Tokyo: Starting with the Shrine Maiden

Hotaru Hoshino tilted her head and said.

"normal."

Haruhiko wasn't surprised and smiled, "It's not something I'm used to when I first try soda."

Hotaru Hoshino stared at the mouth of the bottle.

He had just drunk some.

So he moved closer again.

Haruhiko was somewhat puzzled.

Because she didn't ask him to feed her like before.

The next second, Haruhiko's mouth was covered.

The remaining cola completely disappeared.

Haruhiko looked at her serious expression and was speechless for a moment.

He suddenly realized something, took a small step back, and separated from her.

"It's almost time, let's go."

Haruhiko heard the conversation outside the door.

Although it wasn't Tsuchimikado Mashiro, it was clear that everyone was ready to set off, and there was always the risk of being discovered.

Hotaru Hoshino licked her lips, still wanting more, her lips glistening with a faint sheen.

Haruhiko withdrew his gaze; looking any longer was simply unbearable.

He discovered that Hotaru Hoshino always exuded an amazing charm unintentionally.

It has to be said that this is a talent.

But luckily, only he could see it.

As soon as Haruhiko and Hoshino Hotaru stepped out of the tent, they were met by Tsuchimikado Mashiro and Tsuchimikado Mari walking towards them.

Both of them were taken aback.

In particular, Tsuchimikado Mashiro subconsciously bit her lower lip.

This scene undoubtedly tells her that Haruhiko and Hoshino Hotaru's relationship is unusual.

asshole!

Tsuchimikado Mashiro clenched her fists in anger.

Mari Tsuchimikado was already used to it, and simply smiled faintly.

Moreover, she is a monster, so her thinking is different.

Monsters believe in the winner-takes-all principle.

As long as you have enough ability, there's no problem doing anything.

In her opinion, Haruhiko was very capable.

Those who are capable receive special privileges.

Mari Tsuchimikado therefore wouldn't care about Haruhiko.

"Is everyone here?"

Hoshino Aoi walked up to the group, glanced at Hoshino Hotaru, and asked.

"Everyone has arrived."

The answer came from a witch behind her.

Hoshino Aoi then looked at Tsuchimikado Mashiro.

She was slightly startled.

This patriarch seems a bit strange.

But Tsuchimikado Mashiro quickly returned to normal.

She said calmly, "Let's go."

Led by her, a group of people left the camp.

The Tsuchimikado clan, along with the Izumo Shrine, have a total of sixty people here.

Among them, three are at the fifth rank and twenty-four are at the fourth rank, forming almost the backbone of both major forces.

Not all sixty people went to the ruins; instead, four people stayed at the camp to guard the site in case of any unexpected events and to be able to notify others in time.

The ruins weren't too far away; after walking for a few minutes, we arrived at the entrance halfway up the mountain.

The so-called entrance is the mountain wall.

It was covered with the language of the serpent god.

Haruhiko glanced at them and saw that they were exactly the same ones that Tsuchimikado Mashiro had shown him before.

The method for opening the door is also included.

He stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and placed it on the mountain wall.

Psychic energy surged forth and flowed into the Serpent God's language.

The ordinary text suddenly lit up, one after another, until all of them lit up.

Haruhiko's psychic energy is white.

The color of the text that was originally lit up was also like that, but when all of them were lit up, they began to change.

A gloomy, black aura immediately filled the air.

Haruhiko instinctively shivered, then withdrew his hand and stepped back.

The scattered words suddenly gathered together, and in the blink of an eye, a black eyeball was revealed.

Black light flashed in his eyes, and then a beam of black light shot out.

Haruhiko quickly dodged.

But the black light stopped in mid-air.

A few seconds later, it covered the stone wall like a rain curtain.

The stone walls began to melt, eventually revealing a deep tunnel.

Haruhiko let out a breath.

Once it's open, that's fine.

He was afraid that it wouldn't open, or that something unexpected might happen.

However, Ashiya Dōman must have left a trap inside.

Given his cunning, it's impossible for him to believe the serpent god's words so readily.

After all, there are still a few people who understand the language of the serpent god.

Ashiya Dōman would likely be wary of betrayal by members of the Serpent Spirit.

"I'll go ahead."

As Tsuchimikado Mari passed Haruhiko, she patted him on the shoulder and then stopped at the entrance.

She raised her hand, and a flame appeared in her palm.

Because Ashiya Dōman is involved, caution is necessary.

Even a fifth-tier psychic would be at a disadvantage when facing a powerful figure from a thousand years ago.

Not to mention the third and fourth orders.

The flames flew into the deep tunnel.

But a few seconds later, it suddenly went out.

Tsuchimikado Mari's gaze sharpened as she saw countless snakes surging outwards.

Crowded together in such a dense mass, it's a nightmare for people with trypophobia.

Although Haruhiko is not a person with trypophobia, he was still startled and subconsciously stepped back.

Tsuchimikado Mari raised both hands.

The scorching flames created waves of heat all around.

The snakes plunged into the flames without screaming; they turned into ink, which fell to the ground and seeped into patches of black.

"poisonous."

Mari Tsuchimikado said in a deep voice, "This should be a special spell that uses the language of the snake god as a medium."

The language of the gods contains power in itself.

Using it to cast spells is more powerful than using human language.

At the same time, the effects are even more bizarre.