Supernatural/Anime Crossover: Where Did My Romantic Comedy Go?

Chihaya fluttered along with the five-colored ribbons.

With bare feet lightly touching the ground, her slender waist stretched out, her expression solemn, and she began to dance gracefully.

As the Kagura dance began, the azure fire dragon coiled on the mountainside also started to move.

With a vacant look in his eyes, Can Nian raised the lantern in his hand and continued climbing up the mountain.

Inside the main hall of Kurokawa Shrine, countless priests, their remnants clasped together, closed their eyes.

He was reciting a difficult and archaic blessing.

The sounds overlapped and were carried by the wind to the altar, mingling with the crisp sound of the Kagura bells.

There was a strange sense of solemnity.

Crimson foul energy swirled around the purplish-black pillar of light, shooting straight into the sky.

The burning ceremony has officially begun!

The three people present simply watched Kurokawa Kiritsuki dancing the Kagura dance on the altar in silence, without saying a word.

Perhaps because the foul air in the air was getting thicker, Misaki Mei, an ordinary person, began to feel a tightness in his chest.

To dispel this discomfort, she took a deep breath and asked Kujo Toru:

"Speaking of which, since Kurokawa Kiritsuki is standing here, what is the truth behind the burning mountain ceremony ten years ago?"

Kujo Toru did not turn around; his eyes still reflected the pure white figure dancing gracefully on the altar, but he began to tell a story.

The first half was largely the same as what Misaki Mei had said, but in the second half, the people's positions were completely reversed.

"Ten years ago, Kurokawa Kirizuki's Five Prisons Secret Technique did succeed, and she did regret it."

"Because it was discovered that Kurokawa Rizuki was also brought in?"

Misaki Mei calmly offered her deduction, which, logically speaking, seemed to be the case.

After all, Kurokawa Kirizuki volunteered so that his sister wouldn't have to suffer such an ordeal.

However, Kujo Toru shook his head:

"It's not because of that, but because she discovered the truth about the burning mountain ritual."

As for whether she discovered it herself, or whether someone else guided her, Toru Kujo leans towards the latter.

The nobleman, upon discovering that the Kurokawa family's bloodline had suddenly ceased to exist, did a great deal of work to salvage his plans.

It can be said that he single-handedly caused the tragedy that occurred ten years ago.

"Kurokawa Kirizuki, who discovered the problem, wanted to tell his sister, who had just transformed into a spirit, but was then sealed away."

"Therefore, after Kurokawa Ritsuki succeeded in the secret technique, he did not find any trace of his sister and believed that she had failed to pass the Five Hells. From then on, the seeds of resentment towards his father, the Kurokawa family, and the entire Daimyo Village were sown."

"To this end, she planned to release the sealed Yato God during the burning mountain ceremony to destroy this abhorrent place, and the night before, she made her only friend leave the village."

Kujo Toru's description was as if he had witnessed it himself.

But in reality, he didn't know Kurokawa Rizuki, nor did he know what kind of personality she had.

All of this is just a cobbled-together fabrication based on Kurokawa Kirizuki's lies and his own deductions.

After all, the highest level of lying is nine parts truth and one part falsehood, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to fool Misaki Mei.

"So in the end, it was actually Kurokawa Kiritsuki who stopped Ritsuki, right?"

At this point, Misaki Mei had already realized what was going on.

Kurokawa Kirizuki didn't actually hide much; she simply switched the sisters' identities.

"But why did she do that? If she had just told me directly, I would still have helped her..."

"Perhaps because he didn't want his sister to have a bad reputation in the eyes of his only friend."

Kujo Toru's casual remark silenced Misaki Mei.

At the same time, on the altar, the shrine maiden who was dancing the Kagura dance paused almost imperceptibly.

Asagi Yoshino listened silently to the entire story, then suddenly spoke:

"So the truth behind the burning mountain ritual is actually to resurrect Yato-gami?"

"Yes and no," Kujo Toru gave an ambiguous answer.

Seeing the girl's puzzled expression, he didn't keep her in suspense but continued to explain:

"The burning mountain ritual cannot revive Yatogami, but the Seven Luminaries Yomi Festival can."

Compared to the versions known to Akiyama Shoji and Kurokawa Misaki, this one can truly be called the Seven Luminaries Yomi Festival.

The seven luminaries and the underworld gather together.

Spanning a century.

They sacrificed the entire Kurokawa family and Daimura, making the most of every available resource.

The scale of the project is astonishing.

Under these circumstances, Yatogami was nourished by the underworld within the seal for a full four hundred years.

In addition, there was the immense resentment accumulated by the Kurokawa family through ten generations of practicing the Five Prisons Secret Technique.

In this situation, having regained its physical body and been completely resurrected, it will not only be able to fully recover its former strength, but will also become even more terrifying.

"Qiyao Huangquan Festival."

Chao Wufang muttered to himself.

He searched his mind for any Shinto scriptures he had ever read, but found nothing.

But before she could ask any further questions, Kujo Toru's voice rang out in her ear at just the right moment:

"The human pillar under Kurokawa Shrine is Mu Yao."

"The Kurokawa River, which surrounds Daimura, is Suiyou."

"The floor of the rear shrine is paved with lime, which is associated with the day of the Earth God."

"The burning mountain ceremony is a fire ritual."

"The Kagura bell enshrined in the main hall of the shrine is Kinyo."

"And the divine crests and flying bird crests in the shrine are the sun."

It was through these experiences that he became so certain that the Kurokawa family was reviving Yatogami.

Misaki Mei didn't understand any of this; she simply focused her gaze on Kurokawa Kirizuki.

Asatake Yoshino silently memorized Kujo Toru's words, then realized that one of the Seven Luminaries was missing:

"What about Moonlight, Lord Kujo?"

Kujo Tetsuichi pointed at the shrine maiden on the altar, his meaning self-evident.

It was around this time that Kagura dance seemed to have come to an end.

Even as a spirit, Kurokawa Kiritsuki's forehead was covered in beads of sweat, and her white shrine maiden robe clung tightly to her body.

As the final step was taken, Kagura's bell rang softly.

The fierce wind at the edge of the cliff subsided immediately.

The entire world fell into a deathly silence.

It seemed as if something was brewing.

"coming."

The moment Kujo Toru's voice fell, Asabu Yoshino and Misaki Mei seemed to sense something and looked up at the sky.

His pupils immediately contracted.

"How is this possible?!"

Misaki Mei cried out in shock.

Tonight is supposed to be a moonless night with no moon phase.

But at that moment, a new moon quietly rose into the sky.

The countless stars in the sky suddenly dimmed.

The bright moonlight shone on the golden crown on the priestess's head, making it seem as if a radiant glow was flowing within it.

"The celestial phenomena... have changed..."

Asahi Yoshino took a deep breath.

I feel powerless.

It was only at this point in her journey to Daimiya that she truly realized she was about to face not the little monsters of Suizhi Town, nor ordinary vengeful spirits.

Rather, they are the true deities who left their mark in mythology.

Even after losing the physical body of the monstrous beast, the ancestors of the Asabu family, with the help of Lord Murasame, were still unable to defeat it and had no choice but to seal it away.

Now, this evil spirit is about to be restored to the world in physical form.

And the entire Kurokawa family, the entire Daimyo Village, the entire Aoyama, the entire Kurokawa River, and the entire entrance to Yomi are all used as the stage.

I couldn't help but shiver.

I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine.

That's the body's instinctive reaction, the living's fear of death.

The seal that had suppressed Yato-gami for four hundred years has been completely broken!

The aura of the underworld surged forth like a tidal wave, causing the tranquil barrier lake to erupt with giant waves that relentlessly crashed against the dam made of piled-up rocks, shattering into a shower of water.

Splash!

The pitch-black lake water had been completely dyed an eerie dark purple, illuminating half of the night sky.

Several breaches have appeared in the dam, and the lake water, tainted by the aura of the underworld, has begun to overflow downstream.

In the distance, the Bone Woman planted her oars deep into the riverbank, and the small boat rose and fell with the waves.

Looking up at the night sky, fear was also evident in their eyes.

Despite Miss Ai's reminder, the intimidating aura permeating the air still far exceeded her expectations.

So much so that she even considered going back immediately, regardless of everything.

There is only one possibility for a monster to achieve this.

She knew that the Seifu Taisha was not simple, and she also knew that Miss Ai had not asked her to help; her only order was to send Kujo Toru there.

She originally thought that Miss Ai trusted Kujo's abilities and believed that he could handle the matter.

However, it now seems that he simply didn't want to go and die.

After all, that was the first great monster to truly appear in the world in more than four hundred years since the Yuanhe Anwu era!

The foul odor in the air was boiling.

Thick, dark clouds gathered from all directions, pressing down on Daimyo Village.

Crimson lightning flashed through the clouds.

A terrifying pressure permeated the air.

A massive, endless shadow could be faintly seen rolling through the night.

The brief light brought by the lightning only allowed them to see the hideous black scales.

Misaki Mei's face turned purple, and her body naturally held its breath.

Fortunately, at this moment, the sacred sword Kuji Mijima Kanesada, which Asatake Yoshino had been holding in her left hand, shone brightly, protecting them within it.

"This is... the Yato-gami, who has lived for at least 1,300 years..."

Faced with this apocalyptic scene, Yoshino Asatake finally began to worry about Toru Kujo.

Can Kujo-sama really win?

Volume 1: Chapter 201 (4K) Leaving now, no one will get hurt.