Truth is everywhere within range

The news that the Yuenki tree in the Tsuno Forest was burned down overnight quickly spread throughout Kyoto.

Since the scene is still sealed off, it is difficult for ordinary people to know the truth about the fire.

However, according to rumors, at five or six o'clock that night, the Yuanyuanmu was still very normal, and even received a group of tourists to pay homage.

After that, this area of ​​the forest was sealed off, and further back, someone saw thick smoke coming out of the forest.

By the time the fire brigade arrived, the fire had naturally extinguished.

The seven-hundred-year-old knotwood has been reduced to ashes.

Due to the fire caused by the yaki wood, the Fire Department also discovered that someone was cutting down trees on a large scale in Tatsu no Mori. Therefore, it was initially inferred that the fire may have been accidentally caused by someone who secretly cut down the trees.

Later video surveillance also showed this.

In the video surveillance around the Tatsu no Mori, the camera captured a suspicious man throwing a cigarette butt near the yori wood, causing a fire.

The investigation into this matter is still continuing.

"It's so hard."

During breakfast time, Qiao Qiao was feeling quite emotional while drinking miso soup.

"Whose fault is that?"

Kitagawa Ryoko was sitting at the next table. When she heard Qiao Qiao's emotion, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

"Thanks to the help of Zhengji and his tribe, the incident finally did not have a big impact."

Yes.

The suspicious man captured on surveillance was actually Masakichi's transformation.

Although Shimogamo Shrine can tell the general public directly that the yin tree you used to worship has been eroded by the yin energy and turned into an evil and weird thing, this will undoubtedly easily arouse public opinion attacks and panic among the public.

Therefore, the common way to deal with such incidents is to close the case on the grounds of accident, such as gas leakage.

There is no gas pipe in the forest, so it's a little more troublesome, but it's finally solved.

congratulations.

Today is July 16th.

The day before the Gion Festival parade.

Light rain.

The weather was very humid.

The official start of the Gion Festival actually begins on July 1, but for the shrine, the Yamaboko parade that starts on July 17 every year is the real start of the Gion Festival.

Starting from July 17th to mid-August, a spirit-killing exercise will be performed every night on Mount Hiei for a whole month.

But this time, Shimogamo Shrine was drawn to perform martial arts on August 13th, ranking third from the bottom.

It happened to be Obon festival at that time.

In other words, after deducting the three days of performing at the Gion Festival at Shigagamo Shrine, Qiaoqiao still has less than a month left.

"Time is running out."

Qiao Qiao finished his breakfast quickly.

The backyard of Shimogamo Shrine.

At this moment, in addition to the neatly arranged weapons, there are five miko maidens wearing red and white miko uniforms standing in a row.

"After a few days of familiarity, I have a general understanding of your strengths and tendencies."

Qiao Qiao stood in front of them wearing a T-shirt.

"Since you need to complete the performance arrangements for the Gion Festival in the next three days, we will not conduct formal training. Today, what I will do is distribute responsibilities and tasks."

Qiao Qiao glanced at Haruka Sasaki.

"Haruka Sasaki, come out."

"?"

Deque?

Isn’t this way of describing it a bit strange?

Although Sasaki Haruka was a little confused, he still stood up.

"You will be the leader of the team."

The witches suddenly began to whisper.

Maki Araki had no reaction because Qiao Qiao informed her in advance.

In her opinion, if Shimogamo Shrine can truly grow, it doesn't matter where she is.

"Then, Kitagawa Ryoko will be the forward."

"forward?"

Is this the schedule for a football match?

Kitagawa Ryoko is not sure either.

"Reconnaissance and support staff, meet Nanase soon."

"Defender, Maki Araki."

Qiao Qiao looked at the two of them, and finally turned his attention to Hashimoto Kotone.

"Finally, Hashimoto Kotone will be the sniper."

Sniper?

The other four people all looked at Hashimoto Kotone.

Why does a sniper appear in Miko's Exorcism?

Is it some kind of secret code?

"Any questions?"

Qiao Qiao looked at the five people.

"Well, although I don't quite understand it, these locations don't seem to have anything to do with removing spirits?"

Kitagawa Ryoko raised her hand and asked.

"Huh? It does matter."

Qiao Qiao spoke.

"This is currently the most popular anti-O team configuration in the world. It can use the least manpower to effectively suppress the armed forces in the area in the shortest time. In my opinion, anti-O and exorcism are the same. When facing threatening ghosts or even evil spirits, team combat is far more efficient than individual combat alone."

"I have already read the information on the spirit-killing exercise. The requirement of the exercise is to carry out spirit-killing in a designated area, detect, eliminate and detect the remaining weird things that may appear. This is consistent with the requirements of the anti-O operation."

What he said made the five witches stunned.

And the more they listened, the more the witches felt.

Seems to make sense?

"Furthermore, for this specialized spirit-removing performance, I also asked an acquaintance to try to make some simple spirit-removing equipment."

Qiao Qiao took out a metal disc-shaped object from the wooden box on the side.

There are steel spike-like things at the four corners of this thing, and a hollow steel pipe in the middle. It's hard to tell what it does.

"This is a shotgun blast. Of course, it is different from the one in the game. It has been improved."

Qiao Qiao said.

"Most houses in Japan use wooden structures, which are lower in strength than cement. This explosive can penetrate conventional wooden walls in ten seconds and project five explosives through the center to the other side of the wall. , causing damage to the resentful spirits."

This was Qiao Qiao's inspiration when he was playing games with Suzuka. How to effectively attack the other side of the wall without damaging the main structure of the wall was the subject of this explosive.

Through the cleaning of explosives, not only the resentful spirits, but also the traps set by the resentful spirits will be triggered at the same time. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

"?"

Question marks appeared over the heads of the five witches.

"and this."

Qiao Qiao took out another spider-like object with propellers on the four corners.

"This is a small UAV unit with a maximum control radius of seven kilometers and a battery life of more than 30 minutes. With fast charging technology, it can take off again in as little as five minutes."

“Not only can it capture conventional images and infrared images, but it also supports multiple zooms and collaborative monitoring. In addition, the drone itself can carry two specially designed miniature anti-tank rockets, which can provide powerful fire support for teammates at critical moments. "

This is a modified product of the drone that Qiao Qiao asked his boss to buy from China. Including the modification cost, it is less than 500,000 yen, which is cheap and practical.

"??"

The five witches have more colons on their heads.

"and this."

Qiao Qiao finally patted one of the wooden boxes.

"Here are heavy firepower weapons that can raze an area to the ground based on demand. If you encounter a situation where the resentful spirit is integrated with the building, you can use this weapon to completely eliminate the resentful spirit."

"Of course, due to its huge power, it takes a certain amount of time to assemble, and it is not an easy-to-use equipment. If possible, I hope you don't have to come into contact with this."

"???"

The question marks over the heads of the shrine maidens can no longer be accommodated in the backyard of Shimogamo Shrine.