Reasoning, and then being blasted by the neighboring idol

"I'm not afraid anymore." Despite saying that, Sakurano still hugged Miura Gensuke tightly.

The next second, heavy rain poured down.

A light rain won't be able to put out the fireworks.

Only such a rainstorm can evacuate the crowd and stop the fireworks completely.

Chapter 241: The Water Maiden of the Sumida River

"Wow...why is it raining so hard all of a sudden?"

"I'm soaked..."

"The fireworks have stopped, let's go back quickly."

After the heavy rain fell, the crowds gathered on both sides of the Sumida River immediately began to evacuate.

However, it would take a long time for a million people to squeeze into the subway, so everyone just moved to another place to get stuck.

Miura Gensuke and others sat in the cafe.

"Everyone's colors still haven't changed back..."

Sayo lay on the table, sighing as she looked in the mirror.

The beautiful blonde hair suddenly turned into light gray, which was really hard to accept for the fashion-conscious young lady.

Xiaoyao's hair turned white.

Sakurano and Mio were not affected at all.

Because I have black hair.

"At least those who are not affected will not lose their color anymore." Miura Gensuke stood by the window, looking at the Sumida River in the heavy rain.

"Wait a moment……"

"The river, the river is colorful!"

"Gensuke, the river water is not colorful..." Asano Mio blinked her beautiful eyes.

"When the fireworks were still being set off, the reflection in the river was colorful." Gensuke Miura walked to the counter of the cafe and made himself a cup of black coffee.

This store is currently booked by the eldest lady, so there is no one else here.

"Now the color has been removed from the water around it, so it looks like the water has lost its color as well."

"In other words, the river water is also unaffected."

Tsukimiya Sakurano thought for a moment and said, "Brother, the guardian river god of the Sumida River is Hayaakitsu Koshin."

"Hayakitsukoshi is enshrined at the Sumida River Shrine, which was called the Water God Shrine or the Floating Island Shrine in ancient times. It is a center of faith that protects the safety of the Sumida River waterway."

"Fireworks displays originated in the Edo period, when the Tokugawa shogunate held the first fireworks display ceremony along the Sumida River to pray for the end of famine, plague, and to ward off evil spirits. This tradition began as part of the Water God Festival and gradually evolved into a summer festival..."

"If the river water hasn't changed, maybe it has something to do with the water god."

After all, my sister is a shrine maiden, and she is quite well-versed in Japanese mythology and folklore, so she thought of the relevant clues at the first time.

Gensuke Miura agreed with his sister's idea.

After all, the anomaly occurred during a fireworks festival with a history of 300 years, and the river water was not affected.

It can only be related to the water god in mythology.

"Then let's go to the Water God Shrine." Miura Gensuke put away his umbrella, and the heavy rain suddenly subsided.

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Sumida River Shrine was not far from them and could be reached by walking a short distance along the road.

Because of the heavy rain, most people went to the subway station to queue up, so the streets were not so crowded.

"Could it be that the water god is angry?"

Yukikawa Haruka walked beside Miura Gensuke and analyzed, "After all, the fireworks display was originally part of the water god festival, but modern people are completely unaware of this."

"We gathered here simply to watch the fireworks."

"Also, the ashes from the fireworks will pollute the river, which will make the water god angry."

Tsukimiya Sakurano smiled and shook her head: "Gods don't get angry so easily. I think there must be other reasons."

Japan's true gods are different from the highly personified gods in Greek mythology.

Most of them are natural gods and do not have any personality traits.

Take the water god for example.

Water can nourish the land, but it can also overflow and cause floods.

The water god Hayabusa Akitsu possesses both of these powers, like the embodiment of nature.

"We're here." Miura Gensuke stopped.

Sure enough, the Water God Palace was not completely unaffected by the abnormality and was still colorful.

The shrine is not very large, it is just a medium-sized courtyard.

In addition to the trees used for scenery, the courtyard also has stone paths and a shrine.

At the entrance, there is naturally a torii gate to separate the mortal world and the divine world.

However, the torii gate of the Water God Shrine is made of stone and looks full of traces of time.

The main hall of the shrine looked very old, with bells hanging from thick ropes. At this moment, some raindrops were sliding down the bells.

In the courtyard, there are several stone tablets, which are the so-called water god tablets.

Poems and prayers related to the Sumida River are inscribed on it.

"..." Xuechuan Yao looked towards the main hall: "I seem to hear the sound of bells..."

"Because today is the day of the Water God Festival, someone should be holding a festival..." After washing her hands in the hand-watering pavilion, Tsukimiya Sakurano stepped into the shrine.

Miura Gensuke and others followed suit.

After getting closer, Miura Gensuke discovered that there was not only the sound of bells, but also a very beautiful female singing voice, but the accent was very strange and he could not understand it at all.

"There's a shrine maiden in the main hall..." He smiled.

Tsukimiya Sakurano, the genuine shrine maiden, was not so happy.

Miura Gensuke thought his sister was jealous, but Sakurano just walked into the main hall respectfully: "Don't come in."

"Oh……"

Miura Gensuke had no choice but to stand there and wait.

Not long after, a girl in a shrine maiden's costume walked out gracefully.

Seeing that Miura Gensuke had not lost his color, she frowned in confusion.

The girl has a pretty appearance and seems to be about the same age as Miura Gensuke. Her long black hair is tied together at the ends, giving her a very classical temperament.

"Ms. Mizumiya Shizuku, why are you praying to the water god to punish everyone?" Tsukimiya Sakurano also came out.

The shrine maiden Mizumiya Shizuku continued to stare at Miura Gensuke: "This person is so strange..."

"Hey, you're the weird one...How could a shrine maiden do such a bad thing?" Miura Gensuke was very unhappy.

I actually ruined half of my wonderful date.

"Bad thing?" Mizumiya Shizuku waved the folding fan in her hand angrily, and a stream of water suddenly flew up from the Sumida River and hit Miura Gensuke like a water dragon.

"Sister, why can't you do it... You are also a shrine maiden..." Miura Gensuke asked Tsukimiya Sakurano while jumping and dodging.

Tsukimiya Sakurano was also a little puzzled: "This guy seems to be favored by the Water God..."

"Because I am a pure virgin, unlike a fake shrine maiden like you!" Mizumiya Shizuku waved the folding fan again, and another water dragon shot towards Miura Gensuke.

"You..." Miura Gensuke pinched the pocket watch directly.

After pausing time, Miura Gensuke snatched Mizumiya Shizuku's folding fan and hugged her in his arms.

How dare you talk to your sister like this? Then I will make you lose your purity too...

Of course, I think so...

"Hey you……"

After time flowed again, Mizumiya Shizuku was shocked to find that she was already in Miura Gensuke's arms, and her delicate body was basically pressed against him.

The witch blushed instantly, and her voice was full of shyness: "Let me go..."

"Hey, hey, hey..." Miura Gensuke noticed that the other girls were looking at him with unfriendly eyes: "I was just defending myself..."

"do not think too much……"

Chapter 242 The World in the Painting

"Let me go now!"

Mizumiya Shizuku still wanted to struggle, but Miura Gensuke was too strong and powerful.

It was easy to hug a girl like her.

"You will be hated by the gods..." Finding that she couldn't break free, Mizumiya Shizuku lowered her head and began to mutter curses.

"Sister, what should we do now?" Miura Gensuke looked at Tsukimiya Sakurano.

"She is the shrine maiden here, so let's find out the reason. Since she caused the incident, she must solve it." Tsukimiya Sakurano walked in front of Mizumiya Shizuku.

"Miss Mizumiya, why on earth are you doing this?"

"I..." Mizumiya Shizuku, blushing as she was about to explain, stepped on Miura Gensuke's foot and said, "Move...move your filthy thing away..."

Gensuke Miura had to adjust the trajectory.

But the two of them were so close together that the difference wasn't that big.