Shizuku opened her eyes and stood up.

"Crimson and the others have already started to act, so it's time for me to go."

As she spoke, Shizuku walked to the door and opened it. At the same time, a pale female face suddenly appeared from outside the door. She opened her arms and screamed as she rushed towards the girl in front of her.

Then the pitch-black sword instantly pierced through the woman's body, nailing her to the wall, and disappeared without a trace.

"The evil spirits are also starting to stir up trouble."

Shizuku glanced at the dim corridor under the stairs. The corridor that was originally illuminated by lights now seemed dim and even dim shadows could be seen floating everywhere.

Because it is connected to the dream, the influence of the Yellow Springs Gate has been expanded?

Seeing this scene, Shizuku couldn't help but frown. Then she thought for a moment and looked at Kaname no Mist Branch who was sitting next to her.

"I'm going to take care of this problem. I'll leave Crimson and the others to you. Don't let them get attacked by evil spirits... I don't think this should be a difficult task for you."

"certainly."

Hearing Shizuku's order, Kaname no Kirie hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

"They are just a bunch of vengeful spirits. They are not a threat to me at all..."

“Woooooooooooooo!!!”

However, before Kagami Kirei could finish her words, she was interrupted by a sudden noise from outside, which made Kagami Kirei jump up in anger.

"Really? It's night time now. Why is it so noisy in Tokyo at night? What the hell is going on outside?!"

"It's okay, it's just a biker party."

Shizuku glanced out the window and saw several young men in special attack uniforms riding motorcycles with flags on them, running down the street. Seeing this, Kagami no Kirie acted as if she saw flies and bugs, and did not hide her disgust.

"Really? That's why I hate humans. What the hell are they doing?"

"Well, nothing much, it can be said to be a characteristic of the times..."

Looking at the group of young people outside who were burning their youth with nowhere to vent, Shizuku touched her chin.

Hmm...seems like a good way to reminisce?

"I'm going to change my clothes."

Shizuku turned and walked back to her room, while Kagami no Kirie watched her turn and leave helplessly, then sat back in her chair.

"Really? Why does this lady have to protect a group of humans? It's so abominable!"

As she spoke, Campfire Mist Branch suddenly stretched out her right hand and grabbed with force. The next moment, accompanied by a shrill scream, an evil spirit was torn into pieces by her in an instant.

After a moment, Shizuku walked out of the room, but the clothes she was wearing this time were completely different from before - strictly speaking, she was just wearing a white coat over her clothes.

But to Kagami Kirie, her appearance was as if she had seen an alien.

"…What are you wearing?"

Looking at the white coat on the girl in front of him, Kagami no Kirei was confused. Shizuku was wearing a white coat that was ankle-length, with all kinds of inexplicable words written on it. For example, "I am the only one in the world", "Nujiang Monroe", "Noisy Superior", "Rampage Angel", "The Strongest in History", "Yo Lu Death Bitterness" and so on...

"Perhaps it's hard for a pampered young lady to understand."

Noticing the puzzled look in Kagami no Kirie's eyes, Shizuku chuckled.

“That’s also a kind of romance.”

"Romantic? I just think it's just some random graffiti on clothes..."

"So, young lady doesn't understand."

Shizuku didn't mind Kagari no Kirie's reaction at all. After all, Kyoto itself is a conservative and traditional place, and there is no market for things like bikers in such a place. In fact, Shizuku doesn't like those guys very much, but as a childhood comic memory, it's still fun to reminisce occasionally.

No matter what, riding a motorcycle at full speed is better than being a gangster and slashing people with a machete.

By the way, I didn’t have the conditions to read the comics when I first read them, so it’s nice to reminisce about my childhood now.

With this thought in mind, Shizuku walked to the street and snapped her fingers. Soon, a black Fenrir appeared beside her. Shizuku flipped over and rode on it. Then she gripped the accelerator, and with the roar of the engine, the black chariot took off directly on the spot and sped forward along the street.

The situation at the Yellow Springs Gate this time was completely different from the previous two times.

Whether it was the Himuro residence or the Minamikami Village, although their final rituals failed - it was not a complete failure. At least the influence of the Yellow Springs Gate was limited to a certain range and did not affect other places. This could be considered a blessing in disguise.

But the situation of the Yellow Spring Gate this time was obviously different. Compared with the previous two Yellow Spring Gates that were self-contained, this Yellow Spring Gate was like a radio station. Anyone who got on the right channel would be pulled in. And there was no distance limit. According to the report of Amagura Hotaru, it seemed that in addition to Kurosawa Rei, there were other people who were pulled in, and they all fell into a deep sleep that could not be awakened.

When Kurosawa Rei first entered the dream, she met a woman wearing modern clothes like herself. Later, after investigation, Kurosawa Rei and Amagura Hotaru found that she was the only survivor of a plane crash. When they found the woman living in the real world in the hospital, she was already in a deep sleep... It was because of this that Amagura Hotaru brought Kurosawa Rei to ask Shizuku for help.

From this we can see that this gate to the underworld does not seem to have any geographical restrictions. Unlike the Himuro residence or Minamigami Village, where only those who go in and die on their own will be unlucky, it instead targets everyone indiscriminately... Well, that doesn't seem right. Considering that Kurosawa Rei lost her fiancé, it could also be because of her longing for the deceased?

In any case, the harm caused by this Yellow Springs Gate is much greater than the previous ones and must be resolved as soon as possible.

For ordinary people, this might be very tricky - even psychics or exorcists would be scratching their heads, but Shizuku is different. After all, she is Fang Zheng's clone, and the latter also has the power of the ancient gods to invade dreams. Although it is too powerful to directly invade Kurosawa Rei's dream, it can use this power to lock the location of the Yellow Spring Gate. As long as Kurosawa Rei and the others don't wake up, Shizuku can continue to track until she finds the location of the Yellow Spring Gate.

Fenrir was speeding on the highway at a speed of over 300 kilometers per hour, and Shizuku could be sure that she was gradually approaching the location of the Yellow Spring Gate. She could feel the icy feeling in the air, which was the unique breath of the Yellow Spring Gate.

At the same time, thick fog suddenly appeared on the road in front of me. In just a blink of an eye, the thick fog that was so thick that I couldn't see my hand in front of me completely covered the road in front of me, shrouding everything in confusion.

At first glance, it seemed to be just ordinary fog, but Shizuku knew very well that it was not just mist.

The reason is...

“——!!!”

Suddenly, several ghosts in shrine maiden costumes jumped out from the mist. They screamed, opened their arms, flew from the sky, and pounced on Shizuku.

"What a shame, little Loli is so cute."

Looking at these ghost girls in shrine maiden costumes, Shizuku sighed, then stretched out her right hand and grasped Frostmourne.

“Get out of the way!!”

"call--!!!"

Following Shizuku's angry shout, a strong wind suddenly broke out, dispersing the thick fog around. At the same time, the witch ghosts were directly sucked into Frostmourne and disappeared without a trace.

The moment the thick fog dissipated, what appeared in front of Shizuku was no longer the flat asphalt road, but a bottomless cliff!

“BOOM BOOM!!”

But Shizuku did not panic. Instead, she stepped on the accelerator again. The roaring black motorcycle accelerated again like a cheetah running wildly, leaping directly from the cliff and then falling into the deep valley in front of it. If it was just an ordinary motorcycle, it would probably fall to the ground like this and become a pile of scrap metal.

But the power of technology is very strong.

Just as Fenrir was about to land, the exhaust port behind it suddenly split, and then changed direction like a vortex engine, aiming at the ground, ejecting a strong airflow. Under the impact of the airflow, the originally rapidly falling locomotive also immediately slowed down, and then stopped steadily on the ground.

Shizuku turned her head and glanced ahead - in an abandoned building complex not far from the valley, a woman covered in tattoos was staring at the scene in surprise. Obviously, she had never expected such an ending.

Times have changed, miss.

Shizuku withdrew her gaze, smiled slightly, and drove the motorcycle again, speeding forward.

At the same time that Shizuku rushed to the gate of Hades, Hinasaki Shinku and her group of three also headed deeper into the mansion. Along the way, they encountered many vengeful spirits, but Hinasaki Shinku and Amakura Mio were very skilled in dealing with these vengeful spirits. Kurosawa Rei was a little restrained at first, but under the leadership of the two, she soon showed her true colors as a photographer and used the psychic camera she picked up to "snap, snap, snap" to take inhumane photos of the vengeful spirits.

But if I had to say...

"I'm still so envious of your camera, Sister Crimson."

Looking at the phone in Hinasaki Shinku's hand, Amakura Mio couldn't help but sigh. She was using the camera she picked up from Minamigami Village, while Kurosawa Rei was using the camera she picked up in this mansion. Although both cameras also have the function of expelling evil spirits, they are far inferior to the weird camera in Hinasaki Shinku's hand.

Not only could that camera emit light to drive away evil spirits, but it was also much faster than the old projectors in their hands in terms of locking onto evil spirits and photographing and sealing them.

"Thanks to Miss Kurosawa Rei's help, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do this."

Hearing Amagura Mio's sigh, Hinasaki Shinku also smiled and responded. After all, she was just an ordinary high school student. When she first got the camera, Hinasaki Shinku simply used it according to her own experience.

However, Kurosawa Rei is a professional photographer, and compared to Hinasaki Shinku and Amakura Mio, she is already a big shot. She certainly doesn't want to see Hinasaki Shinku waste such a good camera, so along the way, Kurosawa Rei also taught Hinasaki Shinku a lot of shooting techniques, such as how to capture, how to shoot continuously, how to determine the other person's position, etc...

This was a rare experience for Hinasaki Shinku, and she quickly mastered these skills under the guidance of Kurosawa Rei, and they came in handy. Not long ago, they were attacked by several witch ghosts in a hall, and Hinasaki Shinku used the continuous shooting technique to seal all the witch ghosts that rushed from all directions.

As they went deeper, they did discover the story of this mansion - well, as expected, this mansion was the home of a family called "Kuse", and there was also a gate to the underworld under their mansion. Like the Himuro residence and Minamigami Village, the Kuze family would use a ritual to seal the gate to the underworld from generation to generation.

This ceremony is somewhat similar to the ceremony at Himuro Residence. First, a shrine maiden is chosen and then a tattoo is tattooed on her body to absorb all the pain and resentment so that the gate to the underworld cannot be opened. This shrine maiden is called the Tattooed Woman and she will be imprisoned in a cage. On the day of the ceremony, the cage containing the Tattooed Woman will be placed at the bottom of the Kuze family.

Next, the four town maidens who are responsible for the ceremony will cut all the tendons of the tattooed girl's hands and feet, and nail her limbs with four stone pendants to cut off all her entanglements with the world - in martial arts novels, this is the rhythm of crippling a person's martial arts.

Finally, the town ladies will sing the requiem together to ensure that the tattooed girl falls into an endless sleep, thus completing the ritual to seal the gate to the underworld.

This ritual was extremely cruel to Amakura Mio and Kurosawa Rei. Amakura Mio had only experienced the ritual of Minamigami Village, which was also cruel, but the cruelty was on the spiritual level. On the physical level, it was just one person strangling another person to death, which was not a very cruel scene.

Compared with the ceremony of the Tattooed Girl, where the whole body is tattooed, the tendons of the feet and hands are cut, and finally the limbs are nailed, the ceremony of Minamigami Village is already quite mild.

On the contrary, Hinasaki Shinku seemed a little calm. After all, the pain suffered by Himuro Kirie was not much less than that of the Girl with Tattoo. Which one of the rituals of the Himuro family is more cruel... the ritual of the Kuze family is even more difficult to say.

From this point of view, the ritual of the Kuze family is different from that of the other two families. The rituals of the Himuro family and the Minamigami village are mainly to close the gate and seal it forcibly. The Kuze family took a different approach and chose to unplug the power supply - as long as the Yellow Spring Gate is not allowed to absorb pain and resentment, it will not have enough energy and cannot open the gate.

However, what Hinasaki Shinku felt was a little ironic was that the final failure of the Kuze family ritual was almost exactly the same as Himuro Kirie. Like Himuro Kirie, the last tattooed daughter of the Kuze family, Kuze Reika, fell in love with an outsider man (a folklorist), and in order to avoid the failure of the ritual, the head of the Kuze family killed the man. This scene was seen by Kuze Reika, who was deeply distressed by the death of her beloved. In the end, her eyes were also engraved with tattoos representing pain.

The ritual failed, and the pain and resentment absorbed by the tattoo burst out completely, and the gate to the underworld, which had regained power, opened...

Now it seems that history is indeed connected.

"Ms. Crimson, how is Miss Shizuku doing?"

At this moment, everyone had already gone deep into the mansion, and Kurosawa Rei asked somewhat uneasily. Hearing Kurosawa Rei's question, Hinasaki Shinku also withdrew her thoughts.

"Sister Shizuku..."

However, before Hinasaki Shinkuro could finish her words, suddenly, the entire Kuze family was shaken, and then there was a crash as if the demolition office had come to demolish the house.

Hearing this voice, Hinasaki Shinku heaved a sigh of relief.

“…She’s already here.”