese was surprisingly good. Although I didn't mean it in a positive or negative way, most of the foreigners the girl had met had strange accents.

The answer is simple: Sull directly gained a cheat code from the world.

“Well, there are demons too, but they probably can’t control countries this far away,” Suer joked, laughing heartily. “So what did those people encounter?”

“Although I’m also curious about whether monsters and ghosts really exist, in reality, what happened back then was just people scaring each other,” the girl with braided hair shook her head with a slight regret. “If I had to say what’s special about that shrine… well, I remember there’s a huge sacred tree on the mountain behind their shrine, but the back of the shrine has never been open to outsiders, so no one has ever gone near it.”

“The Sacred Tree?” Suer repeated.

Although it sounds mysterious, sacred trees are actually not rare. In Japan, any ancient or huge tree is called a sacred tree, and even Sue knows this.

“Sorry, my description was inaccurate,” the girl with the braided hair said, realizing the same thing. “The reason it’s special is because that sacred tree is really huge… really huge.”

As she spoke, the girl with the braided hair pointed directly in the direction of the shrine.

Following the direction she pointed, Suer suddenly realized a problem—in the dense forest behind the shrine, the place he had previously thought was a forest was actually empty, with only one tree.