Under the leadership of Yachiyo, Xiaohuan, Hongmawei and Tsuruno set out on the journey to find the Kotorei Shrine. In the process, they also learned some things about the Kotorei Shrine from Yachiyo, including the story behind the Kotorei Shrine - but this did not help them find the Kotorei Shrine at all.

“Is it really not the Mina Shrine?”

After walking around the streets for a whole day, they still didn't get anything, which made Tsuruno complain. The Mina Shrine she mentioned was the largest and most famous shrine in this area, and it was also the only shrine. In fact, when it comes to shrines, the first thing that comes to mind here is the Mina Shrine, but Yachiyo obviously doesn't think so.

"Impossible. There are so many people visiting the Mina Shrine every day, and most of them come to pray for love. Under such circumstances, there must be many people who write down the names of their loved ones. If this is true, then there should be quite a few missing people, and the police will not let go of this clue..."

At this point, Yachiyo seemed to remember something and her voice gradually lowered.

"Yachiyo?"

Seeing Yachiyo suddenly stop, Xiaohuan and Tsuruno looked at her curiously, but Yachiyo raised her head at this moment.

"What a mistake! How could I forget such an important thing?"

"Why?"

"Please come and do me a favor!"

"Ah, yes!"

Seeing Yachiyo's serious expression, Xiaohuan nodded in agreement, and then Yachiyo quickened his pace and walked forward. They followed closely behind him and followed Yachiyo to a supermarket.

"Here, take these for you. Remember, each person is limited to two bags. Tsuruno, go get the cans, Xiaohuan, you two follow me."

“…”

Holding the discounted merchandise in her arms, Xiaohuan followed Yachiyo blankly, with a bewildered look on her face.

“Um, Ms. Yachiyo, what on earth is this…?”

"The discounted pasta can be kept for a long time, and more importantly, there is a tenfold rebate today, do you understand?"

"Well……"

Facing Yachiyo's words, Xiaohuan had no idea how to respond. Seeing her like this, Yachiyo just smiled.

"You don't understand? So you are still a child."

“Ahahahaha…”

Hearing this, Xiaohuan could only smile bitterly. However, when she turned to look at Red Ponytail and was about to say something, she found that Red Ponytail was standing there holding a discounted item, staring at the shelf not far away.

"Xiao Hong? What's wrong with you?"

"There's the scent of a witch."

At this moment, Yachiyo also realized that something was wrong. She followed the red ponytail's line of sight and soon found an entrance to the barrier hidden between the shelves that looked like some kind of snack box - yes, this was the witch that the magical girls were familiar with, most of them appeared in crowded places, and had various fixed barriers. As long as the entrance was opened, they could easily hunt for food.

"It seems that we have no choice but to give up the discount promotion..."

Having said that, Yachiyo sighed helplessly. However, just when she was about to put down the goods in her hand, she saw Red Ponytail made a surprising move - she raised her right hand, and soon, accompanied by flames, a big sword appeared in Red Ponytail's hand. Then Red Ponytail held the big sword in one hand and stabbed it hard at the entrance of the barrier in front of her!

“——”

In the blink of an eye, a dazzling and bright flame suddenly erupted in the entire barrier, and the hot air even made Xiaohuan and Yachiyo step back.

But this heat wave only flashed by, and after only a few seconds, Red Ponytail retracted the sword. At the same time, Yachiyo and Xiaohuan could feel that the original witch's aura was no longer there, and at the original entrance to the witch's barrier, a seed of sadness was quietly placed, telling the tragic fate of its master.

"Hey? What just happened?"

Xiaohuan was still inexplicably surprised, while Yachiyo looked at Red Ponytail with some fear. As a veteran magical girl, Yachiyo certainly knew what Red Ponytail had just done.

She directly destroyed the entire witch barrier!

She can actually do such a thing!

This is simply unimaginable for Yachiyo, okay? !

The witch's barrier is the witch's world, and the witch is the core of the barrier. Generally speaking, magical girls will eliminate the barrier by destroying the witch. This idea is very normal, just like a person facing a battleship, he must think about how to sneak into the battleship and destroy its power core, and he will not think about smashing a battleship that is hundreds of times larger than himself into scrap metal with one punch.

No normal person would think this way.

However, this girl was obviously not an ordinary person! She actually burned the witch and the barrier together with a fire? !

Is this something a human would do?!

Yachiyo knew that Red Ponytail was very powerful. She knew this from her previous fight with him, but it was not until now that she finally understood that he was not on the same level as her - you thought he was a Ferghana like you, but you found out that he was a Ferrari...

And...she's not using the same sword as before?

Although Red Ponytail put away the sword after killing the witch, Yachiyo still clearly observed the sword that Red Ponytail summoned. It was different from before. It was a bright red sword that looked full of some special technological texture. Moreover, the method used by Red Ponytail this time was also different from before. Yachiyo still remembered that the black sword she had used before released cold air, and even her soul felt like it was about to be frozen.

But right now, this sword was emitting a scorching flame that seemed to melt even bones...

Is she really a magical girl?

Seeing the red ponytail silently picking up the goods and following Xiaohuan, Yachiyo's inner doubts became even worse. From her understanding, it was not surprising for magical girls to have special abilities. The ability of the boss lady Yakumo to adjust the soul gems of others was also very rare, and could even be said to be unique.

But the girl in front of him was incredibly powerful. Generally speaking, after signing a contract, magical girls would only have one fixed weapon. However, this girl had two weapons with different attributes. Not only that, she didn't have a soul gem, and she didn't need to transform like other magical girls to fight...

"Ms. Yachiyo?"

It was not until Xiaohuan's voice rang out that Yachiyo came back to her senses. She silently glanced at the red ponytail, then looked away.

"Let's go, there's still time."

As for Red Ponytail's question, Yachiyo could only keep it in her heart.

After contentedly purchasing all the discounted items, Yachiyo breathed a sigh of relief. However, just as she walked out of the supermarket door and saw the price reduction notice posted at the entrance of the supermarket, Yachiyo stopped again.

"What's wrong? Miss Yachiyo, is something wrong?"

"Is there any other place that has a big sale?"

"No."

Hearing Tsuruno's question, Yachiyo sighed helplessly.

"I was thinking about the Kotorei Shrine. I think the Kotorei Shrine in the rumors must be the Mina Shrine."

"Why?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaohuan and Henai were both stunned.

"But Miss Yachiyo, you clearly said no before?"

"Indeed, that's what I thought before, but now I suddenly realize that we may have overlooked a certain condition."

"condition?"

"Yes, do you remember? I said before that the rumor about the Kotorei Shrine comes from an ancient legend, in which the princess met her beloved man who was killed. So in the story, when did the princess meet her beloved man?"

Hearing this, Xiaohuan's eyes lit up.

"So Miss Yachiyo, what you're saying is that we should go to the Mina Shrine at the same time as in the story where the princess meets her dead lover?"

"That's right."

Yachiyo nodded and glanced at her phone.

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

When the four returned to the Mina Shrine, it was already late at night. The Shrine was empty at this moment, but unlike the peaceful and harmonious atmosphere during the day, when everyone stepped into the Shrine, the first thing they felt was a strange smell.

It was not an evil aura like that of a witch, but more like a pure, chaotic aura. When they came to the torii gate of the Minami Shrine again, they heard a "click" and then four wooden boards fell from the sky and landed in front of the four people.

"It seems that we have found the right place this time."

Yachiyo whispered as he looked at the wooden board in front of him.

"What should we do next?"

“…”

Yachiyo thought for a moment, then looked towards Tsuruno.

"Xiao Huan and I will go in, and you and the child will stay outside."

"Eh? Why?"

Upon hearing Yachiyo's order, Tsuruno was immediately very dissatisfied, and Yachiyo whispered.

"Because none of us know what will happen, so someone has to be outside just in case, and... I think the name you want written on it should be the same as mine."

"Yachiyo..."

Hearing this, Tsuruno immediately looked at her with eyes full of excitement, and Xiaohuan also came to the side of the red ponytail.

"Um... could you and Tsuruno stay outside?"

“…”

Red Ponytail looked at Xiaohuan and nodded. Seeing her nod in agreement, Xiaohuan also breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

"Then I'll leave it to you!"

After deciding on the division of labor, Yachiyo and Kotaki wrote the names of the people they wanted to see on the wooden board and hung it up. Then the four of them turned around and walked towards the interior of the Minami Shrine. However, at this moment, suddenly, several black hands stretched out from behind them and grabbed Tsuruno and Red Ponytail!

At the same time, a series of strange noises were heard.

“Why don’t you write your name?”

“Why don’t you write your name?”

"You guys are here because you want to meet someone, right?"

"Then write your name quickly..."

"otherwise……"

"Xiao Huan, hurry up and leave!"

Tsuruno suddenly turned around, waving two flaming fans in his hands to block the black hands that were grabbing him. At the same time, Red Ponytail once again summoned his bright red sword and slashed at the dark figures behind him.

"Leave this to us!"

"Okay, I got it!"

With some worry, Xiaohuan looked at Tsuruno and Red Ponytail who were engaged in a fierce battle, then quickly turned around and came to the front with Yachiyo. Then they closed their eyes and clapped their hands.

“Pah.”

When they opened their eyes again, everything in front of them had changed completely.

Not only that, in their eyes, at both ends of the endless trestle, two figures appeared that haunted their dreams...